Summer 2023 Transfer Speculation

[Royalcop]

Stoke have released Nick Powell, Sam Clucas and 40 year old Phil Jagielka today - Powell has a decent 1 in 3 strike rate over previous seasons and Clucas seems like a solid midfielder who would probably be a cut above L1 standard. Jagielka likely too old for a full L1 campaign but might make a good player-coach a la John O’Shea?

[Mid Sussex Royal]

Stoke have released Nick Powell, Sam Clucas and 40 year old Phil Jagielka today - Powell has a decent 1 in 3 strike rate over previous seasons and Clucas seems like a solid midfielder who would probably be a cut above L1 standard. Jagielka likely too old for a full L1 campaign but might make a good player-coach a la John O’Shea?

Powell would suit us, replacement for Meite on the treatment table

[Hound]

Stoke have released Nick Powell, Sam Clucas and 40 year old Phil Jagielka today - Powell has a decent 1 in 3 strike rate over previous seasons and Clucas seems like a solid midfielder who would probably be a cut above L1 standard. Jagielka likely too old for a full L1 campaign but might make a good player-coach a la John O’Shea?

Powell would suit us, replacement for Meite on the treatment table

Expensive wage and constantly injured. Ticks every box

[Snowflake Royal]

Shopping at the Stoke Surplus Store seems like a terrible plan.

[Orion1871]

Stoke have released Nick Powell, Sam Clucas and 40 year old Phil Jagielka today - Powell has a decent 1 in 3 strike rate over previous seasons and Clucas seems like a solid midfielder who would probably be a cut above L1 standard. Jagielka likely too old for a full L1 campaign but might make a good player-coach a la John O’Shea?

Powell would suit us, replacement for Meite on the treatment table

Yeah. I've always liked Powell but we don't need more injury prone players for the butchers in our medical team to get their hands on.

[Sutekh]

Stoke have released Nick Powell, Sam Clucas and 40 year old Phil Jagielka today - Powell has a decent 1 in 3 strike rate over previous seasons and Clucas seems like a solid midfielder who would probably be a cut above L1 standard. Jagielka likely too old for a full L1 campaign but might make a good player-coach a la John O’Shea?

Powell would suit us, replacement for Meite on the treatment table

Yeah. I've always liked Powell but we don't need more injury prone players for the butchers in our medical team to get their hands on.

Think Pressburger was better

[NathStPaul]

Would bite your cock off for Alfie May from Cheltenham.

[Royal_jimmy]

Would bite your cock off for Alfie May from Cheltenham.

Would be awesome but I just don't see it. Cheltenham would want £1m for him

[NathStPaul]

Would bite your cock off for Alfie May from Cheltenham.

Would be awesome but I just don't see it. Cheltenham would want £1m for him

Which we are more than able to spend.

[Snowflake Royal]

Would bite your cock off for Alfie May from Cheltenham.

Would be awesome but I just don't see it. Cheltenham would want £1m for him

Which we are more than able to spend.

Not really.

[NathStPaul]

Would be awesome but I just don't see it. Cheltenham would want £1m for him

Which we are more than able to spend.

Not really.

Of course we are, we are recouping a great deal from the Puscas deal (should it go through) and the astronomical savings on wages too.

That and hopefully the restrictions will be lifted as we currently know them. We can afford Alfie May, issue is so can many other clubs who are better than us.

[Snowflake Royal]

Which we are more than able to spend.

Not really.

Of course we are, we are recouping a great deal from the Puscas deal (should it go through) and the astronomical savings on wages too.

That and hopefully the restrictions will be lifted as we currently know them. We can afford Alfie May, issue is so can many other clubs who are better than us.

We've got a lot of players to bring in, reduced revenue and we need to keep the wage bill pretty low... maybe not half what it was this season, but not more than two thirds. The Puscas money should be split across a couple of key signings and improving our financial situation.

Unless Dai continues to run us like a total moron, we shouldn't be making any 7 figure transfer signings in L1.

[Sutekh]

Which we are more than able to spend.

Not really.

Of course we are, we are recouping a great deal from the Puscas deal (should it go through) and the astronomical savings on wages too.

That and hopefully the restrictions will be lifted as we currently know them. We can afford Alfie May, issue is so can many other clubs who are better than us.

May will be 30 in July so possibly not the sort of player the club should be looking to spend a million on in its current state.

[Hound]

Not really.

Of course we are, we are recouping a great deal from the Puscas deal (should it go through) and the astronomical savings on wages too.

That and hopefully the restrictions will be lifted as we currently know them. We can afford Alfie May, issue is so can many other clubs who are better than us.

May will be 30 in July so possibly not the sort of player the club should be looking to spend a million on in its current state.

Looking at his stats he has had one good season. True it was a very good one in L1 but wouldn’t be spending a big chunk on him

[Stranded]

Mail reporting that Luca Fletcher is likely off to Man City - talks ongoing with a fee of around 1m mooted in the report.

[Hendo]

Mail reporting that Luca Fletcher is likely off to Man City - talks ongoing with a fee of around 1m mooted in the report.

Bit of a shame that this type of thing can happen in football - only good thing is that £1m is a decent sum of money and I hope we put a massive sell-on fee in the agreement as well. Feels a shame when someone like this comes through the academy and is sold before they can even make a first team appearance.

[Stranded]

Mail reporting that Luca Fletcher is likely off to Man City - talks ongoing with a fee of around 1m mooted in the report.

Bit of a shame that this type of thing can happen in football - only good thing is that £1m is a decent sum of money and I hope we put a massive sell-on fee in the agreement as well. Feels a shame when someone like this comes through the academy and is sold before they can even make a first team appearance.

It does but it is one of the two main reasons to have an academy - 1) to train up future first team stars or 2) sell young talent to top clubs for a decent fee. If you get the balance right, you don't end up breaking FFP and you should be able to improve the quality of the first team and the academy.

[RG30]

Good luck to the kid and hopefully the club can negotiate a strong deal that sees us benefit both in the short and long term.

[One8Seven1*]

Good luck to the kid and hopefully the club can negotiate a strong deal that sees us benefit both in the short and long term.

A loan back for next season would be helpful, if he's as good as City appear to believe.

[tidus_mi2]

Good luck to the kid and hopefully the club can negotiate a strong deal that sees us benefit both in the short and long term.

A loan back for next season would be helpful, if he's as good as City appear to believe.

Disagree completely, the guy has only turned 16, they might see the potential, we might see it too but it doesn't mean he's League One ready.