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Summer transfer rumours and speculation

werstayinup
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8 minutes ago, valeparklife said:

Darnbrough joined Stoke on 3rd June 2024 and left on the 13th February 2025.

Hard to say how much input he had, but the players signed during his tenure were:

8 June 2024    DF    England Ben Gibson    England Norwich City    Free    [75]
26 June 2024    DF    France Eric Bocat    Belgium Sint-Truiden    Undisclosed    [76]
5 July 2024    MF    England Chinoso Chibueze[c]    England Chelsea    Free    [77]
5 July 2024    GK    England Noah Cooper[c]    England Arsenal    Free    [77]
5 July 2024    DF    Ghana Francis Gyimah[c]    England Liverpool    Free    [77]
5 July 2024    MF    Scotland Kieron Willox[c]    Scotland Rangers    Free    [77]
26 July 2024    MF    Poland Wiktor Gromek[c]    Italy Lecce    Undisclosed    [78]
26 July 2024    FW    Wales Japhet Matondo[c]    Wales Cardiff City    Undisclosed    [79]
31 July 2024    FW    England Sam Gallagher    England Blackburn Rovers    Undisclosed    [80]
12 August 2024    MF    Republic of Ireland Bosun Lawal    Scotland Celtic    Undisclosed    [81]
30 August 2024    MF    Japan Tatsuki Seko    Japan Kawasaki Frontale    Undisclosed    [82]
3 February 2024    MF    England Ruben Curley[c]    England Manchester United    Undisclosed    [83]
5 February 2025    FW    England Adriel Walker[c]    England West Bromwich Albion    Free    [84]
7 February 2025    FW    England Favour Fawunmi[c]    England West Ham United    Free    [85]

10 August 2024    FW    Wales Lewis Koumas    England Liverpool    30 June 2025    [106]
16 August 2024    MF    Republic of Ireland Andrew Moran    England Brighton & Hove Albion    30 June 2025    [107]
23 August 2024    DF    England Ashley Phillips    England Tottenham Hotspur    30 June 2025    [108]
30 August 2024    FW    Republic of Ireland Tom Cannon    England Leicester City    15 January 2025[a]    [110]
22 January 2025    DF    England Josh Wilson-Esbrand    England Manchester City    30 June 2025    [111]
24 January 2025    FW    Iraq Ali Al-Hamadi    England Ipswich Town    30 June 2025    [112]
 

There are some decent names on there tbf and like with a lot of their transfers they seem to flunk as soon as they get to play there,he has dealt with some big clubs when sorting out players so that could be a big help where loans are concerned

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    Has his appointment been officially announced as I cant find confirmation as yet and he seems to have a big reputation to drop to our level and i would guess he wont come cheap

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    49 minutes ago, Brian Johnson said:

    Can I just point out that I’m behind everything that Big D does & I have welcomed Lee on board.

    He’s been at some really great clubs,

    apart from Stoke, and it will be good for him to be a success here to ram it down those lot down the road’s throats.

    I guess it rules out Nathan Lowe signing 

    We might get a chance with Micheal Rose if Lee has a relationship?

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    11 minutes ago, MBE said:

    We might get a chance with Micheal Rose if Lee has a relationship?

    That's an interesting one.... he didn't have anything to do with him going there but like you say if they got to know each other then who knows,stoke fans didn't rate Rose I dont think but you would think he would be decent for a league one team with his experience and only 29,he might hope to stay in the Championship though

    Won the League One title with Coventry

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    20 minutes ago, werstayinup said:

    Has his appointment been officially announced as I cant find confirmation as yet and he seems to have a big reputation to drop to our level and i would guess he wont come cheap

    DM said it in his interview on PVTV today. 

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    1 minute ago, Guppys left peg said:

    DM said it in his interview on PVTV today. 

    I take it that he is a permanent appointment and not just helping DM out

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    2 minutes ago, werstayinup said:

    I take it that he is a permanent appointment and not just helping DM out

    Presumably, he's got the title of Senior Head of Recruitment. DM knows him from his time at WBA.

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    I agree with others about Lee . Judge him on the Vale not his short lived tenure at a basket case of a club. 
     

    As a side  issue with Stoke you can actually make a team of 11 players who Stoke bought in who then left and went on to win promotion to the PL or at least reach the playoffss with another club . That tells you something … recruitment hasn’t been the issue.

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    3 hours ago, Iron Curtain said:

    Lee Darnbrough joins as head of recruitment. 
     

    Was chief analyst at WBA with DM, then went to Burnley as Chief analyst.

    Then head of recruitment at Norwich and Hull… was considered for the DoF role at Wolves but ended up at the <ovf censored> show down the road before being sacked by Walters when Robins came in. 

    Now that is very impressive.

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    And for his first gift…Nathan Lowe

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    Not sure how far our scouting network stretches currently but i would guess he will have contacts abroad,it would be good for us if we can utilise an overseas scouting network a bit like Rudge did with Holland BUT I also dont mean a smurf like one where we bring in players from Kazakhstan league 4
    I watch that league. Some quality players
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    56 minutes ago, MBE said:

    I agree with others about Lee . Judge him on the Vale not his short lived tenure at a basket case of a club. 
     

    As a side  issue with Stoke you can actually make a team of 11 players who Stoke bought in who then left and went on to win promotion to the PL or at least reach the playoffss with another club . That tells you something … recruitment hasn’t been the issue.

    Delap, Jack Clarke , Harewood-Bellis, Philogene, Rowett. Indeed Campbell was deemed crap but finished top scorer at Sheff United. 

    All  so- called failures at Stoke, all cast aside as crap.

    Stoke are a car crash and have continued to be such under Robins. 

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    4 hours ago, WV said:


    the Blackpool fans on here would suggest he is an excellent right back. Assume he had been played out of position at CB previously for them judging on the comments 

    Yes, this is what I’ve said but the discussion evolved from whether Moore uses him as a RWB as most on here seemed to think or RCB as I said could happen as it is unlikely that Moore changes our formation to a flat back 4. 

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    That’s a hell of a lot of signings in such a short timeframe. 

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    2 hours ago, werstayinup said:

    Not sure how far our scouting network stretches currently but i would guess he will have contacts abroad,it would be good for us if we can utilise an overseas scouting network 

    Watching a decent 17 year old blond lad on telly tonight. Might be able to get him in for a bit of experience.

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