His wage would have been roughly halved following relegation last season

https://www.getfootballnewsfrance.com/2024/huddersfields-sorba-thomas-undergoing-medical-ahead-of-nantes-loan/ He is off to France

The only way Szmodics stays at this point is if he fails his medical or Rovers are bought later today by Elon Musk

He isn't a winger. Played his best football last season as an attacking central midfielder/10 https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/karamoko-dembele/leistungsdaten/spieler/466602/plus/0?saison=2023

How tall is the 19 year old French lad? Edit, 5 ft 9, he is not our guy

when we had Brereton playing wide left, we wouldn't have asked him to change his game to play as an out and out winger as it would not have suited his game. Same argument here

A bit erratic, but he is not afraid of whipping crosses in, can see it working with a big target to aim at

Can see Ohashi in the 10 spot, Gueyes technique does worry me from that video, but he does look to have good movement and is certainly a physical presence, so as long as he is used correctly, he will hopefully be a good signing

Dembele more an inside forward than a winger who will cross it in

Seems to have a leap on him, Chaddy posted a link to his goals from last season not long ago

Gent?

We have to add Gent and Vale to that, and Fleck (he played more than Koumetio in the league) to the outgoings, purely in terms of numbers,

It seems he can take a penalty too, scored 9, missed 1 in the past 5 years https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/makhtar-gueye/elfmetertore/spieler/606849

Why are Southampton there? I do not rate Russell Martin at all, but he would be going some to get relegated from the Championship this season

He rans a lot - So the opposite of lazy then? I can somewhat agree with the headless chicken analogy If Rovers are offering him less than £10K/week, when he could probably get close to double at most other Championship clubs, would you sign on for longer with the current issues if you were not a fan of the club?

Have we been watching the same player? Dolan has his faults, but surely work rate is not one of them?

Are they trying to get their own back on Rovers for us flogging them Ennis? But Baker should not be a priority and swapping one of our few remaining forwards for another midfielder would be madness

I do wonder about the football knowledge of anyone who has predicted Sunderland to finish first this season. Dingles in 9th also seems like the ravings of a mad man

Pretty sure that Barnes hasn't played any of pre-season for Barrow, and will apparently miss the first month or so of the season. Whitehall did sign a new contract, but not heard anything about him since.

We cant afford anything any less fragile 😉

https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2024/july/29/duo-to-miss-start-of-the-season/ Gilsenan and Leonard out for 7-8 weeks

If we are including players back from loan, such as Travis, and we are including Fleck, Telalovic, Koumetio (one you missed and easily forgettable) on the "out list", then we probably have to include Gent and Vale on the "in list". Purely in terms of numbers

He is versatile, could fill in either wide position, as well as 9, or 10, But if we do have limited funds, I would prefer someone who is a genuine goal threat and someone with real pace (even on loan) rather than a 33 year old squad player. If somehow Rovers could afford all of these, then I agree, he is not a terrible signing due to his ability to cover multiple positions & he doesn't seem to miss many games with injuries. Edit - He did do his ACL 4 years ago, but seems his past 3 seasons have been pretty much injury free

John Eustace has not closed the door on John Fleck returning to Blackburn Rovers oh FFS, close the door!