andrew1957 Having read all the rumours I thought it might be fun if we made some predictions as to who would actually end up going and who will stay.
Long - think he will leave. If Bayern are really interested he will probably end up there, but more likely to be Newcastle or Everton.
Mills - think that despite the speculation that he will sign a new contract and stay, unless Blackburn make a ridiculous £5M plus offer - as they are reputedly also selling Samba, so will be desperate for replacements.
Hunt - think he will definitely stay. Even if Ipswich do offer 1.8M and the club agrees - I think he will refuse to move
Kebe - not sure. Hard to know what is really going on with him. Think he might just sign a new contract and stay.
Howard - think he will be gone to Pompey or Southampton depending on who offers him guaranteed football.
Federici and other keepers - really cannot see that we can keep Fed, Hamer, McCarthy and Andersen all happy. At least one will most likely go, but no idea if it will be Fed or one of the younger ones. On balance think Hamer will leave and we might just hold on to the other three. On the other hand if we get a decent offer for Fed I think we would sell – but will there be any offers?
Robson-Kanu - think he will sign a new contract and stay.
McAnuff - as above.
Anyone else fancy sticking their necks on the block and making a prediction?
Not a bad set of predictions as it has turned out (so far). Some of the final destinations wrong and still a bit surprised that Mills was so keen to go.
Still cannot help thinking Howard will be off by 1st Sept though as we are a bit thin on numbers I hope he stays.
The real concern is Kebe. Still no new deal and I cannot help thinking that it is ever more likely that he will be off to QPR or somewhere else on 31st Aug as I doubt we would want to see him leave for nothing next summer. If so that would be a huge loss and we could end up at the wrong end of the table - rather than challenging.