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The 2017 Summer Transfer Rumours Thread (Deadline Day from page 264)

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  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,849
    shirty5 said:

    Sercombe is a good player

    He's surplus to requirements at Oxford after a bust up with Appleton. Just a case who's willing to match what Oxford want for him.
    Better not post that photo then just in case!
  • SomervilleAddick
    SomervilleAddick Posts: 3,575
    I see that while Robbo is on his hols and Katie is doing whatever it is she does, Man City have snuck in and snatched Bernardo Silvia while we dithered. Bastards.
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,765

    Callum Reilly, decent young player with loads of second tier appearances. Would've been a good signing.

    Sercombe has always been decent for League One as well. Don't think he'd make the step up though.

    Step up to what ? The championship ? haha lets worry about that once we get an owner who wants what's best for a football club, someone who actually wants to win games. Someone with a bit of an ambition for our football club
    Not suggesting we're anywhere near close enough as a club but signing players like Sercombe I don't think moves us any closer to where we want to go.

    As a squad player he'd be a good buy. As a first XI regular, not as much.
  • Swisdom
    Swisdom Posts: 14,977
    So am I. Would be a real signal of intent

  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 26,127

    Outbidding Luton Town. A real statement of intent.

    Top six budget that. Oh Katrien, if you're reading, go fuck yourself.
  • J BLOCK
    J BLOCK Posts: 8,312
    Scoham said:
    Another statement that will come back to bite him if/when he leaves.

    If they learnt to shut up, they wouldn't have to constantly defend themselves when things go tits up.
  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    Player of the season under this regime syndrome.
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  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 26,127
    Scoham said:
    He'll be good with Lookman, who we know isn't leaving because Katrien said so.
  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,619

    Scoham said:
    He'll be good with Lookman, who we know isn't leaving because Katrien said so.
    Sounds to me a bit of desperation in hoping Ricky stays. I can understand why he's a very good player but the lure of championship football under Wilder will be too much imho.

  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,225
    Still think Holmes will stay.
  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    "He'll be a championship player next year"

    So are you planning to sell him next summer instead Karl?
  • cfgs
    cfgs Posts: 11,476
    It is called making him feel loved, nothing wrong with massaging the ego of one of your own players.

    (but Kat will probably still flog him)
  • charltonbob
    charltonbob Posts: 8,259

    "He'll be a championship player next year"

    So are you planning to sell him next summer instead Karl?

    Exactly, all the players he's spoken to he's asked them, give me 12 months & you'll be in the championship. Really ? is it as simple as that ?
  • Redhenry
    Redhenry Posts: 5,359

    Still think Holmes will stay.

    This
  • Redhenry
    Redhenry Posts: 5,359
    edited May 2017
    I don't think Sheffield U will offer enough, to tempt the club to sell.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,849

    "He'll be a championship player next year"

    So are you planning to sell him next summer instead Karl?

    Exactly, all the players he's spoken to he's asked them, give me 12 months & you'll be in the championship. Really ? is it as simple as that ?
    "This time next year, we'll be millionaires"
  • Chef_addick
    Chef_addick Posts: 2,196
    edited May 2017
    Also think Ricky will stay, I reckon he would rather be top dog with us than a squad player with the blades.
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  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 26,127
    Redhenry said:

    I don't think Sheffield U will offer enough, to tempt the club to sell.

    Really? Roland cashes in at the first offer.
  • Macronate
    Macronate Posts: 12,892
    Think Ricky will see sense and appreciate the fact that our supporters wear better underpants to games than our Sheff Utd counterparts.
  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,619
    I'm sure Holmes will wait to see what happens with squad building before committing to a new contract. He's realistically got one more decent move in him and I can't see why he wouldn't want a chance playing at a higher level.

    What's being said about him staying is very good news but if he does stay (fingers crossed) I would expect his agent to be urging him to wait as long as possible. If the right offer then materialises it leaves us little time to replace him. I'm hoping he puts pen to paper sooner rather than later but why should he.
  • shirty5
    shirty5 Posts: 19,230
    Redhenry said:

    I don't think Sheffield U will offer enough, to tempt the club to sell.

    When did we get new owners? Was it last week?
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,225
    edited May 2017

    Redhenry said:

    I don't think Sheffield U will offer enough, to tempt the club to sell.

    Really? Roland cashes in at the first offer.
    Not quite true. What they can never d
    get right is the balance.

    They spent big on wages to keep Cousins and JBG but left little else to build a squad, a concept Duchatelet can't grasp.

    They spent big on Ajose, Pearce and Novak and didn't sell Lookman last summer but left Slade "miles away" from a balanced squad especially in midfield. They then sold Lookman but spent only a tiny fraction of that windfall.

    So I can money being spent on Holmes to present a false image of "going for it" but then the issue of having to shift the big earners limiting the rest of the Robinson's plan.
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,042

    Outbidding Luton Town. A real statement of intent.

    Top six budget that. Oh Katrien, if you're reading, go fuck yourself.
    Squirrel face probably does.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,849
    We might have a top six budget, indeed I'm sure we do

    How much of it is still going to the unwanted signings from 2015/16 though? Once you deduct the net salary (i.e their wages less the small amount the loan club is paying) of Sarr, Ceballos Igor etc, the amount left will be far less impressive
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,225
    edited May 2017

    We might have a top six budget, indeed I'm sure we do

    How much of it is still going to the unwanted signings from 2015/16 though? Once you deduct the net salary (i.e their wages less the small amount the loan club is paying) of Sarr, Ceballos Igor etc, the amount left will be far less impressive

    Something I'm lead to believe Tarbuck only found out recently
  • IT_Andy
    IT_Andy Posts: 477
    edited May 2017
    Agree with Henry. The only way to keep Holmes is to offer him more money and hope it works. In saying that the overall budget for wages will be affected, making it more difficult to sign players. Just hope some of the unwanted players can be sold to free up extra funds. Either that or get new owners!
  • alangee
    alangee Posts: 398
    Were Charlton subsidising the wages for Ceballos and Igor while they were at St Truiden? If we were, why should we when both clubs have the same owner, especially as RD is creaming an extra 3% on the difference.