26 May 2026 05:49:18
Players to go for me are
Mes, Perri, Wober, JH, James, Gnonto, BA, Nmecha, Bournaw
Would also sell Struijk, don’t rate him, slow and out of position a lot, has pros that he’s left footer and can score from corners but not a great defender and would prefer another couple CBs in, maybe Diasi, Mav or what about Ake, experience and can play Cb or Lb.
I’d keep Darlow but bring in another GK to challenge, maybe Areola or Jose Sa. Think Trafford too expensive.


Will need a couple-3 wide men, can we get Wilson? I’d go for Summerville with swap for James and Piroe?
Tyreck George from Toffees looks good and 22yo.
I would keep out MF enforcers (Amps, Tank, Stach, Gruev, Longstaff) and then don’t need defensive midfielder, we need CMF, my pick be Macatee or Mane.
Finally need couple forwards, try for Jon Duran.
If we can offload above, those funds plus 100 mil investment would be huge.

1.) 26 May 2026
26 May 2026 10:00:45
Agree with most of that, Mel, but would think of losing Gruev and Longstaff and put the money towards a young quality (ball playing) enforcer.

2.) 26 May 2026
26 May 2026 10:09:52
Not sure about McAttee, and the Forest fans are divided. "There's probably a player there somewhere, but doesn't show it often enough."

3.) 26 May 2026
26 May 2026 10:46:00
Wouldn't take Duran, clearly has talent but also issues hence so many moves at such a young age.

Mcatee again a no for me, not good enough or physical enough.

Mane yes I'd take him looks a good prospect.

I'd fully expect Piroe to leave and wouldn't be shocked to see Nmecha sold for "ffp"

Need 2 strikers, I'd go sign 1 and loan with option for a second.
Demirovic & either David or Openda.

Don't rate Harry wilson other than a squad player. I'd much rather have Harvey Elliot.

IMO we also need
Keeper
Left back (cover)
Centre back x 1-2
ATM/Wingers x 2-3 (depends on departures)
Striker x 1-2 ( depends on departures)


I'd sell
Perri £15
Bornauw £6m
James £15m
Gnonto £15m
Ramazani £10m
Piroe £10m
Gruev £5m
Nmecha £10-15m
Wober £3m
Schmidt £3m
Joseph £5m

Circa £90-100 + £100m rumoured budget

ATM/wingers
Mane, Elliot, Wilson & Okafor, Aaronsun, Paixao?

STRIKERS,
DCL, Demirovic, Openda/ J David/ P David

MIDFIELDERS.
Ampadu, Stach, Tanaka, Longstaff, Mane, Hackney?

DEFENCE.
Struijk, Rodon, Bijol, Dhoeki, Gabby +1, Bogle, Justin.

KEEPERS.
Darlow, +2

Squad fillers from academy

4.) 26 May 2026
26 May 2026 11:47:50
Hmm.
From lists above, peeps on here are suggesting we sell 12 players and replace them with 12 players.

Woah, that's a very busy, unlikely window.

5.) 26 May 2026
26 May 2026 13:03:15
Wober and Schmidt will go on frees, maybe a token fee for Schmidt.
I'd be hoping for double that amount for Gruev.
The only way we get 15 mill for James is if a newly promoted club wants him.

6.) 27 May 2026
26 May 2026 23:24:39
Don't forget Gnonto is understood to have a very high sell on percentage, so we're not actually going to see all that much of any fee.

7.) 27 May 2026
27 May 2026 02:03:04
I'd not sell as many as some above are suggesting. We certainly do need reinforcements in a number of positions, but in my view most need to be in addition to our current squad rather than instead of.
With that in mind, I'd keep at least some of the following:
Perri, Bornauw, Gruev, Gnonto, James, Nmecha.
James has 3 years left on his £3.9M pa contract, so the chances of another club topping that are slim.

Joseph has a long recovery ahead from a ruptured ACL, so is not leaving anytime soon. Wober and Schmidt, we won't get diddly squat for. JH would accept any offer just to get him off our books.
I'd be looking to sign:
GK - ??
Backup LWB - Robertson or Krejci.
CB - Dhoeki or maybe Ake.
AM - Elliott or Wilson, or both.
Striker (s) - Openda, Demirovic, Castellanos.