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Transfers Summer 2026 Transfer Thread

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THFCxDUFC said:
We need cover at RW with the injuries we’ve got. Wilson’s an absolute no-brainer on a free transfer. People will be snobby about him cause he’s not some fancy big name, but he’s a massive upgrade on basically all our wide options. 10 goals and 7 assists last season, Odobert & Tel would get nowhere near that.

Wilson, Senesi & Robertson on free’s allow us to spend big on a Central Midfielder, Left Winger and Striker which are the areas we need to go big on.
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We don’t need cover at RW

Kudus will be cover when he comes back. There’s no way his body will hold up to being the frontline, 90mins a week RW next season IMO

What we need is a starting 11, game changer on the RW so that Kudus can be eased back in.

Akliouche is the one I’d get.

Kulusevski needs to get fit and get out of the premier league to try and prolong his career
 
KingstonSpur said:
Wilson would be a potential third free transfer

Classic ENIC really. Value over necessity.
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I think picking up free transfers for EPL proven squad players is fine if the transfer strategy is to go big on 2-3 quality players.

What would you prefer? Spend 150m on 5 young but unproven players worth 30m each. The likes of Odobert, Tel etc.

Or spend 150m on Gibbs-White, Savinho and Wharton plus 3 free transfers of older players like Robertson, Senesi, Wilson. The latter two are not even age 30 and still in their prime. Hell i'll even pick up Vlahovic as a 4th free transfer if all the money is put into fixing the midfield.
 
THFCxDUFC said:
We need cover at RW with the injuries we’ve got. Wilson’s an absolute no-brainer on a free transfer. People will be snobby about him cause he’s not some fancy big name, but he’s a massive upgrade on basically all our wide options. 10 goals and 7 assists last season, Odobert & Tel would get nowhere near that.

Wilson, Senesi & Robertson on free’s allow us to spend big on a Central Midfielder, Left Winger and Striker which are the areas we need to go big on.
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Correct
 
FightingIllini said:
The FIRST Tel deal was great because it was try-before-you-buy for a very talented 19 year old who we were eager to give opportunities Bayern couldn't.

Then we gave him those opportunities, he looked lost and off the pace, and then we paid significant money for him anyway!

It's similar with Savinho. He looked like the next great Brazilian winger at 19, has spent the next two years looking well short of that, and we're biting City's hand off to sell at a significant profit.

We should be less attracted to the starlet a player once was and more attracted to what they are today.
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Tel wasn't getting starts and consistent minutes and was eventually playing but out of position on the left and still did good. His first instinct was to get the ball forward and was good at dribbling, taking players on, crossing and shooting. For someone of his age considering the situation we were in he did good.

In comparison Savio at City never looks like getting into goalscoring positions at all and the stuff he is good at which is 1v1's pretty much Tel also does that to a good level this season even though that isn't his game primarily.
 
The Big E Train said:
I think picking up free transfers for EPL proven squad players is fine if the transfer strategy is to go big on 2-3 quality players.

What would you prefer? Spend 150m on 5 young but unproven players worth 30m each. The likes of Odobert, Tel etc.

Or spend 150m on Gibbs-White, Savinho and Wharton plus 3 free transfers of older players like Robertson, Senesi, Wilson. The latter two are not even age 30 and still in their prime. Hell i'll even pick up Vlahovic as a 4th free transfer if all the money is put into fixing the midfield.
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This logic I understand fully, and in the cases of Senesi and Robertson I basically support too

Im starting to get a little concerned though about us loading the squad with high wage/lower value players, considering our pending new dof = am getting worried we are in danger of just storing up issues for them

Of course we'll need to do some wheeling and dealing, no doubt, I guess Im just worried about overdoing that
 
Rafa said:
Tel wasn't getting starts and consistent minutes and was eventually playing but out of position on the left and still did good. His first instinct was to get the ball forward and was good at dribbling, taking players on, crossing and shooting. For someone of his age considering the situation we were in he did good.

In comparison Savio at City never looks like getting into goalscoring positions at all and the stuff he is good at which is 1v1's pretty much Tel also does that to a good level this season even though that isn't his game primarily.
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I think Tel could play on the right effectively as well
 
Rafa said:
For someone of his age considering the situation we were in he did good.
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A year later do you feel good about that purchase?

The Big E Train said:
What would you prefer? Spend 150m on 5 young but unproven players worth 30m each. The likes of Odobert, Tel etc.

Or spend 150m on Gibbs-White, Savinho and Wharton plus 3 free transfers of older players like Robertson, Senesi, Wilson.
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Obviously because the latter is more players and on higher wages per player it's WAY more money, so not exactly a fair comparison.

The superficial similarity when you just look at transfer fees is a big reason people got mistaken notions about Levy/ENIC's level of investment.
 
Had we gone down, it is such a horrendous thought what we might be discussing.

ENIC will splash the cash, and of course, we will recoup a few millions as well. They will be more relieved than any of us.

The issue is the quality and range of who we bring in that concerns me more than any suggestion we won't see a 12 to 14 man turnover of players.
 
postbox said:
If the choice is having Harry Wilson on the bench to cover RW instead of putting Bergvall/Souza there like we have, then of course - Harry is better by far


But -
10 goals and 7 assists is a real headline too (32 starts, 36 matches overall)

24/25 - 6 goals and 1 assist. 12 starts (25 matches overall)
23/24 - 4 goals 6 assist. 16 starts (35 matches)
22/23 - 2 G, 3 A. 13 starts (29 matches)
21/22 (Championship) - 10 G, 19 A (40 starts)

And he'll be 30 by the end of the season (March)

Its all really quite average isnt it? Did well in the Championship (after Liverpool binned him off iirc) and was immdeiately a substitute for the next 3 seasons

Then he had one hot year

Just feels like, for me, he's probably more likely to return to the average than maintain that one hot streak

So while he is preferable to not having a RW/backup - I think I like the idea of trying to get someone better
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One good season. rest of it is bang average. Exactly like what happened with Solanke.

Wilson will just end up as squad filler we want to shift next summer but we won't be able to because he will be on big wages.
 
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nasm_f said:
Given the links to Van Hecke, the deals with Senesi & Robertson and talks about another GK, is it possible that the plan* could be to build from the back?

I.e. invest in the back 5 and potentially a new midfielder who can get the ball off them and pass it forward, persist with most of the same midfielders we've got now trusting RDZ can get them playing better and maybe 2/3 attacking signings (spread across out wide and up top) but no blockbuster ones with an eye on improving and competing further up the table this season, confidence hopefully up, players have a season with RDZ and then we start going for big signings in midfield next season, improve further and then invest in the attack.

If we had actual competence in the football side of the club and it was stated that was the plan what would people think?

*It must be stated that believing there's a any semblance of a plan requires you to ignore the evidence of what's actually happened so far.
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Our biggest weaknesses are the forward line and creativity (magnified by injuries to Maddison, Kulsevski and Simons - and Solanke and Kudus and even Odobert ), so that's where the money is needed to be spent.

Our defence is a lot more serviceable, so bringing Senesi and Robertson in with Romero likely to go will improve it, particularly if Vuskovic is staying as well. Whilst I might like Van Hecke as a player, I'd hate to divert funds on to him at the cost of not getting suitable forwards or midfielder(s)
 
Don Pedro said:
What striker can we sign that is an upgrade on the current Richarlison/Solanke combo?

I'm being deadly serious. I know neither are great and both are injury prone but what strikers in the prem are easily better than them? Welbeck, Tiago and Calvert Lewin all had better seasons but we've seen Solanke and Richarlison have equally as good if not better seasons before we signed them. The only strikers in the prem who'd be 100% an upgrade are Haaland, Isak, Ekitike and Watkins.

Every Summer I hear we are selling Richarlison and signing a new striker but who do we get that will be better next season? I like the idea of going young and signing someone like Kroupi or even bringing back Troy Parrot as a good long term play but I wouldn't really expect either of them to outscore Richarlison next season.

This just comes off the back of reports what we are looking to sign Moises Kean. If he's the best we can get then I'm really not sure if we can actually find a suitable upgrade for Richarlison. Ask Everton fans which one they'd rather sign back and they'd all tell you Richarlison!

I'm not advocating for Richarlison either. I just can't see a suitable replacement and I don't want us selling him and not bringing in a replacement.The only realistic upgrade which excites me is Marmoush. Does anyone have any other names which they'd like to see us get to replace Richarlison? Its Marmoush or keep Richarlison for me.
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Someone suggested him a couple of pages back. But I'd take a swing at Undav at Stuttgart.

He's been a very consistent goal scorer for them for a while now. 57 goals in 117 games (and 68 assists) is nothing to scoff at.

He does turn 30 in July so probably not a long term solution. But as a stopgap whilst we look for a more long term option and stabilise the club he'd be fine.
 
PointToPatrik said:
Someone suggested him a couple of pages back. But I'd take a swing at Undav at Stuttgart.

He's been a very consistent goal scorer for them for a while now. 57 goals in 117 games (and 68 assists) is nothing to scoff at.

He does turn 30 in July so probably not a long term solution. But as a stopgap whilst we look for a more long term option and stabilise the club he'd be fine.
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I would take Undav in a heartbeat, although he just extended his contract this week and doesn't seem like a guy who just follows the money. With the Woltemade money in their pocket and Champions league to offer, Stuttgart is not going to sell. They always try to be as ambitious as possible, unless super stupid money comes in.

0% possibility in my eyes.
 
Rafa said:
He's a second striker but does well on the left and I'd rather him on the left than go after the players we're being linked with like Savio and Summerville. He's only 21 he can and will improve.
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Understood.

I disagree and furthermore don't really think second striker is a position that exists anymore in modern tactics, but Tel was one of our few players giving his all as our season fell apart, so I'll give him a pause of expressing how crap he is.
 
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