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Transfer Rumour 25/26 Summer Transfer Window (80 Viewers)

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Captain Dart

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  • Today at 9:58 AM
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wingy said:
Did he finish the season with a goat or two?
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Couldn't possibly say.
 
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Balli001

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  • Today at 10:01 AM
  • #1,192
Ccfcisparks said:
Oh so it’s bollocks then
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It would make sense though. Young player with potential from Chelsea
 

shmmeee

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  • Today at 10:04 AM
  • #1,193
Captain Dart said:
Couldn't possibly say.
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Four Goats and the GOAT
 
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mmttww

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  • Today at 10:07 AM
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Gibbo said:
Will MVE attract > 5m pnds?
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Other than Bogle at Leeds I'd struggle to think of a better RB in this league so at his age, two years on his contract and the pace he's got, I'd be surprised if it was less than £10m.
 
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wingy

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  • Today at 10:08 AM
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Greatest of all Time!
 
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SkyBlueDom26

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  • Today at 10:22 AM
  • #1,196
@Saddlebrains have you heard anything mate? Surely Milan will stay?
 
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long way home

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  • Today at 10:24 AM
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In my opinion keeping Thomas, Milan, Grimes, Rudoni, EMC and Tatsu would be a priority. These would be the hardest players to improve on not just replace. The improvement in the squad has to come from the others, it's harder work but it has to be that way otherwise you stand still.

Lots of good free agents out there that would improve us so it's just wait and see. But Dolan is one that comes to mind straight away I'd be pushing the boat out for. He adds quality and would be an improvement on Simms, BTA and Pato. Pay him he would be worth it, Bundu is another would improve our squad and is better than the 3 named. We simply have to wheel and deal and work twice as hard as others this summer, it's the only way we stay a top 6 side.
 
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Balli001

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  • Today at 10:30 AM
  • #1,198
long way home said:
In my opinion keeping Thomas, Milan, Grimes, Rudoni, EMC and Tatsu would be a priority. These would be the hardest players to improve on not just replace. The improvement in the squad has to come from the others, it's harder work but it has to be that way otherwise you stand still.

Lots of good free agents out there that would improve us so it's just wait and see. But Dolan is one that comes to mind straight away I'd be pushing the boat out for. He adds quality and would be an improvement on Simms, BTA and Pato. Pay him he would be worth it, Bundu is another would improve our squad and is better than the 3 named. We simply have to wheel and deal and work twice as hard as others this summer, it's the only way we stay a top 6 side.
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Using your own argument we could potentially sell Milan and replace with 3 good full backs and still have half the money left over
 
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fatso

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  • Today at 10:38 AM
  • #1,199
long way home said:
In my opinion keeping Thomas, Milan, Grimes, Rudoni, EMC and Tatsu would be a priority. These would be the hardest players to improve on not just replace. The improvement in the squad has to come from the others, it's harder work but it has to be that way otherwise you stand still.

Lots of good free agents out there that would improve us so it's just wait and see. But Dolan is one that comes to mind straight away I'd be pushing the boat out for. He adds quality and would be an improvement on Simms, BTA and Pato. Pay him he would be worth it, Bundu is another would improve our squad and is better than the 3 named. We simply have to wheel and deal and work twice as hard as others this summer, it's the only way we stay a top 6 side.
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I agree. However, finding clubs to take some of our non performing high earners is going to be the biggest problem we face this summer.
Who's going to pay us the money we would want for Simms and Wright, AND pay them similar wages to what they are "earning" here??
In terms of finances, I think doug really pushed the boat out to get BTA last year, and then he backed Lampard with the addition of Grimes in January, so I'd be very suprised if a major signing spree is about to happen.
It may well be the case that the fortcoming Gyokeres windfall has already been allocated to cover the signing of Grimes.

Maybe we should be looking at the loan market for a couple of options.
 
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SleepyGinger

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  • Today at 10:39 AM
  • #1,200
There’s no chance he’d be coming here as back up, just won PNE player of the year.
 
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SkyBlueDom26

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  • Today at 10:40 AM
  • #1,201
Balli001 said:
Using your own argument we could potentially sell Milan and replace with 3 good full backs and still have half the money left over
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Yeah but the problem is none of them are as good as Milan, let’s hope they can live up to how good he is, I wouldn’t be cashing in for anything less than 15 million, it’s worth the risk to get us over the line next season
 
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Deity

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  • Today at 10:43 AM
  • #1,202
long way home said:
In my opinion keeping Thomas, Milan, Grimes, Rudoni, EMC and Tatsu would be a priority. These would be the hardest players to improve on not just replace. The improvement in the squad has to come from the others, it's harder work but it has to be that way otherwise you stand still.

Lots of good free agents out there that would improve us so it's just wait and see. But Dolan is one that comes to mind straight away I'd be pushing the boat out for. He adds quality and would be an improvement on Simms, BTA and Pato. Pay him he would be worth it, Bundu is another would improve our squad and is better than the 3 named. We simply have to wheel and deal and work twice as hard as others this summer, it's the only way we stay a top 6 side.
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The improvement in the squad has to be financed by selling one of our best players ….
 
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Marty

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  • Today at 10:48 AM
  • #1,203
It's the model, we need to trust the process, we sign very few duds now a days and they tend to be players that management/staff wanted/worked with before.
 
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quinn1971

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  • Today at 10:56 AM
  • #1,204
SkyBlueDom26 said:
Yeah but the problem is none of them are as good as Milan, let’s hope they can live up to how good he is, I wouldn’t be cashing in for anything less than 15 million, it’s worth the risk to get us over the line next season
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What if he’s Milan without the mistakes, would be gutted if he left, but could be better defensively, this could be an upgrade,
 

SleepyGinger

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  • Today at 10:58 AM
  • #1,205
This is the time to sell Milan with 2 years left on his deal and Kessler Hayden seems about a good a replacement as you could ask for.
 
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SkyBlueStallion_89

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  • Today at 11:06 AM
  • #1,206
I'd be gutted if Milan goes but at some point it'll be inevitable that he does, Kesler-Hayden as replacement could turn out to be a brilliant signing.

Leeds signed Bogle from Sheffield United for 5 million quid which I thought was too much and didn't even rate him, even Sheffield fans couldn't believe they got that much for him and even said they mugged Leeds off but he turned out a class signing for them, so could be similar sort of situation.
 
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AFCCOVENTRY

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  • Today at 11:09 AM
  • #1,207
SleepyGinger said:
This is the time to sell Milan with 2 years left on his deal and Kessler Hayden seems about a good a replacement as you could ask for.
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Agree. Any star players in this model we operate you’ve got to cash in at the optimal point and keep reinvesting to keep increasing the standard and value of the squad. That model stops once you hit the Premiership.
 
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Skybluedownunder

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  • Today at 11:11 AM
  • #1,208
Viktor17 said:
IF mVE goes, it will be £10million (minimum) plus sell on - we don’t have to sell, it’s on our terms , DK is a slick negotiator. MVE is at height of value.

Doubling money on player in 2 years, that’s the business model - like it or not!

as good as MvE is, he is still raw defensively, pace gets him out of trouble a lot. It would not be end of the world.
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I don’t know if that back pass would put him at ‘the height of his value’


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Perennial Lurker

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  • Today at 11:11 AM
  • #1,209
Can we please stop suggesting loans as back up .
No parent club will do that
 
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Cally Fedora

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  • Today at 11:29 AM
  • #1,210
If we’re after KKH we’ll face stiff competition maybe even from newly promoted or lower prem clubs. Would be an excellent deal if we turned a profit in the deal in terms of the sale of MVE. KKH would be a slight upgrade for me, especially defensively. And, of course, adheres to our overarching transfer policy of getting as many double barrelled names in as possible.
 

SkyBlueStallion_89

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  • Today at 11:37 AM
  • #1,211

When you defeat all enemies and come face to face with the end of game boss of double barrels.. . A double double barrel
 
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Liquid Gold

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  • Today at 11:44 AM
  • #1,212
Every one of our players would be let go for the right price. Rudoni's would be astronomical but they'll have a figure and replacements in mind if it is met.

Buy → Develop → Sell → Reinvest

Keep doing that and we'll eventually go up.
 
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Evo1883

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  • Today at 11:56 AM
  • #1,213
First time in years I actually genuinely had proper good ITK info today , and that villa RB is a solid solid rumour
 
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Sky Blue Goblin

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  • Today at 11:57 AM
  • #1,214
Evo1883 said:
First time in years I actually genuinely had proper good ITK info today , and that villa RB is a solid solid rumour
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Assuming the itk news is that the villa rb has legs to it
 
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Balli001

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  • Today at 11:57 AM
  • #1,215
SkyBlueDom26 said:
Yeah but the problem is none of them are as good as Milan, let’s hope they can live up to how good he is, I wouldn’t be cashing in for anything less than 15 million, it’s worth the risk to get us over the line next season
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You dont know that they are not. Fans become attached to popular players, which i totally understand, but they all have a selling point and price. All also can be improved on in different ways.
 

Evo1883

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  • Today at 11:58 AM
  • #1,216
Sky Blue Goblin said:
Assuming the itk news is that the villa rb has legs to it
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Yes 100% , from somebody that works at villa in a coaching capacity , I heard today 100% city want
 
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Monty

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  • Today at 12:00 PM
  • #1,217
It is managing the turnover, personally think we might end up with 50m in the kitty but needing to find 9 players. Collins has to move for his own sanity, move down a league. MVE consensus has been for a while he is going. I personally think Binks and Lati need to go. We need 4 CB each capable of been competitive starters. No info on Allen but appears he will be released. Sheaf every expects to go. Wright looks in demand so likely to go, Simms not sure what's going on but would be surprised if he is here in August.

As such we need 1GK, 2 RB, 1LB, 2CB, 1 mid, 1 rudonincover, 1 rf, 1 CF and 1 LF. We could be very busy. Be interesting what happens in that short initial transfer window
 
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HuckerbyDublinWhelan

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  • Today at 12:01 PM
  • #1,218
Balli001 said:
You dont know that they are not. Fans become attached to popular players, which i totally understand, but they all have a selling point and price. All also can be improved on in different ways.
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I’ve realised under king we can let go easier. Losing Hamer and O’Hare has been easier becuase her didn’t replace them has been free transfers.

We now have Rudoni.

I’ve got faith in Lampard and King to replace MVE.
 
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Samueljames1991

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  • Today at 12:04 PM
  • #1,219
Evo1883 said:
Yes 100% , from somebody that works at villa in a coaching capacity , I heard today 100% city want
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I've got a job interview for Vile next week I'll ask there if they know anything
 
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Liquid Gold

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  • Today at 12:08 PM
  • #1,220
Sky Blue Goblin said:
Assuming the itk news is that the villa rb has legs to it
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Be a shite player without legs
 
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Sky Blue Goblin

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  • Today at 12:10 PM
  • #1,221
Evo1883 said:
Yes 100% , from somebody that works at villa in a coaching capacity , I heard today 100% city want
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Hopefully can be sorted quickly then.
 
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Levship20

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  • Today at 12:31 PM
  • #1,222
Martw said:
£15 million it on the region of is absolutely too good to refuse for a player who deserves his shot at a top league. If we can get a good replacement for circa £5 million and still have circa £10 million then that’s a cracking deal, not that we will ever get to know the actual figures involved . (Not should we really!)
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Could we get Tom Cairney as part of the package?
 

fatso

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  • Today at 12:33 PM
  • #1,223
Captain Dart said:
Couldn't possibly say.
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How many fucking fingers has he got!!
 

David O'Day

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  • Today at 12:35 PM
  • #1,224
Levship20 said:
Could we get Tom Cairney as part of the package?
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no, he's old and Wrexham are rumoured to be offering him 50k a week
 

shmmeee

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  • Today at 12:37 PM
  • #1,225
Increasingly feels like MvE and Wright are on their way out this summer. That’s the model, you can’t get too attached, two years is about the most you can expect from quality at this level if you don’t go up.

Id imagine Lampard wants money to spend to build the squad in his image. Just need King to get decent deals quickly or bridge the gap.

All in could easily have £25-30m if Vik, MvE, Wright, Sheaf and some fringe players all leave. As we saw it’s enough to buy a whole squad but we are in a much better position elsewhere than we were in 2023. With some smart signings I think we could push to a top four challenge.
 
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