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

[eamonn]

Isn't Wilson a bit of a Henders, playing better when a new contract/move is on the cards? What's he done for the last 7 years?

[Skipper_The_Eyechild]

Henders?

[Percy McCarthy]

Henders?

Little Lee.

[Skipper_The_Eyechild]

Henders?

Little Lee.

Ahhh. Cheers.

[OCD]

I wonder how useful Henderson would have been as a back-up to Kamara and playing a significant role once that Spurs twat ended Kamara's season. Also the leadership he could have given behind the scenes.

[aj2k77]

Wilson is bait. He's been non descript for years and is too old for a breakout year. He's just having his Michael Ricketts moment.

[Exeter 77]

I was impressed by the Southampton goalkeeper last night.

[JJ-AV]

Wilson has always been good but lacked consistency. It’s been around 18 months now. I share the concerns of others, but transfers do go wrong and ultimately, 29 with 18 months of good form and years of OK form prior. It’s a worthwhile gamble I think.

Mingueza would be a coup, I’ve seen a bit of him and he looks good. Great passing range, good offensive runs, tall and versatile. Lacks pace which may be a problem in the Prem

[Mellin]

Wilson is bait. He's been non descript for years and is too old for a breakout year. He's just having his Michael Ricketts moment.

Football's littered with players who only realised their potential later in their career. It could be he's just having a good season, or he could be going full Di Natale. You definitely need to take each case in isolation though.

There's a bit of a checklist isn't there? Does he have quality? Undoubtedly. Is he in form? 100%. Does he seem like a prat? No. Is he affordable? Yep. Feel like it's  a low risk no-brainer personally. Saves money for the other players we need in attack too.

One thing I've noticed is he seems to keep doing it when the pressure is on as well. You can't teach that.

[TaxDodger]

Isn't Wilson a bit of a Henders, playing better when a new contract/move is on the cards? What's he done for the last 7 years?

He's been great for Wales for quite a significant part of those last 7 years. I don't think he'd be a regular starter for us, but as others have said he's very affordable and he'd be an excellent squad player.

[aj2k77]

Wilson is bait. He's been non descript for years and is too old for a breakout year. He's just having his Michael Ricketts moment.

Football's littered with players who only realised their potential later in their career. It could be he's just having a good season, or he could be going full Di Natale. You definitely need to take each case in isolation though.

There's a bit of a checklist isn't there? Does he have quality? Undoubtedly. Is he in form? 100%. Does he seem like a prat? No. Is he affordable? Yep. Feel like it's  a low risk no-brainer personally. Saves money for the other players we need in attack too.

One thing I've noticed is he seems to keep doing it when the pressure is on as well. You can't teach that.

Football really isn't littered with players who came good in their late 20's. It's a tiny percentage. Our biggest problem at the moment is wages. I think he'll want big money. He's light weight and it's his first good season in 7 years. It's a definite no for me but if we did sign him and he's finally found his feet then great.

[Dante Lavelli]

What level of wages is acceptable and what would be taking the piss?

He might be better off asking for a massive signing on fee and then reasonable wages. Big wages could trap him at a club. Bit like Martinez with us.

[aj2k77]

I'm not sure what wiggle room we have but I'd imagine whoever he is replacing he'd need to be on less wages than them as we need the bill down.

[Dante Lavelli]

I'm not sure what wiggle room we have but I'd imagine whoever he is replacing he'd need to be on less wages than them as we need the bill down.

Decent strategy but would mean a replacement for Sancho or not at all I suspect.

[paul_e]

Mingueza looks a really good fit for us, he's very good and competes with both Cash and Konsa to really round out our options. Add in Rowe coming back in and the right side of the defence looks sorted for a while, even when/if Lindelof leaves next summer. The left side is a bit more of a worry as I'd really like to see another one in to start the plan to move on from Mings and Digne. I love them both but they're at the age now where their replacements (in the squad) should be starting to become clear or we should be looking at signings.

I'd take Wilson in midfield simply because I think he'd offer similar to McGinn and make us less vulnerable to a drop in form with injuries. If Alysson can settle and start getting involved and Young and JJA come back and push on in pre-season our option there suddenly look pretty decent.

Those 2 signing on frees would help a lot with bulking the squad out and wouldn't be as harmful as most seem to think on the SCR calculations because too many people seem to miss that transfer amortisation and agent fees are part of that calculation and get completely fixated on the wages part.

With incoming fees for Malen, Barrenechea and Guessand accounting for something like £70m in cash and knocking a big chunk of wages and amortisation off the bill. If we can move on a few other fringe players as well (Bailey, Iling-Junior, Dobbin, Ned and Garcia, maybe Buendia) I could see that being enough for a couple of signings on top whilst not really having any net spend or any major sales and not really removing any real depth from the squad. Another option up-front/10 and that left sided defender and I'd be pretty happy with where things are, especially if those 2 are a little younger. We do have an older squad but it's mostly because of the number of players in the 26-30 range rather than a load pushing into their mid-30s which does give us a few years to plan for the big rebuild we'll need.