' Transfer Speculation Thread '

[Ted Maul]

Meanwhile, Coventry have signed 2 attacking players on loan that already have shown they can cut it in this division.

 Cov made a decent profit in the summer (again) as well as got a big sell on from Gyokeres moving on, and are top of the league without FFP issues - amazing how much easier that makes transfer business.

Can't move forwards if you sell your best players though, we've been told that enough on here.

It almost seems if that the issue isn't letting them go, it's replacing them with shit.

[SW4Baggie]

Meanwhile, Coventry have signed 2 attacking players on loan that already have shown they can cut it in this division.

 Cov made a decent profit in the summer (again) as well as got a big sell on from Gyokeres moving on, and are top of the league without FFP issues - amazing how much easier that makes transfer business.

Can't move forwards if you sell your best players though, we've been told that enough on here.

It almost seems if that the issue isn't letting them go, it's replacing them with shit.

Exactly - it is absolutely possible to sell your best players and still move forward using the proceeds to fund the rebuild - Coventry and Boro are showing that presently and Norwich have made it the backbone of their recent yo-yo years. Ipswich have also done it in the last 12 months following their relegation.

[Tambag]

For the buy cheap and sell for profit to work, its all about the scouting network and also your academy.

Torbjørn Heggem was an example of it working perfectly. Tom Fellows was a success (nice if the fee was more)

Will we have any others in future ? time will tell.

[Peachofacross]

Meanwhile, Coventry have signed 2 attacking players on loan that already have shown they can cut it in this division.

 Cov made a decent profit in the summer (again) as well as got a big sell on from Gyokeres moving on, and are top of the league without FFP issues - amazing how much easier that makes transfer business.

Can't move forwards if you sell your best players though, we've been told that enough on here.

It almost seems if that the issue isn't letting them go, it's replacing them with shit.

Exactly - it is absolutely possible to sell your best players and still move forward using the proceeds to fund the rebuild - Coventry and Boro are showing that presently and Norwich have made it the backbone of their recent yo-yo years. Ipswich have also done it in the last 12 months following their relegation.

Also just look at Bournemouth, Brentford and Brighton in the Prem. It seems every single summer they sell their best players for huge profits and unearth really good replacements for a fraction of what's been sold.

We are starting to show it can be done with Heggem, Heggebø and Price. Heggem we proved it in the sale by 10x in a year. The latter two have both shown they are worth considerably more than we paid and they still have room to grow under a better coach i'd suggest.

[Man from delmonte]

Meanwhile, Coventry have signed 2 attacking players on loan that already have shown they can cut it in this division.

 Cov made a decent profit in the summer (again) as well as got a big sell on from Gyokeres moving on, and are top of the league without FFP issues - amazing how much easier that makes transfer business.

Can't move forwards if you sell your best players though, we've been told that enough on here.

It almost seems if that the issue isn't letting them go, it's replacing them with shit.

Exactly - it is absolutely possible to sell your best players and still move forward using the proceeds to fund the rebuild - Coventry and Boro are showing that presently and Norwich have made it the backbone of their recent yo-yo years. Ipswich have also done it in the last 12 months following their relegation.

The big difference is if you get big fees in for your best players. We did that in 2007 and to a lesser extent in 2001 when we sold Hughes to bring in a 3 or 4 new bodies.

Our problem at the moment is that we've probably sold Fellows and Palmer for fees less than they could have potentially attracted had we not had PSR issues and needed the money.

[SW4Baggie]

Meanwhile, Coventry have signed 2 attacking players on loan that already have shown they can cut it in this division.

 Cov made a decent profit in the summer (again) as well as got a big sell on from Gyokeres moving on, and are top of the league without FFP issues - amazing how much easier that makes transfer business.

Can't move forwards if you sell your best players though, we've been told that enough on here.

It almost seems if that the issue isn't letting them go, it's replacing them with shit.

Exactly - it is absolutely possible to sell your best players and still move forward using the proceeds to fund the rebuild - Coventry and Boro are showing that presently and Norwich have made it the backbone of their recent yo-yo years. Ipswich have also done it in the last 12 months following their relegation.

The big difference is if you get big fees in for your best players. We did that in 2007 and to a lesser extent in 2001 when we sold Hughes to bring in a 3 or 4 new bodies.

Our problem at the moment is that we've probably sold Fellows and Palmer for fees less than they could have potentially attracted had we not had PSR issues and needed the money.

Correct… we sold what should have been £20M of player for less than half of that, and we weren’t able to spend much of what we recouped due to PSR which gives a false narrative around how feasible it is to be successful whilst following that strategy. Of course, it does rely on having the right scouting system in place and the right pathway for youth to the first team - at the moment Nestor appears to be trying to build that system, but it won’t happen overnight and it won’t happen without some mistakes along the way.

[Tom Joad 25]

 Cov made a decent profit in the summer (again) as well as got a big sell on from Gyokeres moving on, and are top of the league without FFP issues - amazing how much easier that makes transfer business.

Can't move forwards if you sell your best players though, we've been told that enough on here.

It almost seems if that the issue isn't letting them go, it's replacing them with shit.

Exactly - it is absolutely possible to sell your best players and still move forward using the proceeds to fund the rebuild - Coventry and Boro are showing that presently and Norwich have made it the backbone of their recent yo-yo years. Ipswich have also done it in the last 12 months following their relegation.

The big difference is if you get big fees in for your best players. We did that in 2007 and to a lesser extent in 2001 when we sold Hughes to bring in a 3 or 4 new bodies.

Our problem at the moment is that we've probably sold Fellows and Palmer for fees less than they could have potentially attracted had we not had PSR issues and needed the money.

Correct… we sold what should have been £20M of player for less than half of that, and we weren’t able to spend much of what we recouped due to PSR which gives a false narrative around how feasible it is to be successful whilst following that strategy. Of course, it does rely on having the right scouting system in place and the right pathway for youth to the first team - at the moment Nestor appears to be trying to build that system, but it won’t happen overnight and it won’t happen without some mistakes along the way.

And of course, you need to play your academy players. So far this season we haven't lined any of them up to see how they look or to attract any kind of fee. Unless we sold Griffiths but I don't see replacing a no.1 keeper as cheap an option as keeping the one we have. So there'll be no equivalent of the Taylor £3M next summer.

[SW4Baggie]

Can't move forwards if you sell your best players though, we've been told that enough on here.

It almost seems if that the issue isn't letting them go, it's replacing them with shit.

Exactly - it is absolutely possible to sell your best players and still move forward using the proceeds to fund the rebuild - Coventry and Boro are showing that presently and Norwich have made it the backbone of their recent yo-yo years. Ipswich have also done it in the last 12 months following their relegation.

The big difference is if you get big fees in for your best players. We did that in 2007 and to a lesser extent in 2001 when we sold Hughes to bring in a 3 or 4 new bodies.

Our problem at the moment is that we've probably sold Fellows and Palmer for fees less than they could have potentially attracted had we not had PSR issues and needed the money.

Correct… we sold what should have been £20M of player for less than half of that, and we weren’t able to spend much of what we recouped due to PSR which gives a false narrative around how feasible it is to be successful whilst following that strategy. Of course, it does rely on having the right scouting system in place and the right pathway for youth to the first team - at the moment Nestor appears to be trying to build that system, but it won’t happen overnight and it won’t happen without some mistakes along the way.

And of course, you need to play your academy players. So far this season we haven't lined any of them up to see how they look or to attract any kind of fee. Unless we sold Griffiths but I don't see replacing a no.1 keeper as cheap an option as keeping the one we have. So there'll be no equivalent of the Taylor £3M next summer.

But fortunately next summer we wont HAVE to sell an academy player due to being in desperate need of PSR profit - we will be able to spend money if Patel wants to invest, or at least have the flexibility to extract maximum value for any players we do sell. Fellows was sadly the right player at the wrong time...

[Lightnin]

Leo Castledine being linked with a  £1M move to Watford from Chelsea.

He’s been fantastic in League One this season, a really creative player with an eye for goal, very similar to Harvey Barnes when he arrived.

Not sure what wiggle room we have, but if the price is true it could be a fucking bargain.

Signed for Middlesbrough for undisclosed fee on 3 and half year deal.

[wbamitch]

Nectarios Triantis linked on Twitter, 22 yo defensive midfielder. Briefly remember his name being mentioned in the summer. Ramsay signed him for Minnnesota