If we don’t go up next season, we’ll have to trade anyone who is good enough for the level above. That would be inevitable for most sides, but at the same time the upside is that we’ll be getting cash for those players too. Our budget will probably halve again.
Doughty for sure wouldn’t stay...
Forgive me for living in a cave… where did Stockport suddenly get cash from?
I see us and them are in for Nathan Lowe again. Surely if he’s leaving permanently, there’s only one winner from a finances point of view?
Some of the fees being banded around on distinctly average players in the Championship are really something.
Anyway, Preston want Jack Walton. He is our #3 GK and has never played for the club in 2 years.
So the season starts for us in 12 days time. This is really difficult, with the transfer window open for another 6 weeks(!), but this is what I am going for.
Forgive me - my knowledge of this level is limited! We haven't been here since 2019!
1 Luton Town
2 Huddersfield Town...
Which is probably significantly reduced down from the last two seasons. This is pure guesswork from me as no one truly knows what the budget is apart from the head honchos.
Even upon promotion though, our wage bill will still reduce down further as PL contracts expire and players get bumped up...
We are absolutely stacked with midfielders at the moment. And the guy is only 19 years old. I’d say there will need to be players going out before he joins. 11 goal contributions from midfield at his age for a relegated side isn’t bad though, right?
First blow of the summer that Isaiah Jones is going to be out until at least October with a stress fracture in his back, hence the extra wing firepower being touted above. Jones would be scary on the wing for some defenders at this level.
It looks like the Josh Keeley deal to Luton is going to happen on a permanent, worth around £1M with no buy-back clause.
It also appears that they’ve had 2 offers for Shayden Morris turned down by Aberdeen. The offer being around £600,000 plus add-ons.
Kamari Doyle is another one that is...
A flurry of Luton rumours today. The most prominent is Iraqi international Ali Al-Hamadi from Ipswich. We could probably pay a £2.5M valuation if we wanted to. I'd be all over that deal if available but don't expect him to be cheap.
Luton are also interested in Gideon Kodua from West Ham - I've...
I’d be disappointed to get less than £2M for him, but we seem to be letting players go for less than their value this summer so who knows. Like it or not, he was half decent in the PL by our standards.
Would probably want around £1M a year in wages too.
Nope, but our manager spent a lot of his career working under Gareth Ainsworth. Not that we saw the worst of the Wycombe tactics last season. (Maybe that will change?)
Potential 22 man squad - 10th July 2025 for Luton Town FC
21 players at present + 2 goalkeepers. [Square brackets for probable changes]
Goalkeepers
Jack Walton, James Shea, [Lucas Bergstrom]
Defenders
Nigel Lonwijk, [Mads Andersen], Mark McGuinness, Kal Naismith, [Teden Mengi], Isaiah Jones...
Some trends I've spotted - Bloomfield has often mentioned "leadership" in his quotes. From what I've seen, all the signings we've made so far (maybe with the exception of Richards because he's only 17) would be potential captain picks.
I think this will go a long way. Like it or not, our squad...
A few Luton snippets...
Lucas Bergstrom is at Luton's training camp in Slovenia. He is a 6ft9in(!) goalkeeper, recently released by Chelsea. Wasn't out on loan last season; technically he was an UEFA Conference League winner, but never played for the club.
Nigel Lonwijk is also being linked -...