Transfer Rumour 25/26 Summer Transfer Window (111 Viewers)

[Matt smith]

We'd have to sign at least one maybe two 10s

CB
CAM
ST

Bare minimum

 

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[Matt smith]

I hope he doesn’t go and fans would have the right to expect a serious tilt at the window in the last 3 weeks and nothing else would be acceptable

 

[Perennial Lurker]

CB
CAM
ST

Bare minimum

We aren't signing a striker , we have 5 on the books .

 

[SkyBlueStallion_89]

I think selling Rudi would be a mistake, especially to a rival and I don't want him to go but it'd have to be 20+ if King is going to sell him. A good replacement would be Tyrique George from Chelsea, can play numerous positions from LW to a striker including AM, Chelsea I read are willing to let him go even on a permanent if the price is good, he wants 1st team football, We can could get Doyle aswell plus a striker.

 

[HJones23]

I think any rational fan expected us to sell at least 1 big hitter this summer to fund more signings but loosing Rudi to another champ club would be a reality check to where we sit in the food chain for some fans. It may come down to how confident the club feel they will get a decent price for MVE in the next few weeks, but what’s concerning is if saints sell Dibbling & Fernandes for a combined 80mill it’s perfectly logical they go big on Rudi, especially after Still’s comments about wanting championship experience.

 

[Marty]

Absolutely mental to be selling Rudoni to a promotion rivals. Only positive is that it probably forces Lampard into a formation change. If we stick with a 3 in the middle, we're already at a point where Allen is starting games.

 

[SkyBlueBarmy84]

2.5 weeks to spend £25m would be a disaster. It would be the footballing equivalent of a round of supermarket sweep

Next time you’re at CBS, and you hear the beep…

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Given that Southampton think they can request stupid fees for Championship players, I don’t know why people seem happy to let him go for £15-20 million. There’s improvements needed all over the defence, on the wings, more dynamism needed in the middle and upgrades on BTA and Bassette required all on top of you then having to replace Rudoni.

£20 million doesn’t cut it. Bare minimum £30 million, add an extra £5-10 million club in the same league tax on top.

 

[CovveeBreak]

The ONLY way selling your best player to a promotion rival 3 weeks before the window makes ANY sense is if they're offering £30m.

Even then I STILL think it's dumb. He's instrumental in improving our chances of getting a big pay day next summer through promotion. Very short term thinking.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

In terms of the player, both clubs are offering Championship football this season. We can guarantee top flight football to him next season either here or elsewhere, they could offer the same.

The only real difference is the wage packet they’re probably waving in front of him.

 

[Sick Boy]

If they offer £20-£25M, King will sell. The problem is that we'll then be held to ransom with little time left in the window, all while strengthening a promotion rival.

 

[CCFC96]

he's as importrtant and he was 3 years left - they had 1

if we sell we would ask for more than we got for vik

even then i can't see us selling him now as kings not an idiot

He’s a good player - but let’s be really honest about him - he was poor to average during the first chunk of last season. Played well when the whole team did during the run - and then didn’t do much in both play-off games (aside from his header in the first).

The PO games kind of summed him up to me - during actual open play, doesn’t do much to impact the game but he’s alright to pop up with a header or late run into the box. For a 10, he doesn’t work well enough between the lines or link the play between our CMs and the strikers anywhere near well enough. From open play he doesn’t create a lot and he’s not amazing at picking the ball up and driving with it.

It’s a key reason why a lot of us have been calling out for a different style of number 10 (someone like O’Hare) to come in rather than a new striker.

 

[shmmeee]

Rudoni and Wright are our only ‘difference makers’ the 2 players who have the capability to grab a game and win it.

We had 2 of them in Hamer and Gyokeres and we reached the play off final, if he goes we lost any creativity we have through the middle.

Would be a disaster.

Honestly think we were banking on MVE going but he’s not wanted at the price point we need


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Rudoni and Wright aren’t in the same galaxy as Vik and Gus as difference makers.

So after tonights game , all Rudoni talk aside , how do we fell about the squad now ?
Personally thought both Raphael and Andrews showed enough to keep and play a part as the season progresses.
Jamie Allen for the zillionth time showed again just how useful he is to the squad and wouldn't be easily replaced .
For me a new Centre Back is a must
One out ,one in up front would be nice
And a couple of top attacking loanees would be my preference

It was a reserve game. It means nothing lol.

 

[Winny the Bish]

After sleeping on it, I've decided I don't trust us to spend the Rudoni money wisely and not just make 4 Kitching-esque panic buys. So it's a no from me.

 

[Jamesimus]

After sleeping on it, I've decided I don't trust us to spend the Rudoni money wisely and not just make 4 Kitching-esque panic buys. So it's a no from me.

Do you think Kitching was a panic buy? I think he was one we were watching for a while and he’s generally been pretty good. Sure, there is room for improvement.

 

[DrPoolittle]

The reporting about Rudoni going to Southampton for £15 million still lurks In the media. And most of the reporting says that it’s City who have set the price at £15 million, not Southampton.

Selling to a Championship rival would be foolish but we have done that before with Sheffers.

Its curious because that’s the same sum that City allegedly tried to offload MVE for to Wolves.

And despite what some people think, it won’t be one lump sum, it will be paid over years (another good article in the press recently detailing how that is how clubs write the value of players off, again despite what some people think).

The critical thing here, as ever, is if Rudoni wants to move, which would be a surprise because he seemed to be genuinely content at Cov, unlike COH.

 

[False9]

I think anything approaching 20m you have to sell. We can do some damage with that and it might be his peak value.

 

[Winny the Bish]

Do you think Kitching was a panic buy? I think he was one we were watching for a while and he’s generally been pretty good. Sure, there is room for improvement.

I think he was a panic buy in the sense that we got desperate and ended up paying an inflated fee for a player who isn't very good. And now we're looking to replace him.

 

[Jamesimus]

I think he was a panic buy in the sense that we got desperate and ended up paying an inflated fee for a player who isn't very good. And now we're looking to replace him.

Are we looking to replace him?!

 

[Matt smith]

I think he was a panic buy in the sense that we got desperate and ended up paying an inflated fee for a player who isn't very good.

20 million has to be the minimum price, but it’ll set us back a full season as we’ll need to bring in 4 players

like I said the season would be over

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

20 million has to be the minimum price, but it’ll set us back a full season as we’ll need to bring in 4 players

like I said the season would be over

20 million would be taking the piss.

 

[Winny the Bish]

Are we looking to replace him?!

If we signed either Doyle or Charlie Hughes, it would be Kitching moving to the bench. So yes?

 

[jto123]

Need a striker, need a cb, best player is in talks to leave, a few weeks left of the window…..shambles

Can only agree with this. I don’t understand how anybody can think any of this counts as a good transfer window.

 

[skybluegod]

It shows how different we are being ran if selling your best player 3 weeks before the end of the window is now suddenly the worst thing in the world.

We used to leave it until deadline day and not replace them. 3 weeks is plenty of time to find a replacement which is why the 'next couple days crucial' is key to the report. It's the model to sell and build we can still be successful this year without Rudoni.

 

[jas365]

There are a lot of if's, but's and maybe's in all of this, but if Rudoni is to be sold we should be holding firm on £25m, and tbf to King I don't see us just selling him off on the cheap.

Now we clearly have funds in the pot already, given that we've made bids to buy Rushworth and Hughes, so let's assume he's sold and we have £30m+ burning a hole in our pockets, we could do some serious damage with that. However, at this late stage in the window, that's only going to kind of work if we're already working to spend the money and we're in negotiations for 4-5 players. So for example we could get one of Hughes/Doyle, i'd go all out for Billing from Bournemouth, and a quality striker.

But it's a big ask to get so many deals over the line in a short space of time, and losing Rudoni without a replacement leaves a huge gaping hole in the team. It's going to be the biggest test of the transfer model so far under King's leadership, and could make or break our season.

 

[Jamesimus]

If we signed either Doyle or Charlie Hughes, it would be Kitching moving to the bench. So yes?

I still need convincing that Charlie Hughes is a much better option.

Granted he is younger and gets stuck in, but Kitching is better with the ball at his feet and still has plenty of time to improve himself.

 

[CCFCSteve]

Maybe all this is his agents way to give Newcastle a kick up the arse

 

[Kingokings204]

I get both sides of this debate. We sell and it’s the model and reinvest in better players and a better squad or we don’t sell and we keep our best player at any cost to a rival especially.

personally I am on the second side. This late on with only 2 weeks just over left to replace rudoni and get someone else just seems a kick in the face. Sell him early on and have a clear plan then I think that’s fine as it allows you time and better players and that is indeed the model. Selling now means we will just pay over the odds for anyone we want and they will need time to adjust to us which takes time.

we are kind of in an isak situation where even if Newcastle get 150m who do they even get to replace a world class striker this late on. The only difference is rudoni doesn’t want to go and is happy here. Rudoni Playing last night tells me nothing is imminent.

another good season for us means you still get your 20/25m in 10 months times. So it’s not a now or never scenario. It was the same with Gyokores in the Jan transfer window. Selling him then was pointless and we still got our 20m in the summer whilst almost going up.

DONT SELL DOUG!!

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

It shows how different we are being ran if selling your best player 3 weeks before the end of the window is now suddenly the worst thing in the world.

We used to leave it until deadline day and not replace them. 3 weeks is plenty of time to find a replacement which is why the 'next couple days crucial' is key to the report. It's the model to sell and build we can still be successful this year without Rudoni.

Hamer wasn’t replaced, we spunked a load of money on Kitching instead while signing a child on loan from Brighton. He still hasn’t really been replaced even now.

Hamer was at least getting a season in the top flight to be clear.

 

[David O'Day]

He’s a good player - but let’s be really honest about him - he was poor to average during the first chunk of last season. Played well when the whole team did during the run - and then didn’t do much in both play-off games (aside from his header in the first).

The PO games kind of summed him up to me - during actual open play, doesn’t do much to impact the game but he’s alright to pop up with a header or late run into the box. For a 10, he doesn’t work well enough between the lines or link the play between our CMs and the strikers anywhere near well enough. From open play he doesn’t create a lot and he’s not amazing at picking the ball up and driving with it.

It’s a key reason why a lot of us have been calling out for a different style of number 10 (someone like O’Hare) to come in rather than a new striker.

how many assists?

you couldn't be more wrong with your frankly revisionist pish

 

[David O'Day]

Rudoni and Wright aren’t in the same galaxy as Vik and Gus as difference makers.


It was a reserve game. It means nothing lol.

you thought brau was shit, you are either clueless or lying about watching the game

 

[gears87]

Would people except Adam Armstrong as a make weight in this. I.e Adam Armstrong + 10m.

 

[David O'Day]

Would people except Adam Armstrong as a make weight in this. I.e Adam Armstrong + 10m.

fuck no

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Would people except Adam Armstrong as a make weight in this. I.e Adam Armstrong + 10m.

In the literal sense yes I would except him from any deal.

 

[Kingokings204]

Would people except Adam Armstrong as a make weight in this. I.e Adam Armstrong + 10m.

no, it’s like when they say ah but we can get get 3 decent players with the rudoni money. Yeah we could but it isn’t Jack rudoni.