Summer transfer, gossip and speculation thread

[Mister E]

If we sold Kodj and AA but kept Grealish, that would be an amazing result in the context of the recent financial challenges and FFP. McGinn, Bryan and Powell coming in would also be excellent.
Now, Richards, McCormack, Lansbury, Gardner … how can we offload?!

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Albert has gone right off the boil... £20m and he is yours Forest...

He's in his last year of his contract. I wouldn't be too disappointed to see him go for a decent price. £8m would do it.

[Dazvillain]

Apparently John McGinn's just rocked up at Bodymoor Heath, or whatever it's called now.

I was just away to say the self-same. Dim White on Talkshite unsurprisingly qualified the news with a leading question about JG being off. The smarmy tosser.

When sky report he’s at training ground for talks, who will those talks be with do we think now?
Who’s our chief negotiator now wyness and round have gone ?

[Toronto Villa]

Summary of possible/probable incoming deals

-Joe Bryan, LB/LWB(offer confirmed) - £6m appx.
-Lukas Nmecha, CF (was with our directors last night, loan)
-John McGinn, CM (reported we have an offer accepted of £2m by Hibs).
-Orjan Nyland, GK (pictured at the Belfry with Thor and agent over the weekend, 99%).

[JJ-AV]

Can't see any way Powell comes in and Jack stays. They play in the same area of the pitch (albeit different styles).

[auntiesledd]

If we sold Kodj and AA but kept Grealish, that would be an amazing result in the context of the recent financial challenges and FFP. McGinn, Bryan and Powell coming in would also be excellent.
Now, Richards, McCormack, Lansbury, Gardner … how can we offload?!

I love you're positivity, but unfortunately I don't think all that mob would bring in anything like the money Jack will go for. Of all the wasters still on the books - it's Kodja I'm most annoyed with atm. I appreciate he's come back from serious injury, but his current attitude stinks. At least Albert made a good contribution last season & doesn't look like he doesn't give a stuff. Sadly I'd imagine AA will be of far more interest to other clubs currently than the sulky Ivorian.

[mr underhill]

In his defense he did only play 824 minutes last season - often coming on as sub and last night was the first time since last October he's played more than 70 minutes consecutively. Having said that he just doesn't look the same player as he was in the first season here - the ankle injuries have robbed him of freedom of movement and confidence. Not his fault just the way it seems to be.

[Dazvillain]

Sky saying no fee agreed with hibs yet for mcginn . That’s why I was interested as to who our negotiators would be in talks

[Mister E]

If we sold Kodj and AA but kept Grealish, that would be an amazing result in the context of the recent financial challenges and FFP. McGinn, Bryan and Powell coming in would also be excellent.
Now, Richards, McCormack, Lansbury, Gardner … how can we offload?!

I love you're positivity, but unfortunately I don't think all that mob would bring in anything like the money Jack will go for. Of all the wasters still on the books - it's Kodja I'm most annoyed with atm. I appreciate he's come back from serious injury, but his current attitude stinks. At least Albert made a good contribution last season & doesn't look like he doesn't give a stuff. Sadly I'd imagine AA will be of far more interest to other clubs currently than the sulky Ivorian.

I wasn't suggesting that the projected sales would accrue as much as Grealish, but my interpretation of the current situation is that we no longer need to secure transfer fees at any cost because we have until March 2019 to address FFP. We need, for sure, to turn some players over in order to bring some in but it is not as desperate as it could have been now that we have new investors.

[adrenachrome]

I had to Google what you lot were on about regarding Gin.

Are there any other other Mad Men like me on this forum who didn't get that selection of Hendricks puns ?

Moi Aussi.

[eamonn]

Apparently John McGinn's just rocked up at Bodymoor Heath, or whatever it's called now.

I was just away to say the self-same. Dim White on Talkshite unsurprisingly qualified the news with a leading question about JG being off. The smarmy tosser.

When sky report he’s at training ground for talks, who will those talks be with do we think now?
Who’s our chief negotiator now wyness and round have gone ?

Player liaison Lorna McClelland(?), she helped translate the Ligue Une signings three years ago. Hopefully her multi-lingual abilities stretch to Scottish.

[garyshawsknee]

Shame the Woods story isn't true, he's a tidy player who moves the ball intelligently and quickly.

[LukeJames]

Local media in Wolves are saying that they have signed Traore and that we will get around £4m from the deal, I had no idea that we had inserted a sell on clause in the deal when we swapped him.

[Dazvillain]

Apparently John McGinn's just rocked up at Bodymoor Heath, or whatever it's called now.

I was just away to say the self-same. Dim White on Talkshite unsurprisingly qualified the news with a leading question about JG being off. The smarmy tosser.

When sky report he’s at training ground for talks, who will those talks be with do we think now?
Who’s our chief negotiator now wyness and round have gone ?

Player liaison Lorna McClelland(?), she helped translate the Ligue Une signings three years ago. Hopefully her multi-lingual abilities stretch to Scottish.

Pretty sure she left with staff cutbacks having been on an extremely good salary apparently

[UK Redsox]

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/aug/06/player-liaison-officer-aston-villa-lorna-mclelland

McClelland left Villa two years ago, after relegation from the Premier League. She continues to work with sportspeople as a co-founder of GCSportsCare, which provides advice, support and counselling to people with mental health issues or addictions. The former footballer Gary Charles is the managing director.