Whereas before, every player we wanted was wanted by West Ham, we are now in the situation where every player we are after is wanted by West Ham and Leeds. If you were a player, and you had a choice between the three, where would you go? He'd be great for us but not happening if either Leeds or West Ham, or just about anybody else, put in a bid. We need your bargain basement type signing. Lundstrum springs to mind immediately. Not young, not skillful, but cheap.
We need to get them not so established. Flynn Downes would be the type if cheap enough. I heard Gallagher for 9 mil - which sounds cheap to me (and I'm not sure I believe it).

Red and Blue Army!

I have never seen Pereira play as a striker.
At WBA he has been deployed in midfield and he prefers to play centrally rather than out wide.
Can score from excellent free-kicks and works hard which sometimes goes unnoticed.

Edited by Willo (14 May 2021 11.34pm)

It may be possible (theoretically) to get him if we use our loan options well. The rumour re Dragusin from Juve has resurfaced as a loan interest. We probably only NEED 2 new CBs including Dragusin (if we go for him and get him). If we get Dragusin we'd still have 2 PL loan options. It's a question where we choose to spend any transfer kitty. Having said all that I expect one of the bigger/more fashionable PL clubs to get Pereira ahead of us, sadly, but would like to see him come here.

Reports this morning WBA will accept £15m for him.

We would need to move quickly.

Brighton reportedly interested. Bissouma could be on way out.

Liverpool open to allowing Neco Williams to go on loan. We should be all over this as he is a RB

I suggested Neco Williams in a post the other day and had a conversation about him with fellow supporters only last night.
He is of course a right-back by trade but has also featured at left-back for Liverpool.