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When Ramsdale departs, GK becomes an issue as big as those.

As always, I am hoping the manager will bring a wealth of player information his previous league(s) enabling us to sign some hidden gems. Hasn't happened since Koeman.

QPR's assistant manager incoming?

very smart move by him/agent to increase his uk profile

all three have contracts, so likely they will be in the squad next season.

What about his poor first touch and passing? the championship is much more forgiving, but he didn't look a good player this season in any facet of the game.

I would hope he watches every single one and then has clear thoughts as to what data he wants to back what he sees with his yes and hopefully we have the data analysis technology and structure in place to provide him with that information. However, even if he does all that, gets the information he needs to make good decisions, his hands will still be tied by player contracts and offers received for players. With so few players out of contract, the slate isn't exactly clean.

You are probably right. Both parties will want a move, again, but finding a home will be tough. Perhaps the reduction of wage on relegation (assuming he has one) will help facilitate it.

No, contracts are not usually renegotiated. If they have 2 years left of their contract, go out on loan for a year, then, when they return, they will have one more year remaining.

Borussia Mönchengladbach too.

after two good seasons, he only scored 8 goals this season.

Looking forward to an interesting summer then. Hopefully this reboot will have the same success as Burnleys last summer, only with added goals.

Likewise. We need to add some flair, especially if Dibling and Fernandes depart. If they don't, then we have Dibling, Fraser, Sulemana and Edozie. So, will the club look to shift a couple in order to free space to bring someone in?

Yep. I wonder who is going to buy them though? At the time, I thought we should have perhaps sold Archer to Leeds, assuming they made a decent offer, but that ship will have sailed. I can't imagine AA or BBD will particularly want to return having been shoved out on loan, but perhaps a new manager will make them feel at home? If not, at least they will be keen for a move and wont dig their heals in. Onuachu is another that wont dig his heals in, but the offer has to be right, otherwise the club won't sell - we have seen that several times already.

Feels very similar to the Jack Grealish situation when Villa went down. He showed flashes of brilliance in the PL, but needed to do it week in week out. I might be wrong, but I think Dibling's early season performances might have caught the eye more than what Grealish did in the couple of season in the OL before they were relegated. Whether its enough to justofy the fee we will be looking for, we will have to see. Clearly he can play in the PL, so he will be wanted. The question is, how much.

I'm always excited about the summer window, but it's tapered by the knowledge that we have to shift quite a few players first. We have so many players in certain positions. We have CBs coming out our ears, four left backs and numerous strikers that none of us fancy.

Saints are mentioned as 'another club with an interest' in an article about Hearts' James Penrice possibly going to WBA in the summer. He's a left back that won their POTS. Hard to see us signing players in a lot of positions until we have some departures. We wont be adding to Wellington, Manning, Taylor and Larios unless a few leave.

Yes, he's contracted until 2026, but the club can extend it a further 12 months. If clubs have only seen him in the second half of the season they wouldn't be interested, but most will have watched him for several years and know he is a prodigious talent that has now shown he can do it at this top level. The club will receive plenty of enquiries this summer, but all low ball bids will be batted away. If someone wants him, they will have to pay through the nose even if he did fail to impress in the second half of the season.

That figure sounded right when he was running rings around Brighton at their place, but he's done so little in the second half of the season, it now looks almost silly. That said, he clearly is very talented, so you wouldn't want to sell him cheaply knowing what he can do at his best. I am not sure why he dropped off. Partly him, partly the team?

Yep. I am guessing he's not signed a new contract because we haven't offered him what his agent has requested rather than him wanting to leave. That might have been a ridiculous sum (at the time he was flying high), who knows, but now we are in the championship we can't really offer him mega money and so getting a deal done is going to be even harder. That said, I don't think its a foregone conclusion that he departs this summer simply because the club is not going to let him go on the cheap. They do need to balance the books, but I don't think they will accept a low Spurs-like bid. Not sure what that satisfactory amount would be. Pretty high I would guess. I'm glad they put that £100m figure out there, as it's a sign they rate him very very highly indeed. So, unless a PL side make a serious offer he will be here next season.

Interesting argument, but how does spending pretty much nothing on, for example, the Brooks loan mean we had less money to spend on getting promotion? Whatever money we saved on not buying him while in the championship was then available to spend last summer. Which we did, on Fernandes and others. Loans allow you to get borderline PL players in your squad without having to buy them, which is great, but then with the flexibility at the end of the loan to send them back or try and sign them permanently. Also great. If the alternative is spending, say £15-20m on a player while in the championship, then on promotion (hopefully), you won't have that £15-20m used the previous summer in the bank to spend. In the end, promotion is what matters and if that means loaning five players in this summer, that's fine with me. Let's worry about strengthening a promoted side to deal with the PL having actually got promoted. That doesn't mean we shouldn't sign a player on a permanent this summer, but if we do, they had better players that we are confident can make the leap.

I'm with you. He was such a critical player in the promotion season and that midfielder area is a weakness. Charles may have got praise from Wednesday fans, but he didn't actually play a holding midfield role and I am not sure he knows how to. We need to protect the back four far better. The new manager needs to get players like him onside and the team working as one.

You are putting it mildly. JWP had had a pretty good season in the PL before his move and after several seasons of playing pretty damn well at that level. THB has had one season in the PL and wasn't impressive. JWP was tried and tested. If you buy THB you are buying potential.

A single cap gained almost by default isn't going to push the needle massively, but perhaps other clibs will see his potential. Plus I think the club will want keep him, so he won't be allowed to leave cheaply.

Yeah, can't see Ipswich paying what we'd want, but that would obviously be a good solution for all parties.