Full Summer Transfer Summary

[Tony Currie]

Permanent Transfers​

• Japhet Tanganga (from Millwall): The defender joined on a permanent deal for a reported fee of around £7.5 million.
• Tahith Chong (from Luton Town): The attacking midfielder was signed on a permanent deal, with the fee reported as undisclosed.
• Nils Zätterström (from Malmö FF): The defender joined for a fee of approximately £2.9 million.
• Ehije Ukaki (from Botev Plovdiv): The winger joined on a permanent deal for an undisclosed fee.
• Mihail Polendakov (from Septemvri Sofia): The right-back was signed for a fee of £610,000.
• Alex Matos (from Chelsea): The young midfielder was signed on a permanent deal on deadline day for an undisclosed fee.
• Mark McGuinness (from Luton Town): The centre-back was another deadline day permanent signing for an undisclosed fee.
• Danny Ings (from West Ham United): The experienced striker joined on a free transfer.
• Sam Curtis (from unattached): The right-back joined on a free transfer.
• Max Asante-Boakye (from Aston Villa): The defender was signed on a free transfer.
• Ben Mee (from Brentford): The experienced defender also joined on a free transfer on deadline day.
  
  
  
  Loan Transfers
• Chiedozie Ogbene (from Ipswich Town): The winger joined on a season-long loan.
• Louie Barry (from Aston Villa): The young winger joined on a season-long loan.
• Ben Godfrey (from Atalanta): The defender joined on a season-long loan.
• Tyler Bindon (from Nottingham Forest): The centre-back joined on a season-long loan.
• Djibril Soumaré (from SC Braga): The defensive midfielder joined on a loan with an obligation to buy for a loan fee of €1 million.
  
  
  

• Permanent Departures​

  
  
  • Vinícius Souza (to VfL Wolfsburg): The midfielder was the most expensive departure, sold for a reported fee of £13 million.
  • Anel Ahmedhodžić (to Feyenoord): The defender, a fan favourite, was sold for a fee of £6.9 million.
  • Kieffer Moore (to Wrexham): The striker joined on a permanent deal for a reported fee of £2.3 million.
  • Rhian Brewster (to Derby County): The striker's tenure at the club ended with a free transfer.
  • Jack Robinson (to Birmingham City): The defender moved to the Championship side for an undisclosed fee.
  • Jefferson Cáceres (to Dunfermline Athletic): The winger was sold for an undisclosed fee.
    
    
    
    

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    Loan Departures​

    
    
    Rhys Norrington-Davies (to Queens Park Rangers): The left-back was loaned out for the season.
    Ivo Grbić (to Fatih Karagümrük): The goalkeeper joined the Turkish side on a season-long loan.
    Jamal Baptiste (to Rotherham United): The young defender was loaned to the fellow Championship club.
    
    
    
    

 

[Tony Currie]

That's a brand new team Selles has to get results now!

 

[mattbianco1]

That's a brand new team Selles has to get results now!

Where's the data from?

Sam Curtis signed 2 years ago

 

[N20 Blade]

Thank you for the summary, very helpful, and illustrates the surgery in process. Whether Selles in the man to make it work, I don't know, but it would seem fair to give him more than one away game at Ipswich to prove his worth? Better to give someone one game too many than one game too few.

 

[Kev Gee]

Alot of cash on outgoings there to get a squad with depth.

Now Selles will be expected to start delivering results.

COH won't like failure. Look how ruthless they were with dispensing with CW.

 

[Aston max]

9 out 16 in , including 4 for development ( I put Nils in this even though he'll definitely be involved in first team)
I'd give it a 8/10 we filled the centre half area for the first time in years properly.
Personally I think another 10 would have been nice to compete with Gus , my Rotherham supporting neighbour said this morning Ogbene will do well for us as he can play across the front.
Plus we got rid of the last of the old guard.

 

[Balham]

Where's the data from?

Sam Curtis signed 2 years ago

Take a wild guess.

 

[Railway Blade]

I think its roughly 13 in and 13 out of first team squad players. I was trying to work out the outlay but with undisclosed you're guessing but my guess is roughly break even or a slight cost on dealing of up to a max of 5 Million.

What I am most pleased about is that we finally have some youngish defenders that we can work with over the next 1-4 years that are our own and not loans.

 

[mattbianco1]

Take a wild guess.

transfermarkt.co.uk ?

 

[brownblade]

Where's the data from?

Sam Curtis signed 2 years ago

AI... Got to proof read your AI. It's not as clever as people seem to think.

 

[Balham]

transfermarkt.co.uk ?

ChatGPT at a guess (other AI solutions are available)

 

[N20 Blade]

9 out 16 in , including 4 for development ( I put Nils in this even though he'll definitely be involved in first team)
I'd give it a 8/10 we filled the centre half area for the first time in years properly.
Personally I think another 10 would have been nice to compete with Gus , my Rotherham supporting neighbour said this morning Ogbene will do well for us as he can play across the front.
Plus we got rid of the last of the old guard.

A genuine overhaul, the biggest I can think of since I started back in the late 80s. Quite conceivable that Hamer (if PSV don't sign him) and Cooper will be the only first choice survivors in Selles' preferred starting 11. I feel for Selles, as he's effectively wasted four games and 12 points already, losing the old players and fans in the process.

The pressure on him is huge, I worry it will be too much for him.

Delighted Cooper stayed.

 

[Cappy]

Nice summary, albeit with those pesky AI mistakes, but cheers!

Also there are the loanees from last season who have left, which adds to the overhaul

 

[Balham]

Post-summer window, this year vs last year. Permanent signings unless stated.

Goalkeepers: unchanged
Right back: Godfrey (loan) > Gilchrist (loan); otherwise unchanged
Left back: unchanged
Centre backs: Tanganga = Ahmedhodzic; Mee > Robinson; Bindon (loan) < Souttar (loan); McGuinness & Zätterström additional
Central midfield: Soumaré (loan) < Souza; Matos additional; Arblaster injured; otherwise unchanged
Wingers: Barry (loan) < Rak-Sakyi (loan); Ogbene & Chong additional
Centre fowards: Ings > Moore; Cannon additional; otherwise unchanged

I make that (on paper) three improvements in personnel (Mee, Godfrey and Ings better than those they replaced); three downgrades (Bindon, Soumaré and Barry currently not as good as those they replaced) but crucially in each of those downgrades we've got another options (McGuinness at CB, Matos in CM and Ogbene on the wing.

It's over to Sellés now as the squad he's got is better than the one Wilder had this time last year.

 

[Toronto Blade]

Permanent Transfers​

• Japhet Tanganga (from Millwall): The defender joined on a permanent deal for a reported fee of around £7.5 million.
• Tahith Chong (from Luton Town): The attacking midfielder was signed on a permanent deal, with the fee reported as undisclosed.
• Nils Zätterström (from Malmö FF): The defender joined for a fee of approximately £2.9 million.
• Ehije Ukaki (from Botev Plovdiv): The winger joined on a permanent deal for an undisclosed fee.
• Mihail Polendakov (from Septemvri Sofia): The right-back was signed for a fee of £610,000.
• Alex Matos (from Chelsea): The young midfielder was signed on a permanent deal on deadline day for an undisclosed fee.
• Mark McGuinness (from Luton Town): The centre-back was another deadline day permanent signing for an undisclosed fee.
• Danny Ings (from West Ham United): The experienced striker joined on a free transfer.
• Sam Curtis (from unattached): The right-back joined on a free transfer.
• Max Asante-Boakye (from Aston Villa): The defender was signed on a free transfer.
• Ben Mee (from Brentford): The experienced defender also joined on a free transfer on deadline day.
  
  
  
  Loan Transfers
• Chiedozie Ogbene (from Ipswich Town): The winger joined on a season-long loan.
• Louie Barry (from Aston Villa): The young winger joined on a season-long loan.
• Ben Godfrey (from Atalanta): The defender joined on a season-long loan.
• Tyler Bindon (from Nottingham Forest): The centre-back joined on a season-long loan.
• Djibril Soumaré (from SC Braga): The defensive midfielder joined on a loan with an obligation to buy for a loan fee of €1 million.
  
  
  

• Permanent Departures​

  • Vinícius Souza (to VfL Wolfsburg): The midfielder was the most expensive departure, sold for a reported fee of £13 million.
  • Anel Ahmedhodžić (to Feyenoord): The defender, a fan favourite, was sold for a fee of £6.9 million.
  • Kieffer Moore (to Wrexham): The striker joined on a permanent deal for a reported fee of £2.3 million.
  • Rhian Brewster (to Derby County): The striker's tenure at the club ended with a free transfer.
  • Jack Robinson (to Birmingham City): The defender moved to the Championship side for an undisclosed fee.
  • Jefferson Cáceres (to Dunfermline Athletic): The winger was sold for an undisclosed fee.
    
    
    
    

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    Loan Departures​

    
    
    Rhys Norrington-Davies (to Queens Park Rangers): The left-back was loaned out for the season.
    Ivo Grbić (to Fatih Karagümrük): The goalkeeper joined the Turkish side on a season-long loan.
    Jamal Baptiste (to Rotherham United): The young defender was loaned to the fellow Championship club.
    
    
    

Enough players for two clubs

 

[cooperblade]

Post-summer window, this year vs last year. Permanent signings unless stated.

Goalkeepers: unchanged
Right back: Godfrey (loan) > Gilchrist (loan); otherwise unchanged
Left back: unchanged
Centre backs: Tanganga = Ahmedhodzic; Mee > Robinson; Bindon (loan) < Souttar (loan); McGuinness additional
Central midfield: Soumaré (loan) < Souza; Matos additional; Arblaster injured; otherwise unchanged
Wingers: Barry (loan) < Rak-Sakyi (loan); Ogbene additional
Centre fowards: Ings > Moore; Cannon additional; otherwise unchanged

I make that (on paper) three improvements in personnel (Mee, Godfrey and Ings better than those they replaced); three downgrades (Bindon, Soumaré and Barry currently not as good as those they replaced) but crucially in each of those downgrades we've got another options (McGuinness at CB, Matos in CM and Ogbene on the wing.

It's over to Sellés now as the squad he's got is better than the one Wilder had this time last year.

Also got Chong and Zatterstrom as additionals.

It'll be a very pleasant surprise to me if Mee and Ings prove to be upgrades on Moore and Robinson but we'll see.

I think the challenge now for Selles (amongst everything else!) is to turn the collection of players into a cohesive 11 and create some sense of order in a squad that still looks unbalanced. For example, is the intention is that Zatterstrom is a 5th choice CB who doesn't play but has a year settling in and learning the English game? Is Chong a genuine starting option and, if so, where does he play or he is a useful utility player? Etc

 

[Tom Bott]

COH won't like failure. Look how ruthless they were with dispensing with CW.

Maybe if PA had been as forthcoming in the transfer market as COH have been, he wouldn't have 'failed'.

Both managers have started with much modified squads, let's see what Selles can do.
Will he be sacked if he 'fails'?

 

[Edgar Allan Poo]

Where's the data from?

Sam Curtis signed 2 years ago

Maybe he's a slow writer.

 

[Pittsburg Blade]

I think Baptiste dropped to League One

 

[Nedski]

It'll be a very pleasant surprise to me if Mee and Ings prove to be upgrades on Moore and Robinson but we'll see.

Really?

 

[cahill]

So glad someone has put it together. A bit overwhelming to be honest

 

[Ndiayewillalwaysloveyou]

So glad someone has put it together. A bit overwhelming to be honest

INS

Nils Zätterström -Perm
Ehije Ukaki -Perm
Mihail Polendakov- Perm
Danny Ings- Perm
Japhet Tanganga - Perm
Tahith Chong- Perm
Alex Matos -Perm
Mark McGuinness - Perm
Ben Mee - Perm
Chiedozie Ogbene - Loan
Djibril Soumaré- Loan
Tyler Bindon -Loan
Louie Barry -Loan
Ben Godfrey- Loan

14 instead of a few needed then

The simple list lol

 

[1961blade]

Permanent Transfers​

• Japhet Tanganga (from Millwall): The defender joined on a permanent deal for a reported fee of around £7.5 million.
• Tahith Chong (from Luton Town): The attacking midfielder was signed on a permanent deal, with the fee reported as undisclosed.
• Nils Zätterström (from Malmö FF): The defender joined for a fee of approximately £2.9 million.
• Ehije Ukaki (from Botev Plovdiv): The winger joined on a permanent deal for an undisclosed fee.
• Mihail Polendakov (from Septemvri Sofia): The right-back was signed for a fee of £610,000.
• Alex Matos (from Chelsea): The young midfielder was signed on a permanent deal on deadline day for an undisclosed fee.
• Mark McGuinness (from Luton Town): The centre-back was another deadline day permanent signing for an undisclosed fee.
• Danny Ings (from West Ham United): The experienced striker joined on a free transfer.
• Sam Curtis (from unattached): The right-back joined on a free transfer.
• Max Asante-Boakye (from Aston Villa): The defender was signed on a free transfer.
• Ben Mee (from Brentford): The experienced defender also joined on a free transfer on deadline day.
  
  
  
  Loan Transfers
• Chiedozie Ogbene (from Ipswich Town): The winger joined on a season-long loan.
• Louie Barry (from Aston Villa): The young winger joined on a season-long loan.
• Ben Godfrey (from Atalanta): The defender joined on a season-long loan.
• Tyler Bindon (from Nottingham Forest): The centre-back joined on a season-long loan.
• Djibril Soumaré (from SC Braga): The defensive midfielder joined on a loan with an obligation to buy for a loan fee of €1 million.
  
  
  

• Permanent Departures​

  
  
  • Vinícius Souza (to VfL Wolfsburg): The midfielder was the most expensive departure, sold for a reported fee of £13 million.
  • Anel Ahmedhodžić (to Feyenoord): The defender, a fan favourite, was sold for a fee of £6.9 million.
  • Kieffer Moore (to Wrexham): The striker joined on a permanent deal for a reported fee of £2.3 million.
  • Rhian Brewster (to Derby County): The striker's tenure at the club ended with a free transfer.
  • Jack Robinson (to Birmingham City): The defender moved to the Championship side for an undisclosed fee.
  • Jefferson Cáceres (to Dunfermline Athletic): The winger was sold for an undisclosed fee.
    
    
    
    

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    Loan Departures​

    
    
    Rhys Norrington-Davies (to Queens Park Rangers): The left-back was loaned out for the season.
    Ivo Grbić (to Fatih Karagümrük): The goalkeeper joined the Turkish side on a season-long loan.
    Jamal Baptiste (to Rotherham United): The young defender was loaned to the fellow Championship club.
    
    
    
    

I hope there walking round the training ground with name badges on, what a motley crew that lot is!!!!

 

[Tony Currie]

Where's the data from?

Sam Curtis signed 2 years ago

Correct Sam Curtis was January but 2024!

 

[SwissBlade]

Correct Sam Curtis was January but 2024!

bloody chat gpt!

GPT 5.0 is shocking, makes so many errors

 

[bakeblade]

Post-summer window, this year vs last year. Permanent signings unless stated.

Goalkeepers: unchanged
Right back: Godfrey (loan) > Gilchrist (loan); otherwise unchanged
Left back: unchanged
Centre backs: Tanganga = Ahmedhodzic; Mee > Robinson; Bindon (loan) < Souttar (loan); McGuinness & Zätterström additional
Central midfield: Soumaré (loan) < Souza; Matos additional; Arblaster injured; otherwise unchanged
Wingers: Barry (loan) < Rak-Sakyi (loan); Ogbene & Chong additional
Centre fowards: Ings > Moore; Cannon additional; otherwise unchanged

I make that (on paper) three improvements in personnel (Mee, Godfrey and Ings better than those they replaced); three downgrades (Bindon, Soumaré and Barry currently not as good as those they replaced) but crucially in each of those downgrades we've got another options (McGuinness at CB, Matos in CM and Ogbene on the wing.

It's over to Sellés now as the squad he's got is better than the one Wilder had this time last year.

Good summary, we also had Brewster all of last season who actually did contribute

 

[Lower Drop Blade]

At a rough arsed estimate of undisclosed fees I would say we have spent what we have roughly brought in. Wages around the same ? Have we a better team , I going to say no but with this dick in charge it's hard to compare. Are we just in the same state as with PA I would say definitely yes what comes in can go out with parachute money to support the club, training ground is a bit of a pipe dream I suspect unless premier money comes in. Next season if still in this league I think we can buckle in for a rocky ride.

 

[ml1997]

Very bad window. We’ve been left with a large, low quality squad. Our business wasn’t great but would be forgivable if we had done it early, but instead we’ve tried to rebuild the squad in the space of 10 days.

Our squad has 33 players, that’s ridiculous. We’ve managed to end up with not a single decent winger, one decent striker and 1 DM who isn’t picked yet 5 centre half’s and 4 right backs.

Souza and Anel are unavoidable sales. Robbo and Moore are strange ones, I think it’s ridiculous to get rid of senior players with such a young squad.

I know fuck all about Zatterstrom, Ukaki, Soumaré, Polendakov and Matos. Barry and Bindon could be good but I tend to think loans should be for somebody who will be a big addition of quality, I’m not convinced either of these would be. Ings and Mee are unnecessary and past it. Fair play with Tanganga, that’s a very good signing (though I’d say we’ve overpaid). Chong, Ogbene and McGuinness are all average players who don’t excite much.

However, there is a decent squad in us, good enough to maybe make the playoffs (with competent management). For example…

Cooper
Godfrey Tanganga McGuinness Burrows
Soumaré
Hamer Arblaster
Chong Campbell O’Hare
A. Davies, Seriki, Mee, Peck, T. Davies, Brooks, Barry, Cannon, Ings

 

[Balham]

Very bad window. We’ve been left with a large, low quality squad. Our business wasn’t great but would be forgivable if we had done it early, but instead we’ve tried to rebuild the squad in the space of 10 days.

Our squad has 33 players, that’s ridiculous. We’ve managed to end up with not a single decent winger, one decent striker and 1 DM who isn’t picked yet 5 centre half’s and 4 right backs.

Souza and Anel are unavoidable sales. Robbo and Moore are strange ones, I think it’s ridiculous to get rid of senior players with such a young squad.

I know fuck all about Zatterstrom, Ukaki, Soumaré, Polendakov and Matos. Barry and Bindon could be good but I tend to think loans should be for somebody who will be a big addition of quality, I’m not convinced either of these would be. Ings and Mee are unnecessary and past it. Fair play with Tanganga, that’s a very good signing (though I’d say we’ve overpaid). Chong, Ogbene and McGuinness are all average players who don’t excite much.

However, there is a decent squad in us, good enough to maybe make the playoffs (with competent management). For example…

Cooper
Godfrey Tanganga McGuinness Burrows
Soumaré
Hamer Arblaster
Chong Campbell O’Hare
A. Davies, Seriki, Mee, Peck, T. Davies, Brooks, Barry, Cannon, Ings

Go on then, I'll bite. Who are the four right backs?

And on the one hand you complain about getting rid of lower-Championship-level senior players Robinson (32) and Moore (33) yet on the other complain that Ings (32) and Mee (35), both of whom were PL players last season, are "past it".

 

[cooperblade]

Really?

Yeah, I think when they were all at their peak, Ings and Mee were on a completely different level to Moore and Robinson but I think those days are long gone for our new signings. I worry that players at 33 and 35 who have played so few minutes recently are going to find it really hard to contribute in any meaningful way. We'll never know the reasons why Holding didn't get used more but I think it might've been at least partly down to the fact he just hadn't played any football for so long.

Just from a volume point of view in terms of minutes, Moore and Robinson played over 4,500 minutes between them last season whereas Mee and Ings played 450. I struggle to see a world where they make, say, 20 starts each. I wonder if Mee is a 'good to have around the place' type signing who can help develop Bindon and Zatterstrom? Any maybe there's a bit of that with Ings as well.