13 May 2026 15:04:11
Sorry, no updates on my end, my source has been on a few international trips and we haven’t had a chance to meet up at the course recently.
Let’s have some old fashioned discussion - if you were in the transfer market for the club this summer, who would you sign? Let’s keep it player wise - but feel free to put a head coach/style of play in too.
Diddly out.
13 May 2026 15:42:16
Great gear change...
Levi Colwill
Daniel Munoz
Mattheus Fernandes
Anthony Gordon
Yan Diomande
For Xabi Alonso's formation ;).
13 May 2026 15:44:16
Elliot Anderson is the piece for me. Has the engine, and I see him as the Hendo replacement.
Apart from that, I'd take any of the pacey wingers we have been linked with to get back to playing the exciting way we did for the previous 9 years.
13 May 2026 15:46:51
Me.
Bowen (price dependant)
Diomande or Barcola
Senesi (free)
Wharton
Grey
Gertruda (spelling), just to cover multiple.
13 May 2026 15:49:51
Marcos Senesi (if Konate leaves)
Pedro Porro
Mamadou Sangare
Mateus Fernandes
Yan Diomande
Jarrod Bowen.
13 May 2026 15:53:42
I like the idea of Bowen as a stop gap, we are kind of heading to his level and will soon be bottom half.
I would like legs in midfield. I like the wee guy at Wolves, think he is Portuguese or Brazilian, but I can't remember his name.
I like the right back for Brighton as well, but I can't remember his name either. Flip me, I haven't really thought this through. lol.
13 May 2026 16:01:27
Wharton
Joao Gomez
Diomande / Gordon
Summerville
Geertruida / Dumfries
Also, feel we're defo gonna need some kind of temporary striker cover at least until Hugo is back.
13 May 2026 16:02:44
Anderson
Diomande
Barcola
Nunez back on a free.
Alonso or Enrique.
13 May 2026 16:08:27
I really want Elliott Anderson, but just don't think we are in the running.
I'd keep Alisson, Jones and Gomez.
If Konate goes, I would replace him, but I suspect he stays.
So to keep it reasonable.
I think Geertruida, Sangare and Toure would be somewhat reasonably priced, but quality options.
I'd go a decent amount on Diomande as the big signing. Not 100 million euro. More like 80 million euro mark. 75 million pound.
13 May 2026 16:13:33
Stiller.
Summerville.
Diomande.
Baleba.
Elliot back in squad.
Out:
Chiesa.
Salah.
Robbo.
13 May 2026 16:17:50
Kvaratskhelia
I think he's the best player on the planet.
13 May 2026 16:27:32
Guirassy
Diomande
Ruben Neves
Robin Risser.
13 May 2026 16:27:50
Old school FM post:
I would look at.
If Ali went, replacing with Verbruggen.
Givairo Read (RB).
Wharton & Fernandes replacing Macca & Jones.
Barcola & Diomande.
I do like Kroupi, but don't think we need a new CF, and maybe someone like Lukeba to work with VVD a year, but who could also slot into LB if needed.
I would bring Elliot back as well.
And I would take anyone other than Slot at the moment, would be over the moon with Xabi.
13 May 2026 16:31:26
Mine would be.
RB Kayoude.
LB Hall.
DM Sangare.
RW Diomande.
LW Toure.
I would say another CB for Konate, but he looks like he’s staying. ?
13 May 2026 16:55:45
Anderson
Stiller
I'll take Darwin back on a free.
13 May 2026 16:57:01
Anderson/Caiceido/Aurelien Tchouameni
Kvaratskhelia/Olise/
Daniel Munoz.
13 May 2026 16:59:48
Never mind all that. Which golf course, Ned? Let's cut to the important stuff. ⛳️
13 May 2026 17:07:32
Mine would be.
Anderson
Kayoide
Diomande
Bastoni
Yildiz.
13 May 2026 17:07:56
Trent. Wharton. Alex Scott. Darwin on a free. No idea re wingers, but we need two.
13 May 2026 17:33:42
Sell/let go (total FM)
Marma
Konate
Mac Allister
Jones
Gakpo
Frimpong
In.
Best rated young GK
Bastoni
Anderson
Sidike
Kvardona
Olise
Right back (best rated in game!)
Employ a 4 2 3 1.
13 May 2026 17:40:29
Yeah, I'd love to get Trent back. 100,000,000 times better than what we have.
13 May 2026 17:47:58
2 in the middle.
1 with a bit of bite in the tackle.
1 that can pass it forward, possibly Wharton.
Like the look of Rayan & Kroupi but Diomande and Barcola would also be decent.
New RB needed, someone that can actually defend.
13 May 2026 17:54:38
What do you folks think of Scott at Bournemouth?
13 May 2026 18:21:30
Kodai Sano - 21m
Alvaro Rodriguez - 12.5m
Yan Diomande - 75m
Rayan - 65m
Adam Wharton - 85m
Pedro Porro - 17m.
13 May 2026 18:58:27
Kraveteshvila.
Vitinha.
Baleba (or similar).
Decent centre back.
{Ed025's Note - i hope you dont get that guy from PSG BD, his name is an editors nightmare like that Hungarian fella you have got mate.. :)
13 May 2026 19:33:21
Definitely Elliot Anderson should be prime target IMO.
13 May 2026 20:07:09
Over the last week alone we have been linked with the following defenders.
Marco Senesi
Jan Paul Van Hecke
Oscar Mingueza
Denzel Dumfries
Zeki Celik
Pierre Kalulu
Emil Holm
Marco Palestra
Sascha Britschgi
Sam Beukema
David Raum
Daniel Svensson
Andrea Cambiaso
Lutsharel Geertruida
Michael Kayode
Maxence Lacroix
Personally I'd only take Kayode from that bunch and go get Nathaniel Brown for left back and Nico Schlotterbeck for left sided centre back.
I've also heard a little whisper we are very keen on James Hill at Bournemouth.
13 May 2026 20:21:37
I think we're OK at CB with Jacquet arriving and Leoni coming back, so long as we keep Gomez.
I'd love Kayode to come in at RB. I think LB should be OK with Kerkez and Tsimi.
Ideally Macca would make way for Elliot Anderson in midfield.
I would keep Jones personally, but if he were to be replaced, we could do a lot worse than Kees Smit imo.
Upfront I'd want Diomande and Barcola. YLFM is intriguing. If we can convince someone to buy Gakpo for a decent price, I'd like to see 3 wingers arrive.
I refuse to list a goalkeeper as I'm not willing to confront the possibility that Alisson may go as well.
13 May 2026 20:40:31
Jeez there's some dross in this thread, Summerville? Bowen? Senesi? Gordon? It's like a Bodgers wishlist. As for Arnold, why waste valuable transfer funds on that rat.
13 May 2026 21:11:04
Boaddi and Diomande. Play grav deeper and give the youngsters (Rio, Nyoni, Leoni, Jascquet) a chance to show what they have.
13 May 2026 21:16:38
Is Ekitike dross then, almost identical goals (17 in 45/46) to games this season as Anthony Gordon, who spends most of his time out wide?
13 May 2026 23:15:09
Gordon and sink him deeper into a gritty midfield role. I personally think it's almost done.
From a verbal perspective anyway.
13 May 2026 23:41:23
Are we talking attainable or anybody in world football?
If anybody, then:
CB - Lacroix (if one of Konate/VVD goes)
RB - Kayode
CM - Stiller
CM - Anderson (Macca goes)
LW - Kvaratskhelia (Gakpo goes)
RW - Diomande
Coach - Enrique
If attainable, then:
- No Anderson (surely going to City).
- No Kvaratskhelia. Keep Gakpo (another coach should get better out of him).
- Coach - Iraola, Alonso or Hoeness. Either will do better than Slot.
14 May 2026 01:35:17
Gordon on this list is sad. He's very poor and a cretan.
I actually do like Nunez on a free. He could cover, and I always thought he could make it for us, so I'd love him to get a second chance and prove everyone wrong.
14 May 2026 06:50:21
I would take Nunez back in a heartbeat. Feel we miss the chaos he brings.
We need a combative midfielder.
CB
RB
RW/LW
And a striker. Ekitike is out for a year, Isak can't be relied on to play 40 odd games in a season.
I would keep Elliott in the squad, still think he's a good player.