Summer transfer window 2023

[Charles Hawtrey]

I was musing on our signings and rumours so far this window and had a bit of a lightbulb moment. I am sure Red Kev sat down with the requirements at the start of the window for all the positions we needed to strengthen and then looked at the budget - shocking mismatch!!
So the strategy would be to fill the gaps with either older free agents (experience)or very raw young (inexperienced) professionals from the continent, on loan if possible. I think the rule is 2 loans from UK and 2 from outside but will await correction.
Non UK loans:
Danjuma
Etikite

UK Loans:
Sulemana
TBD

Free Agents:
Young

Within the constraints of the rules this would also have to be a volume approach due to the potential for hit/miss in this part of the market so we could see several younger signings for the same role.
The outlier to all this is someone like Gnonto, Chermiti or EBT - Maybe there is room for one signing circa 20M-30M or maybe the calculation works if we drip feed the cost across 5 years. Either way this approach would suggest that after Chermiti we would only hope for 2 more signings and they would both be attackers.

 

[moggeridge]

chermiti announcement and a gnonto flight tracker sort of evening

 

[Jcr1878]

True I'm curious how long it will take him to adapt?

Could be a year minimum, maybe more, so ideally we need another senior striking option, I hope I'm wrong and he hits the ground running

 

[Griffin Chin]

Really hope our patience is rewarded by the end of this window. Certainly seems like we have had targets lined up for a while but, as always, have to wait for the moving parts to align. With the constraints we're under, no surprise its taken (is taking) a while.

 

[ValBlue]

Really hope our patience is rewarded by the end of this window. Certainly seems like we have had targets lined up for a while but, as always, have to wait for the moving parts to align. With the constraints we're under, no surprise it’s taken (is taking) a while.

9 points potentially surrendered in the meantime

 

[MikeH72]

saw that courtois got injured today and Real Madrid's manager has worked with Pickford before......

Yeah he dropped him for Robin Olsen didn’t he?

 

[andy4efc]

chermiti announcement and a gnonto flight tracker sort of evening

Some flight from Leeds to Liverpool

 

[moggeridge]

Some flight from Leeds to Liverpool

just playing up because its the usual done thing hahaha

 

[DanB90]

Some flight from Leeds to Liverpool

That 62 can be a nightmare this time of day tbf.

 

[Miked1e]

Some flight from Leeds to Liverpool

Willy is on his way…

 

[JLW]

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Willy is on his way…

That looks like our shots off target map

 

[matty1878]

If Kane goes, which is looking like, they'll be straight in for Chemriti, Gnonto and Ekitike.

ok mate

 

[Miked1e]

 

[get-your-coat-on]

chermiti announcement and a gnonto flight tracker sort of evening

Don't tempt me with a good time

 

[matty1878]

I was musing on our signings and rumours so far this window and had a bit of a lightbulb moment. I am sure Red Kev sat down with the requirements at the start of the window for all the positions we needed to strengthen and then looked at the budget - shocking mismatch!!
So the strategy would be to fill the gaps with either older free agents (experience)or very raw young (inexperienced) professionals from the continent, on loan if possible. I think the rule is 2 loans from UK and 2 from outside but will await correction.
Non UK loans:
Danjuma
Etikite

UK Loans:
Sulemana
TBD

Free Agents:
Young

Within the constraints of the rules this would also have to be a volume approach due to the potential for hit/miss in this part of the market so we could see several younger signings for the same role.
The outlier to all this is someone like Gnonto, Chermiti or EBT - Maybe there is room for one signing circa 20M-30M or maybe the calculation works if we drip feed the cost across 5 years. Either way this approach would suggest that after Chermiti we would only hope for 2 more signings and they would both be attackers.

you with zat?