Stickied League 2 Transfer Rumours/Confirmed Transfers 2024/25

[Youpies]

WHere did you get that figure from

 

[Kenneth E End]

How


How do Cambridge have £500k to spend on 1 player?

By getting a mil for Berry.

The FA Cup money hasn't all been spent yet has it?

 

[Laker]

By getting a mil for Berry.

The FA Cup money hasn't all been spent yet has it?

Yes it has. We used a third of it to do ground improvements, a third to improve the first team budget immediately (as the squad wasn't great when we drew with Man U - we finished 19th) and the remaining third was to provide us with cash flow which meant we didn't have to offer things like the early bird scheme to fund us through the summer. We were really hand and mouth before hand - the funds were mainly used to increase long term profitability which we're now benefitting from as the net effect is it has increased our team budget for every year.

Jez George is denying we've had any bids for Berry but I personally think he'll be off by the start of the new season. Rumours are we'll get 7 figures, therefore spending half on the fee for a good striker wouldn't be extravagant.

That said, if Berry doesn't go then of course that's fine too.... Be more than welcome to keep hold of the best attacking midfielder in the league.

 

[Kenneth E End]

Any team that gets offered £1m+ for a player in this division, really shouldn't be turning it down. And I included McGeehan with that.*

*With a sell on clause.

 

[Optipez]

I would be very surprised to find we're paying £1700 per week for Alessandro bearing in mind we are reportedly paying absolute peanuts for Hewitt, Smith and the now released Campbell. I would have thought we'd be keeping things tight to pay for Ameibi, Grant or someone of that calibre.

 

[Luke Imp]

Alex Woodyard being tracked by Villa and Bolton apparently.

 

[WH_Stag]

Alex Woodyard being tracked by Villa and Bolton apparently.

Not to worry, plenty other lads left to lump it to Rheady

 

[Luke Imp]

I don't think he's ever lumped it to Rhead.

 

[GTFCfish]

Alex Woodyard being tracked by Villa and Bolton apparently.

Rumours that Lincoln are after signing the entire Tranmere Rovers team as every Tranmere player is better than every player of Lincoln's, Belmont said so.......

 

[Imp in Branston]

I don't think he's ever lumped it to Rhead.

Or any other player tbh. Woodyard is a class act and hopefully he will prove that again in an Imps shirt this season.

 

[Kenneth E End]

David Martin to Luton... possibly.

The keeper version, not the crappy left winger.

 

[Davidimp]

Not to worry, plenty other lads left to lump it to Rheady

That's ok fella you underestimate us like the vast majority of the conference and 4 of our 5 cup league sides did too.
We did a bit more than 'lump it into Rheady' to get promoted.

 

[Flaxman's Alibi]

Anybody who has properly watched Rhead over the years will realise that the big fella is just as capable with his feet as he is with his head.

Only the ignorant think that he's just a big unit who's a useful flick-on merchant. His touch defies his look.

 

[Indian Dan]

How


How do Cambridge have £500k to spend on 1 player?

Any player worth £500,000 is unlikely to want to play in the basement. Plus at that price he would be expecting at least £3k a week salary.

 

[valefan16]

New signing or two expected today (one signed Friday to be revealed apparently).

Callum Guy apparently done on loan from Derby, was very good when we had him last season before his injury ended the season. Be a great signing at this level and his engine is immense (ideal replacement for Foley). Didn't think we'd be able to get him back as was talk of him breaking into Derby side so if comes off will be delighted.

Maynard was at VP Friday too so that may be close too. Crewe also allegedly interested although we should beat them from a wage point of view he may want to go back where it started for him.

Eagles back from holiday and apparently ready to sign a new deal which would be decent business if we get them three in the ranks (and add Tyler Walker).

 

[Judge Dredd]

Jez George is denying we've had any bids for Berry but I personally think he'll be off by the start of the new season. Rumours are we'll get 7 figures, therefore spending half on the fee for a good striker wouldn't be extravagant.

It would still be extraordinarily extravagant. I wonder how many times a League Two club has paid £500k for a single player in all of history? Not many if any I would wager.

We've only paid that for a player once in my lifetime and we were in the Championship at the time (and had just sold multiple millions of pounds worth of players). Don't think we'd be capable of spending more than £150-200k on a single player even with player sales these days, it's massively unrealistic to expect/hope to put 50% of a once-every-few-years big money fee back in to a single player.

 

[Kenneth E End]

It would still be extraordinarily extravagant. I wonder how many times a League Two club has paid £500k for a single player in all of history? Not many if any I would wager.

We've only paid that for a player once in my lifetime and we were in the Championship at the time (and had just sold multiple millions of pounds worth of players). Don't think we'd be capable of spending more than £150-200k on a single player even with player sales these days, it's massively unrealistic to expect/hope to put 50% of a once-every-few-years big money fee back in to a single player.

I'm guessing that "not many" is in fact zero?

Got me thinking on the second point - we paid £500,000 for Adam Boyd and £340,000 for Sam Parkin.

Before that, I think we only paid higher for Lars Elstrup at £850,000. That must be worth a fifteenth of what it is these days.

For every £1,000 you pay on wages, that equates to £52,000 from the transfer budget. £500,000 is around £10,000 per week from the budget as a one off cost (plus wages obviously), which I suppose if you have a windfall from a player or cup run doesn't seem a million miles away even for some teams at this level.

No League 2 team should be paying that for a player though.

 

[Youpies]

Someone seemingly ITK has linked us with Aaron Pierre. Probably another one who will go to league one or higher

 

[TrinidadsNumberOne]

New signing or two expected today (one signed Friday to be revealed apparently).

Callum Guy apparently done on loan from Derby, was very good when we had him last season before his injury ended the season. Be a great signing at this level and his engine is immense (ideal replacement for Foley). Didn't think we'd be able to get him back as was talk of him breaking into Derby side so if comes off will be delighted.

Maynard was at VP Friday too so that may be close too. Crewe also allegedly interested although we should beat them from a wage point of view he may want to go back where it started for him.

Eagles back from holiday and apparently ready to sign a new deal which would be decent business if we get them three in the ranks (and add Tyler Walker).

That's just a Twitter rumour. Whilst I believe you're genuinely after him, there's no way on this godforsaken Earth we're after Nicky Maynard. That ship sailed a very long time ago plus we can't risk it with his injury record.

We only need a cheap backup striker anyway now we've signed up Bowery and already have Dagnall to go with the Academy lads like Kirk, Dale and Reilly.

 

[Hurrikeen]

WHere did you get that figure from

A good friend of mine plays 6 a side with him regularly and knows him well.

 

[WH_Stag]

Anybody who has properly watched Rhead over the years will realise that the big fella is just as capable with his feet as he is with his head.

Only the ignorant think that he's just a big unit who's a useful flick-on merchant. His touch defies his look.

Ive previously highlighted Rheadys first touch which is brilliant, but Lincoln will resort to lumping it to him this year, they did it last season and will again.

 

[Davidimp]

All of our 40 wins came that way....

 

[Son of Cod]

I'm guessing that "not many" is in fact zero?

Got me thinking on the second point - we paid £500,000 for Adam Boyd and £340,000 for Sam Parkin.

Before that, I think we only paid higher for Lars Elstrup at £850,000. That must be worth a fifteenth of what it is these days.

For every £1,000 you pay on wages, that equates to £52,000 from the transfer budget. £500,000 is around £10,000 per week from the budget as a one off cost (plus wages obviously), which I suppose if you have a windfall from a player or cup run doesn't seem a million miles away even for some teams at this level.

No League 2 team should be paying that for a player though.

I remember Peterborough paying a ridiculous amount for Joe Lewis in the season that they officially Went For It™. Somewhere in 400k-600k, region.

 

[mowgli]

Someone seemingly ITK has linked us with Aaron Pierre. Probably another one who will go to league one or higher

QPR are rumoured to want him,he'll go but not to another League 2 club as he said he wants to play in a higher division.

 

[Kenneth E End]

I remember Peterborough paying a ridiculous amount for Joe Lewis in the season that they officially Went For It™. Somewhere in 400k-600k, region.

£400,000 according to Wikipedia. I remember us paying £425,000 for Mark Ovendale in 2000, who wasn't even good enough for L2.

 

[George Reilly's Hairpiece]

Brentford spent 750k on Hermann Hreidarsson. Not sure that has been beaten, nor should it.

 

[TrinidadsNumberOne]

Brentford spent 750k on Hermann Hreidarsson. Not sure that has been beaten, nor should it.

If I'm right, the records for each league are:

Premier League - £89 million for Pogba
Championship - £15 million for Jonathan Kodjia (subject to clauses being met)
League One - £2.1 million for Barry Hayles (set by Fulham in 1998)
League Two - £750,000 for Hermann Hreidarsson (set by Brentford in the same year) (Though Notts County were rumoured to have paid £1 million for Kasper Schmeichel in 2009 but unsure if that was the true fee.)
Conference - £300,000 for Richard Brodie (set by Crawley in 2010)

Leagues One and Two record fees were done in a time before SCMP (wages to turnover ratio imposed on league clubs) was introduced to the league and in an era where wages were a lot lower which allowed for greater transfer fees to spend for all clubs. This is why many lower league clubs who haven't experienced the Championship bubble's record transfer outlays have been the same for the last 15-20 years (us spending £650K on Rodney Jack for instance). Therefore, it'll be highly unlikely that the record fees for both those divisions will be beaten for a very very long time.

 

[Jockney]

David Martin to Luton... possibly.

The keeper version, not the crappy left winger.

Poor Dartford Dave. Plenty of skill and technique but had the footballing intelligence of a pub player. Still set up or played a massive part in two of my favourite ever Millwall goals, though (both in the 2009 play-offs).

 

[jacobncfc]

Can't believe County are paying Lewis Alessandra £1700pw!

Peanuts compared to the £1m a week that we're paying to Terry Hawkridge.

 

[jacobncfc]

Someone seemingly ITK has linked us with Aaron Pierre. Probably another one who will go to league one or higher

The same guy said that we had a bid accepted for Matt Godden, though, which is obviously bollocks - fairly sure we don't have a spare £250k or whatever he'd cost knocking about.