2023 Summer transfers

Some should be fairly easy to move on - Cook, Horvath, O'Brien, Surridge, Freuler will all be on reasonable money and/or have enough track record or promise to find new clubs without too much of a problem, I think. Toffolo is going to be suspended so there's nothing we can do about that. Simon's list is cheaper and very movable to foreign.

Shelvey and Dennis will be a problem because they're on big money and have baggage, but both have at least some degree of track record for producing attacking value at the top level. Our best bet with them is probably hoping a low end Premier League club (Sheff U, Luton) or a Champ club with parachute money is willing to take them on loan and get us off the hook for at least most of this year's wages, maybe with an obligation to buy if said club finds themselves in the Premier League next year.

Mighten I have no idea. Given he's got a US passport, the MLS might be the ideal option for him.

Nope - all of my list were born before 2002, so would be part of the 25. The only players being seriously mentioned who are exempted on the basis of their age are Mighten and Aguilera.

Linked with Ian Maatsen - Chelsea left back (born 2002, so doesn't count for the 25). Spent last year at Burnley and the previous season at Coventry. 4 goals and 6 assists last season so probably quite attacking.

Healthy? Lock in? Biancone is coming back from a serious injury and looked bang average before it, Niakhate is definitely not healthy right this second with his dislocation, Wood is also coming back from serious injury. Kouyate and Hennessy are leaving.

He's seemed to rebuff that on Instagram.

Scarpa is staying and will be a hero. Biancone looked far from average everytime I saw him. He will be hero (not necessarily for us but I think he is a good player).

Frueler might be going back to Atalanta. (or however you spell it). Dennis possibly to Leeds.

Neco can play left back. Richards might still.

We are short of forwards and midfielders who aren't called MGW, Yates and Danilo. (I like Mangala but will he get as much game time as the others?).

Chicago: Not panicking yet.

Season kicks off in 24 days. It's really time we started getting our squad ready for the season, which means getting players in very soon.

Agree. Needs to start happening this week, it’s a bit concerning we have nothing done.

Double agree. Things need to start happening. As much on the out as the in.

I thought average was being kind from the times I saw him play

To be fair there's not much direct evidence he can either.

(I'm a fan, but he's barely played, so.)

Maybe bringing in the season's third recruitment team a month before the end of the season wasn't the best approach strategically?

I think it's fine - as we are going for more in demand players I would expect the process to take longer. We have a base squad (barring GK) and we are only adding so it shouldn't be too much of an issue to drip feed 4 or 5 players into the squad.