Summer Transfer Window 2025 Thread

[toffeeblue9]

Just to add, I'd be rather impressed if we brought in Tagliafico on a free. There would be serious competition between him and Mykolenko at LB.



Why not look at it as having Argentina's left back join on a free. He then fights it out with Mykolenko every day in training and on the pitch for a starting place.

The possible £10-20mil budgeted for a LB can then be added to the budget for a different position and we could bring in a top attacking right back (e.g Wesley, Flamengo).

I'd be very happy with this.

I don't really see it that way tbh. You could probably assume from some of my posts that I don't like Mykolenko - that wouldn't actually be true. I think he's a really, really capable defensive left back and extremely reliable and I wouldn't want to sell him, but (assuming we all agree that we at the very least need competition for him) what I'd be looking for is someone with the profile to contribute in areas he doesn't give you as much. Tagliafico is a perfectly decent player, but similar sort of profile (albeit a fair bit older). If we don't have the money to stretch to upgrading on Mykolenko this summer, I'd rather we looked at a loan deal for someone more appropriate

 

[davids]

Keane as 4th choice CB to save us from signing a replacement this summer wouldn't be a bad thing

He's 32 though and will want to go and play every week somewhere

I'm not so sure he does. I'd imagine he trains well and fits in well in the dressing room,but when he crosses the white line he's a bag of nerves.Sitting on our bench picking up a decent wage would suit him down to the ground.