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2026 Summer Transfer Speculation
There should be no loans without obligation to buy. -
2026 Summer Transfer Speculation
I'm sure it was reported that around two weeks ago that Disasi wanted a week to two weeks to make a decision about us.
Tick tock. -
2026 Summer Transfer Speculation
The issue with Diouf is he is clearly currently best suited to a WB role, which we don’t play. We need a proper LB, good defensively, capable going forward. So is it better to cash in on a player not suited to our system (but would work for Brentford who play a back 3/5), & use the money to buy a LB that can work better in a flat back four? Possibly. Potter bought him to use as a WB, he trialed pre-season with Aguerd, Kilman, Todibo as our back three & Diouf was a LWB. Nuno changed that.
One of the big issues last year was Diouf was playing as a LB in a back four, & was exploited defensively. I don’t think he has the ability to play as a natural LB at the moment. -
2026 Summer Transfer Speculation
Brentford will make a bid of around £40m for Diouf, according to Ex & talkSPORT. I imagine that will be accepted.
If they bid that kind of fee, I'd personally grab it..... -
2026 Summer Transfer Speculation
This now gives us a balanced side to put out against Burnley, which is good
I think he’s another smart, clever signing, to go along with Veltman, & at £5m it is a sensible bit of business & likely a bargain -
2026 Summer Transfer Speculation
Solomon doing media work. Will be the new 10. -
2026 Summer Transfer Speculation
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2026 Summer Transfer Speculation
Why was it always going to be a shockingly bad buy. He was Germany’s striker and had been banging in goals in the Euros.
We paid far too much money for a 31 year old player, playing outside Germany for the first time in his career at that age, with a history of recurring injuries (yes, I know he had a decent season just before we bought him) on a surprisingly long and very well paid contract.
Trouble has always been we don’t know how to use strikers. We had Haller, Scamacca and Fullkrug and turned them into bad buys.
Given we were never going to recoup a decent fee if we tried to sell him at any point in his contract, he would have had to have had an amazing, completely injury-free time with us just to be reasonable value for money. Completely predictably that hasn't happened. -
2026 Summer Transfer Speculation
Why was it always going to be a shockingly bad buy. He was Germany’s striker and had been banging in goals in the Euros.
Trouble has always been we don’t know how to use strikers. We had Haller, Scamacca and Fullkrug and turned them into bad buys. -
2026 Summer Transfer Speculation
Unfortunately for us re Fullkrug, like everything else in life, an asset is only worth what someone else is prepared to pay.
My daily driver has 110,000 miles on it and I would like to replace it, the problem is that I know it is well maintained reliable car and I am loath to let it go for what the “market” thinks the car is “worth”
The car is fully functional and worth more to me than the money I would get for it so I will probably keep it going for a couple of years.
IMO, The issue with Fullkrug is really no different- the value we need to put on Fullkrug is an assessment on his reliability and what he brings to the team rather than a monetary value based on wishfull thinking.
If we really do not think he brings anything to the team then we need to cut bait and accept the best offer out there that represents what someone is willing to pay.
