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Anyone expecting 6-8 signings is living in dreamland, yes we actually need that many but i'd be surprised if we signed 2 players let alone 3-4.
Realistically we'll sign only 1 player.
Slide that cock in you muppets, polishing turd is on the menu.
Realistically we'll sign only 1 player.
Slide that cock in you muppets, polishing turd is on the menu.
I said all along it was pure fantasy that we'd sign 6-8 players. If we get in four I'll be surprised and take it depending on the quality, as long as that's not including a backup keeper. I think Ten Hag is rightly or wrongly going to believe he can get a better tune out of some of our failures.
Yes, I’m certainly not expecting anymore than 2-3 signings and I’m expecting them all to be long drawn out sagas. Even with whoever they might be and ETH in, I still think we will finish outside of top 4 next season.
This is going to be a slow process but surely nothing can ever be as bad as last season!
This is going to be a slow process but surely nothing can ever be as bad as last season!
I did mention sells, but how many realistically, will we sell? I think most the ones I mentioned will leave, but most on loan, who’ll will not boost our transfer budget.
These are no excuses. All it shows is others are able to forward plan.
We head the same old same old excuses all the time. And it is getting tedious to see we just dont learn from past inabilty to forward plan.
so what would be the ideal summer of signings and selling off players???
sell....Martial, Maguire/Lindelof, Bailly, Tuanzebe, Dean Henderson, Telles/Shaw/Brandon Williams, Pereira. These are guys we can actually get money for besides the guys leaving on a frees like matic, pogba, mata, lingard.
The ideal signings would be Nkunku/Antony, Nunez, FDJ, Timber/Torres....maybe another CM as well depending on sales
We have some deadwood we are getting rid of as they are out of contracts but a couple of the first team guys need to be moved out as well so we can bring in some fresh blood
sell....Martial, Maguire/Lindelof, Bailly, Tuanzebe, Dean Henderson, Telles/Shaw/Brandon Williams, Pereira. These are guys we can actually get money for besides the guys leaving on a frees like matic, pogba, mata, lingard.
The ideal signings would be Nkunku/Antony, Nunez, FDJ, Timber/Torres....maybe another CM as well depending on sales
We have some deadwood we are getting rid of as they are out of contracts but a couple of the first team guys need to be moved out as well so we can bring in some fresh blood
That is why you have to forward plan. The discussions should already be happening. On a continuous rolling basis. You don't just wait till the transfer window opens. But we again have been hampered by being rudderless managerially.
What a relief to read that we're kind of putting other transfer plans on hold until we sort out the midfield. Been a long time coming to prioritize that. Let's see who we get .. but at least it seems like we'll addressjt
Does anyone know what's happening with all of our 'Outs' so far this window?
Why aren't they gone yet? Especially those who's contracts are up.
Why aren't they gone yet? Especially those who's contracts are up.
The Whitwell article is pretty depressing to me. We won’t go for anyone else until we sign/don’t sign De Jong because we need to know what budget we have afterwards and we’re thinking about Kante as a DM if Chelsea sell - so we haven’t got a scooby yet on a primary DM target. Nobody sold. I thought this was a revolution?
Competition in this window is high. Madrid have a ton on money to spend. Chelsea's new owners are coming in swinging. Tottenham are also looking to spend a lot. Newcastle, too. Liverpool and City will probably be looking to make another signing or two.
We need to start acting very soon or we will have to settle for second-raters and hand-me-downs once again.
We need to start acting very soon or we will have to settle for second-raters and hand-me-downs once again.
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a) Their contracts haven't expired. They run untill 30th June - still technically our players.
b) They haven't agreed terms with a new club yet, for it to be announced.
The window only officially opens by the way 10th June.
someone on the /r/reddevils reddit did a summary of Whitwell's latest:
Obviously, Ten Hag said in the interviews that he sees a lot of potential on the squad, otherwise, we would not have signed him and probably he believes it, if not, he would not have accepted the offer to come. However, this probably has happened with all other managers after Moyes.
This is a mid-long term project and I don't think we are going to see a major revolution this summer. I don't think we need more than two or three players to start looking like a functional team that can really challenge for top 3.
The most fundamental part of this summer is that Ten Hag is given the power to ship players out and to impose his style on the club.
This summer should be used to make the club more stable and to lay down the minimum foundations of the team. I tend to believe that the revolution we want to see, will come in 12 months, not now.
This is a mid-long term project and I don't think we are going to see a major revolution this summer. I don't think we need more than two or three players to start looking like a functional team that can really challenge for top 3.
The most fundamental part of this summer is that Ten Hag is given the power to ship players out and to impose his style on the club.
This summer should be used to make the club more stable and to lay down the minimum foundations of the team. I tend to believe that the revolution we want to see, will come in 12 months, not now.
There's no chance in hell one signing is "realistic". That's idiocy when about 8 players are leaving.
No question at all we'll sign 3. It's whether there's more than that.
De Jong who has worked with ETH, Torres who has played against us 3 times, Timber who has worked with ETH, Kante the most known DM in the PL, Antony who has worked with ETH and Nunez/Nkunku recommended by RR. Do we have scouts?
The links have really picked up over the last 48 hours.
Going to be a full muppet summer.
Timber, Torres, neves, fdj, Nkuku and Nunez along with some youth prospects would be the perfect summer.
Going to be a full muppet summer.
Timber, Torres, neves, fdj, Nkuku and Nunez along with some youth prospects would be the perfect summer.
What about links to Koné, Malacia, Ebiowei, Mukiele, Enzo Fernández?
This could be said for about every top team in England.
City: Haaland and possible Philips.
Chelsea: Kounde, Cucurella, Dembele, Nkunku
Liverpool: Tchouameni
Tottenham: Perisic, Eriksen...
Hardly any hidden gems there.
Not even impressed by some of the names we are linked with, seems we never learn. Thought we'll be more smart
Hope I'm wrong and we buy players that are unexpected and just what we need who actually improve us to another level.
Hope I'm wrong and we buy players that are unexpected and just what we need who actually improve us to another level.
2 midfielders is a must imo. 5 signings would be required but I doubt we manage that, especially as our scouting has been shit
We really need to get our business done early. We need the squad ready and together for pre season. Apart from internationals but we still need to know who we got for the upcoming season.
well the problem with that, is that any player we approach knows that other clubs are spending money, and we are still shit. So they are going to wait and see who else comes in before accepting any offers. There is this assumption that all it takes Is us to approach a player and the deal can be done. We are probably no longer in the top 7/8 clubs people will instantly join.
Of course we aren't. Top 15 maybe. Players we are targeting now were much easier to get 15 years ago. We have the oil clubs now, tv money, other clubs bought by insanely rich people, state sponsored clubs. And we are a club in decline for a few years now. We have to get these next 2-3 transfer windows absolutely right.
Martial and Van De Beek coming back, will be treating as like new signings.
We will get 2-3 in max.
CB, CDM and CF
We will get 2-3 in max.
CB, CDM and CF
Are we seriously working on more than a deal at once? in previous summers it did seem like we would have to conclude on a deal before heading out to pursue the next. If rumors are to be believed we are currently working on Frenkie De Jong, Jurriën Timber, Pau Torres... Happy times now Ed Woodward is gone.
There’s been very few solid links, I’m not sure if that’s good or bad.
There's major flapping already and it's still May. Hahahaha.
Jesus Christ what is wrong with people on here? It gets worse every summer for flapping. We will sign 3-4 players minimum. Just relax and enjoy the summer.
Jesus Christ what is wrong with people on here? It gets worse every summer for flapping. We will sign 3-4 players minimum. Just relax and enjoy the summer.
There should be bans for jinxes like this!
How many years have we been "linked" with that Milinkovic Savic or whatshecalled now?
Don't think we've ever really been interested in him…
Don't think we've ever really been interested in him…
Sounds about right to me.
Kone, Nunez, a midfielder (maybe FdJ) would be a good start. Add Timber or a decent RB to that and i’d be more than happy.
2 at most. 3 if we're lucky.
Thanks mate
Keep expectations low.
Hope I'm wrong, but if the plan is to go for Kante and give the deadwood yet another chance, then ETH will fail like his predecessors did.
Yeah people should trust Whitwell rather than losing their shit of what Mullock has said today.
You can't call yourself a big club when you can't afford to buy the number of players required which in our case is atleast 6/7.
Im sorry but we're a joke.
Im sorry but we're a joke.
I predict 3 signings; forward, midfielder & 1 other random celebrity
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