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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

Walker-Peters now has a few months to decide which country to represent in the AFCON.

75k a week for a dogshit Full Back as back-up? Seems a bit steep to me when he'll rarely play. 

goose wrote: ↑18 Jul 2025, 08:56

Russ of the BML" wrote: ↑18 Jul 2025, 08:36 Logistically KWP is a sound move.

It makes our full back positions probably the strongest in the squad with AWB, Diouf, Scarles and (apparently) soon to be announced KWP who can play both sides. And with AFCON looming we will need Scarles and KWP. 

£75k a week is alot for KWP. But he comes with no fee and we do have the wages available. And if, against all of my better judgement and sense, we are unbelievably having a half decent season by AFCON, he could be a very important player for us. 

Does make me laugh though, we have been linked with Arnau Martinez (RB at Girona) who is 22 and up and coming. Girona had agreed to sell for £13m and player wanted move yet we have procrastinated and now that move will be off. Sulli's backers will say its shrewd as its saved us £13m, but we all know the truth. 

Save yourself £12m in transfer fees but then pay an extra £6m in wages over 4 years with little or no resale value.

Its so short sighted but classic Sullivan.

Russ of the BML" wrote: ↑18 Jul 2025, 08:36 Logistically KWP is a sound move.

It makes our full back positions probably the strongest in the squad with AWB, Diouf, Scarles and (apparently) soon to be announced KWP who can play both sides. And with AFCON looming we will need Scarles and KWP. 

£75k a week is alot for KWP. But he comes with no fee and we do have the wages available. And if, against all of my better judgement and sense, we are unbelievably having a half decent season by AFCON, he could be a very important player for us. 

Does make me laugh though, we have been linked with Arnau Martinez (RB at Girona) who is 22 and up and coming. Girona had agreed to sell for £13m and player wanted move yet we have procrastinated and now that move will be off. Sulli's backers will say its shrewd as its saved us £13m, but we all know the truth. 

I'd imagine this young lad at Girona would've been expecting to start every week.

Russ of the BML" wrote: ↑18 Jul 2025, 08:36 Logistically KWP is a sound move.

It makes our full back positions probably the strongest in the squad with AWB, Diouf, Scarles and (apparently) soon to be announced KWP who can play both sides. And with AFCON looming we will need Scarles and KWP. 

£75k a week is alot for KWP. But he comes with no fee and we do have the wages available. And if, against all of my better judgement and sense, we are unbelievably having a half decent season by AFCON, he could be a very important player for us. 

Does make me laugh though, we have been linked with Arnau Martinez (RB at Girona) who is 22 and up and coming. Girona had agreed to sell for £13m and player wanted move yet we have procrastinated and now that move will be off. Sulli's backers will say its shrewd as its saved us £13m, but we all know the truth. 

Logistically KWP is a sound move.

It makes our full back positions probably the strongest in the squad with AWB, Diouf, Scarles and (apparently) soon to be announced KWP who can play both sides. And with AFCON looming we will need Scarles and KWP. 

£75k a week is alot for KWP. But he comes with no fee and we do have the wages available. And if, against all of my better judgement and sense, we are unbelievably having a half decent season by AFCON, he could be a very important player for us. 

Does make me laugh though, we have been linked with Arnau Martinez (RB at Girona) who is 22 and up and coming. Girona had agreed to sell for £13m and player wanted move yet we have procrastinated and now that move will be off. Sulli's backers will say its shrewd as its saved us £13m, but we all know the truth. 

Cements my decision that our transfer strategy hasn't changed one bit.

Sullivan would unzip for the KWP deal financially. Avoids a fee so presumably not hitting cash flow ? Wages of 75k are high but presume they are financed in operational costs and he has plenty of headroom there since we just got rid of what 250-300 million worth via lettting go of Zouma, Ings, Fab, Coufal, Solar etc? 

Is KWP worth 75 bags a week? No but Sullivan does not see football ability as a priority over financials probably ? I think he improved the squad though and better than Coufal imo. 

Still awaiting central midfield additions before we can perhaps feel less pessimistic about the season ahead. Young, hard working, pacy and physical specimen or 2 in that area with some technical ability to replace Soucek, JWP and even Alvarez and Paqueta. Failure to do so will undermine whole transfer window but we have 40 or so days left for Sullivan to “try” and get Potter and Macaulay targets. Not confident but never am with our meddling, “I know best”, leader. 

Not bad for someone who won’t be a first choice
Should be able to afford a nice watch

Dont mind him as someone who can play both sides especially with AWB & Diouf away at AFCON mid season
Presuming Emerson is off but with him, those two & Scarles we are covered
Just need to get on with the striker(s) & midfielders 
Am guessing if Hermansen is coming from Leicester then Areola will be off. Not sure I want to rely on Foderingham as second keeper though. Still reckon Fabianski could have done one more season as no2

It's nuts that somebody as bang average as KWP can get 75k a week.

Nice work if you can get it and most footballer's fall into that bracket.

Football economics - the illusion of good housekeeping!

Fabrizio here we go, Kyle Walker Peters signing on 3 year deal

I see we're getting linked with Nicolas Tagliafico again...an over the hill left-back/wing back injury prone who will be 33 next month.

Sounds like the kind of deal that an agent does to get another green highlight on their spreadsheet.

Smells like a Sully special 
 

I tend to agree with threesixty on Grealish and would think young, relatively unknown players with something to prove are better options for the long term and probably short term too.  Grealish is not the player he was 2/3 seasons back imo anyway and approaching thirty his trajectory is probably downwards as players tend to be at their best arpund 25-28 years old.  And the Premier League intensity means there are few players that can really compete once they get into their 30s nowadays. Yes there ate some and their position determines that too but Hrealish is not exactly the quick, strong, physical type that works relentlessly for the team. He dives around a lot too and that is frustrating and sometimes embarassing. Its what “grinds my gears” with Paqueta and when he loses it in midfield its often costly

The days of a maverick, individual are over imo such is the physical demand of the Premier Lge.  

This stinks of Sullivan and razzle / dazzle. 

Spare us from Grealish…

I'd take him as a loan, I want to be entertained ffs.. He's a good player 

What agent is going to allow their top PL players to go to us? For what? Im sure we are odds on one of the favourites to go down next season given the form we have had for the previous 6 months!

I dont want to hear about ANY big PL names coming to us this season as it will be a massive con! They will be either injury prone, over the hill, mercenaries etc.. And that will kill us off.

Def no PL players at all. If we are lucky we can find a DiCanio/Payet/Arnie type player who is trying to prove something, but thats about it. Other than that, young, relatively unknown players from overseas is the only way forward. For our wage bill and who want / need to succeed in the PL because they want big moves eventually. Thats the profile.

Cant have another Ings on the wage bill.. or JWP etc.. Its mental.
 

Grealish would love playing for us fans and I reckon he’d put full effort in. But far too expensive. Never coming to us. He’s a bit of a luxury we can’t really afford at the moment over players to make the spine of the team function. If we were in a better position then he’d be a great addition. 

Got Villa written all over him. Or somewhere in Europe. Don’t think he goes to Man U, Arsenal, Chelsea, Newcastle, Liverpool. Options are a bit limited unless he wants to take a big pay cut. 

onsideman wrote: ↑17 Jul 2025, 21:23

E6 Hammer" wrote: ↑17 Jul 2025, 21:16 Can we stop all this nonsense about Grealish coming to us. More likely to go to Newcastle or back to Villa.

 

...who would be welcome to the dense brummie pisshead

E6 Hammer" wrote: ↑17 Jul 2025, 21:16 Can we stop all this nonsense about Grealish coming to us. More likely to go to Newcastle or back to Villa.
 

honky cat" wrote: ↑17 Jul 2025, 20:55 If Grealish came on loan, it would be like all our recent loans - putting about 50% effort in and not exactly busting a gut for a permanent move. I Like him a lot but unless its a proper transfer i wouldnt bother, doubt he wants to come to us wuthout european football.

Can we stop all this nonsense about Grealish coming to us. More likely to go to Newcastle or back to Villa.

KWP will be announced in the next few days.

If Grealish came on loan, it would be like all our recent loans - putting about 50% effort in and not exactly busting a gut for a permanent move. I Like him a lot but unless its a proper transfer i wouldnt bother, doubt he wants to come to us wuthout european football.

Nutsin wrote: ↑17 Jul 2025, 20:49

goose wrote: ↑17 Jul 2025, 20:39

Nutsin wrote: ↑17 Jul 2025, 20:33

I remember saying that we needed to replace Coufal some time ago and was shot down by Goose saying that we had a right back in AWB and therefor didn’t need to replace him. Just goes to show what he knows.

Still obsessed with me I see.
Ignoring your lies, the conversation was about what’s the priority. I said given our budget restraints I would focus on a few other positions first.

and we’ve just dropped a big wage and signing on fee on a squad player.

the glaring holes in midfield and upfront and at centre back still remain.

Not obsessed with you ffs, just responding to your attack at that time. I knew it gonna happen, for anyone who knows even just a little bit about football it was obvious he needed replacing. Turns out I was right and you were wrong again.