Ainsley Maitland-Niles

[April]

Ainsley Maitland-Niles
Exchanging glances
Runs the wings for miles
He takes his chances

[Cereal Killer]

Mainland angles is 29 and this would be the first time a team have ever paid to sign him


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To be fair he’s only left Arsenal for Lyon…

[Bumble]

Has this even been confirmed yet?

[weimaranerblues]

Has this even been confirmed yet?

No , myers said Medical was ongoing .

[brap2]

Best case scenario we finally have a RB - who has struggled to match Mykolenkos output in a worse league!

[777Kidnappings]

Am I the only blue who is quite happy with the deals we've done both in and out.

Patterson, Iroegbunam, Beto all on the verges of the squad, not going to get much playing time. If they can get Ainsley Maitland Niles and Balogun over the line for me it improves the squad. We will have decent options in midfield, wide forwards and striker. Only area we are short in is defence and then only at full back. We have enough in central defence and potentially some cover in fullback area

Obviously as pointed out its a big if. If we get all we thought we were gonna get weve ended up doing possibly quite well.

I dont think its that though. We tried to sell armstrong for 35. Tried to buy richarlison for 25+10. Tried to loan zirkzee for a 10m fee. Apparently tried to loan Abraham. Pretended we had a grand masterplan for right back.

It might work out decent but regardless I think theyve shown their incompetence. If you accounted invested your 10m in lottery tickets and won 11m you wouldnt think him a genius. You'd think him a lunatic who'd got lucky and you wouldnt let him have another go at it

[AjaxAndy]

Best case scenario we finally have a RB - who has struggled to match Mykolenkos output in a worse league!

They should overlap it with O'Brien's... I've seen it previously and I think AMN's would look impressive in comparison.

It's not a brilliant signing (if it happens), but it's also only around £4m and we don't have any RBs in the squad, not a single one. It'll do for now.

[dixie normus]

Well that's it Closed,

Deal sheets IN ,?

Myers just now no mention of AMN

Noticed that myself ? Guess it never happened

[brap2]

They should overlap it with O'Brien's... I've seen it previously and I think AMN's would look impressive in comparison.

It's not a brilliant signing (if it happens), but it's also only around £4m and we don't have any RBs in the squad, not a single one. It'll do for now.

Woeful mentality that has allowed and encouraged the rot we know and love.

[NomadskiEFC]

Looks like our Balogun renegotiation has just put a firework in the exhaust pipe of Chelsea's own transfer plans with Camara which might have big knock on effects.

[Shogun]

Yeah I've nothing against it as a back-up £4m player but him being the best they could come up with after this window doesn't speak well of the transfer committee in the slightest.

I wouldn't be surprised if Rohl continues there honestly.

[777Kidnappings]

They should overlap it with O'Brien's... I've seen it previously and I think AMN's would look impressive in comparison.

It's not a brilliant signing (if it happens), but it's also only around £4m and we don't have any RBs in the squad, not a single one. It'll do for now.

I agree hes better than what we had and hes at an insignificant price but what an incredibly low bar we may have just scrambled over at the last second having been promised a 14 month masterplan that would yield something significant

[MarcusFenix]

I've no problems with the outs. Its the lack of replacements that is the concern. We were a squad that needed strengthening, even according to the manager, and somehow, currently, we are coming out of this long window weaker.

As someone pointed out earlier, we have more stadiums on our books than fullbacks. We have 1 striker in Barry, and we have lost our one truly exceptionally technical attacking player.

Patterson was just a body in reality, he was never going to be a first XI player for us. AMN and Balogun still potentially joining. Yes N'Diaye going is a big loss but we do have decent options now, Grealish, George, Johnson and ( hopefully ) Dibling , options in KDH, Armstrong and Hackney. Moyes may moan about squad numbers but IMO there are more options now. Just have to wait for AMN and Balogun to confirm

[AjaxAndy]

Woeful mentality that has allowed and encouraged the rot we know and love.

Great, let's just not sign anyone then because that's so much better... A season of watching Rohl and O'Brien Duke it out for right back is one to look forward to.

Literally no one would choose AMN, Tete or Johnston as a dream signing, but we don't have the funds to buy whoever we want and also address other areas of the squad.

If you have a solution of bypassing SCR then please pass it on to the Friedkins so we aren't bound by these financial handcuffs anymore.

[MayorFarnham]

I'm very surprised Alcaraz is still here

Last year of a strange two year contract. I mean two year contracts are unheard of for established pros under the age of thirty. I just think he won't move, is happy to see out his contract and negotiate a new one with a new club as a free agent in the summer.
He probably thinks it's the best way to maximise his earning power.