Transfer Rumours Summer 2024 transfer thread

Last summers transfer thread only had 782 pages
We are smashing it

 

Last summer didn’t really have much “pull” though.

Delap came early not much talk of competition.

Connolly and Lokilo were cast offs/budget. Same with Allsop.

Twine probably saw the most competition but Acun put a lot of work into that one.

Morton and Philogene both came deadline day

 

We have 103 pages to 1000, I guess that's enough to discuss how brain team failed or succeded on transfers.

 

If you actively sort out the actual wheat from the chaf you can trim it down to about 20 pages.

 

Ar least I didn’t waste last night watching some random European match sizing up a winger who was never coming to us in the first place.

 

Plenty of time left yet

Come back at 11 pm , we can all panic then

 

We can all blow our socks off together at 11pm.

 

I'd be prepared to believe you but the Dreamliner is the 787. The 747 is the Jumbo Jet.

 

You'd like to think those targets would be 24 ft x 8 ft...

 

Are there any free agent strikers worth having - eg this one who had a good scoring record with Hatayspor, but contract just terminated in MLS after bar brawl. His broken jaw should have recovered by now …
https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/fc-...-contract-what-happens-next-/view/news/441995

 

I'm not sure but, according to the free agents part on transfer market. We released Aaron Connolly and he's worth £2.5m. Seems like a knee jerk decision now...

 

Boupendza was a winger-striker, but he is expensive.

 

And stupid by the sound of it

 

Joao Pedro from Fenerbahce is free agent. Perfect target for us to waste some bucks.

Fenerbahce - check
Age - check
Going downhill - check

 

Mefffert and a decent striker we’re top of my wish list. Looks like I might be disappointed. Palmer and Rushworth felt unnecessary but appreciate Rushworth might actually make a bit of a difference.

A lot of pressure on Bedia and Burstow if no one else comes in. We had Delap, Connelly, Ohio and Sharp last season. Just one injury and we are struggling to have a striker on the bench.

 

Carl Bum Rushworth

 

Last season - one injury and we struggled to get one striker on the pitch!

 

It is funny that 80% of the free agent strikers with decent market value are former Turkish League players, Boupendza, Joao Pedro, Delle Alli (if you count him as forward), Niang, Dzuyba, Maxi Gomez, Eysseric, Ahmed Hassan.