10 Mar 2026 01:52:42
More links today to Caleb Yirenkyi. Ed001, do you know of any interest? Looks like he might be a decent profile as an Endo replacement in the squad, not out and out defensive but another option to play in the holding role.
{Ed001's Note - I don't know of any, sorry.}
10 Mar 2026 08:31:45
He looks slightly better than the league he's in, but it's a weak league. We do need a physical presence in midfield, so I wouldn't be against signing him, but realistically we need a nailed-on starter, a midfield hard man, for the next manager. It just depends whether the transfer team want to get the finger out and actually fill out the squad properly.
10 Mar 2026 08:40:00
Seems like the kind of player Brighton sign for peanuts then flip for a big fee.
10 Mar 2026 10:08:51
You mean the type of player posters have been asking for years, why we can't pick them up before teams like Brighton, in order to stop us having to pay high fees for them?
If so, I am sold on him, Vik.
10 Mar 2026 10:50:37
From what I read somewhere, he surprised the scouts with a standout performance in an academy match. They then tried to make something happen in January, but it didn't work out.
Brighton are very keen. They see him as the next Baleba.
But even then, they would probably send him to their second club for a year to get more experience first, I would think.
He's very raw. The type of signing that we might make if we had that second club.
10 Mar 2026 10:57:53
BalloonCack, yeah, we need someone who can dominate, put tackles in, lock down the midfield, break the game up, but with Grav's new contract seeing him on near 300k, I'm not so sure the club feels the same. It will be interesting to see what happens with Macca if he goes, and what type of player the club brings in to replace him, but for now, I don't see us bringing in competition for Grav.
RedQ, agreed. I don't know how many times I've heard that we're monitoring players, only for somebody else to snap them up and see their value skyrocket. Had we made moves for Semenyo last summer and Olise the year previous, we could have snapped both of them up for less than £90 million. Seems like we wait too long for the stat men to accrue their vital data before making moves these days.
10 Mar 2026 12:24:12
So, Graeme Souness then, Chewy.
10 Mar 2026 13:10:31
Appreciate my comment is slightly tongue-in-cheek, as Brighton will have more capacity to give development game time to these players, etc. However, it would be nice to get to the front of the queue and be successful with one of these hidden gems.
As referenced by FPF, if the multi-club idea was in motion, this would be ideal; however, that is a hypothetical.
10 Mar 2026 14:01:01
Why don't we get our scouts undercover to follow Brighton scouts and look at who they are looking at and jump in first and buy them. saves time and if they are not what we want sell to Brighton!!! YNWA
11 Mar 2026 18:16:56
Sounds like LFC should buy Brighton...