Transfer News, Gossip & Speculation Summer/Autumn Transfer Targets/Rumours Thread 2022

[ColinMorrisWalksOnWater]

It's a very valid question. I am not sure if and when the salary cap of £1.5m will come into play. If it does it only allows us to deploy an extra £100,000 - £150,000 wiggle room. I am also not sure how the salary cap will be structured, will it be based on an overall cap or unique percentage to a clubs turnover.

If you or anyone can, is it possible to link me where Ron said about having access to release more funds depending on stadium progress? I didn't see this.

Tom Lawrence also confirmed the £1.4m budget for this season at the Meet the fans evening hosted by Stan in the Shrimpers Bar last January.

The biggest loss of funding was going to be the academy contribution, being non league for over the 18 months and again Tom was confident the £500k shortfall would be made up by new sponsorship to keep it going.

 

[bluethroughandthrough]

Any news on new signing development this week? Saw post from @BoyWonder2 - any inside track on trialists coming in from our network ? Has to be some.rumours out there

 

[Shrimpergonzo]

Let’s keep it on topic please - this is the thread for transfer rumours. I’ve just got in and waded through pages of budget stuff and a debate on Mohsni, not one signing for us rumoured!

Other debates elsewhere please folks - if necessary start a new thread.

Thank you

 

[Shepshead]

Bromley aren't far off us, if not higher. Similar Boreham Wood. They're both bankrolled by wealthy individuals and are paying Michael Cheek and Josh Rees respectively over £2,500 per week which we cannot do. Solihull paying Sbarra and Dallas very good money and again, got wealthy backing. Dorking have wealthy backing, pay silly money and Alfie Rutherford is supposedly being paid a little less than £3k per week. I know a single player's wages aren't generally a definitive guide to overall budget, but it gives an idea. Scunny and Oldham will surely have a budget similar to ours having dropped out of the EFL, if not higher again. York will be spending good money too.

I'd put Wrexham, Chesterfield, Notts Co and Daggers ahead of us for definite. I strongly suspect Solihull, Boreham Wood and Bromley will have bigger budgets than we do. And I wouldn't be surprised if Dorking and York are close too. And that's before you even consider Oldham and Scunny.

I don't dispute the £1.4m, but I am 99% sure that there are more than 2 or 3 clubs ahead of us. 6 or 7 are throwing around silly money this summer. I'd put us between 7th and 10th in the budget league table. Losing Mussa to Daggers may have been a wake-up call to some people who were perhaps in stubborn/arrogant denial about financial competition/spending power in this division, so perhaps we won't be 7th-10th for much longer. Who knows?

I’m sorry but you’re view on Bromley’s budget couldn’t be further from the truth. Six out of eight players that they were talking to at the end of the season about new contracts, have now left the club because their salary offer for the new season had been reduced. Also no player at the club is paid anything like £2,500 a week.

 

[RHB]

I’m sorry but you’re view on Bromley’s budget couldn’t be further from the truth. Six out of eight players that they were talking to at the end of the season about new contracts, have now left the club because their salary offer for the new season had been reduced. Also no player at the club is paid anything like £2,500 a week.

It would certainly be worth you reading post #4346 @Shepshead. To everyone - As @Shrimpergarry has said, budget talk is not for this thread, please start a new one or risk deletion on here.

 

[Petejames]

It would certainly be worth you reading post #4346 @Shepshead. To everyone - As @Shrimpergarry has said, budget talk is not for this thread, please start a new one or risk deletion on here.

talking about transfers I still think that we are keen to sign cheek I might be wrong but I honestly think he is this striker that we are after… can shepshead say anything on this!! We are locked in talks with a experienced striker

 

[Smiffy]

talking about transfers I still think that we are keen to sign cheek I might be wrong but I honestly think he is this striker that we are after… can shepshead say anything on this!! We are locked in talks with a experienced striker

Who has mentioned we are “locked in talks with an experienced striker” ??

 

[Petejames]

Who has mentioned we are “locked in talks with an experienced striker” ??

I thought we was…. Maybe that’s passed then …

 

[Tampa Blue]

I thought we was…. Maybe that’s passed then …

My understanding is that we are still in talks

 

[Petejames]

My understanding is that we are still in talks

Thank you I thought that too

 

[henry18]

We have a striker currently training with us from what I’m told

 

[Callumturner22]

We have a striker currently training with us from what I’m told

What as well as the one we’re meant to be still in talks with ?

 

[Petejames]

What as well as the one we’re meant to be still in talks with ?

I’d take a guess and say it could be the one that was mentioned before…. So maybe talks progressed…. Guess work from me tho

 

[SeldomSeenShrimper]

It's all guess work. This thread is dead right now.

How about a game, predict our next signing with the below criteria, let's see who gets closer (and if we can unlock someone in the know)

POSITION: Centre Midfielder

LEAGUE: NL

AGE: 24

SIGNING: Next week

 

[Petejames]

It's all guess work. This thread is dead right now.

How about a game, predict our next signing with the below criteria, let's see who gets closer (and if we can unlock someone in the know)

POSITION: Centre Midfielder

LEAGUE: NL

AGE: 24

SIGNING: Next week

Or guess who the striker is that is experienced scored bags of goals at this level and is training with us surely we have more chance with that one?

 

[Bluefeet]

We have a striker currently training with us from what I’m told

Any chance that we will see him play tonight in the friendly?

 

[BoyWonder2]

Or guess who the striker is that is experienced scored bags of goals at this level and is training with us surely we have more chance with that one?

They are two different strikers.

 

[Petejames]

They are two different strikers.

Oh ok fair enough… good info thank you

 

[Jai]

It doesn't matter how much money a club has. There is a cap across the division

I don't wish to reignite the budget debate, but did this ever come in? I know the National League have been talking about it, but was it ever officially ratified? If so it will obviously affect how many more players we can bring in.

 

[Smiffy]

It's all guess work. This thread is dead right now.

How about a game, predict our next signing with the below criteria, let's see who gets closer (and if we can unlock someone in the know)

POSITION: Centre Midfielder

LEAGUE: NL

AGE: 24

SIGNING: Next week

His name has already been mentioned.