Summer Transfer Window 2025 Thread

[Mr Happy]

I went to San Sebastián in April and went to watch Sociedad.
They lost 2-0 and were awful on the day but I remember thinking Kubo looked very good, quick, tricky and worked hard.
San Sebastián is fantastic by the way and well worth a visit.

Food heaven !

 

[FinchFarmBlue]

Absolutely mate...touch wood we come through the season pretty much unscathed.

Can't disagree with any of the above,the manager lives and dies by his decision.

One thing also told me is out budget may not be what we think it is.

Moyes has mentioned European qualification without saying it is what he expects or what's expected of him next season. It looks like the horse punchers and Forest are falling foul of UEFA's 80% squad cost rule this coming season, following Villa's and Chelsea sanctions this year. From the transfer committees point of view, with our tighter headroom until we know more accurately what the actual boost to revenues will be from the New Stadium and other ventures the owners are involved in; are we simply taking a more cautious approach,not necessarily by necessity though?

 

[Librarian]

Surprise me Everton

 

[FinchFarmBlue]

Surprise me Everton

We need a Felli type announcement to get us going, just times 8 or 10 occasions.

 

[KnockFourTimes]

kubo

 

[OzarkBlue]

West ham fans think Brownhill is signing for them, the rumours are he has bought a house in Essex.

Yes, please Hamsters. Take Brownhill off the market.

 

[Curtis]

Heard through friend the we r in for real sociedad winger called kubo don't know much about him

That would actually make sense since Hammond apparently played a role bringing in japanese players at Celtic (along with Ange) and Ao Tanaka at Leeds

 

[pfim]

Heard through friend the we r in for real sociedad winger called kubo don't know much about him

He's the Japanese Messi, or something.

 

[FinchFarmBlue]

That would actually make sense since Hammond apparently played a role bringing in japanese players at Celtic (along with Ange) and Ao Tanaka at Leeds

They seem to have kept the bug at Celti, having signed another the other day too. It's a market we definitely need to tap into.

 

[Curtis]

They seem to have kept the bug at Cektic too having signed another the other day too. It's a market we definitely to tap into.

I Absolutely concur , I've wanted a japanese player here since we used to get frequently linked to keisuke Honda, we should also be looking at the South Korean league as well

 

[JobForTheMoyes]

Kubo!!!

 

[Exeter_Gently]

Great little player Kubo.

 

[Curtis]

He's the Japanese Messi, or something.

Hey at least he's not considered the Japanese Jack Harrison

 

[windymiller]

At drastically reduced wages which is why they didn’t stay and we knew they wouldn’t

I’d have kept Doucoure on if he halved his wage which is about what he was worth but he was never actually going to

My point is we were happy to keep the "deadwood", as you described them, under certain terms. Whereas you were describing them leaving, alongside a non-playing as some sort of masterful strategy by the club.

 

[pfim]

Hey at least he's not considered the Japanese Jack Harrison

True...

He's a tidy player, been a regular in La Liga since he was 18 years old.