Schu me the way to Amarillo - Summer 2025 Transfer Thread

[BorsdaneWhite]

You wait ages for a signing, then nine come along at once...

Nine debut pro contracts signed by Julian's young Whites, who you imagine will now be the backbone of the B team. All 18, they've completed their two-year scholarships.
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Left to right:
• forward Daeshon Lawrence
• defender Jamie Grayson
• midfielder Harley Irwin
• defender Oliver Smith
• (B team coach Andy Taylor)
• forward Dave Abimbola
• wing-back Harrison Rice
• forward Conor Lewis
• midfielder Harry Leigh
• defender Emile Oliver

The very finest of luck to one and all. We're proud of you, lads. Go get 'em.

Ain’t that the grandest news for the lads—and for our Julian, who deserves every success. Don’t need to sign anybugger if we can grow ‘em.

[Mar]

You wait ages for a signing, then nine come along at once...

Nine debut pro contracts signed by Julian's young Whites, who you imagine will now be the backbone of the B team. All 18, they've completed their two-year scholarships.
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Screenshot 2025-07-01 at 17.51.00.png
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Left to right:
• forward Daeshon Lawrence
• defender Jamie Grayson
• midfielder Harley Irwin
• defender Oliver Smith
• (B team coach Andy Taylor)
• forward Dave Abimbola
• wing-back Harrison Rice
• forward Conor Lewis
• midfielder Harry Leigh
• defender Emile Oliver

The very finest of luck to one and all. We're proud of you, lads. Go get 'em.

Ain’t that the grandest news for the lads—and for our Julian, who deserves every success. Don’t need to sign anybugger if we can grow ‘em.

It's going to be interesting to see how many of those get given a chance next season. It's all well and good giving them a chance after Evatt's tenure, but when we've recruited and have preferred first teamers, it'll be Schuey's choice rather than signalling Evatt's players performing poorly.

Hopefully more will get a chance and previous managerial tendencies lead me to believe there will be more coming through.

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

Per this bod (reporter at major newspaper, 68k followers), fee agreed. Just personal terms with that lovely agent.

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[Bertie Wooster]

It's going to be interesting to see how many of those get given a chance next season. It's all well and good giving them a chance after Evatt's tenure, but when we've recruited and have preferred first teamers, it'll be Schuey's choice rather than signalling Evatt's players performing poorly.

Hopefully more will get a chance and previous managerial tendencies lead me to believe there will be more coming through.

If we have a successful season I doubt that any of these lads will get a chance next season in the 1st team in league games, however I can see maybe 1 or 2 of them getting games in the Papa Johns or whatever its called now and the league cup.

[Frank Drebin]

Per this bod (reporter at major newspaper, 68k followers), fee agreed. Just personal terms with that lovely agent.
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This is an excerpt from Marc Iles in a Bolton news article this morning about Ceesay.

“During the first couple of months of the campaign he has scored once from six attempts at goal, and his statistics for ground and aerial duels won, interceptions and passing accuracy are also impressive”

He’s a defensive midfielder so the back 3/4 will have good protection by the sounds of it and just what we need, 6’ 4 as well. He’s left footed and can fill in at left back. That’s what Thomason did at the back end of last season.

[TonyDomingos]

Per this bod (reporter at major newspaper, 68k followers), fee agreed. Just personal terms with that lovely agent.
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Iles suggesting the fee is £350k to buy him out of the last six months of his contract. That seems like a lot to me.

[Bertie Wooster]

Per this bod (reporter at major newspaper, 68k followers), fee agreed. Just personal terms with that lovely agent.
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Iles suggesting the fee is £350k to buy him out of the last six months of his contract. That seems like a lot to me.

Depends if he's any good or not, if he's a good player and improves the team then it could well be a bargain.

[BWFC_Insane]

Per this bod (reporter at major newspaper, 68k followers), fee agreed. Just personal terms with that lovely agent.
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Iles suggesting the fee is £350k to buy him out of the last six months of his contract. That seems like a lot to me.

Depends what he is valued at. We aren’t paying full value - with 6 months on his deal left. So say for example he was a 1m plus player - seems a decent deal. If he was valued at say 500K then yeah 350 seems a lot.

[TonyDomingos]

Thanks, BWFCI & Bertie. I understand, that we might be getting a decent player at a knockdown price. But, given we have limited finances, it feels like a lot to spend on a lad who's played 50 games over three seasons for a mid-table Swedish side and who'll be available on a free come the January window. You might say we need to move / pay now to beat off other teams, but there's been no suggestion of a bidding war (but who knows?).

So, with the little information I have, it seems a risky purchase in terms of cost. However, in Schuey, Harkin etc we trust!

[The_Gun]

Which of our centre mids is getting sold then?

[Bertie Wooster]

Which of our centre mids is getting sold then?

I suspect that its Sheehan,

[malcd1]

Which of our centre mids is getting sold then?

I suspect that its Sheehan,

My suspicion is that it might be Thomason. I like the lad but with the players we have signed, I cannot see a place for him. He is always a player who asks for the ball and tries 100% every game but he did not have a great season just gone.

[BWFC_Insane]

Thanks, BWFCI & Bertie. I understand, that we might be getting a decent player at a knockdown price. But, given we have limited finances, it feels like a lot to spend on a lad who's played 50 games over three seasons for a mid-table Swedish side and who'll be available on a free come the January window. You might say we need to move / pay now to beat off other teams, but there's been no suggestion of a bidding war (but who knows?).

So, with the little information I have, it seems a risky purchase in terms of cost. However, in Schuey, Harkin etc we trust!

Yeah agreed. On the face of it feels a little odd to say the least.

Was chatting to someone yesterday who reckons he was highly rated and that they expected to get several million for him a year ago. No idea how they know this or if it’s true - but if that’s the case we might be onto something special.

Of course for every Gudni, Abdoulaye or Bruno there is a Braaten, Wilehlmsson or Kangana.

[BWFC_Insane]

Which of our centre mids is getting sold then?

I suspect that its Sheehan,

My suspicion is that it might be Thomason. I like the lad but with the players we have signed, I cannot see a place for him. He is always a player who asks for the ball and tries 100% every game but he did not have a great season just gone.

I think it’s whichever player anyone offers suitable money for personally. Regardless of position. I think purely comes down to who has suitors prepared to put their hands in their pockets. I think any player from last season we receive what we feel is a reasonable offer is gone without question.

[TonyDomingos]

If we do manage to land Ceesay, N'Mai and Kenny, it seems the combined cost could be around the £2m mark. About half of that is covered by the fee for Collins and two or three other sales would cover most of the balance.

So, I guess an overhaul that brings in eight new players and is close to cost neutral (maybe the fee for Simon tips us into the red) isn't bad business overall. But, obviously, the incoming players have to be better than what we had last season!

[BWFC_Insane]

If we do manage to land Ceesay, N'Mai and Kenny, it seems the combined cost could be around the £2m mark. About half of that is covered by the fee for Collins and two or three other sales would cover most of the balance.

So, I guess an overhaul that brings in eight new players and is close to cost neutral (maybe the fee for Simon tips us into the red) isn't bad business overall. But, obviously, the incoming players have to be better than what we had last season!

We also. have a bid in for Jacob from Hull - I think Kenny and N’Mai might sit in the ‘less likely’ category right now given respective valuations.

[The_Gun]

It seems certain that there are a lot of moves still to be made.

If Ceesay were to join we'd again be at our overage, outfield squad limit, yet would only have one recognised left back (who's never played above tier 4), one recognised right back, one fit centre forward and three players who might be classed as wingers, but two of them are more wing backs and one of them can't stay fit and is presumably quite likely to leave.

[Bertie Wooster]

If we do manage to land Ceesay, N'Mai and Kenny, it seems the combined cost could be around the £2m mark. About half of that is covered by the fee for Collins and two or three other sales would cover most of the balance.

So, I guess an overhaul that brings in eight new players and is close to cost neutral (maybe the fee for Simon tips us into the red) isn't bad business overall. But, obviously, the incoming players have to be better than what we had last season!

We also. have a bid in for Jacob from Hull - I think Kenny and N’Mai might sit in the ‘less likely’ category right now given respective valuations.

Apparently going to Reading on loan.

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

It seems certain that there are a lot of moves still to be made.

If Ceesay were to join we'd again be at our overage, outfield squad limit, yet would only have one recognised left back (who's never played above tier 4), one recognised right back, one fit centre forward and three players who might be classed as wingers, but two of them are more wing backs and one of them can't stay fit and is presumably quite likely to leave.

This is a very fair summation.

I don't mind paying £350k for Ceesay if we judge him worth more than that. Players on free transfers can ask for much higher wages: over a three-year contract £350,000 equates to £2,200 a week; over a four-year contract it's £1,600. I can imagine his agent tryng to extort a free-transfer wage premium larger than that...

I am still at the point of trusting the process. My two worries are (1) squad is still imbalanced and (2) it's harder to get players out than in. But then again, there's a month and a day before the league starts, and more pertinently two months (less a day) to the transfer deadline. No matter how frank the conversations, fringe players might need a bit of sitting around before they decide to leave; and buying/borrowing clubs may also have their own ins and outs to attend to before they go for our off-cuts.

[Prufrock]

Something down the sides would be nice!

Still got a fair few to shift. Imagine Sheehan would be one, the oldest and least versatile of those midfielders, bit agree they probably all have their price.