[Archived] Sam's January Targets

[Guest Wen Y Hu]

4 clubs want Treacy

Boro, Hibs, Barnsley & Preston all want him - but apparently Preston are in advanced negotiations.

Hopefully we can get rid of some of these fringe/ not good enough type players. Rigters, Van Herden, Treacy & Zurab would signal a good start!

The 4 clubs link is from yesterday's news on Skysports.com - if today's reports are accurate, then it would seem that Preston have jumped to the head of the claimed queue.

[hollowsr]

4 clubs want Treacy

Boro, Hibs, Barnsley & Preston all want him - but apparently Preston are in advanced negotiations.

Hopefully we can get rid of some of these fringe/ not good enough type players. Rigters, Van Herden, Treacy & Zurab would signal a good start!

[joey_big_nose]

I would say bare minmum we need is a striker. Everything else we are okay if Basturk gets fit. We actually have quite a deep squad, forwards aside, with two players for every position.

[Bobby G]

I agree. We just need someone to go into the starting line-up.

[bob fleming]

Hopefully we can get rid of some of these fringe/ not good enough type players. Rigters, Van Herden, Treacy & Zurab would signal a good start!

Sure I read in the LT this morning that although Killie were in for Rigters we didn't want to let him go. He must make a mean brew or something that lad.

Aye - as hollowsr points out, Van Halen and Zurab have already gone.

[Messi422]

When will the transfer window close?

[modes98]

5pm today, unless your Spurs then you get an extra day or 2.

[AndyR]

From BBC

1033: More rumours - Aston Villa's Steve Sidwell reportedly going to Stoke City and Burnley's Tyrone Mears linked with Sunderland. Meanwhile, the 'Michael Owen to Aston Villa' chat is spreading like the proverbial wildfire...

Never mind a forward, Steve Sidwell would be perfect for us, a proper box to box midfielder.

[Sparky Marky]

all this striker talk is rubbish...we don't need a desperation signing now....keep the money in the bank, see what comes out of the World Cup and buy in summer...we're in a strong position league-wise and Kalinic is coming to the fore....I dont want a journey man like Benjani/Dindane or whoever...changing clubs like their undies..

[vintageadidas]

Robert Lewandowski is a very decent prospect - i would be very happy if he arrived. But would be thrilled if his mate Ireneusz Jeleń joined us!

However, i beleive i will be watching Didane miss chance after chance!

[unluckymorton]

From BBC

1033: More rumours - Aston Villa's Steve Sidwell reportedly going to Stoke City and Burnley's Tyrone Mears linked with Sunderland. Meanwhile, the 'Michael Owen to Aston Villa' chat is spreading like the proverbial wildfire...

Never mind a forward, Steve Sidwell would be perfect for us, a proper box to box midfielder.

Another rat deserting ship?

Owen on loan for the remainder of season?

[G Somerset Rover]

all this striker talk is rubbish...we don't need a desperation signing now....keep the money in the bank, see what comes out of the World Cup and buy in summer

What and pay a few more million once somebody has banged a few in at South Africa? No thanks.

We've known all month that Benni was leaving, so we shouldn't be panicked into buying a Dindane or Benjani or whoever it may be. If Sam didn't want a striker then we should have lined somebody else up.

I too wouldn't mind knowing what our scouts do for the majority of the season. Their motto must be "if all else fails resort to plan A".

I'll happily eat my words BTW when we parade a new striker or midfielder who nobody had seen on our radar.

[RibbleValleyRover]

9.58: Sportsmail understands that Aruna Dindane's move to Blackburn has hit a hitch over the loan fee which could let Birmingham back in.

[Sparky Marky]

Sidwell has had one good season in the Premiership and that was for Reading....it would be a gamble and I'd rather gamble elsewhere.

[mogster]

Who is bankrolling Stoke?

They are involved in more than half of the transfer stories...

[Bobby G]

Beattie over Dindane for me. But one is on loan and the other in a permanent move, so there is stuff to ponder. Is that all we have come down to?

[my_name_is_Earl]

I'd have Owen on loan for the rest of the season definitely. That would be a great signing!

[T4E]

However, i beleive i will be watching Didane miss chance after chance!

I doubt it. That would rely on us being capable of creating "chance after chance".

[cloggyjimmybrfc]

I doubt it. That would rely on us being capable of creating "chance after chance".

I lIke the change of username.

[greggyk]

In talks with Benjani...christ..

[Bobby G]

Now linked with Benjani. God are there only 2 strikers in the world (Dindane being the other) who we are capable of landing today? :s

[gumboots]

Who is bankrolling Stoke?

They are involved in more than half of the transfer stories...

Their Chairman Peter Coates. He's pretty well off.

[47er]

all this striker talk is rubbish...we don't need a desperation signing now....keep the money in the bank, see what comes out of the World Cup and buy in summer...we're in a strong position league-wise and Kalinic is coming to the fore....I dont want a journey man like Benjani/Dindane or whoever...changing clubs like their undies..

I thought we all felt that Mark Hughes knew a player when he saw one and he signed Benjani!

[RibbleValleyRover]

Now linked with Benjani. God are there only 2 strikers in the world (Dindane being the other) who we are capable of landing today? :s

Poor as a church mouse so what do you expect...

Benjani is not the answer at all. I'm no Beattie fan but i would definitely take him over Benjani if those were the only two options available.

[mogster]

The Moose on Talksport says that the stumbling block for all Dindane's suitors is that Lens want a clause in the loan agreement that it becomes permanent in the summer as long as the team who takes him is still in the Premiership!

It's one of the first coherent arguments in favour of relegation I have heard