Summer Window 2026 - Rumours and Discussion

NabySarr said:

DamoNorthStand said:

NabySarr said:

Crispywood said:

bolloxbolder said:

I am increasingly concerned at the lack of transfer activity.

Even Jones hoped to have a couple more in by now. 

Imo we are favourites to go down and we really need a good window. Fearing second season syndrome.

“Lack of transfer Activity” 
13 teams have made more signings than us.
exclude 3rd choice keepers that becomes 9.
exclude prev obligations that becomes 7.
14th for total money spent based on estimated prices. 

So for a club with a bottom end championship budget and an already over inflated squad, I don’t see where we’re showing a lack of activity? 

Still a month away from the first game of the season too. Way too early for silly season to be starting 

That’s not long …. Considering you ideally want them training with their team mates and getting fully match fit.

It’s plenty of time. This is a relatively long pre-season compared to most previous seasons 

Unless we sign a free agent, anyone we sign will have been doing pre-season training elsewhere 

We could not even sign anyone next week, and then a player joining us the week after would still have 3 weeks training, 3 friendlies and 1 competitive game before the first league game of the season. It’s still early days 

As has been said, other teams have done a very similar amount of business to us. The World Cup was always going to delay things this summer, and the league cup game being the first Saturday of the season gives us an extra week too before the first league game. It’s not panic time yet 

So, when is it panic time ?

#askingforafriend. 

Weegie Addick said:

It’s concerning that we have so many first team squad players missing full pre-season due to injury: Doc, Godden, Edwards, Sichenje. Plus Mbick from the youth. 

Our squad is big but we have a few passengers and also now some Academy players who will count in squad number as they are over age. 

I’m sure a lot of work is going on behind the scenes regarding both outgoings and incomings. 

We still managed to feature 11 different players in each half of both games, with several unused subs as well.

Lots of work to do - both outgoings and incomings - but really early in the summer.

First game isn't for 3.5 weeks.
First league game isn't for 4.5 weeks.
The window closes in SEVEN weeks.

Callumcafc said:

NabySarr said:

Would hope we are in attendance here. Kabore probably the name that stands out here that might be realistic and in a position we need 

Absurd that a single club can comfortably put on a game like this. Talent hoarding needs to stop.

We should organise this for next pre-season.

cabbles said:

Re: the Man City shop window game, it’s so pathetically summing up the plastic nature of modern football.  Sounds like a new mall or apple shop opening and they’re inviting the unwashed to come and spend on material crap that only they’ll benefit from 

of course, there will be some genuinely good players in there, ones that will go onto play at a decent standard in the Championship and Prem, but I’m massively underwhelmed being on the receiving end of their ‘academy’ when we signed that Fiorini and Serb (I think) striker on loan a couple of seasons ago.  Admittedly we’re a division above now, but I think their whole operation is a con that only they really benefit from.  Getting clubs to pay over inflated prices in wages and fees, simply because they’re from the City academy.  

I would rather we swerve playing a part in their circus.  I don’t think it’s good for a club like us 

I’m genuinely surprised they’re not advertising Kalvin Phillips playing in this, mad that he is still there wandering about, looking lost and picking up hundreds of thousands of pounds for keeping fit…

I’m really not sure how the excuse that the World Cup is delaying things for our transfer business works. I fully get it that Premier League and a handful of top end Championship clubs might be embroiled in signing players that were or are at the World Cup but for everyone else I think it’s a red herring. Any of the clubs involved in looking to sign World Cup players and who might be reluctant to release players until their targets are secured won’t be clubs that we’re looking to sign players from. Even one “layer” of business down from that is unlikely to be our fishing pond. Any players we sign from The Championship are going to be already surplus to their respective clubs plans. We can’t afford to sign players for big fees who are part of I’d suggest 99% of Championship clubs first team plans. Our loans are going to have to be very well thought out because that’s where I see us getting Championship quality. Good quality out of contract players are going to be sought by most of The Championship clubs. In most cases I’d guess if they have two offers, we’ll be unlikely to compete. I’m thinking that we’ve already missed out or are unlikely to succeed on any of our top domestic targets and are now moving down a list. There’s time to be proved wrong and I hope I am but things are not moving as I or perhaps even the club would have liked.

I wish people would stop telling other people to calm down. Not any bed wetting going on as far as I can see. Just natural concern that our very necessary player upgrades which the manager has commented on are not happening as quickly as we’d all like.

Rothko said:

ShootersHillGuru said:

I wish people would stop telling other people to calm down. Not any bed wetting going on as far as I can see. Just natural concern that our very necessary player upgrades which the manager has commented on are not happening as quickly as we’d all like.

Calm down dear, I'd rather they got the right player, than a player in a rush, if that takes time, what is it with people needing instant gratification? 

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