The Summer 2025 Transfer Window Thread

[Deutsch Wolf]

Go and ask @Kenny about Jan Aage Fjortoft's pre-match analysis of our game under Champions League Wambert vs Liverpool in 2017.

The man was on holiday, we won in the best result we'd had since...the last time we beat Liverpool at Anfield. He still phoned me absolutely raging at him after the game.

That's Jan Aage Fjortoft.

 

[Lycan]

Craig Hope, who actually knows what's going on at Newcastle, saying we've rejected another bid.

 

[Jinky]

Urgh.

 

[DogWeasel]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1960468754820948453

Move the fuck on. him and his agent seems like a lot of drama.

 

[Jinky]

Craig Hope, who actually knows what's going on at Newcastle, saying we've rejected another bid.

He’s also saying JSL is “keen on the move”, which is slightly concerning.

 

[AndyWolves]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1960615857265979853

That's fair enough, new contract for JSL then off he pops next summer is what I think will happen

 

[Templeton Peck]

He’s also saying JSL is “keen on the move”, which is slightly concerning.

Vitor said 'he won't force a move' though. He's not Isak. We're in a very strong position here. I'd be telling them 70m or no dice. No need to help Newcastle out.

 

[Carsy]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1960615857265979853

That's fair enough, new contract for JSL then off he pops next summer is what I think will happen

Like the fact he isn’t agitating for a move, unlike other players who would down tools.

Can’t blame him for being interested and keen on the move though, Newcastle in a far better state and don’t aim for 17th each year.

New contract with an agreed release clause in I’d imagine if he stays.

 

[Carsy]

Vitor said 'he won't force a move' though. He's not Isak. We're in a very strong position here. I'd be telling them 70m or no dice. No need to help Newcastle out.

70m would be lovely, but still leaves us without a viable first choice striker

 

[Jinky]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1960615857265979853

That's fair enough, new contract for JSL then off he pops next summer is what I think will happen

Not sure why, but my gut tells me he goes.

 

[Kenny]

Newcastle view Strand Larsen as a replacement for Callum Wilson, who left the club at the end of his contract earlier this summer

and we moan about how slow our recruitment team are...

 

[Jinky]

One of the comments on the Ornstein post (from a Liverpool fan, no less!) is spot on.

“Wolves want the money but they can’t afford to sell him because they’ll go down”.

Imagine if we had a competent recruitment team and plan in place where we’d already signed his replacement or even had a viable alternative here, so they could take an amount of money that will never be offered for JSL again. Just imagine it!

 

[Templeton Peck]

70m would be lovely, but still leaves us without a viable first choice striker

Yep. We've got enough dough then though to pay the necessary to get a replacement signed up quickly. We won't of course.

 

[prawnking]

Pretty dispiriting if every decent player we get is looking for a move within 12 months now, pretty much scuppers any chance of building a really decent team again unless our recruitment is exceptional (it isn't)

 

[prawnking]

We've got enough dough then though

Do we? We're still trying to do deals on HP

 

[Jinky]

JSL sold for £60m.

Replace with Jamie Vardy on a free contract.

Josh Brownhill follows him through the door shortly after on a free to bolster the midfield.

Fosun's bank account is laughing, squad depth is sorted and homegrown numbers are improved.

Talk about perfect scenario's for Spreadsheet Shi!

 

[Lycan]

Not sure why, but my gut tells me he goes.

Is it maybe because you always think the worst possible scenario will happen regardless of what anyone else says?

 

[prawnking]

That winning feeling died quickly, Jinks!?

 

[AndyWolves]

Was it even 12 hours before reverting to the mean?

 

[AndyWolves]

Not sure why, but my gut tells me he goes.

I hope your gut is wrong!