01 Jul 2026 08:31:02
Club were very hopeful on Trafford BUT have moved closer to Suzuki now.

New manager at City may have changed Trafford's direction as he loves a GK who can play with their feet and that is not Donnarumma.

1.) 01 Jul 2026
01 Jul 2026 15:29:34
Stories that Everton are now interested in Darlow as well as Manchester United. If Alf is right and he's not demanding to be no.1 but wants a wage increase, then he'll wait for the offers, play clubs off against each other, and probably get what he wants. That's fair enough - he's towards the end of his career and wants to make as much as possible. This should have been sorted much earlier.


What concerns me is we are not good at dealing with players' contracts. We don't tie players down when we should, those we do we often overpay, we agree to ridiculous relegation clauses, which means we may have to loan them out, and we often underprice them when they are sold or we hang on and their value goes down. I know hindsight is a wonderful thing, but we do make some bad decisions.

2.) 01 Jul 2026
01 Jul 2026 20:58:33
I think Darlow has been told that we can't guarantee him the #1 jersey, and that's why this has stalled. By many accounts, we have agreed personal terms with Suzuki, and will be bidding £30m in the coming days.

3.) 01 Jul 2026
01 Jul 2026 22:42:03
But the others in for him will not guarantee No.1 status, so it will come down to money.

4.) 02 Jul 2026
02 Jul 2026 07:49:46
Agreed, Dunelm!