I wouldn't worry about palmer playing out wide, he is more than capable and certainly has the pace for it. Seen him play there a couple of times

Would defo prefer a season long loan. Where have u heard this just as every where else is saying 6 months? Hope your right.

Yes, ideal player for a wide position in the the three behind.

I'm one of a couple of people on here whose been disheartened by our summer business recently. However palmer would be an great signing, he's very quick, direct and not weak on the ball either. The exact kind of player we need. I'm not a fan of loans, either more so for short term loans but when u have the chance to bring in real quality then you have to take it.

Think he just signed a new contract at Swansea.

ah business as usual then

A couple of people stated yesterday that there was a good chance of an incoming today, may not happen ofc but fingers crossed.

Sounds like todays signing will be a youngster on loan from Southampton, if it is then think it will pretty much sum up where we are in the transfer market and budget.

Honestly if we don't see Maddison at 2.5 million, paid over two years, as a good deal then I really do worry. Every signing is a risk but if you look at his stats from last season and the position he plays it's an absolute no Brainer in my eyes which is why it's so frustrating to see us apparently Turn down the oppuntinuty. I also really can't understand why we are after players like Nmecha. Sometimes those loans pay off but normally they don't, and we don't have the quality or the numbers to afford to have players who need time to adapt or are at risk of not being able to contribute much.

I know it's only Nixon but doesn't sound great at all.

Already sounds dissapointing, hopefully it won't be, if anyone even actually signs.

Anyone any ideas? Hope it's a perm rather than a loan

I just think we have positions of higher priority atm, we are well stocked in central midfield, however we are lacking elsewhere. Would love to see foden come in, he's a very exciting player but only after we sort out deals for wide men and a striker. I also don't think we have any interest/hope of singing him.

No chance on foden, will have big wages and imagine he will stay with City, I also don't think he is who we need right now, need natural wide players and a quality striker.

Would be disappointed if we have pulled out of the Maddison deal. If he ends up somewhere else we will regret it. Both defenders that we were linked with yesterday would be good options for us in particular the lad at Barnsley. Really need to get a move on, need 4 signings in 10 days.

Just thought I'd mention that West Brom are apparently close to signing Harvey Barnes from Leicester, rumours are that it will be completed tomorrow. They could still be but Mayby they arnt in for Maddison.

Only said we could get maddison and chapman for 3 million, not Armstrong aswell? Maddison has a release clause of 2.5million which can be paid in instalments over 2 years and I imagine chapman would cost 500-700k.

I honestly would only pay 1.5 million max for Armstrong, 3 million could be better spent elsewhere, for instance we could sign chapman and Maddison for about that.

any news? I'm pretty sure we aren't in for him but if we are any info regarding what is happening behind the scenes on the deal.

So apparently we want a new centre half after loaning out Wharton according to the LT. I personally think we are actually covered there even with Wharton gone, but what is the point of loaning out a player which could have been useful in the squad and first team for it to then leave us short in the eyes of TM. Our budget clearly is low so why not save the money from buying a defender if we can just use some of our youth players. Doesn't make sense to me.

McLean has gone to Stoke for 5m so I imagine we will see in the upcoming days if West Brom were the ones who were close to signing Maddison as surely they would be able to now.

Agree. Its going to be an interesting 2 weeks.

Got no problem with him going out on loan, we've got enough cover there imo and he needs first team football. However why he was playing today I don't understand as other players could have got more minutes and also feel like he would be better off testing himself at a lower league 1 club.

Harrison would be underwhelming, would pass on him. However its concerning we're less than 2 weeks away from the window closing and we are about 3 high quality attacker who are first team players short atm.

Honestly would rather go for someone who is younger. We need to be building a squad which will challenger the top ends of the league in the upcoming seasons so the core of the squad need to be at a young age. Experience is alway needed but we already have DG who provides that. Hugill would be my top target, however I imagine he is out of our reach.