Summer Transfer Window 2025 Thread

[Leylo]

An avalanche of doom mongering and soiled sheets.

Mongering who's he play for hanging on to anything here

 

[milks]

From the Ted Knutsen Transfer Flow mailer...

Still think this is a very probably loan option for us (at the last minute to mitigate costs) and he'd be a great acquisition.

 

[tellmema]

One year left on the contract no way they get 40M.

Max 25M...

Especially if his Nan puts pressure on.. no more Murray mints for you young lad. You sign that Everton toffee ting.

 

[Neiler]

The player hording has then meant Chelsea have brought in over 800m on sales since 2020 amd City close to 600m. Staggering amounts which apart from Chelsea's dice with PSR issues last year (prior to the sale of Women's team) means those clubs have that mostly put n the kitty too to buy again.

I think that is the point we can be successful and compete at mate, we need to be in for the youth players in recruitment that City and Chelsea are - im not talking about the established stars, im talking the underage players they sign from other clubs.

This is a key area to exploit, sure they will get a lot of them - but we can offer the pathway to the first team and future career. If we can match the market conditions.

The future isn't signing players under 23, its going to be at underage level.

Take Branthwaite as a case in point. Imagine developing four or five of him every year.

 

[pfim]

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From the Ted Knutsen Transfer Flow mailer...

Still think this is a very probably loan option for us (at the last minute to mitigate costs) and he'd be a great acquisition.

"Questing About." Well done Ted, add it to the jargon list.

 

[FinchFarmBlue]

That is nuts - we need to start buying players like this but simply cannot afford to - we can barely buy quality first teamers

Here's the table. Crazy innit

 

[Tony’s Carp]

Just on Kubo travelling with Sociedad to Japan.. appears there might be something called a ‘key player clause’…this snippet on Tottenhams Son was interesting:

Tottenham would miss out on as much as 75% of their fee for playing in Seoul if Son is not part of the touring squad. It is believed the fee would be halved were he to travel but not play in the game.

Sources believe the ‘key player clause’ meant that it was virtually impossible for Tottenham to even consider selling Son before the tour to Asia and the game in South Korea

Yeah I assume this is pretty standard in a case like that where one player is going to get bums on seats. Probably even more so with Sociedad / Kubo because there’s no draw there whatsoever without him.

 

[RichCee123]

Chelsea have obviously hoarded but I think City have just benefited from the Champions tax when they sold players. Lots from the ‘nearly good enough’ brigade.
We need to do better to attract the better kids to flog for more than a few quid.

 

[tellmema]

Moyes has proven that he's not the recruitment messiah some make him out to be.

I remain exceptionally uncomfortable that he's front and centre in the process this summer.

Stick with zat then...

 

[buskwhi2]

Especially if his Nan puts pressure on.. no more Murray mints for you young lad. You sign that Everton toffee ting.

Nan died before his grandad did unfortunately (there’s a post to kill the upbeat mood on here)

 

[FinchFarmBlue]

I think that is the point we can be successful and compete at mate, we need to be in for the youth players in recruitment that City and Chelsea are - im not talking about the established stars, im talking the underage players they sign from other clubs.

This is a key area to exploit, sure they will get a lot of them - but we can offer the pathway to the first team and future career. If we can match the market conditions.

The future isn't signing players under 23, its going to be at underage level.

Take Branthwaite as a case in point. Imagine developing four or five of him every year.

Absolutely. The 200k spent on that young keeper etc too. It's remarkable we are talking about u16 olayes at 3 and a bit Seamus's in value too

 

[caliblue]

I thought Bobb was going to be made available before he got the bad injury.

As mentioned, always been highly rated at City. Last season was going to be his big breakthrough, but injuries ruined the entire season.

Crazy story. Clips of 11 year old him went viral and top clubs from all over Europe wanted him. Moved to Porto as very young, but FIFA blocked the transfer. Case ended up at CAS. Moved back to Norway, signed for City's academy but had to wait a couple of years until he was 16 before being allowed to move.

Pretty sure he said last year that loan moves were off the table. He was at City to play and if they didn't play him, others wanted him. Ended up getting a new lucrative contract from City.

Having travelled all over Europe and visited and trained with big clubs, you'd expect him to leave England if he leaves City. Fantastic talent. Would be horrendous in Moyes' Everton team.

 

[Neiler]

Absolutely. The 200k spent on that young keeper etc too. It's remarkable we are talking about u16 olayes at 3 and a bit Seamus's in value too

When you actually look at what we have made selling players who have come through our academy and or have been recruited to the academy its actually a decent amount of money over the last five years - if we actually had a focus and a strategy on it, it would be a huge enabler.

City and Chelsea dont sign youth players to play them (with a few exceptions) they do it as revenue generator and it works, it funds their other activities and contributes to give them their PSR headroom.

I think we can be really competitive in the area they operate in - it wasn't so long ago under Moyes 1.0 - we were one of the most attractive clubs to come to for young players.

 

[bluestevon]

As mentioned, always been highly rated at City. Last season was going to be his big breakthrough, but injuries ruined the entire season.

Crazy story. Clips of 11 year old him went viral and top clubs from all over Europe wanted him. Moved to Porto as very young, but FIFA blocked the transfer. Case ended up at CAS. Moved back to Norway, signed for City's academy but had to wait a couple of years until he was 16 before being allowed to move.

Pretty sure he said last year that loan moves were off the table. He was at City to play and if they didn't play him, others wanted him. Ended up getting a new lucrative contract from City.

Having travelled all over Europe and visited and trained with big clubs, you'd expect him to leave England if he leaves City. Fantastic talent. Would be horrendous in Moyes' Everton team.

He's the one I think will make it at city actually.

 

[FinchFarmBlue]

When you actually look at what we have made selling players who have come through our academy and or have been recruited to the academy its actually a decent amount of money over the last five years - if we actually had a focus and a strategy on it, it would be a huge enabler.

City and Chelsea dont sign youth players to play them (with a few exceptions) they do it as revenue generator and it works, it funds their other activities and contributes to give them their PSR headroom.

Yes they have had that strategy for years you are spot on. I know there is plenty of doubts regarding the Friedken Group right now, but I recall point 2 of their 3 point plan being youth development. Will dig it out now.