Summer 26 Transfer Window - hopes, speculation, rumours etc.

[Max Villan]

Got a feeling we will be in for a showpiece attacking midfielder (as we have every year so far but not got one over the line!). Marmoush or Gibbs-White in, Wilson on a free, Mingueza on a free and a couple of clever signings to replace Mings and Kamara (Hackey maybe in midfield) would be a great window for me. Maybe a better winger than Wilson if funds allow.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

maybe he could get some form out of Calvin Phillips? We need cover at DM and he was excellent at Leeds.

Good God man! Have you lost your mind?

Ha! I can't remember the last time I heard Calvin Phillips' name mentioned, if fact I've probably heard David Batty's more recently and he's living on a farm as a recluse somewhere in the middle of the Yorkshire Dales.

I’m only chucking it out there as a cheap back up option. I got pelters for suggesting Clavert-Lewin last year, but he has proven a decent signing for Leeds. Obviously we also need more exciting signings too.

Thing is even with Champs league things will be tight on wages. We have two excellent DMs in Kanara and Onana but neither seems capable of staying available for more than half a season. We already have top drawer first teamers, Phillips under Emerys tutelage could be good cover.

Just yanking your chain, Ashton and he's not the worst suggestion I've read on here though I have been on here far longer than I care to remember.

[paul_e]

Calvert-Lewin isn't a terrible striker but he would have been an awful fit for us.

Philips is a terrible midfielder, he was always overrated, a DM who didn't actually do very much defensively but could play a decent long pass, he wasn't fit enough and  couldn't read the game well enough to ever be a regular in a good team. Bielsa briefly made him look good by building an entire team that did his running for him but I've never seen the appeal even when plenty of people were desperate for us to sign him.

Whilst we're on the subject of massively overrated English players I'll add Gordon to the list who would be a pub league player if he didn't have his pace and who has been sussed out completely this season.

[oldtimernow]

Bowen’s too old now for the kind of money we’d need to pay.  I think we could realistically  somebody younger, as good (maybe better) for less money.

Summerville or Mateus Fernandez 🤔

[Smirker]

I don't think we'd have to pay much for Bowen.

Bailey out, Bowen in would be a great upgrade. Wouldn't cost much I don't think.

We simply have to get a top striker. If we get a 30 goals striker we are going to win the league.