Summer Transfer Window 2025 Thread

[Miked1e]

you say it like we’ve bought nobody

behave yourself

I said 1 new face in this week… how is that nobody?

Still 7-8 weeks into the window and bought 1 starter.

When we still have a gaping hole down the right side and somewhat average midfield.

 

[GT77]

But cannot understand why this was all not addressed several weeks back….

Clearly not our 1st choices if this was the case and now we seem to be onto 3rd/4th choices and leaving it all to the end of the window.

Because there's no way the selling teams would sanction those deals early without us overpaying? There's nothing in it for them to do that

 

[Miked1e]

Because there's no way the selling teams would sanction those deals early without us overpaying? There's nothing in it for them to do that

So we just wait it out and become more desperate right??

 

[Kevsleftpeg]

So we just wait it out and become more desperate right??

What's the alternative?

 

[Miked1e]

What's the alternative?

The alternative was to have a strategy / plan along with being decisive.

Now we are just stuck in no man’s land.

So you are right. We do not have much choice right now in the hope that demands are lowered or a miracle happens

 

[AmericanBlue]

The alternative was to have a strategy / plan.

Now we are just stuck in no man’s land.

So you are right. We do not have much choice right now in the hope that demands are lowered or a miracle happens

strategy plan didnt work for many teams. It's as they say, a seller's market.

 

[Miked1e]

strategy plan didnt work for many teams. It's as they say, a seller's market.

So thus far we have failed…. Right?

 

[MisterJ]

Shows where the market is at .

Why does it say Jamaican international if he's just been playing for the England U21s?

 

[Bluepablo]

Wouldn’t think he’s going to cost much more than dibbling might,


£300k p/w = approx £15m

£100k p/w plus amortisation over 5 years on £50 m = approx 15 m per year with the bonus that you aren’t committed to £40m amortisation balance. No upside from any potential onward sale though.

 

[Glasshalffull]

I said 1 new face in this week… how is that nobody?

Still 7-8 weeks into the window and bought 1 starter.

When we still have a gaping hole down the right side and somewhat average midfield.

Does a new face include double chin removal, botox lips and cheeks, and tattooed eyebrows?

 

[GT77]

So we just wait it out and become more desperate right??

Or they do. Do Man City realise that Grealish doesn't have a bigger market, do Southampton recognise that keeping Dibling from a big move may negatively affect them?

That's literally how it works.

 

[Blue peter]

Ibra, Eto, Ronaldinho, Foden, Grealish.

He's renowned for wanting players to play a very very specific system regardless of individuality mate.

Same with Ferguson really though with Rooney albeit was more to accommodate Ronaldo and Rooney had that footballing iq which allowed him to be flexible

 

[Kevsleftpeg]

The alternative was to have a strategy / plan along with being decisive.

Now we are just stuck in no man’s land.

So you are right. We do not have much choice right now in the hope that demands are lowered or a miracle happens

For the millionth time, we can’t make teams sell us their players. It really isn’t hard to understand.

 

[GT77]

So thus far we have failed…. Right?

What's the other strategy? Unless it's "Spot a load of great (unnamed) players going for a bargain"?

 

[Blue peter]

Ben Jacobs is on a par with Alan Myers. He works for talk sport and give me strength.

FTFY