Boro also trying to persuade Akpom to return, if they're going head to head with Brum for him, you'd expect it'll cost them a few quid.... They've been very quite on the transfer front Boro but look to be making a few moves now...

Why on earth would we be in for Dele Alli? Fabregas gave him a lifeline and he's obviously fucked it up. He needs to just retire.

Where have you plucked this information from? West Brom have had a good window with Heggebo/Philips/Campbell. They haven't lost anyone of note either. Added to that, Dike is injured and turning into a right crock, so scrap that part of your post too......

Despite the stick he gets on here, Pears is average championship keeper standard I would say. His problem is, with a week to go to the new season all teams surely have a first choice keeper sorted now. I doubt he wants to play second fiddle, so he's not in an ideal situation..... I can see Buckley going to league 1 or even 2 purely on loan though as his wages will be a stretch for most teams. He will sulk about the place wherever he goes, if anywhere.

There is no Mercers winger, he's just taken a speculative punt saying there's a winger in the building because that position needs filling.

Not sure how Nixon can diagnose the requirement for surgery or quote recovery timescales unless he's VERY close to medical staff at the club. I would have thought surgery is pretty rare, it isn't a serious injury, just an annoyance.

In fairness he was absolutely prolific at youth level, not sure what's gone on since, injuries, possibly home sick as well, either way it's been a waste of time for all parties. Does anyone know if he even played when he went on loan to Lierse? Can't see any records 🤔

Henriksson's agency also have Mario Balotelli on their books, might as well ask if he fancies another year in England too as he's in need of a club 😎 They do actually also have Seydou Fini on their books perhaps more realistically, fits our requirements perfectly. Currently at Genoa but been loaned out the past 2 seasons. A bit similar to Kargbo just on the right. Only 19, nippy, skillful, high resale potential, boxes being ticked right.... But Just noticed he's already been linked with a few other clubs so chances are slim 🥲

Just a shame our set pieces are dog shit or we'd have some good targets to aim for with all the height

Definitely sounds legit, some Swedish reporters with huge followings have mentioned it

If he can't seemingly motivate himself to play for us, I fail to see how he will do so for Wigan, or any league 1 club tbh! I've posted it many times before but he's one of the strangest players I can remember for us.

Did you watch the game? De Neve was dreadful, its as simple as that. As fans we can only judge him on the brief glimpses we've seen. Was he really the best thing since sliced bread after a tap in? 😳 If people are exaggerating his poor performance today, you're most certainly doing the same for the Everton game.

Pears would get a few offers I would have thought, I’m struggling to see what Buckley has done to get any sort of interest though…..

Bit weird when we spent a good few days in Spain as well. NEC were due to play yesterday against Werder Bremen but it got cancelled, not sure if we were a late replacement but we still had adequate time to sort a better schedule for the trip. One slight positive from today was VI showing some passion on the sidelines, friendly or not, good to see that in a manager.

We looked knackered from the start, when did we actually travel over there? Very few bright sparks in that apart from AK running the show for a while when he came on. I’m afraid Gueye looked very much like the raffle prize winner today and Yuki poor too. DeNeve was dreadful, one of his free kicks was as if he took it with a blindfold on. Let’s hope they were trying not to over exert themselves and risk injury…..