00:00i think if it's the goalkeepers they're there now it's going to start with griffiths
00:04but have you have you picked up any sense coxie that alvin might move for a goalkeeper in the
00:10the current window given the fact that griffiths is still quite inexperienced i don't say inexperienced
00:14played over 120 efl games but you know in terms of age compared to and from our perspective yeah um
00:22josh griffiths was one of the one of the many interviewees in austria wasn't he um
00:27i my impression like you're absolutely right look his last season ended albeit with a caretaker
00:33manager and as as we are either here and now griffiths is number one it's as simple as that i
00:37mean that's nothing against joe wildsmith but i think that's quite clear um i haven't gone at
00:43anything that suggests that alvin are actively looking to change that in terms of a number one
00:50a keeper change but what what i would add to that and this is something we'll get on i think as the
00:54answers go and maybe into the the latter section of the pod when we're speaking about other things i
00:58think within reason i think there's possible there are possibles really for more or less any albion
01:07player to it sounds dramatic and i don't intend it to i don't mean it to but realistically there's
01:13possibilities for more or less any album player to i would say move on um before now and the end of the
01:18the window now i've written several times including this week that you know obviously a mid as we go
01:23interesting players are imminent you know we know us defender george campbell's set to check in
01:29obviously there's been reports about the star korean um attacker from the k league now you know albin
01:36clearly within reason back in mason to bring in you know to boost the squad now the club aren't in a
01:43position within financial fair play in psr where they can just continue to spend like this without
01:48you know coming a cropper really with the the psr um constraints and stuff so something we'll have to
01:55give now look clearly clearly there are players albion would rather sell than ones they wouldn't want to
02:01however it just so happens that the players that are really a value of the club and naturally the better
02:10players the players the more regular players the younger players now i think for me and this is
02:14nothing new because it's been happening for a number of years but i think you could probably
02:17categorize josh griffiths within that i think as a as a young player with promised potential some
02:22experience that would probably garner interest i think from across the the you know the level perhaps
02:29clubs are level above looking looking forward to the future you know it's just a 23 year old future with
02:34hundreds of games behind and so yeah my i suppose my point is that watch this space regards to
02:42interest that i suppose will come in in albion talent really and as it stands at the moment i expect
02:48griffiths to be number one if the season started tomorrow of course and i don't necessarily expect
02:53him to leave uh but i think you know all options are on the table really and whatever sales happen
03:01and ultimately i would suggest depend on the level and the seriousness of the interest in the player
03:06you know like it's that old adage isn't it everyone's got a price um some higher than other in
03:12albin's squad everyone's in a different situation like there are aging players who are on bigger money
03:16who you know i'm sure albin would happily sort of move on if it could work for all parties but
03:22yeah it's an interesting one isn't it because the squad is getting replenished well it looks so far
03:27you know and matt phillips hegeber um more to follow in other areas loans will happen but um
03:33some balancing and some tinker in the other way will will come so um it's going to be very interesting
03:39in the coming weeks when that's you know when that begins to happen thank you very much for your
03:44question lee uh leah watkins has said how likely is it now that fellows might stay or if that is the
03:52case then how does that affect our plans both tactically and also for other transfers i think we kind
03:56of touched on this last week didn't we coxie you know the fact that the johnson move was off you
04:01know albin's probably still got to do a bit of moving and shaking to to get around the psr issue
04:07you know they're not out of the woods my my gut feeling on the fellows deal is that if a reasonable
04:12bid that they won't be lowball but if a reasonable bid comes in i think tom fellows potentially might not
04:18be an army player yeah i mean see the answer i just gave i think i think it's fairly clear that
04:27fellows is i was going to say within the top two club assets maybe the top three you know i was
04:34sort of categorizing him with an eyes of price a similar age possibly valuable
04:39you know what didn't cost albin a penny when it comes to the books and stuff he's he's probably
04:47still the you know golden egg isn't he probably still the asset and i i still like again this this
04:56is not necessarily with you know full information but i would still anticipate clubs to have an interest
05:03in fellows this summer um now look that might not necessarily resort into anything concrete
05:08especially soon but i just wonder when things will start to you know domino effects will start
05:13to happen something caught my eye this morning actually as we speak and it may you know it's
05:18probably totally unrelated but it did catch my eye still um brentford are pushing hard for amari
05:24hutchinson i think i saw a report of around 35 million i think uh i think a trigger had passed for a
05:32release clause or something anyway the point is yeah you know relegated it switch amari hutchinson
05:36similar position to fellows you just wonder if you it's like a domino effect isn't it clubs
05:43of a similar ilk or above you know a brentford or a club you probably expect that we'll be watching
05:48a fellows but if if something happens there and all of a sudden you know ipswich have got a load of
05:54money and you know would need to replace the right winger like that or something you know may they
05:58have a look i've said before haven't i it wouldn't surprise me if southampton
06:02previously interested in fellows came back for him another relegated side you know but does that
06:07depend on whether their winger tyler dibbling moves on you know possibly i think these things could
06:13happen like that i think you know once one sort of thing goes through once one move goes through
06:18especially one in value like that i think you could see things move but look i hope i hope tom fellow
06:23stays i really do um we probably said didn't we johnny for the final few months of last season that if
06:31albin don't go up then we'd be surprised or we expect fellows would move on this summer
06:35um not quite a 21 year old winger with a season and a half behind him and he finished top assist
06:41there in the champ last season it's it's it's hard to justify clubs not coming in for him to be honest
06:46that's not to say last season was flawless for fellows it was his first full season he had peaks
06:51and troughs and he had little periods out the side or when it wasn't quite going well for him
06:56but he remains clearly a real asset and um yeah i think one to keep tabs on and monitor as as sort
07:04of moves maybe between the premier league and the championship and abroad starts to happen
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