Isn't Baleba an under 21?
Yes.Isn't Baleba an under 21?
Yep. I think incomings are probably done. Outgoings - Zeqiri and Alzate probables - sales or loans in last 48 hours.sincerely doubt we bring anyone else in. if something was happening we’d have heard about it by now
.....any news/rumours/wild rumours/ridiculous speculation about Furlong? Loan or what?Yep. I think incomings are probably done. Outgoings - Zeqiri and Alzate probables - sales or loans in last 48 hours.
Looks like Samuels and Hinshelwood will be in/around the squad as this season's u21 benchwarmers at least until January.
And maybe a surprise late in the day / teen wonder / then loaned out.
Enciso injury is the curveball they might want to react to - but i think Buonanotte staying covers that.
But the proverbial lady is at last warming up her voice for a quiet day at Lancing on Friday (apart from the other thing of course).
Looks like Alzate has missed out on a move on the last day of the transfer window - AGAIN. You have to feel for the lad - could have had a season in The Championship last season, and it seems it was PL clubs after him this time round, and again he misses out on another opportunity.Nearly wrapped up...
Fati and a few late outgoings (won't necessarily be today as different windows in Europe etc)
Goalkeepers
1.Steele ( HGP ) (2025) - 32
u21 Verbruggen (2028) - 20
2. McGill (HGP) (2025) - 23
Defenders
3.Lamptey (HGP) (2025) - 22
4. Estupinan (2027) - 25
U21 Samuels (2024) - 20
5.Veltman (2025) - 31
6. Webster ( HGP ) ( 2026) - 28
7..Dunk ( HGP ) (2026) - 31
8.van Hecke (2025) - 22
9.Igor Julio (2027) - 25
Midfielders
10.Moder (2025) - 24 - injured
11.Gilmour (2026) (HGP) - 22
12. Lallana ( HGP ) (2024) - 35
13.Milner (HGP) (2024 + 1 year option) - 37
14.Groß (2025) - 31
15..Dahoud (2027) - 27
u21. Baleba (2028 + 1) - 19
u21. Hinshelwood (HGP) (2026) - 18
Forwards
U21. Buonanotte (2027) - 18
U21 Ansu Fati (1 Year LOAN) - 20
16.March ( HGP ) (2026 + 1 year option) - 28
17.Mitoma (2025) - 25
U21. Enciso (2026 + 1 yr option) - 19 - injured
18. Welbeck ( HGP ) (2024) - 32
19.Joao Pedro (2028)- 21
u21 Adingra (2026) - 21
U21. Ferguson (2028) - 18
Late deals out TBC >>
Furlong, Zeqiri, Alzate
u21s in 23/24 are born on or after Jan 1 2002.
Players bought in Summer 2023: Joao Pedro (£30m/Watford/2028) , Dahoud (Free/Dortmund/2027) , Milner (Free/Liverpool, 2024+1), Verbruggen (£16m/Anderlecht/2028), Mazilu (£2.5m/FCV Farul Constanta/Jan Window), Igor Julio (£16.5m / Fiorentina/ 2027), Slater (2026/ Preston), Atom (2026/RB Leipzig/u21), Baleba (£23m + 4m/ Lille), Ansu Fati (Barcelone/23/24 LOAN)
Players sold in Summer 2023: Richards (QPR), MacAllister (£35m/55m, Liverpool), Tsongui (Feyenoord), Khadra (£1.7m, Reims). Connolly (£1.2m/Hull), Sanchez (£20m+5m Chelsea), Karbownik (£2m/Hertha Berlin), Caicedo (£100+15m/Chelsea)
New Summer 2023 Contracts: McGill (2025), Sarmiento (2028), Baker-Boitey (2024 +1), Kavanagh (2024 + 1), Veltman (2025), Turns (2025 +1), Dunk (2026), Furlong (2025), Van Hecke (2025), Leonard (2025 + 1), Rushworth (2027), Offiah (2025)
Summer 2023 Season Long Loans: Beadle (Oxford Utd), Sima (Rangers), Scherpen (2025/Sturm Graz), Koslowski (2026/Vitesse Arnhem), Sarmiento (2027+1 Year Option/ WBA), Leonard (2025+ 1 yr/Northampton), Rushworth (Swansea), Turns (2025+1/Leyton Orient), Undav (2026/Stuttgart), Weir (Blackpool), Offiah (Hearts), Ayari (2027/Coventry), Moran (2027/Blackburn), Peupion (2024/Cheltenham)
Windows still open in some countries. Possibly very importantly for Alzate and Zeqiri both Belgium and Switzerland still have open windows for a few more days.Looks like Alzate has missed out on a move on the last day of the transfer window - AGAIN. You have to feel for the lad - could have had a season in The Championship last season, and it seems it was PL clubs after him this time round, and again he misses out on another opportunity.
No news about a new home (temporary or permanent) for Andi Zeqiri either. Shame - I'd like to seen how both of them would have done on a season long loan in the EFL (or even lower PL).
Where is Alzate? Not sold, not loaned, not in the squad.So - FINAL UPDATE - the summer 23/24 window is SHUT.
Leaving 8 first team signings (Mazilu was loaned back and Fati, of course being a loan), 14 loans, 10 sales. A busy window as ever.
See you back in January !!
First Team Squad
Goalkeepers
1.Steele ( HGP ) (2025) - 32
u21 Verbruggen (2028) - 20
2. McGill (HGP) (2025) - 23
Defenders
3.Lamptey (HGP) (2025) - 22
4. Estupinan (2027) - 25
U21 Samuels (2024) - 20
5.Veltman (2025) - 31
6. Webster ( HGP ) ( 2026) - 28
7..Dunk ( HGP ) (2026) - 31
8.van Hecke (2025) - 22
9.Igor Julio (2027) - 25
Midfielders
10.Moder (2025) - 24 - injured
11.Gilmour (2026) (HGP) - 22
12. Lallana ( HGP ) (2024) - 35
13.Milner (HGP) (2024 + 1 year option) - 37
14.Groß (2025) - 31
15..Dahoud (2027) - 27
u21. Baleba (2028 + 1) - 19
u21. Hinshelwood (HGP) (2026) - 18
Forwards
U21. Buonanotte (2027) - 18
U21 Ansu Fati (1 Year LOAN) - 20
16.March ( HGP ) (2026 + 1 year option) - 28
17.Mitoma (2025) - 25
U21. Enciso (2026 + 1 yr option) - 19 - injured
18. Welbeck ( HGP ) (2024) - 32
19.Joao Pedro (2028)- 21
u21 Adingra (2026) - 21
U21. Ferguson (2028) - 18
u21s in 23/24 are born on or after Jan 1 2002.
Players bought in Summer 2023: Joao Pedro (£30m/Watford/2028) , Dahoud (Free/Dortmund/2027) , Milner (Free/Liverpool, 2024+1), Verbruggen (£16m/Anderlecht/2028), Mazilu (£2.5m/FCV Farul Constanta/Jan Window), Igor Julio (£16.5m / Fiorentina/ 2027), Slater (2026/ Preston), Atom (2026/RB Leipzig/u21), Baleba (£23m + 4m/ Lille), Ansu Fati (Barcelone/23/24 LOAN)
Players sold in Summer 2023: Richards (QPR), MacAllister (£35m/55m, Liverpool), Tsongui (Feyenoord), Khadra (£1.7m, Reims). Connolly (£1.2m/Hull), Sanchez (£20m+5m Chelsea), Karbownik (£2m/Hertha Berlin), Caicedo (£100+15m/Chelsea), Furlong (Hull), Zeqiri (Genk)
New Summer 2023 Contracts: McGill (2025), Sarmiento (2028), Baker-Boitey (2024 +1), Kavanagh (2024 + 1), Veltman (2025), Turns (2025 +1), Dunk (2026), Furlong (2025), Van Hecke (2025), Leonard (2025 + 1), Rushworth (2027), Offiah (2025)
Summer 2023 Season Long Loans: Beadle (Oxford Utd), Sima (Rangers), Scherpen (2025/Sturm Graz), Koslowski (2026/Vitesse Arnhem), Sarmiento (2027+1 Year Option/ WBA), Leonard (2025+ 1 yr/Northampton), Rushworth (Swansea), Turns (2025+1/Leyton Orient), Undav (2026/Stuttgart), Weir (Blackpool), Offiah (Hearts), Ayari (2027/Coventry), Moran (2027/Blackburn), Peupion (2024/Cheltenham)
He's (apparently) going to be sold / loaned *somewhere* in windows not yet shut - but yes - there must still be a small chance he might stay in the squad.Where is Alzate? Not sold, not loaned, not in the squad.
Is this the football equivalent of Schrödinger's cat?He's (apparently) going to be sold / loaned *somewhere* in windows not yet shut - but yes - there must still be a small chance he might stay in the squad.
Alzate will know as the same thing happened to him last year. He was due to be loaned out on Deadline Day - that fell through - and then 10 days later he signed with Standard Liege. I guess there's a small chance nothing happens - in which case at some point in next week or so he'll presumably be back in the first team squad.Is this the football equivalent of Schrödinger's cat?
Is Alzate currently in a super-position of Sold / Loaned / In the Squad until we observe him?
Is this the football equivalent of Schrödinger's cat?
Is Alzate currently in a super-position of Sold / Loaned / In the Squad until we observe him?
Lot’s of X-noise about Trabzonspor. Another Fati (not ours) has even done a kit mock-up:He's (apparently) going to be sold / loaned *somewhere* in windows not yet shut - but yes - there must still be a small chance he might stay in the squad.
Lot’s of X-noise about Trabzonspor. Another Fati (not ours) has even done a kit mock-up:
So - FINAL UPDATE - the summer 23/24 window is SHUT.
Leaving 8 first team signings (Mazilu was loaned back and Fati, of course being a loan), 14 loans, 10 sales. A busy window as ever.
See you back in January !!