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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: **22 Aug 2025, 14:05**

Yeah, of course.

Posted: **22 Aug 2025, 13:52**

Jean-Luc Paul Goddard" wrote: ↑22 Aug 2025, 13:44
El Scorchio" wrote: ↑22 Aug 2025, 12:07
What is the point of hiring a manager when you know he plays a certain way and then not doing anything to get the players to put the squad in a suitable state to do it?

This is the real issue with Potter and why it was never going to work out. Here you've got a manager whose entire reputation and the reason he stood out is because he produced the type of possession heavy football you normally only see at the richest clubs with the best players. Unfortunately, it's a style of play that relies on fantastic forwards if you want to score and win matches. Even in his best season at Brighton they scored just 42 goals - only 4 teams scored fewer that year. The season de Zerbi took over they scored THIRTY more goals than that.

The point is that we don't have the budget of a Chelsea or the scouting/transfer finesse of a Brighton to make his system even slightly workable. Add to that the fact that without the most skilful players in the world it's a style that's just an utter bore to watch and what you're left with is a team who won't entertain, won't win many matches and most likely won't stay in the league. And spending £50m on a couple of pacy midfielders won't change that even if we get them.

Well this mess is entirely on the stupid brainless fuckwits who employed a manager they knew they had nothing like the means needed to support in order to see any success then, isn't it.

Posted: **22 Aug 2025, 13:45**

Rossal wrote: ↑22 Aug 2025, 13:27 Brownhill will get announced alongside Dyche

When I think back to the days of the Boleyn Ground holding us back (Source: Lady Brady of Knightsbridge), I can recall us making much better Signings/Appointments than these. I'm losing count of how many Levels we have gone down since the move now, instead of the opposite apparently happening.. Next Level my arse.

Posted: **22 Aug 2025, 13:44**

El Scorchio" wrote: ↑22 Aug 2025, 12:07
What is the point of hiring a manager when you know he plays a certain way and then not doing anything to get the players to put the squad in a suitable state to do it?

This is the real issue with Potter and why it was never going to work out. Here you've got a manager whose entire reputation and the reason he stood out is because he produced the type of possession heavy football you normally only see at the richest clubs with the best players. Unfortunately, it's a style of play that relies on fantastic forwards if you want to score and win matches. Even in his best season at Brighton they scored just 42 goals - only 4 teams scored fewer that year. The season de Zerbi took over they scored THIRTY more goals than that.

The point is that we don't have the budget of a Chelsea or the scouting/transfer finesse of a Brighton to make his system even slightly workable. Add to that the fact that without the most skilful players in the world it's a style that's just an utter bore to watch and what you're left with is a team who won't entertain, won't win many matches and most likely won't stay in the league. And spending £50m on a couple of pacy midfielders won't change that even if we get them.

Posted: **22 Aug 2025, 13:27**

Brownhill will get announced alongside Dyche

Posted: **22 Aug 2025, 13:26**

Sydney_Iron wrote: ↑22 Aug 2025, 13:10
El Scorchio" wrote: ↑22 Aug 2025, 13:00

Sullivan's got you right where he wants you.

Nah, I like Brownhill irrespective of what Sullivan may or may not want me to think, he would be a decent addition in my humble

In the context of a second or third midfielder brought in, early in the window alongside two proper young energetic players then I'd have been more than happy with him as well. Not as our only signing, on deadline day, which is seeming more and more likely now after the club gaslighting us all summer.

Will Brownhill by himself improve the midfield? Is it better than nothing? Ever so slightly. Is it enough? Nowhere near. Sullivan all over. Make us feel glad for feeding us shit after promising us chateaubriand. I will refuse to feel any gladness or gratitude if that's what we end up with, even if it makes us marginally less shit. Will I support the player? Absolutely if he gives it his all. This situation isn't his fault and it's a hell of a lot of pressure on his shoulders too.

The embarrassment of everyone knowing we've needed serious reinforcements in midfield all summer combined with a major rebuild and players for the future, and then to come away with a 30 year old freebie from the championship. It's worth noting from an article I just read the teams being mostly talked about are Leicester, Sheffield United and Ipswich as his likely destinations. That is the pool we are fishing in if he's to end up here. With fucking championship sides. I don't know how Sullivan can show his face in the wake of such humiliating circumstances.

Posted: **22 Aug 2025, 13:10**

El Scorchio" wrote: ↑22 Aug 2025, 13:00

Sullivan's got you right where he wants you.

Nah, I like Brownhill irrespective of what Sullivan may or may not want me to think, he would be a decent addition in my humble

Posted: **22 Aug 2025, 13:02**

Sir Alf" wrote: ↑22 Aug 2025, 12:29 Yep us fans are all panicking too and getting to the point where even Josh Brownhill would be welcome! I mean its better than no one and he works hard, scores a few even though he doesnt solve the "lack of legs" issue, he's a better profile than we have? Ohhh noooo !!!! I've fallen into Sullivan's trap

Exactly. We've been promised a new Ferrari but fucked about and gaslit so much subsequently that we should feel grateful when we see a second hand robin reliant wrapped in a bow on Christmas morning.

Posted: **22 Aug 2025, 13:01**

Sydney_Iron wrote: ↑22 Aug 2025, 12:42 Personally not against Brownhill, blokes a warrior

Posted: **22 Aug 2025, 13:00**

Sydney_Iron wrote: ↑22 Aug 2025, 12:42 Personally not against Brownhill, blokes a warrior and leader, what he maybe lacks in quality he makes up in commitment and effort, he will at least give it 100% for 90 mins and has a sniff for goals!

Sullivan's got you right where he wants you.

Posted: **22 Aug 2025, 12:52**

I’m sure Potter has been instructed to start Guido for the first few games so that the fans soften their stance on Brownhill signing.

Posted: **22 Aug 2025, 12:42**

Personally not against Brownhill, blokes a warrior and leader, what he maybe lacks in quality he makes up in commitment and effort, he will at least give it 100% for 90 mins and has a sniff for goals!

Posted: **22 Aug 2025, 12:29**

Yep us fans are all panicking too and getting to the point where even Josh Brownhill would be welcome! I mean its better than no one and he works hard, scores a few even though he doesnt solve the "lack of legs" issue, he's a better profile than we have? Ohhh noooo !!!! I've fallen into Sullivan's trap

Posted: **22 Aug 2025, 12:14**

Sydney_Iron wrote: ↑22 Aug 2025, 12:10 Tick tock!

We are getting close to panic stations I reckon, don’t be surprised to see Sullivan “take command “ and sign someone left of field that no one has heard of that one of his agent mates recommends, another Wellington could be on there way

It's inevitable.

We will get the half truth Sullivan spin quote 'The Manager didn't want to sign anyone' which translated will actually mean 'We failed to get any players he wanted- and to be honest we didn't even really try- and he didn't see the point of signing the second rate shit who aren't even any better than what we already have that I've sourced through my mate.'

So he'll go rogue and sign Brownhill, some awful other shit on a free, and probably someone like Raheem Sterling who we don't even need and will make morale even worse for 180k a week on a four year deal.

Posted: **22 Aug 2025, 12:10**

Tick tock!

We are getting close to panic stations I reckon, don’t be surprised to see Sullivan “take command “ and sign someone left of field that no one has heard of that one of his agent mates recommends, another Wellington (or 2!!!) could be on there way

Posted: **22 Aug 2025, 12:07**

Gank wrote: ↑22 Aug 2025, 11:58
El Scorchio" wrote: ↑22 Aug 2025, 11:51 Yup, I cannot believe even Sullivan has just sat there and done fuck all when it's just become so horrifically stark that this team needs at least four more QUALITY signings that all go straight into and improve the starting XI. 1 CB, 2 CM, 1CF. Even just the midfielders would give us a chance.

Absolutely hung his manager out to dry by giving him the bare minimum again. Well, less than the bare minimum as the bare minimum was at least one midfielder to make this team function.

All correct, but Potter doesn't help himself with his rigid formation and no plan B. If Sullivan is making the deals and Potter is determining the very precise profile of players needed, it's no surprise that we can't make signings that improve the team without one of them suddenly becoming much, much more flexible.

Yup valid, but all we need are pacey box to box midfielders. (or an 8 and a 6 let's say) I don't think he's asking for anything that's particularly difficult or overly expensive to find and other teams are not having any problem finding and buying these players all around us. Without those players everyone can see we need, we are just going to get killed no matter what formation we play. His best bet is to probably just play Moyesball. Pack everyone behind the ball and hope for a chance on the break. If they knew we were headed this way, then why the fuck didn't they just hire one of those managers back in January? What is the point of hiring a manager when you know he plays a certain way and then not doing anything to get the players to put the squad in a suitable state to do it?

My take, and with all this 'silver bullet' stuff and the downbeat nature of everything is that Sullivan has said there's no money to spend. Or at least not enough to sign what we need. We appear to be in such deep deep shit.

Posted: **22 Aug 2025, 11:58**

El Scorchio" wrote: ↑22 Aug 2025, 11:51 Yup, I cannot believe even Sullivan has just sat there and done fuck all when it's just become so horrifically stark that this team needs at least four more QUALITY signings that all go straight into and improve the starting XI. 1 CB, 2 CM, 1CF. Even just the midfielders would give us a chance.

Absolutely hung his manager out to dry by giving him the bare minimum again. Well, less than the bare minimum as the bare minimum was at least one midfielder to make this team function.

All correct, but Potter doesn't help himself with his rigid formation and no plan B. If Sullivan is making the deals and Potter is determining the very precise profile of players needed, it's no surprise that we can't make signings that improve the team without one of them suddenly becoming much, much more flexible.

Posted: **22 Aug 2025, 11:57**

As absolutely fuck all seems to be happening - we tried bollocks incoming - are they actively trying to get the club relegated. Other teams with smaller grounds, smaller everything all seem to be buying players in the £30m bubble and yet we seemingly cannot compete there. We all know where the problems lie but mainly in the old and slow as fuck midfield being the main culprit and yet no new additions. Yet loaning Alvarez, scored the winning goal in the CONCACAF gold cup and won player of the tournament, rather than selling him, frees up wages, how does that help with actually BUYING players. All lies and smoke and mirrors I know but also why sell Kudus so cheaply, Spurs were desperate after Maddison's ACL and yet after turning down £50m, rolled over and had our tummies tickled for £5m more. An still no movement on any incoming at all, just shitty rumours that have no substance at all. Rumours on so many players such as McAtee, Luiz, Elliott, Fernandes, Ramsey etc all bollocks. I am now going to the pub as watching tonight's game needs to be done through a rather alcoholic haze to numb the boredom of watching Potters attempt at putting a team out.

Posted: **22 Aug 2025, 11:51**

Yup, I cannot believe even Sullivan has just sat there and done fuck all when it's just become so horrifically stark that this team needs at least four more QUALITY signings that all go straight into and improve the starting XI. 1 CB, 2 CM, 1CF. Even just the midfielders would give us a chance.

Absolutely hung his manager out to dry by giving him the bare minimum again. Well, less than the bare minimum as the bare minimum was at least one midfielder to make this team function.

Posted: **22 Aug 2025, 11:51**

Brownhill
Sterling
Vardy

mission accomplished

Posted: **22 Aug 2025, 11:50**

fraser wrote: ↑22 Aug 2025, 11:23 I was very much against him being kept on but actually naively mellowed over the summer and also naively had a little hope he may be OK... Took 45 minutes of the season for a large dose of reality to hit me, and hit me hard.

Nothing naive about it fraser, it's hope/desperation that your fears are misguided, you have to be like that if you're going over there.

I'm exactly the same every summer if it's a new manager in charge, clean slate and all that, try to be positive. Obviously with him we saw a bit last season, but you have to hope that was more the situation he walked into. Sadly not.

The bloke is a flake. A nice flake, but a flake all the same.

Posted: **22 Aug 2025, 11:48**

Rossal wrote: ↑22 Aug 2025, 08:48 Surely you only sanction the Alvarez loan because you have player X lined up ready to go and willing to do that swap as it improves the squad.

We are letting arguably the strongest midfielder go out on a shit loan with no idea who to target to replace him. In the last 48 hours we have been linked with 10 midfielders.

Its an absolute fucking mess, Sullivan can't sell and can't buy.

We will get played off the park tonight and the toxic atmosphere here on in will lead to us spending all season in the bottom three and it's all on that useless dildo dwarf cսnt

Relax...take a chill pill

Leaving everything until the last 10 days of the transfer market by putting in multiple bids even if they are just pissing into the wind is definitely the way to go.

Just throw the plate of spaghetti with meatballs against the wall and whatever sticks is an absolute fucking result.

The reassuring, sure-fire indicator that the running of our club is in very good hands indeed.

Posted: **22 Aug 2025, 11:35**

After getting smashed by the team tipped to finish bottom, I’m really impressed by Sullivan’s urgency to do absolutely fuck all this week
absolute cretin

Posted: **22 Aug 2025, 11:31**

The Raheem Sterling thing isn't bow locks.

WTF .

Posted: **22 Aug 2025, 11:28**

El Scorchio" wrote: ↑22 Aug 2025, 11:07 Brady = Marlene?

Kassandra...

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