Summer Transfer Window 2025 Thread

[MikeH72]

If a team doesn't have a replacement arranged they're more reticent to sell or if various teams are vying for a target at the same time it's not until a team is able to make progress with the club and the player before it can occur

Everyone else seems to be making signings without clubs stalling them to find their replacement. Even we did it with Barry. It’s not an excuse. We have a squad of 15 useable players.

 

[Rita_Poon]

Everyone else seems to be making signings without clubs stalling them to find their replacement. Even we did it with Barry. It’s not an excuse. We have a squad of 15 useable players.

useable for what though?

 

[MikeH72]

useable for what though?

Playing Premier League matches.

 

[jamieni]

useable for what though?

Getting a point at Accrington Stanley

 

[14_dollars]

Jokes aside,

Our youth who sit in the u21s until theyre 25 and then leave to play for Solihull Moors.

Haha. 35 year old Luke Garbutt.

 

[blue to the bone]

Why did Villarreal not stall us for Barry for this reason? Because it’s not a reason is why.

If you dont think that clubs are working on multiple deals at a time and looking at different options and scenarios then thats up to you .
I will disagree.
None of us know really .

 

[MACCA75]

I think your missing my point mate.

Lets say Kubo for instance, we may have some sort of agreement that he will come but not until his club find a replacement, do we wait?

Lets say Kubo is 1st choice and Gnonto is 2nd for arguments sake and we know we can get both.

Would you wait for Kubo in 4 weeks time or get Gnonto now?

We don’t know if that’s the case though.

It may be we haven’t got our targets lined up because of late internal appointments. It may be we are haggling over wages or fees. It may be we are waiting to see how the market pans out and what agents come to us with..

We don’t know. The closer we get to deadline day though, the more likely a Jack Harrison desperation signing becomes.

 

[Rita_Poon]

Playing Premier League matches.

Getting a point at Accrington Stanley

bogus on both counts.

 

[JLW]

Why would we have to wait? It’s important to state the potential reasons that could cause this scenario to occur.

When have we ever signed a priority target late in a window?

We have gone for the wait approach so many times in past and been burned and end up signing our 4th choice on deadline day in a flat panic

We have gone for the all in approach before that set us back nearly a decade.

Our targets might be only be available to us when the selling club has found their replacement.
We may get our fingers burnt waiting but it could work the other way also.

We all want players in now but this is new ownership now and i trust them to get it right more than the last regime.

 

[Bob Elstone]

As it stands, transfer wise we’ve not done much of note.

Despite the fanfare and promises we’ve extended contracts, made a loan a permanent and bought a youngster with potential.

Promises of ambitious elite players hasn’t delivered at all.

 

[Victus]

Haha. 35 year old Luke Garbutt.

 

[MACCA75]

Why? In what scenario would this take place?

Clubs all need a replacement lined up mate.

Apart from Everton obviously, as we can watch 11 players walk out the door and not have anything lined up at all.

 

[MikeH72]

If you dont think that clubs are working on multiple deals at a time and looking at different options and scenarios then thats up to you .
I will disagree.
None of us know really .

I definitely do disagree that we are doing that mate.

 

[MikeH72]

Clubs all need a replacement lined up mate.

Apart from Everton obviously, as we can watch 11 players walk out the door and not have anything lined up at all.

What if all the other clubs are waiting til deadline day to secure their top targets as well though?!?

 

[Toffe3m4n]

Alcaraz dragged on and we paid the clause anyway. Barry is a rotation and Travers is a backup player.

We haven't signed a single player to strengthen the first 11.

I think that is very poor indeed.

Barry will. Fairly confident of that tbh.