Transfer News and Gossip Summer/Autumn Transfer Targets/Rumours Thread 2022

[Maldon Blues]

Twitter seems to suggest Josh Kelly's family are from Southend and his dad is (or at least was) a fan:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1463055222851485702

 

[JAL]

Twitter seems to suggest Josh Kelly's family are from Southend and his dad is (or at least was) a fan:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1463055222851485702

Could be why there's possible interest for Josh to come here.

But that is we can fend off other interest/wage offers, etc

 

[C'mon you Shrimpers]

Clearly Josh has a lot to consider. Must be great to have competing options. From a football perspective I think he'd have to go a long way to beat our coaching team.

 

[amsemp]

Very interesting. I guess that gives us an edge in terms of competition, at least from Josh’s perspective anyway. Sounds like the Maidenhead chairman wants most of the money upfront and doesn’t trust Ron to pay in instalments.

 

[henry18]

Hi mate, ive followed your comments with interest, much like Boy Wonder and use you as a reliable source. A few on here including Magnum (not digging at him) have said that the kelly deal is off or he is going elsewhere. Are you able to shed any light on this matter?

Hi mate, all I will say at the moment is there is a lot of work to do still on the player in question

 

[Medway Blue]

Josh's old man has most recently followed Solihull on Twitter, probably doesn't bode well!

 

[sufc4life21]

Josh's old man has most recently followed Solihull on Twitter, probably doesn't bode well!

That's ****. Would of been a decent signing...... clearly Maidenhead want money upfront which sulihull can provide.

 

[Spaceman Spiff]

Don't be surprised if some other ITK have stopped their info or slowed it down due to other threads.

That would be a shame if true. We can’t stop one or two posting silly comments, but their views shouldn’t be seen as representative of the thousands of active SZ members.

 

[Blues4LifeDan]

Clearly Josh has a lot to consider. Must be great to have competing options. From a football perspective I think he'd have to go a long way to beat our coaching team.

You say that, but Neal Ardley is also really well respected in the game. I thought Solihull were really impressive last season. If they are also in for him, we will find it hard to compete. They play in a similar way to Maidenhead. Big man, little man combination. They seem to have a lot of financial clout and were successful last season too.

If Chesterfield are another club after him we will also find it really hard to compete.

So if we somehow pull this off, it would be a fantastic signing!

 

[C'mon you Shrimpers]

Interesting about his dad. If we can find out his favourite player and say his son reminds us of him then it should be in the bag. I'm going for Billy Best.

 

[Medway Blue]

That's ****. Would of been a decent signing...... clearly Maidenhead want money upfront which sulihull can provide.

I think that's the issue, but let's not forget that paying in installments would probably be more acceptable to the selling club if we didn't have an awful reputation in the game for not paying financial obligations on time. We need to offer more money up front but probably can't. @Smiffy just gave me the perfect analogy. It’s like trying to get a mortgage with a **** credit rating. Bigger deposit required.

 

[Smiffy]

Would love this to come off. But think we've missed a sitter in the 90th minute.

 

[henry18]

Would love this to come off. But think we've missed a sitter in the 90th minute.

For the second time this season lol

 

[C'mon you Shrimpers]

Maybe one of the sponsors could help. This is what happened apparently in the old days. I may be wrong but I think Ted Parsons reputedly did this. I'm sure Napster knows more about this.

 

[hlane17]

I am expecting a typical Southend 'nearly but not quite' thanks to our show of a club

 

[C'mon you Shrimpers]

We are never going to get all targets. Blimey so far we've not done too badly.

 

[fredheim_holm]

I am expecting a typical Southend 'nearly but not quite' thanks to our show of a club

It would be a real shame, I know we can't get our first choice targets every time but imagine if we'd brought Mussa and Kelly in, would be a dream window. To get so close to both to miss out on them would be tough to take.

 

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

All I'm allowed to say is it wasn't a done deal for another club as suggested by Magnum. We are trying very hard and had a chance with his dad supporting blues. But we are up against a few clubs, 3 of them with it seems, money to burn. So we are not favourites to sign him. We can only hope.

 

[Linda Loan Shark]

You say that, but Neal Ardley is also really well respected in the game. I thought Solihull were really impressive last season. If they are also in for him, we will find it hard to compete. They play in a similar way to Maidenhead. Big man, little man combination. They seem to have a lot of financial clout and were successful last season too.

If Chesterfield are another club after him we will also find it really hard to compete.

So if we somehow pull this off, it would be a fantastic signing!

Its sad when we cant compete with clubs like Solihull. I bet we would have never believed that a few years ago

 

[sufc4life21]

It would be a real shame, I know we can't get our first choice targets every time but imagine if we'd brought Mussa and Kelly in, would be a dream window. To get so close to both to miss out on them would be tough to take.

I agree. I'm not overly fussed about mussa but Kelly going elsewhere is disappointing. We may have to opt using the loan market to bring in striker.