ALM Squad Speculation Thread 2024/25 (Part 1)

Maybe, but given APL has no purview whatsoever for the contractual relationship between a foreign player and a foreign club I have no idea how enforcement could possibly work.

I don’t want us to go for big marquee players. Fucking giving the youth a fucking chance. Develop them. Play them. Sell the best to overseas clubs for good money.

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Pato just signed for Sao Paulo - so we can kick the speculation before it even starts again.

We do.
He’s 3rd(?) in line.
His name is Jaiden Kucharski.

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Why isn’t he #2 eddie???>???

Because he still hasn’t got rid of those sideburns.

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Whats dries Mertens up to

Benzema looking like he might want to leave Madrid. I’m sure we can outdo the Saudi offer by offering living close to the Harbour Bridge.

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Stop it.

I can only get so erect.

I think Wilko is calling it a day, or at least that’s what I’ve heard.

Winning a league title with Galatasaray overnight.

I did the hard work of clicking on things and filtering CF on TM. Took me 1 min. Maybe i can get a job at the club with these skills. (Enjoy)

https://www.transfermarkt.com/spieler/vertragslosespieler/statistik/1/plus//galerie/0?ausrichtung=Sturm&spielerposition_id=14&land_id=alle&altersklasse=&wettbewerb_id=alle&seit=2023&yt0=Show

Excellent. One less hill to conquer in Europe

I don’t see anyone who we are likely to go for as a marquee… Coulibaly looks like a target man, but he’s the wrong side of 30, which isn’t something we need more of.

If transfer fees count against the cap, then ostensibly, shouldn’t any transfer fees earnt by a club count towards it?

I’ll give you all a better list. Players who’s contracts expire this year:

https://www.transfermarkt.com/transfers/endendevertraege/statistik?plus=0&jahr=2023&ausrichtung=Sturm&spielerposition_id=alle&altersklasse=alle&land_id=0&yt0=Show

I’d take Jonathan Bamba, purely so we can sing La Bamba…

In terms of Aussies off contract this year:

Callum Elder (left back- Hull City)
Fran Karacic (right back-Brescia)
Massimo Luongo (centre mid- Ipswich)

Elder would be a good signing I feel. Although we would still be lacking in depth in that position.

Luongo has been offered a new contract by Ipswich FYI

At least Luongo’s club future appears well set, and Watson said the Ipswich fanbase were keen for him to be re-signed for a season in the Championship.

ā€œWhen Ipswich announced their retained list the situation with Massimo was the hottest topic amongst fans leading up to that,ā€ Watson says.

ā€œAll those players that were injured are now becoming fit again and they’re well stocked in central midfield, but I think he was so good that there was no way they couldn’t offer him anything.

ā€œHe has been offered a deal so you would assume he will sign that. He’s talked about wanting to get settled somewhere now and so it looks like he’ll be staying at Ipswich.

Elder is only 28 and had played 100+ games for Hull - He wouldn’t be a realistic target. Always surprises me that King was getting selected in the Socceroos over Elder, who was playing in the Championship, but I don’t see many games so there might be decent reason why he only has the one cap for the Socceroos.

Wilko has retitred:

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