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The sun story was Nyambes place in the team under threat with the arrival of the defender from Berlin. Didnt suggest any transfer was imminent for Nyambe

Nixon reckons Elanga is being touted to championship clubs he would be better than Diallo imo. United would want guaranteed playing time for either of those 2 though

Im waiting on Chaddy screenshotting whatever Rovers line Nixon has in The Sun this morning.

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Cambridge 1 up at Newcastle.Trippier making his debut

From the players perspective why would they carry on negotiating with the club at the minute when in 6 months if we are promoted they will be negotiating with a Premier league club who can afford to commit to higher cost contracts. Agreed these deals should have been sorted long ago but im not buying these stories...Rothwell going to Bournemouth etc. Even the Nyambe leeds link there hasnt been a serious article on it

Story originated from a Pete O'Rourke tweet.He is usually on the money

Mowbray been saying nobody leaving last couple of interviews. Waggott made those comments pre our terrific form?We where 1 of about 10 teams in and around the play offs. With the best will in the world nobody could have seen(people within the club included) that we would be sat 2nd now with the performance levels as they are. These "links" are they even legitimate.Have the Leeds paper even run with the Nyambe story. The Rothwell link earlier, yes the original tweet posted the guy is reputable but i didnt find it suprising or alarming.I would have been alarmed if he said "Bournemouth and Blackburn in talks over Rothwell deal" he didnt though he said they are interested which isnt surprising

Some of those tackles would lead to reds in this division. His background looks decent though and he is a good age if this link turns out to be true its good in the sense the club are still looking at the European market.

Only a few days ago sky ran with the story that the owners said nobody for sale. Best case is it plays out that way and whstever signings we make are brought in to compete with the players here. Its silly season apparantly we rate Rothwell above £1 million, is that 1.1..1.2...5...10 million.He has had a terrific start to the season is it any surprise that teams like Bournemouth would be interested? When these comments were made about listening to offers for the players coming to the end of their contracts we were midtable and looking destined for another season of treading water. Many on here had us down for a relegation battle and it must even come as a surprise to the coaching staff and team how well we have performed this season. I just dont believe(as stupid as they are)they will cash in on players this month especially to direct rivals like Bournemouth with the position we find ourselves in

I like the look of Styles at Barnsley but Dembele has that moment of magic too We dont know if he is leaving.Mowbray said he wanted another senior right back, the irish guy hasnt been brought in as a first teamer he will be with the 23s for the rest of the season most likely What we do know is that he only has 6 months left on his deal and its likely we will need to sign a right back.Surely its sensible making this signing.

Pickering doesnt have 6 months left on his deal if he had maybe we would be discussing his injury issues. I agree with parts of your earlier reply.I agree that Nyambe is a better defender than Pickering.But performance levels have been similar this season, they have both had poor games and both had good games.I think potentially Nyambe could play at a higher level than Pickering if he becomes more competent in the final third but i think currently Pickering is better suited to the game the manager is asking the team to play.Pickering for me has got better the more games he played,he had come from a mediocre league one side in Crewe i think that has to be taken into account when judging his earlier performances.I wasnt one of the folk bigging up his signing,id heard of him but seen next to nothing of him,i heard them discussing hin on a efl transher special on sky. I know nothing of this potential signing but seems to have a decent pedigree and if the club feel Nyambe wont sign a new deal its a good move getting this fella in on loan wirh an option.Out of interest what would you be offering max to tempt Nyambe into a new contract? Currently i would be offering 10/11/12 i wouldnt go further than that.His game needs to improve for clubs to be paying a fee that would warrant more than that.

Id say potentially but not currently,Nyambe better but not 3 or 4 million better.Nyambe will never be a top player unless he improves in the final third.

Are you really tho?Is Nyambe currently that much better than Pickering who we picked up for 650k?Pickering seems to be getting better game by game. Like i said i do rate Nyambe but if as good and irreplacable as you suggest then why is he still here if his wage is as low as suggested.We have premier league scouts at every game he could have been bought by a Premier league for a pittance in their terms

If Nyambe has made it clear that he wont be signing a new deal(im unconvinced its purely financial in his case) and we are being offered 3 or 4 million for him id consider it if that money was being reinvested in the squad THIS window. My preference would be that he signs a new deal as i do rate him but out of the 3 i dont think he is as important as the other 2 with the current system we are playing and out of the 3 i think he would be the easist to replace in the short term.He does have work to do on his game.I do think the team would be better having someone who is better in the final 3rd, but obviously need to be as close to how good Nyambe is at the back. Maybe this guy being brought in to compete with Nyambe which would be a very positive move by the club with hopefully another couple of signings on the way. The biggest ballache with the contract situation is we cant fully enjoy the moment, 2nd in the league and performing with real conviction.Roll on Feb 1st

Exactly.And i for one think out of contract players at all championship clubs will be in for rude awakening when they go looking for new clubs.The days of players getting 25k+ per week are over in this division imo

Have you heard of ffp?And you do realise we were running our wage bill 180% to turnover. Do you know exactly what the players are asking for? I agree you shouldnt be letting assets go for free but like others have said up until this season Rothwell and Lenihen were not showing anything special in this league. Hypothetically Lenihen and Rothwell want 18k+ per week, they sign 3/4 year contract on those terms and then say Lenihen reverts to type and goes back to being the bog standard Championship defender was, he instantly becomes more of a hinderence than an asset as to sell him you have to get a club willing to take on that wage and as we seen with Mulgrew that isnt easy Lets not pretend that prior to this season Lenihen and Rothwell were showing form that would have led to big profits if we sold them.

Was that the owners or on the advice of Jerome Anderson and his cronies? Im not disputing they are awful owners and have no buisness in football but they have wasted an absolute fortune in giving contracts out to players that werent worth the money. After the first lockdown and the football break they agreed to carry on paying the wages of the players who were out of contract, on Mowbrays recommendation.Players that didnt play in those remaining games. I disagree with your last paragraph we cant just pay the players what they are asking for.Them signing new deals doesnt guarantee promotion and without knowing exactly what the 3 are asking for its too simple to just lay ALL the blame at the owners door

Was that the owners or on the advice of Jerome Anderson and his cronies? Im not disputing they are awful owners and have no buisness in football but they have wasted an absolute fortune in giving contracts out to players that werent worth the money. After the first lockdown and the football break they agreed to carry on paying the wages of the players who were out of contract, on Mowbrays recommendation.Players that didnt play in those remaining games. I disagree with your last paragraph we cant just pay the players what they are asking for.Them signing new deals doesnt guarantee promotion and without knowing exactly what the 3 are asking for its too simple to just lay all

Trippier wouldnt have been on peanuts at Athletico.His move is odd ,Champions league to a relegation battle.

And no mention of the contracts given to the likes of Etuhu, Best, Murphy, Gomes. High cost deals, Best and Murphy were probably brought in on better contracts than Nelson etc. All those contracts paid up when the club released them. Paying Mulgrews lucrative deal whilst he played for league one Fleetwood or our reserves.

Chapman is back from his loan He cant play for another club this season after already making league appearances for Rovers and Burton.

It depends who else they bring in but with Watford dropping like a stone it will probably end up between Newcastle and the Dingles for that last remaining spot. As much as id Laugh seeing Newcastle relegated id prefer it to be Burnley

Manchester United should have been all over that deal. Trippier has been playing at the highest level for Athletico Madrid and just find it very surprising he has joined a club currently 2nd bottom in the Premier league.