Summer Transfer Window 2025 Thread

[IrishBlue2022]

…yep, just passing on a rumour but seemed a bit wide of the mark with nothing imminent except a youth player or two.

The rumour needs it's own thread to have any chance Eggs. You should know this by now.

 

[Who's_up_for_cumpkins?]

You do realise we have a wage budget? Start giving the likes of KWP £90k a week and that becomes the norm for all of our squad players, never mind our best players. Can’t be done

I've never said I rate KWP or think he warrants £90k that's not for me to judge and the market will dictate.

However, should we want to improve as a team/club we will have to pay higher wages simple as.

Of course we need to balance it against incoming revenues. Fortunately the yanks, with the exception of that loon at Chelsea, are usually good bean counters.

As we will have greater revenue from the new stadium and hopefully some better commercial deals soon what we pay will probably naturally go up including squad players so I wouldn't worry about it.

I've no doubt we'll cut our cloth accordingly in line with performance.

The bit I am challenging people In here on is the concept £90k is over priced for a squad player in the wider context of the entire PL. It's not.

 

[Dymak]

I don’t know for certain how much Tarkowski is on, but I think it will be quite a high wage with us signing him on a free. Tarkowski is good though, and well worth his wage, whereas KWP is crap, and not worth anything approaching 90k a week.

 

[mikel_88]

Not really a link but maybe a sign in some truth to the hackney links.

 

[Axlswhk]

If anyone wants an update on the latest news without scrolling through 10 pages.

We’ve just appointed a chief scout this morning.

 

[Eggs]

I don’t know for certain how much Tarkowski is on, but I think it will be quite a high wage with us signing him on a free. Tarkowski is good though, and well worth his wage, whereas KWP is crap, and not worth anything approaching 90k a week.

….interested clubs will know his salary and signing fee demands, I’d imagine a full England international on a free will be in a decent negotiating position.

 

[Marius57]

I don’t know for certain how much Tarkowski is on, but I think it will be quite a high wage with us signing him on a free. Tarkowski is good though, and well worth his wage, whereas KWP is crap, and not worth anything approaching 90k a week.

Think Tarks is on around £100k (which many whinged about when he signed). And as one of the statistically highest rated and most consistent defenders in the league since we signed him, is worth every penny.

Walkers peters is not near his level and if that’s what he is demanding, we definitely need to be swerving him.

 

[Mr Happy]

Who are these rumoured medicals for today, two of them

This forum having blood pressure checked is one surely ?

 

[Evertonthat]

Cheers mate. Be dissapointing not to have another quality addition on the plane with them and get them bedded in asap.

If we were doing it right, we'd have most of the squad re-build done before the USA trip. Unfortunately we're going to have to penny pinch as usual, which means probably doing most of that re-build later in the window. The last week should be interesting, but as you say, it would have been nice to have added at least one more quality player before now.

 

[DanB90]

£90k per week 3 year deal and a hefty sign on bonus is why we swerved - wasn’t even 1st pick when fit for struggling saints last season

You quoted me, but I defo never said that haha

 

[Bluewolf]

Jesus guys…… it’s summer ffs, switch your laptop off and go outside and enjoy the weather or something, transfers will happen or not happen when they’re good and ready, over 1700 pages of just talking crap.

You can curb that line of thought right now.

Going to give half the fourm a existential crisis ffs

 

[Bedfordblue]

You do realise we have a wage budget? Start giving the likes of KWP £90k a week and that becomes the norm for all of our squad players, never mind our best players. Can’t be done

How about if we give him a 4 year deal on £55k per week and a £7.5m signing on bonus, would that be better?

 

[Eggs]

This forum having blood pressure checked is one surely ?

….most chemists do them for free if you’re feeling a bit stressed, Matey

 

[Hangleton]

If anyone wants an update on the latest news without scrolling through 10 pages.

We’ve just appointed a chief scout this morning.

Is it Zat?

 

[HKContractDave]

Not really a link but maybe a sign in some truth to the hackney links.

Hopefully I don't see the same tweet on 1 Sep