Transfer Window 26/27 Summer Transfer Window Preview

CaptainOx said:
Each national football association decides on the dates of the 'window' but it may not exceed 12 weeks.

Plenty of negotiations (club and player) can happen from whenever people want to start them, it's just paperwork on loans/permanent transfers can't formally be submitted until the window is open.
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Plus, most players' contracts start on 1st July, so there's not much real activity that can be done before then
 
LeftSideBoy said:
This summer is the chance to be ruthless. Despite dropping down a division, I still believe that we're carrying too many players that aren't quite at the levels we need. We're shouldering a very high wage bill, so I would be doing all I could to reduce that.

For me, the following can leave:
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Helik
Leigh
Vaulks
Sibley
Ter Avest
Kioso
Dale
Goodwin
Bradshaw
Harris
Negru
O'Donkor
Dembele
Romeny
Ferdinan

Of course, expecting that many players to be loaned out or sold in a summer window just isn't realistic. However, it just goes to show you how many bang average players we've been spunking a small fortune on, for far too long!

Massive summer ahead and with Scott Mitchell on his way out, if the recruitment now sits with Ed Waldron, he simply has to get this right! No pressure...
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I certainly wouldn’t be rushing Kioso out the door - not sure how he got on this season but I think he’s very useful at this level. He’s a character, competitive and played a lot of games at a good level. To look at it another way, if Spencer were sold and we bought Kioso in his place, a proven L1 player in a similar mould, I think we’d be pretty satisfied.

HTA I presume will move on, a player we’ve criminally wasted but his injury record hasn’t helped.

If we ended up going in to next season with Spencer and Kioso as right back options and Sam Long in an emergency, and that’s the level of depth you need in 8 or 9 positions to be thinking about automatic promotion.
 
Swaby39 said:
Not sure how he got on this season
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I'm friends with a few Peterborough fans and they have all said the same - Terrible. Shadow of the player that was there on loan, the first time around. I would much rather Sam Long as backup to Spencer. Sam Long has shown time and time again that he is not only capable at Championship level, but a standout performer in League One (supporters player of the year and players player of the year in 2021)

He was pivotal in our promotion to the Championship, so I'm not buying into the whole 'Sam Long in an emergency' idea. He's a much better player than Kioso.
 
LeftSideBoy said:
This summer is the chance to be ruthless. Despite dropping down a division, I still believe that we're carrying too many players that aren't quite at the levels we need. We're shouldering a very high wage bill, so I would be doing all I could to reduce that.

For me, the following can leave:
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Helik
Leigh
Vaulks
Sibley
Ter Avest
Kioso
Dale
Goodwin
Bradshaw
Harris
Negru
O'Donkor
Dembele
Romeny
Ferdinan

Of course, expecting that many players to be loaned out or sold in a summer window just isn't realistic. However, it just goes to show you how many bang average players we've been spunking a small fortune on, for far too long!

Massive summer ahead and with Scott Mitchell on his way out, if the recruitment now sits with Ed Waldron, he simply has to get this right! No pressure...
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I think you’re overestimating the strength of League One overall if you think players like HTA, Helik, Leigh, Vaulks, Romeny and Harris aren’t at the level we need.

Yes we shouldn’t be complacent and underestimate the division, but we’re going from cup-final effort every week to playing the likes of Burton, Cambridge and AFC Wimbledon.

Also need a squad of players to play in 46 league games, earlier rounds of cup games and the EFL Trophy; so we can’t operate with a skeleton crew either.
 
battman said:
Yes we shouldn’t be complacent and underestimate the division, but we’re going from cup-final effort every week to playing the likes of Burton, Cambridge and AFC Wimbledon.
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Oxford fan with first League One #teamslike post of 2026 👏
 
battman said:
I think you’re overestimating the strength of League One overall if you think players like HTA, Helik, Leigh, Vaulks, Romeny and Harris aren’t at the level we need.

Yes we shouldn’t be complacent and underestimate the division, but we’re going from cup-final effort every week to playing the likes of Burton, Cambridge and AFC Wimbledon.

Also need a squad of players to play in 46 league games, earlier rounds of cup games and the EFL Trophy; so we can’t operate with a skeleton crew either.
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HTA will be leaving.
I would be very surprised if Leigh was still here come the end of the window. I would imagine that bridge was burned when, for whatever reason, we decided not to register him for the second half of the season.
Not against Vaulks staying for the sake of experience and squad depth, but we can do much better.
Romeny has shown me absolutely nothing to suggest he is a professional footballer, let alone good enough for us in League One.
It's time for Harris to move on, but knowing what a soft touch we are, he'll be going nowhere.
 
LeftSideBoy said:
HTA will be leaving.
I would be very surprised if Leigh was still here come the end of the window. I would imagine that bridge was burned when, for whatever reason, we decided not to register him for the second half of the season.
Not against Vaulks staying for the sake of experience and squad depth, but we can do much better.
Romeny has shown me absolutely nothing to suggest he is a professional footballer, let alone good enough for us in League One.
It's time for Harris to move on, but knowing what a soft touch we are, he'll be going nowhere.
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Personally, I think having someone in the squad that is under contract, has scored 15 (non penalty) goals with 4 assists in League One previously is worth having around.
 
We need to move on players like Findlay, O’Donkor, Johnson, Golding, Negru, Dale, Kioso, Goodwin, and Bradshaw, they’ve had enough time and opportunities to show if they’re good enough, and clearly haven’t stepped up, so move them on, and free up some squad places, ready to move some of our current substitutes to squad players, and first teamers to the bench, ready for some improved first team players.

No room for sentiment, just be ruthless and get it done.
 
Negru is an interesting one for me. Showed great promise when he broke into the side, but now is pretty much the forgotten man. Any room for him in next year's squad given the way he started for us?
 
Mad Dog said:
We need to move on players like Findlay, O’Donkor, Johnson, Golding, Negru, Dale, Kioso, Goodwin, and Bradshaw, they’ve had enough time and opportunities to show if they’re good enough, and clearly haven’t stepped up, so move them on, and free up some squad places, ready to move some of our current substitutes to squad players, and first teamers to the bench, ready for some improved first team players.

No room for sentiment, just be ruthless and get it done.
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Bradshaw's name has come up a few times. I thought he moved on permanently in Jan?
 
oufcbenjyp said:
Negru is an interesting one for me. Showed great promise when he broke into the side, but now is pretty much the forgotten man. Any room for him in next year's squad given the way he started for us?
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We keep loaning him out to League 2 to ropey sides. I can’t see him being part of what we have planned. Also, he simply doesn’t look like a footballer at all. He needs some sleeve tats, Turkish teeth, a tan and a house that is totally grey inside.

Carpy said:
World Cup year, no chance we'll get our business done early.
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If all 48 teams take a 26 man squad to the World Cup, that’ll 1,248 players there.

Let’s hope that Yamal and Mbappe have signed for us before they jet off.
 
LeftSideBoy said:
This summer is the chance to be ruthless. Despite dropping down a division, I still believe that we're carrying too many players that aren't quite at the levels we need. We're shouldering a very high wage bill, so I would be doing all I could to reduce that.

For me, the following can leave:
--------------------------------------------------
Helik
Leigh
Vaulks
Sibley
Ter Avest
Kioso
Dale
Goodwin
Bradshaw
Harris
Negru
O'Donkor
Dembele
Romeny
Ferdinan

Of course, expecting that many players to be loaned out or sold in a summer window just isn't realistic. However, it just goes to show you how many bang average players we've been spunking a small fortune on, for far too long!

Massive summer ahead and with Scott Mitchell on his way out, if the recruitment now sits with Ed Waldron, he simply has to get this right! No pressure...
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Bingo !
It’s the only way.

If we were to get a chance of promotion with these players it creates another problem. We already know they are not good enough at the next level.

Unfortunately I think you have to add a few more to that list. Those players being BdK, Currie, CamBran, Cumming, Mills, Spencer and even Brown because those sales are what will be needed to finance the rebuild for the next promotion push which will not be next year.

There is the chance that you keep all 7 of those players and add the young talent currently found in L1 and L2 with the vision that those players can perform AND make the next step up.

Interesting times but your leave list is spot on for me.
 
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Mad Dog said:
We need to move on players like Findlay, O’Donkor, Johnson, Golding, Negru, Dale, Kioso, Goodwin, and Bradshaw, they’ve had enough time and opportunities to show if they’re good enough, and clearly haven’t stepped up, so move them on, and free up some squad places, ready to move some of our current substitutes to squad players, and first teamers to the bench, ready for some improved first team players.

No room for sentiment, just be ruthless and get it done.
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Findlay - out of contract and already agreed a deal with Hearts
Johnson - out of contract, going/gone
Dale - out of contract
Bradshaw - out of contract

O'Donkor and Negru - status unknown as was never revealed whether GOD signed his new deal or not. Negru very little info on his length of deal

Golding, Kioso and Goodwin - under contract
 
LeftSideBoy said:
HTA will be leaving.

It's time for Harris to move on, but knowing what a soft touch we are, he'll be going nowhere.
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Where is HTA going?

Somebody on here was suggesting that we keep Dembelee as L1 is so much weaker. Not sure how keeping somebody with 15 goals in L1 three years ago is being a soft touch?
 
I expect us to sell BDK and Currie to help balance the books this Summer. However, if we keep everyone else you would imagine Bloomfields comments may be true as we already have the majority of a squad.

GK - Cummings, Ingram
RB - Long, Spencer
LB - Rooksen, Leigh
CB - Brown, Helik, New CB, Negru?
CDM - McDonnel, Vaulks
CM - Brannagan, New CM
10/CAM - Jin Woo, Goodhram
LW - Emkahu, Dembele
RW - Mills, New RW
ST - Harris, Prelec, New ST

Personally I would move a few of those players on. But there is a possibility that's the majority of our squad starting next season.
 
Kamal said:
I expect us to sell BDK and Currie to help balance the books this Summer. However, if we keep everyone else you would imagine Bloomfields comments may be true as we already have the majority of a squad.

GK - Cummings, Ingram
RB - Long, Spencer
LB - Rooksen, Leigh
CB - Brown, Helik, New CB, Negru?
CDM - McDonnel, Vaulks
CM - Brannagan, New CM
10/CAM - Jin Woo, Goodhram
LW - Emkahu, Dembele
RW - Mills, New RW
ST - Harris, Prelec, New ST

Personally I would move a few of those players on. But there is a possibility that's the majority of our squad starting next season.
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Well thats not going to win this league ,best 6 or 7th postion.
 
Kamal said:
I doubt we'll be going up again anyway. Internally I would love to know what the clubs target is. Personally I would take a top 10 finish now.
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Really,if youre thinking like that we will be below that.
 
Basham Wonderland said:
So if you could lock in a guaranteed 10th place finish right now, you'd do it?? Would you bother going to watch any of the games!?
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I would take it. I don't think we'll be challenging for autos. I think at best we might get play offs.

Yes I would still attend games. For the past 10 years I've been attending for the social aspect not the football itself.
 
Kamal said:
I would take it. I don't think we'll be challenging for autos. I think at best we might get play offs.

Yes I would still attend games. For the past 10 years I've been attending for the social aspect not the football itself.
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You could well be right. But I'm not taking tenth before we've even sorted out our squad for the season.
 
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