My Retained List

Ok so to pass the time today I had a look at our squad and considered what I thought our squad would look like next season.

The data is taken from capology.com. I accept it might not be accurate but it serves a purpose.


As a starting point we have 9 players who are out of contract, saving £7.5m per year. On top of these I anticipate 3 of our top earners will be sold, to save a further £5m - thus saving £12.5 million off the wage bill

This would leave us with 16 players so the next step would be to promote 3 from the Under 21s

That would leave us with:
3 x Goalkeepers
8 x Defenders
5 x Midfielders - So I would look to add 2 decent midfielders around the £10k bracket each - to make 7
3 x Strikers - So I would look to add another Championship Striker and someone like Charlie Kelman - to make 5

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Any thoughts?

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Kelman I feel will be with QPR next season after his success this season - but agree that someone like him would be useful.

We are definitely light in the toughness division, L1 is more physical and I really think we need to add some brute force to the squad.

Simic I’m torn on - I think he could be useful next season for us in L1. After all, he has played champions league football, so Port Vale isn’t exactly too daunting.

I agree I was really torn on him as well. Hopefully he'll prove that he can tear division 1 apart

Just interesting in what others feel our side will be next season - and as to whether others would offer contracts to those whose contracts expire this season

Just interesting in what others feel our side will be next season - and as to whether others would offer contracts to those whose contracts expire this season

If think about offloading Willock and Daaland if possible. Need a pacy direct winger (in the same mould as NML).

Just interesting in what others feel our side will be next season - and as to whether others would offer contracts to those whose contracts expire this season

I would offer Rino a new contract if he was to accept a lower salary.

I agree with all 3 of those. One thing we have really missed this season is pace and as a result our "tempo" has been lacking all season.

There is a huge difference in tempo watching CCFC then watching Wales.

Rinamhota if we can tie a new deal at £10k I would go for that. Daland and Willock are two slow in my opinion - and Daland worries me every time he gets the ball.

The only reason why I included them in the squad was because their contracts expire in 2027 and 2028 and they can refuse to go if they want.