I don't recall us turning down £16M+ for Mengi last summer - if that did happen, I would stand corrected. A bid came in from Torino for a derisory loan-to-buy option which simply wouldn't have helped us in the short term. Around that time, having had a very decent PL season, qualified for...
I'd doubt that Mengi would be a super high earner in comparison to others. He wasn't brought in with the intention of being a starter on day 1. We just saw upside much quicker than what we probably expected.
He's still probably on around £12.5K/week at this level.
Tried posting some of this earlier, but the mobile version of this site is diabolical. But anyhow...
George Saville is likely to be the first (or one of the first) signings. He rejected a pay drop from Millwall today. He's 32 now, but he's played ~40+ games for the last 4 seasons so he can stay...
Not a signing per se, but it looks like Luton will recruit Marc Tracey as their new Head of Recruitment from Lincoln City. He is actually a Luton Town supporter, but my knowledge of the guy is limited to that.
My goodness we need a shake up in that department.
Second rumour for Luton is a left-footed defender, most recently at St Mirren, Richard Taylor. He turned down a new contract there and played in the Europa League qualifiers last summer and finishing mid-table in the SPFL this season.
Again, I've never heard of him but sounds like he was...
Second rumour for Luton is a left-footed defender, most recently at St Mirren, Richard Taylor. He turned down a new contract there and played in the Europa League qualifiers last summer and finishing mid-table in the SPFL this season.
Again, I've never heard of him but sounds like he was...
I guess I'm looking at it from a different point-of-view. Our budget will probably allow us to sign players that have the ability to significantly step up in the second tier, rather than sign players, get promotion and then struggle against relegation again. Easier said than done.
I wait to be...
For a player of our budget and level, Issa Kabore wasn't that bad. City wanted £14M to sign him permanently. He's been playing for Werder Bremen this season. Super quick, but raw. Can't defend and long term probably more of a #7 than a #2.
As for Drameh, looks like Hull want £1M for him. I...
The first transfer rumours involving Luton.
Inbound - Ronan Hale, a 26 year old ROI U21 international who scored 12 goals in the SPFL for Ross County this season. Reading are also rumoured to be interested. Never heard of him.
Outbound - Mads Andersen is interesting Malmo. He hasn't got a...
I honestly don't know what the point of us having (around) 55 professional footballers at our disposal at the end of August.
A lot of these will be playing development football, clearly. We are in the process of upgrading our academy status to Cat 2, so we want to demonstrate a pathway is there...
My season ticket next season will be a whole £10 cheaper to £460 (£20pm). That is a 5% reduction in real terms. New entrants will cost £520 (£22.61pm).
Very generous after two relegations clearly...
I think if Plymouth finished outside of the top 6, they'd be very disappointed. Since Wayne Rooney got sacked, they've been a different side. They seem to be organised off the pitch too.
We won't be letting him go for less than £2.5M in my opinion. I think we paid about £1.7M, which I believe was speculated at the time and it raised my eyebrow. We've tended to overpay for players this season generally.
Well we have been away for six seasons now!
Honestly, I don't think our fans have the patience to have multiple L1 seasons at the moment. I fear that it may become like our first non-league season, where it became toxic very, very quickly. The club need to hit the ground running.
By no means...
Bugger.
I'm going to be perfectly honest - I had been completely ignoring League 1 this season. Which would appear naive considering the way the middle of the season went, but I always fancied that we'd get it together and get out of the mire. We left it too late in the end, despite being top 3...