CONFIRMED Rob Holding joins on loan

[Blade56]

Get him signed!

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He’ll be in Nixons patron by Monday

 

[raimond]

Please don’t sign him wilder for goodness sake

I completely agree, he's poop.

 

[jono_t2000]

Hasn't played since last season pretty much.

Will take till end of this season just to get him up to speed and fitness.

29 year old no resale value if purchased and no loan spaces left.

It's a massive ️ for me

 

[brownblade]

I both created and bumped this thread... But Nixon has probably read this yesterday to make up his latest rumour.

Holding played and won two FA Cup finals with Arsenal though, for the record. He's far from being a terrible player. Considering the dearth of centre backs available, I think he must've been a consideration.

 

[Slug]

Isn't he always injured?

 

[TJ blade]

Isn't he always injured?

That doesn't matter, we've got a big treatment table

 

[jono_t2000]

Holding played and won two FA Cup finals with Arsenal though, for the record.

Should we be going in for Aaron Ramsey too then?

 

[CaptainMorgans]

Isn't he always injured?

He's always injured, he's not good and he's on big money.

 

[Slug]

He's always injured, he's not good and he's on big money.

Sounds ideal.

 

[Jimmy Fleck]

Just go for tanganga, he’s capable of playing in the prem and is way younger.

 

[Upton_Blade]

He's always injured, he's not good and he's on big money.

Nothing wrong with his ability when he's fully fit. It's just that's never the case.

 

[BrayfordsBushyBeard]

Just a thought , we might not be able to buy Tanganga and stay within FFP ? What if we buy him and fail to gain promotion ? The meltdown on here when we need to sell in the close season to comply would be unbelievable!! The first one to go would probably be Hamer as he’s the most saleable and or Souza ? I would love Tanganga but maybe he’s not viable now but one to visit if we go up ?
As ever UTB !

 

[Sizablade]

Just a thought , we might not be able to buy Tanganga and stay within FFP ? What if we buy him and fail to gain promotion ? The meltdown on here when we need to sell in the close season to comply would be unbelievable!! The first one to go would probably be Hamer as he’s the most saleable and or Souza ? I would love Tanganga but maybe he’s not viable now but one to visit if we go up ?
As ever UTB !

I'm not expert on FFP but pretty sure the sales of 'homegrown' players Osula and Jebbison will have helped massively with that and there should be no problem staying within it for Tanganga

 

[FTPE]

Just go for tanganga, he’s capable of playing in the prem and is way younger.

Most expensive of the 4.
Easily the best, but unfortunately most expensive as well.

 

[Danetheblade]

Most expensive of the 4.
Easily the best, but unfortunately most expensive as well.

If we’ve got 10M to throw at Cannon. It’d be gross negligence to not invest a good amount into a CB.

 

[Need4speed]

It isn't clear exactly how much we got up front for Ousla but lets say it is £10m. Because he was our academy player that is £10m profit. We pay say £10m up front for Cannon on a five year contract, amortisation means that is a cost against FFP of £2m. Take Burrows and Cooper at £2m each over 4 years with amortisation that is another £1m a year and another £1m for Moore (£3m on a 3 year contract). Off the top of my head I can't think of any others we have actually paid money for but I could be wrong. Either way if we actually have the money we could easily spend another £10m without troubling FFP as long as we give them3/4 year contracts.

 

[Jimmy Fleck]

Most expensive of the 4.
Easily the best, but unfortunately most expensive as well.

Exactly. If we’re willing to spend on cannon, surely these owners wanna spend on probs the most important signing of the 5. Will also retain resale value if we didn’t go up.

 

[FTPE]

Exactly. If we’re willing to spend on cannon, surely these owners wanna spend on probs the most important signing of the 5. Will also retain resale value if we didn’t go up.

We've been after Cannon since the Summer.
The Souttar replacement wasn't an issue until recently. We've bought Cannon and Souttar was a loan, I would have thought we were expected to go into the loan market again to replace him.
I know we have 5 loans now but would anyone care if Alfie or JRS sat out alternative weekends so we could replace Souttar properly?

Personally I would have gone for the Wycombe lad up top (probably half the value of Cannon) a more attacking midfielder than Choudhury on loan, not bothered with a RB if Seriki was close to fitness, then had a loan and at least £5m in the kitty for a CB...
But, I'm not Wilder, and none of us are even close.

 

[ChipButtyBlade]

Does not fit the Wilder criteria ...has to be ready to do battle now.

 

[mattbianco1]

All I can ever remember about Holdings career is this... Sound on

 

[Mouth of the South]

Tbh the easiest solution would be to send Gilchrist back (he's an expensive back-up) and use the freed-up load spot to get another CB in

 

[Pavilion clock]

125 games in 10 years. No Thanks.

 

[HeySethUTB]

Everyone knows FFP doesn’t matter if you get promoted. And in the event you then get relegated you either sell players for large sums of cash and still have a squad more than capable of yo-yoing back up again.

Not financially responsible, but so many clubs are gaming the system in some form.

 

[ITALIANO BLADE]

i prefer japhed tanganga ex suprs central defender for the long term fute buy him because he is a better no5 and has pace

 

[brownblade]

Should we be going in for Aaron Ramsey too then?

Well no. They're pretty different cases.

 

[CaptainMorgans]

i prefer japhed tanganga ex suprs central defender for the long term fute buy him because he is a better no5 and has pace

Spot on, Pasta!

I hope you're well mate. Great to see you back posting. UTB.

 

[robbiez666]

That doesn't matter, we've got a big treatment table

Highly experienced medical team

 

[brownblade]

i prefer japhed tanganga ex suprs central defender for the long term fute buy him because he is a better no5 and has pace

I'd like both

 

[Nedski]

 

[MayorOJC]

On loan? Would that be bye bye Gilchrist...or something weird like turning Clarke into a permanent?