"15-20 Players Leaving This Summer"

[Iffy Onuora's Shiny Head]

Quote from Wilder in the interview for the Hull game. I've tried to work out where I think these will come from and I can see a route to up to 22 of the current contracted and loaned squad not being with us next year.

There are going to be players in that list who we will have to come to settlements with if we wanted to permanently remove them (Chong/Matos etc). Then you could make a case of players like Mcguiness and Canon also possibly being moved on given their impact to date. All depends more on 'who is willing to take these players on the longer contracts'/

Ivo Grbic	To return	Leave
RND	To return	Leave
Sam Curtis	To return	Leave
Nils Zatterstrom	To return	Sell / Loan Out
Ehije Ukaki	To return	Sell / Loan Out
Christian Nwachukwu	To return	Sell / Loan Out
Ki-Jana Hoever	Loan	Leave
Calvin Phillips	Loan	Leave
Chiedozie Ogbene	Loan	Leave
Tyler Bindon	Loan	Leave
Leo Hjelde	Loan	Leave
Djibril Soumaré	Loan	Leave
Adam Davies	2026	Release
Ben Mee	2026	Release
Jaïro Riedewald	2026	Option?
Tom Davies	2026	Release
Danny Ings	2026	Release
Femi Seriki	2027
Jamie Shackleton	2027	Sell / Loan Out
Gustavo Hamer	2027	Sell
Andre Brooks	2027
Joe Rothwell	2027
Tyrese Campbell	2027	Sell
Patrick Bamford	2027
Luke Faxon	2028
Japhet Tanganga	2028
Harrison Burrows	2028
Sam McCallum	2028
Mihail Polendakov	2028	Loan
Sydie Peck	2028
Oliver Arblaster	2028
Alex Matos	2028	Sell / Loan Out
Callum O'Hare	2028
Mark McGuinness	2029
Tahith Chong	2029	Sell / Loan Out
Tom Cannon	2029

 

[bakeblade]

Quote from Wilder in the interview for the Hull game. I've tried to work out where I think these will come from and I can see a route to up to 22 of the current contracted and loaned squad not being with us next year.

There are going to be players in that list who we will have to come to settlements with if we wanted to permanently remove them (Chong/Matos etc). Then you could make a case of players like Mcguiness and Canon also possibly being moved on given their impact to date. All depends more on 'who is willing to take these players on the longer contracts'/

Ivo Grbic	To return	Leave
RND	To return	Leave
Sam Curtis	To return	Leave
Nils Zatterstrom	To return	Sell / Loan Out
Ehije Ukaki	To return	Sell / Loan Out
Christian Nwachukwu	To return	Sell / Loan Out
Ki-Jana Hoever	Loan	Leave
Calvin Phillips	Loan	Leave
Chiedozie Ogbene	Loan	Leave
Tyler Bindon	Loan	Leave
Leo Hjelde	Loan	Leave
Djibril Soumaré	Loan	Leave
Adam Davies	2026	Release
Ben Mee	2026	Release
Jaïro Riedewald	2026	Option?
Tom Davies	2026	Release
Danny Ings	2026	Release
Femi Seriki	2027
Jamie Shackleton	2027	Sell / Loan Out
Gustavo Hamer	2027	Sell
Andre Brooks	2027
Joe Rothwell	2027
Tyrese Campbell	2027	Sell
Patrick Bamford	2027
Luke Faxon	2028
Japhet Tanganga	2028
Harrison Burrows	2028
Sam McCallum	2028
Mihail Polendakov	2028	Loan
Sydie Peck	2028
Oliver Arblaster	2028
Alex Matos	2028	Sell / Loan Out
Callum O'Hare	2028
Mark McGuinness	2029
Tahith Chong	2029	Sell / Loan Out
Tom Cannon	2029

It's a real mess that's going to be expensive to sort out.
Matos, McGuiness and Chong must have thought all their birthdays had come at once with our ridiculous contract offers.

 

[Snowflake]

Quote from Wilder in the interview for the Hull game. I've tried to work out where I think these will come from and I can see a route to up to 22 of the current contracted and loaned squad not being with us next year.

There are going to be players in that list who we will have to come to settlements with if we wanted to permanently remove them (Chong/Matos etc). Then you could make a case of players like Mcguiness and Canon also possibly being moved on given their impact to date. All depends more on 'who is willing to take these players on the longer contracts'/

Ivo Grbic	To return	Leave
RND	To return	Leave
Sam Curtis	To return	Leave
Nils Zatterstrom	To return	Sell / Loan Out
Ehije Ukaki	To return	Sell / Loan Out
Christian Nwachukwu	To return	Sell / Loan Out
Ki-Jana Hoever	Loan	Leave
Calvin Phillips	Loan	Leave
Chiedozie Ogbene	Loan	Leave
Tyler Bindon	Loan	Leave
Leo Hjelde	Loan	Leave
Djibril Soumaré	Loan	Leave
Adam Davies	2026	Release
Ben Mee	2026	Release
Jaïro Riedewald	2026	Option?
Tom Davies	2026	Release
Danny Ings	2026	Release
Femi Seriki	2027
Jamie Shackleton	2027	Sell / Loan Out
Gustavo Hamer	2027	Sell
Andre Brooks	2027
Joe Rothwell	2027
Tyrese Campbell	2027	Sell
Patrick Bamford	2027
Luke Faxon	2028
Japhet Tanganga	2028
Harrison Burrows	2028
Sam McCallum	2028
Mihail Polendakov	2028	Loan
Sydie Peck	2028
Oliver Arblaster	2028
Alex Matos	2028	Sell / Loan Out
Callum O'Hare	2028
Mark McGuinness	2029
Tahith Chong	2029	Sell / Loan Out
Tom Cannon	2029

Presumably that figure includes some youth players who are not in the current squad and are not expected to to be good enough in the future.

 

[247Blade]

I sometimes wonder if a few players leave during a game?

 

[LBA_Blade]

Quote from Wilder in the interview for the Hull game. I've tried to work out where I think these will come from and I can see a route to up to 22 of the current contracted and loaned squad not being with us next year.

There are going to be players in that list who we will have to come to settlements with if we wanted to permanently remove them (Chong/Matos etc). Then you could make a case of players like Mcguiness and Canon also possibly being moved on given their impact to date. All depends more on 'who is willing to take these players on the longer contracts'/

Ivo Grbic	To return	Leave
RND	To return	Leave
Sam Curtis	To return	Leave
Nils Zatterstrom	To return	Sell / Loan Out
Ehije Ukaki	To return	Sell / Loan Out
Christian Nwachukwu	To return	Sell / Loan Out
Ki-Jana Hoever	Loan	Leave
Calvin Phillips	Loan	Leave
Chiedozie Ogbene	Loan	Leave
Tyler Bindon	Loan	Leave
Leo Hjelde	Loan	Leave
Djibril Soumaré	Loan	Leave
Adam Davies	2026	Release
Ben Mee	2026	Release
Jaïro Riedewald	2026	Option?
Tom Davies	2026	Release
Danny Ings	2026	Release
Femi Seriki	2027
Jamie Shackleton	2027	Sell / Loan Out
Gustavo Hamer	2027	Sell
Andre Brooks	2027
Joe Rothwell	2027
Tyrese Campbell	2027	Sell
Patrick Bamford	2027
Luke Faxon	2028
Japhet Tanganga	2028
Harrison Burrows	2028
Sam McCallum	2028
Mihail Polendakov	2028	Loan
Sydie Peck	2028
Oliver Arblaster	2028
Alex Matos	2028	Sell / Loan Out
Callum O'Hare	2028
Mark McGuinness	2029
Tahith Chong	2029	Sell / Loan Out
Tom Cannon	2029

What about Louie Marsh and Ryan Oné?

 

[Carlton Blade]

The real question should be, how many players that United may wish to move on, that aren't out of contract would get a deal at 1) A Championship or higher club 2) On equivalent wages 3) For at least as long a contract length

Seriki, Hamer, Peck, Brooks I am confident would, and would fetch £5m+ fees. Probably One too
Tanganga, O'Hare, Burrows might not fetch the £5m fee and I think they are both on an extremely high wage. But they'd get 2+ year deals
Campbell might do. He's still young. Could see someone offering him 2 years but I doubt we'd get a real fee

The absolute drains on the club, long term are going to be Matos, McGuiness, Chong and Cannon. You would assume they are all earning at least £500k a season (I'm deliberately underestimating that) with at least 2 years left on their deals. I think the only way you move them is by subsidising it and I don't think that actually happens that often? The big, big hope is that Chong somehow has a good WC and maybe an MLS team takes a swing because he's got a high profile.

 

[relish]

Really noticeable for me that Wilder has started in the last couple of weeks to refer to "the AI boys" (he did so again the press conference today).
I assume this is referring to Nwachukwu and Ukaki, possibly Zatterstrom and Poledakov too? Any others?
Referring to them in this way makes it clear that Wilder doesn't fancy them, and also that he wants to distance himself and his team from their recruitment. I get why he would want to do that.
At the same time, it does seem insulting to dismiss those players, most of whom we've had no opportunity to really get a look at, as simply "AI boys". I'm surprised to hear a manager do that. And if the aim is to get someone to take them off our hands, talking about them so dismissively maybe doesn't seem like the best strategy?

 

[dexter101]

RND and Grbic contract expires 2027 so unlikely to just leave this summer. RND will be of interest to someone as he has at least been a regular for QPR.

Curtis has been doing well for Chesterfield from what I have heard to if he was to leave it should be for some form of fee.

There are a lot in the U21s who probably either need to leave, go on a season loan or step up.

Players like Sasnauskas have been in limbo this season and our returning loanees may then "leave" on loan again. The likes of Blacker for example.

 

[Tarqs]

Really noticeable for me that Wilder has started in the last couple of weeks to refer to "the AI boys" (he did so again the press conference today).
I assume this is referring to Nwachukwu and Ukaki, possibly Zatterstrom and Poledakov too? Any others?
Referring to them in this way makes it clear that Wilder doesn't fancy them, and also that he wants to distance himself and his team from their recruitment. I get why he would want to do that.
At the same time, it does seem insulting to dismiss those players, most of whom we've had no opportunity to really get a look at, as simply "AI boys". I'm surprised to hear a manager do that. And if the aim is to get someone to take them off our hands, talking about them so dismissively maybe doesn't seem like the best strategy?

Shame none of the press ask what above the 'wilder boys'.... you know, the ones that are never fit and cost a fair whack.

 

[Tarqs]

RND and Grbic contract expires 2027 so unlikely to just leave this summer. RND will be of interest to someone as he has at least been a regular for QPR.

Curtis has been doing well for Chesterfield from what I have heard to if he was to leave it should be for some form of fee.

There are a lot in the U21s who probably either need to leave, go on a season loan or step up.

Players like Sasnauskas have been in limbo this season and our returning loanees may then "leave" on loan again. The likes of Blacker for example.

Curtis is only 20 and has had very good reviews from a top end league 2 side. Which is far more than what Seriki had at that stage of his career..

 

[dexter101]

Curtis is only 20 and has had very good reviews from a top end league 2 side. Which is far more than what Seriki had at that stage of his career..

A Chesterfield fan I work with is really pleased they have him, they may even get play offs which would be good experience for him too

 

[Tarqs]

A Chesterfield fan I work with is really pleased they have him, they may even get play offs which would be good experience for him too

I'm biased as he's the cousin of my mrs' goddaughter.

 

[joe casey]

A Chesterfield fan I work with is really pleased they have him, they may even get play offs which would be good experience for him too

My manager also a chezzy season ticket holder and whilst boring me of their exploits (usually winning) every week, I do at least get some comfort from him thanking me for Curtis most weeks as well

 

[Addison]

Shame none of the press ask what above the 'wilder boys'.... you know, the ones that are never fit and cost a fair whack.

A young reporter at the end of the presser probably asking his first question ever was lambasted by CW for daring to suggest Bamford needed his shooting boots on in the last few games. He was told to put his boots on and come and train Bamford to shoot in the next 45 minutes. Lads currently being coached by Danny Hall to ask non controversial questions about culture carriers, experience, personality and do we need more Lundstrams in the team next year which appeared to be todays theme.

The conference started with praise for the medical staff, Prestridge and Little for the good work they have done over the years with injuries so that killed off any searching questions that dared to imply there was a fitness problem.

 

[Harry's Game]

Quote from Wilder in the interview for the Hull game. I've tried to work out where I think these will come from and I can see a route to up to 22 of the current contracted and loaned squad not being with us next year.

There are going to be players in that list who we will have to come to settlements with if we wanted to permanently remove them (Chong/Matos etc). Then you could make a case of players like Mcguiness and Canon also possibly being moved on given their impact to date. All depends more on 'who is willing to take these players on the longer contracts'/

Ivo Grbic	To return	Leave
RND	To return	Leave
Sam Curtis	To return	Leave
Nils Zatterstrom	To return	Sell / Loan Out
Ehije Ukaki	To return	Sell / Loan Out
Christian Nwachukwu	To return	Sell / Loan Out
Ki-Jana Hoever	Loan	Leave
Calvin Phillips	Loan	Leave
Chiedozie Ogbene	Loan	Leave
Tyler Bindon	Loan	Leave
Leo Hjelde	Loan	Leave
Djibril Soumaré	Loan	Leave
Adam Davies	2026	Release
Ben Mee	2026	Release
Jaïro Riedewald	2026	Option?
Tom Davies	2026	Release
Danny Ings	2026	Release
Femi Seriki	2027
Jamie Shackleton	2027	Sell / Loan Out
Gustavo Hamer	2027	Sell
Andre Brooks	2027
Joe Rothwell	2027
Tyrese Campbell	2027	Sell
Patrick Bamford	2027
Luke Faxon	2028
Japhet Tanganga	2028
Harrison Burrows	2028
Sam McCallum	2028
Mihail Polendakov	2028	Loan
Sydie Peck	2028
Oliver Arblaster	2028
Alex Matos	2028	Sell / Loan Out
Callum O'Hare	2028
Mark McGuinness	2029
Tahith Chong	2029	Sell / Loan Out
Tom Cannon	2029

Why are you keeping Cannon?

 

[Carlton Blade]

A young reporter at the end of the presser probably asking his first question ever was lambasted by CW for daring to suggest Bamford needed his shooting boots on in the last few games. He was told to put his boots on and come and train Bamford to shoot in the next 45 minutes. Lads currently being coached by Danny Hall to ask non controversial questions about culture carriers, experience, personality and do we need more Lundstrams in the team next year which appeared to be todays theme.

The conference started with praise for the medical staff, Prestridge and Little for the good work they have done over the years with injuries so that killed off any searching questions that dared to imply there was a fitness problem.

The "how dare you. Don't you know who I am and what I've achieved" schtick to any question he doesn't like has always been tiresome. Press conferences are pretty pointless and I can imagine the managers get bored of it. But I'm not sure there's much need to be so combative

 

[Tarqs]

A young reporter at the end of the presser probably asking his first question ever was lambasted by CW for daring to suggest Bamford needed his shooting boots on in the last few games. He was told to put his boots on and come and train Bamford to shoot in the next 45 minutes. Lads currently being coached by Danny Hall to ask non controversial questions about culture carriers, experience, personality and do we need more Lundstrams in the team next year which appeared to be todays theme.

The conference started with praise for the medical staff, Prestridge and Little for the good work they have done over the years with injuries so that killed off any searching questions that dared to imply there was a fitness problem.

Praise for the medical and fitness team...

You're taking the piss right?!

 

[Tony Currie]

I fail to understand how people on here don't seem to appreciate that Wilder/Knill are the ideal men for the rebuild. They have consistently found gems and discovered new talent, they have achieved this at numerous clubs and achieved numerous promotions.

Just because we didn't get promoted last season there was no reason to throw the baby out with the bath water. The owners did, at the same time as selling Anel, Souza and Kiefer and then started recruiting based on iffy AI criteria.

The job of staying up is done, let them get on with the rebuild that is so obviously required.

 

[FredZeppelin]

He can be an absolute embarrassment at times when talking in these PC's. He's defensive because, deep down, he knows he's doing a poor job of coaching the team and the fans are asking the all too familiar questions about the manager. His ego won't allow that so he gets his retaliation in first.

The reporter's comeback to his 'come and get your boots on and teach Bamford' jibe should have been just a simple "I'm a reporter, Chris. Are you going to pay me £40,000-50,000 a week to the job".

He's a child.

utb

 

[brownblade]

Completely forgot about Zatterstrom. Has played one minute at Genoa

Still plays every minute for Sweden u21s. Got to be a more popular and interesting option than, e.g. bringing back Jack Robinson.

 

[Tarqs]

I fail to understand how people on here don't seem to appreciate that Wilder/Knill are the ideal men for the rebuild. They have consistently found gems and discovered new talent, they have achieved this at numerous clubs and achieved numerous promotions.

Just because we didn't get promoted last season there was no reason to throw the baby out with the bath water. The owners did, at the same time as selling Anel, Souza and Kiefer and then started recruiting based on iffy AI criteria.

The job of staying up is done, let them get on with the rebuild that is so obviously required.

Cos it's all about opinions mate.

Wilder was probably the safest bet to come back in after Selles, but that shouldn't prevent us going in a more modern direction. Wilder won't be here forever and the football is way way off what it used to be.

As for Knill, i've no idea what he offers now other than a 'jobs for the boys' role that Hoyland has gratefully accepted aswell.

 

[3Cheers4Ramirez]

Bring it on. Sledgehammer time

 

[UddersBlade]

Bring it on. Sledgehammer time

It’s Summer 2016 all over again….post Adkins - massive rebuild again. It’s going to be an interesting 4 months!

 

[Davalon]

A young reporter at the end of the presser probably asking his first question ever was lambasted by CW for daring to suggest Bamford needed his shooting boots on in the last few games. He was told to put his boots on and come and train Bamford to shoot in the next 45 minutes. Lads currently being coached by Danny Hall to ask non controversial questions about culture carriers, experience, personality and do we need more Lundstrams in the team next year which appeared to be todays theme.

The conference started with praise for the medical staff, Prestridge and Little for the good work they have done over the years with injuries so that killed off any searching questions that dared to imply there was a fitness problem.

Danny Hall is a Wilder cuck.

I'm happy to see what Wilder can do in the summer but I can't pretend that he doesnt irritate me far more than he used to.

A few years ago I found myself agreeing with much of what he said and he tended to show more respect to people in general, even if he could still see red at times. Mike Dean even named him as the most respectful manager in the Prem.

He seems a bit different in recent times. I don't agree with his summing up of games as much, he acts at times as though he's a tad paranoid, and i find the slapping of the badge when we win and straight down the tunnel when we lose a bit pathetic tbh. At least he clapped the fans at Bristol.

Whilst he's our manager I want him to do well but the same reverence just isn't there for me as it once was.

 

[Ndiayewillalwaysloveyou]

 

[Older Blade]

The real question should be, how many players that United may wish to move on, that aren't out of contract would get a deal at 1) A Championship or higher club 2) On equivalent wages 3) For at least as long a contract length

Seriki, Hamer, Peck, Brooks I am confident would, and would fetch £5m+ fees. Probably One too
Tanganga, O'Hare, Burrows might not fetch the £5m fee and I think they are both on an extremely high wage. But they'd get 2+ year deals
Campbell might do. He's still young. Could see someone offering him 2 years but I doubt we'd get a real fee

The absolute drains on the club, long term are going to be Matos, McGuiness, Chong and Cannon. You would assume they are all earning at least £500k a season (I'm deliberately underestimating that) with at least 2 years left on their deals. I think the only way you move them is by subsidising it and I don't think that actually happens that often? The big, big hope is that Chong somehow has a good WC and maybe an MLS team takes a swing because he's got a high profile.

You've overlooked sick note Tom Davies,

 

[redandwhitewizard]

We have to do way better with our loan recruits next season. Definitely one of the major failings this time round.

 

[Carlton Blade]

You've overlooked sick note Tom Davies,

He's leaving on a free

 

[bakeblade]

The real question should be, how many players that United may wish to move on, that aren't out of contract would get a deal at 1) A Championship or higher club 2) On equivalent wages 3) For at least as long a contract length

Seriki, Hamer, Peck, Brooks I am confident would, and would fetch £5m+ fees. Probably One too
Tanganga, O'Hare, Burrows might not fetch the £5m fee and I think they are both on an extremely high wage. But they'd get 2+ year deals
Campbell might do. He's still young. Could see someone offering him 2 years but I doubt we'd get a real fee

The absolute drains on the club, long term are going to be Matos, McGuiness, Chong and Cannon. You would assume they are all earning at least £500k a season (I'm deliberately underestimating that) with at least 2 years left on their deals. I think the only way you move them is by subsidising it and I don't think that actually happens that often? The big, big hope is that Chong somehow has a good WC and maybe an MLS team takes a swing because he's got a high profile.

£500 k per annum is probably correct for Matos.
The other 3 are reputably on £25k per week, a staggering £1.3 million p.a. It's going to cost us in the region of £3 million a year to subsidise their wages.
What were the people on who were in charge last summer?

 

[1973Blade]

Shame none of the press ask what above the 'wilder boys'.... you know, the ones that are never fit and cost a fair whack.

Duran Duran did a song about the Wilder Boys!