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Imagine if ABK, KWP, Sulemana and Che all end up staying. Fucking hell.

6 hours to go and I'm feeling ridiculously optimistic. Something got to go wrong soon.

Fair enough. I feel like he probably expected Sulemana to go as well at that point. Sinisterra going to Bournemouth.

We've got to stop posting MaxLeeTransfers soon, guys.

Not sure we need one if Sulemana stays. Edozie/Djenepo - Che/Arma - Sulemana/SAA/Aribo Feels alright to me, given Arma can play off the left as well.

I really liked Stewart, but if it's the case of him or Che for whatever reason, I'm very comfortable this way.

Now that is one beautiful tweet.

I get what you mean. I think if it's truly in question we'll see him leave late on for a loan with an option.

I'm sure Leeds were saying the same thing about Gnonto last week. Things can change quickly.

Starting to believe we'll hold onto KWP and Sulemana at this point, which would make this a brilliant window in my eyes.

Not actually any definitive links yet but Buchanan would be a nice signing on the right. Thought he was really impressive at the WC.

Scary one. The drop off to him from KWP is absolutely giant.

Mara staying. So it’ll just be Che out and Stewart in I assume.

If it was this, it'd be fine. However, it's reported as a buy option so we could just end up back with him for next year after lending him to Wolves for pennies in the year we really needed him.

Yeah, really weird this. Done lots of brilliant work this Summer but this is the first piece which is extremely strange to me (Tella similar but not quite as bad).

Edit: wrong thread

Not fussed if ABK goes, more than happy with Harwood-Bellis coming in. Sulemana would be an added bonus to keep around, but I wouldn't lose sleep if we somehow got the fee we're asking for. KWP and Che at this late stage would put a dent in the promotion push for sure. Che because his replacement is injured and KWP because we can't go from having the two best RB's in the league to Ben Johnson and James Bree in one window. Any of the other rumoured outgoings are good news to me; Djenepo, Mara, Onuachu etc...

Brutal final 48 hours for Sunderland.

Yeah that'd be the worry, seeing as Armstrong has looked mediocre there and decent anywhere else. It's not like Mara would've started either I suppose.

I suppose it could be Stewart in for Che and Ballard in for Mara? Risky but I don't think I'd be too disappointed seeing Ballard get Mara's minutes. The obvious issue with this being who plays up front whilst Stewart is currently/and potentially injured.

Mara going, not too big a surprise but it definitely means we need another on top of Stewart.

I'm excited about the signing. There seems to be absolutely no doubt on the players ability from the Sunderland side of things, just understandable doubt regarding injuries and his remaining contract length leading to some acceptance of the sale. Obviously there's the worry that players lose a great deal after an achilles injury, but you'd like to think we've done our due diligence on this area. Fingers crossed we're also happy to commit £10m~ because we've been made aware he's back pre-October, because our September is brutal.

I just can't quite understand the idea of having to fund a striker ourselves and letting Wolves have Che temporarily, only to be in the exact same situation next year if we don't go up, or to have a striker back who is just decent at the level if we do. I imagine we'll get a couple million as a loan fee and Wolves will have an option around £15m which they likely won't take, but I'd struggle to understand this move.