Transfer Rumours Summer Transfer window

Just looking at the 3 promoted clubs summer windows last season.

Southampton:



Leicester:


Ipswich:



All 3 of them did the boring 'buy English' and 'experience' thing and none of it worked. The only English signing for all 3 that was a major success was Delap for Ipswich.

You can make the case that each clubs best signing was from abroad. Fernandes for Southampton, El Khannouss for Leicester and Cajuste for Ipswich and none of them were that clubs most expensive deal. Signings like Ramsdale, Skipp and pretty much all the signings from the Championship just didn't work out.

 

23m on Skipp

18m on Downes

Mental. Top end champ players, maybe do a job in the Prem in an established side, but they don’t keep a new side up.

 

I feel like this isn’t exactly insulting mind.

 

Talk was he was going to Monaco

 

Mental the fall of on this kid.

‘New Messi’ to ‘please someone take him’

 

I’d love us to get Fernandes

 

I think we will have a look mind

 

Do we need to have a quota of English players in our squad? And do they have to be over a certain age?

 

First person I thought of when Jobe went

 

Succumbed and watched that Bischoff video. Looks class, appreciate its highlights so naturally more attacking but feels more of a LW than a LB, but having someone in the squad who can challenge/cover both Mundle and Cirkin seems like a great option. If could get a cheaper, more experienced LB, happy to be pure cover and we’d be sorted on that side of the pitch

As a like for like replacement for Watsons role, don’t think we could do much better

 

Squad registration for the prem league is usually requiring 8 home grown players out of a 25 man named squad - under 21 players don’t count towards the 25 man registered squad.

Source: Football manager games

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homegrown_Player_Rule_(England)

The players don't need to be English or British, but they need to come through an academy in the English leagues to be eligible as homegrown.

 

£23m on Skipp man. Makes Jobe look like a giveaway. Leicester really have lost their grip.

 

They'd presumably want £30m odd for him now wouldn't they?
Just go identify and buy the next Fernandes instead (as if it's that easy!)

 

Obviously trust the club but would rather we spent a minimal fee up front, already have Mayenda and isidor who IMO will really suit playing against the high lines.

 

We’ve got a few bob from one though. I bet they’d sell for around the same fee

 

Didn't want it to sound insulting but como isn't all that's it's cracked up to be, garda is a far better lake area

 

Whilst I think Isidor and Mayenda do suit playing against a high line, is it not naive to assume the best coaches in the world would allow that to happen? Even if we are underdogs teams will set up to mitigate our threat, whether they seem it small or not.

 

Thats dates 2024 season, isn't it?