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May as well get going with this since with Sullivan at the helm, season ticket renewals slow, and the football vacuum to commence, this will soon be all the "news" there is.

Can Potter and MacCauley pull multiple rabbits out of the hat, or will Sullivan 'try really hard' with all of them before grabbing a few aging bargains from Big Willie Salthouse?

Window this close season comes in two parts:

Part 1: 1st June to 10th June
Part 2: 16th June to 1st September

Rumoured Outs...most of the squad

Let the "Rumoured In's" commence. 

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Player | Position | Club | Fee (GBP)

Rumoured In

1. Daniel Cummings | ST | Celtic
2. Koni De Winter | CB | Genoa
3. Morten Frendrup | DM | Genoa
4. Richard Kone | ST | Wycombe
5. Aaron Ramsdale | GK | Southampton
6. Caiomin Kelleher | GK | Liverpool
7. James Trafford | GK | Burnley
8. Kyle Walker-Peters | FB | Free Agent
9. Taylor Harwood-Bellis | CB | Southampton
10. CJ Egan-Riley | CB | Free Agent
11. Josh Brownhill | CM | Free Agent
12. Albian Hajdari | CB | Lugano
13. Lucas Høgsberg | CB | FC Nordsjælland
14. Ardon Jashari | CM | Brugge
15. Raphael Onyedika | CM | Brugge
16. James McAtee | AM | Man City
17. Mario Struykens | AM | Anderlecht
18. Mathias Kvistgaarden | ST | Brondby
19. Clement Bischoff | LB | Brondby
20. Mika Biereth | FW | Monaco
21. Barış Alper Yılmaz | AM | Galatasaray
22. Evann Guessand | ST | Nice
23. Lucas Stassin | ST | Saint Etienne
24. Marcus Taverner | FW | Bournemouth
25. Soungoutoo Magassa | CDM | Monaco
26. Valentin Atangana | CM | Stade Reims
27. Mads Hermansen | GK | Leicester City
28. Hamza Igamane | ST | Rangers
29. Yeremay | FW | Deportivo La Coruna
30. Adama Bojang | ST | Reims
31. Rocco Reitz | MF | Borussia Moenchengladbach
32. Dominic Calvert-Lewin | ST | Free Agent
33. El Hadji Malick Diouf | LB | SK Slavia Prague
34. Oscar Mingueza | RB/MF | Celta Vigo
35. Tyler Morton | CM | Liverpool
36. Harvey Elliott | AM | Liverpool
37. Zion Suzuki | GK | Parma
38. John Victor | GK | Botofogo 
39. Jacob Ramsey | MF | Villa
40. Mateus Fernandes | CM | Southampton
41. Nga Makou | CM | Lille
42. Quinten Timber | CM
43. Hayden Hackney | CM | Boro
44. Yves Bissouma | CM | Spurs

Rumoured Out

1. Nayef Aguerd | CB | Leverkusen, Marseile
2. Maxel Cornet | FW | Genoa/Others
3. Guido Rodriguez | DM | Betis/Espanyol
4. Tomas Soucek | CM | Everton
5. Michail Antonio | ST | Free Agent
6. Mo Kudus | FW | Chelsea/Newcastle/Arsenal
7. Lucas Paqueta | AM | Man City
8. Andy Irving | CM | Celtic/Wrexham
9. Emerson | LB | Marseille

Confirmed In

1. Jean Clair Todibo | CB | Loan To Perm (32m)
2. Daniel Cummings | ST | Celtic (Free Agent...Tribunal)
3. El Hadji Malick Diouf | LWB | Slavia Prahia | 20m
4. Kyle Walker-Peters | RWB | Free Agent
5. C****m Wilson | ST | Free Agent
6. Mads Hermansen | GK | Leicester (18m)
7. Mateus Fernandes | CM | Southampton (38m + 4m)
8. Soungoutoo Magassa | CDM | Monaco (17m)
9. Igor Julio | CB | Brighton (Loan)

Confirmed Out

1. Aaron Cresswell | LB | Free Agent | 0m
2. Danny Ings | ST | Free Agent | 0m
3. Vladimir Coufal | RB | Free Agent | 0m
4. Lukusz Fabianski | GK | Free Agent | 0m
5. Kamari Swyer | AM | Free Agent | 0m
6. Kurt Zouma | CB | Free Agent | 0m
7. Carlos Soler | CM | PSG | End of Loan
8. Evan Ferguson | ST | Brighton | End of Loan
9. Brad Dolaghan | Released
10. Dondre Abraham | Released
11. Mehmet Halim | Released
12. Muhammed Judus |stroppy| sp*rs| £55m
13. Michail Antonio | Released
14. Kieran Casey | Swansea | Loan
15. Edson Alvarez | Fenerbache | Loan with Option
16. Emerson | Marseille | £1m
17. Aguerd | Marseille | £20m
18. Max Cornet | Genoa | Loan

Mad Dog, we’re strapped for cash and Sullivan/board doesnt want to borrow more I reckon even though he secured it for another season. The Kudus money was £35 immediate up front which was the reason he took an overall bad deal fee of £55 mill.   The purchases of Diouf and Hermadsson were total of £34 million initially and some add ons up to 20 for the keeper. Wilson we dont know but obviously not what they are saying and agent fee will be material to Salthouse and includes kickback to Sully.  

Now I know they only pay amortisation costs but bake in agent fees etc possibly up to £15 million or more? will be cash going out from the £35 million cash coming in. Its actually more that is arguably unaccounted for and maybe sits in cash in the bank account? Hard to know but you can see the whole approach is like a market trader or Del Boy who pays his debts straight out of cash he gets for stuff he sold?

The HITC video points to amateur, small time operation we ate. 

20m???? Fuck me 

Isnt this guy supposed to be a business man?

Inept cսnt

It's fucking MENTAL how we cannot sell anyone let alone for reasonable money. As you say- even Alvarez who you'd have thought wouldn't be that tough to sell. By the way the option to buy if they take it up is apparently for 20 million EUROS so that's a 45% or so loss on yet another player. How can we lose that much on Alvarez for fuck's sake?

As for the remainder of the Kudus fee and I can't believe I'm saying this in fairness to the board they did say 1/4 of that would have to cover debt/costs. However, in actuality 55-18-20=17 million quid income and my question is WHY should it need to cover debt/costs? Fucking piss poor yet again. So we haven't made a profit on him at all, even, in real terms. Also 55/4=13.75 so there should be 3.25 million unless they've just said thank you very much we'll have all 17. Maybe it means they have another 1.25 million after the 2 million 'improved' bit to make their take it or leave it of 33.25 to Southampton for Fernandes, if they fancy being laughed out of the room for a third and final time.

Cunts

Loan with OPTION to buy.

Oh for fucks sake

CNt even get money for mexico's captain who was olayer of the tournament in that Yank thingy?  Pathetic

Id also like to know what's happened to the balance from the kudus sale?  

stubbo-admin wrote: ↑21 Aug 2025, 12:44

El Scorchio" wrote: ↑21 Aug 2025, 11:53 Hahaha 'snail collective'. Love it.

Actually on Brownhill, has he even been fucking training with anyone? If not he's going to take a month to get up to match fitness anyway. If the board are intending to sign him right at the death, then he's not even going to be properly fit and available until October. It's going to be an embarrassing shambles when he comes in the day after the window shuts (probably with Antonio FFS) but if it was Sullivan's 'masterplan' all along then just swallow your fucking pride and take the pelters you're getting anyway due to inaction and at least bring him in early in the window so he has a preseason. It's just making Potter's job even harder.

Unless of course he's waiting for the window to shut so he can lowball the guy as per usual, which I'm convinced is the case with Antonio too.

It's worrying Brownhill hasn't signed for anyone else. You'd think one of the other lower prem clubs or a Championship contender may have taken him. If he's surplus to requirements at fucking BURNLEY and Leeds and Sunderland and Wolves and Everton aren't touching him (to be fair Leeds and Sunderland have been fishing in bigger ponds than we seem to be able to so I can see why they'd have no interest), then what does that say about the likely impact he will have?

It's absolute fucking DREGS. I really am starting to think that him and Antonio is going to be all we end up with. We must hold a premier league record for bringing in unattached players outside a transfer window in desperation under these cunts. 

Surely the only reason Brownhill hasn't been signed by someone....is that he already knows where he's going!?!

He's too 'good' a free transfer to have not been snapped up by someone, so it just suggests he doesn't need to be snapped up as it's all sorted already.

Massive Attack" wrote: ↑21 Aug 2025, 12:16

Actually on Brownhill, has he even been fucking training with anyone? If not he's going to take a month to get up to match fitness anyway. 

Behave. You don't need to bother with that unnecessary nonsense at our highly Professional Club. Take Wheelchair Wilson for example. Fuck all pre-season and he's already been pushed out on to the pitch as soon as he's arrived. "Sub Ref!"

stubbo-admin wrote: ↑21 Aug 2025, 12:44

El Scorchio" wrote: ↑21 Aug 2025, 11:53 Hahaha 'snail collective'. Love it.

Actually on Brownhill, has he even been fucking training with anyone? If not he's going to take a month to get up to match fitness anyway. If the board are intending to sign him right at the death, then he's not even going to be properly fit and available until October. It's going to be an embarrassing shambles when he comes in the day after the window shuts (probably with Antonio FFS) but if it was Sullivan's 'masterplan' all along then just swallow your fucking pride and take the pelters you're getting anyway due to inaction and at least bring him in early in the window so he has a preseason. It's just making Potter's job even harder.

Unless of course he's waiting for the window to shut so he can lowball the guy as per usual, which I'm convinced is the case with Antonio too.

It's worrying Brownhill hasn't signed for anyone else. You'd think one of the other lower prem clubs or a Championship contender may have taken him. If he's surplus to requirements at fucking BURNLEY and Leeds and Sunderland and Wolves and Everton aren't touching him (to be fair Leeds and Sunderland have been fishing in bigger ponds than we seem to be able to so I can see why they'd have no interest), then what does that say about the likely impact he will have?

It's absolute fucking DREGS. I really am starting to think that him and Antonio is going to be all we end up with. We must hold a premier league record for bringing in unattached players outside a transfer window in desperation under these cunts. 

Surely the only reason Brownhill hasn't been signed by someone....is that he already knows where he's going!?!

He's too 'good' a free transfer to have not been snapped up by someone, so it just suggests he doesn't need to be snapped up as it's all sorted already.

twoleftfeet wrote: ↑20 Aug 2025, 16:43

THUNDERCLINT wrote: ↑20 Aug 2025, 16:38 How many more times?

WE HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO INTENTION OF SIGNING FERNANDES.
 
"It's the same old pantomime mate" That comes from someone on the clubs' payroll.

  You're clearly an ITK

I 
Talk
Krap

El Scorchio" wrote: ↑21 Aug 2025, 11:53 Hahaha 'snail collective'. Love it.

Actually on Brownhill, has he even been fucking training with anyone? If not he's going to take a month to get up to match fitness anyway. If the board are intending to sign him right at the death, then he's not even going to be properly fit and available until October. It's going to be an embarrassing shambles when he comes in the day after the window shuts (probably with Antonio FFS) but if it was Sullivan's 'masterplan' all along then just swallow your fucking pride and take the pelters you're getting anyway due to inaction and at least bring him in early in the window so he has a preseason. It's just making Potter's job even harder.

Unless of course he's waiting for the window to shut so he can lowball the guy as per usual, which I'm convinced is the case with Antonio too.

It's worrying Brownhill hasn't signed for anyone else. You'd think one of the other lower prem clubs or a Championship contender may have taken him. If he's surplus to requirements at fucking BURNLEY and Leeds and Sunderland and Wolves and Everton aren't touching him (to be fair Leeds and Sunderland have been fishing in bigger ponds than we seem to be able to so I can see why they'd have no interest), then what does that say about the likely impact he will have?

It's absolute fucking DREGS. I really am starting to think that him and Antonio is going to be all we end up with. We must hold a premier league record for bringing in unattached players outside a transfer window in desperation under these cunts. 

Okafor to Leeds for £19m

Meanwhile back at porn towers.

Bournemouth have just spent £25m on Adli from Leverkusen.

Their owner has spent £350m on signings since 2023, I know he has recouped a lot by making astute signings but still a hefty investment.

Meanwhile back at porn towers.

Actually on Brownhill, has he even been fucking training with anyone? If not he's going to take a month to get up to match fitness anyway. 

The BullShit Machinery has been working overtime since Saturdays result. All levers have been slammed on to full tilt pumping the Clubs propaganda out at warp speed on everyone it can.  

Yeah Brownhill will probably be lowballed too as you say
This Ex employee fella? Who is he? Jack Sullivan? He is a menace, very unhelpful and manipulative working as the Sullivans mouthpiece, putting out propaganda that creates the illusion of us seriously going after Potter and Macaulay targets or quality players we aint gonna get. All these targets including Makau, Sullivan wont get em. You can almost guarantee it. Its a smokescreen. Yeah bids go in but they know nothing will come of half of them. Fernandes is overpriced forget him. Chelsea have said Santos they want to keep. The lad at Barcelona? Who they kidding, why woukd he want to come to a relegation fight. If we were to offer big money minds might change but we wont. We are scavangers now Sullivan has told the world we’re skint.

Hayden Hackney probably the only realistic one but he will low ball, take the piss and collapse any deal even if it got started.

Loans at best. And he’s now risking not getting them wasting time shopping in Harrods when his budget and intention is Poundland

Hahaha 'snail collective'. Love it.

Actually on Brownhill, has he even been fucking training with anyone? If not he's going to take a month to get up to match fitness anyway. If the board are intending to sign him right at the death, then he's not even going to be properly fit and available until October. It's going to be an embarrassing shambles when he comes in the day after the window shuts (probably with Antonio FFS) but if it was Sullivan's 'masterplan' all along then just swallow your fucking pride and take the pelters you're getting anyway due to inaction and at least bring him in early in the window so he has a preseason. It's just making Potter's job even harder.

Unless of course he's waiting for the window to shut so he can lowball the guy as per usual, which I'm convinced is the case with Antonio too.

It's worrying Brownhill hasn't signed for anyone else. You'd think one of the other lower prem clubs or a Championship contender may have taken him. If he's surplus to requirements at fucking BURNLEY and Leeds and Sunderland and Wolves and Everton aren't touching him (to be fair Leeds and Sunderland have been fishing in bigger ponds than we seem to be able to so I can see why they'd have no interest), then what does that say about the likely impact he will have?

It's absolute fucking DREGS. I really am starting to think that him and Antonio is going to be all we end up with. We must hold a premier league record for bringing in unattached players outside a transfer window in desperation under these cunts. 

My prediction is we wont get any purchases in. Sullivan will want loans as he has Potter ready to take a fall for the upcoming, relegation struggle.  I can foresee Chukwuemeka and / or Bissouma coming in on loan or maybe one of those 2 and Brownhill after the window shuts on a free.  

Not what we want, short term, budget driven but actually all 3 would likely improve on our central midfield. Maybe just enough to keep us up which is the primary objective.  Even Brownhill, who some ate now saying is not a Salthouse client but some othrr agency ( theres got to be a connection ?) will help. He aint quick but is more pacy than Soucek, JWP and possibly Paqueta, works hard for the team, scores a few goals and can compete physically.  

Forget Santos. Fernandes, Hackney, the lad at Barcelona and Makau and others beinbouhht. Sullivan dont be like paying real money on any position that aint a striker ( even though he’d got 50+ of them wrong ) and there is conpetition for most players on Potter/Macaulays list and Sullivans deal making would mean is losing out to most other clubs.  Nah, its gonna be loans but if its the likes of Chukwuemeka even Bissouma they ate the right profile and willimprove us as compared to the “Snail Collective” we have currently.

Where is he going to? Fenerbahce in the end? 

Yeah that Rice money was spent as badly as the Rio money two years removed. Shame as it looked decent for the first few months with all three players making contributions before all of them alarmingly dropped off toward the end of their first season and were essentially non entities after that aside from JWP emergency parachuted back in as it was such a show show in midfield- AFTER not getting a kick at a perceived lesser team. Although he did nothing to improve the team, just helped us retain possession more in as far as sitting deep and knocking it sideways.

Alvarez 35m- fucking loaned out. Can't even sell a player that doesn't want to be here

Kudus- 35m, sure we made a 20m profit but can't help think we could and should have got more, had Sullivan not made it public we were desperate for money. If figures for Hermansen and Diouf are to be believed, then Sullivan pocketed 17 million from doing these deals

JWP- 30 million- never getting a penny of that back, or maybe 5 million absolute tops.

Fucking disaster. At the moment we are looking at a 55 mill return on close to 100 million layout. We might get 20 mill for Alvarez or a few mill for JWP but we'll still have lost 20-30 million all said and done, plus the 17 that hasn't been reinvested from selling Kudus. Embarrassing when you see how the likes of Brighton and Bournemouth and Forest are retooling when they sell players for a wedge and we are pissing it down the sink with diminishing returns while the board siphon some out.

Victor Boniface going on loan to AC Milan and then a 30m EUR option to buy. 

Exactly the type of deal our owners are completely incapable of making happen.

ragingbull wrote: ↑21 Aug 2025, 10:26 We got the 'here we go' green light for Alvarez.

We sold Rice, bought Kudus, Alvarez and JWP and all we have left is JWP... Like a turd that won't flush.. You have to laugh 

, wrote: ↑21 Aug 2025, 10:26 I notice that Arsenal have elbowed a small feeder club out of the way in order to capture the services of Eze from Palace.

We got the 'here we go' green light for Alvarez.