Summer transfer window 2026

Did he need a runner? Not for the four, obv.

He only faced one ball so no runner required. Walked off fine though.

Diomande confirmed by the club.

On Diomande.

Chris Wood will certainly manage another paltry 8 premier league goals, but he isn't likely to play 30 plus games a season. Kalimuendo will go. Taiwo might be kept for entertainment, odd goals and holy spirit. Igor Jesus is not the kind who leads the line. All indicators are we want someone like Solanke, Delap or Mateta. Of those, Mateta is probably the one who would offer the most.

Unfortunately Forest seem interested in Delap. He seems more like an Everton player to me.

Our targets are wing back,. Midfield, Forward. Back up Goalie too. I doubt John Victor will be here for too long.

I think Woody will get 8. The man can take penalties can't he?

Chicago: Optimist.

Only when he's on the pitch.

I'd have thought a loan-to-buy move would make most sense here if Chelsea are struggling to find a club willing to take Delap off their hands for the price they want.

I don't see a huge amount of risk in that for Forest, were it to be an option.

Henry Winter on the latest Forest Focus seems to be a big fan.

Delap was a beast at Ipswich in a very limited side. He has all the raw materials to be very good - just whether he can find a club and a manager to get a tune out of him.

I think beast is slightly overdoing it. He only scored 12 in 40. He is strong and fast. There are some questions about his decision-making, finishing, touch and injury record.

The picture is he was terrible last year. Decent and promising for Ipswich the year before. Average in the championship for Hull the year before that (8 goals in 32), struggled for Preston and Stoke in the Championship the two years before that. And an outstanding youth player for Man City. He got very hyped up after a decent single season at Ipswich in a team with limited ideas and low expectations because of the Man City heritage and being english and a striker, but he is in no way was good enough to be the main striker at a team like Chelsea and there is little evidence to suggest he ever will be.

He might be able to do a job for us though. He is more mobile than Wood and of course younger, and he is probably going to play more and be better medium term than Awoniyi. He is aggressive and attacks the box, and he can pin defenders and run behind. He is different to Jesus who is all about flicks, combination play, lay-offs and poaching in the box. Delap may be better against the high lines, Igor against teams that sit deep.

I think it remains to be seen if he sustains a career as a premier league striker and he may well fade away completely, but I don't hate the idea especially if it's a loan. Nicolas Jackson would be a lot better though.

For me, the question is whether his experience at Chelsea has humbled him a bit and reminded him that he needs to understand the system, be prepared to play his role in it, and put in the work every day to be an effective Premier League striker, or if he's coming here as Billy Big Bollocks who's just doing us a favour until another Sky 6 club comes in for him. If the former I can be persuaded, especially with Woody as a seemingly good role model as a both a pro and the type of player he could in part model himself on. If it's the latter he can obviously do one.

Get the sentiment around mentoring, but I'm not sure how similar they are as players. There are a couple of Wood-like finishes here, but also a fair bit of direct running with the ball at opponents that's never been Wood's game.

www.skysports.com/football/video/12606/13252722/liam-delaps-best-bits-for-ipswich-town-in-the-2024-25-premier-league

I think the greater risk is he's more a Sammy Small Scrotum than Billy Big Bollocks and it is whether he can get his confidence back after the unmitigated failure that was his season at Chelsea last year. This is someone whose career best is 12 goals at Ipswich, not Didier Drogba.

Woody isn't a statue who offers nothing beyond 18 yards. Delap is a big strong boy with a finisher's eye who can learn to play with his back to goal, and that's prime Chris Wood. The fact that Delap is also reasonably fast and comfortable carrying the ball is a bonus.

Also, suspect the mentoring needed is as much about teaching him to be a good pro and teammate even when he's not getting the starts or the service he wants, and being a physical striker without being a petulant dick on the pitch and picking up unnecessary cards that hurt the team.

L'Equipe says that Spurs are taking about signing Falogun for £60M. That seems like a massive overpay.