Summer Transfer Window

[3London]

club has confirmed cook is leaving - final game tomorrow night

[Darkranger]

club has confirmed cook is leaving - final game tomorrow night

Such a shame, for me he still has a role to play within the squad. Totally get the wage issue though, but he's been very good for us. I wish him well in his next chapter.

[SheepRanger]

No such statement about JCS.

Hopefully he'll be given a one year deal appropriate to 15-20 appearances a season and bonuses if hes able to hit 30 appearances. We cant pay top dollar in case he gets another long term injury.

[daveshads]

Wish they could have worked something out. Appreciate the wages issue but he is (was) one of the few wholehearted players in the squad. Good luck Steve. Please feel free to have a rye smile when we ship our next 6.

[3London]

according to WLS - 3 clubs are sniffing around Burrell - Bournemouth, Sunderland and Wolves - this is the model i guess - find a rough diamond and polish it a bit and sell on.

Would love to have him here for a few more seasons but i guess anything over 5 million is a big profit.

can totally see him fitting in to the way sunderland play

[shaggy24]

according to WLS - 3 clubs are sniffing around Burrell - Bournemouth, Sunderland and Wolves - this is the model i guess - find a rough diamond and polish it a bit and sell on.

Would love to have him here for a few more seasons but i guess anything over 5 million is a big profit.

can totally see him fitting in to the way sunderland play

I’d cash in on Burrell and play kolli with kone, it’s our model now but lower league sell on for profit ideally with a decent sell on clause

[SheepRanger]

QPR ‘MONITORING’ LUNA SITUATION

QPR are one of numerous clubs that have been linked to sign Real Salt Lake attacker Diego Luna.

Luna plays primarily off the left and has shone during the MLS last season averaging a match rating of 7.3. More recently, in this last game, the 22 year old scored and assisted in a 4-2 win vs San Diego.

Now, QPR are just one of the clubs linked to the US international. Other clubs including Real Betis are also believed to be interested. The player is extremely likely to make a move away from America this summer.

He will likely cost upwards of £4 million

[3London]

is JS talking himself into a conflict with Nourry - he keeps saying how we need to sign experienced players to be able to move to the next level - Which is true imho - but that goes against Nourrys stated transfer stance.

[Shania]

is JS talking himself into a conflict with Nourry - he keeps saying how we need to sign experienced players to be able to move to the next level - Which is true imho - but that goes against Nourrys stated transfer stance.

It seems so, and then we have to start all over again.

[SheepRanger]

is JS talking himself into a conflict with Nourry - he keeps saying how we need to sign experienced players to be able to move to the next level - Which is true imho - but that goes against Nourrys stated transfer stance.

And objectives given to JS during his recruitment. JS was happy to join a club where development was the key aim, and Im sure JS is just stating a fact rather than a complaint. The same was said by Warburton and others since. If manager want a bigger budget than dont accept a role at Qpr.

[daveshads]

In short, Christian holds the keys and his first aim is not the overall success of the club (or making the fans happy). As such, any clued in manager, seeking success, needs to look elsewhere. How did we allow such a ludicrous situation to develop?

[SheepRanger]

In short, Christian holds the keys and his first aim is not the overall success of the club (or making the fans happy). As such, any clued in manager, seeking success, needs to look elsewhere. How did we allow such a ludicrous situation to develop?

Financially I think the owners are done. They want to get as close to breakeven as they can through player sales.

I think this will only get resolved if there's a change of ownership which is only likely if we can get approval to build a new stadium. Only then can the club grow to make a promotion push financially viable.

Under the current owners success will be mid-table and £10m a season coming in through player sales. To be honest, Im sort of fine with that as im not a premiership fan and love our ground.

[FurtiveFox]

Think JS may be hinting at we can develop younger players without sacrificing everything else. A few more older heads would potentially give the side more leadership and help younger players along. At present we are too loaded in favour of younger players and if anything that could be holding back some of them developing which of course is counterproductive to the 'project.'

[MINCER]

Hayden, Field ,Nardi and Hamer are 4 senior players that Julien Stephan has failed to utilise properly all season.For someone that’s supposed to have a big reputation for developing youngsters I can’t think of even one that would point to that reputation being accurate.

[daveshads]

Whilst I too am not a great PL fan, I feel that without ambition of some sort, trouble may lay ahead. I don’t feel it beyond us to emulate Brentford or Bournemouth say. But that is some way off and almost certainly not possible with our current set up/board/management.
Of course we all have a strong and historic affection for our ground but staying there indefinitely may be dangerous. Standing still in sport is risky. Generally if you don’t go forward………….