The Official Silly Season Summer Transfer Thread 2021/22

[ChesterTheTabby]

99% of Newcastle fans are offering to drive him here. Wonderful

So did a lot of Lyon fans say the same thing when we bought Tete. Sometimes a new team could help change things up...

They did, and good shout... also what happened to Mitro? Newcastle outcast now Fulham legend and golden boot winner?

[Slaphead in Qatar]

Kraft played 8 times for Sweden this year so can't be that bad. And if he is bad for Newcastle in the PL he may be better in the Championship

[JoelH5]

Kraft played 8 times for Sweden this year so can't be that bad. And if he is bad for Newcastle in the PL he may be better in the Championship

This is exactly why we need to keep Tosin.. He is pretty solid in the PL. We have all seen what happens if we try to revamp the team every time we go up. Disaster

[Jim©]

Kraft played 8 times for Sweden this year so can't be that bad. And if he is bad for Newcastle in the PL he may be better in the Championship

I don't think he's a bad player at all, but he's not at all similar to Kenny. He's not particularly quick and doesn't seem to get forward to cross the ball much (4 assists in 4 years). He is more like a CB playing out wide than the other way around IMO.

[Tabby]

Kraft played 8 times for Sweden this year so can't be that bad. And if he is bad for Newcastle in the PL he may be better in the Championship

Not like there is a surplus of elite Swedish RB's tbf.

[rusty shackleford]

Grimes rejected again

[Caedal]

Grimes rejected again

I mean it was so obvious. You can't keep just putting the same bid in. Just offer the 4m and be done with it

[grandad]

Why not ask Swansea how much the want for Grimes. If it is under 5 mil pay the money. If they want more back out.

[jayffc]

Tbf were in the driving seat in some ways with grimes

They know he walks for free next year so we're pushing it. Given we're tight for cash with ffp no need to over extend...well top it up if needs be before the days out

[junior white]

Tbf were in the driving seat in some ways with grimes

They know he walks for free next year so we're pushing it. Given we're tight for cash with ffp no need to over extend...well top it up if needs be before the days out

On top of that how many times are we screwed over by not getting the price we want, about time we did it to others rather than be push overs

[rusty shackleford]

Zambo extended his contract before leaving. Wtf

[jayffc]

Tbf were in the driving seat in some ways with grimes

They know he walks for free next year so we're pushing it. Given we're tight for cash with ffp no need to over extend...well top it up if needs be before the days out

On top of that how many times are we screwed over by not getting the price we want, about time we did it to others rather than be push overs

If we settle on under 4 mil then why not save the money that could help us pick up decent rb cover

[NJFulham]

Zambo extended his contract before leaving. Wtf

FFP. Same reason Mitro did.

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[SKSW6]

If we do end up getting Grimes we'll have an embarrassment of riches at CM at the Championship level. Any one of Seri, Reed, Onomah or Grimes would start at virtually every Championship club, and we'll only have places for two of them in the starting 11. Then we've got Francois who hasn't looked out of place when he's played, and potentially Cairney to come back at some point too. It'll be difficult to keep those first four happy as they'll all want to start, but we'll be very well protected in case of injuries.

[Caedal]

As I said in the other thread, no mention of an option to buy. I'm assuming it's a good loan fee plus them paying his wages for a season.

[General]

Zambo extended his contract before leaving. Wtf

FFP. Same reason Mitro did.

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That logic doesn't stand up at all, especially when you include Mitro in the argument who has clearly stated he's very happy here (even with us yo-yoing around). Sure it may be the case with Frank, or Frank may be on a great deal with us and may struggle to get better anywhere else - Or frank is actually a good guy, who does like being at the club and with our squad and wants to play for us in a successful team. Likely to be one of those three options.

[jayffc]

We get him back if we go up and it's possible Silva could get the best out of him as were seeing with Seri.

Or

It helps with FFP
And or if he doesn't have an option with napoli but performs wellike he did on his last loan,we're in a better position to sell him for a good fee later

Can't complain about that!

[General]

If we do end up getting Grimes we'll have an embarrassment of riches at CM at the Championship level. Any one of Seri, Reed, Onomah or Grimes would start at virtually every Championship club, and we'll only have places for two of them in the starting 11. Then we've got Francois who hasn't looked out of place when he's played, and potentially Cairney to come back at some point too. It'll be difficult to keep those first four happy as they'll all want to start, but we'll be very well protected in case of injuries.

Reed gets injured again though and we're down to only three options, which is quite light in my view - even if their quality is high. One red card or suspension and another niggling injury and anything could happen.

[Tabby]

The contract extension is just the clause that was already in I assume, not a new contract.

[Caedal]

To be honest, this is a much much better solution in all ways, regardless of what happens at the end.

The club's had a blinder here I reckon