Transfer Rumours | Summer 2023

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Originally Posted by logic

Permit system as for non-EU players afaik.

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Isn’t there a rule that foreign players have to be Internationals with a defined number of caps to qualify for a visa?

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Originally Posted by Des Parrot

Sorry, I should read the whole thread before making the same comment!

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😁

Ashley Barnes anyone?

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Originally Posted by Vindec

True but I can't see any purse string loosening as I believe Tan is possibly forking out over £1m a month just to keep the club afloat.

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If he employed decent football people to sign players with a clear plan we would be cost efficient like the jacks are…..he doesn’t so we lose money.

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Originally Posted by Carl Dale's Mole

Ashley Barnes anyone?

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Not for me, too old - I reckon he'll end up at a better team than us anyway.

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Originally Posted by the other bob wilson

I think the point is that we could do, but it would cost us a lot in paying up people's contracts (pretty sure the embargo lets us do that), but that strikes me as self defeating. Regarding Joe Bryan, I'd say our chances of signing him are slim to nil and I wouldn't bother with him anyway when we've got Collins to come back - getting a replacement for Kipre is the priority for me when it comes to defensive areas. We've got the makings of a decent Championship standard midfield, but our versions of box to box players carry little or no goal threat.

We clearly need a striker and I'd want to see O'Dowda being used more as winger, but, even then, we'd still need another winger because, without Philogene, I don't see anyone who is of the standard required in that position. Two other things I'd be prioritising through the summer is trying to get contracts sorted out with some members of the squad whose deals run out next year and making more use of players such as Colwill, Davies, Bagan (if he stays) and Denham- all of whom have a fair amount of Championship experience where they could hardly be termed disasters.

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Happens every year on the ‘keep sell loan’ polls that come out and the majority rule that we should only keep enough players for a 5 a side team.

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Originally Posted by Des Parrot

Isn’t there a rule that foreign players have to be Internationals with a defined number of caps to qualify for a visa?

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I believe that’s been looked at too isn’t it

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Originally Posted by WJ99mobile

Happens every year on the ‘keep sell loan’ polls that come out and the majority rule that we should only keep enough players for a 5 a side team.

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In fairness, given the players we've had since we came down, I can't say I argue with the poll results :hehe:

Not a rumour but I see Regan Poole has rejected a contract offer and will be leaving Lincoln this summer. Been very impressive in League 1 by all accounts and the Lincoln fans are pretty sure he's Championship bound

Could be a nice option for us at the back, very versatile across a back 5 and provide backup/cover for Ng & Romeo

Morgan Fox and Jagielka released by Stoke

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Originally Posted by WJ99mobile

Morgan Fox and Jagielka released by Stoke

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Next season's Young Player of the Season?

I've heard we're going to sign Rhys Weston from Arsenal and Graham Kavanagh and Peter Thorne from Stoke for millions.

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Originally Posted by City123

Not a rumour but I see Regan Poole has rejected a contract offer and will be leaving Lincoln this summer. Been very impressive in League 1 by all accounts and the Lincoln fans are pretty sure he's Championship bound

Could be a nice option for us at the back, very versatile across a back 5 and provide backup/cover for Ng & Romeo

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Way too sensible for City

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Originally Posted by Pedro de la Rosa

Way too sensible for City

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Probably way too expensive for us in terms of wages. If he's left there for the Championship, he's looking to earn as much as he can.

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Originally Posted by Eric the Half a Bee

Probably way too expensive for us in terms of wages. If he's left there for the Championship, he's looking to earn as much as he can.

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He's left Lincoln, he's the sort of player we should be targeting. I wouldn't be surprised if he ended up at Ipswich or Plymouth. He's also a local lad, so there's less risk of him not settling. I'll admit I've not seen loads of him but I'd be shocked if he was out of our price range. Our budget is bigger than most would have you believe. You can't carry 30 pros on the budget some seem to want to believe we have.

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Originally Posted by City123

Not a rumour but I see Regan Poole has rejected a contract offer and will be leaving Lincoln this summer. Been very impressive in League 1 by all accounts and the Lincoln fans are pretty sure he's Championship bound

Could be a nice option for us at the back, very versatile across a back 5 and provide backup/cover for Ng & Romeo

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Would be a great signing. Better than what we have.

Regen Poole would be a great signing, played 45/46 games in each of the past 2 League One seasons, Lincolns captain, aged 24 with potential for further growth or resale and a local lad. I'm sure any contract we offer would be an increase on L1 wages anyway.

Alfie May rumour of a move from Cheltenham to Charlton. Forget the football snobbery he’d be a great fit for City. Shame we can’t afford £100k

Norwich moving quick, apparently closing in on Ashley Barnes.

Meanwhile...who's our manager for next season?

Swansea, Bristol City and a handful of others linked with Regan Poole.

We made our first summer signing on 13th May last year. Doesn't look like we'll be starting that early this year.

Chopra's coming back!!

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Originally Posted by Splott-light...

Chopra's coming back!!

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He wouldn’t be able to get up the hill, nether mind “over it” :hehe:

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Originally Posted by Undercoverinwurzelland

We made our first summer signing on 13th May last year. Doesn't look like we'll be starting that early this year.

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And it made a massive difference to our season. Hopefully they are being more diligent this time rather than buying any old tat

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Originally Posted by BLUETIT

He wouldn’t be able to get up the hill, nether mind “over it” :hehe:

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He’d bet you he could :hide:

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Originally Posted by logic

Injured Collins, O'Dowda and Simpson?

I wouldn't call that "pretty stocked".

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Bagan ?

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Originally Posted by splott parker

Worrying, as on the those figures the club just isn’t viable.

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How do Swansea and other small championship clubs managing ?
I keep hearing we are losing £1M every month and yet our wage structure is poor if you believe the managers we have had

County's Cameron Norman linked https://www.footballinsider247.com/s...ameron-norman/

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Originally Posted by DubaiDai

How do Swansea and other small championship clubs managing ?
I keep hearing we are losing £1M every month and yet our wage structure is poor if you believe the managers we have had

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Swansea have been relying on regularly selling players for decent money, something which we have largely failed to do , but with some leaving. for free this summer and I don't recall any big sales last summer either they might also need to be tightening their belts

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Originally Posted by Rjk

Swansea have been relying on regularly selling players for decent money, something which we have largely failed to do , but with some leaving. for free this summer and I don't recall any big sales last summer either they might also need to be tightening their belts

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They've also got a smaller budget than us...

We spend wayyyyyyy too much on wages by having big squads.

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Originally Posted by Carl Dale's Mole

Ashley Barnes anyone?

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Off to Norwich

Reading have released Lucas Joao

We've gone shopping in Denmark before - with mixed results,

There's a good 21 year old midfielder called Jacob Christiansen who will be out of contract in June - linked to Fulham though

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Originally Posted by Undercoverinwurzelland

Reading have released Lucas Joao

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I think he'd be ideal

Lucas Joao. What can I say? :hehe:
I just don’t know.
At his best he is sublime. At his worst absolutely shocking and looks totally disinterested.
He decided to go on holiday before the final game of the season and his Reading career which infuriated me.
Capable of sublime goals. Capable of missing open goals from a few yards out.
He did have an excellent goals scored per game ratio for us although the goals dried up this season.

Worth a punt on a free but he will frustrate as much as delight.

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Originally Posted by Pedro de la Rosa

They've also got a smaller budget than us..

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We get a bigger budget because we host the Welsh language forum.

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Originally Posted by Pearcey3

Lucas Joao. What can I say? :hehe:
I just don’t know.
At his best he is sublime. At his worst absolutely shocking and looks totally disinterested.
He decided to go on holiday before the final game of the season and his Reading career which infuriated me.
Capable of sublime goals. Capable of missing open goals from a few yards out.
He did have an excellent goals scored per game ratio for us although the goals dried up this season.

Worth a punt on a free but he will frustrate as much as delight.

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We are in desperate need for a proper centre forward to lead the line, I'd say it's more important to our coming season than whichever chump we get to do the managers job, and if there's a championship quality striker, potentially available without a transfer fee then you'd hope that we are all over it.

in the last 2 seasons the arrivals of Hughil, Kaba and even Ikpeazu have made a real difference to our attacking capabilities and we aren't exactly talking about world beaters with those players.

such an important position for us to fill, and there are only going to be so many available on. a free or loan

Jack Colback is being released by Forest.

33 but could add a bit of bite

Blackburn have released Bradley Dack. Apparently he wants regular football, which I'm sure we could offer, but also to maintain his wages, which might be an issue. No idea what he's on but clearly more than Blackburn want to offer.

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Originally Posted by Undercoverinwurzelland

Blackburn have released Bradley Dack. Apparently he wants regular football, which I'm sure we could offer, but also to maintain his wages, which might be an issue. No idea what he's on but clearly more than Blackburn want to offer.

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Surprised he struggled to get in the team there. Saw on Wikipedia that he had 33 appearances but only 12 starts. Thought he was better than that and exactly the kind of player we should be going in for if we were serious about getting better.