Summer Transfer Window 2025 Thread

[Vintage]

Habib Diarra, Baz from ToffeeTV has been raving about that guy for 6 months

Has Baz and Zat ever been seen in the same room together

 

[Osamabindiesel]

I don't think Moyes is allergic to youth per se. He certainly isn't the only one guilty of odd selections. One problem that we have had with many managers (I will give him the benefit of a doubt for now), is that they often favor seneriority, experience and past achievements over ability and potential. It's often illogical and beyond reason. Take O'Brien for example. How in the world he couldn't get a look in under Dyche defies all belief. He isn't the only one. It's "league experience" and all of the buzzwords that have little meaning when you keep falling short of where you need to be. There will always be a teachers pet. You just have to hope that pet doesn't suck.

 

[Jimmy Grimble]

I don't think Moyes is allergic to youth per se. He certainly isn't the only one guilty of odd selections. One problem that we have had with many managers (I will give him the benefit of a doubt for now), is that they often favor seneriority, experience and past achievements over ability and potential. It's often illogical and beyond reason. Take O'Brien for example. How in the world he couldn't get a look in under Dyche defies all belief. He isn't the only one. It's "league experience" and all of the buzzwords that have little meaning when you keep falling short of where you need to be. There will always be a teachers pet. You just have to hope that pet doesn't suck.

All managers have 1 goal: to win. They may have different ways of trying to achieve it, but that's the goal. If they don't do it, they very soon come under huge pressure. Therefore, they will play the percentages in a way that we as fans may disagree with, but we're not the ones getting the abuse and sacking when the gamble goes pear shaped.

 

[Zatara]

See links to Jarell Quansah for £30m today. No idea if hes any good but get the feeling £30m is a stretch, giving me Jordan I’ve to Bournemouth vibes.
Likewise a move for Leon Bailey, can’t see him doing enough defensively for a Moyes buy.

Quansah & Doak from the RS would be ideal for us.

Has Baz and Zat ever been seen in the same room together

Not even in the same country Habibi

 

[Eggs]

 

[mahermi1]

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We seem to be linked to an awful lot of centre halves which for me is worrying, when we clearly have much more important positions to fill, striker / winger.

 

[Zatara]

We seem to be linked to an awful lot of centre halves which for me is worrying, when we clearly have much more important positions to fill, striker / winger.

Aside from Quansah (who could be an ace replacement for Tarkowski) theyre all left sided.

All have played both LB & LCB so it appears as though they would provide competition for both Mykolenko & Branthwaite.

I suspect O'Brien will fit into the same role on the right side.

Less outlay and more capital to spend on other positions.

 

[Aries]

If there is a will, there is a way. We essentially have 2 pl stadiums as assets. We need to be creative with the accounts to give moyes the psr breathing room he needs to build that elite squad he talked about.

Jungle drums have the stadium naming rights signed sealed and delivered, but the club won’t announce until post July 1st and the new accounting period, solely for PSR purposes and to give more wriggle room in the transfer market this summer. They may have been criticised in Italy for some of their footballing decisions, but when it comes to finance, TFG excel and know exactly what they’re doing.

 

[Pabbers]

I think Coufal is out of contract, but, I believe that they want £20 million for Soucek, at his age that doesn't make sense.

Seen half that amount mentioned for Soucek, which is nothing really.

As long we blend with younger players, im all for what the Manager wants.

 

[Lanolin]

I don't think Moyes is allergic to youth per se. He certainly isn't the only one guilty of odd selections. One problem that we have had with many managers (I will give him the benefit of a doubt for now), is that they often favor seneriority, experience and past achievements over ability and potential. It's often illogical and beyond reason. Take O'Brien for example. How in the world he couldn't get a look in under Dyche defies all belief. He isn't the only one. It's "league experience" and all of the buzzwords that have little meaning when you keep falling short of where you need to be. There will always be a teachers pet. You just have to hope that pet doesn't suck.

It doesn't really. Moyes has done well to identify that he may be able to do a job out of position at right back and he deserves to take credit for that. It doesn't really defy belief that another manager didn't do the same thing. He isn't a right back (and at times has genuinely looked quite poor and uncomfortable out there which we gloss over a lot) but Moyes has found a way to utilise him for the good of the team. Whether he would have done as well in the Dyche set up is a different question, and whatever we think of him Young did a pretty solid job in that set up this season. We need to avoid doing what we did with Godfrey with O'Brien, assuming that a few good performances filling in out of position is indisputable evidence that they're going to be phenomenal playing centre half.

 

[NikNak8]

I know how the Everton transfer window works: if it gets a decent bid it goes.

Not much more to it than that.

If you dont agree then you haven't been paying attention for the last 30 years.

Pretty sure thats how it works at every club. Every player has a price, if they get offered that price then he is sold.
Some teams may value players more than others due to their success but the key is having good succession planning. Its ok to sell a player but who is going to replace them? They ned to be nearly as good with the potential to be as good or better.

 

[davek]

Pretty sure thats how it works at every club. Every player has a price, if they get offered that price then he is sold.
Some teams may value players more than others due to their success but the key is having good succession planning. Its ok to sell a player but who is going to replace them? They ned to be nearly as good with the potential to be as good or better.

No. Some clubs get to decline any offers and keep their players and sell them for top whack on their own terms.

Everton take what's on offer after months of saying 'no sale' and then telling everyone they got top dollar for a player who pushed for a transfer.

Amazes me how many of our own fans continually fall for the utter BS the club feeds them and they never question any of it.

 

[knowing your history]

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Had a good game v England in the Euros last summer. Decent age for a CB to replace Keane. Actually according to the graphic he played LB v England so could be used like Lescott was when he first joined if that is the case.

 

[Kevsleftpeg]

No. Some clubs get to decline any offers and keep their players and sell them for top whack on their own terms.

Everton take what's on offer after months of saying 'no sale' and then telling everyone they got top dollar for a player who pushed for a transfer.

Amazes me how many of our own fans continually fall for the utter BS the club feeds them and they never question any of it.

Which players are you thinking of? We did well on Lescott, Stones, Lukaku, even Iwobi. Rooney should have gone for much more.

 

[trueblue84]

We seem to be linked to an awful lot of centre halves which for me is worrying, when we clearly have much more important positions to fill, striker / winger.

We will be linked with about 50 players this summer (as we always are). We won't sign 50 players.

It's just idle speculation from second rate journos.