Winter 2025 Transfer Window - hopes, speculation, rumours etc.

[Dante Lavelli]

I'd be happy enough with bogarde filling in for Carlos if it came to it

Kamara might be an option too.

[LeeB]

I'd be happy enough with bogarde filling in for Carlos if it came to it

Kamara might be an option too.

Fuck that! Makes us worse in two positions.

[Sexual Ealing]

Carlos is like a leaky stand pipe tap. Yeah, you need to replace it, but taking it out without doing do is just going to make things worse.

I love it when you talk leaky stand pipes. Next time you must tell me what they are.

[PaulWinch again]

I'd be happy enough with bogarde filling in for Carlos if it came to it

No way, he’s not ready to be one of three starting centre halves.

[cdbearsfan]

Come on, now.

[KevinGage]

Filling in for Carlos on the bench though, no probs at all.

[FatSam]

Would they be considering Bogart as an option ? talk about thrown into the deep end

Here’s looking at you kid.

[Tuscans]

Would they be considering Bogart as an option ? talk about thrown into the deep end

Here’s looking at you kid.

Play it again FatSam

[Brazilian Villain]

Would they be considering Bogart as an option ? talk about thrown into the deep end

Here’s looking at you kid.

Play it again FatSam

*QI Klaxon sounds*

[PaulWinch again]

Filling in for Carlos on the bench though, no probs at all.

Well that means zero injuries, no thanks. It would be an insane risk.

[Gareth]

I'd be happy enough with bogarde filling in for Carlos if it came to it

No way, he’s not ready to be one of three starting centre halves.

Agree Paul, down the spine of the pitch we don’t want to be playing unproven kids…Bogarde, Swinkels, Feeney and Smith all look to be centre halves with potential…wouldn’t fancy a couple of months with any of them as 3rd choice if we are going to pursue Champs League and finishing high on Prem.  I’m also not a huge fan of Carlos but he isn’t he isn’t awful as some seem to paint him out to be.

[Tuscans]

At the end of 2024, Deco met with Jhon Durán's agent in Barcelona — informal contact, nothing more. Barcelona are closely following his development.
@tjuanmarti

Can't even register the players they do have.

[brontebilly]

I'd be happy enough with bogarde filling in for Carlos if it came to it

Bogarde is miles off the required standard. Don't see him ever being PL level in all honesty. We have been scouting the RB/RCB position for some time so I expect Monchi should have a few options to replace Carlos and compete with Cash if it comes to it.

[PaulWinch again]

I'd be happy enough with bogarde filling in for Carlos if it came to it

No way, he’s not ready to be one of three starting centre halves.

Agree Paul, down the spine of the pitch we don’t want to be playing unproven kids…Bogarde, Swinkels, Feeney and Smith all look to be centre halves with potential…wouldn’t fancy a couple of months with any of them as 3rd choice if we are going to pursue Champs League and finishing high on Prem.  I’m also not a huge fan of Carlos but he isn’t he isn’t awful as some seem to paint him out to be.

It would be staggeringly reckless and I can’t imagine they’re considering it without a replacement.

[eamonn]

Emery sold Danny Ings without a replacement in Jan so won't shy away from selling Carlos if we get any kind of bid around 10m.

It was interesting to read a couple of weeks ago that we were close to landing Nicolas Jackson January two years ago in the window where he went to Chelsea. I wonder were we confident of that happening and planning to blood him slowly with under-study time for Ollie while Jackson learned the PL ropes.  And in the process Ings leaving would be somewhat mitigated.

Of course Durán joined the same month but his subsequent development and rise can't have been anticipated.

And in the event we had a stellar spring 2023 with no real replacement for Ollie.