Are our top targets now loan players?

[Blue Valkyrie]

Only two loanees allowed - but is that senior players only? Do young players not count towards this total, and if so, what age (or under) do they have to be?

2 players, but loans from overseas clubs don't count towards this.

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[El Presidente]

Calling @Dr No

 

[Icy Gull]

Calling @Dr No

You'll be back shortly when you remember your log in details then

 

[El Presidente]

You'll be back shortly when you remember your log in details then

I'm gutted to say it's not me

 

[Rogero]

Didn't he run us ragged in the first game last season before his transfer?

He looked brilliant against us fot Notts Forest I believe.

 

[sir albion]

I still think the total spending will hit £30m mark, between 6 and 7 Players. Most players are on holiday now and I expect a few deals will happen closer to transfer deadline day

More than that me thinks.....

 

[forumwayseagull]

More than that me thinks.....

Thunk you are right...already spent 3 mill on gross and 5.25 mill on Ryan. Sounds like Austrian LB will cost 2 mill, so big money still to go on CM, CB, winger,and Striker/s

 

[A mex eyecan]

Aldershot more our level

i heard that we had been looking at a couple of 'hot' strikers currently playing in the Falkland Islands

 

[El Presidente]

I still think the total spending will hit £30m mark, between 6 and 7 Players. Most players are on holiday now and I expect a few deals will happen closer to transfer deadline day

I think the Albion (and other clubs) look at the combined cost of wages for the season and player additions. By getting Stephens to sign a new deal the club have saved themselves £10m plus in the transfer market, which could be spent on better deals for loan player fees and their wages etc.

£30m in the PL for new players is VERY low, the average for 2015/16 was £66.8 million, and that was before the new TV deal came into play, which gives each club an extra £35m a year of income.

 

[scousefan]

I'm confident the club is working hard and we can't second guess who the real targets will be.

Obviously success in the transfer market is not guaranteed and depends on a bit of luck hard work and timing. I just hope we don't keep losing our main targets to othermore established premier league clubs. The main priority is a 20 goal striker. This is critical to survival and we have struggled to land strikers in recent years. I won't be judging progress until preseason starts (when is that?). Hopefully most of our work can be done by then so we don't make a slow start in the league. Given a relatively easy early run of fixtures, a good start will be very important.

 

[Marshy]

Absolutely. 99% of his goals last season looked like tap-ins. Not sure he's going to get so many crosses that aren't cut out or mis-controlled by better defenders. Obviously got an eye for space, but it's a different world now.

They dont count from inside 6 yards then clearly...it was his first season of proper football at 19 years of age ? and he came up with 26 goals for a pretty poor side.

I think its fair to assume hes only going to improve.

And those saying we will spend 10 million on a striker.... yes i hope so too and maybe we will, but just how much do you think Abraham would go for if made available.... way in excess of 10 million would be my guess

could we find something better for the same money with more experience.... possibly...

A loan for a year is risk free effectively, we need to use our 2 loan options for sure and use them well.