[Albion] Greyhound saying his goodbyes on Instagram?

[Blue Valkyrie]

That Mirror article seems pretty positive. I've trawled through several articles (newspapers, BBC, Sky Sports, even the PL handbook) and I can't find anything that contradicts it. Have you got a source?

As for finalising the squad list, isn't that just internally? For instance, as we have one too many non HGPs we might leave Suttner off the list. If Schelotto than leaves to return to his old club, presumably we could then add Suttner as our 17th non HGP before the squad is finalised on 31st.August. That is different to bringing someone in.

Chapter and verse..............anybody?

Tge mirror itself yesterday did an article on West Ham not attempting to try to sign free agent Yaya Toure - as if it were an actual possibility.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/yaya-toure-west-ham-manuel-13091639

Why do the article at all if it wasn't possible anyway ?

The mirror needs to get its story straight on this.

 

[GT49er]

Tge mirror itself yesterday did an article on West Ham not attempting to try to sign free agent Yaya Toure - as if it were an actual possibility.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/yaya-toure-west-ham-manuel-13091639

Why do the article at all if it wasn't possible anyway ?

The mirror needs to get it's story straight on this.

"For the moment"......until January, perhaps? Bit of a non article for me; maybe the reporter just asked a silly question/put forward a silly speculation and Pellegrini couldn't be bothered to explain - I'm more convinced by the earlier article.

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

"For the moment"......until January, perhaps? Bit of a non article for me; maybe the reporter just asked a silly question/put forward a silly speculation and Pellegrini couldn't be bothered to explain - I'm more convinced by the earlier article.

Yes, Who knows. The mirror itself seems totally confused and inconsistent on the matter.

 

[Kalimantan Gull]

I must have misunderstood it as I thought that if you only named 24 in your squad you could name that signing as the 25th and play him.

Its been covered many, many times on here. Most people I would forgive them not reading every thread, but I rather guess that you do.

Anyway, no, you can't sign free agents and then name them in your squad. Last season you could do that, although as West Ham found with Patrice Evra, the quality of available free agents was very poor. Certainly we wouldn't find someone with the quality of Schelotto or Suttner on the free agent market.

As to this specific tweet, I am surprised we would let Schelotto go with Bruno being injured, but I suppose they are confident of Bernardo and/or Balogun covering there.

I just really really liked El Galgo

 

[dazzer6666]

Well we know Bruno isn't playing on Sunday now, so if Schelotto isn't in the squad, he's presumably off......................

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Its been covered many, many times on here. Most people I would forgive them not reading every thread, but I rather guess that you do.

Anyway, no, you can't sign free agents and then name them in your squad. Last season you could do that, although as West Ham found with Patrice Evra, the quality of available free agents was very poor. Certainly we wouldn't find someone with the quality of Schelotto or Suttner on the free agent market.

As to this specific tweet, I am surprised we would let Schelotto go with Bruno being injured, but I suppose they are confident of Bernardo and/or Balogun covering there.

I just really really liked El Galgo

Martin Montoya.

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

Hemed's not going anywhere.

Good to hear.

 

[Fignon's Ponytail]

FWIW, the Albion shared a video on Instagram a little earlier and Schelotto could clearly be seen training with the first team.
Could be going, could be staying...who knows?

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

Tge mirror itself yesterday did an article on West Ham not attempting to try to sign free agent Yaya Toure - as if it were an actual possibility.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/yaya-toure-west-ham-manuel-13091639

Why do the article at all if it wasn't possible anyway ?

The mirror needs to get its story straight on this.

The author of this article disagrees with the other mirror scribe.

https://inews.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/premier-league-transfer-window-when-will-it-close/

"Normal rules apply with free agents who can be signed after the close of the transfer window. However, the player would have to have been out of contract before the close of the Premier League window."


So there you have it. Disagreement and confusion.

 

[Lush]

See you when I next see you....

TBH I say this whenever my teenage daughter goes into her room.

 

[studio150]

I think that we can sign out of contract unattached players until end of August

That worked well for Dean Cox when his contract was cancelled by Orient and he got snapped up by Crawley but couldn't play until the next transfer window.

 

[blockhseagull]

That worked well for Dean Cox when his contract was cancelled by Orient and he got snapped up by Crawley but couldn't play until the next transfer window.

That’s because his contract wasn’t cancelled until after the window was shut.

 

[dwayne]

http://www.theargus.co.uk/sport/16445483.amp/?ref=twtrec&__twitter_impression=true

Championship club want greyhound

 

[Wozza]

Says Schelotto is definitely not in the 25. Had a busy week. Is that confirmed?

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

I don't like the idea of a 23 man squad if both Hemed and Schelotto go.

Or does Towell now get a number ?

 

[chaileyjem]

Says Schelotto is definitely not in the 25. Had a busy week. Is that confirmed?

It’s been rumoured given Montoya signing and some of his social media and well on NSC but That’s the first time the Argus have come out and reported it.

 

[Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo]

The author of this article disagrees with the other mirror scribe.

https://inews.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/premier-league-transfer-window-when-will-it-close/

"Normal rules apply with free agents who can be signed after the close of the transfer window. However, the player would have to have been out of contract before the close of the Premier League window."


So there you have it. Disagreement and confusion.

The who free agent and if we are allowed to sign one or not will be pretty much a moot point for us anyway.

The rule only allowed for a free agent to be signed and added to the squad if the club had no-one else who was eligible to be named on their books.

We have a vacancy for a HGP in the squad but we have Ben Barclay on our books who is eligible to be named in the squad, so unless he is loaned out we wouldn't be able to sign a HGP free agent. If Schelotto and Hemed are both loaned out, or sold, then we still have Soufyan Ahannach and Richie Towell who are eligible to be named in the squad thus meaning no space for an overseas free agent. So we've got to move quite a few players out to have any chance of signing a free agent.

Says Schelotto is definitely not in the 25. Had a busy week. Is that confirmed?

First time someone has actually reported it, but his social media would imply he had been. We know that Hemed travelled to Watford with the squad so it makes sense he's currently part of the 25. That only leaves Schelotto or Suttner who could have been left out.

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

The who free agent and if we are allowed to sign one or not will be pretty much a moot point for us anyway.

The rule only allowed for a free agent to be signed and added to the squad if the club had no-one else who was eligible to be named on their books.

We have a vacancy for a HGP in the squad but we have Ben Barclay on our books who is eligible to be named in the squad, so unless he is loaned out we wouldn't be able to sign a HGP free agent. If Schelotto and Hemed are both loaned out, or sold, then we still have Soufyan Ahannach and Richie Towell who are eligible to be named in the squad thus meaning no space for an overseas free agent. So we've got to move quite a few players out to have any chance of signing a free agent.

*waits for Ahannach to be loaned to UnionSG to recover*

 

[TSB]

Hemed's not going anywhere.

Good to hear.

I don't like the idea of a 23 man squad if both Hemed and Schelotto go.

Or does Towell now get a number ?

Err?

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

Err?

Naylor reported again that Hemed may leave. He keeps mentioning it.