Transfer Rumours Summer 2022 Transfer Window

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But he wasn’t playing.
Yes he was. He played 12 games at the back end of last season and most games this season building up his improvement in form. And in-between he had a summer pre season of coaching

So I don’t understand what point you are trying to make
 
I'd have him over Alex Mccarthy any day
His contract is expiring and Alex’s isn’t. It was arguably a mistake to extend Alex’s contract but it was done under previous ownership where we would have been in a real sticky situation if we rolled into the summer with all our keepers leaving

We should have probably realised that no one was going to offer McCarthy equal or better terms than what we were offering / what he wanted but it wasn’t a gamble we clearly felt we could make at the time. Who knows if he’d have got annoyed at being made to wait until april / May for an extension? Or if he’d thought we were desperate and demanded more last minute

What I am saying it that, in my opinion, the decision to extend Alex’s contract is not as clear cut a mistake as implied
 
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His contract is expiring and Alex’s isn’t. It was arguably a mistake to extend Alex’s contract but it was done under previous ownership where we would have been in a real sticky situation if we rolled into the summer with all our keepers leaving

We should have probably realised that no one was going to offer McCarthy equal or better terms than what we were offering / what he wanted but it wasn’t a gamble we clearly felt we could make at the time. Who knows if he’d have got annoyed at being made to wait until april / May for an extension? Or if he’d thought we were desperate and demanded more last minute

What I am saying it that, in my opinion, the decision to extend Alex’s contract is not as clear cut a mistake as implied
I'm happy with McCarthy staying provided he's backup. I hope the keeper we sign is first team ready.
 
I'm happy with McCarthy staying provided he's backup. I hope the keeper we sign is first team ready.
I would expect many here agree with that. The rumours are all over the place with many suggesting otherwise. But some don’t. The recent link to the Polish guy with the crazy beard for example - he’d be first team ready. The guy who has been on loan at Portsmouth - not so much