Summer Transfer Window 2025 Thread

[Donegal blue]

It'd be great if we start our 'splurge' with a statement signing of this sort. Something to get the juices flowing.

What a player he was, we will be doing really to get someone in the door as good.

 

[Exeter_Gently]

What a player he was, we will be doing really to get someone in the door as good.

Imagine how much he'd be worth today.

Incredible player.

 

[Neiler]

It'd be great if we start our 'splurge' with a statement signing of this sort. Something to get the juices flowing.

Oh, when I look back now
That summer seemed to last forever............

 

[BlueBarrow]

What a player he was, we will be doing really to get someone in the door as good.

Absolutely loved him.
Shame that he had some off field issues.
Great player , rapid , skillful and direct.

 

[Donegal blue]

Absolutely loved him.
Shame that he had some off field issues.
Great player , rapid , skillful and direct.

You would swear the ball was stuck too his feet, he would make it look so effortless, yes crackin player.

 

[den]

Bit random this.

He and Branthwaite just followed each other on Instagram a few days ago.

 

[Neiler]

He and Branthwaite just followed each other on Instagram a few days ago.

Bit of a weird one Southampton loaned him out last season.

 

[Drico]

I remember being astounded when we pulled that off. I’m still not quite sure how we managed it.

Signings of that calibre have been few and far between.

I think the only signing that’s wowed me to a remotely similar degree since has been Lukaku.

Even Lukaku wasn't the finished article when he signed - Kanchelskis certainly was. We'd just won the cup and were ideally placed to take advantage of United's internal strife. Wasn't that the summer Ferguson also rid himself of Ince and Hughes?

No, this was the last truly thrilling signing for me. Tony Cottee was another one in the late 80s. Despite scoring 99 goals for us, that one didn't really work out how we'd hoped either.

 

[Donegal blue]

What would you get for

Imagine how much he'd be worth today.

Incredible player.

5.5 million these days.

 

[Leylo]

It'd be great if we start our 'splurge' with a statement signing of this sort. Something to get the juices flowing.

Loved him remember him smashing 2 in at the pit I was in the main stand got tea and coffee lashed at me left right and center was great

 

[Neiler]

What would you get for

5.5 million these days.

Collymore broke the transfer record that summer for £8.5 mill.

 

[Curtis]

He and Branthwaite just followed each other on Instagram a few days ago.

If your instincts are proven correct and he signs for Everton, you take that as a sign to become a private detective, as that would be impressive sleuthing

 

[Makis]

Might be a stupid question but aside from the Club World Cup is there a reason the Transfer Window doesn't line up with PSR?

They have nothing to do with each other. PSR is based on club's losses which in turn is calculated per financial year. And I think these days end of financial year is end of June for every club. They don't calculate what the loss is on TDD.

 

[Neiler]

They have nothing to do with each other. PSR is based on club's losses which in turn is calculated per financial year. And I think these days end of financial year is end of June for every club. They don't calculate what the loss is on TDD.

Wolves still end their financial year on the 31st of May mate.

We used to end our financial year in May pre Moshiri as well.

 

[catcherintherye]

Might be a stupid question but aside from the Club World Cup is there a reason the Transfer Window doesn't line up with PSR?

Basically mate, PSR is based around the Income Statement, and is effectively a form of adjusted EBITDA.

Essentially analysis the profits a business makes, with deductions allowed.

As football clubs are businesses they tend to do accounts April-April. I'm not sure why that is, but it's the established business cycle.

Transfer windows/seasons don't fit around that.

So you just have two different sets of needs running in parallel to each other.