The January Silly Season thread

[Lighthouse]

I am hearing Tunnicliffe has been signed. Cole paperwork taking time. Again nothing official but close to being so.

[KP_FFC]

apologies if this has been posted already, but what do we know about the Man Utd youngsters?

tunnicliffe is roy keane 2.0, very aggressive just what we need

Is it what we need?  Don't we already have Sidwell?  And, heck, Parker and Boateng and Kvist?

well when we defend we rarely go in for the tackle, we just continue to back off until they take a shot. i want someone to tackle them asap and start up our counter attack

[Lighthouse]

Not official yet but both Cole and Tunnicliffe have been signed according to sources.  

[VamosFFC]

Here is Tunnicliffe with a Fulham shirt. Means he has signed for sure, now just waiting on Cole.

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James Grant Player @RyanTunnicliffe completes his permanent transfer from #Mufc to #Ffc pic.twitter.com/xLRY8kFb8J

— YMU Football ⚽️ (@YMUFootball) February 1, 2014

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Also, a quick interview with him too.

http://www.mobypicture.com/user/HarryFremantle/view/16526404

[ToodlesMcToot]

Ok so our "INs" are:

Tunnecliffe - permanent
Cole (possibly) - permanent
Heitinga - permanent
Mitroglu - permanent
Kvist - permanent
Holtby - loan

Is that correct? Sorry, I haven't been able to spend any time really today following our dealings.

Also, is there any option on Holtby?? I've read 'yes' and 'no'.

[Lighthouse]

Heitinga until the end of the season contract - Holtby NO option to buy

BOTH Cole and Tunnicliffe now signed

[KP_FFC]

DONE DEAL: Fulham sign Ryan Tunnicliffe and Larnell Cole #SSN

[ToodlesMcToot]

Heitinga until the end of the season contract - Holtby NO option to buy

BOTH Cole and Tunnicliffe now signed

So long term deals on everyone but Heitinga and Holtby? Shame there's no option on the loan. He's going to go back to Tottenham and be starved for minutes after the WC. I guess Levy figures he can make a grand profit if Holtby features for Germany and does well in the WC.

[KP_FFC]

isnt kvist a loan?

[rusty shackleford]

With option of about 1m

[Lighthouse]

isnt kvist a loan?

YES sorry. Loan with an option to buy

[ToodlesMcToot]

isnt kvist a loan?

YES sorry. Loan with an option to buy

Ah yes. Forgot that in all the excitement. Hopefully he comes good and we have another cheap young'ish signing.

[L-Wizzy]

Holtby will spend the rest of the season on loan with the west London club as he looks to increase his chances of being picked for Germany's World Cup squad, with the Cottagers having the option to purchase the midfielder in the summer.

http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2892/transfer-zone/2014/01/31/4584293/fulham-wrap-up-holtby-deal?ICID=CP_101

Does goal.com even get taken serious

[Lighthouse]

Wouldn't it be nice if tomorrow with the lack of new signings able to play. We still win anyway. Hopefully without Berba we will have 11 players trying at least.


Well done Fulham and everybody on here. At last the misery of transfer month is over. Now let's see if we can climb out of this hole.

[JDH101]

Its a huge opportunity for Bent tomorrow to remind us that he is still here and fighting for his place. Lets hope he delivers.

[Riverside]

It is clear that with the new "Head Coach" in place and our position in the table that the January Silly Season is upon us  :clap_hands:

So lets open the thread - so we can look back on the 1st of Feb and see how many rumours became facts .

So far rumoured

Outs
Berba
Ruiz - loan
Boateng - loan

Ins
Anderson - loan
Zaha - loan
Young - loan
( anyone else from Man Utd ???)
+ Dempsey

So what did happen

Outs. 2 out of 5

Ruiz - loan but could be back
Berba
Taarabt
Senderos
Hughes

In - 1 out of 7 or 3 if you could the " anyone else from Man U clause "

Dempsey - we knew about
Holtby
Heitinga
Kvist - how many had heard of him
Kostas - some may have known him. Nobody expected him to come to us
Cole ( in the anyone else from Man U category )
Tunnicliffe ( in the anyone else from Man U category )

I must say
1) This was fun
2) an incredible transfer window for January - few clubs could to this much in a summer window. We have at least given ourselves a chance . I hope the mood in the Club matches mine . After Swansea I was convinced we would be relegated . Now I think we have a fighting chance
3) now for the crunch . Can they deliver ? Can they gel ? Can they win 6-7 matches of the remaining 15 ?
4) Lets start today - even though I think only Holtby will be a starter