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

[rob_bridge]

What do folks think of Sarr from Palace as a winger?

No thanks. Plays well against us and not others so often.

[Clampy]

Just had a look and Sarr has got 9 goals this season, which is not too bad.

[LeeB]

He's a good player and he's absolutely rapid, which would be handy.

[Pete3206]

What do folks think of Sarr from Palace as a winger?

Yeah, no.

[brontebilly]

Rashford would be a great singing. But I think his heart is at Barca

Barca struggle to register players so expect that drama to be played out all summer. We should look elsewhere.

[Dave]

Just had a look and Sarr has got 9 goals this season, which is not too bad.

20 in all competitions too. Would have been a decent signing when Gerrard decided he didn't want him.

Still think our hot new winger shouldn't be any older than 25 though.

[eye digress]

The Athletic article mentioned that Unai persuading Morgan to give us one more season. So it seems the whisperings have been happening for awhile.

Yes, it’s doing the rounds that Rogers is very much part of next season plans.
I think the fact that he has just bagged his first medal could play a big part.
It would be interesting to think what Emerys priority will be next season.

The story was for last summer that he persuaded that extra season which has just finished. Hopefully Morgz decides he likes it here now we have won something AND we are back in the CL but who knows.

Nope, this is about next season.

You sure? This was published at the end of last summer’s transfer window*.

*Which I marked 8.5/10 in the relevant thread, much to the merriment of other posters. Who’s laughing now?

I met a bloke in the Hotel bar in Istanbul, it’s good enough for me.

ITK? Brilliant if true.

[N'ZMAV]

Nwaneri from Arsenal might be a shout - hardly plays these days, lots of potential there

[rougegorge]

Sarr is clearly a good player and has had two very good consecutive seasons.

Getting good younger players is important,  but just because he's 28, doesn't necessarily mean we shouldn't be considering players like this who are proven at the top level.

I also think Senesi at Bournemouth is also very good, but he's 29, although available on a free transfer.

[Brazilian Villain]

I'd be surprised (and extremely disappointed) if we sell Rogers this summer.

[Dave]

Getting good younger players is important,  but just because he's 28, doesn't necessarily mean we shouldn't be considering players like this who are proven at the top level.

As a general recruitment principle, I agree.

In our current situation with the oldest squad in the league, our current priority needs to be adding players who turn into our next Martinez / Watkins / McGinn who we get 5-7 years out of, not buying equivalents to those players.

[PaulWinch again]

Sarr is clearly a good player and has had two very good consecutive seasons.

Getting good younger players is important,  but just because he's 28, doesn't necessarily mean we shouldn't be considering players like this who are proven at the top level.

I also think Senesi at Bournemouth is also very good, but he's 29, although available on a free transfer.

No, but the balance has to skew towards the younger side.

[Percy McCarthy]

Getting good younger players is important,  but just because he's 28, doesn't necessarily mean we shouldn't be considering players like this who are proven at the top level.

As a general recruitment principle, I agree.

In our current situation with the oldest squad in the league, our current priority needs to be adding players who turn into our next Martinez / Watkins / McGinn who we get 5-7 years out of, not buying equivalents to those players.

That’s reminded me of something I heard on a podcast the other day.

In praise of Frieberg and, I suppose, their long-term vision re: squad-building, the bloke on the pod was saying that their team/squad* had a collective length of service of nigh on 90 years. After it had finished I thought that maybe we can’t be far off.

*Can’t mind which, suppose it’s more impressive if he was just on about the first XI.