Transfer Rumours Summer '22 Transfer Thread

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SydneyTiger14 said:
Guess I'll believe it when I see it. For all the talk of an exciting January we barely had any outlay, and so far this summer we've spent something like 4m on incomings (Ally and Tufan) which is nothing compared to what KLP is going for. Happy to change my tune when the window closes but getting a bit tiresome. This talk about being happy to listen to offers for Greaves isn't helping.
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Happy to listen ≠ Happy to accept:emoticon-0105-wink:
 
SydneyTiger14 said:
Has he proven us wrong so far? Who has he actually 'forked out' for given all the discussion about his backers and funds? Ally on loan in January was a decent bit of business and if/when that's confirmed as a permanent that will be nice to see, but with KLP going and Honeyman already gone hard to stomach that him and Tufan are anything other than reinvesting funds from players sold. Happy for us to operate in a sustainable model but may need to cut the crap about our glorious leader leading us to the PL if it's just simply reinvesting player sales.
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So far, we’ve sold Honeyman for peanuts and signed one player on a free and one international with 65 caps for £4m.

Which is somewhat academic, as you can only judge the business this window once it’s completed, not with two months to go.
 
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We have to be realistic, when new owners come in things are bound to change. We effectively put together a team of largely UK based players by default, because of Allam's strategy, which inevitably resulted in a very good close-knit group, but young and bar 2 or 3 players average but hard-working professionals. If we are to progress, in a way similar to Brentford, who largely developed their own and bought well and developed players to sell on to fund their rise to the top, then we have to be patient and see what happens.

I believe Acun will try to keep the likes of KLP and Greaves at the club, but if offers come in, and the player is keen to go, and maybe similar to Brentford they can find players overseas, who are talented but much cheaper than UK players, then maybe that will happen.

The 4 players brought in so far, Baxter/Allahyar/Figueiredo/Tufan, all look very good signings, and not too expensive. So, so far they are buying well, so I think we have to trust the process and see where that takes us.
 
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SydneyTiger14 said:
Absolutely. For all the talk about Acun forking out for new players, it feels like it's being funded by gutting the team we had. Treating the club as a business was scorned when it was the Allams but seemingly praised when it's our new marketing guru.
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The team we had spent a fair amount of the season in the relegation zone and then finished 19th. It's not going to ever be anything other than a mid table side without additions.

While we don't want to get ahead of ourselves in terms of looking up, we don't want to get all misty eyed when we think about how to improve the squad because otherwise we'd just keep the same squad for years and years.

The team that got us promoted was given a chance to show what it could do at Championship level. From an outsider's perspective, below average was the result. So, in order to move up, we need better quality players to replace the ones that aren't up to it and to replace any outgoings to bigger clubs.

The money being spent was going to be spent regardless, which so far has totalled £6m plus wages. We haven't seen any money for KLP because he hasn't left yet, but if he does go (which he probably is doing), that money will be spent on a replacement, among other things (jet fuel probably).
 
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John Ex Aberdeen now E.R. said:
We have to be realistic, when new owners come in things are bound to change. We effectively put together a team of largely UK based players by default, because of Allam's strategy, which inevitably resulted in a very good close-knit group, but young and bar 2 or 3 players average but hard-working professionals. If we are to progress, in a way similar to Brentford, who largely developed their own and bought well and developed players to sell on to fund their rise to the top, then we have to be patient and see what happens.

I believe Acun will try to keep the likes of KLP and Greaves at the club, but if offers come in, and the player is keen to go, and maybe similar to Brentford they can find players overseas, who are talented but much cheaper than UK players, then maybe that will happen.

The 4 players brought in so far, Baxter/Allahyar/Figueiredo/Tufan, all look very good signings, and not too expensive. So, so far they are buying well, so I think we have to trust the process and see where that takes us.
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Neatly summed up.
They’ve had chance to suss out what we have and have decided to change things. Given how long we flirted with relegation that was inevitable if they are looking to improve us.
There’s players like Greaves I’d prefer to hold onto, and I think we will, but I’m relaxed about just seeing what we play like when the season is underway. We, and the club, will know then whether they’ve got it right, but at the moment it looks like they’re happy to bring in players who should improve us without desperately waiting for outgoings and until the last minute to spend anything, so I’m ok with giving them the benefit of the doubt.

TWT
 
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dennisboothstash said:
Neatly summed up.
They’ve had chance to suss out what we have and have decided to change things. Given how long we flirted with relegation that was inevitable if they are looking to improve us.
There’s players like Greaves I’d prefer to hold onto, and I think we will, but I’m relaxed about just seeing what we play like when the season is underway. We, and the club, will know then whether they’ve got it right, but at the moment it looks like they’re happy to bring in players who should improve us without desperately waiting for outgoings and until the last minute to spend anything, so I’m ok with giving them the benefit of the doubt.

TWT
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Good shout.

The Big Turk for me is a breath of fresh air. He wants success badly so he’ll do things his way both on and off the pitch.

Patience is the key. .
 
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originallambrettaman said:
“I came here to play Premier League football and that is my aim and with everything that’s been said since the new ownership, it sounds like it’s going to try and head that way which is great and hopefully when talks resume, that’s kind of where I feel the club’s going to go,”

“Listen, I one hundred per cent want to stay at the football club. I came here to get us in the Premier League and that remains the same now.”

A quote from Honeyman, less than two months ago, he doesn't sound like someone who wants away.
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Good luck George
 
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Possible replacement for Honeyman?

Looks like he can play anywhere in an attacking role but at his best as a CAM?
 
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