Stickied Transfer Rumours & Confirmed Deals Thread 2024/25

[That Fat Centre Half]

We’ve signed this German chap Tom Krauss on a season long loan. Bit disappointing it’s only a loan and not permanent but he seems well thought of.

He’s also currently injured so he will fit right on in

 

[Kenneth E End]

No need for tears.

Anyway. I was being tongue in cheek about the development fee, it'll never happen. Every loan move plays a part in a player's development, so even though Delap shone at Hull, his time at PNE & Stoke were still valuable in his football education.

So on that basis, it'd be impossible to work out development compensation based on a club's contribution, just the time spent at a club.

It can also be said that Prem clubs are doing us a favour by loaning us their young talent in the first place. We've certainly never paid a significant loan fee for a player.

It's a nice idea but just zero chance of happening.

I’ve suggested on here before that for every 30 days on loan at a club, 1% of the next transfer fee goes to each club that has taken the loan. Wouldn’t be earth shattering money typically, but I look at the Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall transfer, it would equate to around £2-2.5M net for both Luton and Blackpool. Instead Leicester are going to pocket the full £30M minus VAT despite only really being in their team for the last 2 years.

 

[Kenneth E End]

EFL CHAMPIONSHIP - Summer 2024 Confirmed Transfers
Updated 22 August 2024, additions in red. ONE WEEK TO GO.

Blackburn Rovers: Aodhan Doherty (Linfield, £100,000), Jack Barrett (Everton, free), Makhtar Gueye (Molenbeek, undisclosed), Exauce Mafoumbi (Nantes, undisclosed), Kyle McFadzean (unattached), Yuki Ohashi (Sanfrecce Hiroshima, undisclosed), Danny Batth (Norwich City, free), Andreas Weimann (Bristol City, free)
Bristol City: Fally Mayulu (Rapid Wien, Free), Yu Hirakawa (Machida Zelvia, Loan), Sinclair Armstrong (QPR, £3.5M), George Earthy (West Ham United, loan), Scott Twine (Burnley, undisclosed)
Burnley: Maxime Esteve (Montpellier, undisclosed), Mike Tresor (Genk, undisclosed), Kamarni Ryan (Arsenal, free), Shurandy Sambo (PSV Eindhoven, free), Lucas Pires (Santos, undisclosed), Andreas Hountondji (Caen, £3.4M), Vaclav Hladky (Ipswich Town free), Etienne Green (St Etienne, undisclosed), Bashir Humphreys (Chelsea, loan), Joe Worrall (Nottingham Forest, undisclosed)
Cardiff City: Chris Willock (QPR, free), Calum Chambers (Aston Villa, undisclosed), Wilfried Kanga (Hertha Berlin, loan), Anwar El Ghazi (unattached), Alex Robertson (Manchester City, £3M), Jesper Daland (Cercle Bruges, undisclosed)
Coventry City: Raphael Borges Rodrigues (Macarthur, undisclosed), Luis Binks (Bologna, undisclosed), Jack Rudoni (Huddersfield Town, undisclosed), Oliver Dovin (Hammarby, undisclosed), Brandon Thomas-Asante (West Bromwich Albion, undisclosed), Norman Bassette (Caen, undisclosed)
Derby County: Corey Blackett-Taylor (Charlton, free), Ben Osborn (Sheffield United, free), Kayden Jackson (Ipswich Town, free), Jerry Yates (Swansea City, loan), Kenzo Goudmijn (AZ Alkmaar, undisclosed), Ebou Adams (Cardiff, undisclosed), David Ozoh (Crystal Palace, loan), Rohan Luthra (Cardiff City, free), Jacob Widell Zetterstrom (Djurgardens, undisclosed)
Hull City: Ryan Giles (Luton Town, £4.25M), Codey Drameh (Leeds United, free), Marvin Mehlem (Darmstadt, undisclosed), Anthony Racioppi (BSC Young Boys, undisclosed), Finley Burns (Manchester City, loan), Liam Millar (FC Basel, undisclosed), Mason Burstow (Chelsea, undisclosed), Charlie Hughes (Wigan Athletic, undisclosed), Oscar Zambrano (LCD Quito, loan), Chris Bedia (Union Berlin)
Leeds United: Joe Rodon (Tottenham Hotspur, £10M), Joe Rothwell (AFC Bournemouth, loan), Jayden Bogle (Sheffield United, £5M), Largie Ramazani (Almeria, undisclosed)
Luton Town: Shandon Baptiste (Brentford, free), Reuell Walters (Arsenal, free), Mark McGuinness (Cardiff City, £10M), Liam Walsh (Swansea City, free), Tom Krauss (Mainz, loan)
Middlesbrough: Luke Ayling (Leeds, free), Delano Burgzorg (Mainz, undisclosed), Micah Hamilton (Manchester City, undisclosed), Tommy Conway (Bristol City, undisclosed)
Millwall: Macaulay Langstaff (Notts County, £700,000), Japhet Tanganga (Tottenham Hotspur, free), Lukas Jensen (Lincoln City, undisclosed), Shaun Hutchinson (unattached), Liam Roberts (Middlesbrough, free), Femi Azeez (Reading, undisclosed)
Norwich City: Jose Cordoba (Levski Sofia, undisclosed), Ben Chrisene (Norwich City, undisclosed), Callum Doyle (Manchester City, loan), Amankwah Forson (RB Salzburg, undisclosed), Ante Crnac (Rakow Czestochowa, undisclosed)
Oxford United: Jacob Knightbridge (West Ham, free), Will Vaulks (Sheffield Wednesday, free), Peter Kioso (Rotherham, undisclosed), Jamie Cumming (Chelsea, undisclosed), Louie Sibley (Derby County, free), Jack Currie (AFC Wimbledon, undisclosed), Idris El Mizouni (Ipswich Town, £400,000), Przemyslaw Placheta (Swansea City, free), Matt Philips (West Bromwich Albion, free), Malcolm Ebiowei (Crystal Palace, loan), Dane Scarlett (Tottenham Hotpsur, loan), Marselino Ferdinan (KMSK Deinze, free), Hidde ter Avest (FC Utrecht, free)
Plymouth Argyle: Nathanael Ogbeta (Swansea, free), Darko Gyabi (Leeds United, loan), Muhamed Tijani (Slavia Praha, loan), Victor Palsson (KAS Eupen, free), Michael Obafemi (Burnley, loan)
Portsmouth: Reuben Swann (Sudbury, undisclosed), Josh Murphy (Oxford, free), Jordan Williams (Barnsley, free), Jordan Archer (QPR, free), Sammy Silvera (Middlesbrough, loan), Jacob Farrell (Central Coast Mariners, undisclosed), Elias Sorensen (Esbjerg, undisclosed), Andre Dozzell (Queens Park Rangers, free), Matt Ritchie (Newcastle United, free), Abdoulaye Kamara (Borussia Dortmund, undisclosed), Nicolas Schmid (BW Linz, undisclosed)
Preston North End: Sam Greenwood (Leeds United, loan), Stefan Teitur Thordason (Silkeborg, undisclosed), Kaine Kesler-Hayden (Aston Villa, loan), Jeppe Okkels (FC Utrecht, undisclosed)
Queens Park Rangers: Daniel Bennie (Perth Glory, free), Jack McDowell (Aston Villa, free), Kieran Morgan (Tottenham, free), Rohan Vaughan (Burnley, free), Rocco Friel (Hearts, free), Paul Nardi (Gent, free), Liam Morrison (Bayern Munich, undisclosed), Hevertton Santos (Estrela de Amadora, free), Zan Celar (Lugano, undisclosed), Jonathan Varane (Sporting Gijon, undisclosed), Karamoko Dembele (Brest, loan), Koki Saito (Lommel, loan)
Sheffield United: Jamie Shackleton (Leeds United, free), Sam McCallum (Norwich City, free), Kieffer Moore (AFC Bournemouth, undisclosed), Callum O'Hare (Coventry City, free), Harrison Burrows (Peterborough United, £3M), Harry Souttar (Leicester City, loan), Alfie Gilchrist (Chelsea, loan), Tyrese Campbell (Stoke City, free), Michael Cooper (Sheffield United, £2M), Jesurun Rak-Sakyi (Crystal Palace, loan)
Sheffield Wednesday: Ben Hamer (Watford, free), Max Lowe (Sheffield United, free), Svante Ingelsson (Hansa Rostock, Free), Olak Kobacki (Arka Gdynia, Undisclosed), James Beadle (Brighton & Hove Albion, loan), Charlie McNeill (Manchester United, free), Nathaniel Chalobah (West Bromwich Albion, free), Ike Ugbo (Troyes, undisclosed)
Stoke City: Viktor Johansson (Rotherham, undisclosed), Ben Gibson (Norwich, free), Eric Bocat (Sint-Truiden, undisclosed), Sam Gallagher (Blackburn Rovers, undisclosed), Lewis Koumas (Liverpool, loan), Bosun Lawal (Celtic, undisclosed), Andrew Moran (Brighton & Hove Albion, loan)
Sunderland: Simon Moore (Coventry, free), Alan Browne (Preston North End, free), Ian Poveda (Leeds United, free), Blondy Nna Noukeu (Stoke City, free)
Swansea City: Goncalo Franco (Moreiresen, undisclosed), Eom Ji-Sung (Gwangju FC, undisclosed), Lawrence Vigouroux (Burnley, undisclosed), Zan Vipotnik (unattached)
Watford: Mamadou Doumbia (Black Stars, undisclosed), Jonathan Bond (Unattached), Rocco Vata (Celtic, development fee), Moussa Sissoko (Nantes, free), Antonio Tikvic (Udinese, loan), Yasser Larouci (Troyes, loan), Kayky Almeida (Fluminense, undisclosed)
West Bromwich Albion: Ousmane Diakite (Hartberg, undisclosed), Torbjorn Heggem (Brommapojkarna, undisclosed), Paddy McNair (San Diego FC, loan), Devante Cole (Barnsley, free), Lewis Dobbin (Aston Villa, loan), Gianluca Frabotta (Juventus, undisclosed), Uros Racic (Sassuolo, loan)

 

[Super_horns]

So officially Asprilla has gone .

20 million apparently.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1827005390971711928

Who knows if anything will be reinvested back into transfers

 

[Super_horns]

Ex WH defender Ogbonna coming apparently.

A free .

At 36 presumably will be an experienced back up

 

[LeonTheGreen]

EFL CHAMPIONSHIP - Summer 2024 Confirmed Transfers
Updated 22 August 2024, additions in red. ONE WEEK TO GO.

Blackburn Rovers: Aodhan Doherty (Linfield, £100,000), Jack Barrett (Everton, free), Makhtar Gueye (Molenbeek, undisclosed), Exauce Mafoumbi (Nantes, undisclosed), Kyle McFadzean (unattached), Yuki Ohashi (Sanfrecce Hiroshima, undisclosed), Danny Batth (Norwich City, free), Andreas Weimann (Bristol City, free)
Bristol City: Fally Mayulu (Rapid Wien, Free), Yu Hirakawa (Machida Zelvia, Loan), Sinclair Armstrong (QPR, £3.5M), George Earthy (West Ham United, loan), Scott Twine (Burnley, undisclosed)
Burnley: Maxime Esteve (Montpellier, undisclosed), Mike Tresor (Genk, undisclosed), Kamarni Ryan (Arsenal, free), Shurandy Sambo (PSV Eindhoven, free), Lucas Pires (Santos, undisclosed), Andreas Hountondji (Caen, £3.4M), Vaclav Hladky (Ipswich Town free), Etienne Green (St Etienne, undisclosed), Bashir Humphreys (Chelsea, loan), Joe Worrall (Nottingham Forest, undisclosed)
Cardiff City: Chris Willock (QPR, free), Calum Chambers (Aston Villa, undisclosed), Wilfried Kanga (Hertha Berlin, loan), Anwar El Ghazi (unattached), Alex Robertson (Manchester City, £3M), Jesper Daland (Cercle Bruges, undisclosed)
Coventry City: Raphael Borges Rodrigues (Macarthur, undisclosed), Luis Binks (Bologna, undisclosed), Jack Rudoni (Huddersfield Town, undisclosed), Oliver Dovin (Hammarby, undisclosed), Brandon Thomas-Asante (West Bromwich Albion, undisclosed), Norman Bassette (Caen, undisclosed)
Derby County: Corey Blackett-Taylor (Charlton, free), Ben Osborn (Sheffield United, free), Kayden Jackson (Ipswich Town, free), Jerry Yates (Swansea City, loan), Kenzo Goudmijn (AZ Alkmaar, undisclosed), Ebou Adams (Cardiff, undisclosed), David Ozoh (Crystal Palace, loan), Rohan Luthra (Cardiff City, free), Jacob Widell Zetterstrom (Djurgardens, undisclosed)
Hull City: Ryan Giles (Luton Town, £4.25M), Codey Drameh (Leeds United, free), Marvin Mehlem (Darmstadt, undisclosed), Anthony Racioppi (BSC Young Boys, undisclosed), Finley Burns (Manchester City, loan), Liam Millar (FC Basel, undisclosed), Mason Burstow (Chelsea, undisclosed), Charlie Hughes (Wigan Athletic, undisclosed), Oscar Zambrano (LCD Quito, loan), Chris Bedia (Union Berlin)
Leeds United: Joe Rodon (Tottenham Hotspur, £10M), Joe Rothwell (AFC Bournemouth, loan), Jayden Bogle (Sheffield United, £5M), Largie Ramazani (Almeria, undisclosed)
Luton Town: Shandon Baptiste (Brentford, free), Reuell Walters (Arsenal, free), Mark McGuinness (Cardiff City, £10M), Liam Walsh (Swansea City, free), Tom Krauss (Mainz, loan)
Middlesbrough: Luke Ayling (Leeds, free), Delano Burgzorg (Mainz, undisclosed), Micah Hamilton (Manchester City, undisclosed), Tommy Conway (Bristol City, undisclosed)
Millwall: Macaulay Langstaff (Notts County, £700,000), Japhet Tanganga (Tottenham Hotspur, free), Lukas Jensen (Lincoln City, undisclosed), Shaun Hutchinson (unattached), Liam Roberts (Middlesbrough, free), Femi Azeez (Reading, undisclosed)
Norwich City: Jose Cordoba (Levski Sofia, undisclosed), Ben Chrisene (Norwich City, undisclosed), Callum Doyle (Manchester City, loan), Amankwah Forson (RB Salzburg, undisclosed), Ante Crnac (Rakow Czestochowa, undisclosed)
Oxford United: Jacob Knightbridge (West Ham, free), Will Vaulks (Sheffield Wednesday, free), Peter Kioso (Rotherham, undisclosed), Jamie Cumming (Chelsea, undisclosed), Louie Sibley (Derby County, free), Jack Currie (AFC Wimbledon, undisclosed), Idris El Mizouni (Ipswich Town, £400,000), Przemyslaw Placheta (Swansea City, free), Matt Philips (West Bromwich Albion, free), Malcolm Ebiowei (Crystal Palace, loan), Dane Scarlett (Tottenham Hotpsur, loan), Marselino Ferdinan (KMSK Deinze, free), Hidde ter Avest (FC Utrecht, free)
Plymouth Argyle: Nathanael Ogbeta (Swansea, free), Darko Gyabi (Leeds United, loan), Muhamed Tijani (Slavia Praha, loan), Victor Palsson (KAS Eupen, free), Michael Obafemi (Burnley, loan)
Portsmouth: Reuben Swann (Sudbury, undisclosed), Josh Murphy (Oxford, free), Jordan Williams (Barnsley, free), Jordan Archer (QPR, free), Sammy Silvera (Middlesbrough, loan), Jacob Farrell (Central Coast Mariners, undisclosed), Elias Sorensen (Esbjerg, undisclosed), Andre Dozzell (Queens Park Rangers, free), Matt Ritchie (Newcastle United, free), Abdoulaye Kamara (Borussia Dortmund, undisclosed), Nicolas Schmid (BW Linz, undisclosed)
Preston North End: Sam Greenwood (Leeds United, loan), Stefan Teitur Thordason (Silkeborg, undisclosed), Kaine Kesler-Hayden (Aston Villa, loan), Jeppe Okkels (FC Utrecht, undisclosed)
Queens Park Rangers: Daniel Bennie (Perth Glory, free), Jack McDowell (Aston Villa, free), Kieran Morgan (Tottenham, free), Rohan Vaughan (Burnley, free), Rocco Friel (Hearts, free), Paul Nardi (Gent, free), Liam Morrison (Bayern Munich, undisclosed), Hevertton Santos (Estrela de Amadora, free), Zan Celar (Lugano, undisclosed), Jonathan Varane (Sporting Gijon, undisclosed), Karamoko Dembele (Brest, loan), Koki Saito (Lommel, loan)
Sheffield United: Jamie Shackleton (Leeds United, free), Sam McCallum (Norwich City, free), Kieffer Moore (AFC Bournemouth, undisclosed), Callum O'Hare (Coventry City, free), Harrison Burrows (Peterborough United, £3M), Harry Souttar (Leicester City, loan), Alfie Gilchrist (Chelsea, loan), Tyrese Campbell (Stoke City, free), Michael Cooper (Sheffield United, £2M), Jesurun Rak-Sakyi (Crystal Palace, loan)
Sheffield Wednesday: Ben Hamer (Watford, free), Max Lowe (Sheffield United, free), Svante Ingelsson (Hansa Rostock, Free), Olak Kobacki (Arka Gdynia, Undisclosed), James Beadle (Brighton & Hove Albion, loan), Charlie McNeill (Manchester United, free), Nathaniel Chalobah (West Bromwich Albion, free), Ike Ugbo (Troyes, undisclosed)
Stoke City: Viktor Johansson (Rotherham, undisclosed), Ben Gibson (Norwich, free), Eric Bocat (Sint-Truiden, undisclosed), Sam Gallagher (Blackburn Rovers, undisclosed), Lewis Koumas (Liverpool, loan), Bosun Lawal (Celtic, undisclosed), Andrew Moran (Brighton & Hove Albion, loan)
Sunderland: Simon Moore (Coventry, free), Alan Browne (Preston North End, free), Ian Poveda (Leeds United, free), Blondy Nna Noukeu (Stoke City, free)
Swansea City: Goncalo Franco (Moreiresen, undisclosed), Eom Ji-Sung (Gwangju FC, undisclosed), Lawrence Vigouroux (Burnley, undisclosed), Zan Vipotnik (unattached)
Watford: Mamadou Doumbia (Black Stars, undisclosed), Jonathan Bond (Unattached), Rocco Vata (Celtic, development fee), Moussa Sissoko (Nantes, free), Antonio Tikvic (Udinese, loan), Yasser Larouci (Troyes, loan), Kayky Almeida (Fluminense, undisclosed)
West Bromwich Albion: Ousmane Diakite (Hartberg, undisclosed), Torbjorn Heggem (Brommapojkarna, undisclosed), Paddy McNair (San Diego FC, loan), Devante Cole (Barnsley, free), Lewis Dobbin (Aston Villa, loan), Gianluca Frabotta (Juventus, undisclosed), Uros Racic (Sassuolo, loan)

Missing Kornel Szucs & Ibrahim Cissoko for us. Also Grimshaw has now joined from Blackpool.

 

[FarehamPompey]

Portsmouth: Reuben Swann (Sudbury, undisclosed), Josh Murphy (Oxford, free), Jordan Williams (Barnsley, free), Jordan Archer (QPR, free), Sammy Silvera (Middlesbrough, loan), Jacob Farrell (Central Coast Mariners, undisclosed), Elias Sorensen (Esbjerg, undisclosed), Andre Dozzell (Queens Park Rangers, free), Matt Ritchie (Newcastle United, free), Abdoulaye Kamara (Borussia Dortmund, undisclosed), Nicolas Schmid (BW Linz, undisclosed)

Plus Harvey Blair from Liverpool for £300k, rumoured to be 600k with add ons and a 20% sell on fee.

Looks pretty promising, 20 yrs old, very fast and direct.

Maybe one more player for us before the window closes. I’d like another CB and/or striker before the close of window. A good, experienced Championship CB would be ideal.

 

[Kenneth E End]

Actually quite intrigued now with how Liam Walsh gets on this season. No one seems to have wanted him hence why he was on trial for 3 weeks at Luton. But with our budget, we could’ve identified players far above his level. To quote the Second Tier podcast this week: “What are Luton seeing what we’re not seeing?”

I’m not optimistic about it, but would love to be proven wrong. The process would work perfectly, but I’m not even sure it would be a Moneyball signing.

 

[SF_]

West Brom supposedly launching a second bid for Keane, a pitiful £500k. We should laugh in their faces.

There's also an odd rumour linking Osmajic to Hull.

 

[That Fat Centre Half]

Being linked with Tom Cannon from Leicester along with a few other clubs. It comes from that Alan Nixon guy though who i dont think has called a transfer of ours for years

 

[nelsonpfc]

Signed Mark OMahony from Brighton on loan. Young irish forward. Will join after their carabao cup Tuesday night.

 

[91SPP]

It looks like we are signing Alfie Devine prior to the game on Tuesday night. Not reported yet, but mummers locally. He’s largely underwhelmed on loan, definitely has ability, but we will be hoping that he can put it together this season.

He’s certainly well-liked in the England setup and by Spurs. We have a lack of talent and with budgetary restraints it perhaps makes sense that we bring in someone with a raw ability who has struggled to impose it at a senior level. He’s not long turned 20 so still a very young lad!

 

[LeonTheGreen]

It looks like we are signing Alfie Devine prior to the game on Tuesday night. Not reported yet, but mummers locally. He’s largely underwhelmed on loan, definitely has ability, but we will be hoping that he can put it together this season.

He’s certainly well-liked in the England setup and by Spurs. We have a lack of talent and with budgetary restraints it perhaps makes sense that we bring in someone with a raw ability who has struggled to impose it at a senior level. He’s not long turned 20 so still a very young lad!

He was disappointing for us but didn’t help that for the majority of his loan he was being coached by Ian Foster. He was being played as a number 10 mainly, but in our final game of the season he played in the double pivot in midfield and played well.

 

[Super_horns]

Pierre Dwomoh signed.

Young Belgium midfielder.
https://x.com/WatfordFC/status/1828032129164349607

https://twitter.com/x/status/1828032129164349607

 

[That Fat Centre Half]

Pierre Dwomoh signed.
Young Belgium midfielder.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1828032129164349607

https://twitter.com/x/status/1828032129164349607

We were linked with him very early in the summer, think quite a few of those early links were players who were on our list if we stayed up so this strikes me as a good signing.

Clubs obviously seeing a lot of value in Belgium at the moment!

 

[91SPP]

He was disappointing for us but didn’t help that for the majority of his loan he was being coached by Ian Foster. He was being played as a number 10 mainly, but in our final game of the season he played in the double pivot in midfield and played well.

Turns out it was bad information, the midfielder was Tawanda Chirewa who has been a long-term target but kept very close to the chest. There was 12 teams in for him (assuming a mix between Championship & League One) but between the constant negotiations and Wolves going through their own issues, it seemed to drag on (story of our summer).

Very much a wildcard but adds a lot of things that we desperately need. He’s a player who has very real aspirations of becoming a regular for Wolves so hopefully he can show it for us.

 

[Kenneth E End]

Ipswich Town are trying to sign both Chieo Ogbene and Tahith Chong before the deadline. Sigh, I hate the transfer window.

The latter looked pretty pissed at being substituted at Preston... barely acknowledging the away supporters when he walked around the pitch.

Not sure how much we'd sell for - if it were me, think I'd be happy with £20M for the pair. Would result significant profit over a 12 month period (Chieo was free from Rotherham).

The Doughty rumours have gone quiet, but he's been off the boil for some time now. But we may be in a position to need to do quite a lot of last minute business for replacements.

Meanwhile, Luton are in for Tom Cannon, perhaps allowing one of Woodrow or Taylor to go out on loan themselves. A fee of £7M mentioned. Think that's expensive, but he's still quite young. Stoke and Sheffield United also interested.

 

[That Fat Centre Half]

I like both players individually, but to be honest i dont think we have played either in their best positions with Ogbene being forced into RWB and Chong being tried at midfield. We have sort of tried to build this 343 around Chong and thats not really working at the moment too.

As long as we re-invest well, a huge caveat this late in the window, i wouldnt be averse to it.

 

[Kenneth E End]

I see now on Twitter that an initial fee of £8M is being offered by Ipswich. I presume there will be an add on if Ipswich stay up. Snap their hand off for that.

Patrick Roberts is being touted as a replacement. Do wonder if that's a bit of a downgrade.

 

[Super_horns]

We were linked with him very early in the summer, think quite a few of those early links were players who were on our list if we stayed up so this strikes me as a good signing.

Clubs obviously seeing a lot of value in Belgium at the moment!

Hopefully although sounds like he will be a squad player at first but then probably won’t take much for him to progress if he is decent.

 

[SF_]

Sounds like our interest in Conrad Wallem isn't dead. Looks like we've played the long game to get the best possible prices. Looks like he's thrown his toys out of the pram over there and he's been left out of recent squads.

Danger is that someone else may swoop in if the price tag has dropped.

 

[That Fat Centre Half]

I see now on Twitter that an initial fee of £8M is being offered by Ipswich. I presume there will be an add on if Ipswich stay up. Snap their hand off for that.

Patrick Roberts is being touted as a replacement. Do wonder if that's a bit of a downgrade.

An absolute midget too. Doesnt fit with our usual style of athletic types to suit a high pressing style. Chong and Ogbene arent big but they are athletic, Roberts certainly isnt.

My abiding memory of Roberts is the Play Off semi final (where admitedly he played out of position) where he looked totally overwhelmed by our physicality in the game

 

[FarehamPompey]

13th signing complete.. hopefully quality and quantity. Freddie Potts on loan from West Ham. Was at Wycombe on loan last season and their fans player of the season.

 

[That Fat Centre Half]

Weird situation with Andros Townsend, signed for Antalyaspor in Turkey but cannot be registered with them as they are under a transfer ban

Weird all around as to why we would do business with a club sufficiently known for not paying to the extent they are banned and why Townsend would want to go there given an unstable financial situation plus knowing a ban was imminent.

 

[thewwfc]

13th signing complete.. hopefully quality and quantity. Freddie Potts on loan from West Ham. Was at Wycombe on loan last season and their fans player of the season.

Yup, cracking player. Can both do the dirty grunt work and pick a mean pass.

We’d have had him back in a second but in fairness he deserves a shot at a higher level.

And unlike most players we get on loan from EPL clubs (who will eventually get binned off and drop to our level anyway) he may have a fair shot at the WHUFC first XI.

So a championship loan makes sense if that’s the plan.

 

[That Fat Centre Half]

We are being linked with another CB from Belgium this time called Nathan Ngoy

Adding that up with Palace selling 2 centre halves of their own, think that might add up to Mengi being off. Let’s hope for big money at least

Apparently we have backed out of it last minute. In a very on brand situation, he has been on/off injured for a while so perhaps failed a medical.

 

[SF_]

Us and Hull linked to Josh Bowler.

I'd be happy with this, not only because I rate him, but because the lashers would cry their fucking eyes out. They loved him.

 

[Kenneth E End]

Apparently we have backed out of it last minute. In a very on brand situation, he has been on/off injured for a while so perhaps failed a medical.

Per the guy who broke the story, sounds like Luton decided they now have enough defenders and now they want to prioritise other areas. Not like throwing around €5M is a big deal at all and our own players are always fully fit…

 

[SF_]

Reports saying we're favourites for Josh Bowler now. Permanent move. He still has a house in Lancashire.

He's exactly what we need since losing Millar.

 

[jhe10]

Us and Hull linked to Josh Bowler.

I'd be happy with this, not only because I rate him, but because the lashers would cry their fucking eyes out. They loved him.

I don't think we are interested, we've got better wingers in our sights. Possible he might be a fallback if either of the two main targets doesn't work out.