[Albion] 25 Man Squad [2021 Edition]

[The Fits]

He’s got a squad number 27 he’s been showing it off on his Tiktok account

https://www.tiktok.com/@locadialeonardo

No idea what this means exactly, but if others like AC/Zeqiri go on loan, on available numbers alone, could he end up in the 25?

[tweet]1431232500458827778[/tweet]

I would say actually having a squad number, given he presumably hasn’t for a season or two, is possibly an indication he will be involved in the 25. I don’t actually think he’d be a disgraceful option- think some people have been very harsh. He will do a job of absolutely required.
Either way it feels like things are starting to seriously suggest a couple of incomings in the next few days.

 

[Swansman]

Squad starting to look reasonable. A few more loans and hopefully (but wouldnt bet on it) Locadia going somewhere permanently.

 

[peterward]

Squad starting to look reasonable. A few more loans and hopefully (but wouldnt bet on it) Locadia going somewhere permanently.

Don’t think there is much chance of !ocadia going anywhere permanently this window……why would he? He’s on a salary right now that we dumbly agreed when he signed, and it’s a salary per week he won’t ever get near to again once his contract ends. He has zero motivation to sign somewhere else and take a big pay cut.

Only way it happens is if we pay the difference as a golden handshake to terminate, else he will surely just refuse to leave.

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

Karbownik out on loan.

1. Sanchez ( HGP )
2. Steele ( HGP )
3. Walton ( HGP )
U21. Scherpen
U21. Lamptey
4. March ( HGP )
5. New Signing ( LWB/LB)
6. Veltman
7. Burn ( HGP )
8. Webster ( HGP )
9. Dunk ( HGP )
10. Duffy ( HGP )
U21. van Hecke
U21. Roberts
11. Băluţa
12. Mwepu
13. Bissouma
14. Moder
U21. Caicedo
15. Alzate ( HGP )
16. Lallana ( HGP )
17. Groß
18. Mac Allister
U21. Richards
19. Trossard
U21. Khadra
20. Maupay
21. Welbeck ( HGP )
22. Zeqiri
U21. Connolly
23. Locadia
24. New Signing ( Striker)

Loanees: Jenks (Aberdeen), Cochrane (Hearts), Longman (Hull City), Weir (Cambridge United), Clarke (WBA), Rushworth (Walsall), Arce (LDU Quito), Mitoma (USG), Østigård (Stoke City), Andone (Cadiz)*, Molumby (WBA)*, Karbownik ( Olympiacos)*

* Loan to buy option

 

[Icy Gull]

Will we move up from sixth youngest squad this season?

 

[chaileyjem]

Van Hecke loan to Blackburn Rovers confirmed.

1. Sanchez ( HGP )
2. Steele ( HGP )
3. Walton ( HGP )
U21. Scherpen
U21. Lamptey
4. March ( HGP )
5. New Signing ( LWB/LB)
6. Veltman
7. Burn ( HGP )
8. Webster ( HGP )
9. Dunk ( HGP )
10. Duffy ( HGP )
U21. Roberts
11. Băluţa
12. Mwepu
13. Bissouma
14. Moder
U21. Caicedo
15. Alzate ( HGP )
16. Lallana ( HGP )
17. Groß
18. Mac Allister
U21. Richards
19. Trossard
U21. Khadra
20. Maupay
21. Welbeck ( HGP )
22. Zeqiri
U21. Connolly
23. Locadia
24. New Signing ( Striker)

Loanees: Jenks (Aberdeen), Cochrane (Hearts), Longman (Hull City), Weir (Cambridge United), Clarke (WBA), Rushworth (Walsall), Arce (LDU Quito), Mitoma (USG), Østigård (Stoke City), Andone (Cadiz)*, Molumby (WBA)*, Karbownik ( Olympiacos)*, Van Hecke (Blackburn)

* Loan to buy option

 

[chaileyjem]

Zeqiri - season long loan to the Bundesliga / FC Augsburg. (Walton/Cucurella/Khadra all imminent too)

1. Sanchez ( HGP )
2. Steele ( HGP )
3. Walton ( HGP )
U21. Scherpen
U21. Lamptey
4. March ( HGP )
5. New Signing ( LWB/LB)
6. Veltman
7. Burn ( HGP )
8. Webster ( HGP )
9. Dunk ( HGP )
10. Duffy ( HGP )
U21. Roberts
11. Băluţa
12. Mwepu
13. Bissouma
14. Moder
U21. Caicedo
15. Alzate ( HGP )
16. Lallana ( HGP )
17. Groß
18. Mac Allister
U21. Richards
19. Trossard
U21. Khadra
20. Maupay
21. Welbeck ( HGP )
U21. Connolly
22. Locadia
23. New Signing ( Striker)

Loanees: Jenks (Aberdeen), Cochrane (Hearts), Longman (Hull City), Weir (Cambridge United), Clarke (WBA), Rushworth (Walsall), Arce (LDU Quito), Mitoma (USG), Østigård (Stoke City), Andone (Cadiz)*, Molumby (WBA)*, Karbownik ( Olympiacos)*, Van Hecke (Blackburn), Zeqiri (FC Augsburg).

* Loan to buy option

 

[Gwylan]

Zeqiri - season long loan to the Bundesliga / FC Augsburg. (Walton/Cucurella/Khadra all imminent too)

Walton now gone - Ipswich, as confirmed by the club

 

[GT49er]

Walton now gone - Ipswich, as confirmed by the club

So he'll be off on a free next summer then? We did that one year extension thing already to take him through to 2022, I think.

Well, he's worked hard, willingly trotted off to wherever we've sent him - and was possibly considered to be next in line until he injured himself in the friendly against Chelski. Sanchez took over, and the rest is history .....................
Good luck to Christian Walton at Ipswich.

 

[Bozza]

Won't Gary Dicker have to one of the 25 if we don't have 25 others?

 

[Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo]

Won't Gary Dicker have to one of the 25 if we don't have 25 others?

We don't have to name him, the rule that you cannot leave a squad place empty if you have an eligible player registered that could take it doesn't seem to exist anymore. For example Sheff Utd named 22 players at the end of last seasons summer transfer window leaving Simon Moore out of the squad.

That said, like with Andrew Crofts, its better to name him and not need him than have an injury crisis and not have the option of sticking Dicker on the bench etc.

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

Walton loaned.

1. Sanchez ( HGP )
2. Steele ( HGP )
U21. Scherpen
U21. Lamptey
3. March ( HGP )
4. New Signing ( LWB/LB)
5. Veltman
6. Burn ( HGP )
7. Webster ( HGP )
8. Dunk ( HGP )
9. Duffy ( HGP )
U21. Roberts
10. Băluţa
11. Mwepu
12. Bissouma
13. Moder
U21. Caicedo
14. Alzate ( HGP )
15. Lallana ( HGP )
16. Groß
17. Mac Allister
U21. Richards
18. Trossard
U21. Khadra
19. Maupay
20. Welbeck ( HGP )
U21. Connolly
21. Locadia
22. New Signing ( Striker)

Loanees: Jenks (Aberdeen), Cochrane (Hearts), Longman (Hull City), Weir (Cambridge United), Clarke (WBA), Rushworth (Walsall), Arce (LDU Quito), Mitoma (USG), Østigård (Stoke City), Andone (Cadiz)*, Molumby (WBA)*, Karbownik (Olympiacos)*, Van Hecke (Blackburn), Zeqiri (FC Augsburg), Walton (Ipswich)

* Loan to buy option

 

[Timbo]

16 (when Khadra goes) out on loan leaving currently a squad of 26. 3 of those are currently injured and 2 quite possibly don’t even exist. A further 3 have played a combined total of about half an hour of PL football. Fair to say we’re very short at the moment.

 

[forumwayseagull]

16 (when Khadra goes) out on loan leaving currently a squad of 26. 3 of those are currently injured and 2 quite possibly don’t even exist. A further 3 have played a combined total of about half an hour of PL football. Fair to say we’re very short at the moment.

At least we are flush with an abundance of striking talent!!

 

[GT49er]

16 (when Khadra goes) out on loan leaving currently a squad of 26. 3 of those are currently injured and 2 quite possibly don’t even exist. A further 3 have played a combined total of about half an hour of PL football. Fair to say we’re very short at the moment.

I'm easy - get Cucurella over the line would make it a good window - and a late successful swoop for Sima, even if he's intially for the U23s, would be a nice bonus.

Good luck to Crysral Palace with signing Edouard (I really mean that - I hope they do) and Benfica can start day dreaming about 40 million Euros for their boy in 2022 (but not from us).

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

Welcome Marc Cucurella !

1. Sanchez ( HGP )
2. Steele ( HGP )
U21. Scherpen
U21. Lamptey
3. March ( HGP )
4. Cucurella
5. Veltman
6. Burn ( HGP )
7. Webster ( HGP )
8. Dunk ( HGP )
9. Duffy ( HGP )
U21. Roberts
10. Băluţa
11. Mwepu
12. Bissouma
13. Moder
U21. Caicedo
14. Alzate ( HGP )
15. Lallana ( HGP )
16. Groß
17. Mac Allister
U21. Richards
18. Trossard
U21. Khadra
19. Maupay
20. Welbeck ( HGP )
U21. Connolly
21. Locadia
22. New Signing ( Striker)

Loanees: Jenks (Aberdeen), Cochrane (Hearts), Longman (Hull City), Weir (Cambridge United), Clarke (WBA), Rushworth (Walsall), Arce (LDU Quito), Mitoma (USG), Østigård (Stoke City), Andone (Cadiz)*, Molumby (WBA)*, Karbownik (Olympiacos)*, Van Hecke (Blackburn), Zeqiri (FC Augsburg), Walton (Ipswich)

* Loan to buy option

 

[GT49er]

Welcome Marc Cucurella !

1. Sanchez ( HGP ) ...../ /...... 21. Locadia

22. New Signing ( Striker)

Loanees: Jenks (Aberdeen), Cochrane (Hearts), Longman (Hull City), Weir (Cambridge United), Clarke (WBA), Rushworth (Walsall), Arce (LDU Quito), Mitoma (USG), Østigård (Stoke City), Andone (Cadiz)*, Molumby (WBA)*, Karbownik (Olympiacos)*, Van Hecke (Blackburn), Zeqiri (FC Augsburg), Walton (Ipswich)

* Loan to buy option

Looking good - just Locadia to get rid of, Baluta to be sold or loaned out again, plus possible loan for Caicedo if he's not quite PL ready yet.

 

[Papa Lazarou]

Looking good - just Locadia to get rid of, Baluta to be sold or loaned out again, plus possible loan for Caicedo if he's not quite PL ready yet.

Plus Khadra loan to be confirmed.

 

[GT49er]

Plus Khadra loan to be confirmed.

I thought that was pretty much done and dusted, just waiting for his injury to heal?

 

[chaileyjem]

I thought that was pretty much done and dusted, just waiting for his injury to heal?

Brian Owen reported that Khadra was in Blackburn to complete the deal yesterday.