26 Jul 2020 13:35:11
CB - Daniel Ayala (free)
LB - Morgan Fox (Sheffield Wednesday, 2 mil)
CDM - Jack Colback (free)
CM - Alan Browne (Preston, 4 mil)
Winger - Jordan Ibe (free)
Striker - Lyle Taylor (free)
These would be the 6 signings I would make, this would give us enough quality in each position to challenge for promotion next season.
GK - Samba, Smith
RB - Cash, Darikwa
CB - Worral, Ayala, Figs, Dawson
LB - Ribeiro, Fox
CDM - Colback, Watson
CM - Browne, Sow, Yates
CAM - Silva, Johnson
RW - Lolley, Nuno
LW - Ibe, Ameobi
ST - Grabban, Taylor.
Add to that Mighten who can play on the wing or up front and that is a solid team that is more than capable of challenging for promotion whether that be through the play offs or automatic.
I just hope that if we stick with Sabri (which is looking likely) then we’ll back him and sign some good players.
Some pea poke might look at those options and wonder why I’ve included Jordan Ibe, my reasoning is that he’s got experience at PL level and for me would be a very good player in the Championship. Where he’s gain confidence and improve.
26 Jul 2020 13:52:10
not sure about daniel ayala, stoke look favourites to sign fox, colback, again not too sure i'd want him back but brown, ibe and taylor would definitely go for.
26 Jul 2020 13:59:47
I’d agree with most of them. But I’d try get someone like Gayle on loan or a cheeky bid 7/ 8m. Also luke freeman 2m
Wes Morgan out of contract be good back up.
26 Jul 2020 14:10:34
Wouldn’t mind big Wes back in fairness, then give Dawson a player coach role?
26 Jul 2020 15:44:10
What no Foreign players?
What's the matter with you ?
CARLO
26 Jul 2020 16:19:55
Where is the £6 million for transfer fees and money for wages and signing on fees going to be coming from?
26 Jul 2020 16:30:34
Where's the foreign players that will be arriving?
CARLO
26 Jul 2020 18:03:59
I would imagine that Mr M will realise he needs to invest in a few top players to get us over the line next season. So I’d imagine we’ll be able to afford these types of players.
Foreign players will most likely sign Carlo but we all know we need to sign some quality championship players to get back to the PL.
26 Jul 2020 21:15:56
The current squad is bloated and needs to be trimmed. The players we had on loan will all hopefully return to their parent club; Adama Diakhaby, Alfa Semedo, Aro Muric (we know this one is already confirmed) and John Bostock. Then there's Liam Bridcutt and Luke Steele that will also be removed from the wage bill as their contracts have expired. I think Hefele, Clough, Pantilimon and Benalouane all have another 12-months left and given their wages the best we can probably do is loan them out if anyone will have them. I'm not convinced that we've got a great deal of scope to spend 'big' from an FFP perspective and with our owner still facing the prospect of punitive action in Greece then I think the sale of a player we'd ideally like to keep is inevitable. This has been the case for the past few seasons (Burke, Brereton, Appiah, Osborn etc) . Recruitment in January 2020 was terrible, the team was crying out for an injection of quality but it never happened. Sabri has little or no say in transfers so any decision to retain him or sack him will have minimal impact on any incomings or outgoings. The season ending in the manner it did means we find ourselves at yet another crossroads but I honestly can't see a major injection of talent unless it's funded by player sales. With Olympiakos perhaps not in a position to take Carvalho off our hands at £10m+ then the departure of Cash and/ or Worrall is probably inevitable and that could be self-defeating as they'll need to be replaced. Time for Mr Anigo to earn his wages. At least we won't have long to find out!
26 Jul 2020 21:19:25
Big wes is far to old now.
Time to stop bringing back ex players for one last pay day.
26 Jul 2020 22:52:58
Totally agree red October.
26 Jul 2020 22:58:09
Carlo the foreign players are arriving by easy jet and will spend at least 14months in quarantine.