Africafoot has linked us with Ghanaian centre-back Jerome Opoku. Currently plays for İstanbul Başakşehir.
Transfer Rumours Summer 2026 Transfer Thread…
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I think we'll end up getting two CBs given all the speculation.
I'd hope for one top quality one to pair with Hughes and another rotation option. Fingers crossed for no injury crisis meaning Egan/Ajayi won't have to deputise much.
I wonder if we keep McNair or try and move him on? We surely can't have him, Egan and Ajayi taking up three squad spaces?
Yeah wouldn't be surprised if Boro got a big old slice of go **** yourselves over KJ now.....could almost consider it a case of deliberate sabotage delaying it so late in the day on their part with a view to us getting a points deduction then trying to sue us (god knos Gibbo is a whiny bitch on this stuff) for beating them to promotion whilst non PSR compliant.
I think the chances of us making a left field (metaphorical, not necessarily literal) signing from Panathinaikos in the coming days are rather high.
If we're planning on a back 3, which given performances vs Boro and Millwall isn't out of the question, you'd prob want 6 who can play at CB, esp with injury history of Hughes and Ajayi, so keeping those 4 and adding 2 would make sense
That's a very valid point. It would worry me though if we played 3 there regularly that one of Egan, Ajayi or McNair is the first backup.
We need 3 centre backs minimum IMO
Egan can’t be playing regularly, Ajayi maybe as he’s quick and physical, McNair probably move on
I’ve wondered since the initial link whether there was any dishonourable intent on Boro’s part tbh, but thought I was being a bit harsh and cynical so didn’t post it. Certainly if that was a big chunk of the £6M and it fell through yesterday it would have screwed us over and put anyone who’d suffered from our then dodgy promotion in a decent position to sue.
If they now pull out of the deal it would lend a lot of weight to that argument, but if it still goes through then fair enough.
I'd say Egan definitely keep for that team spirit and experience, he's also got his last year so will probably go next summer and there's no value there.
I agree on Ajayi, I'm a big fan anyway.
We could genuinely get a fee for McNair which would be yet more profit (as much as that being reasoning bores me with modern football) given he came for free.
He'll be sold somewhere else you'd imagine, never get a better chance to cash in on him.
People thinking he'll be some surprise package in the prem as he can press will be sorely disappointed I think, he'd never get on the pitch.
Particularly after Acun said players who got us promoted would get their chances in the top tier. I'm sure he wants to have a go. It's not like Butland who's here for his final pay day.
