Summer Transfer Window 2026

[Baird of the land]

3 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

I agree with some of your post but not that bit. He was successful last year in this league as opposed to Downs and Quarshie who were not. He's also been played out wide which Preston fans told us was where he goes missing. Where I agree with you is that if we get to the end of the window and have lost a couple more key players and replaced with cheaper and slightly less good alternatives, I would argue that 9 million pounds is a fairly large amount that may have been better spent strengthening weaker areas of the time than stocking us with two players who are must comfortable in attacking midfield.

Hadn't realised how well he did for Preston. Yeah Still think prioritising 9m spending there then vs cm was odd. 

[hypochondriac]

Just now, Baird of the land said:

Hadn't realised how well he did for Preston. Yeah Still think prioritising 9m spending there then vs cm was odd. 

It depends. Maybe we will get a top cm in as well and Dobbin is more of a cherry on top. My concern at the moment though is that we will need to sell more in order to bring in more reinforcements of good enough quality.

[Weston Super Saint]

3 hours ago, Holmes_and_Watson said:

We saw what Rangers fans thought of a system that was a best fit for Baz. Sending him to Celtic would end badly. Sending him on loan to Suspend Your Keeper Above A Shark Tank FC would be a better option than that.

People need to stop putting these thoughts into print!

We're so close to getting rid of him, maybe even making a few quid.  Now is the time to remember all the amazing things he did for us and put those into print.

I'll get the ball rolling....

[Chez]

1 hour ago, Midfield_General said:

He'd definitely be a better fit, but even with CL I'm not sure Celtic are paying anyone £100k+ p/w any time soon. 

Robbie Keane is their top ever earner I think, and he was on £65k (though admittedly a few years ago now) 

Though if its getting near deadline day and we're getting desperate to get him off the books, you could maybe see a loan with us covering some of the wage. 

Agree, they aren't paying that. The question is, are we paying him that having been relegated? Did his contract include the usual relegation wage reduction (40% is often mentioned) or not? You assume so, but it's hard to know for sure.  If it was reduced, then you are getting closer to that Robbie Keane weekly wage amount. Obviously last time we got a £4m loan fee and that adds another £75k a week to their outlay. But to bring a keeper in they are going to have to spend some money, so its more a a decision about how they spend. Feels a great fit in terms of club and player character

[CSA96]

I’m not worried about the CM situation and don’t understand why some are pitching replacing Charles and buying Dobbin as an either/or scenario

The club have been very, very clear all summer that the plan for the summer was to sign Dobbin (one of the best for G/A last season) to give us another option in the area behind the striker and then replace any of the genuine first team contributors if they go, while needing to bring in some money via sales to plug the gap as our financial support decreases and we continue to eliminate the Covid loan

Charles will get replaced appropriately. No part of me thinks the midfielder money has been spent on Dobbin and it’s an either/or scenario 

As recently as Friday, the manager himself confirmed they will replace Charles with a new signing rather than an internal solution and we’ve also had the owner speaking publicly to say the same. Alfie House has said a matter of hours ago that it’s the top priority for Johannes Spors. Can only presume that people are just getting restless for a transfer fix because the league games have started and the end of the window is coming into sight 

Edited 5 hours ago by CSA96

[Gloucester Saint]

If he joins, I presume the club will make some form of Anel announcement?

[hypochondriac]

1 minute ago, CSA96 said:

I’m not worried about the CM situation and don’t understand why some are pitching replacing Charles and buying Dobbin as an either/or scenario

The club have been very, very clear all summer that the plan for the summer was to sign Dobbin (one of the best for G/A last season) to give us another option in the area behind the striker and then replace any of the genuine first team contributors if they go, while needing to bring in some money via sales to plug the gap as our financial support decreases and we continue to eliminate the Covid loan

Charles will get replaced. No part of me thinks the midfielder money has been spent on Dobbin and it’s an either/or scenario 

As recently as Friday, the manager himself confirmed they will replace Charles with a new signing rather than an internal solution and we’ve also had the owner speaking publicly to say the same. Can only presume that people are just getting restless for a transfer fix because the league games have started and the end of the window is coming into sight 

I haven't seen anyone suggest that. A number of people have suggested that we only have a set amount of money in order to spend to improve the team this summer. If the amount we have to spend is smaller than some people imagined, then perhaps 9 million may be an awful lot to spend on one player to rotate with Azaz rather than perhaps a guaranteed starter where we are weaker in other areas and maybe a slightly cheaper Azaz alternative. No one has ever suggested that we wouldn't replace Charles when he left.

[Roy Munson]

47 minutes ago, SNSUN said:

With Sheffield United in potential trouble, it may be that they can't afford Anel which is good for us. 

To be fair Anel is always more expensive.

[CSA96]

2 minutes ago, Roy Munson said:

To be fair Anel is always more expensive.

Less expensive than raising a child

Edited 5 hours ago by CSA96

[Zorba]

7 minutes ago, Gloucester Saint said:

If he joins, I presume the club will make some form of Anel announcement?

Nothing new there then!

 

Oh wait… Anel, sorry.

[Roy Munson]

2 minutes ago, CSA96 said:

Less expensive than raising a child

True but I’ve never made a conscious decision to start a family with a whore.

[CSA96]

11 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

I haven't seen anyone suggest that. A number of people have suggested that we only have a set amount of money in order to spend to improve the team this summer. If the amount we have to spend is smaller than some people imagined, then perhaps 9 million may be an awful lot to spend on one player to rotate with Azaz rather than perhaps a guaranteed starter where we are weaker in other areas and maybe a slightly cheaper Azaz alternative. No one has ever suggested that we wouldn't replace Charles when he left.

Sorry, I am probably projecting a bit here where it's more levelled than Twitter (I know, I know...) where there are people suggesting we'll just try and replace with academy lads / do nothing with the incoming fees / spent the money already on Dobbin

Still, the principle stands that there will have been an allocated amount of budget from ownership of what could be spent on the alternative player who can play behind a striker and it would've been worked out on the basis of transfer business in previous years, inbound sell-on clauses (Fernandes and Ballard) and not against speculative outgoings such as Charles etc

I really don't see it being an either/or situation where we're all lamenting that our budget for the CM (and any other players we sign) being too small because we spent £9m on Dobbin

Edited 5 hours ago by CSA96

[Toussaint]

1 minute ago, Roy Munson said:

True but I’ve never made a conscious decision to start a family with a whore.

Most people don’t find out until it’s too late. 

[Rebel]

1 hour ago, HarvSFC said:

Without giving too much credit to Middlesbrough and their board, they got their Hackney and Rogers money and then improved various other parts of their squad sharply and quite significantly with many tipping them for promotion based on their signings. Also allowing them a pre-season.

Do we start every season slowly because we're cursed, play minnows in pre-season, or does leaving transfers until the last minute every year play some impact? Starting the first two Premier League games with Alex McCarthy between the sticks certainly didn't help us get off to a good start.

All 3 of the above - certainly that the case so far this season. 

Pre-season started too late and was too short.  Plus we played too few friendly games against teams that were too weak  

We needed to hit the ground running this season with the -4 points so really needed to bring the key signings in early.  

But we always seem to start badly anyway - so we are a bit cursed.

I think the whole club was focused on Spygate over the summer - and whether or not Eckert was going to get suspended and resign or got sacked. Everything else kinda got put on hold or delayed. Or that is what it looks like right now.

Personally I think we should have sacked him and moved on - Danny Rohl would have been a good alternative for example.  Or even Thomas Frank.

I think we will have a slow start to the season - due to late signings and the half-arsed pre-season.  But I also think the team will be weaker overall than last season at the end of the transfer window.  

Right now we don't really have any squad depth in key positions - if Larin gets injured we are going to struggle up front. 

I think we will just about make it into the top 8 and the play-offs - but we wont be good enough to get through the play-offs and get promoted.   

I don't really get the Dobbin signing - he's not a winger or a number 10 really - he seems to have been  a second striker who plays of a big man in a 2 up front or a centre forward who plays with a second striker.  Preston seem to have played 2 upfront last season (3-5-2 for the most part) which is not the way we have played.

Hopefully he's not cover for Azaz at number 10 - or cover for Scienza at  left wing.  But then I don't really see where he plays.  

 

 

[hypochondriac]

3 minutes ago, CSA96 said:

Sorry, I am probably projecting a bit here where it's more levelled than Twitter (I know, I know...) where there are people suggesting we'll just try and replace with academy lads / do nothing with the incoming fees / spent the money already on Dobbin

Still, the principle stands that there will have been an allocated amount of budget from ownership of what could be spent on the alternative player who can play behind a striker and it would've been worked out on the basis of transfer business in previous years, inbound sell-on clauses (Fernandes and Ballard) and not against speculative outgoings such as Charles etc

I really don't see it being an either/or situation where we're all lamenting that our budget for the CM (and any other players we sign) being too small because we spent £9m on Dobbin

Fair enough in that case I agree. Twitter is full of twats though, I'd largely ignore what is said on there other than more trusted sources. Signings will be calculations and spending more in one area will necessarily mean that we commit less elsewhere (maybe why Mubama has come in on loan for example -not that that is necessarily a bad thing.) this is all speculation at the moment and maybe we will do what we did last year and go on a signing flurry at the conclusion of the window, I just have some concern about getting players to gel sufficiently when the season has already started and we have a 4 point deficit to make up. Win well on Saturday and this will seem less consequential I am sure.

[hypochondriac]

6 minutes ago, Rebel said:

All 3 of the above - certainly that the case so far this season. 

Pre-season started too late and was too short.  Plus we played too few friendly games against teams that were too weak  

We needed to hit the ground running this season with the -4 points so really needed to bring the key signings in early.  

But we always seem to start badly anyway - so we are a bit cursed.

I think the whole club was focused on Spygate over the summer - and whether or not Eckert was going to get suspended and resign or got sacked. Everything else kinda got put on hold or delayed. Or that is what it looks like right now.

Personally I think we should have sacked him and moved on - Danny Rohl would have been a good alternative for example.  Or even Thomas Frank.

I think we will have a slow start to the season - due to late signings and the half-arsed pre-season.  But I also think the team will be weaker overall than last season at the end of the transfer window.  

Right now we don't really have any squad depth in key positions - if Larin gets injured we are going to struggle up front. 

I think we will just about make it into the top 8 and the play-offs - but we wont be good enough to get through the play-offs and get promoted.   

I don't really get the Dobbin signing - he's not a winger or a number 10 really - he seems to have been  a second striker who plays of a big man in a 2 up front or a centre forward who plays with a second striker.  Preston seem to have played 2 upfront last season (3-5-2 for the most part) which is not the way we have played.

Hopefully he's not cover for Azaz at number 10 - or cover for Scienza at  left wing.  But then I don't really see where he plays.  

 

 

A cynic might argue he would get more game time from the left wing once Scienza is sold...

[CSA96]

5 minutes ago, Rebel said:

Personally I think we should have sacked him and moved on - Danny Rohl would have been a good alternative for example.  Or even Thomas Frank.

Seriously? Danny Rohl who already messed us about once because he wasn't sure he wanted the job, and is managing Salzburg who are in the Europa League and much closer to his family. And Thomas Frank who was just managing Tottenham after getting Brentford to a top half PL finish and said he wants to take a break from football

You know we're in the second division now right? 

[Chez]

31 minutes ago, Weston Super Saint said:

 

I'll get the ball rolling....

...stopping it rolling into the back of the net is the problem.

[CSA96]

2 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

Fair enough in that case I agree. Twitter is full of twats though, I'd largely ignore what is said on there other than more trusted sources. Signings will be calculations and spending more in one area will necessarily mean that we commit less elsewhere (maybe why Mubama has come in on loan for example -not that that is necessarily a bad thing.) this is all speculation at the moment and maybe we will do what we did last year and go on a signing flurry at the conclusion of the window, I just have some concern about getting players to gel sufficiently when the season has already started and we have a 4 point deficit to make up. Win well on Saturday and this will seem less consequential I am sure.

Yeah, very fair

I share the concerns about gelling the team but it is what it is and other teams are dealing with the same. Wolves are getting going on business now, Burnley have been focused on outgoings and will surely move onto incomings any time now, West Ham are getting busier with AWB to Villa and Piroe coming in (both on loans), Boro are trying to bed in about 7 new players (I think?) and we'll be trying to settle in maybe two, or three perhaps

Personally I just hate the window being open once the league games have started but nature of the beast and can't ever see all of the different parties getting round a table and sorting out a convenient alternative that works for all. Until then it's always going to be until after the September international breaks that team lineups actually start to settle down

[Suhari]

Out for dinner tonight: wedding anniversary. Seriously - it is.

Popped on here to see about about any transfer news while Beautiful Mrs S is visiting the ladies.

And now I find myself asking a bunch of strangers what the Anel situation is tonight. Reckon it's likely to happen?

[WinglessWonder]

46 minutes ago, Gloucester Saint said:

If he joins, I presume the club will make some form of Anel announcement?

And if he impresses enough to see the club extend his contract will that make him Anelly Retentive? 🤔

[Badger]

20 minutes ago, Suhari said:

….  Beautiful Mrs S is visiting the ladies.

And now I find myself asking a bunch of strangers what the Anel situation is tonight. Reckon it's likely to happen?

Dunno mate, never met you or your other half. You tell us tomorrow. 

[Maggie May]

I’ve heard his tightness at the back starts something called the Anel passage of play. 

[Obstacle1]

41 minutes ago, Suhari said:

Out for dinner tonight: wedding anniversary. Seriously - it is.

Popped on here to see about about any transfer news while Beautiful Mrs S is visiting the ladies.

And now I find myself asking a bunch of strangers what the Anel situation is tonight. Reckon it's likely to happen?

If shes in the ladies for a while then id say thats a positive sign

[Saint NL]

THB is worth £20m apparently so Benfica can feel hard done by.

[SaintlyAnd]

14 minutes ago, Maggie May said:

I’ve heard his tightness at the back starts something called the Anel passage of play. 

If he can play full-back then we can have Wood just inside Anel

[SNSUN]

Just now, SaintlyAnd said:

If he can play full-back then we can have Wood just inside Anel

Wood is good in the hole, Downes is good in the holding role. Jander moves from box to box. Leo? Inside Forward. Fin prefers it behind Larin.

Football is filth when you think about it and you have childish humour. 

[Cuddles]

8 minutes ago, SNSUN said:

Wood is good in the hole, Downes is good in the holding role. Jander moves from box to box. Leo? Inside Forward. Fin prefers it behind Larin.

Football is filth when you think about it and you have childish humour. 

Could you speak up please? We can't get it up the rear.

[Costa del Solent]

1 hour ago, Roy Munson said:

True but I’ve never made a conscious decision to start a family with a whore.

‘Just because she do anal, it don’t make her a whore’ - Nelson Mandela (I think) 

 

[Wade Garrett]

1 hour ago, Suhari said:

Out for dinner tonight: wedding anniversary. Seriously - it is.

Popped on here to see about about any transfer news while Beautiful Mrs S is visiting the ladies.

And now I find myself asking a bunch of strangers what the Anel situation is tonight. Reckon it's likely to happen?

Depends how much you spend on her tonight I guess.  If you’re at MacDonalds, no chance.

[Saint Scott]

20 minutes ago, Costa del Solent said:

‘Just because she do anal, it don’t make her a whore’ - Nelson Mandela (I think) 

 

Reading that all I could hear was this song

 

[Chez]

2 hours ago, Draino76 said:

Maybe its that fact they've had Anel before is why they're in trouble now.

Wilder made it pretty clear that with an end to parachute payments, they have no money to spend at all. The trouble they have just compounds that.

[BARCELONASAINT]

1 hour ago, Suhari said:

Out for dinner tonight: wedding anniversary. Seriously - it is.

Popped on here to see about about any transfer news while Beautiful Mrs S is visiting the ladies.

And now I find myself asking a bunch of strangers what the Anel situation is tonight. Reckon it's likely to happen?

Depends on how much she is drinking!

[Saint86]

3 hours ago, HarvSFC said:

Without giving too much credit to Middlesbrough and their board, they got their Hackney and Rogers money and then improved various other parts of their squad sharply and quite significantly with many tipping them for promotion based on their signings. Also allowing them a pre-season.

Do we start every season slowly because we're cursed, play minnows in pre-season, or does leaving transfers until the last minute every year play some impact? Starting the first two Premier League games with Alex McCarthy between the sticks certainly didn't help us get off to a good start.

Would have been pretty hard not to improve that squad in fairness. They had nothing coming off the bench really, not for a promotion side anyway. And it's not like Conway or Whittaker are good enough for autos either. Saints don't need to go scatter fun all over the squad, we need 1-2 quality additions - it's a totally different scenario.

Edited 3 hours ago by Saint86

[hypochondriac]

Adam Blackmore update today and quite pessimistic on our chances I thought (which contrasts with summer last year where I thought he was quite positive.) Jury is out on Dobbin for him, doesn't think we have enough firepower for automatic promotion, need more goals and compares unfavourably to Coventry from last season. Doesn't think we will do anything in defence unless THB leaves. 

[Badger]

3 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

Adam Blackmore update today and quite pessimistic on our chances I thought (which contrasts with summer last year where I thought he was quite positive.) Jury is out on Dobbin for him, doesn't think we have enough firepower for automatic promotion, need more goals and compares unfavourably to Coventry from last season. Doesn't think we will do anything in defence unless THB leaves. 

Don’t think many would disagree with that.

Add in the need for a Charles replacement as well. 

[hypochondriac]

3 minutes ago, Badger said:

Don’t think many would disagree with that.

Add in the need for a Charles replacement as well. 

Agreed. Just interesting to hear someone like Blackmore saying it. From memory he was a lot more relaxed last summer and seems to be a fair bit more worried this year. 

[Chez]

9 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

Agreed. Just interesting to hear someone like Blackmore saying it. From memory he was a lot more relaxed last summer and seems to be a fair bit more worried this year. 

the Mubama signing clearly has not impressed him. 

[Disco Stu]

32 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

Adam Blackmore update today and quite pessimistic on our chances I thought (which contrasts with summer last year where I thought he was quite positive.) Jury is out on Dobbin for him, doesn't think we have enough firepower for automatic promotion, need more goals and compares unfavourably to Coventry from last season. Doesn't think we will do anything in defence unless THB leaves. 

I'm not too concerned about additions in central defense if we don't lose anyone. Under Eckert, THB and Stephens were a successful pairing. We will add depth to CM and I think Dobbin will come good if he's played centrally.

My main worry is the CF position. We don't have a like for like replacement for Larin now that Stewart's gone which means we'll have to change the way we play when he's out of the team. Not ideal given it worked so well last season. I'm not convinced Mubama is an adequate replacement.

I'm also concerned about the right back position. Roerslev isn't good enough cover from what I've seen so I'm worried we'd have to revert to a back three in Bree's absence. Perhaps we should utlise the loan market.

Edited 2 hours ago by Disco Stu

[hypochondriac]

1 minute ago, Disco Stu said:

I'm not too concerned about defensive additions if we don't lose anyone. Under Eckert, THB and Stephens were a successful pairing. We will add depth to CM and I think Dobbin will come good if he's played centrally.

My main worry is the CF position. We don't have a like for like replacement for Larin now that Stewart's gone which means we'll have to change the way we play when he's out of the team. Not ideal given it worked so well last season. I'm not convinced Mubama is an adequate replacement.

I'm also concerned about the right back position. Roerslev isn't good enough cover from what I've seen so I'm worried we'd have to revert to a back three in Bree's absence. Perhaps we should utlise the loan market.

I think given the archer links away and reports of Downs to America, it's clear we are looking to offload attackers and bring another one in probably on loan near the end of the window. I don't think it's reasonable to rely on Larin not getting injured at any point.

[Badger]

17 minutes ago, Disco Stu said:

I'm not too concerned about defensive additions if we don't lose anyone. Under Eckert, THB and Stephens were a successful pairing. We will add depth to CM and I think Dobbin will come good if he's played centrally.

My main worry is the CF position. We don't have a like for like replacement for Larin now that Stewart's gone which means we'll have to change the way we play when he's out of the team. Not ideal given it worked so well last season. I'm not convinced Mubama is an adequate replacement.

I'm also concerned about the right back position. Roerslev isn't good enough cover from what I've seen so I'm worried we'd have to revert to a back three in Bree's absence. Perhaps we should utlise the loan market.

Jury’s out at the least (being kind) in respect of Dobbin. For me neither he or Mubama stack up as a replacement for Stewart or what we needed. 
 

Despite the fiasco at the end of last season our squad was in a relatively strong shape. It’s now weaker and it seems disappointing if we’re scrabbling around the loan market.

That said,Spors pulled some decent rabbits out of the hat at the end of the last window. So still hope.

Edited 2 hours ago by Badger

[SNSUN]

28 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

Agreed. Just interesting to hear someone like Blackmore saying it. From memory he was a lot more relaxed last summer and seems to be a fair bit more worried this year. 

Probably rightly so, we have West Ham coming in all guns blazing, Wolves will be up there again and Burnley will still threaten. On top of that Boro have gone about their transfer business very well and the other usual suspects are stronger. We don't have a bad team but we have only really signed Dobbin and Mubaba to last season's squad and lost Shea and Stewart. We're almost standing still by other team's standards. I still expect a flurry of activity late on in the window though, there's only so long we can go with 3 CMs anyway for a start. 

[Badger]

16 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

I think given the archer links away and reports of Downs to America, it's clear we are looking to offload attackers and bring another one in probably on loan near the end of the window. I don't think it's reasonable to rely on Larin not getting injured at any point.

Just wonder how much we might raise from Archer and Downs.
 

Archer possibly £3-4m, don’t see the clubs he’s linked with having the funds we want. Downs , very little, probably more of a deal structured on a next sale % in hope he improves.

Then there’s BBD, surely Derby can rustle up £3m or so. 

 

[Oh no Mick Mills]

41 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

Adam Blackmore update today and quite pessimistic on our chances I thought (which contrasts with summer last year where I thought he was quite positive.) Jury is out on Dobbin for him, doesn't think we have enough firepower for automatic promotion, need more goals and compares unfavourably to Coventry from last season. Doesn't think we will do anything in defence unless THB leaves. 

On 18/08/2026 at 12:19, Chez said:

If Derby offer us some money, he's gone IMO. I suspect they will leave it until last minute and maybe try to get him for next to nothing.

 

I agree with Blackmore.

We've gone from the 23/24 season with Armstrong playing down the right getting 20 plus goals .

Last season we alternated between Matsuki and Fellows in the same position and they totalled 4 goals...

One of Coventry's strengths last year was they had consistent goalscorers in Wright, Mason Clark, Thomas Asante and Sims. 

 

 

[hypochondriac]

10 minutes ago, Badger said:

Just wonder how much we might raise from Archer and Downs.
 

Archer possibly £3-4m, don’t see the clubs he’s linked with having the funds we want. Downs , very little, probably more of a deal structured on a next sale % in hope he improves.

Then there’s BBD, surely Derby can rustle up £3m or so. 

 

I'd hope for 5 million for Archer as an absolute minimum and probably closer to 7. Possibly 6 for Sugawara too and bbd about 3 like you say. Hopefully 14-16 million for those three.

[Badger]

6 minutes ago, Oh no Mick Mills said:

I agree with Blackmore.

We've gone from the 23/24 season with Armstrong playing down the right getting 20 plus goals .

Last season we alternated between Matsuki and Fellows in the same position and they totalled 4 goals...

One of Coventry's strengths last year was they had consistent goalscorers in Wright, Mason Clark, Thomas Asante and Sims. 

 

 

Fair point about Coventry but we had goals through the team last season it wasn’t just dependent on the right side of Fellows and Matsuki. 
 

But it has to be maintained or improved this season. 

[Holmes_and_Watson]

3 hours ago, Weston Super Saint said:

People need to stop putting these thoughts into print!

We're so close to getting rid of him, maybe even making a few quid.  Now is the time to remember all the amazing things he did for us and put those into print.

I'll get the ball rolling....

You post that we shouldn't post anything negative.

Then, you're getting the ball rolling, knowing it will just go past him and into the net.

Make up your mind. 🙂

[Badger]

1 minute ago, hypochondriac said:

I'd hope for 5 million for Archer as an absolute minimum and probably closer to 7. Possibly 6 for Sugawara too and bbd about 3 like you say. Hopefully 14-16 million for those three.

£5m ?Can’t see it if the interested clubs are Preston and West Brom. There might be a £2m extra on some unlikely event like either achieving promotion but we won’t see that. 

[hypochondriac]

3 minutes ago, Badger said:

£5m ?Can’t see it if the interested clubs are Preston and West Brom. There might be a £2m extra on some unlikely event like either achieving promotion but we won’t see that. 

I can't see us selling him for 3 million. It simply wouldn't be worth our while and we can't really afford to write off that much of a loss.

Edited 1 hour ago by hypochondriac

[Chez]

2 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

I'd hope for 5 million for Archer as an absolute minimum and probably closer to 7. Possibly 6 for Sugawara too and bbd about 3 like you say. Hopefully 14-16 million for those three.

We bought Sugawara for £6m. He then showed he wasn't up to it and was farmed out on loan. I can't imagine we were asking Werder Bremen to pay the full £6m we had forked out and yet they still decided against it. We did bloody well to get players out the door last summer (god knows how much of their wages we were paying), but if we somehow now get £6m after all of that I'd be amazed.