Transfer Rumour Summer Transfer Window 2026 (8 Viewers)

[Brighton Sky Blue]

He would be great as a LB

Newcastle apparently interested as a rotation option but he’d be clear first choice here.

 

[Ccfcisparks]

Newcastle apparently interested as a rotation option but he’d be clear first choice here.

Think he would cost us £15m-£20m

 

[skybluecam]

wtaf? The more I think about it we won't spend £50m net.

The lowest wage bill in the PL was Wolves on £65m in 2025-6 and I don't see us spending much less. Together with £50m potential investment we'd be in for a lot of money £115m or so. There's my thinking...

Every PL club ranked by their annual wage bill - the difference between 1st and 20th is crazy

Every 2026/27 Premier League team's annual wage bill has been listed, including Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal.

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Why would our wage bill suddenly shoot up to £65m, especially if we're only spending 50 on transfers.

I expect our wage bill will be the smallest in the league by some margin unless someone unexpected wins the playoffs.

 

[Speedie's Head]

Why would our wage bill suddenly shoot up to £65m, especially if we're only spending 50 on transfers.

I expect our wage bill will be the smallest in the league by some margin unless someone unexpected wins the playoffs.

Everyone's wages will double overnight. That's when you realise that there's no money left to spend.

 

[skybluecam]

Everyone's wages will double overnight

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

Wilson up to £250/week

 

[Speedie's Head]

Players nearing the ends of contracts will have to be extended or else they will have to leave. There's quite a few nearing that position I think, maybe in half a season maybe this summer. If they leave they'll be replaced by someone on a full PL contract. There's a lot here that people haven't begun to grasp, which is why I'm labouring the point despite the laughing and the rude comments!

 

[skybluecam]

Players nearing the ends of contracts will have to be extended or else they will have to leave. There's quite a few nearing that position I think, maybe in half a season maybe this summer. If they leave they'll be replaced by someone on a full PL contract. There's a lot here that people haven't begun to grasp, which is why I'm labouring the point despite the laughing and the rude comments!

Yes but we're not going to be paying Ellis Simms and Liam Kitching £50k a week are we

 

[Deity]

Everyone's wages will double overnight. That's when you realise that there's no money left to spend.

You alright chap ?

 

[SkyBlueDom26]

Everyone's wages will double overnight. That's when you realise that there's no money left to spend.

Are you actually a cov fan? Or do you want us to get less than derbys points total next season? Very very bizarre.

 

[Speedie's Head]

Are you actually a cov fan? Or do you want us to get less than derbys points total next season? Very very bizarre.

Explain to me where the money comes from then. What am I missing? I'd be very surprised if the players are not on contracts linked heavily to promotion

 

[mrtrench]

Are you actually a cov fan? Or do you want us to get less than derbys points total next season? Very very bizarre.

I think many players will have promotion clauses in their contracts too. Double could easily be true.

But nobody here knows, so it's not worth arguing over.

 

[SkyBlueDom26]

Explain to me where the money comes from then. What am I missing?

It’s Beyond embarrassing now, time to admit defeat and move on. We’ve just been promoted to the premier league and will be getting 120 million plus from prize money, sponsors etc

 

[Jamesimus]

Everyone's wages will double overnight. That's when you realise that there's no money left to spend.

You could double everyone’s wages overnight and we won’t get anywhere near to the lowest Premier League wage bill of last season.

Also, we won’t be doing that.

Also, some of those players will be out of the door (unfortunately).

Granted we will sign some players on better wages; but we will have the money to do that.

 

[TomRad85]

Everyone's wages will double overnight. That's when you realise that there's no money left to spend.

Are you on drugs? We've just been promoted to the Premier League ffs, everyone knows its worth a fortune. No money left to spend
Even Doug couldn't get through enough skiing holidays to get through all that.

 

[Speedie's Head]

The 2025 accounts have the wages at £26.4m for to the year end 2025. I'm guessing that might have touched £30m this season. With promotion bonuses, new players etc we'll be lucky to get in under the Wolves figure. Is that not obvious?

Football finance expert explains Coventry City’s ‘scary’ but ‘positive’ accounts

Coventry City news from CoventryLive as football finance expert Kieran Maguire assesses the club's latest set of accounts and outlines the promotion riches on the horizon

www.coventrytelegraph.net

 

[CovveeBreak]

Everyone's wages will double overnight. That's when you realise that there's no money left to spend.

My favourite SBT past time is people basing their whole argument on wild statements anchored in absolutely zero first hand knowledge.

 

[Ccfcisparks]

Scienza would be a wonderful signing if Southampton dont go up

 

[wingy]

My favourite SBT past time is people basing their whole argument on wild statements anchored in absolutely zero first hand knowledge.

All opinions are valid, sometimes you can end up swimming against the tide, predictive wanted to go with 'Dolphins'!
Maybe we can market our way to success if we adopt it as a name?

 

[lordy_87]

I've noticed that Sead Kolasinac at Atalanta (ex arsenal & Marseille centre back) is out of contract in the summer. At 32 would he be a decent acquisition ?

 

[shmmeee]

The 2025 accounts have the wages at £26.4m for to the year end 2025. I'm guessing that might have touched £30m this season. With promotion bonuses, new players etc we'll be lucky to get in under the Wolves figure. Is that not obvious?

Football finance expert explains Coventry City’s ‘scary’ but ‘positive’ accounts

Coventry City news from CoventryLive as football finance expert Kieran Maguire assesses the club's latest set of accounts and outlines the promotion riches on the horizon

www.coventrytelegraph.net

To be clear you want to not spend anything so we can quickly get back to losing x million a year in the championship?

 

[SkyBlueDom26]

To be clear you want to not spend anything so we can quickly get back to losing x million a year in the championship?

Fucking hell, the poundshop Thor is speaking sense.

 

[Ectemnius]

You are defo 12 using that sort of meme language

Cilla Black would disagree...

 

[Speedie's Head]

To be clear you want to not spend anything so we can quickly get back to losing x million a year in the championship?

Let's think it through then...

£50m would buy 5 players at £8m and say two at £5m. That seems like a lot to me. Their wages wouldn't be tuppence ha'penny, an £8m player might get £40-50k per week.

Suppose haji and simmo move on and we make say a further £15m profit to revinvest but we'd be in for two strikers.

Nobody has yet explained where £100m investment and the wages comes from on top of what we are committed to and how we fit that within the rules. It all adds up.

 

[Ccfcisparks]

Let's think it through then...

£50m would buy 5 players at £8m and say two at £5m. That seems like a lot to me. Their wages wouldn't be tuppence ha'penny, an £8m player might get £40-50k per week.

Suppose haji and simmo move on and we make say a further £15m profit to revinvest but we'd be in for two strikers.

Nobody has yet explained where £100m investment and the wages comes from on top of what we are committed to and how we fit that within the rules. It all adds up.

If we buy an £8m player we arent going to pay £8m upfront ffs

 

[SkyBlueDom26]

Let's think it through then...

£50m would buy 5 players at £8m and say two at £5m. That seems like a lot to me. Their wages wouldn't be tuppence ha'penny, an £8m player might get £40-50k per week.

Suppose haji and simmo move on and we make say a further £15m profit to revinvest but we'd be in for two strikers.

Nobody has yet explained where £100m investment and the wages comes from on top of what we are committed to and how we fit that within the rules. It all adds up.

Please stop, I can’t be agreeing with Thor anymore

 

[Sky Blue Goblin]

The 2025 accounts have the wages at £26.4m for to the year end 2025. I'm guessing that might have touched £30m this season. With promotion bonuses, new players etc we'll be lucky to get in under the Wolves figure. Is that not obvious?

Football finance expert explains Coventry City’s ‘scary’ but ‘positive’ accounts

Coventry City news from CoventryLive as football finance expert Kieran Maguire assesses the club's latest set of accounts and outlines the promotion riches on the horizon

www.coventrytelegraph.net

So of that bat.

We will gain around 120 million pounds into the club. For context, the net turnover this year was thirty million.

Additionally for the first time in our history we have funds from food, drink, parking, events and everything inbetween from the CBS. If we go down the club would also gain £55 million in parachute payments. The debt is all interest free apart from the mortgage which will have a set paid fee.

Confused on wolves as their wages were £150.4m when I looked online. We can’t go and make up the numbers when the real value of the premiership is staying in it. With parachute payments, the club can afford to go for it imo

 

[Speedie's Head]

If we buy an £8m player we arent going to pay £8m upfront ffs

You don't say! Honestly get a grip.

 

[Ccfcisparks]

You don't say! Honestly get a grip.

hahahahhaha heads gone

 

[skybluecam]

Their wages wouldn't be tuppence ha'penny, an £8m player might get £40-50k per week.

Wright cost £8m and he's on half that

You're so out of touch lol

also why are you talking like every player in the squad is getting a 100% wage increase on promotion? Sure there'll be decent bonuses and raises in there, but it won't be anywhere near double.

 

[SkyBlueDom26]

hahahahhaha heads gone

Get a grip mate, we shouldn’t be spending more than 50 million on transfers it will bankrupt the club

 

[Speedie's Head]

Wright cost £8m and he's on half that

You're so out of touch lol

not in the PL I'm afraid. It's like getting married or having a funeral, suddenly all the costs are inflated.

 

[shmmeee]

Let's think it through then...

£50m would buy 5 players at £8m and say two at £5m. That seems like a lot to me. Their wages wouldn't be tuppence ha'penny, an £8m player might get £40-50k per week.

Suppose haji and simmo move on and we make say a further £15m profit to revinvest but we'd be in for two strikers.

Nobody has yet explained where £100m investment and the wages comes from on top of what we are committed to and how we fit that within the rules. It all adds up.

Im just asking what your plan for a club that doesn’t lose money is if it doesn’t involve us staying up?

 

[Saddlebrains]

Let's think it through then...

£50m would buy 5 players at £8m and say two at £5m. That seems like a lot to me. Their wages wouldn't be tuppence ha'penny, an £8m player might get £40-50k per week.

Suppose haji and simmo move on and we make say a further £15m profit to revinvest but we'd be in for two strikers.

Nobody has yet explained where £100m investment and the wages comes from on top of what we are committed to and how we fit that within the rules. It all adds up.

You have to be a parody surely? And i thought I was negative, fuck me

 

[shmmeee]

We have one of the lower wage bills in the division clearly King is good at negotiating hard