Transfer Rumour Thread 21/22

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Originally Posted by tHeArAb

Firstly, sorry for having a life outside of Utd Mad. I do apologise for not commenting on this news or indeed being on the forum last night.

Secondly, I'll be delighted if we make a signing, especially a winger. 'Subject to a work permit', so we should see him in December if our previous is to go by. 😂 Strange his current club paid a fee for him only 12 months ago and are getting rid after only 11 games. Anyone know the deal with that one?

Thirdly, a bid in for some Hamilton full back but look like Hibs are muscling in our signing targets once again. Dejavu.

And lastly, looks like we are fighting Tranmere for McNulty. We want a loan, Reading want permanent. Not overly enthusiastic about McNulty coming back tbh. Thought by and large he was sh*te last season with a poor attitude. Apparently been guaranteed to play as the striker if he comes on board with us however. Terms apparently agreed with Tranmere however, so that could be dead in the water also. Dejavu yet again.

All this surely rubbishes the suggestions that we are skint if we are bidding on these two guys and trying to sign McNulty who is on a reported £8K a week at Reading. He won't be cheap, even on loan.

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No apologies necessary 😂 I've not been on the board all week myself, it just seemed awful quiet considering there was actual bona fide transfer activity going on.

To me it looks as though Robson is gonna be gone soon and probably Shanks too. In all honesty I love Shanks and his first season was amazing but we won't miss his contribution from last season too much and if it allows us to strengthen in all the right areas then let's get it done and move on 👍

And is there any truth to the Clark rumours? I've not seen anything to suggest that it is true?

Clark just signed a 2 year deal not long ago. Well thought of at the club and with us possibly losing Shankland, letting our only other main striker go would be a mistake surely?

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Originally Posted by Arabdownsouth

Yeah, I honestly don't see Shankland being here beyond the window myself and there's rumours of Killie sniffing around Nicky Clark too. I'd say we would need to replace both plus add another striker as well as the creative midfielder. But at least something seems to be happening anyway 😁

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One poster on TEK mention it and you now post it here as "there's rumours (plural) of Killie/Nicky Clark"
This is how stuff gets blown out of proportion.

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Originally Posted by stokearab

One poster on TEK mention it and you now post it here as "there's rumours (plural) of Killie/Nicky Clark"
This is how stuff gets blown out of proportion.

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I simply said it's a rumour, which it is. Are you actually telling me to be quiet? 😂😂

Newsflash! This is the transfer rumour thread 🤣🤣🤣

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Originally Posted by darrenshedtastic

And is there any truth to the Clark rumours? I've not seen anything to suggest that it is true?

Clark just signed a 2 year deal not long ago. Well thought of at the club and with us possibly losing Shankland, letting our only other main striker go would be a mistake surely?

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No idea, but apparently it was on Twitter which I don't use so can't confirm. But shush though, this thread is not for rumours apparently 😂😂

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Originally Posted by arab777

Shankland money I would assume

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What Shankland money?

Offshore will be having a semi this morning at the prospect of Niskanen signing 😁
Hopefully not another Riski.....
Capped by Finland so maybe not.
McNulty, not so sure, would rather have had the big Dutch CF that Motherwell have signed. How many headed crosses will McNulty score. Seems a lazy signing to me.

Creative mid is a MUST.

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Originally Posted by darrenshedtastic

Trevor Carson signing was a proactive one. The assumption was that benji would be off but so far he's staying but we have his replacement in already so we are under no pressure.

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This, this and this again. Outwith the above Carson signing the forward planning in recent windows has been god awful. The transfer window of January 2019 is genuinely the last time where we actually looked like we planned ahead and got in what we needed not necessarily for immediate promotion but with an eye on getting in what we needed for the following season to almost guarantee promotion the following year. This was of course supplemented with good pre contracts like Liam Smith. This all meant of course that the following summer we only really needed Shankland - who of course we got. Since then - WTAF??? We had a golden opportunity in January 2020 (pre Covid of course) to really plan ahead for Premiership football what with being a gazillion points clear. We were in a genuine position to get in guys either immediately or on pre contracts with a guarantee of Premiership football. The strengthening of the squad for the following year should have happened THEN not in the summer. Who did we bring in? Powers FFS.

Obviously Covid then hit which of course has proven to be more than an insignificant hindrance but once again we were in a very good position last year with any worries about relegation being consigned well early and thus allowing confidence moving forward for shelling out and strengthening for guaranteed Premiership football the following year. Subsequently why, oh why, oh why are we sitting in a position (again) where we are now well into the new season and at the very minimum there is no potential Shankland replacement (our most sellable asset in his final contract year of course) not just lined up but actually signed, sealed delivered, fit and ready to go with a pre season under his belt. That’s before we even get to the creative midfielder and width/pace that we desperately need. We’ve heard a lot from Big Tone about how the Club is now set up with some sort of ‘committee’ to identify and line up the type of targets that we require moving forward. If that is the case then what the phuck have they been doing the last nine months as to be honest the players we needed should have been in place by JUNE not halfway through August. And thee wasn’t even a single pre contract arrangement either.

With the start we’ve been given this could well seriously come back to bite us. We’ve been handed one of the most difficult league starts we could have been given and are likely going to be playing catch up from the get go. Being this is the strongest Premiership for a long time, that is not a good place to be………………..

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Originally Posted by Arabdownsouth

I simply said it's a rumour, which it is. Are you actually telling me to be quiet? 😂😂

Newsflash! This is the transfer rumour thread 🤣🤣🤣

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No, but your just lifting what one person on TEK has said and multiplying it to be "rumours"

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Originally Posted by Arabdownsouth

No apologies necessary 😂 I've not been on the board all week myself, it just seemed awful quiet considering there was actual bona fide transfer activity going on.

To me it looks as though Robson is gonna be gone soon and probably Shanks too. In all honesty I love Shanks and his first season was amazing but we won't miss his contribution from last season too much and if it allows us to strengthen in all the right areas then let's get it done and move on 👍

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I agree with this. I'll always have that 'what if' feeling if he goes but the bottom line is he did nothing last season so what we didn't have, we won't miss. His goal rate was topped by Nicky Clark ffs. I can also see him staying in the Premiership as he still has to prove himself at this level. I can also confirm his missus has packing in her job was nothing to do with an impending transfer as was suggested on here.