Summer Transfer Window 2025 Thread

[mightymoyes]

not sure if mentioned over last couple of days but linked with Ben Doak from the vermin for £30m

 

[Eggs]

not sure if mentioned over last couple of days but linked with Ben Doak from the vermin for £30m

….yep, it’s been mentioned. No idea if there’s anything in it but if history is anything to go by, Morrissey and Sheedy were decent wingers who crossed the park to stardom.

 

[hallamblue]

….yep, it’s been mentioned. No idea if there’s anything in it but if history is anything to go by, Morrissey and Sheedy were decent wingers who crossed the park to stardom.

We paid buttons for Sheedy from the rs ressies. Not sure we should be giving them £30 million for a reserve now. As I said before they'll just try and use it as a bargaining chip to get Branthwaite.

 

[Eggs]

We paid buttons for Sheedy from the rs ressies. Not sure we should be giving them £30 million for a reserve now. As I said before they'll just try and use it as a bargaining chip to get Branthwaite.

…I take figures quoted with a pinch of salt as I do with most rumours at this stage.

 

[hallamblue]

…I take figures quoted with a pinch of salt as I do with most rumours at this stage.

It's the rs, they'll get top dollar, just hopefully not from us.

 

[Eggs]

It's the rs, they'll get top dollar, just hopefully not from us.

…i wouldn’t worry about it too much. If we have £30m to spend on a winger I doubt it would be used on him.

 

[preposterousvelios]

Not if we we sign some players up to contracts and take advantage of the loan and free market.

Those figures are pretty much what your precious brighton spent when they come up, with no return until the 4th year, and that was by selling Ben White

This is simply incorrect. Most of those seasons listed Brighton spent about half of what Newcastle did, with the exception of 23/24 where Brighton spent 88m (still less than Newcastle by a decent amount). They only spent big last summer after making a killing off of player sales over a sustained period. Fwiw I can't stand Brighton, tinpot club and very annoying manager. Lets be honest though they've had an unbelievable run in the transfer market since sacking Hughton.

 

[Simon Buttle]

…i wouldn’t worry about it too much. If we have £30m to spend on a winger I doubt it would be used on him.

He is probably worth it tbh, he has an extremely high ceiling level, id sooner spend money on Doak than someone like Rigg, we haven't really been linked with any better wide players from what I have seen so far.

 

[Dwight K Schrute]

There is definitely a narrative that we won't have much to spend.
£15/20m is nothing for a player these days.

 

[Zatara]

He is probably worth it tbh, he has an extremely high ceiling level, id sooner spend money on Doak than someone like Rigg, we haven't really been linked with any better wide players from what I have seen so far.

He looks rapid.

 

[Lanolin]

I can definitely see us being interested in someone in the Longstaff mould. Say Gana stays and Doucoure goes, you're potentially talking about having Gana, Garner, Iroegbunam and then maybe Armstrong for the deeper midfield positions. Only one of them has significant top level experience and he'll be 36. 2 of them have very little experience at all at this level, 1 of them may even be out on loan again. It wouldn't surprise me at all if Moyes thought he needed another experienced head in there on the cheap.

 

[Raino85]

He is probably worth it tbh, he has an extremely high ceiling level, id sooner spend money on Doak than someone like Rigg, we haven't really been linked with any better wide players from what I have seen so far.

Cheaper option would probably be Tyrys Dolan form Blackburn who's contract is up this summer, he's had a similar output to Doak, is more workmanlike than the next Bergkamp, but for a free transfer, would represent good value for money.

Even if he didnt do much after a year we could probably flip him for £6-8m minimum

 

[Zatara]

There is definitely a narrative that we won't have much to spend.
£15/20m is nothing for a player these days.

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He's talking 8 players.

If it was 8 then half would be loans I'd expect.

 

[Raino85]

This is simply incorrect. Most of those seasons listed Brighton spent about half of what Newcastle did, with the exception of 23/24 where Brighton spent 88m (still less than Newcastle by a decent amount). They only spent big last summer after making a killing off of player sales over a sustained period. Fwiw I can't stand Brighton, tinpot club and very annoying manager. Lets be honest though they've had an unbelievable run in the transfer market since sacking Hughton.

17/18 £70m
18/19 £90m
19/20 £61m
20/21 £50m
21/22 £75m - that is the year hey made there first big sale (Ben White)

Bear in mind that's during Covid too, that's a hell of a lot of money spent by there owner

Newcastle net spend since the Saudi's took over (bottom of the league with Jeff Hendrick in there team (£364m)

 

[Dwight K Schrute]

He's talking 8 players.

If it was 8 then half would be loans I'd expect.

Yeah, i get that. But, taking it down from that point still suggests that we don't have much money to spend. Particularly given the size of the rebuild. Supposedly, Moyes wants Coufal on a free, Soucek if we can get him for £25m apparently and now Longstaff- which would likely cost £15-20m. Would be an absolutely tragic waste of money that.

It sounds like we won't be anywhere near that spending. So, if it was 8 £15m players, that would equal £120m. So if nowhere near, maybe a budget to buy £80m of players amortised, if lucky. That would be 4 £20m players. And £20m buys you sod all (apart from Alcaraz). £40m will probably get you Longstaff and Soucek.