Summer 2022 Transfer Thread

[Richard]

Yeah with the season starting a week early Id expect them back tomorrow apart the likes of McGinn, Cash etc

[Drummond]

Can’t face us this time next year having another “huge” summer - at some point we have got to start doing our talking on the pitch, rather than just by spending big money and saying how ambitious we are

What I'd like to do is not what we normally do in a 'big' transfer window - leave one really important hole in the squad unfilled.

We always seem to emerge from windows a man short.

Are we a man shirt this time? With Kamara in, isn't that the gap we needed filling?

I'm not saying that more, better, additions wouldn't be welcome, but that a 38 game season shouldn't be a problem with what we have already. And the manager has no excuses.

[Gareth]

Can’t face us this time next year having another “huge” summer - at some point we have got to start doing our talking on the pitch, rather than just by spending big money and saying how ambitious we are

What I'd like to do is not what we normally do in a 'big' transfer window - leave one really important hole in the squad unfilled.

We always seem to emerge from windows a man short.

Are we a man shirt this time? With Kamara in, isn't that the gap we needed filling?

I'm not saying that more, better, additions wouldn't be welcome, but that a 38 game season shouldn't be a problem with what we have already. And the manager has no excuses.

Squad wise I think we are a man short in that if Digne got injured the day after the window shut we would not have proven left back cover but other than that we are ok.  Suspect there will still be at least one more that Gerrard wants and maybe a loan or two to free up some of youngsters going out on loan too.

[ChicagoLion]

Can’t face us this time next year having another “huge” summer - at some point we have got to start doing our talking on the pitch, rather than just by spending big money and saying how ambitious we are

What I'd like to do is not what we normally do in a 'big' transfer window - leave one really important hole in the squad unfilled.

We always seem to emerge from windows a man short.

Are we a man shirt this time? With Kamara in, isn't that the gap we needed filling?

I'm not saying that more, better, additions wouldn't be welcome, but that a 38 game season shouldn't be a problem with what we have already. And the manager has no excuses.

Squad wise I think we are a man short in that if Digne got injured the day after the window shut we would not have proven left back cover but other than that we are ok.  Suspect there will still be at least one more that Gerrard wants and maybe a loan or two to free up some of youngsters going out on loan too.

Unless Archer is the answer, we do not have enough up front.
Watkins and Ings will not get us where we want to go.

[RamboandBruno]

Can’t face us this time next year having another “huge” summer - at some point we have got to start doing our talking on the pitch, rather than just by spending big money and saying how ambitious we are

What I'd like to do is not what we normally do in a 'big' transfer window - leave one really important hole in the squad unfilled.

We always seem to emerge from windows a man short.

Are we a man shirt this time? With Kamara in, isn't that the gap we needed filling?

I'm not saying that more, better, additions wouldn't be welcome, but that a 38 game season shouldn't be a problem with what we have already. And the manager has no excuses.

Squad wise I think we are a man short in that if Digne got injured the day after the window shut we would not have proven left back cover but other than that we are ok.  Suspect there will still be at least one more that Gerrard wants and maybe a loan or two to free up some of youngsters going out on loan too.

Unless Archer is the answer, we do not have enough up front.
Watkins and Ings will not get us where we want to go.

I agree with this. I think Watkins is a good player that i’d like to keep and offers that work across the back line that is important, but i don’t see Ings getting any better in that kind of goal poacher role. I think if we want to push for Europe, which i think should be the aim this year, we have to have more pace up front and someone who is going to finish the multitude of chances Coutinhio and Beundia will create. I think the defence and midfield are starting to take shape, but i don’t think we have a top 6 forward line, unless Archer comes on the scene and blows the lid of it, which is a big ask this year.

[Axl Rose]

Jonathan David is the answer to all striking woes, in my opinion.

[pauliewalnuts]

Can’t face us this time next year having another “huge” summer - at some point we have got to start doing our talking on the pitch, rather than just by spending big money and saying how ambitious we are

What I'd like to do is not what we normally do in a 'big' transfer window - leave one really important hole in the squad unfilled.

We always seem to emerge from windows a man short.

Are we a man shirt this time? With Kamara in, isn't that the gap we needed filling?

I'm not saying that more, better, additions wouldn't be welcome, but that a 38 game season shouldn't be a problem with what we have already. And the manager has no excuses.

The window is far from finished so let’s see who goes out as well.

[sid1964]

I would imagine that we need to sell a few players before we can sign anyone else

[ASHTONVILLA]

I would imagine that we need to sell a few players before we can sign anyone else

Thats what I think too. I also think we have more signings lined up to come in the moment we shift the ones that Gerrard thinks are surplus to requirements. Of the players likely to leave these are ones with the most noise currently:

Trezeguet - linked to two different Turkish clubs, looking likely to go for £3m soon.

Davis - linked to Nottingham Forest and Watford for £15m

Sanson - Linked to Galatasaray today.

Luiz - links to AC Milan, Roma, and Newcastle for £29.5m

I would imagine Wesley, El Ghazi, Kalinic, Steer, Hause, Traore would all go if offers came in, or at least be loaned out to reduce the wage bill.

I think all of those will leave in the next 3-4 weeks, and that depending on how many and which are sold we will see 2-3 more players come in.

[DrGonzo]

Newcastle are apparently interested in Luiz.  Probably in the same way I'm interested in Scarlett Johansson.  If we see a Bassey type LCB probably means Hause is off. 

Davis won't be off to Forest after they spent so much on a striker last week.  He's destined for the Championship. 

[algy]

Feels like we've got (most of) the "easy" ones sorted out, and are now moving on to transfers which need a couple of things to fall in place first (e.g. other clubs finding replacements).

As AshtonVilla said, could see Trez (back to Turkey?), Davis (Forest/Watford?), Sanson (?), and Luiz (Newcastle/Italy?) all being moved on. Hause, El Ghazi & Traore if we can find someone to pay for them.  Hope Jed Steer gets a good move - he's a good keeper, but not going to get the game time with us that he needs to push on.  If he can find a decent Championship club to take him, I think he'll be playing regular Premier League football at some point in his career ... it's just not with us.


Think we'll be lumbered with Wesley & Kalinic until the end of their contracts. Nobody is going to pay them the wages they're getting with us, or anything mildly approaching that.  Overall, can't be too worked up by it though.  Wesley's been through an awful injury that could've been inflicted on anyone (and the perpetrator shouldn't be playing football for exactly that reason).  Kalinic seems one of the only truly poor transfers that we've been inflicted with long term.

[Beard82]

Can’t face us this time next year having another “huge” summer - at some point we have got to start doing our talking on the pitch, rather than just by spending big money and saying how ambitious we are

What I'd like to do is not what we normally do in a 'big' transfer window - leave one really important hole in the squad unfilled.

We always seem to emerge from windows a man short.

Are we a man shirt this time? With Kamara in, isn't that the gap we needed filling?

I'm not saying that more, better, additions wouldn't be welcome, but that a 38 game season shouldn't be a problem with what we have already. And the manager has no excuses.

Squad wise I think we are a man short in that if Digne got injured the day after the window shut we would not have proven left back cover but other than that we are ok.  Suspect there will still be at least one more that Gerrard wants and maybe a loan or two to free up some of youngsters going out on loan too.

Unless Archer is the answer, we do not have enough up front.
Watkins and Ings will not get us where we want to go.

I agree with this. I think Watkins is a good player that i’d like to keep and offers that work across the back line that is important, but i don’t see Ings getting any better in that kind of goal poacher role. I think if we want to push for Europe, which i think should be the aim this year, we have to have more pace up front and someone who is going to finish the multitude of chances Coutinhio and Beundia will create. I think the defence and midfield are starting to take shape, but i don’t think we have a top 6 forward line, unless Archer comes on the scene and blows the lid of it, which is a big ask this year.

I agree with this too.  I think Ings and Watkins are both good but they dont suit the style of play we had last year - and unless we change the type of chances we create I think we will struggle in front of goals.

I think Watkins does better when we play more width, with pull backs particularly, but we dont create those as much as we tend to play through the middle.  His control is too poor, and we cant take advantage of his acceleration

Ings, is probably better suited, but lacks the pace and pressing of watkins. 

[Didier Five]

Can’t face us this time next year having another “huge” summer - at some point we have got to start doing our talking on the pitch, rather than just by spending big money and saying how ambitious we are

What I'd like to do is not what we normally do in a 'big' transfer window - leave one really important hole in the squad unfilled.

We always seem to emerge from windows a man short.

Are we a man shirt this time? With Kamara in, isn't that the gap we needed filling?

I'm not saying that more, better, additions wouldn't be welcome, but that a 38 game season shouldn't be a problem with what we have already. And the manager has no excuses.

Squad wise I think we are a man short in that if Digne got injured the day after the window shut we would not have proven left back cover but other than that we are ok.  Suspect there will still be at least one more that Gerrard wants and maybe a loan or two to free up some of youngsters going out on loan too.

I think we are still light in central midfield positions in terms of quality especially if Luiz goes.

[Clark W Griswold]

I would imagine that we need to sell a few players before we can sign anyone else

If you're talking FFP, then last 12 months we sold;
Grealish £105m
Engels - £5m
Targett - £15m

Bought
Ings - £25m
Bailey - £30m
Buendia - £38m
Digne - £26m
Coutinho - £17m
Carlos - £26m
Chambers - £3m
Olson - £3m

So that's about £43m spent, i wouldn't think we'd be too worried yet.

I think the following will go also
Davies - £12m
Trez - £3m
El Ghazi - £7m ?
Sanson - £12m ?

And then possibly;
Luiz - £20m ?
Traore - ?
Hause ?

I agree with the hole in the squad from previous windows also. I'm not sure there's specifically a hole at the moment, but i think we'd be a lot safer with another DM, a centre forward and a left back. A lot is being pinned on Kamara, he could well be excellent but whether he's well suited to the DM and whether it takes him a bit of time to acclimatise remains to be seen. He's a young guy that again has never player in this country before. Considering how weak we've been in that area for 3 years i think it would be very prudent to get another one in. We can always look to offload others if we suddenly look overloaded.

[eamonn]

We have no cover in the full back positions. Sort it out. Cash and Digne aren't exactly flawless.