16 Dec 2025 08:08:27
Few rumours to keep an eye on. We are interested in AZ Alkmaars young midfield prodigy called Kees Smit. £25m and knows Slot from his time there. a lot of big clubs watching him. Apparently Slot is pushing for him this January. A technical player with great football intelligence.
We still have interest in Assan Ouedraogo the young creative player at Red Bull Leipzig. We were interested from his time at Schalke. Seems we want a young midfielder with Alex Toth linked for next summer. Endo replacement perhaps.
Young Cardiff CB Lawlor is getting everyone's attention from the Prem aswell as Europe's big sides. Rumours we want him and are offering Calvin Ramsay as a straight swap.
Regarding Salah Italian reports and others from Egypt and Turkey suggest we want £30-40m. Galatasary want Salah and are hoping to go for him rather than Lookman.
16 Dec 2025 08:48:26
All sound very plausible to be fair. Thanks for sharing.
16 Dec 2025 09:45:47
Pretty sure every single top European club is looking at smit, oueudraugo and toth, Smit especially looks a special talent and toth is already a standout player at senior level.
16 Dec 2025 10:04:05
All very plausible rumours I think.
Although I don't really buy that Slot "knows" Smit from his time at AZ. Slot left AZ in 2020, at which point Smit would have been 14.
It makes sense that we are looking at him, he looks excellent, but I don't think it will have anything to do with Slot knowing him, it's just because he's a good player that everyone is after.
Lawlor could be a great player (he was born and played his youth football just up the road from me), but no way is he ready for Prem football yet, he needs at least 2 seasons on loan or for Cardiff to get promoted and him be playing at a higher level consistently. If we bring him in now the club needs a solid plan for him, not just to let him linger round the squad for a bit before being moved on like we've done so many times.
16 Dec 2025 12:14:26
Smit and Ouedraogo are box to box mids.
I think Toth profiles more like a deep lying playmaker.
16 Dec 2025 13:41:29
Endo replacement? You mean someone to sit on the bench and barely be used by Slot?
16 Dec 2025 16:20:40
Great info, as usual on here but surely we need CB's into the club before anything?
16 Dec 2025 16:29:44
All great info as usual but surely we need at least 1 CB in before anything else!?
16 Dec 2025 16:37:04
I hope Slot will be fired soon or at least he will be stopped otherwise to hire players from lower leagues. I could not care less if he knows those dutch players or not, we need premier league proven players or at least players from a very tough league but not another little boy lost.
Every dutch or coach does the same, bringing dutch players to his club.
Louis van Gaal had i think 9 dutch players at Barcelona at the same time and did not Ten Haag got himself fired from Leverkusen for trying to buy as much players as possible from an agency his son is working with?
A club of the statue of LFC needs a top class manager from a top class league. All the others can work out but have a higher possibility of being a failure.
16 Dec 2025 18:02:25
Red Dawn I think the report said He stood out at youth level when Slot was there and he was watching the youth sides so kept an eye on him.
16 Dec 2025 18:24:52
He's been a big name coming through in Holland for a few years now, as far back as when Slot was there.
17 Dec 2025 06:44:59
Maybe if there was an Endo replacement then they would be used more often and not just sit on the bench?
17 Dec 2025 07:44:44
I wonder if Smit would get the number ten shirt.
17 Dec 2025 10:09:51
Very much taken with that idea @Rigsby ???.
17 Dec 2025 10:36:33
Surely you mean Smit-ten with that idea WDW?
17 Dec 2025 19:19:33
Yep, I think @Rigsby will have guessed that ??.
18 Dec 2025 10:19:59
Definitely rigsbyand hope he doesn’t fall over all the time.
18 Dec 2025 16:48:53
I thought AZ had a deal going with Chelsea, some sort of agreement for their youth players, like a feeder club.