Summer Transfer Window 2025 Thread

[Miked1e]

Even if they qualify for CL though whats to stop the PL from hitting them with a gargantuan points deduction? Would CL money be enough to stop them breaching? I'm not sure.

It would be their second breach in a few years and would clearly be done deliberately, surely Masters would go out his way to make an example of them

By giving us a points deduction?

 

[ObiWanIwobi]

Also said on Bobble's podcast that we are struggling to find the ££ to give Brownhill a contract.

Great times.

Absolute click bait.

Framed differently, we are currently choosing not to allocate enough of the money we've got to give Brownhill what he wants. Or better still, Brownhill is asking for £150k a week + a sign on of £5m and we've told him to jog on because we don't value him that highly [and nor does anybody else at the moment hence he is without a Club].

Struggling to find the ££ suggests we have no money. If we believe the talking heads, we've had a c.£40m turned down for a 19-year-old only last week!

Hysteria breeds hysteria, and there are some people earning money off the back of it.

 

[MikeH72]

I swear people have forgotten how the reckless spending of Moshiri nearly put us out of business

Forest aren’t reckless spending though. Clearly their strategy is working because they’re making huge strides and improvements every season. They also now have a squad full of high value young players that they will be able to recoup a lot of money for down the line to balance their books. It’s nothing like the same as Moshiri letting Koeman and Walsh throw £200m at loads of 27 year olds.

 

[Bristol Blue]

None of you know how things get leaked so stop pretending moyes has somehow stopped any info getting out of the club.

This was doing the rounds at the start of the window when it was really quiet then.

Stop it ffs.

Apparently it was McNeil telling his mate Stillryan

 

[Exeter_Gently]

So we asked for Matty Cash and Villa quoted us £20m and we said no thanks.

What did they expect Villa to quote them? £5??

Cash by name,Cash by nature.

 

[Milkman]

I think it'd be wise to not write players off after playing one game of the season in a team that was disastrously unbalanced.

Not denying the likes of Beto and Iroegbunam didn't have great games, but the bigger problem was how they were set up to fail through too many square pegs in round holes. Think they'll both be fine if and when we have the right players in the right positions.

 

[D410]

Absolute click bait.

Framed differently, we are currently choosing not to allocate enough of the money we've got to give Brownhill what he wants. Or better still, Brownhill is asking for £150k a week + a sign on of £5m and we've told him to jog on because we don't value him that highly [and nor does anybody else at the moment hence he is without a Club].

Struggling to find the ££ suggests we have no money. If we believe the talking heads, we've had a c.£40m turned down for a 19-year-old only last week!

Hysteria breeds hysteria, and there are some people earning money off the back of it.

How much do you think we have spent so far in this window?

 

[EFC_FRANCIS]

Marinakis to me clearly has a grudge over their previous points deduction and wants to take a sledgehammer to all PL regulations. There's no way they will be compliant after all these purchases while only selling Elanga.

Obviously my goblin brain wants us to do the same thing but tbh probably better to see how it works out for them, if we deliberately breached PL would find a way to relegate us surely.

Theyve spent (net) less than us so far this window

 

[jazzy]

I think it'd be wise to not write players off after playing one game of the season in a team that was disastrously unbalanced.

Not denying the likes of Beto and Iroegbunam didn't have great games, but the bigger problem was how they were set up to fail through too many square pegs in round holes. Think they'll both be fine if and when we have the right players in the right positions.

Saw enough of Beto last season to know that he's nowhere near good enough and his lack of effort on Monday was shocking.

Tim ? Championship player.

 

[MACCA75]

If Forest have a bad season they'll be bang in trouble. I've seen it before where clubs buy seemingly good players in abundance whilst spending big but if they don't gel or if the manager fails to get a tune out of them then it's like a falling stack of cards. Look at us with Moshiri for evidence

I’ve seen it before when clubs buy a load of seemingly good players and end up in the Champions league, like Villa or Newcastle.

This whole ‘look at Forest buying good players - that is clearly a terrible idea’ narrative is just bananas.

 

[catcherintherye]

Just a load of excuses frankly.

 

[Marcus Kendall]

Forest aren’t reckless spending though. Clearly their strategy is working because they’re making huge strides and improvements every season. They also now have a squad full of high value young players that they will be able to recoup a lot of money for down the line to balance their books. It’s nothing like the same as Moshiri letting Koeman and Walsh throw £200m at loads of 27 year olds.

In theory you're right but there's no guarantee that their policy of buying players in abundance by the shed load and trying to fit them all into a coherent system will work. Ultimately it'll come down to their manager and how he's able to fit the pieces together. And Nuno despite doing well last season has had a chequered managerial career so I'd not be surprised if it all ended in tears for them

 

[MikeH72]

In hindsight, would using Tom King’s wages to top Tete’s contract offer up by £10k have been a better use of our limited funds? Just a musing.

 

[ObiWanIwobi]

Name the ones who haven't and have been placed on the market by there clubs for loan.

I don't understand the question/statement, in honesty.

There are people on here who would seemingly chew their arm off for Douglas Luiz. He's on loan. I'm excited by Jack Grealish. He's on loan. You can argue neither are the best players for their parent Clubs, but both Juve and City are leagues and leagues ahead of Forest and us, so it's relative.

As for other really good players who want a move/are open to a move, Isak is one. He's pretty good, I reckon. Fofana's open to a move, and he looks like he has potential.

But as I say, I don't understand your question and I don't agree with the statement that all of the best players have moved already.

 

[catcherintherye]

So who are the midfielders that offer us more, that are available on a free, that you would go for as of today the 20th August mate?

In fairness mate, I'm not against Brownhill, and depending on the wage you are correct. But it's not unreasonable to ask quite how we have ended up here.