Yeah, but did they increase their wage bill sevenfold as well?
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Transfers Summer 2026 Transfer Thread
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Yeah, but did they increase their wage bill sevenfold as well?
Yeah Ipswich were actually pretty sensible with their signings - they spent a load but it was mostly on top-end Championship level players/players with potential that they could either sell-on or would be useful if they went back down. Imagine their wages were v.modest compared to teams like QPR who offered massive wages to former top-players.
You can see it in their squad now: our old mate Jack Clarke was one of the signings and he, along with Philogene who they also signed that year, are their top scorers this season. Meanwhile they flipped Hutchinson and Delap for big money.
You may be right;
Tactics and the money-side ; are. the things I have very little grasp of when it comes to modern football.
I’m old school . And proud of it !
I come on here to learn about those kind of things; and I’ve picked up a few nuggets but not enough to make me an expert ( yet ! ) .
We live and learn .
Forget tonight’s events at the Parc des Princes ; here’s the big story of the evening:
www.bbc.co.uk
It’s in “ Sport “ ( in Spanish ) ; so no wonder the discerning sports journalists at the BBC picked up on it and re-broadcasted the story .
Football gossip: Rashford, Gordon, Iraola, Osimhen, Mourinho, Diomande, Beukema, Ake, Araujo, Ueda, Ramazani
Spurs want Marcus Rashford, Anthony Gordon is 'likely' to leave Newcastle and Woolwich are closely monitoring Victor Osimhen, plus more.
www.bbc.co.uk
It’s in “ Sport “ ( in Spanish ) ; so no wonder the discerning sports journalists at the BBC picked up on it and re-broadcasted the story .
View: https://x.com/Lilywhite_Rose/status/2049565878400733613?s=20
Looks like the only question left to ask is how much is the fee we get - whilst I think Kinsky may stay as our no 1 gk whichever division we are in, we will certainly need to spend money on other areas of squad (eg forward line) so a healthy fee for Vicario can be put to good use
Ok guess I should expand on that.
An on-form, motivated Marcus Rashford is actually a very useful player, but we've seen his ups and downs at United over the years and how utterly wank he can be when he's not happy.
He's on uber wages and, if we somehow survive, we'd be bringing him into a club that's been floundering for years. A bit like RKM, we'll be quite low down his list of preferred suiters, and we'll probably end up with a sulky bellend milking the club of 250k+ a week if we're the only club that will take him.
He's exactly the type of player and character we should be avoiding, athough the link itself is absurd and fanciful anyway - I just can't see it happening. If we do stay up and he's a target it shows the club have still learned nothing from our litany of ginormous mistakes.
That looks about right from my reading. Thanks.
View: https://x.com/Lilywhite_Rose/status/2049766110577225825?s=20
I think we can add loanee Kolo Muani to the departing list unless he suddenly changes in last 4 games.
Palhinha we may convert from loan to permanant.
Muani can score a hat trick in each of the final 4 games but he still can go back to whichever club he came from......useless player
If he does that we should build him a statue.
Alfie Whiteman coming back!
With Vicario off if we go down we'll probably be scouring the bargain bins for an experienced keeper as still not sure we can have total faith in Kinsky yet. Both Karl Darlow and Nick Pope are out of contract. Both done the rounds in the champo over the years. If we stay up you'd hope we set our sights a lot higher but wont hold my breath.
I've heard we have instructed intermediaries to begin dialogue over a potential move for Neville Southall
Pinch of salt ofcourse and dependant on us staying up
I know you know he is old and fat and retired for 100 years . However verses free and cheap wages
I like the way your thinking welcome Neville
Clearly Lange and Vinai were instructed to make a "big" signing.
He’s a good fit for the bin.