Proposed 2026 Summer Business: Assuming European Competition

[Alan Whittle]

Absolutely not with those shouts

Vinny Grappa

 

[NeilMorepies]

2026 Summer Transfer Business (assuming that we get into Europe)

In
- Jack Grealish: £30,000,000 (renegotiated permanent fee)
- Liam Delap: £30,000,000 (projected fee)
- Tyrique George: £22,000,000 (pre-agreed option to buy)
- Merlin Röhl: £17,300,000 (pre-agreed obligation to buy)
- Juanlu Sánchez: £15,000,000 (projected fee)
- Harry Wilson (free agent)
- Dušan Vlahović (free agent)

Out
- Beto £20,000,000 (likely to the Serie A)
- McNeil £20,000,000 (likely to another Premier League club)
- Patterson (season-long loan to Sevilla as a replacement for Juanlu Sanchez)


Total Initial Spend: £114,300,000
(Estimated £15m–£20m in combined signing-on bonuses for Vlahović and Wilson would push the total cash outlay closer to £130m–£135m)

If we successfully sell McNeil and Beto for £20m each, our net transfer spend drops to £74.3m, which is well within safe financial limits.


Projected Annual Wage Bill
The annual commitment for these seven additional players becomes roughly £40.1 million (approx. £770k/week combined).
Context: The move to the Hill Dickinson Stadium is expected to generate enough new matchday and commercial income cover this entire group's salaries from revenue growth alone.



Proposed 2026/27 Squad Structure
GK
- Pickford
- Travers
- King

CB
- Keane
- Tarkowski
- O’Brien
- Branthwaite

LB
- Mykolenko
- Aznou

RB
- Juanlu Sanchez (permanent transfer)
- Coleman
- Patterson (season-long loan to Sevilla)

CM
- Gana Gueye
- Röhl
- Iroegbunam
- Dewsbury-Hall
- Garner
- Armstrong
- Alcaraz

Wingers
- Grealish (renegotiated fee, permanent transfer)
- Ndiaye
- Dibling
- Tyrique George (permanent transfer)
- Harry Wilson (free agent)

Strikers
- Barry
- Liam Delap (permanent transfer)
- Dušan Vlahović (free agent)



The Big “If” – Dušan Vlahović
He is likely to head to a different club next season, meaning we will probably have to look at buying Lukaku or Toney instead. They are both now in their 30s and buying one ofthe two would potentially be pretty expensive (both in terms of wages and transfer fee). However, they are both still a possibility.

On a side note, Troy Parrot doesn’t offer the experience that we need in a senior 3rd striker to mentor Barry and Delap, nor is he necessary reliable enough in big European games.

Who are you going to get in to manage that lot lad?

 

[Rooney_Tunes]

2026 Summer Transfer Business (assuming that we get into Europe)

In
- Jack Grealish: £30,000,000 (renegotiated permanent fee)
- Liam Delap: £30,000,000 (projected fee)
- Tyrique George: £22,000,000 (pre-agreed option to buy)
- Merlin Röhl: £17,300,000 (pre-agreed obligation to buy)
- Juanlu Sánchez: £15,000,000 (projected fee)
- Harry Wilson (free agent)
- Dušan Vlahović (free agent)

Out
- Beto £20,000,000 (likely to the Serie A)
- McNeil £20,000,000 (likely to another Premier League club)
- Patterson (season-long loan to Sevilla as a replacement for Juanlu Sanchez)


Total Initial Spend: £114,300,000
(Estimated £15m–£20m in combined signing-on bonuses for Vlahović and Wilson would push the total cash outlay closer to £130m–£135m)

If we successfully sell McNeil and Beto for £20m each, our net transfer spend drops to £74.3m, which is well within safe financial limits.


Projected Annual Wage Bill
The annual commitment for these seven additional players becomes roughly £40.1 million (approx. £770k/week combined).
Context: The move to the Hill Dickinson Stadium is expected to generate enough new matchday and commercial income cover this entire group's salaries from revenue growth alone.



Proposed 2026/27 Squad Structure
GK
- Pickford
- Travers
- King

CB
- Keane
- Tarkowski
- O’Brien
- Branthwaite

LB
- Mykolenko
- Aznou

RB
- Juanlu Sanchez (permanent transfer)
- Coleman
- Patterson (season-long loan to Sevilla)

CM
- Gana Gueye
- Röhl
- Iroegbunam
- Dewsbury-Hall
- Garner
- Armstrong
- Alcaraz

Wingers
- Grealish (renegotiated fee, permanent transfer)
- Ndiaye
- Dibling
- Tyrique George (permanent transfer)
- Harry Wilson (free agent)

Strikers
- Barry
- Liam Delap (permanent transfer)
- Dušan Vlahović (free agent)



The Big “If” – Dušan Vlahović
He is likely to head to a different club next season, meaning we will probably have to look at buying Lukaku or Toney instead. They are both now in their 30s and buying one ofthe two would potentially be pretty expensive (both in terms of wages and transfer fee). However, they are both still a possibility.

On a side note, Troy Parrot doesn’t offer the experience that we need in a senior 3rd striker to mentor Barry and Delap, nor is he necessary reliable enough in big European games.

Quite simple really - RB, LB, CF...those are the first three then we continue.

 

[Papa Shango]

Sell Barry and Patterson if we can (I don't see any real future for them here)

Keep everyone else, bring in a striker like Luis Suarez from Sporting (may be too expensive now, should have got him last season before he moved there), an attacking Left back so we can cover all eventualities (Mykolenko is fine) and maybe, just maybe, sign a right back or two.

Ignoring the act that Delap has only scored once this season for a team we just humped 3-0 yesterday, I don't think he is the right type of player for us anyway. He's not the type of player that he looks like he should be. We would just end up moaning that he's not in the box or getting on the end of crosses all the time.

Or just sign Mbappe. Whatever.

 

[Simon Buttle]

I heard Moyes was seriously considering keeping George but I don't remember if the source was trustworthy. I'm mostly just hoping Moyes sees something we don't in these players for the future otherwise this probably would've gone differently.

I have seen stuff suggesting TFG want to pursue the George transfer but I don't know about Moyes tbh. There have already been a number of stories suggesting we already have a transfer strategy/plan for if we qualify for Europe and another separate one for if we don't.

 

[TheBigIguana]

Grealish will prefer CL football with Villa. Utterly nailed on to sign his last big contact going there to finish out his career.

Villa might still beat Chelsea in the race to miss out