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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

1. Nayef Aguerd | CB | Leverkusen, Marseille,  Juventus |  ~25m
2. Maxel Cornet | FW | Genoa/Others
3. Guido Rodriguez | DM | Betis/River Plate 
4. Tomas Soucek | CM | Everton
5. Michail Antonio | ST | Free Agent
6. Mo Kudus | FW | Chelsea/Newcastle/Arsenal
7. Lucas Paqueta | AM | Multiple/Ban
8. Andy Irving | CM | Celtic

1. Jean Clair Todibo | CB | Loan To Perm (32m)

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

stubbo-admin wrote: ↑19 Jun 2025, 18:18

Sir Alf" wrote: ↑19 Jun 2025, 10:41 I keep  boring everyone with the prediction that nothing will happen before August in terms of incoming  players and to fully expect the same starting 11 that finished last season to start at Sunderland.  Sullivan tends to engineer things this way at the best of times when he is in full control, which he is again. That funnels us towards having to use his agent contacts as the window closes in.  

The need and identification of young up and coming players will be ignored and Potter and Macaulay will largely have to settle on “used goods”, 25 years or likely nearer 30 but meeting Sullivan’s top requirement which is Premiership experience. By definition they will be on high wages and Sullivan as always will be seduced by the name of a big club thet the player once played for.  

Relegatiion itself or a relegation fight, long hard season seems by far the most likely outcome based  on the way things are shaping up.  “Back to where we belong” with this owner.  

I don't disagree with the August timeline...but don't think that's down to Sullivan this time.

We're frankly, an unattractive proposition, with many ahead of us in the queue for the better talent.

So we either go in for the second or third tier prospects who see us as the peak of their current ambitions, or we wait to see if the bigger Lions have their fill and some of the choicer morsels remain available.

That looks like August, however you spin it. 

I do think we'll end up with younger prospects....but they'll be cheap punts from shit leagues...not top prospects from second tier leagues like Belgium...because the chairman sees anything over 10m as needing to be a sure thing, not a punt.

Any big money will be spent on our of contract players...which is where the older age bracket will come in. 

In reality we need a set of players nearing their prime....23-26 who are ready for the hear and now. We're not stable enough to be buying 'for the future'.

We are an unattractive proposition because the way the football side of the business is run is a complete fuckin' omnishambles. I blame the other shareholders as much as I blame the current chairman and his sidekick. If anything they are worse because it must be clear to them that even a modestly encouraging improvement in the way the football side operates would make their shareholding far more valuable. 

It will never be more than treading water under the current set up...FFS nobody is asking for champions league just a good, solid competitive team that regularly sticks a spanner in the works of the best laid plans of the big 4 to 6 clubs.

It shouldn't be this incompetent

Sir Alf" wrote: ↑19 Jun 2025, 10:41 I keep  boring everyone with the prediction that nothing will happen before August in terms of incoming  players and to fully expect the same starting 11 that finished last season to start at Sunderland.  Sullivan tends to engineer things this way at the best of times when he is in full control, which he is again. That funnels us towards having to use his agent contacts as the window closes in.  

The need and identification of young up and coming players will be ignored and Potter and Macaulay will largely have to settle on “used goods”, 25 years or likely nearer 30 but meeting Sullivan’s top requirement which is Premiership experience. By definition they will be on high wages and Sullivan as always will be seduced by the name of a big club thet the player once played for.  

Relegatiion itself or a relegation fight, long hard season seems by far the most likely outcome based  on the way things are shaping up.  “Back to where we belong” with this owner.  

Sir Alf" wrote: ↑19 Jun 2025, 10:41 I keep  boring everyone with the prediction that nothing will happen before August in terms of incoming  players and to fully expect the same starting 11 that finished last season to start at Sunderland.  Sullivan tends to engineer things this way at the best of times when he is in full control, which he is again. That funnels us towards having to use his agent contacts as the window closes in.  

The need and identification of young up and coming players will be ignored and Potter and Macaulay will largely have to settle on “used goods”, 25 years or likely nearer 30 but meeting Sullivan’s top requirement which is Premiership experience. By definition they will be on high wages and Sullivan as always will be seduced by the name of a big club thet the player once played for.  

Relegatiion itself or a relegation fight, long hard season seems by far the most likely outcome based  on the way things are shaping up.  “Back to where we belong” with this owner.  

wils wrote: ↑19 Jun 2025, 13:51 Reading the Guardian about Kudus to Spurs rumours. I wasn't aware of this situation. Is this widely known and I am just slow to it?

"Despite not having done business with West Ham since 2011 because he does not get on with the club’s owners, the Tottenham Hotspur chair Daniel Levy is prepared to bite the bullet....."

It doesn't surprise though.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/20 ... sunderland

Keep dreaming" wrote: ↑18 Jun 2025, 15:31 Is it a professional football club world record to release 11 players without making any profit, and without replacing anyone?

Sullivan OUT

Mad Ferret" wrote: ↑18 Jun 2025, 16:00 Wouldn’t take any notice of what proven liar Iron Duke posts.

stubbo-admin wrote: ↑18 Jun 2025, 14:25

Iron Duke" wrote: ↑18 Jun 2025, 13:05 Fabrizio Romano saying deal agreed for Aaron Ramsdale.

Not seeing this anywhere...link?

Iron Duke" wrote: ↑18 Jun 2025, 13:05 Fabrizio Romano saying deal agreed for Aaron Ramsdale.

Iron Duke" wrote: ↑18 Jun 2025, 13:05 Fabrizio Romano saying deal agreed for Aaron Ramsdale.