Who do you want for next season in the PL

[FosseSpark]

I understand FFP (well, sort of, i think) and so fully expect it's not all going to be world beaters.

But i've always thought there's something suss about Barkley's temperament and ability to regularly get the best out of himself which is why he's ended up swimming about the loan and promo'd clubs end of the market. Not sure he's had a fair crack of the whip in his career and so he could well be just the sort of person (Like Albrighton) who flourishes at Leicester despite not elswhere.

personally though, i'd love it if i saw us being a little more creative than Barkley who feels like a bargain end of the market. 

even though we've been relegated, i think our long term curve should still mean we see ourselves as a top 12, top 10 premier league team who had 1 **** up of a season. 

The story (potentially) of being the highest points scorers in football league history, should be one that's easy to sell to a few next big things......

 

1 hour ago, Ric Flair said:

We are going to need 10+ new players this summer. Ndidi is likely going unless we've learnt absolutely nothing in regard to our wage structure, Barkley going to Luton shows he's not about the money but wants to play.

 

We are going to need to utilise the free transfer market massively.

 

[Big Blue Maff]

7 hours ago, FosseSpark said:

Fatawu

Sensi

Morgan Gibbs-White to play 2nd number 8 when forest get relegated

Henderson on 3yr contract

Smodiczs

Leif Davis

Harwood-Bellis if Saints fail to go up

 

 

Mads

Ricardo H-Bellis Faes Justin

Winks

Fatawu G-White KDH Mavididi

Daka

 

 

Great shout on smodiczs ( he’s just signed a long contract thou ) 

Henderson would be great but he he wouldn’t come here ( doubt it very much ) 

I would love a top striker with Vardy given a pay as you play contract, he’s still got something about him and can score still ( when he retires give him a striker coaching job ) 

[fox_up_north]

In theory, we shouldn't actually need to change too much. Other than Kasper, Madders and Youri, the squad is very similar to the pre-relegation team and they did well.

 

I don't think we need to spend loads, really. Certainly not to survive. To crack top 12 then maybe so but I am happy to go back up, take a solid return and forget this year

[Lambert09]

i would personally still be interested in archer. If we lose vardy and iheanacho i’m confident enough in daka and a project with cannon but we’d need one more and the fact archer offers an option on the left makes him a great fit. 

 

He is better than his performances for sheffield have been and simply his confidence hasn’t taken the relegation fight too well. But there is a player in there 

[coolhandfox]

23 hours ago, Ric Flair said:

We are going to need 10+ new players this summer. Ndidi is likely going unless we've learnt absolutely nothing in regard to our wage structure, Barkley going to Luton shows he's not about the money but wants to play.

 

We are going to need to utilise the free transfer market massively.

Not sure; you can spend 70m on 5-year contacts and only hit your P & L 14m.

 

Considering our amortisation will be somewhere around 30m, compared to an all-time high of 75m.

 

You could see us give a new contract to Mavididi, Winks and Mads at some point to bring it down a little more.

 

Really, the issue is keeping control of our wages, ideally keeping around 55-65% of turnover at worst.

 

I can see us using the loan market again, with the like of Doyle to kick a purchase another year down the road.

 

I would be surprised to see us loan a couple from City.

 

 

Edited 13 February 2024 by coolhandfox

[LVFox]

Daichi Kamada available on a free at end of season, would really suit being one of our 8s.

 

A few decent squad options too, Lloyd Kelly, Josh DaSilva, Mady Camara.

[lcfc sheff]

1 hour ago, LVFox said:

Daichi Kamada available on a free at end of season, would really suit being one of our 8s.

 

A few decent squad options too, Lloyd Kelly, Josh DaSilva, Mady Camara.

I like josh dasilva, but he's so injury prone its ridiculous. Lloyd Kelly would be decent.

[Ric Flair]

1 hour ago, LVFox said:

Daichi Kamada available on a free at end of season, would really suit being one of our 8s.

 

A few decent squad options too, Lloyd Kelly, Josh DaSilva, Mady Camara.

Weird he only signed a 1 year contract when he left Frankfurt. 

[LVFox]

7 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

Weird he only signed a 1 year contract when he left Frankfurt. 

Yeah surprised me too!

 

I'm a huge fan of his compatriot at Stuttgart, Hiroki Ito who could play the Justin/Doyle role really well for us.

 

Fede Redondo as a young DM is also one we should have an eye on. Argentina U23 midfielder who's contract runs out in December. 

 

[Tommy Fresh]

9 hours ago, LVFox said:

Yeah surprised me too!

 

I'm a huge fan of his compatriot at Stuttgart, Hiroki Ito who could play the Justin/Doyle role really well for us.

 

Fede Redondo as a young DM is also one we should have an eye on. Argentina U23 midfielder who's contract runs out in December. 

 

There was a lot of talk of him going Real Madrid if I remember correctly, he's out of our league I think.

Edited 13 February 2024 by Tommy Fresh

[LVFox]

1 hour ago, Tommy Fresh said:

There was a lot of talk of him going Real Madrid if I remember correctly, he's out of our league I think.

Has just signed for Inter Miami by looks of it, I imagine hugely for the Messi pull, but the €8m price would of been perfect for us.

 

Back to the drawing board for a Winks backup

[Tommy Fresh]

6 minutes ago, LVFox said:

Has just signed for Inter Miami by looks of it, I imagine hugely for the Messi pull, but the €8m price would of been perfect for us.

 

Back to the drawing board for a Winks backup

Ah has he didn't know that, knew he was linked with Madrid a lot but that was probably more down to the links with his dad. I'd make Oscar Zambrano a priority, whoever signs him will make a huge profit quickly on him.

[lcfc sheff]

Minus any unexpected sales and coupled with the expected loses of ndidi, vestergaard and iheanacho.

 

-we need two centrebacks (CB + LCB)

-back up to winks (preferably a taller option in a mould not obviously equal but similar to Rodri)

- two no.8s presuming we don’t sign / resign ndidi and Yunus

- another winger unless Mcateer is deemed sufficient as back up to both Fatawu and Mavididi

- perhaps a striker unless we resign Vardy as the third choice

 

so potentially 7 signings. 

 

[TheGoldenGod]

29 minutes ago, lcfc sheff said:

Minus any unexpected sales and coupled with the expected loses of ndidi, vestergaard and iheanacho.

 

-we need two centrebacks (CB + LCB)

-back up to winks (preferably a taller option in a mould not obviously equal but similar to Rodri)

- two no.8s presuming we don’t sign / resign ndidi and Yunus

- another winger unless Mcateer is deemed sufficient as back up to both Fatawu and Mavididi

- perhaps a striker unless we resign Vardy as the third choice

 

so potentially 7 signings. 

 

Signing someone who is fluid in the front line would prevent the need to sign both a Striker AND a winger imo. Having 4 strikers at the minute is a mess, can't possibly please them all when we only play 1 up top and ideally you want someone cemented in that position in the prem. We know Nacho will go, Vardy maybe sign a 1 year deal but its down to him, and you can't be certain Daka won't have his suitors come the summer again.

 

I agree with the rest though! Definitely need an 8 or two with the way we play, I have my reservations on Yannik in the PL so a CB or two as well if Souttar goes, and someone younger to protect Winks if he gets injured.

[kingfox]

7 hours ago, LVFox said:

Back to the drawing board for a Winks backup

Mandela Keita - Leuven(If he doesn’t go to Antwerp permanently)

Andre - Fluminese 

Florentino - Benfica 

Ismail Yuksek - Fenerbahce 

 

Also like the Zambrano shout @Tommy Fresh 

 

Five defensive midfielders that will suit Maresca’s style 👍🏻

[LVFox]

32 minutes ago, kingfox said:

Mandela Keita - Leuven(If he doesn’t go to Antwerp permanently)

Andre - Fluminese 

Florentino - Benfica 

Ismail Yuksek - Fenerbahce 

 

Also like the Zambrano shout @Tommy Fresh 

 

Five defensive midfielders that will suit Maresca’s style 👍🏻

It's horrific that we have Mandela Keita in our "system" and do nothing about it.

[Plastik Man]

25 minutes ago, LVFox said:

It's horrific that we have Mandela Keita in our "system" and do nothing about it.

Rudders is probably too busy to speak to their DoF 

[LVFox]

1 minute ago, Plastik Man said:

Rudders is probably too busy to speak to their DoF 

Waiting for the email from Leuven....

 

In all seriousness, we could pick up Keita for £8m tops, and Sensi, O'Hare and Kamada on frees, giving us midfield options of:

 

Winks

Keita

KDH

Sensi

O'Hare

Kamada

Alves 

Braybrooke (I'd like to see him out on loan next year)

 

[Tommy Fresh]

2 hours ago, kingfox said:

Mandela Keita - Leuven(If he doesn’t go to Antwerp permanently)

Andre - Fluminese 

Florentino - Benfica 

Ismail Yuksek - Fenerbahce 

 

Also like the Zambrano shout @Tommy Fresh 

 

Five defensive midfielders that will suit Maresca’s style 👍🏻

Zambrano is definitely a realistic option as well, I want him more than I wanted David Martinez

[kingfox]

6 hours ago, LVFox said:

It's horrific that we have Mandela Keita in our "system" and do nothing about it.

A signing that would make sense for numerous reasons, wouldn’t be surprised if his name crops up again in the Summer, unless Antwerp sign him permanently. 

 

4 hours ago, Tommy Fresh said:

Zambrano is definitely a realistic option as well, I want him more than I wanted David Martinez

Would probably cost the least out the names I’ve mentioned.

 

Good in possession and has some bite out of possession, currently has a 67% success rate for defensive duels, solid!

[moore_94]

10 hours ago, kingfox said:

A signing that would make sense for numerous reasons, wouldn’t be surprised if his name crops up again in the Summer, unless Antwerp sign him permanently. 

 

Would probably cost the least out the names I’ve mentioned.

 

Good in possession and has some bite out of possession, currently has a 67% success rate for defensive duels, solid!

Antwerp have him on an obligation to buy

[Solihullfox]

16 hours ago, Plastik Man said:

Rudders is probably too busy to speak to their DoF 

Rudders doesnt  like dealing with him as the Leuven DoF negotiates in Flemish

[wardyfox86]

Attainable options might be:

Largie Ramazani (Almeria) RW/LW

Lucas Robertone (Almeria) CDM

Fran Beltran (Celta Vigo) CM

Nahitan Nandez (Cagliari) IWB

Kamil Piatowski (RBS) CB

Eric Martel (Cologne) CDM

 

Assan Ouedraogo (kid looks great at 17 and Schalke are deep in the brown) would be great investment in that advanced 8 position.

 

All would work in our current system and at least boost our squad options.

[Pliskin]

We will 100% be in for Nanasi.

[ithuriel]

Basically, if we could afford it, new left back, two new centre halves would be a priority for me