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Posted: **26 May 2025, 20:02**

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

Daniel Cummings | ST | Celtic
Koni De Winter | CB | Genoa
Morten Frendrup | DM | Genoa
Richard Kone | ST | Wycombe
Aaron Ramsdale | GK | Southampton
Caiomin Kelleher | GK | Liverpool
James Trafford | GK | Burnley
Kyle Walker-Peters | FB | Free Agent
Taylor Harwood-Bellis | CB | Southampton
CJ Egan-Riley | CB | Free Agent
Josh Brownhill | CM | Free Agent
Albian Hajdari | CB | Lugano
Lucas Høgsberg | CB | FC Nordsjælland
Ardon Jashari | CM | Brugge
Raphael Onyedika | CM | Brugge
James McAtee | AM | Man City
Mario Struykens | AM | Anderlecht
Mathias Kvistgaarden | ST | Brondby
Clement Bischoff | LB | Brondby
Mika Biereth | FW | Monaco
Barış Alper Yılmaz | AM | Galatasaray
Evann Guessand | ST | Nice
Lucas Stassin | ST | Saint Etienne
Marcus Taverner | FW | Bournemouth
Soungoutoo Magassa | CDM | Monaco
Valentin Atangana | CM | Stade Reims
Mads Hermansen | GK | Leicester City
Hamza Igamane | ST | Rangers
Yeremay | FW | Deportivo La Coruna
Adama Bojang | ST | Reims
Rocco Reitz | MF | Borussia Moenchengladbach
Dominic Calvert-Lewin | ST | Free Agent
El Hadji Malick Diouf | LB | SK Slavia Prague
Oscar Mingueza | RB/MF | Celta Vigo
Tyler Morton | CM | Liverpool
Harvey Elliott | AM | Liverpool
Zion Suzuki | GK | Parma
John Victor | GK | Botofogo
Jacob Ramsey | MF | Villa
Mateus Fernandes | CM | Southampton
Nga Makou | CM | Lille
Quinten Timber | CM
Hayden Hackney | CM | Boro
Yves Bissouma | CM | Spurs

Rumoured Out

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

Confirmed In

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

Confirmed Out

Aaron Cresswell | LB | Free Agent | 0m
Danny Ings | ST | Free Agent | 0m
Vladimir Coufal | RB | Free Agent | 0m
Lukusz Fabianski | GK | Free Agent | 0m
Kamari Swyer | AM | Free Agent | 0m
Kurt Zouma | CB | Free Agent | 0m
Carlos Soler | CM | PSG | End of Loan
Evan Ferguson | ST | Brighton | End of Loan
Brad Dolaghan | Released
Dondre Abraham | Released
Mehmet Halim | Released
Muhammed Judus |stroppy| sp*rs| £55m
Michail Antonio | Released
Kieran Casey | Swansea | Loan
Edson Alvarez | Fenerbache | Loan with Option
Emerson | Marseille | £1m
Aguerd | Marseille | £20m
Max Cornet | Genoa | Loan

Posted: **17 Jul 2025, 08:34**

We wanted the loan with the obligation to buy for cash flow purposes
Not too upset if we miss out on Luiz
Had read that Man U were also interested
They seem to be distracted by trying to shift those 5 players that are prob costing them £1m a week
Plus being bent over by Brentford over Mbuemo. Agreed at £65m, now being told it’s £70m. Ha ha ha

Posted: **17 Jul 2025, 08:29**

Sir Alf" wrote: ↑17 Jul 2025, 08:27 Luiz going to Everton. They will actually buy the player. Sully wanted “try before u buy” with loan first allegedly. Was a great player at Villa. That said he’s 27, on high wages. But at least “we tried”

Stop posting your fictitious thoughts as gospel.

Posted: **17 Jul 2025, 08:27**

Luiz going to Everton. They will actually buy the player. Sully wanted “try before u buy” with loan first allegedly. Was a great player at Villa. That said he’s 27, on high wages. But at least “we tried”

Posted: **17 Jul 2025, 08:25**

Grealish is talented but needs to leave City where he isn’t being used properly … bit like Joe Cole under Mourinho
The only way he’d come to us is on loan with City paying about two thirds of his wages
Unlikely

Agree that Elliot or McAtee would be better options
Elliot will be too expensive & have more attractive choices
I wouldn’t mind the Leicester (El Khannouss) or Southampton (Fernandes) linked players
Cheaper & less competition
Plus Hermansen the Leicester keeper. Finance that by selling Areola & bringing in a cheaper no2

Posted: **17 Jul 2025, 08:21**

Can't really see Man City loaning out Grealish unless it's with an obligation to buy. Next year he'll have one year left on his contract and be 31 in September, so now is the time for them to sell. Of course if they get no takers then they might as well get a loan fee and his wages taken care of rather than having him sit on the bench or in the reserves. He only made one league start for them since December. He did play in most of the FA cup games but was dropped for the final. I'd say he's on the way out for sure.

I do think he'd suit Potter's style of play but overall would be a poor signing unless he took a massive cut in wages, was on a fairly short contract and didn't cost too much.

Posted: **17 Jul 2025, 08:17**

Grealish would be an expensive vanity project waste of time.

Posted: **17 Jul 2025, 08:06**

Grealish would be an insane addition.

Posted: **17 Jul 2025, 07:38**

Barty888 wrote: ↑16 Jul 2025, 22:07

He’s a very good player no doubt but we need to stop looking at this type of player. Nearly 30. 300k a week he is on.

much rather the club invested in the likes of Elliot or Mcatee. Long term prospects whose value are much less likely to go down.

id take Grealish on loan if we were to sign someone like Elliot also but that is never going to happen.

Posted: **16 Jul 2025, 22:07**

Posted: **16 Jul 2025, 21:40**

Perhaps the footballing lexicon needs a new term:

"The Sullivan": a promise made that all parties know will never be honoured.

Posted: **16 Jul 2025, 20:50**

Barty888 wrote: ↑16 Jul 2025, 19:53

Click Bait. If there was any going. Sullivan loves this kind of BS.!

Posted: **16 Jul 2025, 19:53**

Posted: **16 Jul 2025, 19:53**

Eerie Decent" wrote: ↑16 Jul 2025, 19:44 What hoodwinked Tim when he had his interview for the job, and subsequently took it?

I don't think it's all about money. It's more likely that Sullivan and Vinegar TIt's promised him the earth and when he got started the midget couldn't keep his snout out of it.

Just like he has done with everybody else...it should be obvious to everyone by now

Posted: **16 Jul 2025, 19:50**

Posted: **16 Jul 2025, 19:44**

What hoodwinked Tim when he had his interview for the job, and subsequently took it?

Posted: **16 Jul 2025, 19:40**

You rarely see players, manager or even directors going out verbally towards a former club like this. In football things can change very quickly, and you might end up with the same player, manager, club etc, so one have to be very careful.

This cas is special because he is damn right, and everyone need to know what's going on (even if we already do). So thanks Tim, and sorry it didn't work out. But it doesn't with Sullivan...

Posted: **16 Jul 2025, 19:36**

It's well worth a read...you can translate from German to English by right clicking the top right hand corner of your browser and selecting translate (funnily enough!)

https://www.transfermarkt.de/steidtens- ... ews/457015

https://www.transfermarkt.de/steidten-u ... ews/457021

Transfermarkt: What would you rule out? (From any potential new employer)

Steidten: That I would be working in a structure where it's not entirely clear what's needed and, therefore, no common path is discernible. Commitment to a path and good employees are the most important things.

Posted: **16 Jul 2025, 18:13**

Steidten hinting clearly that Sullivan is the problem. No surprise to us of course but nonetheless its a confirmation.

http://sportwitness.co.uk/tim-steidten- ... uch-power/

Posted: **16 Jul 2025, 16:21**

I think there will be a few outgoing transfers.
Rodriguez, Emerson, Aguerd & Irving all look likely. Paquetta if he gets off too though I would hope he stays. Almost forget about Cornet who I hope also leaves.
A few others possibly, Mavro, Soucek, Alvarez & or JWP, though am not averse to Soucek & Alvarez staying as long as the other midfielders I mentioned leave and as rumoured we sign a couple of younger energetic midfielders.

All the above have rumoured interest in them so I would expect most of them to go.

From what I can gather we are targetting 2 new midfielders, a RB, CB and another striker.

Posted: **16 Jul 2025, 14:09**

Sir Alf" wrote: ↑16 Jul 2025, 10:53 Juventus not impressed by Sullivan’s first derisory offer for Luiz is latest coming from the Italian media. No surprise now football’s self proclaimed, “greatest negotiator” ( he’s also better at picking players than those overrated DOFs according to him ) is back in control. Expect yet another long, protracted set of deals before seeing too many more signings before late August. Just hope we dont get back into losing out and “we tried” territory.

Things might change if we could get some cash in for one or more of Soucek, JWP, Alvarez, Aguerd, Emerson, Rodruiguez, Paqueta or Irvine but “takers” for them are likely to be thin on the ground with the possible exception of Alvarez and Paqueta although the latter aint going nowhere with the “sword of the FA kangaroo court” still hanging over his head.

What I do still believe though ( as many do ) is that all our business will be ineffective in turning arpund our fortunes without 2 players for central midfield with pace, power and athleticism to plug the massive hole Rice left.

Will keep my dungarees in the drawer until mid August bit beyond that will begin to soil myself even more than usual

Posted: **16 Jul 2025, 14:07**

Sir Alf" wrote: ↑16 Jul 2025, 10:53 Juventus not impressed by Sullivan’s first derisory offer for Luiz is latest coming from the Italian media. No surprise now football’s self proclaimed, “greatest negotiator” ( he’s also better at picking players than those overrated DOFs according to him ) is back in control. Expect yet another long, protracted set of deals before seeing too many more signings before late August. Just hope we dont get back into losing out and “we tried” territory.

Things might change if we could get some cash in for one or more of Soucek, JWP, Alvarez, Aguerd, Emerson, Rodruiguez, Paqueta or Irvine but “takers” for them are likely to be thin on the ground with the possible exception of Alvarez and Paqueta although the latter aint going nowhere with the “sword of the FA kangaroo court” still hanging over his head.

What I do still believe though ( as many do ) is that all our business will be ineffective in turning arpund our fortunes without 2 players for central midfield with pace, power and athleticism to plug the massive hole Rice left.

Will keep my dungarees in the drawer until mid August bit beyond that will begin to soil myself even more than usual

Sullivan's low-ball bids may well be a tactic to entice other potential bidders to steam in and snap up players he doesn't really want to buy, leaving the club's only options at the end of the window as only buying players from his agent-mates.

Posted: **16 Jul 2025, 13:20**

This would make a lot of sense for us if we spent it (as you say) on retooling the midfield with players who can get us goals without relying on Soucek to have to do so.

Posted: **16 Jul 2025, 13:01**

News around about Soucek to Everton for 18m.
Fuck yes, and spend it all in Elliot please

Posted: **16 Jul 2025, 12:04**

That Italian one about 10 posts below, I guess.
All went quiet on that Stassin bloke unless he already got sold to someone else.

Posted: **16 Jul 2025, 11:35**

Have we ben linked to any strikers recently?

I find it mad we still haven't got one in, who can be classed as a 1st teamer, yet.

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