[WBA-Josh]

I’ve been following Hegazi’s progress at AFCON this past week and he has some good teammates in the Egypt squad. The left back Ashraf has been good, his partner in defence tonight El Mohamady looks solid and is only 22 and Trezeguet on the left wing is very quick and strong but does drift in and out of games.

For us, Ashraf could be good to push Gibbs at left back (plays centre back for his club so adds cover there as well) and Trezeguet would be good if we can tempt him to England from Turkey (might be too audacious though).

[Blue Baggie]

I’ve been following Hegazi’s progress at AFCON this past week and he has some good teammates in the Egypt squad. The left back Ashraf has been good, his partner in defence tonight El Mohamady looks solid and is only 22 and Trezeguet on the left wing is very quick and strong but does drift in and out of games.

For us, Ashraf could be good to push Gibbs at left back (plays centre back for his club so adds cover there as well) and Trezeguet would be good if we can tempt him to England from Turkey (might be too audacious though).

We stole Hegazi and signed him for a silly £1,250 / wk - which we had to quickly increase as it was clear he could perform at the top level.
I will take your word for it about his team mates. Convincing our recruitment team to spending money is a major problem though.
I'm open minded atm - but unless we back Bilic with 7 or 8 perm signings, we're more likely to be in another relegation battle the promotion IMO.
We do have 5 weeks to sign 14 players (replacing those that have left) that's 3 a week.

[WBA-Josh]

Youssouf Mulumbu has left Celtic. Would you guys and gals be open to a return to the club for him?

He’s only 32 and would provide experienced cover in midfield. Maybe a 1 year deal with an option for a second if he plays over 25 times.

[drewks]

Even if he was a shadow of the player he was before, I'd say a big fat YES to a return, Josh!

[BaggieSteve]

I'd love to see Mulumbu back at the Hawthorns. Come back Youssuf, you know it's your proper home

[Beefy 1965]

Filip Krovinović is set to fly to England within the next 72 hours to finalise a move to #wba after agreeing a €300k loan fee with Benfica according to reports in Portugal....

[Blue Baggie]

Paul Terry (yes John's brother) has joined our ever growing recruitment team.
If the recruitment team bring in one "yes just one" player each and Bilic and his 3 assistants bring in one each - A bonus point for the first to tell me how many additional players we could have?

[WBA-Josh]

Filip Krovinović is set to fly to England within the next 72 hours to finalise a move to #wba after agreeing a €300k loan fee with Benfica according to reports in Portugal....

Great news if true. That’s the number 10, who can also play as an 8, that we need to make Bilić’s systems work.

https://www.transfermarkt.com/filip-krov...ler/261988

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As for Mulumbu, I’d love to see him return. Bilić likes a box-to-box midfielder in his central 3 and at the moment we only have Harper who can actually do it. Mulumbu would give us the experience to cover Harper so he can rested when needed and we won’t lose any energy in the middle

[bomberbrown1968]

Youssouf Mulumbu has left Celtic. Would you guys and gals be open to a return to the club for him?

He’s only 32 and would provide experienced cover in midfield. Maybe a 1 year deal with an option for a second if he plays over 30 times.

I'd drive up and fetch him from Scotland myself, still think he could do a job better than most for us

[Beefy 1965]

Bye Bye Daws ...............

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