Summer Transfer Window 2025 Thread

[NeilMorepies]

Isn't that what we've paid for him now?

12M or 15M in either Pounds or Euros going by random confused reports.

 

[NikNak8]

Tammy Abraham might be someone of interest to Moyes...Big Focal point,Prem experience,Half decent goal scoring record.

You'd imagine a deal would be easy enough to do with him being at Roma.

DCL no. 2

 

[Librarian]

I suppose I have rationalised that uncomfortable phenomenon as "you can prove anything with stats".

I know
Stupid 5 year long statistical anomaly

 

[Tel001]

The world record transfer fee for a defender is 80 mil

I think it is completely unrealistic to think that we would get a world record transfer fee for Branthwaite. Tarkowski has a better rating than him this season and he was a free signing.

If Huijsen went for 50 mil then I think teams are only going to pay around that figure for a young highly rated defender in this current market

Tarks is 33 mate and has 1-2 years left

JB has a decade of playing time and is still improving

 

[Tel001]

He l

ooks like my lovely neighbour (I’ve told her in the past)

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He looks like a young Gary Busey

 

[NeilMorepies]

He looks like a young Gary Busey

He probably shovels snow at a similar rate.

 

[Jebus_lives]

So far nothing has been confirmed, so nothing has been done. We should be accountable for the work that we delivered, not we try our best but we have nothing to answer for it. What matters is the actual signings, not the work to get those done. Season has finished for a week and yet we are still to announce 2 of the easiest deals we'll do this summer in alcaraz and gueye.

This is ironic given the post directly above your reply.

 

[Captain Bligh]

Are we still on for that Tom Fellows...fellow ?

No, we’re actively looking at that Fellows’ fellow fellow midfielder

 

[blueboy72]

Hamer would start for us in my opinion. People massively overrate our midfield. It’s not very good. Garner is an average player, Doucoure wasn’t very good. Iroegbunam is very young, Armstrong has potentially but is unproven. Alcaraz shows flashes. All of the wide options except Ndiaye are average.

If Hamer arrived tomorrow he’d start in this team no problem.

People get far too hung up on age. Gana is 35 and is getting a new deal. Hamer is 7 years younger than him. If he gave us 3 years service and got us back into Europe he’d then still only be 31.

Moyes is ultimately a better judge of a player than anyone on here and if he’s interested I’d back his judgement because it’s not often wrong with midfielders.

I’m all for NSNO but there needs to be a realignment of reality in this window. People saying they like the look of Cherki. He’s probably going to City. Everton are not going to drop money on some young attacking playmaker that fans have seen starring in European tournaments or top leagues. The CL clubs of Europe will sweep them up no doubt.

We need to make the next leg up to being a team that can qualify for any sort of Europe. It Moyes thinks Hamer helps bring the squad up to that level then I back him.

Hamer would start for us in my opinion. People massively overrate our midfield. It’s not very good. Garner is an average player, Doucoure wasn’t very good. Iroegbunam is very young, Armstrong has potentially but is unproven. Alcaraz shows flashes. All of the wide options except Ndiaye are average.

If Hamer arrived tomorrow he’d start in this team no problem.

People get far too hung up on age. Gana is 35 and is getting a new deal. Hamer is 7 years younger than him. If he gave us 3 years service and got us back into Europe he’d then still only be 31.

Moyes is ultimately a better judge of a player than anyone on here and if he’s interested I’d back his judgement because it’s not often wrong with midfielders.

I’m all for NSNO but there needs to be a realignment of reality in this window. People saying they like the look of Cherki. He’s probably going to City. Everton are not going to drop money on some young attacking playmaker that fans have seen starring in European tournaments or top leagues. The CL clubs of Europe will sweep them up no doubt.

We need to make the next leg up to being a team that can qualify for any sort of Europe. It Moyes thinks Hamer helps bring the squad up to that level then I back him.

It’s not his age im bothered about, it’s the fact he’s spent virtually his whole career in the lower leagues
He’s been playing left wing for Sheffield Utd, I doubt very much he’d be able to cope in centre mid in the premier league, he’s not playing left wing ahead of Ndiaye
So you’re saying he’s playing number 10 every week for a team that is pushing for top half and Europe ??

There’s not a chance he is more productive than Alcaraz and there’s no guarantee Alcaraz is a nailed on starter next season.

 

[Saint Domingo]

It’s not his age im bothered about, it’s the fact he’s spent virtually his whole career in the lower leagues
He’s been playing left wing for Sheffield Utd, I doubt very much he’d be able to cope in centre mid in the premier league, he’s not playing left wing ahead of Ndiaye
So you’re saying he’s playing number 10 every week for a team that is pushing for top half and Europe ??

There’s not a chance he is more productive than Alcaraz and there’s no guarantee Alcaraz is a nailed on starter next season.

I think he could play in a midfield three.

If Ndiaye is a nailed on starter from the left win then he is going to be floating inwards into that ten position (like Pienaar did). It would make sense then to have some pace on the right to come in off the wing when that does occur which might explain the interest in a Doak/Richarlison type. Hamer likes to play in that deeper inside left channel so could potentially drift between the holding mid and someone more attacking like Alcaraz on the other side.

It would be a very attacking line up for sure but people forget that as well as the cautious two holding mids Moyes used to play, he’d also sometimes play Osman and Arteta in a midfield two even in some big games. He’s not adverse to playing creative players together and getting them all on the pitch.

 

[Rooney_Tunes]

It’s not his age im bothered about, it’s the fact he’s spent virtually his whole career in the lower leagues
He’s been playing left wing for Sheffield Utd, I doubt very much he’d be able to cope in centre mid in the premier league, he’s not playing left wing ahead of Ndiaye
So you’re saying he’s playing number 10 every week for a team that is pushing for top half and Europe ??

There’s not a chance he is more productive than Alcaraz and there’s no guarantee Alcaraz is a nailed on starter next season.

Is this the fat chap?

 

[blueboy72]

I think he could play in a midfield three.

If Ndiaye is a nailed on starter from the left win then he is going to be floating inwards into that ten position (like Pienaar did). It would make sense then to have some pace on the right to come in off the wing when that does occur which might explain the interest in a Doak/Richarlison type. Hamer likes to play in that deeper inside left channel so could potentially drift between the holding mid and someone more attacking like Alcaraz on the other side.

It would be a very attacking line up for sure but people forget that as well as the cautious two holding mids Moyes used to play, he’d also sometimes play Osman and Arteta in a midfield two even in some big games. He’s not adverse to playing creative players together and getting them all on the pitch.

But he’s not playing in a 3 if we have a number 10, that’s not going to work and he’s not good enough to play Rigjt wing , I think he’s not good enough for where we want to go, left him go to Burnley or Leeds. I get we need a squad, but he will cost a lot of money to be a squad player, and the rumour is TFG don’t want to wasting money on older players, I think the only chance that happens, if for a very good player who starts every week and would make a big difference to the team

 

[blueboy72]

Is this the fat chap?

Yes he’s turned into Ruud Gullit over night

 

[Tipp blue]

….think the window opens tomorrow.

If we've not signed anyone by 10 tomorrow morning I'll be furious.

 

[PeregrineT]

If we've not signed anyone by 10 tomorrow morning I'll be furious.

Yeah, it's practically June already, and practically the end of the month...ffs what is kev doing???