I know we have a post on transfer rumours-now on Page 9 and looking like War & Peace

Just one name per post. Who do we think will be our first signing. Mine is JOHN LUNDSTRAM of Sheffield United

Cavani....

Lansbury my bet

Jeff Hendrick

Our first signing was Phil Bardsley

No idea who our first signing will be but I don't think
anyone will be incoming until we sort out Gibson and whether someone,
Norwich possibly, put an offer in that is acceptable.
Having said that can't see Norwich offering much more than
8m - if that.

jurek wrote: ↑

Wed Aug 12, 2020 6:55 pm

No idea who our first signing will be but I don't think
anyone will be incoming until we sort out Gibson and whether someone,
Norwich possibly, put an offer in that is acceptable.
Having said that can't see Norwich offering much more than
8m - if that.

I'd take 8m with a 25% sell on fee.
Got to remember we will save 2m+ a year just getting Gibson off the wage bill

jurek wrote: ↑

Wed Aug 12, 2020 6:55 pm

No idea who our first signing will be but I don't think
anyone will be incoming until we sort out Gibson and whether someone,
Norwich possibly, put an offer in that is acceptable.
Having said that can't see Norwich offering much more than
8m - if that.

We've had 3-4 leave on frees, so we don't need to wait for the Gibson problem to be sorted, we've got space and spare wages.

GodIsADeeJay81 wrote: ↑

Wed Aug 12, 2020 7:00 pm

We've had 3-4 leave on frees, so we don't need to wait for the Gibson problem to be sorted, we've got space and spare wages.

It is ok leaving on a free at the end of contract - if we really did pay £15m for Gibson and he left on a free that would be a £7.5m loss (against amortised book value)

You've go to love an optimist.

warksclaret wrote: ↑

Wed Aug 12, 2020 6:43 pm

I know we have a post on transfer rumours-now on Page 9 and looking like War & Peace

Just one name per post. Who do we think will be our first signing. Mine is JOHN LUNDSTRAM of Sheffield United

You've go to love an optimist.

Lottery numbers anyone?

Troy Deeney

Anyone we are in a battle with for thier signature if we are up against a mid to low end championship club

JBG and Brady will be like new signings now they are fit again.

Not sure but I bet it’s also the last.

RVclaret wrote: ↑

Thu Aug 13, 2020 10:30 am

JBG and Brady will be like new signings now they are fit again.

For about 2 weeks. Then they will no longer be fit.

Starting to get a bit worrying now. With 4 weeks to go until the new season resumes, I am assuming we will be back in training with the same depleated squad that finished the season in the next week or so?

Get that we don't do business early in the season typically, and that many others are in the same position, but had expected this season might be different given the number of planned departures.

MACCA wrote: ↑

Wed Aug 12, 2020 6:58 pm

I'd take 8m with a 25% sell on fee.
Got to remember we will save 2m+ a year just getting Gibson off the wage bill

Do we still owe Boro an installment on Gibson?

Duffy from Brighton

A good friend of mine recently celebrated the birth of his first grandson & reckons he'll be a top player.....

FactualFrank wrote: ↑

Thu Aug 13, 2020 1:06 pm

Do we still owe Boro an installment on Gibson?

I'm not sure.

A few people suggested his reported 15m fee will be spread over the course of his initial contract. So IF that is the case they will be due 3.75m each of the next 2 seasons, 7.5m in total.

If we cannot get 10m for him as a fee, we maybe in just as good a position saying to Boro he's theirs for 2.5m, and we cancel all further payments due.

He's reportedly on 45k per week which is 2.3m as season or 4.6m in total purely in wages for the remainder of his contract with us.

The main thing is we get shut, and asap

If he had to leave on loan as there's no other option we would need to recoup all of his 2.3m in wages and some sort of loan fee ( say 1.7m for the year ) for it to be worth a while.

4m including wages for a player with Gibsons previous abilities and reputation, is a snip for any side

we owe Boro half the fee still

Think we should just say he never arrived, that he’s still at their training ground & ask for a full refund!

I think no ins and no outs.

This Dane McCullogh kid will probably be our first in.

Whether he's our last in too is another question.

cricketfieldclarets wrote: ↑

Thu Aug 13, 2020 3:53 pm

I think no ins and no outs.

We finished in the top half again so are an attractive proposition. Our squad was stretched to the limit at the end of the season. We released 3 first team squad members plus have another on the books who will never play for us again. We are already letting under 23’s out on loan. We have and always will sign new players.

Andy Lonergan.

Anybody before the last two days of the window will be moving up a Division.
Then we’ll get the best of the half decent remainder. Barnfield will then make Burnley players out of them.

Derek Riordan must be about 50 years old now, so I'll say his son.

Alan Browne

Nicolas Eliasson from Bristol City

Not sure who but I bet we break our record transfer fee.......

Cubanclaret wrote: ↑

Thu Aug 13, 2020 8:59 pm

Nicolas Eliasson from Bristol City

Bloody hope so

Impressed that people think we’ll sign someone!

I think it will be

Derek Riordan or Andrew Driver or someone else

cricketfieldclarets wrote: ↑

Thu Aug 13, 2020 3:53 pm

I think no ins and no outs.

That's possible, and if we keep our key men would that be so bad, I suspect we'll try and get rid of Gibson, and bring in an experienced centre back (Duffy?), but unless we sell anyone for big bucks I can't see many more arrivals, the advantage is that we'll retain our cohesiveness, the disadvantage is that if we pick up a number of injuries we'll be even more stretched.

I'm surprisingly relaxed about this window, what will be will be, and whoever we sign, Sean always seems to get the maximum out of the squad.

Arguably our biggest signing would be convincing Sean to sign a new contract, but given the tension between him and the board I'd wager that's unlikely.

tiger76 wrote: ↑

Thu Aug 13, 2020 11:17 pm

That's possible, and if we keep our key men would that be so bad, I suspect we'll try and get rid of Gibson, and bring in an experienced centre back (Duffy?), but unless we sell anyone for big bucks I can't see many more arrivals, the advantage is that we'll retain our cohesiveness, the disadvantage is that if we pick up a number of injuries we'll be even more stretched.

I'm surprisingly relaxed about this window, what will be will be, and whoever we sign, Sean always seems to get the maximum out of the squad.

Arguably our biggest signing would be convincing Sean to sign a new contract, but given the tension between him and the board I'd wager that's unlikely.

There will be signings during this window, I'm certain of that.