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...

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Incomings:

Pablo Felipe - €21m + €3m (Gil Vicente) | Forward
Valentin 'Taty' Castellanos - €26m + €4m (Lazio) | Forward

Outgoings:

Nicolas Füllkrug - 6 months loan (AC Milan)
Luis Guilherme - £17m + Sell On % (Sporting Lisbon)
George Earthy - 6 months loan (Bristol City)

[Ron Eff]

I genuinely don't understand the Ward-Prowse/Wilson bomb squad. 

Seems to be biting our noses off to spite our faces.

Wonder if Ward-Prowse is just thinking he'll wait out the big bald fuck.

Something clearly happened between Nuno and JWP during the Forest loan. It was so bizarre to immediately cut him out, even if none of us thought he should be starting. He’s roundly thought of as a good influence in the squad so to not even have him on the bench just makes it feel like there’s something really personal there. 

[Vexed]

It’s bleak but why give up the fight before it’s impossible? Pinnock can stay if we go down and be fucking useful. Disasi if on loan gives us absolutely nothing to lose and everything to gain if he turns out to be less shit than Mav and Kilman. 

Sometimes you've got to stop throwing good money after bad. Is Disasi better than Kilman? Yes. Is he good enough to keep us up? Absolutely not. Therefore what is the point? Even playing Kilman every week in the hope he somehow regains some level of competence makes better sense than a pointless loan if you take emotion out of it. Dont really have an opinion on Pinnock as I dont recall ever seeing him play, but he seems like a 'preparing for the championship' sort of signing. Which is probably what we ought to be doing. 
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If he’s on loan it doesn’t matter. He goes back regardless of what division we are in. 

I think you're missing the point. He doesn't keep us up so the club ought to be doing something that could at least lead to some level of a positive however small. We've either got to sign a fucking superhero level player or prep for the championship. Disasi is helpful in neither scenario. 

[El Scorchio]

What's the fucking point though? Too late and not good enough to make a significant difference. Accept our fate, it's happening. If we sign anyone it should be young players that will be prepared to play and develop in the championship. Not a load of cunts with a relegation clause that don't have any skin in the game. 

It’s bleak but why give up the fight before it’s impossible? Pinnock can stay if we go down and be fucking useful. Disasi if on loan gives us absolutely nothing to lose and everything to gain if he turns out to be less shit than Mav and Kilman. 

Sometimes you've got to stop throwing good money after bad. Is Disasi better than Kilman? Yes. Is he good enough to keep us up? Absolutely not. Therefore what is the point? Even playing Kilman every week in the hope he somehow regains some level of competence makes better sense than a pointless loan if you take emotion out of it. Dont really have an opinion on Pinnock as I dont recall ever seeing him play, but he seems like a 'preparing for the championship' sort of signing. Which is probably what we ought to be doing. 
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If he’s on loan it doesn’t matter. He goes back regardless of what division we are in. 

[eusebiovic]

What's the fucking point though? Too late and not good enough to make a significant difference. Accept our fate, it's happening. If we sign anyone it should be young players that will be prepared to play and develop in the championship. Not a load of cunts with a relegation clause that don't have any skin in the game. 

It’s bleak but why give up the fight before it’s impossible? Pinnock can stay if we go down and be fucking useful. Disasi if on loan gives us absolutely nothing to lose and everything to gain if he turns out to be less shit than Mav and Kilman. 

Sometimes you've got to stop throwing good money after bad. Is Disasi better than Kilman? Yes. Is he good enough to keep us up? Absolutely not. Therefore what is the point? Even playing Kilman every week in the hope he somehow regains some level of competence makes better sense than a pointless loan if you take emotion out of it. Dont really have an opinion on Pinnock as I dont recall ever seeing him play, but he seems like a 'preparing for the championship' sort of signing. Which is probably what we ought to be doing. 
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Pinnock is definitely in the steady eddie category who would certainly improve the shit show we currently have. A proper Londoner, Lambeth boy and Dulwich Hamlet legend to boot!

It's too little too late though...a bit like when Rufus Brevett and Sir Les joined in January when we got relegated under Roeder.

Both were at the wrong end of their careers but even so their presence almost kept us up. They were exceptional under the circumstances. 

As mentioned Pinnock would certainly be useful in the Championship. We need a composed veteran in there. 

[Vexed]

If disasi is loan id take that. Provided there are t any other loan players from the PL we are after. We are so short that just bodies are good in that position. I don’t really want to see Mav or Kilman take the field again for us this season. Disasi cannot be worse than either of them. 

Pinnock seems an absolute no brainer to take. 

What's the fucking point though? Too late and not good enough to make a significant difference. Accept our fate, it's happening. If we sign anyone it should be young players that will be prepared to play and develop in the championship. Not a load of cunts with a relegation clause that don't have any skin in the game. 

It’s bleak but why give up the fight before it’s impossible? Pinnock can stay if we go down and be fucking useful. Disasi if on loan gives us absolutely nothing to lose and everything to gain if he turns out to be less shit than Mav and Kilman. 

Sometimes you've got to stop throwing good money after bad. Is Disasi better than Kilman? Yes. Is he good enough to keep us up? Absolutely not. Therefore what is the point? Even playing Kilman every week in the hope he somehow regains some level of competence makes better sense than a pointless loan if you take emotion out of it. Dont really have an opinion on Pinnock as I dont recall ever seeing him play, but he seems like a 'preparing for the championship' sort of signing. Which is probably what we ought to be doing. 
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[El Scorchio]

Latest rumours are:

Pinnock (CB)...been offered to us, Disasi (the disaster...Chelsea)

Various GKs (Bento going to Genoa) including Kinsky (Spurs, previously Slavia), and Ortega (Man City)

If disasi is loan id take that. Provided there are t any other loan players from the PL we are after. We are so short that just bodies are good in that position. I don’t really want to see Mav or Kilman take the field again for us this season. Disasi cannot be worse than either of them. 

Pinnock seems an absolute no brainer to take. 

What's the fucking point though? Too late and not good enough to make a significant difference. Accept our fate, it's happening. If we sign anyone it should be young players that will be prepared to play and develop in the championship. Not a load of cunts with a relegation clause that don't have any skin in the game. 

It’s bleak but why give up the fight before it’s impossible? Pinnock can stay if we go down and be fucking useful. Disasi if on loan gives us absolutely nothing to lose and everything to gain if he turns out to be less shit than Mav and Kilman. 

[Massive Attack]

Relying on Disaster in defence in a relegation batlle now?

Pinnock I like and wouldn't mind in a fight to stay up. 

[Vexed]

Latest rumours are:

Pinnock (CB)...been offered to us, Disasi (the disaster...Chelsea)

Various GKs (Bento going to Genoa) including Kinsky (Spurs, previously Slavia), and Ortega (Man City)

If disasi is loan id take that. Provided there are t any other loan players from the PL we are after. We are so short that just bodies are good in that position. I don’t really want to see Mav or Kilman take the field again for us this season. Disasi cannot be worse than either of them. 

Pinnock seems an absolute no brainer to take. 

What's the fucking point though? Too late and not good enough to make a significant difference. Accept our fate, it's happening. If we sign anyone it should be young players that will be prepared to play and develop in the championship. Not a load of cunts with a relegation clause that don't have any skin in the game. 

[Westham67]

We need a centre back who can head a ball, a Tommy Taylor type player. I heard a comment at a match at Upton Park, about him, someone said I wish he had two heads rather than two feet

[El Scorchio]

Latest rumours are:

Pinnock (CB)...been offered to us, Disasi (the disaster...Chelsea)

Various GKs (Bento going to Genoa) including Kinsky (Spurs, previously Slavia), and Ortega (Man City)

If disasi is loan id take that. Provided there are t any other loan players from the PL we are after. We are so short that just bodies are good in that position. I don’t really want to see Mav or Kilman take the field again for us this season. Disasi cannot be worse than either of them. 

Pinnock seems an absolute no brainer to take. 

[Alan]

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[Django]

He's got nothing to prove in the division having already been Bristol Citys best young player of the year on loan there the whole of last season. If anything it would have been far more beneficial for him to get a taste of regular Premier League action so he knows what's expected of him in the future to make it at this level. 

It was him or Sam bell for young player of the year. Sam bell now in league one. I don’t think winning that award says much. Earthy wasn’t great for them, very little output really. My city friends are non plussed out him coming back. They seem to think best thing about him returning is that he has a good song. Having watched him a fair bit I don’t see that he is ready for premier league. Definitely happy to be proved wrong though.

[THUNDERCLINT]

Can't see us signing anyone else. They went early with Fatty and Pabwho?

The aim was to outscore Forest and cut the gap and make a further gamble less risky.

Nono shit the bed and now it's over so why throw more cash in the pit.

[stubbo-admin]

Latest rumours are:

Pinnock (CB)...been offered to us, Disasi (the disaster...Chelsea)

Various GKs (Bento going to Genoa) including Kinsky (Spurs, previously Slavia), and Ortega (Man City)

[stubbo-admin]

£5 - 10 million spent getting in some of Nuno’s usual coaching team would be something I would look at even if we have to pay out their contracts eleewhere. As with Moyes and Alan Irvine, Ive got the strong feeling thats why we have seen a useless version of Nuno.  I am strongly suspecting Sullivan refused to hire them.

Rui Pedro Silva (Assistant Head Coach), Julio Figueroa (First-Team Coach), according to Google were at Wolves, Forest and in Portugal with him

Just shows the savvy our Club doesn't have. Macaulay was an asset we'd paid for. We just binned him and immediately hired elsewhere. Nuno's staff get retained at Wolves and available for a fee...

I'd argue you should do this with managers too if you have to pay up their contracts anyway. Stick them in gardening leave and if anyone wants them let them pay compo.

[Sir Alf]

£5 - 10 million spent getting in some of Nuno’s usual coaching team would be something I would look at even if we have to pay out their contracts eleewhere. As with Moyes and Alan Irvine, Ive got the strong feeling thats why we have seen a useless version of Nuno.  I am strongly suspecting Sullivan refused to hire them.

Rui Pedro Silva (Assistant Head Coach), Julio Figueroa (First-Team Coach), according to Google were at Wolves, Forest and in Portugal with him

[Sir Alf]

No CBs or goalkeeper? Gonna need them next season in the Championship and no chance of improvement this season without them. Imo. 

[Sir Alf]

One school of thought is Earthy needs to play week in week out to prove he is over all his injuries and be ready for next season in the Championship. But not been given minutes this season no one knows if he might be up to it already.  Poor squad management is my conclusion. 

[Keep dreaming]

He's got nothing to prove in the division having already been Bristol Citys best young player of the year on loan there the whole of last season. If anything it would have been far more beneficial for him to get a taste of regular Premier League action so he knows what's expected of him in the future to make it at this level. 

Yeah, but at least he is guaranteed games in a team with better players and better mood around him.

[Massive Attack]

He's got nothing to prove in the division having already been Bristol Citys best young player of the year on loan there the whole of last season. If anything it would have been far more beneficial for him to get a taste of regular Premier League action so he knows what's expected of him in the future to make it at this level. 

[Vexed]

I genuinely don't understand the Ward-Prowse/Wilson bomb squad. 

Seems to be biting our noses off to spite our faces.

Wonder if Ward-Prowse is just thinking he'll wait out the big bald fuck.

 

 

Admittedly the complete binning of JWP was unexpected, but I really dont see what the fuss is over Wilson. The bloke was always a massive bellend, probably had a total of 3 decent halves of football for us and now suddenly its some sort of tragedy that the workshy cսnt doesn't want to have any other strikers competing with him and he's fucking flounced off. It's fucking pathetic from him and I hope he fucks off asap, the snide fucking no pride cսnt. I hope he breaks his neck on his Leicester debut, live on the telly. I'd enjoy that.

As for Earthy, he's not up to Prem level but he could be good for us next season in the championship so I reckon its a good thing he's getting some games in the league we'll be in. He needs the games to get himself a new contract so it's win win. I suspect he'll just get injured again and then released though which would be a shame.

[Massive Attack]

The cսnt is gutting out our Squad and replacing them with highly expensive Mendes favourites. Swear the cսnt hates our Club and is doing it on purpose. 

[twoleftfeet]

Such a waste. He should be getting game time with us.

[Sweep]

West Ham United on X: "West Ham United can confirm George Earthy has joined Bristol City on loan until the end of the 2025/26 season. All the best, George " / X

[stubbo-admin]

I genuinely don't understand the Ward-Prowse/Wilson bomb squad. 

Seems to be biting our noses off to spite our faces.

Wonder if Ward-Prowse is just thinking he'll wait out the big bald fuck.