Transfer Rumour 25/26 Summer Transfer Window (22 Viewers)

[Deity]

Fancy being the new First Team Kit and Laundry Assistant?

https://www.ccfc.co.uk/news/2025/august/27/vacancy--first-team-kit---laundry-assistant/

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I've been discussing above But:
1) when he came in everything was based on 5 years. Players contracts were 4 years, rental agreement was 5 years.
2) he's built up the commercial side of the club massively and quickly.
3) Pruned the squad to a streamlined mode with value and strength. we're now a side that can regularly compete for to the top 6, with a decent and big name manager.
4) bought the Stadium - the key one. It requires a bit of maintenance, bit of investment - but crucially its within the club structure. To me, in its current state, it only makes sense when you're looking to sell the total package.
5) The current squad appears to be reaching the first part of their contracts. first batch of post Vik and Hamer contracts up for renewal next season. Can we afford this? crucially - Can Doug?
6) Hes not in it for the love of the club or game - hes here to make money, Hes also a hedgefund manager

ultimately Doug is risk averse. Does he want to stay and gamble on getting us to the premier league? Thats gonna take further investment. Or Does he take what is likely to be around £30m profit whilst we are where we are.

I'm probably wrong, But i get the feeling - as Tim Fisher once aluded to, we're at the top of the cycle.

There is zero evidence that Doug is risk adverse ….

He has spent all the transfer income and more on the squad and training facilities. He’s just bought the stadium that requires material investment …

A risk adverse guy doesn’t buy a football club, banks some of the transfer income, and doesn’t invest in the way he is ….

 

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[fatso]

Certainly interested to see how Raphael gets on in League One

It will be interesting, but either way i cant see him coming back here. If he impresses at Wigan they will take him on, if he doesn't then we won't want him back.

 

[fatso]

The match fitness is a big thing though to be honest.

Of the free agents who could add something to us, I think they are out of our wage bracket.

How can someone who is a free agent and thus unemployed, possibly be out of our wage bracket???

How much do you get on the dole these days?

 

[Skyblue Bangkok]

How can someone who is a free agent and thus unemployed, possibly be out of our wage bracket???

How much do you get on the dole these days?

Because they have probably earned a fair bit of money so can choose to be picky.

 

[Samo]

Is Josh Brownhill still free?

 

[SeaSeeEffCee]

How can someone who is a free agent and thus unemployed, possibly be out of our wage bracket???

How much do you get on the dole these days?

Let’s offer Josh Brownhill £500 a week in that case! Should be enough to secure his services!

 

[AOM]

It will be interesting, but either way i cant see him coming back here. If he impresses at Wigan they will take him on, if he doesn't then we won't want him back.

I have a feeling you might be right unfortunately. Can't really remember the last Coventry player to go out on loan and turn it around here.

Really hoping he can though. Looked quite good in recent appearances and one of the main things he seemed to be lacking was experience

 

[Ccfcisparks]

Vitor the Wolves manager confirmed they were offered MVE but he was 4th choice RWB on their list

 

[hill83]

Is Josh Brownhill still free?

Didn't he turn down 100k a week at Leicester? We need to spread the money saved from Binks more wisely.

 

[Speedie's Head]

I have a feeling you might be right unfortunately. Can't really remember the last Coventry player to go out on loan and turn it around here.

Really hoping he can though. Looked quite good in recent appearances and one of the main things he seemed to be lacking was experience

What is he? 21? A bit of a late developer physically, perhaps. He'll not want to end up in L1 or L2 at his age, I'm sure that he'd rather go abroad. If he survives the "welcome" then he'll come back useful. I reckon he'll be training with the first team next summer and it's a take it from there thing with him.

 

[quinn1971]

Haji wright
rudoni
MVE
Grimes
Woolfenden
half our team prob get into any side in this league, if we could of just got a couple more in, ah well, we’ll have to just settle for play offs again

 

[Matt smith]

Haji wright
rudoni
MVE
Grimes
Woolfenden
half our team prob get into any side in this league, if we could of just got a couple more in, ah well, we’ll have to just settle for play offs again

Play offs are extremely unlikely.

important to consolidate this season now

 

[Ccfcisparks]

Play offs are extremely unlikely.

important to consolidate this season now

People really do not understand the concept of squad depth, it is astounding.

 

[Skyblueweeman]

Play offs are extremely unlikely.

Strongly disagree but each to their own.

 

[quinn1971]

Play offs are extremely unlikely.

important to consolidate this season now

What ? It’s a stronger squad than last season , top scorers and we’ve just made the defence better, we’ll be fine

 

[Ccfcisparks]

What ? It’s a stronger squad than last season , top scorers and we’ve just made the defence better, we’ll be fine

Our attacking subs, without injuries, are BTA and Simms.

 

[Matt smith]

What ? It’s a stronger squad than last season , top scorers and we’ve just made the defence better, we’ll be fine

Our first 11 is superb I’m not coming on here being critical of that

teams have stronger squads though and they’ll prove beneficial and well run out of steam unless we recruit in January

shame we didn’t get a couple of loans in that we’ve had months to plan

 

[Balli001]

Our attacking subs, without injuries, are BTA and Simms.

Fortunate then as BTA has 4 goal contributions in 4 games so far

 

[Matt smith]

I fully expect at least one marquee signing in January if we’re serious about getting promotion, ideally a wide forward

 

[Matt smith]

Fortunate then as BTA has 4 goal contributions in 4 games so far

Be great when he’s our only rotation option up front and he might be away in the most congested part of the season

 

[Speedie's Head]

Fortunate then as BTA has 4 goal contributions in 4 games so far

Simmo played 40 odd games last season too. That's an awful lot of time on the pitch just to write off, even if he doesn't score very often.

 

[Ccfcisparks]

Fortunate then as BTA has 4 goal contributions in 4 games so far

OK I'll entertain this. If Sakamoto gets injured, like he has previously, then BTA comes in. Our only attacking substitute is Simms. Is that good enough?

 

[Matt smith]

Simmo played 40 odd games last season too. That's an awful lot of time on the pitch just to write off, even if he does score very often.

About time he started delivering then.

 

[Speedie's Head]

About time he started delivering then.

He's going to have to or his career is knackered!

 

[Matt smith]

It’s just so frustrating, a couple of season loans would have sufficed and it might have meant we could get through till next summer

They’ve sort of left themselves in a predicament where we have no choice but to recruit

 

[Ccfcisparks]

It’s just so frustrating, a couple of season loans would have sufficed and it might have meant we could get through till next summer

They’ve sort of left themselves in a predicament where we have no choice but to recruit

People are trying to convince themselves that BTA and Simms are good enough attacking depth, before even considering our depth if we get 1 attacker injured

 

[Matt smith]

He's going to have to or his career is knackered!

Fed up season after season of the trepidation of losing a couple of first team players through injury

 

[Matt smith]

It’s at the stage where I’d seriously ‘panic buy’ a free agent just for a body in the building

 

[Speedie's Head]

Fed up season after season of the trepidation of losing a couple of first team players through injury

I know! Especially the strikers.

 

[Hincha]

Play offs are extremely unlikely.

important to consolidate this season now

Fucking hell, we shat the bed for the first 1/3 of last season and still made the play-offs. We'll be fine

 

[stupot07]

OK I'll entertain this. If Sakamoto gets injured, like he has previously, then BTA comes in. Our only attacking substitute is Simms. Is that good enough?

It doesn't matter as Lampard doesn't like using subs anyway

 

[Ccfcisparks]

It doesn't matter as Lampard doesn't like using subs anyway

Thats another excuse they use to cope, youre bang on!

 

[Matt smith]

The money I suspect was there, we were bidding on Woolfenden and Hughes. Come January we need to literally be ready to go on target a or b in positions x y z.

feels like Deja vu from last summer, fully understandable why fans are aggrieved we’re all onboard and I feel on the playing side I expected more I can’t lie

 

[Matt smith]

Fucking hell, we shat the bed for the first 1/3 of last season and still made the play-offs. We'll be fine

If we could play the same 11 we’d be top six no doubt, it’s a squad game and we don’t have it.

 

[quinn1971]

Our first 11 is superb I’m not coming on here being critical of that

teams have stronger squads though and they’ll prove beneficial and well run out of steam unless we recruit in January

shame we didn’t get a couple of loans in that we’ve had months to plan

have a look at Leicester, Ipswich, Southampton, and the other top teams, the bench isn’t great, we’re right up there