Koeman hoping Lookman won't be the last new signing

Fonte has put in a transfer request but at 33 he wouldn't bring the average age of the squad down. I would love to keep it to 2-3 but ensure quality, eg, Sigurdsson.

𧴩 million. Done

Hope we don't go in for Fonte. As a stand-alone player he could be a decent signing, but not when we've already got Williams, Jags and Baines in their 30s. We definitely need a younger player to play alongside Williams as our 1st choice pairing.

I'd like us to sign Schneiderlin, Depay and a new centre-back as a minimum requirement and then buy a new goalkeeper like Joe Hart and striker in the summer.

㿨m for the other lads I could accept but not those two.

People need to be more realistic regarding transfer prospects. Calls for Payet, for example are miles wide of the mark. We're not the new Man City.

The build will be relatively modest and we are still going to need to over-achieve with whatever players we do get over the next few years to break into the top four.

No chance.

How realistic that is, I'm not so sure... but that is what I would like to see!

Chill! :-)

Brave stance which I hope it doesn't bite us in the arse, by not having alternatives I mean.

We really need to also get a striker in. That was needed before but even more so now DCL is out for a couple of months.

I know what you mean; however, if you give Bill and Bob any room at all we could end up with another bunch of McGeady's. The manager's choices will be fine by me, and about time we had a manager who would rather do without than bring in make-do-and-mend players for the sake of it.

Of course, what any of them say in public could be very far from the truth in reality.

Given Steve Walsh's comments last night regarding a player's character, I would hope we swerve this massive whopper.

Winning it puts us into the dreaded Europa League, as does coming 7th this year in all likelihood. Whilst I have no time for it as a competition because of the damage it did to us when we were in it, for negligible income if our accounts are to be believed (stop laughing at the back!), we allegedly need to qualify this season so that we can attract good players who seek more than millionaire status every season, so that within the three years of Koeman's contract, we can mount a proper challenge for a Champions League place, where the real money is.

So Mr Moshiri, do your fine words translate as I hope they do?

If you need to cover some costs, Get rid of Lukaku to Chelsea for 㿼m. They only have Costa and need a back-up striker.

I would actually try and sign Mata too but don't think we'd have a chance of signing him.

I couldn't agree more. If we do buy him and he works out to be good for us, I will have a lot of humble pie to eat because I have been saying for the last few months just what you have written.

Please, Ron & the board – don't risk the dosh on Depay.

Also, it didn't ruin us... that was Martinez.

He barely got started in Spain and a lot of the time played right back as well, yet Koeman signed him and he was brilliant for Southampton; he has gone to Spurs and is doing even better, so it just shows you that players who aren't flavour of the month at their current clubs can go away and find their form and turn out to be really good players!

We all saw what a good player Schneiderlin was at Southampton, under Koeman, and I'm sure in time he would be a great signing for us as Koeman knows how he ticks and will get the best out of him. Depay is another that is a talent but lost his way at Man Utd. He's failed to live up to expectations and struggled with the pressures but a fresh start with us could just be the trick?!

And as for Smalling, I actually think he's a decent centre-back and underrated; if Koeman did want him, I wouldn't mind that signing at all cos, at the end of the day, all 3 are good players and would improve our first team!

Then again, I liked it when we signed that South American striker! Hope is a good thing.

I'd like a 22- to 27-year-old centre half, so most definitely not Jose Fonte. I must admit though, I'm a fan of Funes Mori, and I believe he deserves his chance, Holgate and Browning also deserve chances while Galloway says his preferred position is centre-half. Jags is out of form, not dead, so he is able to play at stages too, he's not completely done unless we choose to move him on.

My opinion is we really badly need a left-sided midfielder. I'm not touting any names for this position as I've not had my head turned by anyone in particular, so step up Steve Walsh and do your thing.

I'd like to see a striker brought in, not sure who, but a genuine goal threat, preferably one with a bright future who can learn with or from Rom and develop a partnership.

Centre-mid is another one that's making the headlines with us, we could always do with more quality through the centre, but imo McCarthy needs game time as he has ability so we need much better than him if were to splash big money on someone for that position.

I'd be equally as happy to see players leave as to see players come. For too long players have had free money off our club and if like it to come to an end.

McGeady, Gibson, Oviedo, Kone, and Niasse could and should all go, no-one apart from the person who pays the wages and the physio would even notice them missing.

Lennon, Cleverley and either one of Mirallas or Deulofeu could also be moved on to make way for Depay as it seems Ronny likes him.

That's 8 players moved on, freeing up money for free transfers next season or loans this window, also its bench spots freed up for promising young blues who genuinely want to make something of themselves at the club instead of money-grabbing clowns like Gibson.

The club needs a big shake up, Championship Manager style, it seems long winded but if you look across the park you will notice them fuckers have managed yo do it and have really kicked in as a result.

The fact is though that the Europa League since it started has bollocksed the league season for more or less every English club in it.

Add that to the accounts for the year we competed under Moyes, when we went a reasonable distance but received the grand sum of 𧹈k in terms of total extra income and that's where I'm coming from. That Europa League "adventure" fucked up the league season for us too. The league table doesn't lie and surely our accounts don't either (!).

Success in the Europa League, after qualifying of course... and we're not good at that, demands a much bigger squad than we've ever had under Kenwright. That's why I'd like Moshiri to be rid of Kenwright and Elstone. They're second-rate nonentities in terms of winning know-how.

He has no intention of working with new versions of McGeady or Niasse. He knows what he has and knows what he wants.

More drama to come... how exciting!

I have to agree with Steve Cotton (#30) re: Snodgrass, he's probably way down the list for most people, but we are still extremely poor at dead-ball situations (except maybe penaltiess, now that Bainsey is taking them again), but most corners & free kicks usually result in nothing! Snodgrass would be a great asset for set pieces alone, but he also crosses a mean ball too, one drawback however, could be his age, at 29?!?

However, I have just noticed that West Ham are favourites at 8/11 to sign him & Hull have supposedly activated a clause in his contract, by extending his stay by a further year (Essexlive.news) ...oh well, onto our next possible transfers then!

Alderweireld wasn't an Atletico reject. Being an Atletico fan, I know that well. He just didn't get much opportunity as Simeone didn't want to change its already watertight defence. It was mutual decision to let him go as he wanted regular football.

I notice nearly every player on people's wish list around here plays in England. If they were the real targets I'd seriously question why we need Walsh.

We need a striker first and foremost.

Looked useful until his injury. Coming back to fitness.

Thoughts?

I like Jay Rodriguez myself, looked very useful up to his unfortunate injury. If he's a cheap and viable option then I'd happily take him if Niasse and Kone were moved on.

I'm not saying he's the answer to all our problems but, with the right guidance, he could be very useful next season.

Snodgrass is a bad shout, he's a typical Charlie Adam story, average at best with a good set piece playing with shite players in turn making him look good. Definitely no.

He had just got into the England set-up when he had his ACL injury. I don't know if he was particularly quick before, but he looked okay.

On the other possible transfers, Smalling is okay but hardly mind-blowing, I would love Van Dijk but he may be waiting for Man City, and he is probably too costly now. I would hold off on the centre back, and play Funes Mori or Holgate till the summer.

I would be happy if we landed Schneiderlin and perhaps Brady. I am not keen on Depay.

Regarding Jay Rodriguez, until his injury the lad looked the real deal, but he's not the same player since he came back, according to Saints fan sites. In fact, many are calling for him to be sent on loan to see if he CAN come back to his former self.

Surprisingly, a considerable number also give Forster the sort of stick some on here reserved for Howard: useless, playing for a move, overrated etc... so maybe he's not the answer to our keeper slot either.

I've always been a fan of Fraser Forster, but no goalie is perfect, and the big guys like him and Courtois are sometimes a bit slow to get down, and get up again. The two best keepers in the land are De Gea and Loris – not too heavy, and very athletic.

Of our boys, I prefer Robles, as he comes for crosses, and his reflexes seem a bit sharper than Stekelenburg, who seems too error prone. However, I would be happy with Forster or Foster.