He confirms that we’ve held discussions with AC Milan over Thiaw, but insists that he is one of ‘three or four names’ who’ve been shortlisted at centre-back. To our surprise, Romano also reports that we are still in the market for ‘priority target’ James Trafford, despite signing Odysseas Vlachodimos and John Ruddy earlier this month.

As for the ‘three to four’ signings wanted over the next six weeks of the window, you suspect that is a centre-back, right-winger, another striker and a goalkeeper, if Burnley’s Trafford remains a target.

There’s been a lot of talk around Thiaw after we missed out on Tosin Adarabioyo to Chelsea, while the Portuguese media have credited us with strong interest in Benfica’s Antonio Silva.

In goal, it was suggested last week that we’ve cooled our interest in Burnley’s Trafford after two goalkeepers arrived, yet Romano seems to think we’re still in the mix following talks with the Clarets and a failed £16m bid last month.