Summer '24 transfer window

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Fair enough mate, just don’t see him improving our Xl to be honest hope I’m wrong! We all know he’s got talent but just having it and actually using it are totally different which is probably why Leeds are happy to get rid. If we were to start with Browne/Neil/Rigg then Clarke and Poveda we have a worse “midfield 5” than we had in the 22/23 play off season albeit some of the younger lads like Neil have more experience.

Who was our midfield 5 then?

Evans and Roberts in, can't think of the other.
 
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Mendy signed, pending medical which is being done as we speak. Can’t see it being announced today like, probably one for tomorrow now. Fee as low as £1m plus add ons (I don’t know what the add ons or values are mind.)

Poveda today and Mendy tomorrow is my guess.


KS loves a good deal doesn't he
Excellent fee for someone who’s desperate to come here and scored a load last season.
 
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Yeah but is there any solid evidence he’s signing or just this online gossip?
 
Got a gut feeling this lad is going to be good this season given a chance at centre half.
Yeah I actually think he's been decent at CB, but still not a 2 million player, worst value deal we've had under Speakman imo when you look at how good the deals are he usually makes
 
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I wonder if Clarke really wants to leave.

He hasn’t got good memories of his time in the Premier League and when we played the mags he was poor against a Premier League defender.
I think he’s very happy here and it’s working well for him.
He’s having a great time in the Championship, a big fish. If he were to go to the Premier League I have doubts it would work well for him there.
Perhaps with a side like Ipswich he may get enough games but if he sticks with us he will play every game and because he’s such a good fit in our team he would probably do better if he went up with us (providing we go up sometime in the next 3 years)

I wish him the best if he does move to the Premiership but I think he would struggle. I don’t think Neil or Ballard would struggle with the step up and next year you could add Jobe, Rigg, Huggins, Hume and Cirkin plus a couple of others. Clarke to me fits in between these two groups.
Basically I want to keep all our top players. Maybe we could sell about £10 million’s worth of lesser players to cover the incoming players costs.
 
I wonder if Clarke really wants to leave.

He hasn’t got good memories of his time in the Premier League and when we played the mags he was poor against a Premier League defender.
I think he’s very happy here and it’s working well for him.
He’s having a great time in the Championship, a big fish. If he were to go to the Premier League I have doubts it would work well for him there.
Perhaps with a side like Ipswich he may get enough games but if he sticks with us he will play every game and because he’s such a good fit in our team he would probably do better if he went up with us (providing we go up sometime in the next 3 years)

I wish him the best if he does move to the Premiership but I think he would struggle. I don’t think Neil or Ballard would struggle with the step up and next year you could add Jobe, Rigg, Huggins, Hume and Cirkin plus a couple of others. Clarke to me fits in between these two groups.
Basically I want to keep all our top players. Maybe we could sell about £10 million’s worth of lesser players to cover the incoming players costs.

think he wants to stay,

hes settled and enjoying his football,

its his agent focring the move
 
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If Mendy and Poveda are done this week, then would our squad already be okay for the season? Not saying I think we should conclude our business, a specialist CDM and back up striker I think are needed. But this feels like a really good position to be in pre August. The potential outgoings the obvious concern at this point but things moving along nicely.
 
Which was that? He’s much better down the right imo, offers great defensive work too.

I don't think we've settled on a positon for him yet. I do agree that he's been good defensively in the main. Decision making in the attacking third needs work and he needs to get rid of the daft bookings but I think he's a good player and definitely worth persevering with.
 
Bloody Amad. No replacing him.
Our midfield now is a better but Amad was very very special

Clarke n neil both a lot better now, browne is better than Evans - poveda is as good as roberts imo

Amad was the xfactor in that team but i think we have more balance now

I agree with folk saying we should still be looking at a natural CDM