Summer Window 2026 - Rumours and Discussion

ns9 said:

SouthLincsAddick said:

Athletico Charlton said:

So 

Ivan in for c £500K (rumoured)
Billy in for c £500K (rumoured)
Grant in for free (obvs a signing on free, who knows maybe £500K?)

A Mitchell out for say £500K
Anderson out, who knows, maybe £3-400K?
Kanu to go, who knows, maybe £750K?

IF that is broadly accurate (and it's mainly guess work but can't see it being miles out) then apart from Collins, we won't have spent a penny so far this window.

Expecting big things in the next 2-3 weeks.

Except I would expect those new players to be on higher wages. If for example the departing players were on £7k a week and the new signings are on £14k, x3, that would be an extra £1.1m of this years player budget. As transfer fees are spread over the duration of a players contract it’s not as clear cut as that. We’re still paying the percentages of Kelman’s and even Ahadme’s fees this year.

Surely the new signings, Karlan apart, won’t be on much more than the players departing? Are they really that much of a step up in quality and therefore money?

NabySarr said:

Athletico Charlton said:

So 

Ivan in for c £500K (rumoured)
Billy in for c £500K (rumoured)
Grant in for free (obvs a signing on free, who knows maybe £500K?)

A Mitchell out for say £500K
Anderson out, who knows, maybe £3-400K?
Kanu to go, who knows, maybe £750K?

IF that is broadly accurate (and it's mainly guess work but can't see it being miles out) then apart from Collins, we won't have spent a penny so far this window.

Expecting big things in the next 2-3 weeks.

The wages of the 3 coming in will be much much higher than the 3 coming out. When it comes to our playing budget that matters alongside transfer fees 

CB1 said:

Excuse me everyone if I’m completely wrong here but didn’t NJ hint at another signing after Grant before Wimbledon or have I completely made that up? 😂

KiwiValley said:

All i can say is that I am a late developer.

A grower not a shower, if you will.

Braziliance said:

Athletico Charlton said:

So 

Ivan in for c £500K (rumoured)
Billy in for c £500K (rumoured)
Grant in for free (obvs a signing on free, who knows maybe £500K?)

A Mitchell out for say £500K
Anderson out, who knows, maybe £3-400K?
Kanu to go, who knows, maybe £750K?

IF that is broadly accurate (and it's mainly guess work but can't see it being miles out) then apart from Collins, we won't have spent a penny so far this window.

Expecting big things in the next 2-3 weeks.

I wouldn't get your hopes up, my expectations for this season are so low as I don't want to be disappointed. 21st would be a huge achievement.

You've got bang average sides in this league essentially splunking our last seasons whole transer budget on one player more or less.

I can't see us spending many fees and if we do, I think they'll be in the 500k to 2 million region, which is fine if they're the right player. But people mentioning the likes of Mills and Brian De Keersmaecker are pissing in the wind imo, we can't compete with established Championship sides who will be after them as well.

We are well up against it this coming season, I just hope the owners are paying attention to the strength of the league now compared to last season. 

LargeAddick said:

Braziliance said:

Athletico Charlton said:

So 

Ivan in for c £500K (rumoured)
Billy in for c £500K (rumoured)
Grant in for free (obvs a signing on free, who knows maybe £500K?)

A Mitchell out for say £500K
Anderson out, who knows, maybe £3-400K?
Kanu to go, who knows, maybe £750K?

IF that is broadly accurate (and it's mainly guess work but can't see it being miles out) then apart from Collins, we won't have spent a penny so far this window.

Expecting big things in the next 2-3 weeks.

I wouldn't get your hopes up, my expectations for this season are so low as I don't want to be disappointed. 21st would be a huge achievement.

You've got bang average sides in this league essentially splunking our last seasons whole transer budget on one player more or less.

I can't see us spending many fees and if we do, I think they'll be in the 500k to 2 million region, which is fine if they're the right player. But people mentioning the likes of Mills and Brian De Keersmaecker are pissing in the wind imo, we can't compete with established Championship sides who will be after them as well.

We are well up against it this coming season, I just hope the owners are paying attention to the strength of the league now compared to last season. 

Who are these ‘bang average sides in this league essentially splunking our last seasons whole transfer budget on one player more or less’?

Now last seasons transfer budget, not inc Collins which was from this seasons budget, was let’s conservatively say 9m. Which bang average club has spunked that on one player? Lankshear, and he hasn’t signed yet, but Boro are not bang average and not withstanding they are getting 20m from Rogers sale. Southampton paid about 10m for Dobbin and again they are not bang average. The only outlier is Galbraith to Stoke I suppose but I don’t think one transfer backs up your statement.

BigRedEvil said:

Callumcafc said:

Scott Fraser is available after his six month contract at Brechin City expired.

Not sure what happened with Fraser to end that far down at only 31 . Completely lost his ability or motivation 

BigDiddy said:

Have the owners made any statements about the financial position of the club?

I heard somewhere that the club is losing a lot of money £12m+ and with the new rules in place, its difficult to see how we can add to our losses through increased costs.

Also heard that the owners are looking to get out.

Some clarity from the club would help limit 

would not believe everything   you read regarding ownership and reduction of budget some people never happy to have a well run club and normal owners … and with the money they invested in this club since day one they will want to see out the 5 year plan . 

 

Crispywood said:

I hope despite not investing in the squad it’s still getting better. Edwards will be back, Knibbs will be fit, we still yet to see Sichenje properly, TC/Leaburn/Mwamba all a year older and could add much more than they did last season 

Braziliance said:

Cheers gents.

I am of course referring to Stoke, Preston and Bristol City. Bang average sides that are pure gatekeeper teams in this league (respectfully, I wish we were them) and their spend on one player will probably match our budget this season and in some cases, last seasons. 

Of course Boro don't fit that bill, but they're still in the same league as us, and they're spending big sums. Irrespective of if that was funded by player sales. 

Bookies have us down as 2nd favourites to go down. On squad strength alone, I am struggling to identify 3 squads worse than ours with the exception of the newly promoted trio, two of which I expect to be almost on par with us before the season starts. 

I just think it's going to be an extremely difficult season and 21st would be a hell of an achievement imo with our circumstances. (One of the lowest spending sides in the league with a lot of league 1 players still) 

Athletico Charlton said:

Braziliance said:

Cheers gents.

I am of course referring to Stoke, Preston and Bristol City. Bang average sides that are pure gatekeeper teams in this league (respectfully, I wish we were them) and their spend on one player will probably match our budget this season and in some cases, last seasons. 

Of course Boro don't fit that bill, but they're still in the same league as us, and they're spending big sums. Irrespective of if that was funded by player sales. 

Bookies have us down as 2nd favourites to go down. On squad strength alone, I am struggling to identify 3 squads worse than ours with the exception of the newly promoted trio, two of which I expect to be almost on par with us before the season starts. 

I just think it's going to be an extremely difficult season and 21st would be a hell of an achievement imo with our circumstances. (One of the lowest spending sides in the league with a lot of league 1 players still) 

Joint third favs to go down. It goes Lincoln, Bolton and then us and Cardiff equal (Bet365).

king addick said:

We had a good start to the season which went tots up when we had no proper LB.

NJ is right. The base of the squad is good but needs some fine tuning. Tolaj could absolutely flop at Bristol as an example. We have signed 2 highly rated footballers and another with 200+ games in the championship so on paper, that isn't bad.

We would have been favourites to go down last year with Sheff Weds of course but we didn't! 

See how things play out before we are written off completely.

John_Fitzpatrick1 said:

NabySarr said:

Crispywood said:

I hope despite not investing in the squad it’s still getting better. Edwards will be back, Knibbs will be fit, we still yet to see Sichenje properly, TC/Leaburn/Mwamba all a year older and could add much more than they did last season 

Think there’s room for improvement in a lot of them. Could see Kelman and Ramsay having better seasons too, Carey’s all round game will hopefully get better, Coventry can definitely still improve too. 

Can’t underestimate a second full season in the championship for these players, now they know the level. Should see improvement for some of them for sure.