Transfers on "back burner"?

[FullerMagic]

Is this a worrying development,given how enthusiastically Boskamp's been talking about getting in 3 or 4 players in January?.

Surely the board must've realised any signings in January would have cost money all along?.If there really has been a shift in thinking about the window,is it sound financial planning or typical Stoke penny-pinching - and has it got anything to do with doubts about Bossie's future?.

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Meanwhile, Boskamp's pursuit of Racing Genk's Icelandic international left-back Indridi Sigurdsson looks like having to wait until the end of the season.

"He is out of contract and therefore free in June," said Boskamp, "and they will want money to take him before then. We saw him play in a 2-2 draw against Bruges at the weekend and we thought he did well against a strong side."

Other players watched over the weekend also remain on the back burner as Stoke's hierarchy decide whether to make moves in January or June for Boskamp's favoured targets.
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Also looks like the 3 potential January Anderlecht frees have turned us down.
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Nobody to Stoke

It go no players more to Stoke City. Johan Boskamp did Peersman, Lovre and Traoré a financial proposal, but the three could not find self in that.They remain Found thus temporary in the Constant Stockstadion.
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[Vadiation_Ribe]

With a few decent signings this is the best chance we have of being promoted since we finished 4th. Next season could be too late...again.

[Stokie]

nail and head radiation vibe (you listening RAF )

[markscfc72]

just the sentinel over hyping things as usual

[Stokie]

mark
sentinel

sentivale!

Come on!!!

[broadack]

Didn't Boskamp rule out signing Indridi Sigurdsson months ago because he thought he was crap?

On to the important issue of a replacement and Stoke have been linked with a number of left-backs this summer. We may well come to regret missing out on Blackburn's Nils-Eric Johansson, who ended up putting pen to paper with Leicester around the time we were going through our transition of manager. Following the appointment of Boskamp another player connected was veteran Belgian player Philippe Leonard, although he was one of a flurry of overseas names mentioned at the time who ultimately came to nothing at all. Since then we've had former Derby player Chris Makin on trial, but he didn't even play in a friendly for the Potters and was soon off to sign for Reading. Last week we were linked with Nottingham Forest's Alan Rogers who shares the same agent as Clive Clarke, while Johan Boskamp also said that the Icelandic left-back he went to watch, believed to be Indridi Sigurdsson, wasn't good enough for Stoke City. There has also been talk of Stoke getting first refusal on one of West Ham's younger players. One name we've heard mentioned, unofficially it has to be said, is their own utility left-back, Chris Cohen. Clarkey meanwhile looks all set to complete his transfer out of the club in the next couple of days.

[FullerMagic]

Yeah,he was pretty dismissive of him at the time.

Very odd in the circumstances that we're back in for him again.

Mind you,it doesn't seem like we're even prepared to pay what would surely be a nominal sum for him in January.

So where that leaves the plans for a left back purchase in January,who knows?.

[Vadiation_Ribe]

broadack said:

Didn't Boskamp rule out signing Indridi Sigurdsson months ago because he thought he was crap?

I mentioned that in another thread and someone replied saying that was before Boskamp had seen Broomes. ;D