The Summer 2025 Transfer Window Thread

[prawnking]

If Krejci is cover for Toti and not a replacement that’s probably the worst £30m or so we’ll ever spend.

We'll probably sell Andre this week and Krejci lines up next to JG

 

[prawnking]

It's ok. Still not a patch on the team we had when we were first promoted nearly a decade ago. The creativity and attacking prowess down that left hand side with Wolfe is still an obvious concern, for me. I'm not sure Sasa is in the managers plans, given he was the one to miss out last week - and we all know what Hwang is, so I think we're still a CF light. I assume Krejci is being signed as cover/competition for Toti and can also play in midfield - so he's perfect for Fosun because they only need to sign one player to cover two positions. We're still lacking a creative/attacking midfielder.

Definitely need a better striker option than Hwang, and CM options are awful for an established PL team

It's ok Krejci (and Uche) being flexible in different positions, but if, say, Krejci excels at the back you don't necessarily want to pull him out of there jist to cover Joao for a short suspension, you need another option ready to step up

 

[Lycan]

So with the probable signings of Krejci and Uche, team looks like this once Mosquera is ready??

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For all the bleating this summer and the massive job we had left ourselves at the end of last season that's about as good as I'd have expected given our ownership (assuming we get one more in after Ladislav & Uche).

Obviously most of the players we have signed are relatively unknown to most of the fanbase so we've still got a lot to learn about most of our squad but I trust Vítor on that point and it's clear that he's had a big influence on signings this summer. It's certainly too early to be writing any of them off, If we sign another player that's basically 10 new players from last seasons squad including Mosquera, H.Bueno & Hoever. It will take a while for it all to settle down.

On Uche, I'm still not sure what position we're going to use him in. He seems to have played in every position apart from goalkeeper in his short career so far. When Vítor has talked about needing another midfielder he's specifically talked about needing an attacking player in that position so Uche might be that guy with another player to cover LW/CF on the way in?

It's been a massive summer both in and out and the timing of the transfers hasn't been ideal but if people are still disappointed after this (assuming we do get 1 more) then I don't know what they were expecting really. It's going to be a tough season because it's always tough in the Premier League and with the wages we're paying currently we're always going to be towards the bottom end of this division but I'm not sure what else the people at the club could've done given the restrictions imposed on them from Jeff Shi upwards.