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

[Demitri_C]

I would go all out and try get schade. Young, has Pl experience  massive potential and under emery he could be phenomenal

[Dante Lavelli]

I would go all out and try get schade. Young, has Pl experience  massive potential and under emery he could be phenomenal

Brentford are under no pressure to sell so likely to be a premium attached. A pundit was saying he’s likely to be their next star at the beginning of last season.

[paul_e]

Schade is a no from me, if anything he's gone backwards last season, he's a lot like Harvey Barnes in that he quick and has decent finish but offers very little in games where he doesn't score. To be that sort of player and be deserving of a move to a champions league team you really need to be getting up around 20 goals a season.

[eamonn]

I would go all out and try get schade. Young, has Pl experience  massive potential and under emery he could be phenomenal

I'm a bugger for nostalgia but Ashley was pretty average last time he came back. Let him do his shit punditry, time to see if his son makes it as a top-level player.

[rob_bridge]

I would go all out and try get schade. Young, has Pl experience  massive potential and under emery he could be phenomenal

I'm a bugger for nostalgia but Ashley was pretty average last time he came back. Let him do his shit punditry, time to see if his son makes it as a top-level player.

He was good at RB under Emery 2nd half of that season

[algy]

Free transfers are another we have played well in recent years.

Wilson has been heavily linked - and would be a useful signing in a position we need.

Konate, Mingueza, Bissouma and Vlahovic would all improve the squad.

Agree with Wilson, think on a free he’d be a decent signing … think he’s a decent player and under Unai could become a more than decent squad option. Not exactly a long term solution, but I don’t think he needs to be.

Currently I think a looks-good-in-a-mid-table-side type player is a good option for that kind of Emi role where they’re not in the first XI but will probably rack up a good number of appearances through squad rotation and replacing tired legs on the 60-70min mark. He’ll sort us out for the next 3 seasons or so, and hopefully by that point we’ll be shopping in Waitrose rather than Tesco for our squad players. (With all due respect to Fulham, who have been instrumental in our recent success and have nothing but good vibes & respect for … I’d hope really for them that players like him would see that it’s better being a star at Fulham than a squad player at a Chumps league club … but that’s not how football works right now, and so given that I want it to be us that benefits!)

[Dave]

I expect if Wilson comes in (and I think he will), he'll be the attacking version of what Barkley gives us in the middle.

And if he starts some games and brings his mid-season Fulham form with him, then he'll start to become an important part of the first team, just as it should be.

[Keeno]

I expect if Wilson comes in (and I think he will), he'll be the attacking version of what Barkley gives us in the middle.

And if he starts some games and brings his mid-season Fulham form with him, then he'll start to become an important part of the first team, just as it should be.

Yeah that's a really good way of putting it - winger version of the Barkley signing.

Rotational option in the attacking 3, good enough to start in Premier League games against the bottom half of the table (especially useful after the Champions League games where we'll be full strength) - allows us to keep SJM fresh for the big games as he can't do 2 x 90 minutes a week now. Good technically and seems a smart player to implement Unai's system.

[olaftab]

I would go all out and try get schade. Young, has Pl experience  massive potential and under emery he could be phenomenal

I'm a bugger for nostalgia but Ashley was pretty average last time he came back. Let him do his shit punditry, time to see if his son makes it as a top-level player.

Oh eamonn you’re a top teaser….😂

[brontebilly]

I expect if Wilson comes in (and I think he will), he'll be the attacking version of what Barkley gives us in the middle.

And if he starts some games and brings his mid-season Fulham form with him, then he'll start to become an important part of the first team, just as it should be.

Probably would compete with Barkley for minutes at 10 too. With McGinn at the world cup over the summer, group stages anyway, imperative we get in someone strong to play on the right for 20+ games. Drop off to Guessand and Sancho last season was horrendous when McGinn was out. Not sure Wilson is that player but he's hit the form of his career just as his contract was running down.

[Dave]

Probably would compete with Barkley for minutes at 10 too. With McGinn at the world cup over the summer, group stages anyway, imperative we get in someone strong to play on the right for 20+ games. Drop off to Guessand and Sancho last season was horrendous when McGinn was out. Not sure Wilson is that player but he's hit the form of his career just as his contract was running down.

Yeah, the possibility that they're doing a Hendrie is always going to be there when they hit form just as they are looking for a contract somewhere.

Hopefully as a player who has spent nearly a decade around lower-table, he's also going to be motivated by one last crack towards the top of the league though.

If we sign him, obvs.

[Villatillidie25]

Is it just me who thinks Wilson is decidedly meh. He's had the season of his life this year but it was really just a very purple patch in the middle of the season. He’s also not quick, which is what we really need.
Did he get dropped at the end of the season as well - my fpl points would suggest he did! 😂.

[Clark W Griswold]

I'd be looking to get anyone that's good and free, just about, considering our financial restrictions and squad age. Emery gets the best out of them generally.

[ChicagoLion]

Is it just me who thinks Wilson is decidedly meh. He's had the season of his life this year but it was really just a very purple patch in the middle of the season. He’s also not quick, which is what we really need.
Did he get dropped at the end of the season as well - my fpl points would suggest he did! 😂.

Agree, it is a bad idea to buy on the basis of one outstanding season, see Solanke.

[PaulWinch again]

I think it’s different signing a free transfer to bolster the squad and spending £50m plus to be your main striker. The level of expectation is quite different.