Retained and Released list

Stirlingsays said:
I think if making it was purely based upon talent then Esse would already have made it. If he can mature and adapt then he's fine....but he wouldn't be the first player who wasted their potential because of the requirements outside of talent.

Both Imray and Ozoh are interesting figures. I see both being sold or released but they are clearly already proven professionals.

Rak-Sakyi, more than anybody else is the one that should have made it in our side, but for whatever reason didn't.....Difficult and sullen? Don't know, but clearly talented.
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A certain Michael Olise was released by Arsenal, Chelsea, and Man City due to “attitude issues”. Wonder where he ended up?
 
DANGERCLOSE said:
Hope Kamada signs, I had my doubts but he came good.

I think we need 4 home grown players for Europa, choose from
Mitchell
Ozoh
Imray
Cardines
Devenny
Kporha
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This surprised me, you'd think that if we have made a contract offer known that it would mean we expect him to sign.....I thought he was gone.

Mitchell
Cardines
Kporha
Imray
 
CPFCSaturn said:
Matthews signed a 2 year deal last summer, and is a 3rd choice keeper so largely irrelevant - we are not going to get much better to come and never play.

Doucoure signed a 5 year deal in 2023… regardless , I don’t agree we should be letting players like that walk on a free.

Lerma has been a key part of the squad over the last two seasons and provided good cover in multiple positions - I don’t particularly rate him but he would cost north of £20m to replace.

Clyne is obviously the most reasonable shout but I can’t imagine he’s on massive wages.
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Agree. He's a useful squad player. Happy to renew players like that if it frees up money to spend on the first 11.
 
Stirlingsays said:
This surprised me, you'd think that if we have made a contract offer known that it would mean we expect him to sign.....I thought he was gone.

Mitchell
Cardines
Kporha
Imray
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These three are probably up there as among the most likely to make a breakthrough, and they are all right-backs, so you would hope one of them might make it with us. A lot will probably depend on what the club and the new manager's vision is. With a lot of the senior squad away at the World Cup, the youth squads may get more chances to impress than in a normal summer. I know we ended up winning the Conference League, but it did feel a bit of a missed opportunity that Glasner didn't take more opportunities to introduce young players in a balanced way via European games.

Kaden Rodney being released is a bit of a surprise, as he got some minutes with the first team last season and did ok, albeit without pulling up trees. Maybe there are other youth players in his position who the club now feels are more likely to make it with us? He'll almost certainly pop up somewhere else pretty quickly though. I wouldn't be surprised to see him sign with either a smaller Championship team or a League One team.
 
doombear said:
Transfermarkt have his contract expiring next Summer. They're usually accurate with their data.
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i know. Ozoh is contracted to next summer, but some chose not to believe me and relied on unreliable info for their 'evidence'.

Not sure he will work in a 3-4-2-1 formation, which Sage seems to prefer, however, as a lone 6 in a 4-3-3 i think he is a decent player. Definitely championship level, at a minimum.

If we were to sell this summer would definitely command 7 figures
 
palace99 said:
i know. Ozoh is contracted to next summer, but some chose not to believe me and relied on unreliable info for their 'evidence'.

Not sure he will work in a 3-4-2-1 formation, which Sage seems to prefer, however, as a lone 6 in a 4-3-3 i think he is a decent player. Definitely championship level, at a minimum.

If we were to sell this summer would definitely command 7 figures
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I would hope for 8 given that Southampton were willing to fork out an 8 figure sum for JRS. I know he's a defensive player but he was one of Derby's best players both last season and the limited time he had the previous season when he had a bad injury. He's shown he can more than hold his own in the Championship.

In fact if we were to sell him I can imagine someone like Hull or even Ipswich going for him.

Having said all that I think we'll need him this coming season as a rotation option in what I hope will be another very busy campaign.
 
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