Summer transfer, gossip and speculation thread

[GarTomas]

Ryan Woods would be a brilliant signing. Shame we've got -£40 million to sign him with.

Is he the lad at Brentford who strolled round Villa Park like he owned it this season??

[OCD]

James Bree, Mitchell Clark, Easah Suliman, Jake Doyle-Hayes, Jordan Lyden, Callum O'Hare, Andre Green, Keinan Davis and Rushian Hepburn-Murphy must all be thinking they've all got a great chance of breaking through next season and becoming regulars. We need to integrate them and add some experience in and around them. Any seniors who didn't need make a worthwhile contribution last season need to be moved on - preferably for a transfer fee but if not, out on loan to get their wages off the balance sheet.

[Ads]

Pace and movement has to be key. Keeping Chester, Grealish and Kodjia gives us a good spine.

Do we need both Jedinak and Whelan? Especially when Thor moves the ball better and has more legs?

Do we need Lansbury? Do we need to keep Hutton for left back?

They say they've planned and I hope they have.

[Clampy]

Pace and movement has to be key. Keeping Chester, Grealish and Kodjia gives us a good spine.

Done a need both Jedinak and Whelan? Especially when Thor moves the ball better and has more legs?

Do we need Lansbury? Do we need to keep Hutton for left back?

They say they've planned and I hope they have.

I'd be very surprised if Bjarnasson is still here next season. He'll want to move on I think.

[Ads]

Possibly, depends on a new manager I guess, but I take your point.

[Chris Jameson]

People complaining about small clubs being successful - and there was me thinking competition was a good thing!!

Seeing clubs described as 'small time', 'poxy little clubs' etc on here is all very silly, especially as they are either in the same league, a league above or about to comfortably out play Aston Villa at Wembley.

[Chris Jameson]

I'd throw in ameobi (26!) as a wildcard if we don't get Hernandez or Kodjia replacement. He can play wide or as hold up striker. Imagine him and Kodjia together!

Remember a mate of mine having a meltdown when he discovered that having suffered Shola fucking things up for years in a Newcastle shirt that there was another Ameobi about to break into the first team.

[Steve67]

Woods swap with Hogan?

I think we really need a centre back, keeper, left back and a replacement for Hourihane in the centre of the park.  The squad isn't as bad as we think but we may well need a striker too if Jimmy doesn't start to spark again.  Hernandez would be great but his injury problems are an issue.

[Clark W Griswold]

GK
New
Steer
RB
Elmo
Bree
LB
New
Taylor
CB
Chester
New
New
Samba (dependant on wages)
LM
Adomah
New
CM
New
Jedinak
Hourahane
Thor
RM
New
Green
Behind Striker
Grealish
O Hare
Striker
Kodjia
Davis
More kids filling in where needed, if Chester, Grealish, Kodjia and Thor go they need to be replaced as well. The biggest money / main priority as it stands should be GK, CB and a really good CM that can really drive the team forward with urgency.

I would see what we can get for Lansbury, Whelan, Hogan...

[SirSteveUK]

At the end of this season all of the following should be out of contract;

Terry, Bunn, Hutton, Samba, Agbonlahor, Sarkic, Watkins, Abdo, Blackett-Taylor, Borg, Prosser, Pastorek, Clarke, Clark, Finnerty, Coates, Knibbs, Cox, Hall, Idem, Johansson, Stretch, Boucher, Bazeley-Graham, Williams, Rowe.

Finnerty has been sold, and Agbonlahor isn't going to be offered a new contract.

If we don't give any of the others a new contract, then the complete player list for next season will start as follows;


GK: Steer,Gollini


Def :Taylor,Chester,Bree, Richards, Elmohamady, De Laet, Elphick, Bedeau, Suliman, McConnachie, Patterson, Revan, Walker.


Mid: Whelan, Lansbury, Grealish, Hourihane, Jedinak, Bjarnason, Adomah,Green, Gardner, O'Hare, Lyden, Doyle-Hayes, Tshibola, Birch, Birch, Brunt, Ige, Ramsey.


Fwds : Hogan, Kodjia, Davis,  McCormack,McKirdy, Hepburn-Murphy, Guy, Hooper, Mooney, Odutayo, Sea, Tait, Bridge, Pressley.


I've heard we will face a transfer embargo, due to failing FFP , so It'll be interesting how many of the above list will play in the first team squad next term.

Source?

Which season are you talking about with regard to out of contract players? Both Clark(e)s are 2019 as is Knibbs..

[SirSteveUK]

There’s a CB - 3 yrs younger than Terry - out of contract & available- from Southend.....


By the name of Anton Ferdinand. 😂

[SirSteveUK]

Out of sight - out of  mind.

The one player no-one has mentioned....I think

Harry McKirdy

EDIT: Yes he has been mentioned

[tomd2103]

Pace and movement has to be key. Keeping Chester, Grealish and Kodjia gives us a good spine.

Do we need both Jedinak and Whelan? Especially when Thor moves the ball better and has more legs?

Do we need Lansbury? Do we need to keep Hutton for left back?

They say they've planned and I hope they have.

Seeing as Jedinak and Whelan struggle to play more than one game a week, if we are going to play with a defensive midfielder next season we probably should be keeping both of them especially as the former can cover at centre back.  That said, if Bjarnason stays and Lyden and Doyle-Hayes can break through then we might not need to (I think Jedinak would be sellable than Whelan to be honest).

Lansbury is certainly surplus to requirements, especially as we could do with bringing in a first choice player in midfield with a bit of energy.  I would like Hutton to get another year as he can cover both sides, but think that having De Laet, Elmohamady, Bree and Taylor still in contract means we probably won’t be able to offer him anything.

Agree with you that we need to get some pace in the side, particularly out wide.  Hopefully Green can step up next season, but I would be looking to add a naturally left sided winger and switch Adomah back to the right. 

[footyskillz]

Jedinak and Whelan would be minimal sale fees as they only have a year left to run on contract. Expire this time next year.

[mr underhill]

I could see one of them at Stoke