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
So season ends and we are now remaining in the Championship for another year. The club has some decisions to make and it all starts with coaching directions which then follows which players stay or go.
My lists...
For sale: Meslier, Kamara, Bamford,
No new contract: Ayling, Byram, Cooper, Shackleton
Loan players sale: Poveda 500k, Llorente 5 to 8m, Aarronson 8 to 12m, Kristensen 5 to 8m, Greenwood 2m, Roca 7 to 10m, Harrison 15m, Wober 7 to 10m.
Offer will come: Rutter, Gnonto, Summerville
My starting side with current side would be: 3, 4, 1, 2
GK- Klaesson
RCB - Cresswell
CB - Ampadu
LCB - Struijk
RM - James,
RCM - ArchieG
LCM - Gruev
LM - Firpo
ACM - Gyabi
RF - Joseph
LF - Piroe
Subs:
F - Gelthardt
CM - Crewe
D - Monterio
GK - Darlow
veteran x 2