Summer Transfer Window 2025 Thread

[dutchblue54]

Wasting our time. Move on, we don’t have time to waste.

with Bobble saying Dibling has been granted permission to speak to us you would think a deal can be done. It seems more about the payment structure

 

[Bluewolf]

Hopefully that includes about £10m of add ons

All he did was play in the Europa conference for them last season

 

[Tony’s Carp]

45 million GBP can’t be a million miles from Kubo and Fofana at this point. Think Kubo’s release clause is 60 million EUR which is what Sociedad were demanding.

But to trigger it you need to pay the full figure up front. That’s the massive stumbling block there.

 

[Saint Domingo]

They’d have already sold him to Liverpool for 15 mill by now and bought an academy player you’ve never heard off them for 20 mill in return.

 

[rochdaleblue]

Huge risk. £40-£45m on one player.

On largely potential. We need the finished article to walk into our starting 11 to improve our team, for that type of outlay.

 

[DL100]

45 million GBP can’t be a million miles from Kubo and Fofana at this point. Think Kubo’s release clause is 60 million EUR which is what Sociedad were demanding.

Difference is Fofana doesnt want to play for us.

 

[MikeH72]

They’d have already sold him to Liverpool for 15 mill by now and bought an academy player you’ve never heard off them for 20 mill in return.

This has got nothing to do with Liverpool and everything to do with our shambles of a recruitment team.

 

[DL100]

On largely potential. We need the finished article to walk into our starting 11 to improve our team, for that type of outlay.

the finished article to walk into our starting 11 to improve our team

You dont get that for £45m!

 

[Marcus Kendall]

On largely potential. We need the finished article to walk into our starting 11 to improve our team, for that type of outlay.

No risk at all and he'll be a first teamer in no time after a bedding in period which managers like to do with new signings. Ditto Barry and Aznou

 

[rochdaleblue]

the finished article to walk into our starting 11 to improve our team

You dont get that for £45m!

Luiz would.

 

[DL100]

The Dibling fee just feels standard now for an English prospect with PL experience.

We sold Gordon for £40-45m

 

[hktoffee]

How many targets do the recruitment teams have in mind for RM? Bakayoko (gone for €18m), Conceição (gone for €32m), Kubo (release clause €60m?). To pay £40m plus for a kid…English players are overpriced.

 

[Bluewolf]

Tbf how much did we pay for richarlison? that was about 6 years ago.

Daft as it sounds £50m including add-ons for a young highly rated english player with a year PL experience is the going rate in this market.

 

[DL100]

Luiz would.

But he's a 27 year old CM.

Different market completely

 

[BigBeto1]

Straight out of the Sigurdson negotiation book. Walk away, let the player force the move if he really wants to come