Summer Transfer Window 2025 | Official Thread

[stubbo-admin]

May as well get going with this since with Sullivan at the helm, season ticket renewals slow, and the football vacuum to commence, this will soon be all the "news" there is.

Can Potter and MacCauley pull multiple rabbits out of the hat, or will Sullivan 'try really hard' with all of them before grabbing a few aging bargains from Big Willie Salthouse?

Window this close season comes in two parts:

Part 1: 1st June to 10th June
Part 2: 16th June to 1st September

Rumoured Outs...most of the squad

Let the "Rumoured In's" commence. 

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Player | Position | Club | Fee (GBP)

Rumoured In

1. Daniel Cummings | ST | Celtic
2. Koni De Winter | CB | Genoa
3. Morten Frendrup | DM | Genoa
4. Richard Kone | ST | Wycombe
5. Aaron Ramsdale | GK | Southampton
6. Caiomin Kelleher | GK | Liverpool
7. James Trafford | GK | Burnley
8. Kyle Walker-Peters | FB | Free Agent
9. Taylor Harwood-Bellis | CB | Southampton
10. CJ Egan-Riley | CB | Free Agent
11. Josh Brownhill | CM | Free Agent
12. Albian Hajdari | CB | Lugano
13. Lucas Høgsberg | CB | FC Nordsjælland
14. Ardon Jashari | CM | Brugge
15. Raphael Onyedika | CM | Brugge
16. James McAtee | AM | Man City
17. Mario Struykens | AM | Anderlecht
18. Mathias Kvistgaarden | ST | Brondby
19. Clement Bischoff | LB | Brondby
20. Mika Biereth | FW | Monaco
21. Barış Alper Yılmaz | AM | Galatasaray
22. Evann Guessand | ST | Nice
23. Lucas Stassin | ST | Saint Etienne
24. Marcus Taverner | FW | Bournemouth
25. Soungoutoo Magassa | CDM | Monaco
26. Valentin Atangana | CM | Stade Reims
27. Mads Hermansen | GK | Leicester City
28. Hamza Igamane | ST | Rangers
29. Yeremay | FW | Deportivo La Coruna
30. Adama Bojang | ST | Reims
31. Rocco Reitz | MF | Borussia Moenchengladbach
32. Dominic Calvert-Lewin | ST | Free Agent
33. El Hadji Malick Diouf | LB | SK Slavia Prague
34. Oscar Mingueza | RB/MF | Celta Vigo
35. Tyler Morton | CM | Liverpool
36. Harvey Elliott | AM | Liverpool
37. Zion Suzuki | GK | Parma
38. John Victor | GK | Botofogo 
39. Jacob Ramsey | MF | Villa
40. Mateus Fernandes | CM | Southampton
41. Nga Makou | CM | Lille
42. Quinten Timber | CM
43. Hayden Hackney | CM | Boro
44. Yves Bissouma | CM | Spurs

Rumoured Out

1. Nayef Aguerd | CB | Leverkusen, Marseile
2. Maxel Cornet | FW | Genoa/Others
3. Guido Rodriguez | DM | Betis/Espanyol
4. Tomas Soucek | CM | Everton
5. Michail Antonio | ST | Free Agent
6. Mo Kudus | FW | Chelsea/Newcastle/Arsenal
7. Lucas Paqueta | AM | Man City
8. Andy Irving | CM | Celtic/Wrexham
9. Emerson | LB | Marseille

Confirmed In

1. Jean Clair Todibo | CB | Loan To Perm (32m)
2. Daniel Cummings | ST | Celtic (Free Agent...Tribunal)
3. El Hadji Malick Diouf | LWB | Slavia Prahia | 20m
4. Kyle Walker-Peters | RWB | Free Agent
5. C****m Wilson | ST | Free Agent
6. Mads Hermansen | GK | Leicester (18m)
7. Mateus Fernandes | CM | Southampton (38m + 4m)
8. Soungoutoo Magassa | CDM | Monaco (17m)
9. Igor Julio | CB | Brighton (Loan)

Confirmed Out

1. Aaron Cresswell | LB | Free Agent | 0m
2. Danny Ings | ST | Free Agent | 0m
3. Vladimir Coufal | RB | Free Agent | 0m
4. Lukusz Fabianski | GK | Free Agent | 0m
5. Kamari Swyer | AM | Free Agent | 0m
6. Kurt Zouma | CB | Free Agent | 0m
7. Carlos Soler | CM | PSG | End of Loan
8. Evan Ferguson | ST | Brighton | End of Loan
9. Brad Dolaghan | Released
10. Dondre Abraham | Released
11. Mehmet Halim | Released
12. Muhammed Judus |stroppy| sp*rs| £55m
13. Michail Antonio | Released
14. Kieran Casey | Swansea | Loan
15. Edson Alvarez | Fenerbache | Loan with Option
16. Emerson | Marseille | £1m
17. Aguerd | Marseille | £20m
18. Max Cornet | Genoa | Loan

[Massive Attack]

Ramsdale also feels like lazy recruitment. Is he really the best we can do, a Keeper that has been relegated 4 times by the age of 27yo, that lost his Number 1 spot to Raya at Arsenal after a big money failed move there and will cost a fair whack for the privilege. He'd make a very good Championship Keeper but a quality Prem Keeper? I'm not convinced. 

[Fauxstralian]

I might be wrong about the timings but thought Fabianski had been agreed but Pellegrini actually didn’t want it to go ahead as he wanted Roberto to be his no1
Can you imagine that ?
Relegated with 150 goals conceded

[Massive Attack]

we sure did.
£7m bargain.

i could well be wrong but i just dont think Ramsdale is worth £20m.

The irony being Fabianski was Pellegrini's main man who he wanted here and was one of our best signings in recent times. Only to then come unstuck in main down to his clown replacement Roberto due to Fabianski's rare long term injury. 

[Eerie Decent]

Didn’t we sign Fabianski from relegated Swansea? Our best goalkeeper signing in recent years by a long stretch.

I'm not too bothered about signing a keeper from a relegated club, it's all about the talent of the keeper and the situation. That said, is it not slightly concerning in this case, given Ramsdale has been 1st choice and relegated 3 (THREE) times with 3 different clubs at the age of 27? That is worrying. Fabianski had 3 seasons in the Prem with Swansea and was named their player of the year in his 4th season, the season they were relegated, his 1st and only relegation at the age of 33. And he has been absolutely top notch for us, imo our best keeper since Parkes.

Ramsdale didn't even win Southampton's POTY this season, normally an ever present keeper in a team that bad (2nd worst Premier League team ever) stands out, because he has every chance to, and given how great he apparently is I would've expected a landslide for that award.

It is the most uninspiring, obvious, unnecessarily expensive pointless signing we could make. He's not even that good with the ball at his feet, so why the fuck should we sign him? I have never, ever been impressed whenever I've watched him, but that's not loads, so I'm really hoping I'm wrong, as it looks like a deal that's going to get done.

[fraser]

McAtee looks a good player, but from what I've seen, doesn't look to have much pace.

We are badly short of quick players, and a bit of muscle. Also, doesn't he play wide right? Probably the last signing we need to make at the moment, a slow left footed right winger.

But if we're selling Kudus who will fill the good second player for the same position to be played out of position on the left.. 

Summerville

Nah he won't be out of position  

[goose]

we sure did.
£7m bargain.

i could well be wrong but i just dont think Ramsdale is worth £20m.

[dealcanvey]

Didn’t we sign Fabianski from relegated Swansea? Our best goalkeeper signing in recent years by a long stretch.

[goose]

Ramsdale is classic west ham. Zero imagination in finding a new keeper so we over pay for one who's just been relegated.

[claypole]

Sancho?

A Magpie coverts those shiny things

[El Scorchio]

I'd rather Sancho than Marcus Tavernier.

But not for anything near the £300k a week which he's on at Man Utd.

Exactly. He's not objectively a terrible player but he just won't be anywhere near worth the probable outlay and he seems to carry a lot of baggage around with him.

[scott_d]

McAtee looks a good player, but from what I've seen, doesn't look to have much pace.

We are badly short of quick players, and a bit of muscle. Also, doesn't he play wide right? Probably the last signing we need to make at the moment, a slow left footed right winger.

But if we're selling Kudus who will fill the good second player for the same position to be played out of position on the left.. 

Summerville

[Lee Trundle]

I'd rather Sancho than Marcus Tavernier.

But not for anything near the £300k a week which he's on at Man Utd.

[El Scorchio]

From a couple of the news links down the right, how they are written and the site they are from, I'm getting the feeling Sullivan is trying to foist Jadon Sancho on Potter.
I fucking hope not.

[Pshyco scored all 4]

The club should have a go at luring back Douglas luiz. From  Italy . He'd be ideal . Whether he'd come or not is another matter. I suspect he would.  But whatever happens this club needs the potless dwarf to piss off pronto .

[Eerie Decent]

True that, frase.

I think people just throw names in that are obvious and easy. Ramsdale & McAtee, one is shit, and the other is nothing of what we have been crying out for.

But one played for Arsenal, and one plays Man City, so...

[fraser]

McAtee looks a good player, but from what I've seen, doesn't look to have much pace.

We are badly short of quick players, and a bit of muscle. Also, doesn't he play wide right? Probably the last signing we need to make at the moment, a slow left footed right winger.

But if we're selling Kudus who will fill the good second player for the same position to be played out of position on the left.. 

[Eerie Decent]

McAtee looks a good player, but from what I've seen, doesn't look to have much pace.

We are badly short of quick players, and a bit of muscle. Also, doesn't he play wide right? Probably the last signing we need to make at the moment, a slow left footed right winger.

[Fauxstralian]

McAtee needs to realise that with City reacting to losing the title he will be further away from playing
Needs to follow Cole Palmers example & move on
To us would be good

Can anyone explain Man U’s finances in terms of FFP?
Understand they have large losses & have bought Cunha & now probably Mbuemo
Plus Fernandes has said he isn’t going to Saudi so a large fee has disappeared 

[Jaan Kenbrovin]

I'd go for Ramsdale. He'd be ideal for us. I'd go for Harwood-Bellis, Walker- Peters, McAtee and any other half decent young English player with the right mentality and attitude. Our aim should be to create an image of being the best PL team for young English players.

I get the principle but Walker Peters isn't what I'd call young... neither is Ramsdale particularly 

That was poorly worded I meant McAtee and others.

[Steady]

Maybe he answers to friends who influenced getting the ground at a good rate, and who secured the land for the Olympics 

[El Scorchio]

I've thought this as well at points. He's beholden to someone which is influencing decision making. It does make a little more sense than he's just 'that' stupid. Maybe he is, though.

[Mike Oxsaw]

his agent friends control everything. 

I've a suspicion that his agent "friends" are actually bank-rolling him outside WHU, to such an extent that he can't refuse to deal with them or walk away.

Nothing to link this "influence" directly, legally or otherwise, with West Ham, though, it's just "mates helping one another out" on a personal level..."looking after your own", as it were.

[El Scorchio]

Mbuemo has always looked decent when I've seen him. Surprised Brentford held on for so long TBH. Looks fucking miles older than 25 though. Same genes as Alvarez.

[Manuel]

Manchester United are expected to open talks with Brentford over striker Bryan Mbeumo.

[RBshorty]

Everyone has a price.!

ROLL UP. ROLL UP.

And join the ticket waiting list.

And remember. They are going fast.!