Summer 2016: Transfer rumours and suggestions

[David_Nab]

B/ham Mail saying Ayew / Veretout / Gana all out the door , Traore could also go

So basically unlike say Burnley/Hull  who kept nucleolus of squad and are challenging to come back up we will have to rebuild most of the squad no doubt on the cheap and likely a new manager ...

[aj2k77]

And probably with the shittest players and trouble like Gabby, Bacuna. Guzan

[ozzjim]

Gana will fetch 6-7m, Ayew 8-9, and Veretout probably about 6, but hopefully we can keep the latter as I think he is worth keeping and building a midfield behind. Gana is a god player, reads the game well but looks shot at times. If Grabban is 7m, we should be holding out for 10 for Ayew!

[SoccerHQ]

and Gana's off too

He was on about playing in the champions league when he first joined us. Not the first or last player to say that so yeah I can imagine he won't be wanting to drop down to the second division on ego alone.

Him and Veretout will go back to French clubs I'd imagine as their performances and reputations are better recieved over there.

Might only be loan deals though....bit like Newcastle signing Florain Thuvain, him flopping and then them loaning him back to Marseille 6 months later.

Think they'll be premier league interest in Ayew, he's shown enough.

[tomd2103]

B/ham Mail saying Ayew / Veretout / Gana all out the door , Traore could also go

So basically unlike say Burnley/Hull  who kept nucleolus of squad and are challenging to come back up we will have to rebuild most of the squad no doubt on the cheap and likely a new manager ...

Will be gutted if that is the case as those are players I hoped we would build the team around.  Next season could be worse than this one.

[SoccerHQ]

Ayew's the only one I'd keep as he can certainly be a match winner down there but would imagine he'll want away and won't be short of better offers.

Gana and Veretout looked o.k just above xmas but have both regressed again, we just can't get central midfield right can we, year in year out it's the worst area of the team.

Personally I'd get Gary Gardner back, make him a regular, sign someone experienced at championship level and then play Grealish ahead of them.

[aj2k77]

The centre mids we keep signing are bits and pieces players. No speed, no real physicality, not good at getting up and down, no height there.

[Des Little]

Well our 'better' players were always going to go, surely this is no surprise.  Neither should be the fact that getting rid of the under performing wastrels will prove to be considerably more difficult. 

Personally, I'd happily get rid of the whole lot and start again.

[SoccerHQ]

The centre mids we keep signing are bits and pieces players. No speed, no real physicality, not good at getting up and down, no height there.

Yes it's been awful since Milner left and Petrov's demise.

Here is a list of all the midfielders we've had since 2010....looks woeful apart from a couple of players. And yet it's such a key area of the team where matches are regularly won and lost:

Reo-Coker
Sidwell
Chris Herd
Johnathon Hogg
Barry Bannan
Gary Gardner
Ashley Westwood
D@lph
Carlos Sanchez
Tom Cleverley
Bacuna
El-Ahamdi
Yacouba Sylla

[PaulWinch again]

B/ham Mail saying Ayew / Veretout / Gana all out the door , Traore could also go

So basically unlike say Burnley/Hull  who kept nucleolus of squad and are challenging to come back up we will have to rebuild most of the squad no doubt on the cheap and likely a new manager ...

Will be gutted if that is the case as those are players I hoped we would build the team around.  Next season could be worse than this one.

Well presumably they're going to go for a lot of money then given what we paid.

[KevinGage]

I can wear the departure of Ayew, Veretout and Gana if Gabby and Bacuna are definitely on the way out too. 

A core of Steer (or Bunn)  Baker, Clark, Gardner and Robinson are enough to start the rebuild with, Gestede too, if he is up for it.

We need a lot more, obv. But most of that lot have shown they are competent players at Championship level already and Bunn and Gestede aside, none of them should be too scarred from this utter faeces of a season.

A top gun forward for that level (ideally with a bit of pace and strength) and an experienced head in the middle of the park would give us a chance. Without getting all Villakicks, perhaps someone like Glen Whelan.  Does the ugly stuff, can graft (rather than just point like Westwood) and has a decent shot on him.  Wouldn't advocate him in million years if we were staying up, but should be too good for that level. And with Stoke's recent business, might be semi-realistic.

[andrew08]

Why do people continue to mention Gary Gardner? He must be close to 25 and is never ever fit. Is he really going to play 40 odd games next season?

[KevinGage]

Probably because fans of every Championship club he has played for have raved about him.

[SoccerHQ]

Why do people continue to mention Gary Gardner? He must be close to 25 and is never ever fit. Is he really going to play 40 odd games next season?

He's staying fit and playing week in week out for Forest.

I'm there once a week for work purposes and if it's a Monday I pick up the local paper to see their match reports. They've given him good reviews since he came back.

He's done well previously at that level, it's time he was given a proper chance.

[ozzjim]

He played about 18 in a row last season for Forest and has played the last 8-9 for them this season.

Steer, Hutton, Baker, Okore, Amavi, Sulliman, Gardner, Lyden, Grealish, Robinson, Gestede, Davis, Hepburn Murphy

Sell the rest if they want out and start again. Build a side around Grealish.