So who are we signing?

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Just thought I'd try and narrow this down a bit!

The firmest rumour seems to be that of Djibril Cisse. Everyone is claiming we have signed him on loan, with City paying £25,000 per week and QPR paying the rest. He's also the Bellamy link, as they played together at 'Pool and left at the same time. He's an eccentric character, but I think he would cause serious damage at this level. He scored almost a goal a game in the Greek top league and the standard probably isn't dissimilar, although he's struggled at QPR this season (but hasn't everyone?).

After Cisse, there was rumours of Darren Bent...but are Villa really going to contribute towards his £80,000 a week wages, as I'm sure we wouldn't pay the whole amount? And he isn't likely to take a drop in wages. Skybet dropped him from 16/1 to 5/1 for the move to City however. Dwight Gayle has now signed for Peterborough, so that rules that out. Charlie Austin will probably stay until the end of the season with Burnley or move to the Premiership, Danny Graham is wanted by Reading and Norwich and he doesn't want to drop a level. And West Brom's Chris Wood keeps popping up (ahem) and he's available for £1.5million, could be a good punt as apparently Dave Jones wants Velcro at Sheffield Wednesday.

Frank Lampard has been told to find another club, and Big Sam wants him back at West Ham, which sparked Twitter rumours we were after Kevin Nolan. And there was a lot of talk on that one and I, for one, would love to see us sign Nolan. Beckham and Giggs are probably a no, as Malky seems to have ruled both out...although you can never say never with VT I suppose!

At the back, there was talk of a £2million bid for Celtic's Emilio Izaguirre, although that's gone quiet now that Celtic are in the next round in the Champions League. This is more likely to happen at the end of the season when we go up. Derby have publicly stated that we are not talking to them about signing John Brayford, which means we probably are. Don't know much about him, but West Ham were interested as well. Back at QPR, where the Malaysian link is pretty strong and seems to be working well for us, Jose Bosingwa has been fined two weeks wages and 'Arry has said he may or may not play for the team again, sparking another Twitter loan rumour, similar to the one about Nedum Onuoha, although both of these look unlikely.

Either way it should be a pretty exciting January and any of the above players would have a massive impact.

Anything I've missed?

Red614 wrote:Guess what! ANOTHER new name to add to our rumours! Tweeted by a CCFC rumours account but with no definite source, if the Brayford deal falls through Reading's Chris Gunter is lined up for a return in replacement.

Surely not, since they would want their £2million outlay back.
Has he been a regular for Reading?

When I watched Reading play a month ago he started so that left me confused!

Fulham's Stephen Kelly looks certain to be joining Reading imminently - it means Gunter's services wouldn't be required anymore. So it's plausible, in that sense.

Jordon Mutch started following John Brayford on Twitter today #Update #LEaDer

Mutch also follows Rooney so perhaps he's signing too?

Well the Daily Mail claims we are after Cameron Jerome now...perhaps the journalist who wrote that has gone back in time to a period two weeks ago before malky said he wasn't interested

Lazy Journalism nqat

According to @backpage, ourselves and Ipswich are showing interest in...ahem...DJ Campbell. Yeah, THAT DJ Campbell.

Can't see it, although he knows how to score. Malky is apparently still trying for someone big according to twitter

SSN this morning......

Sordell scored twice for Bolton last night, so I can't see him going anywhere just now........hooray!!

Cissé at QPR and Carlton Cole at West Ham both being made available.....

Not a fan of his in the past, but, at this level, I think Cole would be perfect for us just now.......

BBC Gossip Column is speculating that Sordell is being chased by Charlton and last week they carried quotes from Freedman stating he was going to help him settle - so, quite probably going nowhere. Also, allegedly, Cisse is off to the UAE.

Have to agree, Cole would be my preferred favourite out of those three but I'm sure someone like Reading or Wigan would try and snap him up first.

Arkay v2.0 wrote:BBC Gossip Column is speculating that Sordell is being chased by Charlton and last week they carried quotes from Freedman stating he was going to help him settle - so, quite probably going nowhere. Also, allegedly, Cisse is off to the UAE.

Have to agree, Cole would be my preferred favourite out of those three but I'm sure someone like Reading or Wigan would try and snap him up first.

I often wonder how far sighted footballers are. Okay Reading & Wigan interested, but where does the best possibility of Premiership football lie?

I'd be more pessimistic than that TDA - Wigan and Reading would probably pay higher wages than championship sides. It's what drives most deals nowdays.

Of those mentioned, and bearing in mind I am no great fan of his, Cole would be my choice. At this level he will score enough goals, and has proven so. Not sure that Wigan will look too closely at him, not so sure about reading though. Are we looking short term, and then Maynard to pick up the mantle next season, or are we looking for an option beyond this season?