The Summer 2025 Transfer Window Thread

[Alan]

Cargo pants!? Nélson, for shame.

 

[Wilf Wolf]

Id find it a bit odd for him to do that if he was leaving

Oh look, some straws!

More likely just breaking ties by getting rid of his old shirts…

 

[jd1981]

Reading a bit to much into a simple gesture

 

[Wilf Wolf]

Reading a bit to much into a simple gesture

Taking flippant comments too seriously!

 

[Carrotdude]

This should get a few panicking...

https://twitter.com/x/status/1943780821657141735

We’re a bit fucked if this happens this summer, so hopefully not! Think him and Joao Gomes are the big sales next summer though so we could do with a bit of a succession plan.

 

[Mel Evo]

We’re a bit fucked if this happens this summer, so hopefully not! Think him and Joao Gomes are the big sales next summer though so we could do with a bit of a succession plan.

I’m pretty relaxed. I’ve slept on the hypothesis that we can sell a greater number of more experienced players than we sign and magically be no worse off. Old gold alchemy. Back to the TdF and roll on August.

 

[Wilf Wolf]

We’re a bit fucked if this happens this summer, so hopefully not! Think him and Joao Gomes are the big sales next summer though so we could do with a bit of a succession plan.

Succession planning would be great but we have more immediate needs. Maybe January if we’re lucky.

 

[prawnking]

Best not to get too attached to any players!

 

[Jinky]

Well, it’ll be a lot of fun to watch, but I wouldn’t expect many clean sheets!

 

[Lycan]

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Well, it’ll be a lot of fun to watch, but I wouldn’t expect many clean sheets!

I'm hoping the links to Pubill or Martín come through. That would give us much more stability on one of the wings. Arias sounds like he's very hard working as well and Vítor has already proven that he can build a team to be solid defensively.

If we sign Lino we don't know if he'd be a wing back or inside forward as well.

Lots of questions to be answered.

 

[Alan]

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Well, it’ll be a lot of fun to watch, but I wouldn’t expect many clean sheets!

If we assume that Yerson can get back to what he was pre-injury, him paired with Roddy actually makes a lot of sense to me. Certainly it will make it less of an issue when Roddy gets forward to have Yerson covering that channel rather than Santi (who still don't think is that bad but does turn like Berra).

André, Toti, Agbadou, and Mosquera looks a really solid foundation to me. Would be even better if we could get a less mercurial GK in, too (though that position wouldn't be my top priority).

 

[Lycan]

If we assume that Yerson can get back to what he was pre-injury, him paired with Roddy actually makes a lot of sense to me. Certainly it will make it less of an issue when Roddy gets forward to have Yerson covering that channel rather than Santi (who still don't think is that bad but does turn like Berra).

André, Toti, Agbadou, and Mosquera looks a really solid foundation to me. Would be even better if we could get a less mercurial GK in, too (though that position wouldn't be my top priority).

GK is definitely a priority for me but I'll admit that I've never liked Sá. I'll also admit that there are maybe so many other positions where we need to upgrade/change profiles that it can maybe wait a window or two, even if persisting with Sá isn't ideal.

 

[Alan]

I’d prefer to replace him, just far more concerned with getting the wingbacks right. Sá probably saves us as many points as he loses us, which is annoying to watch but comes out in the wash. Imagine if we had sold Sá last summer and ended up stuck with Johnstone all year. Woof.

 

[Lycan]

I’d prefer to replace him, just far more concerned with getting the wingbacks right. Sá probably saves us as many points as he loses us, which is annoying to watch but comes out in the wash. Imagine if we had sold Sá last summer and ended up stuck with Johnstone all year. Woof.

I don't think Sá can play the way Vítor wants him to. It was noticeable in the United & Brighton games how easily they played through us because of how their keepers resist a press and how we struggled to play out of their press because of Sá's inability to stay calm under pressure.

We're also going into next season with a back 3 who in theory should be able to squeeze up high because of their ability to defend the space behind themselves. Sá is always going to make that a risk though because of his recklessness 1v1. The way he consistently brings down forward players in the box will have any back line looking over their shoulder.

 

[Alan]

No disagreement on any of that tbh.

 

[Lycan]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1944014736598712438

 

[big mean bunny]

As long as it's not a no obligation loan, would be absolutely all over that.

Not selling him is as annoying as when we didn't take the deal for Joe Mason (was that from Bristol? Think it was)

 

[The Bear]

Can't see Blues offering what we'd want for him (£15m+) unless he goes on loan and smashes it up to get them promoted.

 

[Lycan]

As long as it's not a no obligation loan, would be absolutely all over that.

Not selling him is as annoying as when we didn't take the deal for Joe Mason (was that from Bristol? Think it was)

A reminder that we turned down €20M for Hwang from Marseille only 12 months ago

 

[The Bear]

A reminder that we turned down €20M for Hwang from Marseille only 12 months ago

€25m IIRC.