Summer Transfer Window 2025 Thread

[OneTrueLegend]

They already turned down 35m from forest

Maybe, but the prices change across the window, at the start of the window Man City turned down £25m for McAtee, now he is going to Forest for £20m

 

[Curtis]

Alvarez would be a very good pickup.. but what money we talking there?

I haven't seen any numbers but for 20-25 million I'd be satisfied with the transfer

 

[get-your-coat-on]

Edson Alvarez ……. Watch this space

Yeah interesting, looks like Potter wants to bring in somebody else and they need to flog him. Could get a good deal there.

 

[raiseyoureyebrow4thewin!]

Oh aye just what we need..another LW

even older than Grealish.

but he's very effective, and could provide cover for Ndiaye during afcon. also can play as false nine I think

 

[Toffe3m4n]

Post Grealish and KDH, I personally would be disappointed if we keep targeting that age profile in our additional business. It’s not a slight on those deals, I think both have good rationale. EPL experience of course could still mean someone under 25, if certain veteran quality is cheap enough, fair game as stop gaps. But the window has teetered between future oriented deals, to then present value contributors. I for one can understand the current overall additions collectively, but ultimately to avoid Moshiri mistakes our eyes in transfers has to predominantly be in two to three years time, not simply next week.

Haven't we pretty much done that though?

Barry & Aznou very young and should hope to develop here over the next few years. Dibling ditto, even though of course that one is still a big question mark in terms of actually bringing him here full stop.

Travers, KDH & Grealish are not only clear Premier League-level operators but they are genuinely good players who raise the overall quality of the squad, which is typical of those types of players in the 26-30 years old bracket.

I'd say that's a pretty sound balance so far. All of the wide forwards we've been targeting have been ~25 years old and I'd be amazed if any DM we bring in now before the end of the window isn't also a seasoned (i.e. older) PL-level operator given what the role entails.

 

[DualityNSNO]

Your intial post complained we haven't been fast since we got back from America, we've signed 2 players since we got back and trying for a 3rd before Monday.

If you stop staring at your phone 24/7 maybe the transfer window won't seem so slow paced.

It did, cuz that was the excuse then, that we can't do signings properly cuz it takes time/effort and apparently the entire club staff was in America - we came back and did the best deal possible - quick and well priced - for KDH, then have been thinking about/sniffing/trying/sending faxes for Dibling and Grealish, the links for whom surfaced about 10 days ago. Sorry I want us to be efficient with this in the "new era", I'll stop and wait for deadline day as is tradition.

FWIW I almost never use my phone for GOT, I'm currently bored at work if anything and I'm on here, waiting for the next xx:00/xx:30 time slot for the Grealish announcement and cringe video But nice try mate.

 

[Nymzee]

It did, cuz that was the excuse then, that we can't do signings properly cuz it takes time/effort and apparently the entire club staff was in America - we came back and did the best deal possible - quick and well priced - for KDH, then have been thinking about/sniffing/trying/sending faxes for Dibling and Grealish, the links for whom surfaced about 10 days ago. Sorry I want us to be efficient with this in the "new era", I'll stop and wait for deadline day as is tradition.

FWIW I almost never use my phone for GOT, I'm currently bored at work if anything and I'm on here, waiting for the next xx:00/xx:30 time slot for the Grealish announcement and cringe video But nice try mate.

Phone/PC, the sentiment was to maybe stop obsessing over how long transfers take and when they're announced (who cares when Grealish is announced).

A watched pot never boils and all that.

 

[Blue_Berry]

Disagree. The way he’s worded that tweet is like a statement, not an opinion. He’s been fed that information today.

The first sentence is a statement, and it says nothing that isn't now well out in the public domain. The rest is his 'suggestion' of what's 'likely'. It's you who's imagining this is club-speak mate!

 

[SupaStake]

Soooo… would you have dcl back?

 

[OneTrueLegend]

Not impress with him, looks lightweight and isn’t the quickest.

I have seen mostly highlights, but when we played them at Goodison he was the quickest player they had and caused problems on their right hand side for us. he got 3 goals and 2 assists in a relegated team. He is an upgrade on Lindstrom and Harrison

 

[Blue_Berry]

Cheers, Al!

I'm not apologising for him!

I mean it's funny. It's like The Life of Brian - he's just saying stuff and everyone's looking for tablets of stone!

 

[DualityNSNO]

Phone/PC, the sentiment was to maybe stop obsessing over how long transfers take and when they're announced (who cares when Grealish is announced).

A watched pot never boils and all that.

Yeah, I'll just wait for deadline day and look forward to players out of position as we didn't act on time.

dgaf when Grealish is announced, I'm just waiting for it while bored at work as I said, the overall point stands - we're taking our time and we can't afford to.

 

[Curtis]

Prem experience klaxon

I think when the phrase premier league experience preferred is employed, somewhere Dyche is experiencing titillation

 

[MikeH72]

I have seen mostly highlights, but when we played them at Goodison he was the quickest player they had and caused problems on their right hand side for us. he got 3 goals and 2 assists in a relegated team. He is an upgrade on Lindstrom and Harrison

I mean, that’s absolutely terrible.

 

[RichCee123]

Soooo… would you have dcl back?

We need a RB not a RWB