| World Cup scouting thread 19:18 - Jun 11 with 12963 views | Mullet |
Simple concept. If you see a player you’d like to see at ITFC pop them in here and why.
Roy is looking a bit older tonight on ITV, I’m sure he will give us lots of pointers on who we should nab from Mexico or South Africa tonight. |  |
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| World Cup scouting thread on 19:26 - Jun 30 with 1096 views | OwainG1992 |
My main players so far ive seen that id want to sign are Plata of Ecuador.
Think Sorloth of Norway could be an affordable get.
Also the keeper from Paraguay. |  |
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| World Cup scouting thread on 22:00 - Jul 1 with 900 views | Hermann_eats_puffin |
With Diarra scoring for Senagal against Belgium tonight that's 8 goals scored so far by Sunderland players in the World Cup.
The only other clubs who have players who have scored more WC goals are Real Madrid and PSG.
You have to say Sunderland's scouting and recruitment last summer was simply outstanding and they got so much right it really seems like a once in a blue moon event because I can't think of many other transfer windows by teams newly promoted to the PL in recent years that would beat it.
It's something that we should be looking to emulate however unfortunately I'm really not sure that we'll manage it. |  | | |
| World Cup scouting thread on 11:25 - Jul 2 with 795 views | Hermann_eats_puffin |
Talking of players who are at the world cup and are making moves within the PL there is the Croatian defender Luka Vuskovic who Brighton are buying from Tottenham for £46m.
Now I'm not saying in a million years that we can compete with this sort of deal but we need to get far better at identifying top prospects abroad before they become very expensive and totally out of our reach.
Spurs bought him and he arrived in 2025 for a fee believed to be around £12m and that sort of fee we can afford. Because the player wanted to play games instead of sit on the bench Spurs immediately loaned him to Bundesliga team Hamburger SV for the 2025-26 season and then this summer he's being sold to Brighton for £46m.
Now I'm not saying it's an easy task to go from a club run down in the Evans era to a club with Brighton, Brentford or Bournemouth levels of scouting networks but this is where a lot of investment and effort needs to go if we are to ever have any ambition of catching up with the likes of Brighton, Brentford or Bournemouth. We need to be identifying these players when they are £5m-£15m players directly from abroad playing them and then selling them for £30m-£60m to boost the club finances and then buying the next one off the conveyor belt if the scouting network is good enough. | | | |
| World Cup scouting thread on 11:31 - Jul 2 with 784 views | WeWereZombies |
| World Cup scouting thread on 11:25 - Jul 2 by Hermann_eats_puffin |
Talking of players who are at the world cup and are making moves within the PL there is the Croatian defender Luka Vuskovic who Brighton are buying from Tottenham for £46m.
Now I'm not saying in a million years that we can compete with this sort of deal but we need to get far better at identifying top prospects abroad before they become very expensive and totally out of our reach.
Spurs bought him and he arrived in 2025 for a fee believed to be around £12m and that sort of fee we can afford. Because the player wanted to play games instead of sit on the bench Spurs immediately loaned him to Bundesliga team Hamburger SV for the 2025-26 season and then this summer he's being sold to Brighton for £46m.
Now I'm not saying it's an easy task to go from a club run down in the Evans era to a club with Brighton, Brentford or Bournemouth levels of scouting networks but this is where a lot of investment and effort needs to go if we are to ever have any ambition of catching up with the likes of Brighton, Brentford or Bournemouth. We need to be identifying these players when they are £5m-£15m players directly from abroad playing them and then selling them for £30m-£60m to boost the club finances and then buying the next one off the conveyor belt if the scouting network is good enough. |
Maybe we also need to be looking at nations who didn't make it to the World Cup like Italy, Nigeria, the Republic of Ireland, Denmark, Hungary etc. and also the players in nations at the Cup who didn't make the final squad selection if we are looking for value that hasn't been inflated by global exposure.
Mind you, makes this thread a lot more difficult. |  |
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| World Cup scouting thread on 11:59 - Jul 2 with 758 views | ITFCson |
Diego Moreira who came on at wing back for Belgium. Can play multiple positions on the left, can score goals and only 21. Oh, and he currently plays for Strasbourg. |  | | |
| World Cup scouting thread on 01:50 - Jul 4 with 608 views | TRUE_BLUE123 |
Any player from Cape Verde. Any of them.
Warriors. |  |
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| World Cup scouting thread on 16:00 - Jul 4 with 481 views | RobTheMonk |
Patrick Beach, the Aussie goalie, has looked very good. Think lower top league German clubs are sniffing
This world cup has definitely shown that there are very capable players that could be available for pretty cheap prices. |  | | |
| World Cup scouting thread on 19:22 - Jul 4 with 437 views | bluester |
Luc de Fougerolles For Canada looks pretty handy. Currently at Fulham with 0 appearances. | | | |
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| World Cup scouting thread on 19:30 - Jul 4 with 428 views | TRUE_BLUE123 |
| World Cup scouting thread on 19:22 - Jul 4 by bluester |
Luc de Fougerolles For Canada looks pretty handy. Currently at Fulham with 0 appearances. |
Great name as well | |
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| World Cup scouting thread on 19:44 - Jul 4 with 411 views | MVBlue |
| World Cup scouting thread on 01:50 - Jul 4 by TRUE_BLUE123 |
Any player from Cape Verde. Any of them.
Warriors. |
Sidney Lopes Cabral. Cape Verde.
A Ghanian defender - Jerome Opoku 27 at Süper Lig club İstanbul Başakşehir.
Can we get a Dutch attacker too please for historic reasons. |  |
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| World Cup scouting thread on 19:53 - Jul 4 with 376 views | Kropotkin123 |
| World Cup scouting thread on 22:00 - Jul 1 by Hermann_eats_puffin |
With Diarra scoring for Senagal against Belgium tonight that's 8 goals scored so far by Sunderland players in the World Cup.
The only other clubs who have players who have scored more WC goals are Real Madrid and PSG.
You have to say Sunderland's scouting and recruitment last summer was simply outstanding and they got so much right it really seems like a once in a blue moon event because I can't think of many other transfer windows by teams newly promoted to the PL in recent years that would beat it.
It's something that we should be looking to emulate however unfortunately I'm really not sure that we'll manage it. |
Joint 3rd with Crystal Palace.
I vibe-coded this earlier in the tournament: https://script.google.com/macr
Scorers by club, league, and league's country |  |
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| World Cup scouting thread on 22:45 - Jul 4 with 325 views | syntaxerror |
Please please please can we have Enciso back |  | | |
| World Cup scouting thread on 00:56 - Jul 5 with 283 views | vapour_trail |
Cacera and galarzes from Paraguay.
They come with invisibility cloaks which mean refs never book them. |  |
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