Summer Transfer Window 2025 Thread

[TheNinja]

The RS want £20m according to TheAthletic

Or they until they realised how much we've got to spend...

 

[MisterJ]

Don't know if it's been posted anywhere, but an interesting article from the Guardian on how transfers work

‘We dressed an actress as Elsa from Frozen’: the inner workings of a transfer deal

A group of leading experts anonymously give the lowdown on how players are bought and sold, including the transfer market’s peculiar quirks

www.theguardian.com

 

[ValBlue]

Would we be better going for Doak and Fellows instead of Dibling potentially instead?

Doak yes, Fellows no.

I don’t get the Fellows hype to be honest, when you look at his assist numbers, a lot of them were low% chances that the strikers did well with. How many of those translate to the prem? Not many id presume. He’s not rapid, is he a good dribbler? Can he score? If his only standout attribute is crossing, then we already have that in McNeil.

May as well take a punt for similar or less money on the continent.

If the RS want 20 for doak as suggested, you could get doak and McAtee for the price of a dibling…fellows is a cut below

 

[mikel_88]

Or they until they realised how much we've got to spend...

Also depends if other teams go in aswell palace if enze goes brentford ect.

 

[Kevsleftpeg]

I am not out of my element at all.

“Remain silent”

As if I would fall for that baiting none sense.

I know your type, if we do manage to sign the lad or someone else who is decent you will be right in there goading people with that soft arse bed wetting jibe routine once again.

100% I will.

 

[DaChunk]

Dire situation now witht he time ticking away and still missing our key positions

 

[jimmythenut]

Or they until they realised how much we've got to spend...

I wouldn't mind us waiting until the final hour of deadline day for this one. Offer 16 to 20. Can broker the deal over a pint in the Lisbon and medical Pall Mall before window closes.

 

[Daytripper]

100% I will.

You said it mate

 

[Marius57]

It does if you have to pay £50m in one payment

I get that. But that’s a cash issue (there are ways for the owners to circumvent that). In my view we clearly set a budget for this position circa £40/45 and aren’t willing to really go higher.

Which I agree with, until we don’t have any other options/the options that we can get are massive drop offs.

 

[raiseyoureyebrow4thewin!]

I’d rather spend £20m on doak than £50m on Dibbling.

Tbf I’d heard of neither until June/July this year

neither have most folks until we started bidding for dibbling.

if the likes of Chelsea really wanted him, this long over drawn drama is over quickly, eg delap

 

[NathDogg]

I’m beginning to think the Delap link has gone cold.

Thanks Alan.

 

[Curtis]

Its okay guys we can just wait until the next Moyes press conference then we'll analyze how much he is sweating to determine the status of the current deals that being lined up, we're looking for flop sweat here

 

[Brett Angell Delight]

Not at all, i just think it’s disappointing a key position in the team that is a major weakness at present still hasn’t been sorted with the league soon to start.

Massively disappointing mate, I agree. We’ve demonstrably tried to fix it though and came up short. I just get wound up when the same people decrying perceived inaction start moaning about how much time we’ve spent trying to fix the problem.

Southampton have got far too full of themselves there, and as a result they’ve either goosed themselves out of a sale altogether or made it so the player is gonna have to force a move. Neither is a good look for them, but that can’t have been something we’d have foreseen, especially when it seemed they were happy to do business early doors.

 

[Brett Angell Delight]

Doak yes, Fellows no.

I don’t get the Fellows hype to be honest, when you look at his assist numbers, a lot of them were low% chances that the strikers did well with. How many of those translate to the prem? Not many id presume. He’s not rapid, is he a good dribbler? Can he score? If his only standout attribute is crossing, then we already have that in McNeil.

May as well take a punt for similar or less money on the continent.

If the RS want 20 for doak as suggested, you could get doak and McAtee for the price of a dibling…fellows is a cut below

Are chances not low percentage because of how easy the assister makes them to slot?! Would see that as a good thing, myself.

 

[Bluewolf]

Antonio... really?!

Yeah, apparently hes training with us and toffeetv said he's being considered as a option for 3rd choice striker.