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Transfers Summer 2026 Transfer Thread

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Loans between EPL clubs are going to become a thing of the past, with the financial clout that even the smallest clubs have.
Why would they invest in improving someone else's player when they can just buy their own?

Remember a few years ago when Fulham turned a loan offer down because they didn't want to waste time improving our player?
That's the norm these days imo.

They've arguably got the best scouting system in the Premier League, all they're gonna do is jump in their little black book and get some tekky dude from South America playing in midfield and we'll all be raving about him only to be sold to Liverpool for £70m and then they'll keep on repeating it
 
A Bentancur Scott and Gallagher midfield would have no creativity. None of them score or create enough goals. Even with Maddison back there's still too much of a burden on him to create pretty much everything from midfield.

We might need to get a loan option while Maddison is getting his fitness back.
The nice thing is Maddison has got a bit of confidence back in his knee with the cameos. Now he can have a full preseason and friendlies. I expect him to be back to 75-80% by the start of the season compared to the last few games where he looked like 55%ish.
 
I like Gray and Bergvall and we should still have a pathway for them.

HOWEVER the balance of the midfield is diabolical.

After last season we just can’t risk waiting on their development.

The plan should be

Sell Sarr
Let Biss go
Let Palhinha go
Loan Bergvall

Bring in a ball playing 6
Bring in Scott

26/27 midfielders

New pass first 6
Bentancur
Gray
Scott
Gallagher (will be moonlighting as a 10 Maddison is back to fitness)
*Porro in emergencies

Spend next year gradually putting Gray ahead of Bentancur


27/28
*recall Bergvall

Sell Bentancur
Sell Gallagher

September 28 midfield:

The aforementioned ball playing 6
Gray
Scott
Bergvall

You’d do a better job than Lange

The only change I’d make is being willing to cash in on Bentancur this summer if we can replace him with a Baleba type player. Then you can sign Wharton as the ball playing 6 because Baleba gives you the running for balance

Start next season with:

Wharton
Baleba
Scott
Gray

Then
Gallagher moonlighting as a 10
Maddison
Eventually Simons

Aaaand, this will be unpopular but we need to see what Maddison is really going to be capable of physically. Maybe go back for MGW if he’s not going to playing regular 90mins
 
Do you genuinely think he would be a waste of money? I mean we haven't got a single chance in hell, but even if we blew our entire transfer budget on him it wouldn't be a waste of money. He's 85 levels above anything we have and instantly goes into the top 3 wide players in the prem.

You might be in for quite the awakening if you think Raphinha might be a waste of money when we do actually waste our money

I don't think Raphinha is what we need.
 
The nice thing is Maddison has got a bit of confidence back in his knee with the cameos. Now he can have a full preseason and friendlies. I expect him to be back to 75-80% by the start of the season compared to the last few games where he looked like 55%ish.
Let's hope so. We still need a creative ball player in there as cover. They can take Bissouma's spot in the squad I suppose.
 
You’d do a better job than Lange

The only change I’d make is being willing to cash in on Bentancur this summer if we can replace him with a Baleba type player. Then you can sign Wharton as the ball playing 6 because Baleba gives you the running for balance

Start next season with:

Wharton
Baleba
Scott
Gray

Then
Gallagher moonlighting as a 10
Maddison
Eventually Simons

Aaaand, this will be unpopular but we need to see what Maddison is really going to be capable of physically. Maybe go back for MGW if he’s not going to playing regular 90mins
Bentancur’s performances under RDZ are what made him worth persevering with for the next year in my mind.

Showed an element of composure that a lot of the others lacked in the run-in.

I ultimately agree on Maddison but I think the CM situation is the biggest problem.

They aren’t good at protecting the defence, nor do they pass through the thirds, nor do they put our attackers (limited as they are) in favourable positions.
 
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