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.

Can't lie Bolton so FAR have done better business than us regarding transfers (besides Lowe ). No doubt about that. However the extensions of contracts, in particular lenihan and dack have been impressive. Will judge the window when it closes.

Completely agree. While I don't think the fee is too much I can't see us spending that much. Also there hasn't been a mention of any of our first team players being close to leaving let alone for a decent enough fee so think that rules us out. I imagine it's West Brom, apparently they are close to signing a unnamed winger.

Great news, if they had added another year to his deal that would of been even better but that's only me being picky. well derseved and looking forward to seeing how he deals with the step up.

I'd happily pay 3 million if I am honest. Weird tho some people say his release clause in 1 million others say its 2.5million.

So were still allowed to have false hope then! Tbh im 90% sure it wont be us.

Relived to see kent doesn't seem likely to be signing, would of been underwhelming, feel like we should be aiming for better. Need to bring in players who will improve the starting 11 and not just squad fillers, although it is concerning me the lack of numbers and quality we have out wide and upfront. A couple of quality signings would help us build on the momentum from last season so next couple of weeks is so crucial. Guess we can just sit and wait. Also for those like me who are hoping to see Madison come through the door, there chairman has said there will be an update today.

This really frustrates me we should of been all over that

In terms of loans don't think we should be looking at players unless they have first team experience. We need wide players desperately, if I was TM id be looking to try and get 2 of Maddison, Harrison, Chapman or Wildshut. Hugill is a great shout for upfront just think other clubs will be ahead of us for him. Gallagher and Bradshaw wouldn't be bad options either.

Would be a great signing, not a fan of loans to much but he would be a step above what we have atm, proven to score goals and fits the target man role. However imagine there would be a number of clubs ahead in the que.

We need 2 wide players and 1 striker minimum. At least 2 of those need to have pace and preferably be permanent signings. Fingers crossed that we can pull something out of the bag.

Hope I'm wrong but pretty sure we aren't the club in for Maddison, feels like loans are the main focus atm which is concerning.

My over optimistic self feels like it could be us but that's been unhinged by Sharpe's apparent quite dismissive response regarding Maddison.

Chaddy, dack has no championship experience. If someone bought dack for 2.5 million would you say they got a good deal? I certainly would. I'm pretty sure Maddison got more goal contributions last season than Dack in a worse team. Im not saying Maddison is better than dack but I'm just putting that in perspective. Fair enough you rate Kent, but I think I speak for many people on here that they would much rather the permananent signing of Maddison than kent and it would be excellent business if we could pull it off.

Id take Toney aswell, not scored the most goals but having watched a couple of his games his overall hold up play is good and has a good mix of strength, pace and ability.

Think Peterborough chairman said a week ago that reading 200% wouldn't be signing any of there players. They did enquirer about him earlier on in the window tho.

Why Maddison? 23 assists and 11 goals last season ( or something like that) which is more goal contributions than dack. He also spent a couple of months injured at the end I think. Are u really telling me u would prefer Kent or loan to signing Maddison? I think singing 2 out and out wingers is more important than signing two strikers. Fair enough Kent probably has potential to do well, but young loan players always take a while to get going and his Bristol city reviews which are from his most recent performances are not so encouraging. I would be very dissapoionted if we only signed Armstrong permanently with two loan signings.

100% agree. Mirrors my thoughts.

Would prefer Maddison or chapman as better options. If we had already signed a proven winger I may be more positive about it. Just because a player plays in lots of games doesn't nesscearily mean they are a great player, look at Lowe for an example, tho it normally is a positive the stats for how he actually performed in those games are a much better indication (not sure how many goals or assists he got?). Time will tell if he does well and even if the rumour is true or not.

Kent is underwhelming. He hasn't had any real impact in the championship in two loan spells. Bristol city were fined 500k for not playing him in enough games. I'd imagine it would be the same for us as that is liverpools policy. That would put TM on massive pressure to play him as we don't have 500k to waste. Really feel like there's better options out there. Would rather us get in our perm signings first aswell, but if it is true hoping he proves me wrong and is a success.

Would find Kent on loan very underwhelming