Who do we need (Summer 2026)

[Edingleyfox]

Clearly still need a striker and not just an unproven last minute loan with no senior goals in the EFL as happened more than once  last year. But the Ben Nelson injury might mean thinking twice about letting all the experienced defenders go to raise funds. 

[AKCJ]

We need a senior striker. 27/28 or ears old who can play 50 games if needed.

 

Doesn't have to be someone who will be first choice if we go up. Just someone for now who can put the ball in the net.

Edited Sunday at 07:56 by AKCJ

[Vindaloo FOX]

1 hour ago, AKCJ said:

We need a senior striker. 27/28 or ears old who can play 50 games if needed.

 

Doesn't have to be someone who will be first choice if we go up. Just someone for now who can put the ball in the net.

Sam Gallagher fits the bill, year left on his contract, he's probably on 25k.

[honeybradger]

20 minutes ago, Vindaloo FOX said:

Sam Gallagher fits the bill, year left on his contract, he's probably on 25k.

That is the entirety of our TV money this season.

 

Shouldn't be giving anyone a £25k a week contract in the state we are in. Especially someone who scored 2 goals in the championship last season.

Edited Sunday at 09:14 by honeybradger

[Vindaloo FOX]

3 minutes ago, honeybradger said:

That is the entirety of our TV money this season.

 

Shouldn't be giving anyone a £25k a week contract in the state we are in. Especially someone who scored 2 goals in the championship last season.

Yap true, he's probably not gonna leave this season, he's not getting that money anywhere else, smashed plenty of goals at Blackburn though.

[Silebyfox_89]

We should be signing players aged 22-26 hungry to improve on a reasonable wage.

 

weve got the youth players and a few experienced pros.

Top will have to dip his hand in and spend a little soon.

 

[boosmanana]

Think we're going to need at least 1 Centre Back, potentially more depending on outgoings. Done a bit of digging and analysis of stats, video footage etc and came up with these 2. Both would hopefully be attainable for £1.5m or under and presumably wouldn't command huge wages either. 

 

Julius Berthel Askou - 

 

Hakon Volden - 

 

 

[LCFCCKEANO]

If we take Bristric as gospel, for me, I would like another out and out 9, ideally someone who is a certainty for 10/15 goals if Bristric is a flop, and then one more winger, then just replace exits, I think if we get the deal over the line we are arguably in the best position in a window that we have been in in a long long time

[Lambert09]

Wow, no wonder they turned down the 750k. This guys is going to go far. He’ll easily step up the divisions 

[coolhandfox]

Shopping list is still pretty long, could get longer depending on departures

 

2 x CF, dropping to 1 if Bristrić signs.

2 x CB as at least 2 of Soutter, Faes, Okoli and Nelson will leave.

1 x RW as we only have Alves and his unlikely to pay 51 games including cups.

1 x LW if Mavididi leave which I suspect will happen late in the window.

1 x CM if one of Skipp or Hamza leaves.

 

We need to sort of what happen with Opoku and TWB as they seem ear marked for leaving on a prem.

Suspect we see one of the GK leave. 

If we get in strikers and RWer, we need loans for Evans, Hutchinson, Carr. 

 

Busy time for JM

 

 

[Ric Flair]

Did Rhys Williams play under Russell at Swansea???

[Sankey93]

I find it very surprising that Ballard and cleary haven’t yet moved! 
 

 

[FoxinNotts]

Surely we could pick up Jayden Wareham for about £1.5m ?

[Ryy]

15 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

Did Rhys Williams play under Russell at Swansea???

Yes 7 appearances He was recalled by Liverpool in January after limited game time

[lanefox]

18 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

Did Rhys Williams play under Russell at Swansea???

Not played a lot of football for a 25 year old

[fox_favourite]

39 minutes ago, FoxinNotts said:

Surely we could pick up Jayden Wareham for about £1.5m ?

Apparently going through a family bereavement, I think I heard somewhere. So a move is probably the last thing on his mind. 

[slymunn]

2 hours ago, coolhandfox said:

Shopping list is still pretty long, could get longer depending on departures

 

2 x CF, dropping to 1 if Bristrić signs.

2 x CB as at least 2 of Soutter, Faes, Okoli and Nelson will leave.

1 x RW as we only have Alves and his unlikely to pay 51 games including cups.

1 x LW if Mavididi leave which I suspect will happen late in the window.

1 x CM if one of Skipp or Hamza leaves.

 

We need to sort of what happen with Opoku and TWB as they seem ear marked for leaving on a prem.

Suspect we see one of the GK leave. 

If we get in strikers and RWer, we need loans for Evans, Hutchinson, Carr. 

 

Busy time for JM

 

 

RW and LW - Cullen, BDR, Watson, Chaplin will be used here. Evans possibly too if he doesn't go out on loan. Coulibaly also was tested as a winger at the weekend with the split squads.

 

[coolhandfox]

Just now, slymunn said:

RW and LW - Cullen, BDR, Watson, Chaplin will be used here. Evans possibly too if he doesn't go out on loan. Coulibaly also was tested as a winger at the weekend with the split squads.

 

On a match day we are going to need 3 of those to cover LW, CAM, RW.

 

So with Cullen, BCDR, Alves, Chaplin and Watson you have 5 players covering 3 positions if Mavididi leave.

 

We need 6 minimum.  

[slymunn]

4 minutes ago, coolhandfox said:

On a match day we are going to need 3 of those to cover LW, CAM, RW.

 

So with Cullen, BCDR, Alves, Chaplin and Watson you have 5 players covering 3 positions if Mavididi leave.

 

We need 6 minimum.  

You could always include Page and Braybrooke who played further forward last year from the bench. Not everyone is going to be a 30+ game starter.

[coolhandfox]

4 minutes ago, slymunn said:

You could always include Page and Braybrooke who played further forward last year from the bench. Not everyone is going to be a 30+ game starter.

For me we need another dynamic winger, we pace out wide, something out of Cullen, BCDR, Alves, Chaplin and Watson, only Watson has. 

 

Ideally we need two players for each position, Braybrooke, Page, Hamza and Skipp are going to share the CM, DCM roles in the current formation.

 

  

 

 

[slymunn]

Just now, coolhandfox said:

For me we need another dynamic winger, we pace out wide, something out of Cullen, BCDR, Alves, Chaplin and Watson, only Watson has. 

 

Ideally we need two players for each position, Braybrooke, Page, Hamza and Skipp are going to share the CM, DCM roles in the current formation.

 

 

The way the club is cutting the playing budget down, there may have to be flexibility in that. 2 for each is ideal, but we have just named 10 players for 5 positions.

 

Braybrooke, Page, Hamza, Skipp, Cullen, BCDR, Alves, Chaplin, Watson and Mavididi.

 

Unless they are going to sell one of two of those I don't see much movement.

[Foxes96]

34 minutes ago, coolhandfox said:

On a match day we are going to need 3 of those to cover LW, CAM, RW.

 

So with Cullen, BCDR, Alves, Chaplin and Watson you have 5 players covering 3 positions if Mavididi leave.

 

We need 6 minimum.  

Riley Carr as well offers pace and direct running similar to Watson, and has looked promising in pre season. Unless he goes out on loan. 

[CloudFox]

10 minutes ago, Foxes96 said:

Riley Carr as well offers pace and direct running similar to Watson, and has looked promising in pre season. Unless he goes out on loan. 

I really like Carr and would love to see him smash it this season, but 50 games is a lot to ask in his first proper pro season. I'd like to have someone else more developed for him to challenge instead.

[coolhandfox]

36 minutes ago, slymunn said:

The way the club is cutting the playing budget down, there may have to be flexibility in that. 2 for each is ideal, but we have just named 10 players for 5 positions.

 

Braybrooke, Page, Hamza, Skipp, Cullen, BCDR, Alves, Chaplin, Watson and Mavididi.

 

Unless they are going to sell one of two of those I don't see much movement.

Think Mavididi goes.

 

You are probably right, especially considering I think it only a 7 man bench in L1.

Edited Monday at 12:56 by coolhandfox

[coolhandfox]

16 minutes ago, Foxes96 said:

Riley Carr as well offers pace and direct running similar to Watson, and has looked promising in pre season. Unless he goes out on loan. 

Think a loan in league 2 were he get games time is better long term for him.