Summer Transfer Window 2025 Thread

[Axlswhk]

This makes no sense. Moyes is not the person that signs players.

He may well dither or lacks the aura to attract big names quickly.

imagine Moyes, instead of Ancelotti, trying to sign James Rodriguez.

 

[GrandOldTeam]

He may well dither or lacks the aura to attract big names quickly.

imagine Moyes, instead of Ancelotti, trying to sign James Rodriguez.

Its why I felt confident Lampard/Everton would sign Onana over Moyes/West Ham.

But the counter to that is generally, Moyes sense check on players is something we've perhaps lacked over the years.

 

[UltraVires]

The whole thing that is confusing me is that there are so many free agents who still don’t have a new club.

It seems that their agents might be advising them to hold off because they may get a club acting desperately in a few weeks and throwing more at them in wages.

However, surely the players needs to weigh that against the fact the delay means they will miss pre season with a new club and no amount of individual training will get that back.

 

[GrandOldTeam]

looking at the date Moyes sign Paqueta, 29 Aug, I’m not surprise our big name transfer saga will drag till the end of the window.

Sometimes clubs can time a profile player last minute (Fellaini is a good example) to avoid inevitable gazumping, but we're needs must this summer.

 

[DanB90]

People basically already are. The denial is so strong that we have loads of people justifying signing a fella that hasn’t played for 9 months and was on a zimmer in March learning how to walk.

They are STARVING!
We’re feeding off scraps of rumours here.

 

[FinchFarmBlue]

Give it another week or so and you’ll be BEGGING for Antonio you fiends.

Dream window Young, Dawson, Milner, James Mclean, Antonio & Vardy ...

Narrator 'and then Everton imploded'.

 

[DanB90]

Dream window Young, Dawson, Milner, James Mclean, Antonio & Vardy ...

Narrator 'and then Everton imploded'.

At what point do we ask the question: should we have gave Young another year?

 

[Kevsleftpeg]

Only Broja, Dele, Godfrey, Maupay, Van de Beek, Rondon, Valencia, Williams, Bolasie.

Going back to 2013 isn’t helping your case here.

What case is that? That good and bad signings happen throughout the window?

 

[toffee-L]

We are far too slow at present, that isn't remotely controversial to say. At a bare minimum, we should have had our major problem position, right wing, addressed before the US tour.

 

[Victus]

You hear what I did?

 

[Kevsleftpeg]

Was it not last minute? Was it not a signing? Did he not flop?

He was just a body. We could easily have spent £25m on player earlier in the window who would contribute exactly the same.

 

[Kevsleftpeg]

Interesting.
So , considering the general consensus is that we are at least five players short of a squad your contention is that every player we have selected to fill those positions is either reluctant to join or touring Japan .
We are either highly unlucky, a little too selective in our shortlists or we just have an extremely poor scouting system ( in my personal opinion of course )

We are maybe trying to be too ambitious. But then the fans complain. What is your explanation for why we haven't signed anyone yet? We just can't be bothered?

 

[Brett Angell Delight]

Oh wow this thread has proper gone off the rails hasn't it?!

The friendly today was at the HD and the club are posting clips online. I'm fairly sure if Antonio popped up in a blue shirt it'd have been noticed.

And yes, we can all find examples off boss early signings and crap late signings. Correlation ≠ causation and all that.

 

[Exeter_Gently]

Luiz is going to Forest?

 

[Kevsleftpeg]

That's cleared that up then.

We won't sign any players we don't want or need.

I feel educated Kev.

I think you still have a long way to go to be fair. Maybe drawing with crayons next?