Ernest Nuamah touted as Moyes's first signing

Nuamah has one goal this season, against Eintracht Frankfurt in a Europa League group game.

He has started three of the last five for Lyon but is on the bench today as they play Brest.

scores goals too? Sign him up!
feels like we're really on a roll now.

Moyes will play him in a pre-season in 2027 - ' he's one for the future, that's for sure'... :-(

Already got a song for him. Courtesy of Benny Hill.

Thelwell tried to sign him in Summer and failed, fortunately.
He’s had a poor season thus far at Lyon.
He’s another Lindstrøm/ Danjuma in the making.
Surely lazy journalism, we can’t continue to make these mistakes.
Thelwell on borrowed time. He’s next out the door imo.

Ian, not a valid comparison IMO. Danjuma was 27 when he joined us, Lindstrom 24, mature pros trying to resurrect wayward careers. Nuamah is a youngster.

To the tune of the muppets….

Nuamah Nuamah do doo do do do Nuamah Nuamah do doo do doooo

In terms of goals and assists, he's roughly neck and neck with Sulemana – the Saints winger who we've tried to sign a few times.

Sulemana got 14 goals, 8 assists in 43 games for Nordsjaelland in Denmark – before getting 6 goals and 4 assists in 47 games for Rennes in France.

By comparison, Nuamah got 20 goals and 5 assists in 49 games for Nordsjaelland – before getting 4 goals and 3 assists in 50 games for Lyon.

So, if the comparison with Sulemana is anything to go by, it doesn't look like he's going to be a stellar player in the Premier League.

However, we are absolutely crying out for pace and dribbling ability – and Nuamah has that. He also has another quality that will make him particularly irresistible – his club are desperate for money and need to sell.

I would view this as quite a likely signing.

Thelwell has gone. They’re trying to get Weir in from Brighton.

Where have you heard that, Si?

This has all the hallmarks of a Thelwell signing.

A failed medical the last time someone tried to sign him. No problem if he's injured, Thelwell will take him.

Nigel (10) a friend of mine told me about the Dyche sacking on the Monday. I thought it was nonsense until it was announced! The lad does know a few people currently at the club and some ex players. He also said Thelwell was soon to be gone and Moyes will essentially be in total control. Doesn’t like the DOF model but are enquiring about Weir who Moyes has a good relationship with.

Up to now the lad is 50% on these rumours but who knows, it could become 100% in the next few days.

Interestingly, the Esk (who throws a lot of shit at the wall and hopes some sticks…) has gone a step further and basically said Weir is done and dusted.

Could be nonsense but I trust this lad more than the Esk- he very rarely says anything from inside the club but when he does he gets it right.

For me Weir would be a much bigger story than Moyes. He’s done incredible work at Brighton since Dan Ashworth moved on and working with Ashworth so most have an incredible global network, as witnessed at Brighton.

Pat (11) he passed his medical. He just decided he wasn’t ready to leave France and went missing before he was due to put pen to paper believe it or not!

I’d be very happy to see the back of Thelwell; terrible signings like Beto and lazy extensions to Coleman, Young and Doucoure have cost us a fortune and added nothing.

In fairness though, Mike #14, if we weren't struggling to stay solvent and manage PSR, Thelwell might have been able to get his key targets like Gibbs-White, Wharton and Kudus. Those three players alone would have made a huge difference.

The relationship between Moyes and Weir might make a change – a logical move – but the thing holding Thelwell back in first-team recruitment has been money.

Thelwell, for me, has done a better job than he's given credit for.

There have been duds, for sure: Beto chief among them, though if Dyche had ever bothered to use him properly, rather than using him as a stand-in for Calvert-Lewin in terms of tactics, he might have scored some more goals.

He's focused on signing young players with a sell-on value, as opposed to the prior strategy of overpaying on players who were looking for their last big contract, and therefore couldn't be sold on. It's not his fault that neither Benitez or Dyche in particular ever really bothered to use the youths he brought in.

But he's slimmed down the wage bill, he's done a lot in terms of putting in an actual infrastructure behind the scenes (the club genuinely sounds utterly amateur in terms of infrastructure), and he's been hamstrung by PSR and the fact that Moshiri pulled the plug on finances.

His entire tenure as DoF has been about undoing the ruinous damage of 2016-21, when money was spent on rubbish, and more money then spent on giving that rubbish insane wages (even now, our wage bill is high mid-table, as I understand it).

Our wage bill is 11th, Rob – but closer to 18th place than West Ham in 9th.

Alan #4,

Ernest was only 52 – he'll be one for the future.

Si (12) Regarding Weir and his global network, yes its true these agents have indeed got every player on their ipad ready for sale for a price and a fat fee for themselves to boot.
And as we know a lot of them are crap.
All of which is often to the detriment of any promising young hopefuls in our club or based locally.
Which is why our own kids never get a proper chance because there are usually no agents fees for homegrown talent and so they end up disillusioned and quit football.
Look at the Arsenal Man U game today the starting line ups included two English lads.
QED

BBC Gossip are saying that Atalanta are interested in taking DC-L in this window, anyone heard anything as they have history with Godfrey.

Pete you’re right we don’t want to see our local players stop making the step up. But in terms of Weir paying fat fees? His signings at Brighton have the club an absolute fortune in sell on fees. This is 100% the model we will have to look at. But cheap sell high.

Not sure this guy's the player we need to make a significant difference from the get go.
More one for the near future, IMO.

Alan #20, maybe they want to buy DCL so they can loan him to Ipswich along with Godfrey.

Philogene hasn't signed for Ipswich yet.

All agreed… but he still hasn't signed.

Who knows then Bill. Perhaps Everton couldn't commit to spending until the PSR position was cleared up today (subject to the stadium costs issue?) - but Philogene and Villa are prepared to wait.

Why don't we look at lower league players?

Dolan at Blackburn or Torp at Coventry?

Apparently we have agreed a fee with Lyon for Nuamah. Around £18M.

Not sure we can expect him to hit the ground running but he's a left-footed right winger with real pace and the ability to beat a man. He's only just turned 21 so plenty of time to develop.

Sam @27. 0 goals and 0 assists so far this season.

Can't wait, it's an exciting prospect, it really is.

Yes Grant, he's a good prospect. Though certainly his end product needs improving.

If he was banging in the goals, he wouldn't be coming to us!

Sam 29. You could get Broja Sainz for a couple of million more. Only 23 and actually has an end product.

How is no end product going to help us get up the table?

Unfortunately you can only buy players who are for sale. Sainz may be available in summer for about £25m (unless Norwich go up) but not in January.

Nuamah offers something we don't currently have - pace and dribbling ability. Those attributes give us more threat on the counter and will hopefully goals.

He's not exactly Savinho but he could be a good signing.

Grant he's not a bad finisher..he's only a kid. He scored quite a few for his previous club. He scored 3 and 2 assists from 21 last season. He's only had 5 starts this season. I seen him last year when watching OBrien and he looked lively. Strong little lad as well as Ghanaians do quite well in the PL.

Get him in, if only for the fastest milk cart on the dock. Also if hes like the the Suleiman kiddie playing for scumhampton we will be improving exponentially.

Robert @31. Sainz is linked with a 20 million move to Girona in the papers currently. Everyone is for sale for the right price.

Conor @32. If he is so good, then why is he playing less this season than last and why are they prepared to accept a loss on what they paid for him?

Go and get Esse from Millwall. 19 plays on the right, rapid and has 5 goals. Available for a mere 14 million.

Grant Lyon are desperate for cash as fear of being demoted. I didn't say he was so good just that he looked a talent and his stats aren't that bad per minutes played. He's also got 12 caps for Ghana with 3 goals. I don't know why he's fallen down the pecking order. Silva wanted him also and he normally does well in the transfer market

Grant, paper talk doesn’t mean Sainz is available.

Also, crucially, Sainz is a left winger of which we already have 3 or 4. We’ve needed someone who plays primarily on the right for years.

Not saying Nuamah is the best option or even close but he has some things that we lack. Let’s see if it goes through.

Also worth considering that Sainz only got 3 goals in 30+games in Spanish second division a few seasons when he was Nuamah’s age.

I don't think anyone (probably including Thelwell and Moyes) considers Nuamah to be "that good". They are after improvement, not perfection – and have a budget to work with.

Is Esse a better player? Possibly but you can see why he would prefer Palace and Bournemouth right now.

Will Sainz go to Girona for £20M? Possibly Grant although I'd be surprised if this is a January move because it kills Norwich's chance of a playoff place. And if it does happen, maybe the £20M from Man City owned Girona turns up in full straightaway – compared with the instalments of £18M we will probably pay for Nuamah.

If we get him - and also the now heavily linked Rensch from Ajax - that would give a our right flank a completely new dimension. It would be fast if nothing else.

Robert, think TFG might well get Rensch this month but for Roma rather than us (even though we’d probably play him more).

Sam, with regards to having 3 or 4 left-wingers, it still wouldn't surprise me if Willian joined especially as the likes of The Telegraph are reporting it.

The club may want more firepower to protect their investment hence Lindsrom and Ndiaye might be viewed as central options.

Just 2 weeks left in the transfer window and still only talk from supposed people in the know, and no action from the club.

Makes you wonder what the Director of Football has been doing since the close of the last window?

Conor, my sense is that Willian is just agent manipulation but certainly attacking additions in any area might be viable depending on how Moyes views McNeil, Ndiaye etc.

I would like to have someone who favours the right though. I can't remember the last time we had that? Townsend maybe?

Great news. Here we go!

Yeah, when you think about it, Sam, you are probably right. Him or Rodriguez who although not a winger was always better from the right.

You might also be right about Willian but, because he is a free transfer and with PSR, you would imagine he could have a few takers.

Conor, very possibly and Willian even at 37 could offer a footballing intelligence fee (if any) of our current lot can match.

I've no idea of the numbers but I wonder for how long PSR will restrict us? I've heard people say that we'll have a lot more room to breathe from this summer onwards.

Cancel the Broja and Harrison loans. Sign Nuamah for the right wing. Sign Willian to play the attacking midfielder role instead of Doucoure with Lindstrom as an impact sub.

Try and loan Chilwell for the left-back position with option to buy. This leaves an option for loaning another forward; I'd love Evan Ferguson.

Sounds a doable window with Ferguson the most doubtful of the lot. If we sell Beto as well, then it's not a huge outlay, so financially possible…

I assume the window closes this day fortnight so, being realistic, we will be lucky to bring in one or two given the time left and the state of the market.

When you are at the bottom of the food chain, and we have been there for some time now, it's just not that easy to get deals done.

Seeing this deal was being touted before Moyes joined, I guess this is a Thelwell signing if it happens.

I would imagine Moyes will want to bring in a striker and a playmaker, given Broja is practically out for the rest of the season and Beto wants away, and Calvert-Lewin just isn't good enough.

I like the bits I have seen from Chermiti but, after such a long lay-off, cameos from the bench is the most we can expect this season.

I would like us to see Armstrong given a start in between Gana and Mangala, as he is always looking to play a forward pass.

The results went our way again last night but we need to start winning as they won't always go our way.

I don't know if Moyes will consider playing a 3-5-2 formation as it seemed to help us get more men in the opponent's box, I know we were trailing at the time of the switch to 3-5-2 but it seemed to suit the players we have.

Also, looking at O'Brien, you wonder why Dyche didnt try this system as he looked quite comfortable playing there.

Rumours that it’s down to Moyes now. It’s a no from me. Nothing Thelwell has done so far makes me think hell get this one right. But we all know Moyes can spot a player. I trust Moyes’ judgment more. I read a statistical break down of this kid and apart from one stat he’s performing worse than both Harrison and Lindstrom. Let that sink in!! Although he does have pace and we badly need pace I’m not sure a 21 year old who’s struggling in Ligue 1 comes into a relegation battle in front of a toxic crowd and suddenly starts performing.
The rumours of Dewsbury Hall and Chilwell are much more like it for me. Players that instantly improve the squad/first 11. However they could be miles wide of the mark.

Looks like this kid has opted to stay in France.