Summer Transfer Window 2025 Thread

[hktoffee]

Let’s move on then. If he doesn’t want to be here that’s fine.

 

[ToffeeTim]

Honestly, do you think this is true? It may not be clear to us, but the club will have it sorted.

No multi-million pound company could run well without clear structure, which is why Moshiri failed so badly. TFG are proper businessmen, you can bet your bottom dollar this is clear within the club.

I hope you are right but time will tell. I'm pretty surprised our squad is still so small this far into pre season.

 

[SLAVEN BILIC]

Once Roma have completed their key business attention can be turned towards getting signings done at the secondary club Everton. That's what people joked and that's what is becoming a reality. Hit Moyes with a big no interview rule until it's too late and we're going into the season with McNeil playing RW

Roma signings - 0
Everton signings - 3

 

[blue to the bone]

Very very few footballers would have us as their first choice.. why would they .
That's reality. We have to convince them otherwise or we will end up signing absolute dross.

 

[chicoazul]

There’s a sub group of Evertonians who actively want Everton to be a shambles so they festishise their perma angst and top blooness.

I am one of these people.

 

[Ragnar]

Roma signings - 0
Everton signings - 3

You know what he means. They have had deals worth 65m agreed over the weekend.

 

[BackRow PE6]

Do you think top players transfer values decrease over the window? The less time a selling club has to replace them, you think the lower they sell for?

That doesnt appear to be the case.

Not to mention that playing practice games with no natural right winger...well that kind of defeats the purpose of practicing doesnt it?

I don’t think we are in for ‘top’ players and I think we should avoid paying more than what we deem value for any player - we managed to trim £7.5m off Barry’s price taking that approach. Cost us a week.

This team knows how Moyes plays so not like they need to try stuff out against accy and Blackburn. Pre season is about fitness only. We’ve all seen enough of them to know form rarely translates into the league campaign

 

[brieverton]

Let’s move on then. If he doesn’t want to be here that’s fine.

They have to be making other offers in tandem. That says to Luiz' camp we're ready to move on if required, and do it soon. The worst thing is to hang on his signature for weeks and then he signs for Forest.

 

[BigBeto1]

All of them enquiries and hours preparing a bid and this is how he repays us ?!

 

[MikeH72]

Surely one straightforward phone call could’ve told us if he was interested in the move or not, and we could’ve found this out in June?

 

[BackRow PE6]

Why will getting in players "take time"...

You sound like a club plant.

Tell me why it doesn’t despite all the evidence otherwise?

 

[Rooney_Tunes]

If this is true, then he can FO.

 

[Zatara]

The new owners have invested heavily in the leadership team which is a strong sign of intent. We’ve spent £45m already. We tried for delap, missed out and got Barry. We might not get our first choices but I can see we have a plan for the first time in years

And we don’t have Bill and Moshiri clowning about

You can see a plan? You have to be kidding lol

Looks like a real slugfest for the lad, be a coup if we manage to get him i think.

McAtee? A coup?

Sigh...

Hammond negotiates the deals once Moyes et al sign off on making an offer. Kinnear has final approval on the financials of a deal. Two of the new four don’t join until September so this window is a first step on the path to how they want things to run in the future with Kinnear, Hammond, Moyes trying to build a functioning process with limited preparation. Some teething troubles are to be expected.

However, they know the task is to have a competitive 20 for match day one and a deep enough squad to cope with a season including a disruptive AFCON by the end of the window. They have to deliver against both targets. No excuses if tyey don’t. IF.

Yes its clear really

Moyes chooses player.
Hammond negotiates
Kinnear signs off

= Failure of a window so far.

Exactly. People saying the window has been a total disaster and we should all be in major panic mode and people saying everything will be fine it’s going to be a great window we’ll definitely get everything we need are just 2 sides of the same coin. The truth is it could go either way, and people are quite within their rights to be saying they think we’ve been a bit slow off the mark and might not do what we need to do. Obviously they may turn out to be wrong, but it’s a football forum in summer, it goes with the territory.

It has been a failure so far. Not sure how it could be argued otherwise?

Weve not improved the 11.

Weve not brought in the numbers.

2 areas of failure.

I've got to say I have some concerns over the structure of our recruitment team this summer. It's not clear who is in charge and it's not yet clear what is the plan.

Clue: Moyes is ALWAYS in charge.

 

[MikeH72]

Tell me why it doesn’t despite all the evidence otherwise?

Can you give any reasoning to back up why it does?

Serious clubs don’t do their key business in the last few weeks of the window. Feel free to provide examples of anyone that has done in the last few years.

 

[FinchFarmBlue]

If true, I'm not surprised. We aren't attractive, we are a pig in makeup in the footballing world.

Our catch 22.

So we need rather than want to improve our midfield.and attacking areas.

For arguments sake If no.Kubo, Luiz, Mcatee etc, is it taking a punt at Champ players and then even cheaoer backups/loans as understudies (not ideal for key areas) or do we go into the South American market again etc?

No transfer is a guarantee of course but it does seem to get riskier the more you move away from Strategy A. Not necessarily fee wise, rather are they going to hit thr ground running or can we get them in the team within a few games of signing?

I can't prove or disprove all of this is going on or not going on at Transfer HQ..

Hpwever, I don't envy them. That said, we have still bought a handful of decent signings in with almost both hands tied behind our backs in recent windows, do still hope yet.