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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

If we can get £60m for Paqueta from any club (including Spurs) in time to get a replacement, we should do it. But I suspect we won't and he will go in January for peanuts

All we need now is a manager to show them which direction the opposition goal is.

If Magassa joins will the club be doing red caps with MAGA on the front in the club shop?

dealcanvey wrote: ↑26 Aug 2025, 14:46 Apparently we have bid for Hackney aswell!
 

Apparently we have bid for Hackney aswell!

does make you wonder if they sign 3 CMs then sell Paquetá last minute! 

£60M price set for Paqueta to the Club we would NEVER do business with again under Sullivan..

https://talksport.com/football/premier- ... 7W7sf2kGbw

Asset Strippers FC  

dealcanvey wrote: ↑26 Aug 2025, 14:31 IF we get these two it would hopefully mean JWP and Soucek become bench players.

Still think Paqueta needs competition as he still tends to make too many mistakes despite his flashes of brilliance.

IF we get these two it would hopefully mean JWP and Soucek become bench players.

Still think Paqueta needs competition as he still tends to make too many mistakes despite his flashes of brilliance.

Vexed wrote: ↑26 Aug 2025, 13:50

Mad Ferret" wrote: ↑26 Aug 2025, 12:21 Another really good bit of business, I must say.

What do you mean another bit of good business? Where was the previous good business? 

Vexed wrote: ↑26 Aug 2025, 13:50

Mad Ferret" wrote: ↑26 Aug 2025, 12:21 Another really good bit of business, I must say.

What do you mean another bit of good business? Where was the previous good business? 

Mad Ferret" wrote: ↑26 Aug 2025, 12:21 Another really good bit of business, I must say.

ragingbull wrote: ↑26 Aug 2025, 13:24 Wonder who scouted Magassa Sullivan or Macaulay?

Wonder who scouted Magassa Sullivan or Macaulay?

twoleftfeet wrote: ↑26 Aug 2025, 12:48 It's always a punt with these youngsters but nothing ventured nothing gained.

I'm sure the same was said by Brighton fans when they signed Caicedo, MacAllister, Cucurella, Baleba, Bissouma etc etc

Sometimes you just have to go for it.

Hopefully this gets done but we still need two more midfielders 
Plus a centre half
And a striker under 33
Chop chop!

Who knows if he is good but is young & a bit of a unit who presumably can get around the pitch 

He plays at centre back too... 

Mad Ferret" wrote: ↑26 Aug 2025, 12:45 Now get rid of Potts and JWP, and add Sangare and Brownhill.

Job’s a good’un.

It's always a punt with these youngsters but nothing ventured nothing gained.

I'm sure the same was said by Brighton fans when they signed Caicedo, MacAllister, Cucurella, Baleba, Bissouma etc etc

Sometimes you just have to go for it.

Now get rid of Potts and JWP, and add Sangare and Brownhill.

Job’s a good’un.

Massive Attack" wrote: ↑26 Aug 2025, 12:23 Controversial question maybe but is Magassa good? Never heard of him so intrigued to know what he's like. At least we're buying someone!

 

We got the obligatory 'here we go'' for Magassa.

Eerie Decent" wrote: ↑26 Aug 2025, 12:24 Will he insert heart and bravery into any of our centre backs?

Eerie Decent" wrote: ↑26 Aug 2025, 12:24 Will he insert heart and bravery into any of our centre backs?

Talk that we're trying to get Ibrahim Sangare on loan with an option from Forest now too....someone we were pretty keen on previously.

No idea how he's done at Forest since he's been there, but don't think he's ever truly forced his way into their first choice XI.

Looking at his STATS looks a very similar player to Mougassa...all be it actually better in the passing stakes (but 27 so with a lower ceiling).

The two of them sure us up at defensive midfield...but we'd still need a ball carrier from midfield like Makau or Fernandes, to complement one of Sangare or Mougassa, and Paqueta.

A midfield of:

Paqueta - Sangare/Mougassa - Fernandes/Makau

Would start to at least look potentially functional.

Would also probably mean we could play a double pivot of:

Sangare - Mougassa and go 3-4-3 instead of 3-5-2.

None of this of course changes the fact that we'll be playing crab football, with Potter at the wheel....but maybe it will be enough to help us survive.

 

Will he insert heart and bravery into any of our centre backs?