Summer Transfer Window 2026

[Gloucester Saint]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cx2xp7gv09lo
‘Hi Marc,

Jack Stephens here.

Before you fly out to Madrid, could I drive up to London and have one last pull of your hair, just for old time’s sake?’

Edited 2 hours ago by Gloucester Saint

[Holmes_and_Watson]

2 minutes ago, Gloucester Saint said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cx2xp7gv09lo
‘Hi Marc,

Jack Stephens here.

Before you fly out to Madrid, could I drive up to London and have one last pull of your hair, just for old time’s sake’

Note to self: La Liga or the Simpsons to see Sideshow Bob and his whining, not the PL or the Simpsons.

[bangkoksaint]

2 hours ago, Gloucester Saint said:

Only Rodriguez who went to Lyon really. Rest are lower leagues at best (Doyle, Morgan) and most out of the game altogether.

I can see the temptation if they’re a parent that’s not had any sort of decent career themselves of hitting the jackpot but the tiny odds of making it professionally diminish to 0.00001% at the likes of City and Chelsea so you’re selling your son in essence. At very, very, very best you might end up in Champ or L1 at Pompey (John Swift) or Reading and even that’s a very long shot, sub-5%.

It’s an interesting angle but when you look at the chances of making it, it’s a real quandary as to whether to take the money. I don’t know what the figures are but potentially if dealt with/invested correctly it could be life changing.