Transfer Rumours Summer 2026 Transfer Thread…

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Catching up on this thread.
Does anyone seriously think we will or should spunk fortunes on some of the names mentioned, like Modric, Lukaku, Bowen, Robertson, Vardy, R Henry, .... and "a sprinkling of players toward the end of their career with deep PL experience"? Surely not. It ain't gonna happen nor should it. It would be utter madness! They would cost a fortune in wages, with little to no future up side.
Dublin and Serg may look to pull in a Xhaka (Boateng 2008) equivalent out of the bag somehow, but they primarily have to come up with some gems, mostly from abroad, that don't cost a fortune, that have the potential, and the still missing power and pace.
I'm sure their list will be full of players that fit that sort of bill. There's a couple that Serg was keen but unable to bring in last season, who we most likely will see as early signings.
I hope to hell we're not spending on some of those names mentioned, and I'm pretty confident we won't. In Dublin and Serg we trust.
will and should are v different qns! esp where Acun is concerned
 
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Higher, the gamble paid off and in the best possible way..... Although I can't confirm but it came from 2 agents and it wouldn't surprise me
£55k-a-week?

If you told me that last summer, I would’ve said he wasn’t worth it and the club were mad to pay him that given the circumstances around finances. It obviously paid off though.

How much do you reckon he’s on after promotion?
 
Catching up on this thread.
Does anyone seriously think we will or should spunk fortunes on some of the names mentioned, like Modric, Lukaku, Bowen, Robertson, Vardy, R Henry, .... and "a sprinkling of players toward the end of their career with deep PL experience"? Surely not. It ain't gonna happen nor should it. It would be utter madness! They would cost a fortune in wages, with little to no future up side.
Dublin and Serg may look to pull in a Xhaka (Boateng 2008) equivalent out of the bag somehow, but they primarily have to come up with some gems, mostly from abroad, that don't cost a fortune, that have the potential, and the still missing power and pace.
I'm sure their list will be full of players that fit that sort of bill. There's a couple that Serg was keen but unable to bring in last season, who we most likely will see as early signings.
I hope to hell we're not spending on some of those names mentioned, and I'm pretty confident we won't. In Dublin and Serg we trust.
What about Martin Hodge, isn’t he ‘Head of Recruitment’ and Dublin ‘Director of Football’ or something similar?
Presumably, it will be the three of them with some input from Dean Holden and I’m sure Acun will still put his two penn’orth in, although hopefully he defers to the other’s greater knowledge.
 
£55k-a-week?

If you told me that last summer, I would’ve said he wasn’t worth it and the club were mad to pay him that given the circumstances around finances. It obviously paid off though.

How much do you reckon he’s on after promotion?
Thats ****ing ridiculous amounts
I know it worked out in the end
But thats a ****ing ridiculous risk for us at the time
Still doesnt sit right with me

Sheff utd had no chance of getting him lmao
 
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As far Turkish players go (and we will sign some), we’d be better off signing the ones already playing in European leagues outside of Turkey. Other than Yüksek, I’d be avoiding Süper Lig players. The ones playing in Germany, France, the Netherlands, Belgium etc. tend to adjust to English football more readily compared to Süper Lig ones. A lot of them are diaspora Turks who were born and raised outside Turkey too.

For example, Berke Özer, Başar Önal, Ahmetcan Kaplan and Emin Bayram are the Turkish players we should be looking at.

Zeki Celik in out of contract at Roma. Right back, 60 caps for Turkey, played in Europa League last year. Would be a good start
 
Well I'd rather have promotion to the Premier League thanks in no small part to said player than be treading water as a lower mid Championship club at best, but whatever :emoticon-0138-think
Does it affect your life though?

Whoever city play
Does it matter

If youre not a player or owner
 
Love this.

HT2 posts a figure, even he says he doesn’t know if it’s accurate, and that figure is immediately seized upon as a truth, hypothetically or not, and used to beat the transfer policy of the Club with.

Local media intimated it was around 30-35k and I really would be shocked if the EFL sanctioned a 55k p/w deal for us considering the financial policing we were under at the time.