Transfer Rumours Summer Transfer window

Beat me to it.

 

…now favourites for the championship title with a very good squad for that level

Still, survival would’ve been so much better. I hope we get the balance of signings right

 

Correct. But in our current situation as a newly promoted team, adding Championship players to a Championship squad is just asking to go back down, look at Ipswich.

The ones that have been a success have nearly all been added to teams already secure at the level. Palace with Olise, Eze and Wharton, Villa with Rogers, Bournemouth with Semenyo and Tavernier. Missing loads more. But they all went to clubs not really fighting relegation.

Ipswich signed arguably some of the best Championship players in Clarke, Szmodics, Greaves and more but they signed way too many at the same time and didn't supplement the squad with top quality players. Plus the fees are extremely extortionate compared to what you could pay shopping abroad.

Not saying we shouldn't do it but you need to be extremely careful.

 

We’ve got a team of developing youngsters why would you add another to that

 

Position?

 

Baller

 

Transfermarkt has him as a central midfielder

 

Quentin Merlin a slightly surprising target, obviously easier to get than Melvin Bard or one of the other French fullbacks but feels a weird fit.

Carries the ball well up the flank and has a decent cross but not great defensively when I've watched them and struggles to beat his man.

 

They don’t need to be developing youngsters, they just need to be quality players.

 

Bard is slow isn’t he? Is he the Nice one?

Massive problem for PL

Lille have a cracking set of wing backs like, and Monaco have a raw young one Ouattara who is rapid.

 

Where has that link came from?

 

Dunno the last 15 posts on the thread.

 

Not rapid but not slow and wins basically every 50/50, he's a rank.

Merlin is fine im just slightly concerned about him defensively should he sign.

 

Added a bit. Santos and Gudmondson. Too far a reach?

 

Yeah I did really like Santos, unfortunate ACL has had him out for an age.

Don't think gudmundsson is out of reach but can see more appeal to Merlin.

 

Gudmondsson is rapid though, like proper rapid.

 

Apparently we are in for Rudoni

coz Coventry will sell to us

 

I do think we will be linked with countless Ligue 1 players this summer due to lazy journalism and agent talk.

 

It's always a good sign to me when someone has come from Groningen because their talent ID is fantastic.