Summer Transfer Window 2025 Thread

[Raino85]

Depends. Its like their centre forward, hes highly rated but would they bring him up to compete with Jackson?

Santos would be the dream if hes able to keep up the Strasbourg form. But i would expect him to go back to Chelsea and Diarra to be sold.

That money they can sort PSR and bring in more players to their feeder club.

They wont sell to another PL club

 

[Lanolin]

Just a name has been linked dont really watch the championship so dont kno much about any of the lads including fellows. Is just the rumoured price of rigg is other options like hackney at boro i have seen in here who we could get for less

I think the price tag for Rigg reflects his potential ceiling in comparison to some of the others. Like I say, I don't think Neil is terrible but i'd be surprised if he really pushes on to be much better than what we already have, whereas I think Rigg potentially could be. Obviously I'm not a scout or a manager so I could be way off, but I don't think the issue is really that somebody else could cost less in the short term because that would basically be a false economy situation if you get what I mean? I have no idea what our budgets are and what Moyes is looking for so it's all just hot air of course, but it would be nice to invest in a player like Rigg if we could.

 

[Zatara]

I agree with you but can we afford 40 mill the rumoured price for him when we need spend in so many areas. 40 mill on a player who i would be surprised to break into the starting lineup this season is a massive risk when we need starters. Like how much do you honestly think we have this window to spend. Adding thst we need atleast 2 wingers and maybe two cf and that will be alot of the budget we have this window.

Depends how its looked at really.

If we need 8 players, I'd loan 4 and spend on the other 4.

If we signed Delap, Rigg, Dibling as 3/4 then we'd have 3 more potential England players there...give it 2 seasons and we could see massive profit from increased revenue streams due to having those players.

All depends on the strategy, but id rather do that than sign the likes of Soucek.

 

[Neiler]

Again we have the 3rd or 4th best defence in the league, but are the 4th worst team in the league for scoring.

We can over complicate recruitment - its clear where investment needs to be made to improve.

 

[mikel_88]

Depends how its looked at really.

If we need 8 players, I'd loan 4 and spend on the other 4.

If we signed Delap, Rigg, Dibling as 3/4 then we'd have 3 more potential England players there...give it 2 seasons and we could see massive profit from increased revenue streams due to having those players.

All depends on the strategy, but id rather do that than sign the likes of Soucek.

Loans still cost money aswell i would be happy see a mix come in and 100% agree should be after young talent aswell to grow and progress. Only have to look at other players like a wharton brantwaite who have been given time. If the window is just doing what we have done in the past then would be dissapointed

 

[Raino85]

Depends how its looked at really.

If we need 8 players, I'd loan 4 and spend on the other 4.

If we signed Delap, Rigg, Dibling as 3/4 then we'd have 3 more potential England players there...give it 2 seasons and we could see massive profit from increased revenue streams due to having those players.

All depends on the strategy, but id rather do that than sign the likes of Soucek.

 

[blueboy72]

Again we have the 3rd or 4th best defence in the league, but are the 4th worst team in the league for scoring.

We can over complicate recruitment - its clear where investment needs to be made to improve.

30mil CM, RW, number 10 and striker 120mil and 24mil next season on 5yr deals. Another 25/30mil on a couple of young squad players and then 2/3 loans and free’s

 

[jazzy]

…they’re missing out on some priceless gaffs.

Believe me it's a price worth paying.
Very occasionally I have a look at his posts just to have a laugh but on the whole I prefer to be in ignorance

Calculated risks, yes! And that’s my point really.

I’d want to see a bit more than what’s been seen with Rigg before I start calling him a wonderkid and dropping 30 million pounds on him just so that we can wait for two years before he ‘adjusts to the Premier League’, and then turns out to be like Besic or Rodwell, or some other average CM that has been hyped to the max without really showing anything.

I’m not in love with Josh Brownhill, but like it or not, those stats from this season are extremely impressive!

Do you think Sean ‘15 million pound’ Longstaff would get those figures? How about James Garner, who is in our first 11, and has improved our central midfield no end since his return? He wouldn’t come close to getting those figures!

Perhaps someone like Soucek would actually get those type of figures from central midfield in the championship, but he’d set us back 15 - 20 million as he approaches 30 years old.

Whoever gets Brownhill on a free transfer is going to be cleaning up in the exact same way we did when we got Tarky on a free! Very good value for money, with minimum risk!

I actually don't have a problem with us signing a Brownhill , Soucek or Longstaff ( if Moyes really wanted him ) provided that it was balanced with signing a promising young player like Rigg or Bellingham

 

[Lanolin]

Again we have the 3rd or 4th best defence in the league, but are the 4th worst team in the league for scoring.

We can over complicate recruitment - its clear where investment needs to be made to improve.

Part of this has been down to our very defensive set up though. If we want to score more goals it's inevitably going to involve taking more risks in possession, committing more players forward etc so I don't think it's as simple as just saying the defensive side is fine. Even in recent weeks under Moyes we've seen a bit of a trade off in looking much better going forward but only keeping 1 clean sheet in the last 11 games. Under Dyche we kept quite a lot of clean sheets because we just got 11 men behind the ball and booted it as far away from our goal as possible when we got it, not necessarily because the defence itself was amazing. I'd say we need improvements all over the pitch.

 

[Neiler]

30mil CM, RW, number 10 and striker 120mil and 24mil next season on 5yr deals. Another 25/30mil on a couple of young squad players and then 2/3 loans and free’s

I don’t think you try to do too much to soon, target 4/5 key areas an invest well permanently and properly. No making do or making things stretch.

You compromise you pay twice.

 

[Neiler]

Part of this has been down to our very defensive set up though. If we want to score more goals it's inevitably going to involve taking more risks in possession, committing more players forward etc so I don't think it's as simple as just saying the defensive side is fine. Even in recent weeks under Moyes we've seen a bit of a trade off in looking much better going forward but only keeping 1 clean sheet in the last 11 games. Under Dyche we kept quite a lot of clean sheets because we just got 11 men behind the ball and booted it as far away from our goal as possible when we got it, not necessarily because the defence itself was amazing. I'd say we need improvements all over the pitch.

Disagree to be honest mate.

We’ve high quality at the back. Our three best players all protect the D.

Even since Moyes came in and have gone after games, I still think we’ve been solid.

In fact maybe more so - I think Jake has made a big difference. We certainly don’t seem under the same sustained pressure.

That said I think we will bring in a centre half - can’t see a world where Branthwaite pragmatically isn’t sold as much as I’d like to keep him - so it may be an academic debate.

 

[kiss the crest]

I want us to be proactive and exciting this transfer window not looking at giving contracts to Young Coleman Doucoure.

under 25 and have pace pace and pace

 

[Lanolin]

Disagree to be honest mate.

We’ve high quality at the back. Our three best players all protect the D.

Even since Moyes came in and have gone after games, I still think we’ve been solid.

In fact maybe more so - I think Jake has made a higher difference.

That said I think we will bring in a centre half - can’t see a world where Brantheaite pragmatically isn’t sold as much as I’d like to keep him - so it may be an academic debate.

Yeah I'd disagree completely really. It's interesting that you think the goals conceded column over the season is a good barometer but don't think the same should apply over the shorter period though.

The game is a joined up one. Your attackers help you defend and your defenders help you attack. Thinking that you can just change one side of the game and everything will just stay the same with the other side is a very naive and outdated take.

 

[Dymak]

I’d say forget about Brownhill’s figures for this season as they are a bit of an anomaly. He’s had 3 and a half seasons in the Prem and scored 6 goals. Thats the player we’d be getting.

So the type of return that we may possibly get from the likes of James Garner if we are lucky… for free!

I’m not saying Brownhill is the answer to top 5 finishes. I agree that we need better than that, but if we are going to be dropping wonderkid money on someone, then it needs to be on someone that is already top drawer.

We can’t be signing another Lookman, who takes 10 years and 25 different clubs before people finally get to say “See, I told you he was a wonderkid after all”.

 

[Dymak]

Believe me it's a price worth paying.
Very occasionally I have a look at his posts just to have a laugh but on the whole I prefer to be in ignorance

I actually don't have a problem with us signing a Brownhill , Soucek or Longstaff ( if Moyes really wanted him ) provided that it was balanced with signing a promising young player like Rigg or Bellingham

I agree with this, but I think the additional purchase to the likes of Brownhill needs to be someone that is in their prime right now. We already have Armstrong and Iroegbunam in the category where they are so young that you have to wait three years before you can conclude whether they are value for money or not.