I'd take the lad McEachran - Lukaku would be an awesome loan signing, but I can't see that one happening.

Apparently we can't loan a Chelsea player as we have loaned one already even if we send kakuta back??

Oh shoot. Forgot about the bloody loan thing.

Kakuta goes back in Jan, not too sure on the rules for a second signing from Chelsea in Jan.

£7m could do nicely though. Personally, I believe we need at least one new CB and possibly a LB on loan.

we will definately need a centre back, personally i would love to see us go for Onuoha from City. With Ricketts coming back soon we may be ok for full back cover.

I reckon Coyle will try to sign Tim Ream as Cahill replacement.

I reckon Cahill to Chelsea is a done deal unless Alex withdraws his transfer request or another club were to better Chelseas' offer. Both Coyle and AVB are now publically admitting that the interest and dialogue has already started.

With regards to signings, we are going to have to dispose of players if we need more than one player.

We currently have 24 players over 21 registered and that is without Chung Yong Lee. Getting a replacement for Cahill and registering CYL in January will max us out at 25.

The 2 most likely victims, if we are to make further signings, other than a replacement for Cahill, would have to be Blake and/or Obadeyi.

I personally think we need a CB (obviously if Cahills off), a wide player to replace Kakuta and a stiker. We look pretty vulnerable up front with KD's form, N'go's form & injuries. It would only take Klasnic to get injured and we would be in $hit street.

When Kaktua returns to Chelsea we are free to loan another player from them and i fully expect us to boot Boyata back to City in January as he really does not want to be here and is a waste of a loan and wages imo.

I understand that we can have another Chelsea player when Kakuta returns, but Boyata and Kakuta are still both under 21 and their return still leaves us with player(s) to get rid of if we want more than a replacement for Cahill.

I was not refering to that Bricks i was saying that i think both players will return to their clubs in January thats all.
Your right regarding the player issue but as you said being Tope has not had a look in and Blake is not even near the bench now i reckon both are likely to get the chop from the 25 man squad. I guess than Davis was never registered?

I still say he should go overseas to better himself.

We'll see how things go in January I suppose. Owen Coyle's better signings have occurred in January.

I think he was always going to leave in January ... he can't get away fast enough, if reports are to be believed. Would be great if there was more than one club in for him, as the most important thing for us in all this is how can we get the maximum amount for him (be that cash, or cash + a decent loan player).

I'll wish him all the best when he goes though, wherever that happens to be

Decent of AVB to confirm an interest, a bidding war would be good as long as it's concluded early Jan.

the rules are you can loan 4 players from other prem clubs but only 2 at one time as we have now.you cannot loan 2 players from 1 club end off.we cannot have mceachran,lukaku or onuoha on loan.we can pick another loan player from one of the other 17 prem clubs when kakuta returns to chelsea.i think we are stuck with boyata as he is on a season long loan.i would not return him as we will need him when cahill goes,the lad is a centre back, not a right back.

benny, according to Coyle's mate Nixon, we're getting shut of Boyata in January.

The loan rules are crystal clear: maximum of four from domestic clubs in any one season, all four MUST be from different clubs. You cannot send one back and get another from the same club.

The two-at-the-same-time rule is a completely separate clause: you can only have two domestic loan players at once from anywhere at all. We have Boyata and Kakuta, which is our maximum cohort of loan players. We can get two different ones if those two are sent back ... however, we cannot have another City or Chelsea loanee. You can read this in the current season's PL handbook on the PL website: the actual rules, not half-baked newspaper and radio punditry

the boyata loan is very strange to me.i thought a season long loan meant a season long loan.kakuta clearly signed till jan when we signed him in aug so he goes back.boyata surely we are stuck with him?

Not if both clubs agree to end the agreement.

If Coyle gets on the blower to Mancini and says he's not going to play him any more, it's not good for the player to leave him where he is if City feel they can farm him out somewhere else or better develop the player, or even sell him.