With a rejected bid for Maynard and an accepted bid for Craig MAcKail-Smith it seems as though we intend to splash a few million on a striker...obviously.
Baring in mind we will be spending £1.5M on a keeper and so far £750K on a LB can we afford to buy both Maynard and CMSmith? Likely to cost around £7M.
Could we get better for £7M??
We still need another CM, Winger, LB and CB so how much will all that come to?
We are at the bare bones in defence so we'd probs need 2 CB and another LB.
Will we use the loan market again for the 'back-ups'?
IMO CMSmith would be a good buy at £2M and Maynard I would accept at £4M eventhough we're paying over the odds for a player at end of contract and with previous injury etc.
We have also bid for the North Korean at Bochum apparently. What about Nugent? Derbyshire? Yakubu?
We need a TOP CLASS winger!!
We need a dirty/hardnut in the middle
We need a pacey LB
And
We need a brute at CB
Schmeichel/ Weale
Peltier/?
Bamba/Tunchev/?/?
?/Berner
Dyer/?/Moussa
King/Abe/Wellens/?
Gallagher/?
Vassel/Waghorn/Howard/Schlupp/?/?
Can we afford both?
posted on 23/6/11
I actually believe Loan players will be as prominent this season as last.
posted on 23/6/11
Apart from the fact you can only have 4 this year
posted on 23/6/11
Have the rules changed as regards to foreign loan deal though?
If not that means we can have 4 loans from this country, and then bring in the likes of Vitor again.
Maybe we're lining up loan deals for the Korean lad and Masilela with a view of permanent deals if we go up and therefore releasing more cash?
Pure speculation of course
New rumours surrounding Maynard is that we've offered 4 million plus Waghorn. Maybe the owners were serious when they said that Sven would have the budget he requires
posted on 23/6/11
not forgetting the amount of players that are available for free transfers. i expect to see alot from that. We were linked with a loan move for Isaiah Osbourne a few seasons ago and now he's available on a free, wouldnt surprise if we sign him up.
posted on 23/6/11
Osbourne!?!?
A few seasons ago when we had no ambition yeah!
Come on man think about it!
posted on 23/6/11
I accept that I don't know much about Osbourne, but it seems the only direction he's gone in over the last three years is backwards.