Would it be better to change the thread title to "Summer transfer nonsense discussion" and have a separate thread for confirmed news only?
Just an idea :greengrin
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Would it be better to change the thread title to "Summer transfer nonsense discussion" and have a separate thread for confirmed news only?
Just an idea :greengrin
Did anyone listen to the managers interview? When talking about resigning SDG etc, he says "that's where we have to be careful as it's the only area I have some scope to free up money to bring in players for next season" !
Allan coming in will partially solve the problem, but we need a metronome-type player i.e. McGeouch and a box-to-box guy with a physical presence ala McGinn.
Omeonga would go some way to solving that if we can at least get him back in on loan. Maybe McGeouch will want to come back?
I was a bit surprised by that comment too, especially as both SDG and McGregor have apparently been offered extended deals.
Perhaps he was pointing more toward the likes of Bartley, Nelom, Spector and Agyepong being out of contract and freeing up wages. It's hard to tell, as the question only mentioned the first pair.
Was an interesting comment and, IMO, it’s a good thing that contracts ain’t going to be getting dished out for sentimental reasons.
Still expect Gray and McGregor to be there next season, they’ve been good since he came in. Unless he’s looking at anything from a fitness perspective and knows more than us on that front. I reckon his comment will relate more to someone like Bartley.
I also don’t think he meant that there is no money available or anything like that. More that he doesn’t want to tie up a sizeable chunk of his budget if there is potentially a better option out there.
Dylan on a season long loan is the chat from a ST holding mate with board connections at the stadium of shight.
Dylan doesn’t want to drop wages but isn’t getting enough game time, is the reason given.
I wonder if, after getting no game time and another signing on fee, we could see Efe back at Hibs.
Contracted best starting XI as it stands:
Marciano
Gray Porteous Hanlon Stevenson
Boyle Milligan Mallan Horgan
Shaw Kamberi
Pretty decent but still in need of a bit of midfield surgery, and another striker at the very least.
Think Milligan's contract was 1 year + 1 year extension. With him nearing the end of his career, probably being on a decent wage, and Hecky saying that the only money he has to play with is the money which can be free'd up from our current squad - I wouldn't be surprised if he left/ is released
That would make sense as would the return of Efe if he can't get a better deal elsewhere.
Genoa have a massive squad of players so i can see us being able to bring Omeonga back on loan.
Sadly i can't see us getting McNulty back however if we can do the business above we could concentrate on bringing 1 or 2 quality strikers to the club.
To summarise incoming/returning:
Allan: guile, Omeonga: box to box and McGeough: metronome for the midfield.
Ambrose: x factor to break out of defence plus Porteous and a new defender, possibly Spector if Heck rates what he has seen.
2 new strikers plus Boyle.
A nice simplification of our player recruitment :wink:.
Unfortunately it won't pan out this way and PH will also have guys he likes and wants in to fit his desired method of play.
The news article on the official site here when he signed just said it was a 2 year deal, not one year with another year as an option. Not sure where that rumour has come from.