Summer Transfer Window 2025 Thread

[Saint Domingo]

True , we don't want that half but we want to be scouting and finding good players from the lesser known leagues . We just seem to go for the obvious players.

Aznou, Barry, Alcaraz were these obvious?

Even the likes of Branthwaite, Mykolenko, Ndiaye. Were these very obvious signings at the time?

 

[NikNak8]

Because clearly at least part of the strategy this summer was to look to the future mate. Think Travers is a cracking little signing personally.

Also have to consider what happens if Pickford is out for an extended period. He could end up being our most important signing but hopefully not...

 

[PhilRegan]

Villa seem to have done well enough with recruitment when they've had money, albeit they've spent quite a lot and are paying the price now. From the point of view of attracting players, before the CL and as a side that have a more chequered recent history than ours.

Newcastle and villa are excluded from the example list mate , have to try again there

 

[Shibbywiggles]

Well our manager doesn’t agree with you.

He shouldn’t, he doesn’t want us to be as good as last season, neither do I

But I’d rather we tried to be significantly better than settled for buying players that Bournemouth and Brighton want as was the earlier example

 

[bitterbloo157]

So Transfer deadline is 7pm on September 1 - so Nick Hammond and his team have 29 days (835 hours) to find 6-7 players

4+ loans spots to use (Grealish/Luiz etc)
Some useful free transfers (Brownhill / Semedo/Calabria/Coufal)
And I’d imagine £100m to spend on 2-3 perm quality signings

Appreciate we’re going after the best (elite) players for RW/AM/CM positions but we now need target to out of favour rough diamonds like when we signed Ndiaye, Alcaraz etc

Moyes interview overnight and Kinnear flying back to UK has now flicked the switch and I’d expect the media to leak more new names over the next week (Maitland-Niles & Assane Diao etc) and some concrete bids where players are interested.

Malick Fofana - is waiting for UCL teams to bid for him .. but those suitors don’t seem to be interested at the price Lyon want or have moved on to other targets.

Still time for a decent squad to be assembled so have faith - UTFT

 

[NikNak8]

What? He is a keeper that will sit on the bench for 2 years until we sell him?

Most of your posts are giving out about not having appropriate depth in positions and now you say we dont need a decent back-up keeper. Maybe your pal Onyango could cover for him? Jesus wept.......

 

[BITTER TWISTED & BLUE]

Last day of the window signing,ready to hit the ground running.

 

[Miked1e]

I’m not happy, I literally don’t care
I’ll care what happens against Leeds

Fair enough, yes let's see what happens.

 

[Makis]

Clubs like Brighton and Bournemouth have already sold their best players by now.

Fans only seem to want the nice half of the model that Brighton Brentford Bournemouth carry out. Want to start the window by selling Pickford Branthwaite Ndiaye? Didn’t think so.

Eh. They don't have to sell all of their good players, they sell when offer is high enough. Just like we have done with Branthwaite. Had ManU offered 80 million last summer I suspect he'd been off.

If we can sign a player for 30 million and sell him for 80 two years from now, of course that's what's done. Don't kid yourself thinking otherwise.

 

[Makis]

If the elite clubs don’t swoop and we manage to pull off Fofana and or Luiz there are going to be a lot of people not allowed to celebrate because we should’ve snapped up worse players earlier

You seem incapable of reading. I suggest before s*tposting this sort of stuff you at least check what people have actually written.

 

[Tramps_mate]

So Transfer deadline is 7pm on September 1 - so Nick Hammond and his team have 29 days (835 hours) to find 6-7 players

4+ loans spots to use (Grealish/Luiz etc)
Some useful free transfers (Brownhill / Semedo/Calabria/Coufal)
And I’d imagine £100m to spend on 2-3 perm quality signings

Appreciate we’re going after the best (elite) players for RW/AM/CM positions but we now need target to out of favour rough diamonds like when we signed Ndiaye, Alcaraz etc

Moyes interview overnight and Kinnear flying back to UK has now flicked the switch and I’d expect the media to leak more new names over the next week (Maitland-Niles & Assane Diao etc) and some concrete bids where players are interested.

Malick Fofana - is waiting for UCL teams to bid for him .. but those suitors don’t seem to be interested at the price Lyon want or have moved on to other targets.

Still time for a decent squad to be assembled so have faith - UTFT

Transfers should now be all that Kinnear focuses on.. Without a team there is no club for him to run!

 

[bluestevon]

100% every manager and fan knows this, unfortunately, we are in a situation where we cannot pay 17mil for players that are either a gamble or at least not ready to start in the prem(look at Chermiti). Our squad size and financial restraints mean we need to have players that are ready.

I imagine the plan is to buy ready to go players, get a foothold in the top half of the table, enjoy the exrta financial benefits that bring and THEN we can start on that model. Until then it is just not very viable.

There's also the very clear reason trams do t do this is that the extra season or two they spend after leaving say Belgium to play in France or Portugal is what they need to develop to the level they can play regularly in the Premier League.

If we buy someone straight from Belgium say there's a god chance he isn't ready and either stagnates getting very few minutes or is loaned out - we don't have the financial ability to be paying 10-15+m for a player who isn't ready to play.

Case in point if Chermiti would have moved to a French side there's a chance he may have ended up developing very nicely and have been getting brought to the premier league for 30m this season the way we did with Barry.

 

[Pabbers]

So Transfer deadline is 7pm on September 1 - so Nick Hammond and his team have 29 days (835 hours) to find 6-7 players

4+ loans spots to use (Grealish/Luiz etc)
Some useful free transfers (Brownhill / Semedo/Calabria/Coufal)
And I’d imagine £100m to spend on 2-3 perm quality signings

Appreciate we’re going after the best (elite) players for RW/AM/CM positions but we now need target to out of favour rough diamonds like when we signed Ndiaye, Alcaraz etc

Moyes interview overnight and Kinnear flying back to UK has now flicked the switch and I’d expect the media to leak more new names over the next week (Maitland-Niles & Assane Diao etc) and some concrete bids where players are interested.

Malick Fofana - is waiting for UCL teams to bid for him .. but those suitors don’t seem to be interested at the price Lyon want or have moved on to other targets.

Still time for a decent squad to be assembled so have faith - UTFT

We don't need 7 players!!!

Filling the squad with rubbish wont help either.

 

[Miked1e]

This squad minus Doucoure, Young and DCL who everyone said weren’t good enough, plus Barry and Aznou finished in a European position based off results since Moyes took over

Everything is fine

If Doucoure, Young, Harrison and DCL were all starters or at least 'adequate' replacements off the bench (ok minus the last one as never fit) and we have not replaced them nor did we think they were good enough, doesn't really give much confidence in the next level of players who are taking over their position in the team really does it?

Or then the bench.

 

[Makis]

This squad minus Doucoure, Young and DCL who everyone said weren’t good enough, plus Barry and Aznou finished in a European position based off results since Moyes took over

Everything is fine

So you think we don't need any more players in?