[Albion] The gigantic squad - who is leaving?

[Zeberdi]

Isn't it a bit early to sell Mazilu?

Yes indeed I meant to put him in the loan list.

 

[pigmanovich]

Yes indeed I meant to put him in the loan list.

You’re not the only poster who said it though!

 

[AstroSloth]

No way is Cozier-Duberry (why has he been allocated a silly name already?) not going to be in the squad. He simply wouldn't have signed unless he was going to be in the first team squad!

He signed because of a clear pathway to the first team.

As we've seen with our players that can mean appropriate loans or enough time around the first team squad whilst playing for the U21s until he's ready.

 

[Hugo Rune]

Very difficult to trim this squad below 30 now. Especially if we still want a couple of new central midfielders, a right wing back and a centre back with some pace. I got it to 29 but that’s probably still too big with the 4 potential signings to come in bold:

Keepers

1. Verbruggen
2. Rushworth
3. Steele/McGill

Centre Backs

1. Dunk
2. Van Hecke
3. Igor/Webster
4. Fast LCB ?
5. Veltman

Right Wing Backs

1. Kadıoğlu
2. Hinshelwood

Left Wing Backs

1. Estupinan (injured)
2. Barco

Central Midfielders

1. Gilmour
2. Wieffer
3. Rutter
4. Yalcouyé
5. Milner
6. Baleba

Attacking Midfield

1. Enciso
2. Buonanotte
3. Cozier-Duberry

Wingers

1. Mitonma (injured)
2. March (injured)
3. Minteh
4. Adingra

Forwards

1. Joao Pedro
2. Welbeck
3. Ferguson (injured)
4. Osman

 

[nickjhs]

We could perhaps assume that this lot is moving away: Pascal Gross ..............................................................., Deniz Undav,

Other than Undav has stated he wants to stay at Stuggart, why would we want to let him go since he had such a stellar season that he is in the German Euro squad. As to Gross, why would you assume he is leaving or that we want him to leave?

 

[AstroSloth]

Other than Undav has stated he wants to stay at Stuggart, why would we want to let him go since he had such a stellar season that he is in the German Euro squad. As to Gross, why would you assume he is leaving or that we want him to leave?

Groß has agreed terms with Dortmund, we're now negotiating the fee.

Undav similarly will be sold, we're just negotiating the fee with Stuttgart. Buy clauses and buy back clauses slightly complicate things there.

 

[Zeberdi]

Other than Undav has stated he wants to stay at Stuggart, why would we want to let him go since he had such a stellar season that he is in the German Euro squad. As to Gross, why would you assume he is leaving or that we want him to leave?

Undav currently negotiating to join Stuttgart permanently



Gross in advanced discussion with Dortmund



Keep up!

 

[nickjhs]

Groß has agreed terms with Dortmund, we're now negotiating the fee.

Undav similarly will be sold, we're just negotiating the fee with Stuttgart. Buy clauses and buy back clauses slightly complicate things there.

Shit I had no idea about Gross (how do you get that letter btw). Wish him well, shame he didn't get a decent send off.

 

[AstroSloth]

Shit I had no idea about Gross (how do you get that letter btw). Wish him well, shame he didn't get a decent send off.

If you're on mobile hold down on 's' and you'll get ß, you can also get the capital ẞ.

 

[warmleyseagull]

Yes, but if you do want to name a 25 man squad (and many teams do, and we might one day), then you need 8 HGPs!

We had 12 last season out of the 25. As far as I am aware, only Lallana is going so far:

25 Squad players (*Home grown)
Dahoud, Mahmoud
Dos Santos De Paulo, Igor Julio
Dunk, Lewis Carl*
Gilmour, Billy Clifford*
Gross, Pascal
Junqueira De Jesus, Joao Pedro*
Lallana, Adam David*
Lamptey, Tariq Kwame Nii-Lante*
March, Soloman Benjamin*
McGill, Thomas Peter Wayne*
Milner, James Phillips*
Mitoma, Kaoru
Moder, Jakub Piotr
Rushworth, Carl Andrew*
Steele, Jason Sean*
Tenorio Estupinan, Pervis Josue
Van Hecke, Jan Paul
Veltman, Joel Ivo
Webster, Adam Harry*
Welbeck, Daniel*

 

[Han Solo]

We had 12 last season out of the 25. As far as I am aware, only Lallana is going so far:

25 Squad players (*Home grown)
Dahoud, Mahmoud
Dos Santos De Paulo, Igor Julio
Dunk, Lewis Carl*
Gilmour, Billy Clifford*
Gross, Pascal
Junqueira De Jesus, Joao Pedro*
Lallana, Adam David*
Lamptey, Tariq Kwame Nii-Lante*
March, Soloman Benjamin*
McGill, Thomas Peter Wayne*
Milner, James Phillips*
Mitoma, Kaoru
Moder, Jakub Piotr
Rushworth, Carl Andrew*
Steele, Jason Sean*
Tenorio Estupinan, Pervis Josue
Van Hecke, Jan Paul
Veltman, Joel Ivo
Webster, Adam Harry*
Welbeck, Daniel*

Only 20 players on the list so its 12/20.

HGP is a non-issue for the foreseeable future.

 

[Normal Rob]

I thought this was a thread about 20,000 leagues under the sea

So glad it's not just me. Every single time I've been scrolling the page I've read it as 'Squid'.

 

[Han Solo]

So glad it's not just me. Every single time I've been scrolling the page I've read it as 'Squid'.

The giant squid is NEVER leaving

 

[scwiffy]

Very difficult to trim this squad below 30 now. Especially if we still want a couple of new central midfielders, a right wing back and a centre back with some pace. I got it to 29 but that’s probably still too big with the 4 potential signings to come in bold:

Keepers

1. Verbruggen
2. Rushworth
3. Steele/McGill

Centre Backs

1. Dunk
2. Van Hecke
3. Igor/Webster
4. Fast LCB ?
5. Veltman

Right Wing Backs

1. Kadıoğlu
2. Hinshelwood

Left Wing Backs

1. Estupinan (injured)
2. Barco

Central Midfielders

1. Gilmour
2. Wieffer
3. Rutter
4. Yalcouyé
5. Milner
6. Baleba

Attacking Midfield

1. Enciso
2. Buonanotte
3. Cozier-Duberry

Wingers

1. Mitonma (injured)
2. March (injured)
3. Minteh
4. Adingra

Forwards

1. Joao Pedro
2. Welbeck
3. Ferguson (injured)
4. Osman

Good post. This highlights a few things for me…

Rushworth will go on loan or we will sell. Verbruggen is ahead of him and also young. I don’t see a way in for Rushwotth unless we sell Verbruggen. Having him rot on the bench is a bad idea.

Ferguson will go out on loan, probably needed after last season and number 3 in the pecking order competing for one spot. Osman is a winger but granted can play there, we will likely keep him due to his versatility, but he could also go out on loan.

Cozier-Duberry is a winger not a AM. He’ll play 2nd fiddle to Minteh and will likely be Solly March until we see what kind of Solly March we get back.

The above list also highlights that we don’t need anymore centre backs or central midfielders. I think if we do bring people in for those positions, it’ll be one in one out

 

[Han Solo]

Good post. This highlights a few things for me…

Rushworth will go on loan or we will sell. Verbruggen is ahead of him and also young. I don’t see a way in for Rushwotth unless we sell Verbruggen. Having him rot on the bench is a bad idea.

Ferguson will go out on loan, probably needed after last season and number 3 in the pecking order competing for one spot. Osman is a winger but granted can play there, we will likely keep him due to his versatility, but he could also go out on loan.

Cozier-Duberry is a winger not a AM. He’ll play 2nd fiddle to Minteh and will likely be Solly March until we see what kind of Solly March we get back.

The above list also highlights that we don’t need anymore centre backs or central midfielders. I think if we do bring people in for those positions, it’ll be one in one out

Don't see Evan going on loan.

Along with Adingra he was our open play-top scorer in the PL last season with six goals and he should hopefully do better than that this season.

He had a dip in form and you can't quite tell the long term effects of having a 19 year old playing on painkiller injections (yes, I'm still furious about it), but unlike our other strikers he's actually a decent finisher.

Can't rely on the Premier League giving the amount of cheap penalties we got last season so that our £30m Brazilian can find the net every now and then.

 

[scwiffy]

Don't see Evan going on loan.

Along with Adingra he was our open play-top scorer in the PL last season with six goals and he should hopefully do better than that this season.

He had a dip in form and you can't quite tell the long term effects of having a 19 year old playing on painkiller injections (yes, I'm still furious about it), but unlike our other strikers he's actually a decent finisher.

Can't rely on the Premier League giving the amount of cheap penalties we got last season so that our £30m Brazilian can find the net every now and then.

Fair play I didn’t realise that

 

[Wardy's twin]

Don't see Evan going on loan.

Along with Adingra he was our open play-top scorer in the PL last season with six goals and he should hopefully do better than that this season.

He had a dip in form and you can't quite tell the long term effects of having a 19 year old playing on painkiller injections (yes, I'm still furious about it), but unlike our other strikers he's actually a decent finisher.

Can't rely on the Premier League giving the amount of cheap penalties we got last season so that our £30m Brazilian can find the net every now and then.

Agree - if Undav isn't being retained we will have retain him as he is (potentially) the best finisher we have

 

[Withdean South Stand]

Fun fact: we currently have 74 professionals on our books.

In addition, we have 27 scholars. So, 101 full-time footballers on our payroll.

Is that just the men's teams or does that include the women as well?

 

[AZ Gull]

Is that just the men's teams or does that include the women as well?

I know nothing about the women's team, that is just on the men's side.