Summer transfer rumours thread.

That time of year for Twitter to start linking us with every available player. Today's rumour is Nicky Cadden, Forest green rovers, winger that got 6 goals and 12 assists last year. Apparently he's turned down a contract offer from them recently so now they want to sell.
 
Nobbers want Archer back but Gerrard wants a permanent deal.

Surely worth bidding the Bowler fee?
 

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Jaffa_The_Hut said:
Nobbers want Archer back but Gerrard wants a permanent deal.

Surely worth bidding the Bowler fee?
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They'll need to flog an awful lot of cheap season tickets to be able to avoid 1 of his legs. I'd guess Villa would want £4M+ and a massive sell-on clause. The only clubs with that amount of money are those with Prem parachute payments.
 
AmericanTangerine said:
Yep, think the overall budget last Summer and Winter (based on what we spent and were allegedly going to spend) was around 2.5 Million.

Given the fact that we were coming off a year without fans I think that was a very solid amount of money.

However, this Summer I expect that number to be a lot higher given

1) The amount of players we offloaded in the Winter.
2) The fact that we had 1 Million left to spend on Brannagan but didn't pull the trigger in January.
3) Bowler's fee which will be around 3-5 Million which I expect a good amount to directly be reinvested.

Honestly think Critchley will have the highest transfer budget any Blackpool manager in history has had. Could be upwards of 5 Million.

Exciting times ahead. 🍊
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OK, 5 Million is looking *a bit* optimistic considering today's announcement 😂

Still think Critchley will be given enough money (feel like he'll get at least half of the Bowler money to spend) to bring in 1-2 WOW signings plus some more free agents and smaller fee signings 👍
 
Hasn't Simon Sadler just said, with the investment he is forking out from his own pocket, for the training ground and East, don't expect large transfer fees this summer ?
 
Today's Twitter rumour is Ebou Adams, FGR CM. This one could have some substance as we went in for him in January and he's now out of contract.
 
Given the overtones from the pending developments off the field are we likely to see the promotion of youth from within sooner and less reliance on actual signings?
 
Bloodorange said:
Given the overtones from the pending developments off the field are we likely to see the promotion of youth from within sooner and less reliance on actual signings?
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Out of contract players most likely, we've probably got a couple lined up already but won't announce until the season's completely over.
 
rememberlesshannon said:
Hasn't Simon Sadler just said, with the investment he is forking out from his own pocket, for the training ground and East, don't expect large transfer fees this summer ?
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What's large? We won't be spending above a million, I'm pretty sure of that, but we probably have to go above 250,000.
Charlie Adam was half a million over 10 years ago. That doesn't look like a large transfer fee with hindsight.
Right player at the right price and it looks like value for money, my concern is that if we don't add a significant bit of quality we end up in league 1 with a nice stadium.
It's a balancing act and as long as we make steady progress on and off the pitch nearly all of us will be happy.
 
Cleveleys boy said:
He's scored twice as many as Beesley at that level?
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It's not just about numbers I think. There are players who bang in loads of goals lower down but don't make it higher up. Beesley has obviously been scouted for his all round game and his potential to improve. He hadn't even played many games in L2. Telford is 5' 7" for one thing - might go against him.
 
What would people say if we had a look at Scott Sinclair for a bit of experience at this level? Available on a free, hell of a player on his day and probably wants to stay in the area because of his missus...
 
voyeur said:
It's not just about numbers I think. There are players who bang in loads of goals lower down but don't make it higher up. Beesley has obviously been scouted for his all round game and his potential to improve. He hadn't even played many games in L2. Telford is 5' 7" for one thing - might go against him.
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yep, agree. Telford since leaving Stoke has already been at Plymouth, Bury, Bristol Rovers and finally Newport which is the only tream he's had success at. Pretty much been a bench player til this season. Nowhere near good enough.
 
20togo said:
yep, agree. Telford since leaving Stoke has already been at Plymouth, Bury, Bristol Rovers and finally Newport which is the only tream he's had success at. Pretty much been a bench player til this season. Nowhere near good enough.
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So plenty of experience then and just found his feet at 25. 24 goals in 27 appearance's all from open play for a mid table side suggests he has potential.
 
BruceBFC said:
So plenty of experience then and just found his feet at 25. 24 goals in 27 appearance's all from open play for a mid table side suggests he has potential.
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I agree 100%.
But I feel he offers about the same things as Lavery so i would not bring him unless it's on a free and as a substitute if Jerry moves on. I'd start Shayne for his fighting spirit and height
 
Fatboy said:
And it depends how Mr Sadler defines massive , I prefer not to speculate on things I don’t have a clue about, and, it could be smoke and mirrors while they negotiate with other clubs .
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I don't think he'll go much beyond what we paid for Gabriel, and that's probably about 1 per season.
 
Lost Seasider said:
I don't think he'll go much beyond what we paid for Gabriel, and that's probably about 1 per season.
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I would imagine they still want CB from Oxford, and we’re not getting him for for less than £1m pounds. Unless they’ve found a better , more creative midfielder for less money .
 
I think we'll have a reasonable budget (for us, not the Championship) which will increase dramatically if/when we sell Bowler. I don't expect huge fees but think we'll spend in the region of £1M on a player or 2 if they are the right fit.
 
NewburyOne said:
I think we'll have a reasonable budget (for us, not the Championship) which will increase dramatically if/when we sell Bowler. I don't expect huge fees but think we'll spend in the region of £1M on a player or 2 if they are the right fit.
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I’ve got a feeling we might do our decent business before Bowler moves on, so the fee doesn’t interfere with our negotiations.
 
Fatboy said:
I’ve got a feeling we might do our decent business before Bowler moves on, so the fee doesn’t interfere with our negotiations.
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I suspect you may be right, the fact he was 'rested' suggests a deal has already been struck. It would make perfect sense to identify targets where a fee is required and try to get them tied up before announcing Bowler's departure.
 
Sadler and the board confirmed they’d continue to make incremental increases and to be fair to them the whole spiel about not spending huge sums was in the back of questions regarding long term plans for the club and whether a concerted push for playoffs / premier league was on the cards. In the Championship to build a squad that’s ready to challenge at the top tends to cost tens of millions of pounds and I like to think Sadler is essentially saying that’s not the model we’re taking (and rightly so as it’s a fools game!). I imagine we’ll continue doing what we’ve done this last couple of years and that’s sensible spending on players who suit the system, can be developed and ultimately add value and subsequently bring in funds down the line. Not spending massive sums doesn’t necessarily mean bargain basement shopping. You don’t build a £12 million pound training facility and hire top coaches to coach cast offs and freebies.
 
We should go out and sign Joe Rothwell, free agent leaving Blackburn. I’m sure he will have other suitors but would like to think we would be interested.

Has vast championship experience (played 41 games this season) He is rated highly by the Blackburn fans. Quality centre-mid that has creativity and very good dribbler.

Manchester born former England youth player would also know Brannigan from his time at Oxford. 😉

From wiki he has played 3 games for us on loan back in 2015
 
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