Transfer Rumours Summer 2024 transfer thread

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Giles was first reported as an option now it’s an obligation. I would put money journalists clearly not knowing the difference between the two so covering both sides.
 
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Watched the press conference with Acun and Tim earlier and from a comment Acun made (can’t remember his exact quote) it wouldn’t surprise me if we don’t sign anyone until after the 1st July to comply with FFP. Our financial year end is 30th June so would make sense…
 
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I remember a 17 year old Roger DeVries having him (and Willie Morgan) in his pocket.

Roger had a brother Pete I think they were twins, and when I was at Wolfreton, they both played for the school team, and I thought Pete was the better player of the two, but City picked up Roger and the rest is history. John who was in my year, the older brother had the car dealership down Calvert Lane.
 
Apparently Fortuna Sittard have transfer listed Rodrigo Guth, Alen Halilović and Loreintz Rosier. I would take Guth and Rosier in a heartbeat. I’ve already mentioned Rosier on here.

If true, it’s interesting they’ve transfer listed those three in particular as they’re three of their better players imo. That and the fact we got Pandur so cheap considering his potential makes me wonder if they have money issues and need cash desperately.
Didn’t we get Pandur cheap because Acun wrote off a debt the club owed him?
 
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Roger had a brother Pete I think they were twins, and when I was at Wolfreton, they both played for the school team, and I thought Pete was the better player of the two, but City picked up Roger and the rest is history. John who was in my year, the older brother had the car dealership down Calvert Lane.
I remember that car dealership, a blast from the past
 
Roger had a brother Pete I think they were twins, and when I was at Wolfreton, they both played for the school team, and I thought Pete was the better player of the two, but City picked up Roger and the rest is history. John who was in my year, the older brother had the car dealership down Calvert Lane.

Didn't Peter wear glasses and was as blind as a bat without them?
(Contact lenses not as developed as now?)
 
Honestly, I wasn’t impressed by him in his time here and definitely not for £4.25 million or whatever the buy-option fee was. Walter may have vetoed it. To be honest, he didn’t suit Rosenior’s football and I don’t think he’d suit Walter’s either. He’s an overlapping full-back who plays almost as a left-winger and defensively he’s not very good. Walter seems to want a full-back on either side that is a bit more dynamic with all the crazy rotations he has his back-four doing with centre-backs stepping into midfield and full-backs either playing as centre-halves in some phases or inverting into midfield themselves.
£4mill for a fullback who wasn’t even in the last season’s starting eleven? Nuts.
 
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Hope Giles comes regarded as one of the best attacking fullbacks in the league which Walter wants. Clearly a top operator and madness he wasn’t utilised properly.
 
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Hope Giles comes regarded as one of the best attacking fullbacks in the league which Walter wants. Clearly a top operator and madness he wasn’t utilised properly.

Love Giles. Great attacking player

Would I be spending £4m right now when we have 3 left backs on the books and no strikers among other glaring holes in the squad? No

If we get Jaden and Greaves money to spend on the overall squad I would do it then. But only then
 
Didn’t we get Pandur cheap because Acun wrote off a debt the club owed him?

Possibly but given the low prices they’ve apparently set for their best players, it could just be because they have a tiny budget so can’t demand huge fees like a Championship club would for players of similar qualities.
 
Didn't Peter wear glasses and was as blind as a bat without them?
(Contact lenses not as developed as now?)

He'd taken up the position of PE Teacher by the time I was at Wolfreton, but I think you may be right about his eyesight.....although I think he wore contact lenses (he was too vain to wear glasses).
 
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He'd taken up the position of PE Teacher by the time I was at Wolfreton, but I think you may be right about his eyesight.....although I think he wore contact lenses (he was too vain to wear glasses).
I remember him doing coaching at Wolfreton. Not sure about him teaching though. I do remember the PE teacher getting sacked (allegedly) for shagging (allegedly) the girls PE teacher. Happy days
 
HDM reporting that due to FFP, we are only signing loans this season. Something isn't adding up then, because how are we in talks to sign Liam Delap permanently if we can't spend big?

I suppose it's a relative term and he perhaps meant he can't go out and splurge £40m on new talent, but I'd be very surprised if we just signed loan players this season. If we did, I'd expect them to be Boyd style loans where we sign them at the end of the season.
 
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