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I think they’d both be good squad players, who I imagine are the two slots we’d be looking to improve on during the window once we have some outgoings confirmed.

Exactly what I expect our Sheff Weds team to be, unless any of them get sold before then. Pretty easy replacements already within the squad for any of the likely ones to go. Livramento to Bree, KWP to Manning, JWP to Charles. Rest I’d say seem pretty settled.

I still think they’ll want to shift at least one of Adams or Onuachu for Piroe to get the green light.

He was the first to break Manning to us, he definitely has links.

Really weird if this is anything less than £20m.

Would be a shame. Hope we wouldn’t entertain anything less than we paid.

Him and FootballMartin have both got a block this week. Nothing more boring than people pretending to be ITK.

Well the good news is that it isn't a medical issue, so hopefully we can ship him off elsewhere soon enough.

Lyanco needs surgery on his meniscus. Transfer probably off.

Sky Sports reporting we want £20m for Salisu. I'd have been happy with around what we paid (£12m~). Looks like we'll be generating some money this week, so it'll be interesting to see if we start moving to bring some players in.

Pretty disappointing if we cash in for less than £20m on Tino.

I'd be disappointed to lose Livramento, but with the uncertainty regarding his fitness and the fact we already have Bree who can slot in immediately, it wouldn't be too devastating. Only worry is how much money we actually get given the Chelsea clause. Anything less than £30m would feel like a poor deal to me. Would also be happy with getting Downes and some money for JWP.

The Echo reported it back in May. Would definitely be my first choice.

Jacob's article said that we turned down an offer from Brazil which was an obligation based on certain things being met, in favour of a permanent deal.

Interesting rumour. I can't see for the life of me why Chelsea would get rid of Broja considering their lack of striking options.

Haven’t seen a fee mentioned anywhere. I’d be surprised if we let him go for free, even if he is shite.

Orsic, Diallo and Lyanco gone permanently is a good start. Crazy that there’s still 7/8 you’d want to shift.

Not too sure. Jacob Tanswell just suggested it's very little, and I'd trust him over a random Turkish source -

An apparently reliable Turkish source saying €2m loan+€4m obligation to buy.

Holgate had the worst pass completion of any CB in the entire league last season. I'm not sure how he possibly fits.

Yep, pretty sure Charles played CB against Brentford when he came on for City in May. Bree and Manning have both operated as wide CB’s as well. Don’t have much clue about Simeu myself, but thought he’d had a good few loans at L1/L2. Would’ve liked Callum Doyle but Leicester got there first.

Hopefully Lyanco going early opens us up to bring somebody in more suited for RM’s game sooner rather than later. Especially seeing as we’ll likely lose 3 more so it’d be nice to get ahead of that. Bednarek, Stephens, NEW and Simeu be enough for the season? Or perhaps another?

I'd have guessed that's about Holgate, but he was also the first one to break Manning iirc.

I'm pretty sure he'll be a key player for us this year based on what RM has already said. I also don't think he'd be too bad for this role, there was a time not too long ago that some fans wanted us to try him as a DM (strangely, of course) due to his ability to progress the ball. I'd be very surprised if our starting back 4 wasn't Livramento - Bednarek - Stephens - Manning for Sheff Weds. Even if there hasn't been any movement on KWP/Perraud/ABK/Salisu at this point, I'd imagine he'd want to start getting reps in for the likely first choice pairings. My somewhat negative guess at the whole thing (with no further additions and the assumption that a few sales go through relatively soon), would be - Bauznu Livramento - Bednarek - Stephens - Manning Charles Smallbone - Alcaraz Tella - Mara - AA Have absolutely no idea what to think about Sulemana's chances of staying, but I'd love him to still be involved.

All incredibly accurate. He tried it yesterday and we were incredibly ineffective, until an actual attacking midfielder (Charly) came on and we immediately looked 10x better.