Summer Transfer Window 2023

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  • jay_in_cptjay_in_cpt
    Lukerz said:

    That’s a decent 11 if that’s the side for Bournemouth.

    I agree, but what if we pick up the usual injuries and suspensions etc , think we all know that the numbers are short when it comes to a complete squad.
    We need IMO a minimum of 3 in, but on what is being reported with the possibility of a few more leaving, even more than 3 if that happens…
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    Yeoldhammer said:

    If the team walking out against Bournemouth is the below or something resembling the below then the manager and board both need out of the club.

    Fabianski

    Coufal Zouma Aguerd Emerson

    Paqueta Soucek Fornals

    Bowen Scamacca Benrahma

    How do you blame the manager if the club don't buy his choices, or anyone else's for that matter?
  • FortuneseekerFortuneseeker
    @IronHerb, He has to learn that his choices aren’t always the right or best ones for the long term future of the club. IF he is only here for this season then paying large fees for the battle hardened EPL players won’t be seen as an issue to him but then for the next campaign we will have an even older squad when that needs addressing now IMHO.
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    Fortune, according to the report we're not close to any Steidten options either, apart from Borges. So it's not all down to Moyes.
  • stevesteve
    Could be a smokescreen .Players incoming 7-10 days
  • PrestonHammerPrestonHammer
    At this rate it could be 7-10 weeks hahaha
  • FortuneseekerFortuneseeker
    I reckon we will have a few players signed by the close of the window………… in January 2024!
  • SlackerSlacker
    Yeoldhammer said:

    If the team walking out against Bournemouth is the below or something resembling the below then the manager and board both need out of the club.

    Fabianski

    Coufal Zouma Aguerd Emerson

    Paqueta Soucek Fornals

    Bowen Scamacca Benrahma






  • HamstewHamstew
    edited July 2023

  • Ravel49Ravel49
    That’s a midfield that would get steamrolled all day long imo 🐸☕️
  • Ravel49Ravel49
    Divock Origi is attracting interest from West Ham United and a move there could see AS Roma land their main target, a report claims.
    According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, Gianluca Scamacca is the striker that Roma want for next season but he has returned to London to begin preseason preparations with West Ham, while waiting for news on his future.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Divock Origi: 2 goals in 36 appearances for AC Milan last season, surely not of any interest.

  • Ravel49Ravel49
    ❌

  • Ravel49Ravel49
    And one to potentially delight Ham 🤡

  • stevesteve
    Should have been all over Barnes ,Not so much Zaha
  • claretandblueskyclaretandbluesky
    If a chairman is saying fees are crazy then he is probably in the wrong business.
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    buffybegood said:

    Divock Origi: 2 goals in 36 appearances for AC Milan last season, surely not of any interest.

    36 appearances but only 10 starts and only lasted a full 90 minutes twice. He's basically Giroud's back up

    So glad Zaha is going somewhere/anywhere else, I don't think I could watch us play with him in the team

    Barnes going to Newcastle is no surprise, they've got Champions League and have all the Saudi money. The question is what happens with Saint-Maximin
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    Going to Saudi, isn't he? Some have suggested it's that money that has funded Barnes's move.

    Not that there's any suggestion that Saudi money has allowed a Saudi-owned club to be able to generate funds to strengthen their squad.
  • HamstewHamstew

    Glorious. Just need Eze to leave now.
  • PrestonHammerPrestonHammer
    If we end up with Origi I will not be impressed. What on earth is going on with our recruitment?
  • SlackerSlacker
    PrestonHammer said:

    If we end up with Origi I will not be impressed. What on earth is going on with our recruitment?

    Nobody really………….oh never mind.💤

  • LukerzLukerz
    edited July 2023
    The idea we are in some sort of chaos ahead of the season starting is, simply, rubbish.

    Squad is currently:

    GK: Fabianski, Areola
    CB: Aguerd, Zouma, Kehrer, Ogbonna
    FB: Emerson, Cresswell, Coufal, Johnson
    CM/AM: Soucek, Downes, Paqueta, Fornals
    WG: Bowen, Benrahma
    ST: Scamacca, Antonio, Ings, Cornet

    Plus Potts, Mubama etc as possible options from the U21s.

    Clearly we are short in the wide area (although Cornet could play there) & CM, but other than that we are well stocked for the start of the season.
  • LukerzLukerz
    In other news, do Wolves have a squad left?
  • stevesteve
    Yes what on earth are Wolves upto ,Fulam seem to have righted the ship a bit
  • PrestonHammerPrestonHammer
    No, you're quite right. We don't have anything to worry about this coming season. The squad is in great nick, for the most part. I reckon we bank the money, not spend any of it.
  • LukerzLukerz
    edited July 2023
    That’s not what I said but fair enough.

    The knee-jerk modern day reaction in football during a transfer window is embarrassing.
  • PrestonHammerPrestonHammer
    We are going to do what always seem to do and that's leave it to the last minute. Moyes seemed to indicate that getting in our players late and not having a full pre season was one of the causes of why things weren't working for most part in the league. Yet here we are again, looking like it will happen again.
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    Lukerz said:

    The idea we are in some sort of chaos ahead of the season starting is, simply, rubbish.

    Squad is currently:

    GK: Fabianski, Areola
    CB: Aguerd, Zouma, Kehrer, Ogbonna
    FB: Emerson, Cresswell, Coufal, Johnson
    CM/AM: Soucek, Downes, Paqueta, Fornals
    WG: Bowen, Benrahma
    ST: Scamacca, Antonio, Ings, Cornet

    Plus Potts, Mubama etc as possible options from the U21s.

    Clearly we are short in the wide area (although Cornet could play there) & CM, but other than that we are well stocked for the start of the season.

    The counter argument is that this squad lost 20 PL games last season. And that was with our £105m midfielder.

    Some might say that they can be coached to be better, but we have the same set of coaches, minus Warburton and Nevin.

    We go into our final two pre-season games with a weaker squad than we had when we won in Prague. I don't think anyone can argue otherwise.

    And whilst I accept that there's still time to sign players, and no doubt we will, Preston's point is entirely valid; Moyes said we weren't prepared for the start of last season and we suffered as a result. Twelve months on and we appear to be in exactly the same position.

    I've said it before, but if Rice dropped a bomb on the club and handed in a transfer request on the 8th June, then I could understand us struggling to get a replacement in. But we've had at least a year to prepare. I just can't get my head around the idea that we still don't seem to know who we want, or think we can get.
  • LukerzLukerz
    Was Paqueta not bought as a possible Rice replacement, a year early? What about Downes?
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    Paqueta was, according to Moyes, brought to provide '10 goals and 10 assists', so nothing like a Rice replacement.

    I can see the argument for Downes, but Moyes didn't play him even when Soucek was struggling for any kind of form last season. Clearly not rated highly enough to be considered a Rice replacement.

    If there was any kind of succession planning or forward thinking at the club, we would have spent £20m on Palhinha last summer as an immediate upgrade on Soucek and eventual Rice replacement.

    IMO, of course.
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