Summer '24 transfer window

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SM Caen start their Ligue 2 season tomorrow with a home fixture against Paris FC and will be doing so without their top scorer from last season, Alexandre Mendy, with the player still unavailable due to his desire to join Sunderland.

Speaking in his pre-match press conference to Ouest-France, Caen manager Nicolas Seube confirmed the absence of Mendy and explained that it’s a difficult situation that they hope to solve before the end of the transfer window.

Seube also explained that the player is undergoing individual training to make sure he is fit enough while a solution is found:

Alexandre Mendy will not be here. He is in individual training with the athletic trainers. The situation is delicate and difficult to sort out. Of course, as coach, I’d like him to be able to join the squad so that we have an extra attacking weapon. I hope that between now and the end of the summer transfer window, we’ll find the best formula.

I’ve given my opinion on this subject and it’s not up to me. I’ll keep the discussions we’ve had together to myself. It’s an unpleasant situation for everyone, the player, the club, the new shareholders and me as coach. For the moment, everyone is losing out in this story. The idea is for us to find a win-win situation.

Crazy if this deal doesn't happen
 
Which is a totally reasonable explanation. Not asking for or expecting us to be littered with new signings. A couple of strikers would see us flying but can see playoffs as a possibility without them.
Is saying every year it’s a slow or difficult market is a bit pointless, when we say that every year. To me, difficult transfer dealings are the norm these days and our club needs to be able to operate within that market.
How do we get them strikers though? Until we sell someone we just won't be in the market for strikers that are serious difference makers, that's just the reality of the championship.

Guess then you have to ask would you rather have Clarke and find the striker market difficult or sell Clarke and find it much easier but obviously not have your best player?
 
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Re, Poveda at Blackpool. Looking back, and trying to remember, I think he was there during a period of turmoil and protests from the fans. Critchley had walked out and Michael Appleton came back who was then sacked and MicMac came it who didn't last long either.

Anyway, this is what Mick had to say,

Blackpool manager Mick McCarthy has praised Leeds United loanee Ian Poveda as "different class" following a change in approach during training with the Championship side.

Poveda left Elland Road at the beginning of the season in a bid to get some valuable first-team football under his belt. He has endured a hap-hazard spell so far at Blackpool and has only started six of their 18 Championship matches this term. He scored his first Blackpool goal in last month's FA Cup third round win over Premier League outfit Nottingham Forest.

The 22-year-old initially struggled to make an impact following his arrival from Leeds on a season-long loan back in the summer. However, Poveda has improved remarkably since the World Cup break and McCarthy has praised the youngster for what he sees as a clear change in approach.

"I think he wasn’t that consistent and I don’t think he’d been that good and it can be difficult with loan players," the Blackpool boss said.

“They come in and if they’re not playing, they think ‘why should I be here?’ and it affects the performance. I think when they went to Spain, he’s really knuckled down and what I’ve seen of him in training is different class He really is a good footballer. He’s got a lot to offer us.
 
How do we get them strikers though? Until we sell someone we just won't be in the market for strikers that are serious difference makers, that's just the reality of the championship.

Guess then you have to ask would you rather have Clarke and find the striker market difficult or sell Clarke and find it much easier but obviously not have your best player?

Sooner or later big boy pants are needed and a decision has to be made though. Other teams sold better players than we’re holding on to and ended up better in the end. Jack Clarke is a very very good winger at this level but he’s still a championship player at the end of the day he’s not irreplaceable. Philogene cost Hull £5m, he’s as good as Clarke. Latte Lath was £5m. There’s £10m reinvested that would make us a much better team than holding onto Clarke and still having plenty change.
 
Sooner or later big boy pants are needed and a decision has to be made though. Other teams sold better players than we’re holding on to and ended up better in the end. Jack Clarke is a very very good winger at this level but he’s still a championship player at the end of the day he’s not irreplaceable. Philogene cost Hull £5m, he’s as good as Clarke. Latte Lath was £5m. There’s £10m reinvested that would make us a much better team than holding onto Clarke and still having plenty change.
This is where I land on the situation as well.

Obviously the offer has to be right and we can't accept an offer that isn't there but if an acceptable offer comes i'd take it.
 
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A sale would justify paying a little more

Were rightfully holding stubborn because it would be coming out of the clubs pocket to fund more money in the transfer. Make a profit use 20% of it or whatever we end up getting to pay that bit more and get it over the line
 
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SM Caen start their Ligue 2 season tomorrow with a home fixture against Paris FC and will be doing so without their top scorer from last season, Alexandre Mendy, with the player still unavailable due to his desire to join Sunderland.

Speaking in his pre-match press conference to Ouest-France, Caen manager Nicolas Seube confirmed the absence of Mendy and explained that it’s a difficult situation that they hope to solve before the end of the transfer window.

Seube also explained that the player is undergoing individual training to make sure he is fit enough while a solution is found:

Alexandre Mendy will not be here. He is in individual training with the athletic trainers. The situation is delicate and difficult to sort out. Of course, as coach, I’d like him to be able to join the squad so that we have an extra attacking weapon. I hope that between now and the end of the summer transfer window, we’ll find the best formula.

I’ve given my opinion on this subject and it’s not up to me. I’ll keep the discussions we’ve had together to myself. It’s an unpleasant situation for everyone, the player, the club, the new shareholders and me as coach. For the moment, everyone is losing out in this story. The idea is for us to find a win-win situation.
So it's all down to money then. Nowt to do with Caen wanting to keep hold of him etc. They just want more money. Am sure there is a middle ground to be found.
 
So it's all down to money then. Nowt to do with Caen wanting to keep hold of him etc. They just want more money. Am sure there is a middle ground to be found.
14 days to find a solution or to find someone else hopefully they don't mess it up
 
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A sale would justify paying a little more

Were rightfully holding stubborn because it would be coming out of the clubs pocket to fund more money in the transfer. Make a profit use 20% of it or whatever we end up getting to pay that bit more and get it over the line

If we were to spend £4m for arguments sake would it really even affect us? It’s certainly not going to push anywhere near the PSR threshold I wouldn’t have thought. This position is the only one we really need to nail down so spending a few quid that we aren’t going to get a return on shouldn’t matter when we’re building a valuable squad over most of the pitch. Our squad would be sorted and we essentially wouldn’t need to buy anyone so from here on out it would just be a case of who’s the first to be sold to boost the coffers back up?
 
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