40 goals a season Mbape or 3 bench warmers, Garnacho Gittens Delap, it’s a choice. We make sh*tty choices right know. How much the psg winger Karvaathsivilli or what ever his name is or the trio above??? I’d rather one good player than 3 sh*t ones!

4 hours ago, Bob stark said:

If you can't pay Enzo, you can't sign player from real.

Güler is on £100kpw to be fair.

Caicedo's new deal was £180kpw + bonuses earning to around £250kpw.

5 hours ago, Bob stark said:

If you can't pay Enzo, you can't sign player from real.

Endrick, Huijson, Guler, Mastantuono, Brahim Diaz etc. would all be achievable. Maybe the likes of Tchouameni and Camavinga if we really wanted to.

11 hours ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Güler is on £100kpw to be fair.

Caicedo's new deal was £180kpw + bonuses earning to around £250kpw.

Caiced is far more than that.

If we are talking about real Madrid kids sure, but then what are we doing

Every player that is desirable to other clubs will be sold at a discounted price because they know we are desperate.

Also every other player that is less desirable to other clubs will be loaned out because they are desperate.

With the relatively small return that comes in we will posture and pose in the market place missing credible target after credible target until we settle for another "great deal".

We will then attempt to balance the books with the massaging of the Strasbourg arrivals versus the Strasbourg departures until we finally breach FFP and receive a fine or even a ban.

Everyone in the market place knows our game and they are not playing. They will be gathering their injured and failed players as we speak, waiting for the call from Stewart and Winstanley. Let the rinsing begin!

Edited May 27May 27 by OTL

This would be my team (with some rather realistic transfers albeit the elephant at LW).

Genesis Antwi has completed a season-long loan move to Ligue 1 side Strasbourg.

https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/article/genesis-antwi-joins-strasbourg-on-loan

How many International Loans can we do again ? 6 isn't it ?

3 down anyway

• Derry to Sporting Lisbon

• Murray-Campbell to Kortruk (Belgian Pro League)

• Antwi to Strasbourg

Badiashile to Napoli would be #4

Edited August 3Aug 3 by Sexyfootball

33 minutes ago, Sexyfootball said:

How many International Loans can we do again ? 6 isn't it ?

3 down anyway

• Derry to Sporting Lisbon

• Murray-Campbell to Kortruk (Belgian Pro League)

• Antwi to Strasbourg

Badiashile to Napoli would be #4

Is Paez still out at River Plate?

26 minutes ago, The Boehly Babes said:

Is Paez still out at River Plate?

Yes his loan runs until Jan, 2027.

Loans to Strasbourg are a waste of loan spots. Jorgensen is possibly going there on loan to.

Given BlueCo own them just make these move sales with buy back clauses we intend to use.

Is hard to imagine we don't end up in a panic near deadline day cause we cannot sell several players and will need spots for international loans rather than having the players stay here and bloat up the training ground.

4 minutes ago, Scott said:

Yes his loan runs until Jan, 2027.

Set to be cancelled though.

Looking at what is left to do by the end of the transfer window :

SELL

• Delap (Nottingham Forest)

• Jackson (Aston Villa or Atletico Madrid)

• Fernandez (Man City)

• Guiu (Napoli ?)

• Tosin (Aston Villa or Benfica?)

• D.Fofana

• Gusto (Man City?)

• Neto (Man City or Saudi ?)

• Slonina

LOAN (OR SELL)

• Sarr

• Essugo

• Paez

• Wiley

• Mudryk (Coventry or Leeds ?)

BUY

• Midfielder

• Goalkeeper

That would leave us with a first team squad of 26 (22 outfield)

4 GK : New Signing, Sanchez, Penders, Sharman-Lowe

9 DEF: Palestra, Fofana, Lacroix, Colwill, Hato, James, Chavarria, Anselmino, Acheampong

5 MID: Barco, Henderson, Caicedo, Lavia, New Signing

8 FWD: Joao Pedro, Palmer, Gittens, Rogers, Welbeck, Emegha, Quenda, Estevao

I've excluded the three Academy lads that have first team shirt numbers (Subuloye, Watson, Nicoll-Jazuli)

Edited Wednesday at 14:075 days by Sexyfootball

I expect some of the loans are being held back until we finish the sales, as we dont want to leave us light in the squad.

I wouldn't mind keeping Slonina, seeing our goalkeeping problems, although I haven't seen him play. He might even be worse than Sanchez 😁

3 hours ago, Valerie said:

I wouldn't mind keeping Slonina, seeing our goalkeeping problems, although I haven't seen him play. He might even be worse than Sanchez 😁

Slonina is worse than Sharman-Lowe, who is worse than Penders, who is hopefully better than Sanchez !

37 minutes ago, Sexyfootball said:

Slonina is worse than Sharman-Lowe, who is worse than Penders, who is hopefully better than Sanchez !

You enjoyed that, didn't you?

On 03/08/2026 at 20:06, Sexyfootball said:

How many International Loans can we do again ? 6 isn't it ?

3 down anyway

• Derry to Sporting Lisbon

• Murray-Campbell to Kortruk (Belgian Pro League)

• Antwi to Strasbourg

Badiashile to Napoli would be #4

So I questioned the Gemini on my phone about this and apparently the ones named here are all exempt as they're under 21.

Gemini is telling me we still have 4 international loan spaces free for this season.

Jorgensen and Badiashile qualify.

Paez, Sarr, Satpaev, Disasi, Garnacho, Derry, Kavuma-McQueen, Walsh, Murray-Campbell, Antwi are all either domestic or international under 21 loans and therefore are exempt.

If this is true and we can move Fernandez on, I'd quite like us to move Lavia out on loan to a warm Mediterranean based club where the temperate climate can help promote muscle r3pair and strengthening. This would allow us to go after two midfielders before Tuesday.

Also if Mudryk can't get a good domestic loan, I would also send him out to Europe.

On 26/08/2026 at 15:06, Sexyfootball said:

Looking at what is left to do by the end of the transfer window :

SELL

• Delap (Nottingham Forest)

• Jackson (Aston Villa or Atletico Madrid)

• Fernandez (Man City)

• Guiu (RB Leipzig)

• Tosin (Aston Villa or Benfica?)

• D.Fofana

• Gusto (Man City?)

• Neto (Man City or Saudi ?)

• Slonina

LOAN (OR SELL)

• Sarr

• Essugo

• Paez

• Wiley

• Mudryk (Coventry or Leeds ?)

BUY

• Midfielder

• Goalkeeper

5 down 11 to go ... and a few imminent !

Big 24 hours ahead. I think we have done really well on our sales, with maybe a couple still to possibly sort out, but doesn't Turkey and Saudi close later than us?

If Fernandez goes I think we will need 2 central midfielders and I would like us to get another CB.

Whilst watching this Villa game, would you take Tammy back as a one season loan, as back up?

10 hours ago, WhiteWall said:

Big 24 hours ahead. I think we have done really well on our sales, with maybe a couple still to possibly sort out, but doesn't Turkey and Saudi close later than us?

If Fernandez goes I think we will need 2 central midfielders and I would like us to get another CB.

Whilst watching this Villa game, would you take Tammy back as a one season loan, as back up?

No. In a word. Never has had and never will have the physicality for the PL. Belongs in the Championship.

11 minutes ago, dermott said:

No. In a word. Never has had and never will have the physicality for the PL. Belongs in the Championship.

That's fair i think. Just not sure what Emegha will offer as second/third choice

2 minutes ago, WhiteWall said:

That's fair i think. Just not sure what Emegha will offer as second/third choice

Third choice behind J.P. and D.W. Essentially the Guiu role.