Retained list - 2026

[Carlton Blade]

To be fair to Danny Hall, a U-turn on Riedewald seems very possible considering the SCR rules were only agreed by clubs last week. As I commented above, those rules will significantly affect the shape of this summer for us, meaning we need to make huge cuts to the wage bill (something like halving it, depending on the level of income we can achieve from player sales). We won't be able to make those kind of savings just by releasing Tom Davies, Mee and Ings. We'll also have to move out a lot of players who we would rather have kept. We don't know yet who we'll actually be able to sell, or for how much.
So even if we had been planning to take up the option on Jairo before last week, backing away from committing to his wages for another year would now make financial sense under the new rules.

The clubs knew the vote was coming and last season, operated as if the rules were there already to prepare. This appears to be choosing a chance at Phillips over Riedewald, no more

 

[Keen Blade]

* excluding Leonard, Ndiaye, Ramsdale, Peck (and O'Connell).

I'll concede Ramsdale & Ndiaye but over how many years is that ?
CW played JoC injured whilst chasing Europe and that probably contributed to his demise.
Anyway , without splitting hairs , the new owners have no money to invest or they would have built Dore by now ,
so their model is based on trading players who develop value whilst here.
And
We just have no record of doing that to anywhere near the extent required.

 

[EddieColquhoun]

He wanted to sell him to Barnsley and froze him out until he signed a contract.

He also had Peck out of the door to Rotherham so he could sign Andre Dozell. Prince kiboshed it.

"Former Sheffield United manager Paul Heckingbottom revealed that Ndiaye was close to joining Barnsley on loan to get regular first-team minutes before he ultimately earned his breakthrough at Bramall Lane."

The contract dispute was under Slav.

The Peck story sounds similar to the Brooks nearly going out on loan story which justifies for some Wilder getting no credit for this development.

 

[LBA_Blade]

The clubs knew the vote was coming and last season, operated as if the rules were there already to prepare. This appears to be choosing a chance at Phillips over Riedewald, no more

True although our "prep" for it was signing
Tanganga @ £35,000 per week
McGuinness @ £25,000 per week
Rothwell @ £25,000 per week
Bamford @ £30,000 per week

With Riedewald @ £25,000 , Mee @ £25,000 and Ings @ £30,000 per week all leaving

If we didn't sign Rothwell we could of had Jairo and no need to even consider Phillips, even now he will need to have at least £125K a week funded by Man City to join us.

 

[Carlton Blade]

True although our "prep" for it was signing
Tanganga @ £35,000 per week
McGuinness @ £25,000 per week
Rothwell @ £25,000 per week
Bamford @ £30,000 per week

With Riedewald @ £25,000 , Mee @ £25,000 and Ings @ £30,000 per week all leaving

If we didn't sign Rothwell we could of had Jairo and no need to even consider Phillips, even now he will need to have at least £125K a week funded by Man City to join us.

United are idiots

 

[GrunkyPeep]

He also had Peck out of the door to Rotherham so he could sign Andre Dozell. Prince kiboshed it.

TBF, trying to get Peck out on loan was the right decision at the time until he played in those pre-season games and showed that he was ready to take the step up, that meant that he didn't need to move, and we didn't need to bring in Dozell who would have blocked his route to the team.

Seems like all parties made the right decision.

 

[Silas]

Ivo Grbic. The forever man!

 

[Maurice Maurice]

so how did we get in the prem for 2019 ,we didnt spend 100s of millions
and dont forget these new squad rules work for every club so they all will be counting the pennies , not just us

Should that have been in response to a different post because it had fuck all to do with what I posted about.