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

[Matt C]

If we are in the transfer paralysis we’re led to believe, what if we had signed Gallagher in January or played Elliott more than three times, I wonder? For either player that 30m or so would be due now. Was it a problem they just kicked down the road or was there some other plan?

[PeterWithesShin]

As has been said it's way easier to bed in and improve the team when you're 11-17th than it is when you're in the CL and after trophies. Taking a while so your club finishes 12th instead of 10th isn't a disaster, taking a while and your club finishes 6th instead of 4th potentially is.

[Dante Lavelli]

As Percy pointed out, our calculated gambles have (mostly) paid offf - Watkins, Doug, mings etc - so we should be using them as insurance whilst we “do a Bournemouth”, using the extra European games as the incentive to join.  Using PaulWinch’s list, we are arguably underspending in this area by comparison to Bournemouth. 

Rayan £22m - Alysson £10m
Huijsen £21m - Cisse/Turkish fella ~£7m
Kroupi £10m - Madjo?  Too early to say.
Scott £21m - Could’ve got Hackney for £17m
Kerkez £18m - Garcia for £6m?
Truffert £12m - Ned for £8m