Summer transfer window 2026

Hence my fuck it, take what City are offering, and let's move on.

Top Old Gill negotiation skills there, Mince.

Jim "John Textor" Shady

A fine Ridsdale/Seth Johnson apocryphal moment.

Hey, he did well in retrospect for Danilo.

Kephren Thuram

I don’t see a future for you in sales

Au contraire, he's like pretty much every sales rep I've ever known. Take the easy 80% and move on to the next bit of low hanging fruit, instead of doing the hard work to get the remaining 20% as well and maximizing the value of every customer. They're mostly addicted to the rush of the win.

Supposedly Arsenal and City are interested in Tonali as well. Sounds like agent talk, Arsenal have Rice and City will get Anderson. I'd have thought Man U were a more suited destination but they don't seem to want to spend that kind of money.

Paul Taylor still saying we only want to sign three or four this window. When we all know there’ll be at least that in the last two days.

Last seasons squad...

25 Squad players (*Home grown)

Goalkeepers
Sels
John Victor
Gunn*

Defenders
Boly - replaced by Aina
Murillo
Milenkovic
Morato
Savona
Williams*
Zinchenko - replaced by Netz

Midfielders
Anderson
Bakwa
Dominguez
Gibbs White
Hutchinson
Hudson-Odoi
McAtee
Ndoye
Sangare
Douglas Luiz - replaced by Ortega...
Yates

Forwards
Awoniyi
Kalimuendo - replaced by Lucca
Jesus
Wood

Jair Cunha born in March 2025 will still count as under 21. Abbott has two more years counting under 21.
Jota Silva may return.

So where is there space?
Anderson
Kalimuendo looks to be wanted in Germany, Lucca is gone.
Ortega gone
Gunn gone

Looks like we need a centre forward, an Anderson and a goalkeeper. Does Savona get another season? With Anderson and Gunn gone, we are down to the minimum 8 homegrown.

I can see why we aren't looking at bringing much in. Just need quality.

Your listing of home grown players is incredibly incomplete and I've got no idea what the italics signify. I'd start with the squad once contracts expire and loanees return, like this:

GK: Sels, Victor
Def: Aina, Williams, Netz, Savona, Morato, Cunha, Milenkovic, Murillo, Bindon, Carmo, Cuibaino, Richards, Abbott, Moreira.
Mid: Sangare, Anderson, Dominguez, Yates, CHO, Gibbs-White, Ndoye, Hutchinson, McAtee, Bakwa, Silva
For: Awoniyi, Wood, Jesus, Kalimuendo.

That's 31 but Bindon, Cunha, Abbott and Moreira are all under 21.
Homegrown isn't an issue - there's 11 of those in that 27.
Expecting Savona, Carmo, Cuibaino, Richards, Anderson, Silva and Kalimuendo to leave, which gets us down to 20 even if Awoniyi, Ndoye, Morato don't. (Maybe Silva stays if Nodoye goes?) That's 5-8 spaces and still 8 homegrown, even if all 10 above leave.

Stay in your lane Jake

Missed John Victor off the list of expected to leave.

So we need two keepers, unless they are happy with Bott or Willows as third choice; a full back, a centre back if Morato goes or VP intends to use a three; couple of midfielders and a striker. No chance we only sign "three or four".

It's Talkback seeing the asterisks as the start and finish of italics.

So why did the Gunn and Williams ones work?