Summer 2025 Transfer Window (not Wolves)

[Kenny]

He's had the red carrot dangled in front of him. It's not just us that get poached, even the likes of Newcastle having a great season last season get poached.. The big four will break away again sadly.

Newcastle are really struggling so far this window.

Think it's 5 or 6 players they have moved for and then lost out and Isak clearly wants a move to Liverpool.

 

[Sniffer]

Didn’t Liverpool pull a Pubill and jump ahead of Newcastle to get Ekitike, whereas they may not have gone there if Isak was available?

 

[Kenny]

Didn’t Liverpool pull a Pubill and jump ahead of Newcastle to get Ekitike, whereas they may not have gone there if Isak was available?

They asked about Isak, got told to do one so yep went and got the striker they were after.

Now seems if Isak is available, Liverpool will approve Diaz moving to Bayern.

 

[North Shropshire Lad]

I assume their thinking is a change of style. Isak, Etikite and Wirtz in, funded by Diaz, Nunez and Jota (insurance payout) money with Salah to Saudi in the winter/next year now he's back under contract should funds be further required for another forward option. Gakpo to rotate and possibly Doak if he's considered part of the first team squad after a successful loan.

 

[Kenny]

Sounds like they are struggling to move Nunez on right now. Napoli walked away from a deal and Saudi clubs gone cool on him as well.

 

[North Shropshire Lad]

Newcastle might need a striker...

 

[Kenny]

A reason not to sign Nunez then

 

[North Shropshire Lad]

The nonsense of PSR also means that selling Quansah [as an academy graduate] to Leverkusen for £30(+5)m actually frees up the money to sign Isak over 5 years.

 

[Kenny]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1948360388136878552

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

Newcastle might need a striker...

Cunha would have been a brilliant match for them.

 

[Sniffer]

The nonsense of PSR also means that selling Quansah [as an academy graduate] to Leverkusen for £30(+5)m actually frees up the money to sign Isak over 5 years.

It covers the signing on a PSR basis for one year. Liverpool would have to sell a “Quansah” for a similar fee for each of the next 4 years too based on a fee of £120m + £10m a year in wages.

 

[Del Woppio]

That's next year's problem

 

[North Shropshire Lad]

Liverpool (and Chelsea, Man City in particular) always do well out of moving on surplus youngsters each year for inflated fees. Good players obviously but never likely to become first team regulars and are often sold for £15m to £40m without ever having done 'a lot' and who rarely actually justify the fee or hype.

 

[Sniffer]

James Trafford to re-sign for Manchester City. Another target Newcastle have missed out on.

 

[Kenny]

Trafford to re-sign for Manchester City. Another target Newcastle have missed out on.

Been trying since last summer as well.

I presume Trafford improved by a huge amount last season as he was very fookin shit in his PL season.

 

[Alan]

The way every player wants to go to the likes of United, City, etc.; the PL is already a closed shop, which Leicester have quite dramatically proven since their title.

So fucking boring.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

The way every player wants to go to the likes of United, City, etc.; the PL is already a closed shop, which Leicester have quite dramatically proven since their title.

So fucking boring.

No different to when I was growing up in the 80s really.

Liverpool's team who won everything all the time was largely made up of them buying the best player (Barnes, McMahon, Houghton, Beardsley, Aldridge etc) off other teams.

 

[Alan]

No different to when I was growing up in the 80s really.

Liverpool's team who won everything all the time was largely made up of them buying the best player (Barnes, McMahon, Houghton, Beardsley, Aldridge etc) off other teams.

No doubt; it’s still massively frustrating to watch happen. Not sure there’s anything to be done about it, really. Just shit when even winning a title doesn’t stop it happening. Blackburn being the other immediate example.

Makes it hard to stay invested overall when it feels like every year we get multiple reminders that climbing the ladder to consistent European football is damn near impossible. City may be the last club to change their stars so drastically. Or I could be a cynical fuck. Either way.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Blackburn was no fairytale

 

[Alan]

That's not what I meant.