Summer Transfer Window 2025 Thread

[Nymzee]

Surprisingly the 3 promoted teams seems to get players done easily.

However the teams we are competing of getting players now like Wolves, Palace, Fulham also struggle.

The biggest difference is that almost none of these teams needs up to 10 signings over the summer.

Promoted teams are desperate to stay up so offer higher fees and likely higher wages than required.

 

[ToffeeScot]

People need to realise that no matter who we sign there will be some issues. We will not be signing the players that are quick, skillful, have great footballing IQ, strong, tall, had a great last season, young etc all in the same player. Some compromises are just inevitable because we can't splash 100 million on one player.

Pace is one such thing that some people seem wound up. If you want a real rocket at our prices something else has to give. Probably skill, iq, passing and/or shooting. If we are really lucky, we can sign one without those issues but who had a poor last season.

I agree with this, we aren't going to get the full package in most signings, but that's also why it's important to complement those signings where they're deficient. We have had a real problem with creativity and end product in the past few seasons and someone like Dibling doesn't appear to solve that from day one as it's where he needs to improve. He has extremely good qualities in his dribbling and ball carrying ability, aswell as his pace so his potential is clear but patience is going to be key with him. With that in mind, being able to sign another player who does appear to have end product and experience to their game would be good.

 

[Thomasc]

The biggest difference is that almost none of these teams needs up to 10 signings over the summer.

They do though, just to be able to compete in the PL.

 

[_jamlev]

Every signing is risky but Dibling has huge upside I think.

I imagine a video of Kubo at age 19 would look somewhat similar. Both left footers who play on the right and both skillful.

The going rate for wingers in this window seems to be 50mil+, so it's inevitable Dibling's value is a bit inflated, but if we're confident we can develop him and turn the skill into end product then I think it's a good signing.

Fofana for the same price is a better signing but we want players in and this looks like it'll happen much faster than any of our more ambitious deals.

Another bid and we could have him in the team by the end of next week.

 

[ToffeeScot]

Promoted teams are desperate to stay up so offer higher fees and likely higher wages than required.

Also willing to put in silly release clauses like Delap had.

 

[UltraVires]

He's quite similar to Ndiaye. Pacy and an excellent dribbler but needs to up his end product and contribution. I like it as a signing for the future if he can tighten up that part of his game but he's going to need time. If we do sign him we really need to sign another who is able to contribute more from day one. My worry is we pack the team with pacy dribblers but nobody who is able or has a track record of creating or scoring.

Is he actually that pacy though? From what I have read, he isn’t really. He’s tricky and can run with the ball but he’s not going to beat a man for speed on the outside from what I’ve read others say who have watched him more than me

 

[UltraVires]

Insane dribbler, very little end product. The latter pretty much to be expected at age 19 and on by far the worst team in the league. The gamble is if you can teach him to do the useful things at the end of the dribble - if you can, world-beater. If not, he becomes Adama Traore mk 2

In that case, I suppose having him around Grealish may allow him to pick up some tricks Grealish has learnt because they sound like very similar players. We just need to bring a bit of pace into the team too

 

[Delargeinho]

Promoted teams are desperate to stay up so offer higher fees and likely higher wages than required.

Strangely out of these teams, Luton have performed the best.

But I can understand we didn't go in for Walker (not good enough anymore) or Xhaxa (could be good for 2-3 seasons), but 20m and high salary and was last season not on the level as in the title winning season of Leverkusen.

 

[ToffeeScot]

Is he actually that pacy though? From what I have read, he isn’t really. He’s tricky and can run with the ball but he’s not going to beat a man for speed on the outside from what I’ve read others say who have watched him more than me

Personally think they are quick when ball carrying. Maybe others disagree.

 

[Tony’s Carp]

Promoted teams are desperate to stay up so offer higher fees and likely higher wages than required.

Tale as old as time. Club comes up, gets an enormous pile of PL money but has no players, agents and selling clubs eyes light up.

Promoted club looks like they are feasting, in reality they are being feasted upon.

 

[flibbyflob]

Surprisingly the 3 promoted teams seems to get players done easily.

However the teams we are competing of getting players now like Wolves, Palace, Fulham also struggle.

The biggest difference is that almost none of these teams needs up to 10 signings over the summer.

The promoted sides haven't signed one player on our radar. Easier to get them in if nobody else is chasing them. We perhaps have aimed the bar too high this summer but the deals we have done so far look good, get Dibling and I'd be very happy.

 

[Delargeinho]

They do though, just to be able to compete in the PL.

I guess the aim with Palace, Fulham and Wolves should be more than just surviving. Wolves struggled because of a bad manager as Everton in the first half.

I am not concerned, but as I said one week before, I wished and thought we assembled more by the end of July, since the situation of what we have was pretty clear in advance.

 

[Delargeinho]

The promoted sides haven't signed one player on our radar. Easier to get them in if nobody else is chasing them. We perhaps have aimed the bar too high this summer but the deals we have done so far look good, get Dibling and I'd be very happy.

I am totally fine with all the signings we got so far and it's good we just don't overspend on everyone like under Koeman. No idea about the internal processes, as good it is that not everything gets leaked anymore on an early stage, it feels at times that the board wasn't as prepared.

Probably have the same problem as Newcastle, they go in for very ambitious players, won a title last season and played CL football in 2 of the last 3 seasons, yet they only could have gotten Elanga and lost out on Trafford to City, Mbeumo to United and Etikete to Liverpool for example.

 

[Who's_up_for_cumpkins?]

One thing about Dwayne Dibley is he seems to drift in similar to N'Diaye on the opposite flank. Not saying this is an issue per se but we could become quite narrow in attack. Be interesting if we do go get him whether we go for a proper attacking right wing back who can overlap him and sling crosses. Seamus 2.0.

 

[buskwhi2]

"Why are you so obsessed"

Thought you were a bloke

Wowzers, never would have guessed

Pretty misogynistic
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