05 Jun 2026 21:55:22
I reckon by the time the window closes we will have.
Grealish
Hackney
Parrot
Norton Cuffy
Stones
05 Jun 2026 22:57:12
That would be a disappointing window tbh.
06 Jun 2026 07:59:44
Who would you like to see, Swan?
06 Jun 2026 12:28:11
LB - Diego Moreira £25/30m, or Antonee Robinson £20/25m.
CB - Rafa Marin £20m, Kevin Boma £5/10m, or Taylor Harwood-Bellis £20m.
or Taylor Harwood-Bellis £20m.
RB - We need 2. Jordan Teze £15m, Juanlu Sanchez £10/15m, Omar El Hilali £20/25m, Raoul Bellanova £20m, or Guela Doue £20/25m.
CDM - Kaishu Sano £35/40m, or Morten Frendrup £20/25m. More of a ball player - Joey Veerman £25/30m.
LW - Grealish £20m already looks like it is a shoo-in.
RW - Matias Fernandez-Pardo £40m, or Jamie Leweling £35m.
ST - Little - Nikola Krstovic £30/35m, Jonathan Burkardt £35m, Fisnik Asllani £35/40m, Ayase Ueda £25/30m, or Mohamed Amoura £25/30m. Large - Mateo Pellegrino £25m, Romulo Cardoso £35m, Tim Lemperle £20m.
Tried to keep it realistic in terms of prices and who would actually come to us.
Also think we need a 10 but more pressing areas and money won't be endless.
I believe we spent £120 last summer, so you would hope that another year out of the woods from FFP would give us some more wiggle room. The likes of West Ham, Sunderland & Forest all spent over 150m last year. If this ownership is serious about elevating us, I think this is where we should at least be aiming for.
I think we need to see about 9 or 10 new faces come into the squad, who all have the ability to be starters and would give us some very good depth. Ship some of the dead wood out and us fans could have some optimism that the people running the club now have ambition and a clear idea of how we progress.
06 Jun 2026 12:45:56
Do we get both Taylor Harwood-Bellis' for the price of one?
06 Jun 2026 12:48:01
Not heard of most of them, BN, but don't watch foreign leagues TBH and you seem to know your stuff. Do you not rate Hackney then??? How many of these players do you think are scouts have heard of.
06 Jun 2026 14:48:21
Hahaha, nice one, Swan!
06 Jun 2026 14:56:41
I think we are operating in a specific market, Ron. We can't be offering silly money to get the best players and we can't attract the best players. We need to act like the likes of Lille & Benfica do imo. Get them in before they blow up and then hopefully they take you with them or you sell them on for a decent profit.
I will admit that I don't know an awful lot about him, Ron. I did ask one of the posters earlier in the week that seemed to know a lot about him to sum him up as a player. I don't watch any Championship football really, other than when we are strongly linked with someone.
Hackney looks a decent enough player, mate, but his numbers for the Championship weren't anything to scream about. I think Hamer, who has already played in the PL, posted better numbers than him in a worse team for example.
I understand he seems to do a lot of the defensive stuff as well, but I just think we should be focusing on a proper 6 before anything else. We already have Jimmy and KDH, who are out and out 8's for me (Jimmy can literally play anywhere, though I think he is that intelligent) .
I would rather us get a ball-pressing machine, who can snuff the danger out like Idrissa did for us for many years, and Sano or Frendrup would be topping the list of my midfield priorities over a Hackney type, mate.
Couldn't tell you which ones our scouts have heard of with any certainty. Obviously they will know all about the domestic players, and we have been linked with Sanchez and El Hilali before.
I am not mad on who we have been linked with for RB atm - Holm, Norton-Cuffy are a no from me.
06 Jun 2026 15:57:50
Love your feedback, BN. Can you not offer your services to the club? ? We just have muppets on nice wages, I bet.
06 Jun 2026 20:46:21
Appreciate that, Ron. I suspect they would laugh my opinion out of the room, and rightly so, I guess, mate.
I do genuinely think there are plenty of signings out there that would improve us, though, and for reasonable prices in today's market.
06 Jun 2026 21:10:08
I like Jayden Oosterwolde for LB/LCB so can cover if Branthwaite gets injured and much better than Mykolenko at left back.
Harwood-Bellis is a good CB option, composed, ball-playing CB and has added being a productive goal threat from set pieces.
Charlie Cresswell is another option I like, physically imposing and dominant in the air.
Both in the £20-25m mark.
RB would also love Doue and Oscar Mingueza, who's available on a free, has a lot of suitors though.
CM Shea Charles offers a good option, product of the Man City academy on 12 months left on his contract, solid defensive anchor and progressive passer with excellent defensive awareness, tackling, and aerial ability, probably cost £20m due to contract.
Morten Hjulmand would be the dream, seen us linked but so are many others, would cost £45m at least.
Looks like we are trying to negotiate the fee on George, him and Grealish would be good.
And I would love us to sign Leweling.
Othmane Maamma is another around £15m and is said we have scouted him and made enquiries.
At striker I like the versatility of Parrott, good goal return both at club and international level.
Whatever happens there is a lot of work to fill the gaps in the squad and we need better depth to be utilised.
07 Jun 2026 11:39:45
If the club is going to progress to European standards, it is going to need to be prepared to spend money, as simple as, on four or five players, otherwise it will be more of the same.