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

[thick_mike]

Ah now this is my kind of transfer nonsense, “According to Spotsboom (who?) Emery is keen to sign Jason Sancho permanently if a deal can be reached…”
That’s got more plot holes than your average Marvel film nonsense!

We should never have let Kylie Walker go.

[Dogtanian]

Ah now this is my kind of transfer nonsense, “According to Spotsboom (who?) Emery is keen to sign Jason Sancho permanently if a deal can be reached…”
That’s got more plot holes than your average Marvel film nonsense!

We should never have let Kylie Walker go.

That's a good post, especially for you.

[VILLA MOLE]

Ah now this is my kind of transfer nonsense, “According to Spotsboom (who?) Emery is keen to sign Jason Sancho permanently if a deal can be reached…”
That’s got more plot holes than your average Marvel film nonsense!

Is that the is evil Twin who went missing in an Aeroplane crash, but can tackle ?

[pauliewalnuts]

I definitely wouldn’t sell, but if we did I would only condo £100m +.

That would make things feel a bit flat.

[PaulWinch again]

I definitely wouldn’t sell, but if we did I would only condo £100m +.

That would make things feel a bit flat.

Yes, I just saw that back. Interesting autocorrect!

[ASHTONVILLA]

Unless there is either a really desperate need to sell or there is a release clause I can’t see why we’d consider £80m, given the prices being talked about for the likes of Anderson and Gordon.

I definitely wouldn’t sell, but if we did I would only consider £100m +.

I don't want us to sell him either, as much to make a point to the linked clubs and the sycophantic press as anything else.  Having said that, if we did take £100m I don't think it would be anywhere near as damaging as when Grealish left. Rogers is terrible as often as he is brilliant, and will be knackered at the start of next season having been a near ever present this year and then a world cup. If we gor someone decent in and added some depth elsewhere it might even improve us overall. Caveat being that we actually spend the money well.

[Dogtanian]

Unless there is either a really desperate need to sell or there is a release clause I can’t see why we’d consider £80m, given the prices being talked about for the likes of Anderson and Gordon.

I definitely wouldn’t sell, but if we did I would only consider £100m +.

I don't want us to sell him either, as much to make a point to the linked clubs and the sycophantic press as anything else.  Having said that, if we did take £100m I don't think it would be anywhere near as damaging as when Grealish left. Rogers is terrible as often as he is brilliant, and will be knackered at the start of next season having been a near ever present this year and then a world cup. If we gor someone decent in and added some depth elsewhere it might even improve us overall. Caveat being that we actually spend the money well.

Yep, it would be a different kettle of fish.

I would like him to stay to a few more seasons and develop that consistency and keep improving. But, if someone came and offered £100m for him, we could do a lot of good with that and strengthen in several areas.

[garyellis]

There is no sense in selling Rogers unless we have to which I don’t think we do.
And we have form in avoiding selling our best players even when we need to balance the books.

[Pat Mustard]

Agreed, unless we have to then we shouldn't be considering selling Rogers this summer - we have a team to build around, not to reconstruct.

Also, why do we always seem to undervalue what our players would fetch?  Caicedo went for £115 million last year.  Forest want £120 million+ for Anderson - in that world there is no way Rogers should be going for any less than either of those two.

[Dogtanian]

We may not have to sell him for compliance reasons, but we may have to sell him if we want to invest heavily next season. It will be a balancing act and a tough decision for Emery and his team.

His contract length and not being forced to sell for compliance would put us in a very strong position. A strong position will get you a lot more money from a club that wants him, and that extra money could mean Emery getting other players he wants.

If Emery feels what we can invest already will get him what he needs, I am sure we will resist selling him. But if he feels we need more investment, and he can make it work without Rogers, then I fully expect us to sell for as much as we can get.

The good thing is, it should be a football decision based on what gets us in the best position for next season.

[VILLA MOLE]

Christ listening to Talksport (i know ) they are desperate for us to sell him to 1 of the 6

No question of why he would want to stay ,  arrogant ignorant arseholes

[Nii Lamptey]

I know we've joked about Emery never dropping Rogers, but I saw a stat at the weekend which stated that Sunday's game was the first game Morgan has missed since January 2025... and that was only to serve a suspension!

Rogers is key cog in Emery's machine - It's not going to be cheap for ANY club to prise him away from us, especially if he shines at the World Cup (*and the fee will need to take into account Boro's sell on fee).

So we either keep a young, extremely talented footballer, or we pocket a substantial amount of cash.

[PaulWinch again]

It may not be as impactful as Grealish given the relative strength in the squad, but the idea Rogers wouldn’t be a huge loss is crazy. He makes mistakes, but it’s because he is pretty much always trying to create and take the attacking option - which within the structure of our team is essential. He doesn’t hide and he persists, and produces incredible results.

Make no mistake selling him would be a big blow, he would be so hard to replace. My point was more if we choose to sell it has to be massive money. £80m is way undervalue for such a creative player.

[Nii Lamptey]

It may not be as impactful as Grealish given the relative strength in the squad, but the idea Rogers wouldn’t be a huge loss is crazy. He makes mistakes, but it’s because he is pretty much always trying to create and take the attacking option - which within the structure of our team is essential. He doesn’t hide and he persists, and produces incredible results.

Make no mistake selling him would be a big blow, he would be so hard to replace. My point was more if we choose to sell it has to be massive money. £80m is way undervalue for such a creative player.

Agreed. For us to even blink, it needs to be a number higher than the Grealish figures.
Me personally, I'd point blank tell everyone to eff off - He's ours.

[Dave]

We may not have to sell him for compliance reasons, but we may have to sell him if we want to invest heavily next season. It will be a balancing act and a tough decision for Emery and his team.

His contract length and not being forced to sell for compliance would put us in a very strong position. A strong position will get you a lot more money from a club that wants him, and that extra money could mean Emery getting other players he wants.

If Emery feels what we can invest already will get him what he needs, I am sure we will resist selling him. But if he feels we need more investment, and he can make it work without Rogers, then I fully expect us to sell for as much as we can get.

The good thing is, it should be a football decision based on what gets us in the best position for next season.

Yeah, similar to Emi last summer (only to be foiled), Duran in 2025 and Douglas Luiz in 2024 - it could be that we think right now is his peak value and we're confident turning £80m (which is, on the reported numbers, I assume what we would get after Boro had taken their cut) into three more Rogerses.

I don't think he'd be angling to leave, I don't think we'd be angling to sell - but there's definitely a number where it's sensible for everyone.

I still think that he leaves if he has a spectacular World Cup and that means he leaves for well over £100m. If he doesn't, he probably stays with us because the clubs who could afford Rogers money will want to buy whichever other player had the spectacular World Cup.