Roy's comments in the pre-match interview about DF & SP having identified young players they would like to bring in is encouraging. Will be interesting to see who they can get across the line.
He talked about wanting such players to challenge the established members of the squad. How much game time would they get?
Finally, he thinks there are some of our injured players who won't be ready for 12th September! If that is the case, some young players may well get the chance to prove they can do the job.

There might be a compensation fee as there is for Ferguson.
Loader has scored just 2 goals in 35 appearances 1 of them was against League One Blackpool.

Consideration been given to Ivan Toney of Peterborough.
The price probably prohibitive.
Scores goals,got pace and possesses a top-notch attitude.
He does collect a lot of yellow cards.

Edited by Willo (25 Jul 2020 2.33pm)

I pinched this from another fan site, I can't swear to it's accuracy, however it it supposed to be a list of players who will be released by their clubs.

Maybe some of these will be of interest to us.

Premier League

AFC Bournemouth – Ryan Fraser, Jermain Defoe(Rangers), Tyrell Hamilton, Jordon Ibe, Charlie Seaman, Harvey Bertrand, Jake Cope, Thomas Dinsmore, Luke Gray, Thomas Hanfrey, Jordan Murray, James Oliver, Luke Pardoe, Jack Torniainen

Arsenal – Nathan Tormey, Tobi Omole, Matthew Dennis

Aston Villa – Isaiah Bazeley, Jack Birch, Jake Doyle-Hayes, Borja Baston, Rushian Hepburn-Murphy(Pafos), Anton Hooper, Ross McCormack, Callum O’Hare(Coventry City), Colin Odutayo, Dimitri Sea, Jamie Searle

Brighton & Hove Albion – Luca Cocoracchio, Archie Davies, Jordan Davies, Lewis Freestone, Hugo Keto, Kacper Lopata, Bojan Radulovic, Ezequiel Schelotto, Beram Kayal

Burnley – Aaron Lennon, Joe Hart, Jeff Hendrick, Adam Legzdins, Tunde Bayode, Christian N’Guessan, Henri Ogunby, Joel Senior, Udoka Chima, Jayden Major, Kai Calderbank-Park, Will Harris, George McMahon, Scott Wilson, Oliver Younger

Chelsea – Josh Grant(Bristol Rovers), Richard Nartey, Marcel Lavinier, Jordan Aina, Jake Askew, James Clark

Crystal Palace – Dion-Curtis Henry, Kian Flanagan, Jason Lokilo, Jacob Mensah, Joe Tupper

Everton – Maarten Stekelenburg(Ajax), Oumar Niasse, Cuco Martina, Luke Garbutt, Morgan Feeney, Alex Denny, Matty Foulds, Manasse Mampala, Korede Adedoyin, Kieran Phillips(Huddersfield Town), Dan Rose(Schalke)

Leicester City – Calvin Bassey(Rangers), Andy King, Faiq Bolkiah, Rhys Davies, Ed Elewa-Ikpakwu, Viktor Johansson, Justen Kranthove, Ryan Loft, Conor Tee, George Thomas, Dennis Gyamfi

Liverpool – Pedro Chirivella(Nantes), Nathaniel Clyne, Dan Atherton, Isaac Christie-Davies, Shamal George, Kai McKenzie-Lyle, Jack Walls, Alex Turner, Abel Rodrigues, Adam Lallana, Andy Lonergan

Manchester City – David Silva, Ernest Agyiri, Tom Scott, Claudio Bravo

Manchester Utd – Dion McGhee, Cameron Borthwick-Jackson, Demetri Mitchell, Kieran O’Hara, Aidan Barlow, George Tanner, Alex Fojticek, Ethan Hamilton, Largie Ramzani, Angel Gomes

Newcastle Utd – Rob Elliot, Jack Colback, Jamie Sterry, Luke Charman(Darlington), Victor Fernandez, Liam Gibson, Nathan Harker

Norwich City – Mason Bloomfield, Nick Hayes, Diallang Jaiyesimi, William Johnson(Stevenage), Savvas Mourgos, Timi Odusina, Alfred Payne, Tom Scully

Sheffied Utd – Tashae Andall-Gibbons, Mark Duffy, Keenan Ferguson, Oliver Greaves, Callum Gribbin, Ben Heneghan, Ricky Holmes, Samuel Ompreon, Harry Sheppeard, Nathan Thomas, Reece York, Jake Young(Forest Green)

Southampton – Cedric Soares(Arsenal), Marcus Barnes, Alex Cull, Harlem Hale, Simon Kozak, Christian Norton, Aaron O’Driscoll, Jack Rose, Maya Yoshida

Tottenham Hotspur – Tariq Hinds

Watford – Jamal Balogun, Jayden Bennetts, Michael Folivi, Lewis Gordon, Cameron Green, Kaylen Hinds, Alex Jakubiak, Emmanuel Adebiyi, James Hoskins, Ryan MacLean, James Matthews, Harry Hudson, Imaad Sankoh, Harvey White

West Ham Utd – Carlos Sanchez, Pablo Zabaleta, Jeremy Ngakia, Anouar El Mhassani, Recce Hannam, Louie Watson

Wolverhampton Wanderers – Jordan Graham, Phil Ofosu-Ayeh, Connor Johnson, Ming-yang Yang, Jed Abbey, Todd Parker, Callum Thompson

Roy's comments in the pre-match interview about DF & SP having identified young players they would like to bring in is encouraging. Will be interesting to see who they can get across the line.
He talked about wanting such players to challenge the established members of the squad. How much game time would they get?
Finally, he thinks there are some of our injured players who won't be ready for 12th September! If that is the case, some young players may well get the chance to prove they can do the job.