As expected this thread was a painful read at times this Summer - nearly but not quite lost us £100M in football. The question we now want answering is did we lose more than we gained on the field....
Ins
Rodon (£10M) CB Spuds
Cairns (£5.99) GK Salford
Joe Rothwell (Loan) CM Bournemouth
Jayden Bogle (£5M) RB Blunts
Ramazani (£10M) Wing Almeida
Manor Solomon (Loan) Wing Spuds
Ao Tanaka (£3M) CM Dusseldorf
Isaac Schmidt (£2.5M) RB St Gallen
Outs
Archie Gray to Spuds (£40M) - covers the PSR gap. Good luck lad
Kamara to Rennes (£8.5M Permanent)
Summerville to Wet Spam (£35M)
Rutter to Brighton (£40M)
Cresswell to Toulouse (£3.8M Permanent)
Roca to Betis (£3.8M permanent)
Llorente to Betis (£2.5M Permanent)
Harrison to Everton (another sleazy loan deal)
Sinisterra (reheated food in the microwave) permanent to Bournemouth (£20M)
Klaesson to Czechsadihguohrogunbergljenarg (some outfit in Poland)
Koch to Eintracht Frankfurt (loan to end of contract)
Charlie Allen (loan to end of contract)
Ayling to Boro (loan to end of contract)
Van Den Heuvel (end of contract)
Harvey Sutcliffe (end of contract)
Shackleton (end of contract) to Blunts
Ian Poveda (end of contract) to Sunderland
Liam Cooper (end of contract)
Perkins (loan to Leyton Orient)
Gyabi (loan to Plymouth)
Greenwood (loan to Preston)
Kristinsen (Loan to Eintracht Frankfurt)
Dallas (Retired)
Contract Expiry/Deals
Lewis Pirie signs 2.5 years pro deal to Summer 2026
Alfie Cresswell signs new deal
Charlie Crew signs new deal
Who goes and who stays in this transfer window? For me it is a bit of a clean up of the financial side that look to do. With this in mind I go with following.
Loan out for 18 month Gelthardt - he needs that long to regain his mojo ( maybe redbull have team we can use).
Sell Bamford - allow him a swansong in France as the league would suit his football style and personality.
Loan out for 6 month to league 2 Crew, Debayo, to gain first experience (must play every game)
Figure out if Meslier truly want a move and if make it happen as those rumours on him are a distraction he can not get past.