Summer Transfer Window 2025 Thread

[roy vernon]

Why do you say that? bottom line is if he doesnt get his £175k then he stays at City and collects it anyway. Everton are not paying him £125K a week. I suppose he may take a cut if he thinks he could push for a World Cup spot but unlikely.

Which is pretty much what I have said.

 

[Librarian]

Oh God.

The "winner" narrative has started. The following is an inexhaustive list of apparent winners from our recent past:

Gibson
Cleverley
Rooney
Delph
Young
Lampard

Signing players who have won things with far, far, far better clubs when they were younger is absolutely zero guarantee of them being any use for us whatsoever.

Unlike Walker,
Gibson, Cleverly, Delph and even Young were not key players in the success of their clubs, on that list only Rooney was and I thought he did well on his return.

Lampard didn’t play for us.

 

[Blast_of_Cannock]

What has Lindelof proven ?

That even a bog-standard centre back can play regularly for one of the biggest clubs in the world.

 

[Brett Angell Delight]

Unlike Walker,
Gibson, Cleverly, Delph and even Young were not key players in the success of their clubs, on that list only Rooney was and I thought he did well on his return.

Lampard didn’t play for us.

Indeed, but he was still supposed to bring that fabled winning mentality with him and... surprise, surprise?!

Players age and worsen, irrespective of how important they were for their clubs and what they won in the process. Walker got punted once he was of no more use to City, and failed pretty spectacularly in a much slower league at one of the bigger clubs.

This absolutely stinks of a player in a marked and irreversible decline, but something something winning mentality so let's sign him!

 

[COYB75]

Happened years ago, and I reported it back then. Based on the lack of provocation and grammar in the dm i assumed the guy was drunk and didnt give it much more thought.

Fair enough mate. Never any excuse for it.

 

[Curtis]

Im lost with this.

Its one thing to turn your nose up at Walker.

But to be open to Walker-Peters?

No.

I'd prefer neither , walker-peters is an unspectacular but serviceable player and walker is not remotely the player he once was, it's not like I'm snubbing signing walker from even two years ago

 

[blue to the bone]

Missed out there

 

[f.t.r.s]

Missed out there

Nice little career hes made for himself there

 

[Bez2k2k]

Nice little career hes made for himself there

Crazy that isn’t it.

 

[ValBlue]

Im lost with this.

Its one thing to turn your nose up at Walker.

But to be open to Walker-Peters?

No.

I guess what many expected was us to actually purchase a long term, first team, competent right back for the first time in years.

Then someone like KWP could be a great option to provide cover for both FB positions at no further transfer outlay…

ANOTHER stopgap at right back, good grief, I’d cry.

 

[Brett Angell Delight]

Nice little career hes made for himself there

Boss innit? Didn't make it at his boyhood club, so he's made the best of it and got to live in some sound places and play at a high level. Respect to the lad.

 

[everton1953]

Everton linked..... delete, it works for me and saves time.

 

[MikeH72]

How have we done that then.

 

[Tony’s Carp]

Nice little career hes made for himself there

Always admire players who go off and experience the world. Could’ve come home and played championship footy but off on another adventure, good luck to him.

 

[FTY]

How have we done that then.

Probably made a decent wedge from the 2 loan fees as well