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DJ Barry Hammond

Who do we need (Summer 2026)

By DJ Barry Hammond, in Transfer Talk

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boosmanana

boosmanana

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3 minutes ago, Long Eaton Fox said:

If Faes Soutter and Nelson leave that should bring in 20m. Would any of that be available? Maybe Skipp for 5m?

Unfortunately, I don't think we'll be getting £20m for Faes, Souttar and Nelson.

Dan

Dan

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On 21/07/2026 at 21:58, moore_94 said:

Been looking through players who are 23 or under and have only 1 year left on their contracts:

 

Centre back:

Ethan Pye (23) - Stockport County

Mamadou Jobe (23) - Cambridge United

Finley Burns (23) - Man City (loan at Reading last season)

 

Centre Mid:

Charlie Savage (23) - Reading

Charlie Webster (22) - Burton Albion

 

Left Wing:

Adrian Blake (21) - FC Utrecht

 

Striker:

Emre Tezgel (20) - Stoke City (loan at Crewe last season)

Jayden Wareham (23) - Exeter City

Exactly the sorts of signing I was referring to in another thread. We would be better off buying 3/4 of these (including probably Wareham) than spending it all on Ballard.

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boosmanana

boosmanana

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11 minutes ago, Long Eaton Fox said:

How much do you think? Soutter is around 10m I think.

I have no idea, but I don't think we'll get more than 5 million for Nelson or Faes, so even if we did get 10 million for Souttar (which I don't think we will) then I think we'll be struggling. I'm also unsure how we'll replace them if the financial stuff that came out from Maguire is anything close to being accurate

Finnegan

Finnegan

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10 minutes ago, Long Eaton Fox said:

How much do you think? Soutter is around 10m I think.

 

We're supposedly "holding on for" 10m for Souttar and absolutely nothing has happened all summer so that's not happening is it. 

 

Monaco could have bought Faes for about £5m and they're one of the few clubs that might actually be able to tempt him away wage wise because living there is a tax haven so you need a smaller wage to make a net gain. He's got a year left on his deal and nobody else wants him. 

 

And Nelson also has a year left, is an unproven kid that was average at best in the Championship last season and has allegedly told us he's not extending. 

 

On no planet are we getting a combined 20m for them all. 

 

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FosseSpark

FosseSpark

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If we spend £0 pre season we will be in League Two this time next year and have to relaunch.

A team of promising players who didn't show up as outliers on loan, in EFL Trophy or as aces in Prem 2/Reserves aren't going to tear up League One

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LCFCJohn

LCFCJohn

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With the news leaked about the club for sale, and the information about the continued state of the clubs finances, it seems quite clear that there will be no fees

spent on players this summer. Probably expect a couple more frees and loans and we will go with what we have….

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Sol thewall Bamba

Sol thewall Bamba

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19 hours ago, boosmanana said:

Unfortunately, I don't think we'll be getting £20m for Faes, Souttar and Nelson.

To be fair the prices we've apparently set for Nelson and Souttar cover most of that 20m.

 

Whether anyone will actually pay is another question.

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honeybradger

honeybradger

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I think after August Priske's struggles at Birmingham you have to seriously question when a player puts up numbers in Sweden.

 

10 goals in 15 looks good but it's at a level in the Swedish second tier that is probably equivalent to the National league or lower.

Ric Flair

Ric Flair

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3 minutes ago, honeybradger said:

I think after August Priske's struggles at Birmingham you have to seriously question when a player puts up numbers in Sweden.

 

10 goals in 15 looks good but it's at a level in the Swedish second tier that is probably equivalent to the National league or lower.

Scandinavian league have often translated very well in to English leagues. Just not the ones we sign 😂

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honeybradger

honeybradger

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5 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

Scandinavian league have often translated very well in to English leagues. Just not the ones we sign 😂

I'm not so sure that's the case, Priske and Walta were two signings last season that looked great on paper but didn't translate to the championship.

 

Maybe they will perform next season once they have adjusted to moving leagues.

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moore_94

moore_94

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Assuming we get McFarlane, Adebayo, and Cullen in now, time to start working on a winger or two

 

GK - McCarthy, Jakub, Vieites, Bausor

 

RB - Aluko, Joseph

 

CB - Souttar, Nelson, Okoli, Faes

 

LB - Thomas, McFarlane, Woyo

 

MID - Braybrooke, Page, Skipp, Hamza, Neale

 

AM / WING - Alves, Chaplin, Mavididi, Reid

 

ST - Cullen, Adebayo, Otchere

 

That doesn't even include Gray, Evans, Carr, and Hutchinson either - get them out on loan somewhere they can play every week ideally

 

Then you just work on a 1 out 1 in policy for the centre backs and if someone like Skipp leaves

 

No need to replace Jakub/Vieites or Woyo if they go

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coolhandfox

coolhandfox

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9 minutes ago, moore_94 said:

Assuming we get McFarlane, Adebayo, and Cullen in now, time to start working on a winger or two

 

GK - McCarthy, Jakub, Vieites, Bausor

 

RB - Aluko, Joseph

 

CB - Souttar, Nelson, Okoli, Faes

 

LB - Thomas, McFarlane, Woyo

 

MID - Braybrooke, Page, Skipp, Hamza, Neale

 

AM / WING - Alves, Chaplin, Mavididi, Reid

 

ST - Cullen, Adebayo, Otchere

 

That doesn't even include Gray, Evans, Carr, and Hutchinson either - get them out on loan somewhere they can play every week ideally

 

Then you just work on a 1 out 1 in policy for the centre backs and if someone like Skipp leaves

 

No need to replace Jakub/Vieites or Woyo if they go

Lack of pace is frightening.

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Ric Flair

Ric Flair

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1 hour ago, coolhandfox said:

Lack of pace is frightening.

And for a manager who talks about running constantly, it's at odds with his philosophy and game model.

 

McFarlane is supposedly very quick but it's the wingers and striker that bother me there. Cullen supposedly got beaten in the 100 metres at school by a kid in deck shoes.

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StinckleyFox

StinckleyFox

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56 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

And for a manager who talks about running constantly, it's at odds with his philosophy and game model.

 

McFarlane is supposedly very quick but it's the wingers and striker that bother me there. Cullen supposedly got beaten in the 100 metres at school by a kid in deck shoes.

Lots of running doesn’t necessarily require pace though does it, it’s stamina that you need to run a lot.

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