15 Jul 2026 19:36:44
I heard that we have our eyes on attacking midfielder Sergio Arribas, and that he could be bought fairly cheaply by triggering a £21.4m (€25m) release clause.
15 Jul 2026 20:22:22
I like him, good player at good value.
15 Jul 2026 20:32:43
When we're on the counter we can shout "ariba ariba".
15 Jul 2026 20:52:30
Nickname 'the carpet fitter'!
15 Jul 2026 21:09:53
Watch a lot of second division footy in Spain, Ron?
15 Jul 2026 22:45:55
Was mentioned last week, so old news.
15 Jul 2026 23:25:43
It's the only football I watch, Ephraim.
16 Jul 2026 05:05:07
Seems odd, no? Unless we're selling Elliott.
Wirtz, Elliott and a couple of others can play that position.
16 Jul 2026 06:15:52
Given the way his goal tally jumped last year, I wonder if he was pushed further forward?
16 Jul 2026 06:25:16
We don't need another attacking midfielder. Our first and maybe only buys need to be right wing, right back and a six.
If we lose Gakpo and Mama then a keeper and LW can be added to the list. I'm not convinced our recruitment team know what they're doing tbh.
16 Jul 2026 06:55:36
@Overkill, I'm pretty sure the recruitment team do know what they are doing. More so than you and me.
16 Jul 2026 10:42:21
Hopefully you're right, Nijusho.
They obviously have insight into the most likely departures from the club, and the preferred tactical setup. That's more than the average supporter. We're just filling in the blanks and making educated guesses.
I don't think they know much more than us though about last season's first-team deficiency. That's glaringly obvious, and my concern is as much about why they've failed over successive windows to address some of the gaps.
Also, I can't compute why, for example, they bought someone like Mama, who's clearly not good enough on the distribution side, when we need a similar-style successor for Ali, or why Frimpong, when Connor was clearly injury-prone, etc.
Let's see where we are at the end of this window. Fingers crossed.