Stickied League 1 Transfer Rumours/Confirmed Transfers 2024/25

[Kenneth E End]

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?

 

[masi51]

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?

Why???
It is evident you are slashing your wage bill ready for next seasons massive deficit, but you are looking at players like Lowe which is the correct way in a re-build
Paying him this next season is not going to be a issue, but can you afford him next season when your more than likely to be straddled with one or two 20k plus wages on players who will not be playing

 

[Kenneth E End]

Why???
It is evident you are slashing your wage bill ready for next seasons massive deficit, but you are looking at players like Lowe which is the correct way in a re-build
Paying him this next season is not going to be a issue, but can you afford him next season when your more than likely to be straddled with one or two 20k plus wages on players who will not be playing

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 for 2026/27 if we don’t go up. He would cost Middlesbrough et al around £8M this year but his value would go down even further next season.

I can’t imagine Lowe will cost more than £5K a week (maybe the demand is such he can command more than that?), which is generally what we were offering in 2019.

Why can Stockport afford him in 2027 when we can’t?

 

[SF_]

Will Keane to Bolton?

 

[masi51]

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 for 2026/27 if we don’t go up. He would cost Middlesbrough et al around £8M this year but his value would go down even further next season.

I can’t imagine Lowe will cost more than £5K a week (maybe the demand is such he can command more than that?), which is generally what we were offering in 2019.

Why can Stockport afford him in 2027 when we can’t?

Your issues are simply Parachute money runs out this time next year and you have players contracted beyond that date on over 20k a week
Nobody will buy them off you because A they are on those wages B they are injured or C they are not very good
Unless you are very wealthy you will need to put a lot of this years parachute money to one side and pay these contracts up.

Stockport have not got this issue

 

[Kenneth E End]

Your issues are simply Parachute money runs out this time next year and you have players contracted beyond that date on over 20k a week
Nobody will buy them off you because A they are on those wages B they are injured or C they are not very good
Unless you are very wealthy you will need to put a lot of this years parachute money to one side and pay these contracts up.

Stockport have not got this issue

We won’t be paying contracts off. There is no value for us to do that.

 

[masi51]

We won’t be paying contracts off. There is no value for us to do that.

You already are in a way...........you are off loading players for under market value
You may not be paying them off, but next years wages will be coming out of this years money

 

[Kenneth E End]

You already are in a way...........you are off loading players for under market value
You may not be paying them off, but next years wages will be coming out of this years money

So contracts are not being paid up then. We have probably received about £400K for players this summer that have never played for us that could’ve been released some time ago and only retained to get a fee. Paying a contract up would be releasing a registration and paying to do so. Who knows if any wages % wise are being paid by us, but at least someone else is paying all/majority of wages whilst paying us compensation too.

 

[Millerbri]

I'm hearing we've signed Marvin Kaleta from Wolves signing on a two year deal.

It's not on the OS yet but they have been slow with the previous signings.

Reported as a CB or RWB, the 20 year old who was on loan at Motherwell last season.

Definitely getting the age of the squad down.

 

[Muzzle]

Will Keane to Bolton?

I hope not. My Preston mates don't have anything good to say about him

 

[SF_]

I hope not. My Preston mates don't have anything good to say about him

Very good in his first season. Good poacher, hard working.

Then got injured last year, came back, and seemed like his legs had gone, too easily pushed off the ball as well. Probably still has the movement if you create chances, but wouldn't expect him to replicate his Wigan form.

 

[masi51]

If we get a forward on the pitch we may destroy some teams this season
Pace and power all over the pitch.....Two wingers that are going to rip this league up
4 wins all away on the bounce.....We will see where we are when we play our last pre-season against Preston
Chalk and cheese compared with the slow tedious football under Evatt

 

[Kenneth E End]

Luton are now in for Kelman.

Probably means that the Al-Hamadi and Lowe offers haven’t really got anywhere so far.

 

[masi51]

Luton are now in for Kelman.

Probably means that the Al-Hamadi and Lowe offers haven’t really got anywhere so far.

That would make you fav to go up as champions.......Have both you and Huddersfield currently
Though Huddersfield could be another Rotherham who signed a shed full of top league one players last season but imploded because the players they signed were all in their thirties and had lost their hunger