The Summer 2025 Transfer Window Thread

[NicholasG1973]

A few other rumours I've seen in other places:

- Gabriel Sara, formerly of Norwich, currently at Galatasaray.
- Harvey Elliot
- Breno Bidon, central midfielder who I think might've played for Vítor at Corinthians

Harvey Elliot? As in bloke that starts for the PL Champions?

I’ll have some of whatever that reporter is smoking……

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

Harvey Elliot? As in bloke that starts for the PL Champions?

I’ll have some of whatever that reporter is smoking……

Elliot made his first league start of the season against Chelsea.

 

[Kenny]

Liverpool are linked with a lot of players for his position. So him leaving them is not a massive stretch.

Him leaving for us...probably is a massive stretch

 

[White Wolf]

Most Liverpool fans I know think he's awful and has attitude problems, plus Slot doesn't trust him. Can't see it happening anyway as wages must be sky high.

 

[Tredman]

I'd really quite like Elliot but not sure that 45m for him is the best use of the Cunha money. Unless we are doing some Jota style swapping.

 

[NicholasG1973]

Elliot made his first league start of the season against Chelsea.

Thanks for confirming my point.

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

At least it would stop him scoring against us.

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

Thanks for confirming my point.

Yes. The same amount of league starts as Dan Bentley for us.

 

[Lycan]

With Elliot it's not just us that's linked with him it's basically every mid table to challenging for Europe Prem club which says to me that either he's told his agent he wants to move for game time or Liverpool are putting out feelers to shift him to help fund their summer business.

 

[Wilf Wolf]

At least it would stop him scoring against us.

Not necessarily, as Craig Dawson showed!

 

[Jinky]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1919814793805865414

It’s also says the club will also buy out the 50% sell on fee Angers inserted into the deal for a fee of around £9m.

 

[Lycan]

Big statement of intent that, especially if we get Semedo to sign a new deal as well.

 

[The Bear]

I wonder if he'll also ask for a release clause in there?

 

[Templeton Peck]

This will be a big indicator of what sort of attitude Fosun are going to have to us next season. I'm cautiously optimistic.

 

[Alan]

Big statement of intent that, especially if we get Semedo to sign a new deal as well.

Intent to do what, though?

 

[Lycan]

I wonder if he'll also ask for a release clause in there?

According to Transfermarkt we signed RAN from Angers for €11.1M. 50% sell on clause at €9M would be a €29.1M fee. Anything more than that and we're justified in buying out the transfer clause. In the Percy tweet he mentions that he's rated at £50M (€58.8M), if that's a number that he got from the club then that seems like the kind of range any release clause would be set at.

He's got a contract until 2026 but with an option to extend for a year in the club's favour so this summer seems like a good time to either renew or move on.

 

[PuntsWolf]

My understanding at the time was we bought him for £9m as we didn’t want to pay the £18m agreed fee at the end of the loan. But the stipulation of that was a 50% sell on, but we could buy that out for £9m at any point so Angers got their £18m one way or other. Seems heavily loaded our way in the negotiation as it was pretty much win-win but they must have been desperate for the money. £9m isn’t worth what it was and we should certainly be betting more than the €29.1m so buy it out.

 

[Lycan]

My understanding at the time was we bought him for £9m as we didn’t want to pay the £18m agreed fee at the end of the loan. But the stipulation of that was a 50% sell on, but we could buy that out for £9m at any point so Angers got their £18m one way or other. Seems heavily loaded our way in the negotiation as it was pretty much win-win but they must have been desperate for the money

The French TV rights deal had just gone caput I think.

 

[Kenny]

The French TV rights deal had just gone caput I think.

Yep and again for next season, so clubs been told not to include TV money in any budgets for next season.

 

[Kenny]

Still in not trusting Shi mode here...if RAN is potentially staying....who is going instead