Jake Clarke-Salter

[kirsikka]

26yo QPR centre back. With Kelly and Mepham seemingly likely to leave on the summer we'll need another CB, even if Hill seems to be considered part of the first team squad now.

That said, I don't know much about him but he doesn't feel similar to the age profile we've mostly been targeting recently.

File under Unlikely Tittle Tattle.

Crystal Palace, Burnley & Bournemouth join race for Clarke-Salter

Football Insider has learned that Crystal Palace, Burnley & Bournemouth are in the race to sign Queens Park Rangers star Jake Clarke-Salter.

www.footballinsider247.com

 

[AFCBilbo]

Haven’t they got some other centre back we’ve had down here?

 

[Northbourne Reds]

You seem to play down every transfer link you post.

 

[Kudos]

His name rings a bell, was he in the world cup winning squad with Cook and Solanke?

 

[kirsikka]

You seem to play down every transfer link you post.

Just offering an opinion rather than only posting a link. No inside knowledge so it's just guesswork but a lot of them do look unlikely.

I didn't play down Kerkez, for example, as he seemed like a potentially logical choice for a position where we had need.

 

[Waz afcb]

26yo QPR centre back. With Kelly and Mepham seemingly likely to leave on the summer we'll need another CB, even if Hill seems to be considered part of the first team squad now.

That said, I don't know much about him but he doesn't feel similar to the age profile we've mostly been targeting recently.

File under Unlikely Tittle Tattle.

Crystal Palace, Burnley & Bournemouth join race for Clarke-Salter

Football Insider has learned that Crystal Palace, Burnley & Bournemouth are in the race to sign Queens Park Rangers star Jake Clarke-Salter.

www.footballinsider247.com

Have no idea about the player, but re your comment on age profile, we can’t continue to target younger players for the first team squad, getting the balance right is critical in this area imo. If you overload your squad with too many younger players then it’s a recipe for relegation no matter how talented they are, ask Southampton. If we lose players like Kelly, Solanke and Mepham etc then we need to be targeting players with similar age profile.

 

[ForHeavensSake]

Is a 26.5yo considered a younger player? I think the club's philosophy has been marked since Bill took over; buy young, improve them and then, yet to be seen of course, sell. He's a hard-headed businessman but agree with you that at the same time, he won't want to jeopardize our PL residence.