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Post by FullerMagic on Jan 10, 2024 13:09:57 GMT
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Post by FullerMagic on Jan 10, 2024 12:58:54 GMT
Campbell is the elephant in the room for me, if either/both parties aren't confident he will be here next season, take a million for him and move him and his wage on........ Is he the last of our Premier League wage hangover? I know he signed a new deal to tempt him to stay when MON was here but we would have had to up it quite considerably to fend off Rangers, shirley? Yeah - the number I heard about the deal we gave him to get him to re-sign was eye-watering.
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Post by FullerMagic on Jan 10, 2024 12:54:41 GMT
Yeah - if loans are off the table - and frees impossible to find in January, it'll be interesting to see where we think we can find a difference-making permanent left-back and striker with what will presumably be a pretty small budget? Campbell is the elephant in the room for me, if either/both parties aren't confident he will be here next season, take a million for him and move him and his wage on........ Yeah, he is an interesting case. He may fancy going as a free in the summer. But where would he go assuming he doesn't catch fire between now and May? A Stoke-type club is probably where you'd set the market. I'd certainly be tempted to accept anything around £750k+ if the alternative is him going for nothing in the summer. Hard to be completely sure if he's remotely open to staying if he found himself enjoying the next 6 months and scoring 6 or 7 goals. Sad the way it appears to have worked out here considering how bright it all looked about 3 years ago - and at various fleeting moments since
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Post by FullerMagic on Jan 10, 2024 12:46:41 GMT
I would imagine post Neil and with Schuey coming in, the kitty will not be great this window, certainly making talk of Whittaker very far fetched.. if we are restricted to British incomings, they are rarely cheap. Yeah - if loans are off the table - and frees almost impossible to find in January, it'll be interesting to see where we think we can find a difference-making permanent left-back and striker with what will presumably be a pretty small budget?
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Post by FullerMagic on Jan 10, 2024 12:39:37 GMT
Interesting to see the bid for Assante was £4m and not £2m as was reported at the time That's encouraging as that £4m, at the very least, presumably is available now If we can sell a player as hinted then we can add that to the pot for any striker Isn't that purely speculative though? It seemed to be very much the case that he was ours for the taking if we were prepared to up it into that kind of territory? And maybe paying Neil off, and the Schuey compo, has shrunk the kitty a bit.
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Post by FullerMagic on Jan 10, 2024 12:08:51 GMT
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Post by FullerMagic on Jan 10, 2024 11:03:56 GMT
Is Campbell training again? www.stokesentinel.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/stoke-city-injury-news-rotherham-9021061Tyrese CampbellStriker, aged 24, hasn't played since scoring in a 2-1 defeat at Schumacher's Plymouth in early December but returned to training last Thursday and should come into contention for the Rotherham match. "It was good to have him back," said Schumacher on Thursday afternoon. "It was his first session with the group so it’s probably too soon for him to be involved for the weekend but he looked nice and sharp. We’ll build him up over the next few days and hopefully get him prepared for Rotherham."
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Post by FullerMagic on Jan 10, 2024 10:26:14 GMT
If Campbell is fit, think I'd go:
Iversen Hoever Wilmot McNally Thompson Burger Cundle Bae Vidigal Mmaee Campbell
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Post by FullerMagic on Jan 9, 2024 14:32:34 GMT
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Post by FullerMagic on Jan 8, 2024 20:54:59 GMT
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Post by FullerMagic on Jan 8, 2024 20:12:08 GMT
If we went for Stansfield ot would have to be permanent as we are up to our capacity I loans, unless of course a loanee went back which complicates things Just for the record I suggested Stansfield in the summer ahem 😏 Yeah, loan slots all taken at the moment (assuming Cundle joins) - so we'd have to send Haks or McNally back if we were in contention. Can't see a perm being an option as he's only recently signed a new long-term Fulham deal. It may not mean anything, but it seems to have aroused some interest given the speculation
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Post by FullerMagic on Jan 8, 2024 19:38:28 GMT
as he been linked to anywhere else ? Ipswich is the main one I think, but Sunderland too. Can't see why he wouldn't stay at Brum though, especially now Mowbray's there?
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Post by FullerMagic on Jan 8, 2024 19:33:19 GMT
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Post by FullerMagic on Jan 8, 2024 18:03:45 GMT
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Post by FullerMagic on Jan 8, 2024 15:21:17 GMT
A fee for Johnson anywhere near 7-figures looks very, very optimistic, verging on deluded, considering he'll be on a decent wage and clearly surplus to requirements. Surely he's the type, at 31, you look to just move off the books to shed his wage. He's not the kind of player where the type of club who'd be interested in himwould pay a significant 6-figure fee
And it seems very top-end for what you could get for Baker after his last 12 months. Even we didn't pay a fee for him when we signed him with 6 months left at Chelsea. Approaching his late-20s, he's never had a run anywhere that'd prompt a Champ club to pay a significant sum. He's still a bit of a punt.
I'd assumed from the tweet that Schumacher had given the squad the once-over and decided he wanted these three out to create space for whatever he could get - but certainly in Pearson's case, he claims there's significant interest, which I'd be very surprised at with 3-and-a-half seasons on reasonable money left - certainly if we're talking of making a healthy profit on him. Only run-of-the-mill Champ clubs would hold an interest you'd think, and salary would be an issue
Suppose with articles like this, you never really know how much is just padding to flesh out the word count of a little whisper he may have heard.
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Post by FullerMagic on Jan 8, 2024 14:56:03 GMT
Wouldn't rule out Johnson or Baker going - although Baker has looked fine. 18 months left for both of them, and both free transfers on the books, although Johnson will be on a decent Bosman contract, and Baker a reasonable improved deal, although probably not back-breaking for any Championship club as it was signed in the financial doldrums of the MON era. Pearson's deal until the summer of 2027 will be hard for anyone who'd want to him to compete with, especially as we reportedly paid a very small fee of 500k - with presumably the rest going on a decent long-term deal It does sound a little more positive on Baker: “ The 28-year-old is coming into his last year and is another player the Championship outfit do not want to leave for nothing. His asking price has been quoted as being between £1million and £2million. However, he has impressed in recent performances and could yet force a stay depending on the club’s winter business.” www.teamtalk.com/stoke-city/stoke-city-offers-schumacher-targetsYeah - the phrasing in the article suggests there is significant interest in Pearson, which would be a bit surprising. It'd be interesting to know the calibre of clubs if it's true. £3-4m seems fanciful though
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Post by FullerMagic on Jan 8, 2024 14:48:18 GMT
Wouldn't rule out Johnson or Baker going - although Baker has looked fine.
18 months left for both of them, and both free transfers on the books, although Johnson will be on a decent Bosman contract, and Baker a reasonable improved deal, although probably not back-breaking for any Championship club as it was signed in the financial doldrums of the MON era.
Pearson's deal until the summer of 2027 will be hard for anyone who'd want to him to compete with, especially as we reportedly paid a very small fee of 500k - with presumably the rest going on a decent long-term deal
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Post by FullerMagic on Jan 8, 2024 14:25:27 GMT
I think we'll need some luck to shift Pearson's 3-and-a-half years.
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Post by FullerMagic on Jan 8, 2024 10:20:02 GMT
Just watched Noah Allen on u tube clips, looks decent, Beswicks, Ryan will have known his character from his time there. Good age and room to grew?..Good LB option?.. Although he was said to have been here on trial, don't think he's an option with all the wild card slots taken, is he? Maybe he'd have a chance of getting a permit the old-fashioned way - on appeal, but not guaranteed as he doesn't get the points. And would a 19yo American player with only a brief MLS career be a starter-calibre player in the Champ? The left-back situation is very quiet considering it's been rivalling goalkeeper as the glaring hole in the squad all season, and we're obviously going to get one
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Post by FullerMagic on Jan 8, 2024 9:20:46 GMT
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Post by FullerMagic on Jan 7, 2024 21:02:44 GMT
It is undeniably funnier that we've just loaned him. Just because we can.
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Post by FullerMagic on Jan 7, 2024 20:56:24 GMT
Is it possible Cundle really wanted the move?
For geographical reasons and to work with Schuey again?
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Post by FullerMagic on Jan 7, 2024 20:51:57 GMT
Loan with no option according to the Express&Star
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Post by FullerMagic on Jan 7, 2024 20:43:46 GMT
More good (essentially) accounting? Yeah, bump the payment into the next FFP year maybe - freeing us up to spend whatever we've got left elsewhere?
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Post by FullerMagic on Jan 7, 2024 20:38:11 GMT
Loan move according to Percy Wonder if it's with a view?
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Post by FullerMagic on Jan 7, 2024 20:29:43 GMT
Are we going to be cheeky and go for a Sunday night announcement?
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Post by FullerMagic on Jan 7, 2024 20:27:51 GMT
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Post by FullerMagic on Jan 7, 2024 20:19:38 GMT
As you are always first with the Wolves info, interesting! Wonder if we ever had a sniff with Azaz, in terms of wanting to get involved with the auction for him at £2.5m. They do seem to rate him more highly - but he is a couple of years older and they have seen him for an extra season, at a lower level, to get more of a bond with. If Schumacher wants him having worked with him for 6 months, that's good enough for me. If it's about £1.5m, seems fair for a 21yo with all that Champ experience
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Post by FullerMagic on Jan 7, 2024 18:56:28 GMT
Plymouth fans seem to be getting worried about Brentford and Whittaker
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Post by FullerMagic on Jan 7, 2024 14:53:08 GMT
Charlie Cresswell not even on the bench for Leeds again.
Got to be on the move somewhere this month?
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