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Barty 6:15 Fri Apr 12
Official Transfer rumours and gossip thread

The time has come :)

So what do you think has got to be done in the summer regarding ins and outs?

claypole 2:11 Wed Jul 3
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Feel a bit for Mubama as he needed a loan last season and then looked way off in our 'system' of play. If he gets his head down and works hard he might have an alright career

Sir Alf 1:01 Wed Jul 3
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Would be great to know the roles everyone plays in the recruitment process. Seems we have improved the scouting, analysis and identification stage but who handles the bidding and negotiation and terms / conditions / instalments?

Hmmmm, I think we all know or suspect who takes over. It can involve lots of agents these days of course and we know a “little chap in a Russian hat” who resents paying them a bean.

This bid for the CB in France reeks of our owner’s MO.

He’s the master of the derisory bid, and can dissolve goodwill and trust in an instant.

Touche Comrad Sulllivan. ;-)

Lee Trundle 12:56 Wed Jul 3
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goose 12:21 Wed Jul 3

En-Nesyri
Emile Smith Rowe

LeroysBoots 12:28 Wed Jul 3
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Fraser, spot on, we sell him in Jan to Man U for 5 million extra !

goose 12:21 Wed Jul 3
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Kilman
Wilson
KWP

Did Moyes leave his 'to do' list pinned up on the wall?

Lee Trundle 11:49 Wed Jul 3
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Chasing after Kilman all summer and also going for Wilson.

It's almost like nothing has changed at all.

fraser 11:44 Wed Jul 3
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This centre back from Nice that we've bid for Todibo, very highly rated and wanted by Man U, but Ineos own both clubs so it's blocked.
Apparently he's happy to sell to us... Does anyone else think it sounds a bit like a loophole with them buying him next year?

Stevethehammer 11:22 Wed Jul 3
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Slightly gutted losing Johnson, but not going to lose any sleep over seeing Mubama go. Didn't look like he could cut it at this level and I think he will have a career where he drops through the leagues and regrets rejecting our offer.

Sir Alf 10:22 Wed Jul 3
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Exile, good point about Potts.

Obviously a gap between Div 1 and the Premiership in terms of time you get in the ball and the overall intensity but Lopetegui will hopefully use him in pre season and see if he shows enough to make the squad. Would be great to have a few home grown youth players in the ranks just to create a bit of a connection for us older fans who remember the game when ur team wasn’t just a corporate brand and success was not so closely related to how rich ur club or owners are.

Sydney_Iron 2:31 Wed Jul 3
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Yeah, no big loss with Mubama, and how many of these kids who have turned down contracts over the last few years have gone on and actually made a name for themselves?

Another kid badly advised by his agent who is maybe more interested in a sign on fee elsewhere.

good luck to him though, although expect it will be in div 1 that he finds his level.

RM10 12:00 Wed Jul 3
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Leroy in meltdown 🤣

the exile 11:59 Tue Jul 2
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No sleep lost over Mubama leaving. I agree with Sir Alf but would go further - he will be lucky to get a game in League 1, never mind the Championship.

I reckon Potts should be in and around the squad this season. He had an excellent loan experience at Wycombe and was their player of the year. The other promising youngsters would do well to follow his example, possibly in League 1 but ideally in the Championship.

RootsRadical 11:37 Tue Jul 2
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The window only opened yesterday FFS.

He's not going to walk away before a ball's even been kicked.

LeroysBoots 11:00 Tue Jul 2
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I can see Lopetegui walking away unless he gets these deals done before the end of July

He wanted them all done before the players came back for pre season, which is tomorrow

We bought 1 player which we didn't really need

This is classic Sullivan, who never sanctions players until deep in to August as he doesn't want to pay wages

This is also why Lopetegui left Wolves as he was let down with failed promises

Sir Alf 7:56 Tue Jul 2
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You can never write a young player off as some are “late developers”. But Mubama was miles off the physicality and technique required for the Premiership. He could perhaps go on and develop at a championship or div 1 team and blossom later ( e.g. Cullen, Reece Burke ) and play in the Premiership but his technique or lack of suggests to me he will do well to make a living in the Championship.

Johnson has the physicality and shows flashesof promise but again another that struggled technically with accurate passing, instant ball control and crossing. A regular run in a side might see that improve and I think he could do a job in the Premiership for Ipswich but he’s not of the quality needed for a side that wants to keep the ball.

Gray to Spurs for £30 million? Hmmm, I only saw him in the play offs but thought he was.too lightweight and not Prem level yet. But maybe they were off days but suspect he is an expensive punt which I hope goes horribly wrong :-)

Ron Eff 7:39 Tue Jul 2
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Mubama fee will be decided by tribunal and whatever it is will be too much. He’s absolutely shit.

1964 7:17 Tue Jul 2
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So Chelsea, Spurs and Brentford have all signed £30m players.

What the fuck are we doing?

fraser 6:17 Tue Jul 2
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Johnson was offered a decent deal but apparently Sullivan tried to cut his agent out who is a life long friend.

RM10 5:48 Tue Jul 2
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If they won’t sign nothing you can do, they were offered good deals.

Lee Trundle 4:31 Tue Jul 2
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They're leaving for nothing.

Which should been seen as a problem.

RM10 4:24 Tue Jul 2
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Chelsea do well, over 9 players, they get the cream of the crop send all of them on loan and come back to play at some point. Cunts.

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