The Summer 2025 Transfer Window Thread

[lpx]

Let's be honest, it's no different to Shi & Mendes.
Just the quality is, well very very shit.

We moved on from Jorge controlling our incomings to end up with the agent who has lower end Championship players on his books. Glorious isn't it.

i think that finally puts to bed any possibility that Fosun know what they’re doing.

 

[EnglishBob]

Decent read here

Are Any Premier League Clubs Restricted By PSR This Summer?

I Get Around

swissramble.substack.com

Behind a paywall.

 

[Tredman]

Behind a paywall.

God forbid you should pay for someone's hard labour.

Its actually available on a free subscription.

 

[Londonwolf]

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Even after reporting a £128m loss over the 3-year monitoring period, Wolves were fine for PSR up to 2023/24, as they could make £37m allowable deductions for “healthy” expenditure, leading to an adjusted PSR loss of £90m, which was £15m below the £105m maximum loss.

However, the club did have to take some actions to ensure that they stayed the right side of the line, which included reducing the wage bill and selling a few big players, including Matheus Nunes to Manchester City, Ruben Neves to Al-Hilal and Nathan Collins to Brentford in the summer of 2023.

Wolves had more headroom in the 2024/25 assessment, as the 3-year period dropped the large £46m loss made in 2021/22, so we reckon that they could post a £61m loss and still be compliant.

Given that only £80m equity was provided in the form of a debt conversion, their maximum allowable loss under a narrow interpretation of secure funding would be £95m, meaning that could afford a £51m loss.

The club made good money from the sales of Pedro Neto to Chelsea and Max Kilman to West Ham last summer, which put them in good stead for PSR compliance.

In addition, they have just sold Matheus Cunha to Manchester United, which they could book in the 2024/25 accounts, thanks to the decision to extend their accounting close from 31st May to 30th June. This followed the precedents set by Leicester City in 2022/23 and Aston Villa in 2023/24.

That said, it is possible that this latest transfer might be slipped to 2025/26, if Wolves are already in the clear, especially as their total profit from player sales including Cunha would be well over £100m.

 

[Jinky]

So basically, no danger of breaching any rules (we all knew this) - so put your hand in your pocket and sign some players you tight dickwads.

 

[Jinky]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1937819026572603733

Oh, to have half of this lads self confidence.

 

[sycophantia]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1937819026572603733

Oh, to have half of this lads self confidence.

Self confidence or unfounded arrogance?

 

[basher]

Such a cunt.

 

[Keef]

Technically, any club in Europe is playing European football.
I wish we’d just cancel his contract, pay him off and let him go

 

[Lycan]

To be fair to him, and I rarely am because I think he's a cunt, he's been clear that he wants to play in Spain.

The issue becomes when nobody in Spain offers us what we want for him, which I'm guessing is going to be a substantial fee. Hopefully we don't roll over and accept less than we want just to make him happy. He's a fucking tool who has shown us nothing but disrespect, if he engineers a scenario through his own dickishness where he ends up rotting for a year waiting for his contract to run down then that's nobodies fault but his own.

 

[Kenny]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1937845192066781479

 

[Lycan]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1937845192066781479

TBF he'd actually be their best goalkeeper

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

To be fair to him, and I rarely am because I think he's a cunt, he's been clear that he wants to play in Spain.

The issue becomes when nobody in Spain offers us what we want for him, which I'm guessing is going to be a substantial fee. Hopefully we don't roll over and accept less than we want just to make him happy. He's a fucking tool who has shown us nothing but disrespect, if he engineers a scenario through his own dickishness where he ends up rotting for a year waiting for his contract to run down then that's nobodies fault but his own.

£10m for Fabio, or you can have Fabio and Guedes for £5m.

 

[AndyWolves]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1937845192066781479

That could very easily have relegated us

 

[Kenny]

That could very easily have relegated us

If he had gone, I think a keeper may have arrived in January.

Mad to think that the first half of last season Sa properly gave no shits. That performance in the League Cup at Brighton was a proper fuck you Gary message.

 

[MARKakaJIM]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1937819026572603733

Oh, to have half of this lads self confidence.

On face value he's not had a dissimilar season to Liam Delap and it didn't raise many eyebrows when he went to Chelsea.

 

[Squeak]

If he had gone, I think a keeper may have arrived in January.

Mad to think that the first half of last season Sa properly gave no shits. That performance in the League Cup at Brighton was a proper fuck you Gary message.

If it is true that Chelsea were after him, it would explain his pre-season sulk and then his attitude for a while thereafter. Denying him a move and a big pay increase when he's seen others leave would upset him. Since then, however, he seems to have settled down and acted more professionally.

 

[Kenny]

Tbh I would strop like a 2 year old if I was told I was being replaced by Sam Johnstone

 

[Mel Evo]

On face value he's not had a dissimilar season to Liam Delap and it didn't raise many eyebrows when he went to Chelsea.

As previously mentioned, his season has been almost identical to Rafa Mir’s at Huesca. Goals and outcome. I’d have raised an eyebrow if Chelsea had signed Rafa Mir then, and I’d raise an eyebrow if Fabio Silva’s price and subsequent career is any different to Mir’s. Hopefully some mug in La Liga is feeling like burning some cash. Valencia periodically do stuff like this…

 

[Lycan]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1937904195539247303

Great name