Islam Slimani is out of contract with Leicester next year. Was out on loan to Monaco but they were not interested in making it permanent. Out of our reach probably, but would be a great loan.
Islam Slimani is out of contract with Leicester next year. Was out on loan to Monaco but they were not interested in making it permanent. Out of our reach probably, but would be a great loan.
My Coventry City supporting mate at work reckons we should have a go for Maxime Biamou. He is now down the pecking order at City, apparently he's also a decent geezer and does lots for local charities. They bought him from Sutton 3 years ago, he has just turned 28 and could go for as little as £300k. I've watched his goals on YouTube, link below, he might be worth a punt!
Islam Slimani is out of contract with Leicester next year. Was out on loan to Monaco but they were not interested in making it permanent. Out of our reach probably, but would be a great loan.
I think that Bowyer and Gallen were absolutely honest in saying they had some targets lined up but once the takeover completed somewhat unexpectedly and the sale of Bonne they have found themselves with a bit more money and more potential targets than expected. For argument's sake there may have been a striker ready to sign but now they are gambling they can do better - which certainly is a gamble but I think they've earned our trust, at least for now.
Jordy Hiwula - Recently released from Coventry. Was their top scorer a couple seasons ago, can operate on the wing or up top. Bit of Speed also https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_J6dMdkXvg
Rudy Gestede was on £30,000 a week at Boro and refused to extend his contract after the lockdown. I don't see him deciding to take £2,000 a week down a league just for the love of the game.
Rudy Gestede was on £30,000 a week at Boro and refused to extend his contract after the lockdown. I don't see him deciding to take £2,000 a week down a league just for the love of the game.
Yeah some of the suggestions are simply ridiculous
Will Keane ex Man Utd - Not a bad shout if he's over his injuries Gary Hooper ex Massives - Just signed for a club in India Cameron Jerome ex Birmingham - No thanks what with his links to Matt Southall, didnt he setup a business with him and an ex-Hull owner?
Rudy Gestede was on £30,000 a week at Boro and refused to extend his contract after the lockdown. I don't see him deciding to take £2,000 a week down a league just for the love of the game.
And this is the problem. A lot of players will just sit & wait rather than taking a massive drop in wages. Might seem daft to you & me, but if you've been used to anything over £10k pw for the past 5-10 years it will be hard to take £3k now. Some will just think that a better offer will come along at some point, especially if they are free agents. They might be happy having nothing for 3 months & then taking £10k pw rather than taking £3k now. The £7k pw difference over a 2 year contract is almost £750k.
It’s ok talking about needing two strikers in, which we do, but we also need five others to make us competitive this season. Seven signings in two weeks of sufficient quality to get us a top six spot minimum. It’s a very tough ask. Without the wage cap I’d be confident of doing so but with it I’m not too hopeful. We’ll get the bodies in but will they be good enough?
I like the shout of Paddy Madden, consistent player in this league and would be a handy squad player, even if we went up imo
I also like Ronan Curtis and Mo Eisa but reckon we could only get them if we went up and offered them a good wage, both would strengthen us though
Might be a case of looking at the top players in league 2 who are young and have potential or players in this league in their last year of their contracts. Gnanduillet would have been nice but that ship has sailed. If we get Schwartz I can see us just loaning a bit part championship striker and that will be that for strikers
I still think John Marquis would do a job and who knows Pompey might even cash in on him. He was an 86th minute sub for them on Saturday and after Harness scored a hat trick for them is probably behind both Harness and Curtis in the pecking order.
I still think John Marquis would do a job and who knows Pompey might even cash in on him. He was an 86th minute sub for them on Saturday and after Harness scored a hat trick for them is probably behind both Harness and Curtis in the pecking order.
I don't know if things have changed but from what I saw last season Jackett was playing him behind the striker or as a play maker almost, pretty ridiculous when you consider how good he was in our promotion season as a 9, the whole game at the valley I was worried about him. If we could get that version of Marquis he would be a welcome addition
Rudy Gestede was on £30,000 a week at Boro and refused to extend his contract after the lockdown. I don't see him deciding to take £2,000 a week down a league just for the love of the game.
And this is the problem. A lot of players will just sit & wait rather than taking a massive drop in wages. Might seem daft to you & me, but if you've been used to anything over £10k pw for the past 5-10 years it will be hard to take £3k now. Some will just think that a better offer will come along at some point, especially if they are free agents. They might be happy having nothing for 3 months & then taking £10k pw rather than taking £3k now. The £7k pw difference over a 2 year contract is almost £750k.
To be fair, if I had probably one last contract in me in my industry I don't think I'd be looking to be paid a 15th of what I'd previously been on either. It's not like he's a young player who can leverage a good season with us into another good contract elsewhere, he's 31. He's scored 14 goals in the past 5 seasons and he's not going to get what he was on before, but he'll be looking to get a decent enough salary for 2 or 3 years secured somewhere and then finish up. I'm sure if a Championship team get desperate enough in the next couple of months he could get at least £10k to hang around there
Another suggestion for me is the wonderfully named Admiral Muskwe. Having watched a bit of reserve team football due my degenerative gambling habits the few times I've seem this lad he stood out as pacey, powerfull, type forward who seems the sort of player we need at the moment.
Another suggestion for me is the wonderfully named Admiral Muskwe. Having watched a big reserve team football due my degenerative gambling habits the few times I've seem this lad he stood out as strong powerfully type forward who seems the sort of player we need at the moment.
Sorry to be a killjoy, I know it’s fun coming up with names, but isn’t this exactly the reason we employ someone like Steve Gallen?
He’ll know when players contracts are due to end, what sort of wages they are on, and who exactly wants to come on ‘this journey’ that Lee keeps talking about, I’m going to chill out and leave it to the experts, not good for my anxiety levels!
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I thought a deal with Schwartz was agreed but the issue was with Midtylland and they changed the payment plan
im pretty sure that players will take legal action and this will be a one season thing
For argument's sake there may have been a striker ready to sign but now they are gambling they can do better - which certainly is a gamble but I think they've earned our trust, at least for now.
Gary Hooper ex Massives
Cameron Jerome ex Birmingham
I also like Ronan Curtis and Mo Eisa but reckon we could only get them if we went up and offered them a good wage, both would strengthen us though
Might be a case of looking at the top players in league 2 who are young and have potential or players in this league in their last year of their contracts. Gnanduillet would have been nice but that ship has sailed. If we get Schwartz I can see us just loaning a bit part championship striker and that will be that for strikers
He’ll know when players contracts are due to end, what sort of wages they are on, and who exactly wants to come on ‘this journey’ that Lee keeps talking about, I’m going to chill out and leave it to the experts, not good for my anxiety levels!