Summer Transfer Window 2025 Thread

[Baggzio]

To be honest I suspect the full back situation is one Moyes is reasonably happy with if everyone's fit. We have 2 decent (albeit not great) options and a 3rd less decent one for both positions:
LB: Mykolenko / Branthwaite / Aznou
RB: O'Brien / Garner / Coleman

I'd also be curious if he'd look at a back 3 of Tarkowski, O'Brien and Branthwaite, then use wingbacks, which probably suits the squad a lot more. When fully fit we're fine, it's the depth and injuries that really could mess with that, as we're seeing now.

 

[buskwhi2]

Garner is great in midfield, hope we don't see him at right back too often

Same but he’s not the worst cover for O’Brien (should Rohl be good enough to play in midfield)

 

[Nymzee]

Gimenez, Fort, Frendrup and Rohl will do me...

Let Tim, Armstrong, Onyango, Patterson leave on loan (ideally the latter on a perm tbh)
Get someone to buy McNeil off us

Be a good few hours!

Just prodding you here to wake up from the dream

 

[Zatara]

Everton keep trying for RB. They looked at both Geertruida (potentially off to Sunderland) and Maehle (can play both FB positions) over the past 48 hours. Both were quoted at £20m+ for loan plus options and we only wanted to commit about half of that. Ultimately it has been this valuation gap that has seen us draw a blank. We’ve potentially been unrealistic in our valuations but

I find it amazing that Thelwell had Wesley to go in Jan only for Moyes to stop it.

I was pretty confident Moyes must have something up his sleeve to do that.

But...here we are. Arguably the most important position for a few years has not been filled.

Mindblowing to me how posters can be happy with the window with this glaring hole.

 

[windymiller]

Gimenez, Fort, Frendrup and Rohl will do me...

Let Tim, Armstrong, Onyango, Patterson leave on loan (ideally the latter on a perm tbh)
Get someone to buy McNeil off us

Be a good few hours!

You been dropping acid?

 

[CielosGrises]

Gimenez, Fort, Frendrup and Rohl will do me...

Let Tim, Armstrong, Onyango, Patterson leave on loan (ideally the latter on a perm tbh)
Get someone to buy McNeil off us

Be a good few hours!

You must be very productive at work.

 

[Toffe3m4n]

Nope that’s not what I’m saying. I’m saying that both of those players can do a job if we can’t find long term right back who we feel is going to be quality.

Honestly, I’m getting proper shocked at the level of reading comprehension.

We could have easily have found *any* right back. But a right back who would have had a meaningful impact on the team and *any* right back is not the same thing.

I think we are waiting for the right player and are comfortable with what we have there in the meantime. You know, given we had the 4th best defence already last season and now have a better squad.

We're a weird bunch, aren't we?

Crying for any old RB considering that we already have 4 players at the club who play the position..

The idea is to bring players in who'll actually improve us - not just pad the numbers there.

The RB position has become a bit of an obsession for some considering that we still only have two left-backs after Aznou..

 

[MikeH72]

Gimenez, Fort, Frendrup and Rohl will do me...

Let Tim, Armstrong, Onyango, Patterson leave on loan (ideally the latter on a perm tbh)
Get someone to buy McNeil off us

Be a good few hours!

Mate we are not signing anyone other than Röhl.

 

[formerly manx toffee]

The wage bill should be down this year anyway.

If Patterson stays (as surely he must), that’s a squad of 23 (including 3 keepers). That’s just about the bare minimum and definitely fewer than last season.

Does that include Armstrong ? Mooted he is on his way to PNE on loan

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

Onyango is capable of playing both midfield and RWB, so he would have been a useful player to keep I think

Will be interesting to see how he does at Stockport as he was good the first time until injuries hit him

 

[MikeH72]

We're a weird bunch, aren't we?

Crying for any old RB considering that we already have 4 players at the club who play the position..

The idea is to bring players in who improve us - not just pad the numbers there.

The RB position has become a bit of an obsession for some considering that we still only have two left-backs after Aznou..

What on earth are you on about? YOU are the one who is seemingly happy to have a high number of players that can fill in there out of position, people want us to buy an actual specialist right back to improve us in that area?

 

[pablo315]

Really don’t get the over dramatisation of the defence.

4th best in the league last year and we haven’t lost any of them.

We have instead, bolstered the midfield which was needed and drastically improved the attack which means we can be on the front foot more and reduce the pressure on the defence.

Myko played the ball into grealish for betos goal on Sat. He isn’t as awful as people make out. (Sure someone will now try and diminish it saying it was just a hopeful ball in).

Nothing wrong with our defence if all fit, but we are a few more injuries away from a crisis. The fact Tarks and keane have had to play every minute so far tells you that. It’s not just the RB, we are too low on numbers

 

[Nymzee]

Onyango is capable of playing both midfield and RWB, so he would have been a useful player to keep I think

Will be interesting to see how he does at Stockport as he was good the first time until injuries hit him

Jesus Christ

 

[toffeeblue9]

Do you mean TFG finance...they dont want to spend big, that is clear...they are here for the return on investment...

 

[MACCA75]

Does that include Armstrong ? Mooted he is on his way to PNE on loan

Nah not including him.