Transfer Deadline Day

[General]

Not sure why you are all so in a fluster about luis. Hardly played any top flight games , do you honestly think he could come straight in and be a good PL level player. If he is such a player why have Benfica let him go without getting one or two good seasons out of him?

Depends on terms of the loan which they don't have an option to buy on. If he's guaranteed a certain level more games in a good setup with coaches who may help get more out of him, then he's an asset monaco are developing for Benfica to benefit from.

Noone knows about any foreign players in most ways - the league is littered with international players who've struggled to adapt. Anguissa and Seri, Lucas Leiva struggled, Salah and De Bruyne failed in the premier league initially.

It's about how you develop the player and encourage them and develop their confidence. If we can do that with this player then bonus.

Anguissa is a key example of how one poor season doesn't mean a player is bad, it's more how they are managed and developed and how committed they are to the project, team or their own professional ambitions to succeed.

For what it's worth I think Luis looks very good for his age and many professional sites, include UEFA/FIFA have profiles on him as one of the most exciting in europe.

Obviously that's never a guarantee, but isn't it, or shouldn't it be the aim of the club to be able to develop top talent. Our youth coaches certainly have that ability. Many top players choose to go to clubs with managers citing the managers ability to coach them and bring the best out of them to take them to the next level. Mourinho, Klopp, Brendan Rogers are three.

[Holders]

Florentino Luis to Monaco now official.

Tax free South of France or London - easy choice in my book

You're not wrong there! Similar with Munich, Leipzig etc., nice cities. A lot seems to be written about the "attraction" of London; I'd say it was more the PL that's the lure.

[We Are Premier League]

Gray and Amartey for a total of €20m...double deal with the foxes, get it done.

[Deeping_white]

Gray and Amartey for a total of €20m...double deal with the foxes, get it done.

Well considering they want £4 for Amartey and £12 for Grey that would be a colossal waste of money, especially since neither are clear upgrades

[Jim©]

Looks like Everton and us are linked with the same two CB's. Marlon is done, Kongolo had a medical, assuming he passes that's two CB's in. If we actually get a third in (Everton gets one, we get one), could we have our top 4 CB's have Hector as the worst of them? THAT would certainly tickle my fancy.

Would allow us to move to a 3-5-2 system. To me, especially if we keep Seri, our team is more suited to this. We lack ANY winger strength, and in a 3-5-2 the positions to still sort out would just be Mitro's partner (currently would be BDR, Kamara or Onomah), a backup for Mitro, and perhaps a backup for Reed still (although with Lemina, not too sure we need this). We could play with a midfield of Lemina, Anguissa and Seri, with Reed, Cairney and Onomah as backup. I'd be excited to see that midfield with wing backs pushing us forward, rather than the dithering we've been doing for the last 2 seasons.

Parker made it really clear that we wouldn't be going down the line of changing everything as we did last time. So i don't think we'll be playing an entirely new MF, with new CBs, GK and a new partner for Mitro, let alone a brand new system.

[rusty shackleford]

"Fulham launch late bid to hijack Crystal Palace's move for Brentford's £30m-rated flier Said Benrahma"

The Mail Online

[Mr K.Dilkington]

"Fulham launch late bid to hijack Crystal Palace's move for Brentford's £30m-rated flier Said Benrahma"

The Mail Online

D to doubt

[Slaphead in Qatar]

"Fulham launch late bid to hijack Crystal Palace's move for Brentford's £30m-rated flier Said Benrahma"

The Mail Online

Now he would be a player that could really make a positive difference for us.

[Two Ton Ted]

"Fulham launch late bid to hijack Crystal Palace's move for Brentford's £30m-rated flier Said Benrahma"

The Mail Online

He's been at Fulham all season, in Odoi's back pocket...

Now he would be a player that could really make a positive difference for us.

[FFC1987]

I just can't see us buying him to be honest. Priced out I'd imagine.

[Denzil Dexter]

I just can't see us buying him to be honest. Priced out I'd imagine.

We're screaming for some creativity

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[FFC1987]

I just can't see us buying him to be honest. Priced out I'd imagine.

We're screaming for some creativity

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I don't disagree but I just don't see us throwing 30m at him and I don't think we should to be honest.

[FFC In Oz]

Looks like Everton and us are linked with the same two CB's. Marlon is done, Kongolo had a medical, assuming he passes that's two CB's in. If we actually get a third in (Everton gets one, we get one), could we have our top 4 CB's have Hector as the worst of them? THAT would certainly tickle my fancy.

Would allow us to move to a 3-5-2 system. To me, especially if we keep Seri, our team is more suited to this. We lack ANY winger strength, and in a 3-5-2 the positions to still sort out would just be Mitro's partner (currently would be BDR, Kamara or Onomah), a backup for Mitro, and perhaps a backup for Reed still (although with Lemina, not too sure we need this). We could play with a midfield of Lemina, Anguissa and Seri, with Reed, Cairney and Onomah as backup. I'd be excited to see that midfield with wing backs pushing us forward, rather than the dithering we've been doing for the last 2 seasons.

I agree that formation and set up would probably suit this team better. 

Like you say, it would allow the likes of Bryan and Tete the opportunity to push forward and support the attack to provide the width, with much less concern about getting caught out of position defensively.

[Sgt Fulham]

Get someone better than Benrahma for £30m. He was absolutely nullified by OUR defence...imagine that.

[filham]

"Fulham launch late bid to hijack Crystal Palace's move for Brentford's £30m-rated flier Said Benrahma"

The Mail Online

He's been at Fulham all season, in Odoi's back pocket...

Now he would be a player that could really make a positive difference for us.

Sounds as if a lazy journo is in need of an extra paragraph to complete his article.

[JimOG]

"Fulham launch late bid to hijack Crystal Palace's move for Brentford's £30m-rated flier Said Benrahma"

The Mail Online

He's been at Fulham all season, in Odoi's back pocket...

Now he would be a player that could really make a positive difference for us.

Sounds as if a lazy journo is in need of an extra paragraph to complete his article.

+1

[rebel]

Probably a rehash.

https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2020/09/25/report-fulham-and-leicester-target-jonathan-tah-tipped-to-move-clubs/

[Deeping_white]

Deal mit Fulham fast fix! - Leipzigs Lookman vor England-Leihe https://t.co/X51el1WA89 #Leipzig #Nachrichten

— BILD Leipzig (@BILD_Leipzig) September 25, 2020

?s=21

Loan for Lookman with a £2m fee

[St. Andrews White]

Deal mit Fulham fast fix! - Leipzigs Lookman vor England-Leihe https://t.co/X51el1WA89 #Leipzig #Nachrichten

— BILD Leipzig (@BILD_Leipzig) September 25, 2020

?s=21

Loan for Lookman with a £2m fee

Really hope there's an option in that

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[Tabby]

Don't really have much to go on other than gut feeling but I'd be happy with Lookman. My gut isn't the most reliable source though.