Winter '25/26 Transfer Rumours Thread

[stubbo-admin]

Well seems like with all these international breaks, and us languishing, the rumours of ins and outs are rife.

Chuck anything 'worthy' of discussion on this thread...

[Lee Trundle]

The baby oil one, Cough.

[Far Cough UKunt]

Which Traore? The speedy winger or someone else because if it's the winger then he would have to compete with Jarrod Bowen for a place in the side.

[Lee Trundle]

I'm not at all onboard with the whole selling Paqueta and buying Traore thing.

[Rossal]

Wonder if they'll ship Guilherme - been here 18 months come January, not showing much sign of breaking through.

The fact that Bowen is rarely injured and nearly always plays the full 90 means that Guilherme doesn't get many opportunities to break through. He'd be better off out on loan, but what if Bowen does get a long term injury? Our only other options are playing Fernandes or Paqueta out of position, and they also have to act as backup to Summerville, our only LW. It's such an unbalanced squad.

Bowen gets injured then Adama Traore will be on!  JWP will be retained to lube up his arms beforehand 

[Jean-Luc Paul Goddard]

Wonder if they'll ship Guilherme - been here 18 months come January, not showing much sign of breaking through.

The fact that Bowen is rarely injured and nearly always plays the full 90 means that Guilherme doesn't get many opportunities to break through. He'd be better off out on loan, but what if Bowen does get a long term injury? Our only other options are playing Fernandes or Paqueta out of position, and they also have to act as backup to Summerville, our only LW. It's such an unbalanced squad.

[Massive Attack]

And having failed by trying to be a bit too clever saving some money on a potential young Striker, would also be the same Chairman signing off on dropping £27M big ones and a 4 year contract on a raspberry old biddie out of sheer desperation late on in the previous Summer transfer window. Or indeed end up with yet another raspberry old biddie Striker on our books for fuck all back in August.

- Sullivan Economics since 2010

[El Scorchio]

 

 
 

You've got to fucking laugh. How many times do we hear this story about us not moving for a player and then a fee going seriously skyward, or them going somewhere else instead and ripping it up. Classic Sullivan, meantime we sign absolute shit.

I didn't post up the most painful one. Supposedly Dju was promised to Potter, along with Cresswell going into the last week of the window. 

We offered 15m, both clubs held out for 17m, Sullivan walked away. 

Talk of Dju, who has been on fire, going for nearer 30m now.

No idea if true...but it certainly feels believable. 

It's entirely believable. The short sighted penny pinching braindead cսnt strikes again. Quibbles over what's essentially pocket change these days for two promising young players who aren't going to depreciate in value while thinking nothing of dropping 35 million quid on past it players on the downslope with zero resale value.

[stubbo-admin]

 

 

 

06 Nov 2025 16:52:13
LUCAS STASSIN! WH now being asked nearly double the price, that they could have obtained him for last year
 

You've got to fucking laugh. How many times do we hear this story about us not moving for a player and then a fee going seriously skyward, or them going somewhere else instead and ripping it up. Classic Sullivan, meantime we sign absolute shit.

I didn't post up the most painful one. Supposedly Dju was promised to Potter, along with Cresswell going into the last week of the window. 

We offered 15m, both clubs held out for 17m, Sullivan walked away. 

Talk of Dju, who has been on fire, going for nearer 30m now.

No idea if true...but it certainly feels believable. 

[Massive Attack]

Sounds about right.

[El Scorchio]

 

 

 

06 Nov 2025 16:52:13
LUCAS STASSIN! WH now being asked nearly double the price, that they could have obtained him for last year

You've got to fucking laugh. How many times do we hear this story about us not moving for a player and then a fee going seriously skyward, or them going somewhere else instead and ripping it up. Classic Sullivan, meantime we sign absolute shit.

[Dick Shaftsbury]

Traore scored 14 times in 201 games for Wolves. That is cart-horse behaviour for a forward, right up our street.  

 

[Massive Attack]

Head down merchant who'd be better suited to doing Decathlons. Don't want the donkey.

Giminez however?? Too fucking right I'd have him here over the carthorse. Can't see that happening at all.

[goose]

Lot of talk about Traore, not everyone’s cup of tea but I love the way he plays.

Talk today of a swap involving Fullkrug & Giminez with Milan.

Centre back is priority after a CF.

[Sweep]

Got to be a youngish, physical centre forward who isn't perma-crocked near the top of the ins.

Wonder if they'll ship Guilherme - been here 18 months come January, not showing much sign of breaking through.

Suspect  someone will come in for Paqueta now the betting stuff is done. Ruben Neves is one of the more obvious 2+2 bets to turn up.

[Eerie Decent]

Fuck getting the 'right' money now, Paqueta is the key to us staying up, which is the money we should be concentrating on rather than a poxy transfer fee.

[Iron Duke]

Paqueta will stay until the summer.

[Massive Attack]

It's more about getting good money in for him if we can. I wouldn't be against him remaining till the summer then sell him. With rumours often circulating around him looking to leave, that's also part of the equation for me. If he really wants out then more than happy to allow it for the right price. I just want to avoid a repeat of being able to sell him for good money only for it to fall through and left to pick up the pieces again. 

[stubbo-admin]

IMO selling Paqueta would be mental. He's been intrinsic to all three of our wins this year.

The others....totally on board with that.

[Massive Attack]

Like I wanted us to do in the Summer before the window closed I still want us to shift Paqueta, Fullkrug, Irving, Ward-Prowse, Rodriguez. That way we should get a fair chunk of wages off the wage bill but also a fair chunk of change too in transfer fees. 

Paqueta - Around £25M
Fullkrug - Around £10M
Ward-Prowse - Around 5M
​​​​​Irving - Around £5M
Rodriguez - Packet of gobstoppers if we are lucky 

Something towards £50M should be generated from that lot. 

[Mike Oxsaw]

If we're gonna play silly buggers, Declan Rice back on a Bosman.

[Lee Trundle]

A centre back to replace Kilman, please.

And a striker (just like every single transfer window from the day dot).

[stubbo-admin]

Here's a few to get the Thread rolling:

11 Nov 2025 09:28:49
MINGUEZA, lots of people stating this player is rubber stamped for WH

This is NOT the case, at this time, Villa, lead the way Newcastle and Sunderland are interested

WH havnt as yet made an offer, other targets are now taking the interest

 

10 Nov 2025 17:17:26
WH have been offered DISASI. From Chelsea, loan with mandatory buy, don’t think WH are that Keen, don’t think he’s what there looking for?

 

09 Nov 2025 21:36:19
WH in talks today, once again for hotshot attack mdf SAIBARI from PSV

This will be no cheap purchase, should WH be successful

But we need people who know where the goal is and can also play just behind strikers

 

09 Nov 2025 11:19:16
CLUB AMERICA. Now in talks with Guido Rodriguez 2/3 year deal, Player trying to sort out his exit from WH, Mexican side offer 25 k a week, long way down from 75k, a week

Rodriguez wants half of his yearly salary to say goodbye £ 1 .875 m


WH think half that more than enough, to terminate contract

Two other sides are interested. But the player would like to go to Mexico or Spain as preferred destinations

 

07 Nov 2025 11:00:54
WH trying to lure TYRIQUE GEORGE from Chelsea

 

06 Nov 2025 16:52:13
LUCAS STASSIN! WH now being asked nearly double the price, that they could have obtained him for last year

Only have themselves to blame He was up to signing for WH

QUENTIN TIMBER, WH don't want to pay a fee, but will consider taking him on a free, should they remain in premier league

BISSEK, WH want him BUT finding it very difficult to persuade, the player in our current position

[RBshorty]

Paqueta back to Brazil £20-30 million.