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

Rumoured Out

1. Nayef Aguerd | CB | Leverkusen, Marseille,  Juventus |  ~25m
2. Maxel Cornet | FW | Genoa/Others
3. Guido Rodriguez | DM | Betis/River Plate 
4. Tomas Soucek | CM | Everton
5. Michail Antonio | ST | Free Agent
6. Mo Kudus | FW | Chelsea/Newcastle/Arsenal
7. Lucas Paqueta | AM | Multiple/Ban
8. Andy Irving | CM | Celtic

Confirmed In

1. Jean Clair Todibo | CB | Loan To Perm (32m)

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

[Jaan Kenbrovin]

Josh Brownhill will be to our midfield what Kilman is to our defence. Add an equally poor GK and striker and we will have the spine of a bottom half championship side.




 

I think there's a difference, Wolves fans said Kilman was a range from bang average to absolutely pony, and definitely a shit captain across the board.

Burnley fans range from decent to very good player, especially at certain things, as well as being an excellent captain.

There's also the £40mil discrepancy. 

 

 

I didn’t need Wolves fans opinions as I already had my own, same with this bloke.

Seeing West Ham fans claiming it’s not a bad signing as he won’t play much is embarrassing. A bloke coming here to sit on our bench instead of being a regular at Burnley should be warning enough, if it were true, but he’s obviously coming here to play regular football.

This has all the hallmarks of a disaster signing for me. And does nothing to install any confidence in Potter.

[El Scorchio]

Feels like he’s taking the piss a bit seen as there’s no guarantee he can contribute a thing to the team going forward coming off this injury. 

[Massive Attack]

Michail Antonio has rejected West Ham's latest contract offer. The 35-year-old's representatives are said to be holding out for a longer-term deal with more guaranteed money, and negotiations have now ground to a halt.. • C&H


Behave yourself Michail, if true. You're lucky to still be alive and walking again, let alone being able to kick a ball professionally at the age of 30 fucking 5!

Knew we should have just wheeled him out for a token run out against Forest to say our goodbyes properly without wasting money and time on getting him back up to speed for a bit next season. Think it might be best to just call it a day there, Antonio..

[nychammer]

Burnley arent going for broke to keep him. That should tell us something. 

[Eerie Decent]

I get it about his age, but as said previously, on a free English, loads of energy and definitely quicker than any of our central midfielders, I think it's a decent squad signing given our current predicament.

Going by Potter's early games, he played Alvarez as the furthest forward of the central 3, the only thinking behind that is he wanted him to press high up the pitch, and he is the quickest of the lot (which is shocking but true) maybe Soler could match him, but Potter clearly didn't fancy him.

It didn't work, so he mostly went with Soucek as the furthest forward, but he just lacks any sort of pace to press, and that's a big reason why we had such a monumentally shit season. He won't be the only central midfielder we bring in, and a couple will go out, but I don't mind him as a high energy squad player, we've all been saying all season we badly need more of that.

[fraser]

Brighton do recruit older players too. Wellbeck, Lallana and Milner weren’t exactly spring chickens. I think it depends on who else we bring in. We have one of the oldest and slowest squads in the Premier League, which is why other teams keep cutting through our midfield like a hot knife through butter.

Those three while yes the same age profile had all played at the top and England Internationals. 

[fraser]

Hardly fucking inspiring is it, adding another soon to be 30 year old to an aged midfield. No disrespect to him but the championship is really poor quality, even JWP would be like Messi at that standard.

i want young, athletic, hungry youngsters in our team not fucking journeymen looking for one final pay day.

Give him a pre season ffs, back the manager you cսnt. 

[El Scorchio]

While our Glorious Leader has the final say who comes in. We are fucked. Every other argument is irrelevant.

This is the absolute truth 

[RBshorty]

While our Glorious Leader has the final say who comes in. We are fucked. Every other argument is irrelevant.

[El Scorchio]

They do, but it’s only a few seemingly to augment their on the whole very young squad and add a touch of experience and they have all had pretty distinguished/international careers. Somewhat moreso than Brownhill. If as you say we end up adding 6-7 players the right side of 25 then great and his experience as it is will be at least a bit handy but if he’s any sort of template to the rest of our business then owch. 

[Iron Duke]

Brighton do recruit older players too. Wellbeck, Lallana and Milner weren’t exactly spring chickens. I think it depends on who else we bring in. We have one of the oldest and slowest squads in the Premier League, which is why other teams keep cutting through our midfield like a hot knife through butter.

[El Scorchio]

Yup. Simply the player’s age is a disappointment here. We want players who are going to increase their value, not lose it. 
Yes maybe he signs a couple of years contract and we end up ‘flipping’ him for a few mill in a season or two so it might end up being fairly cost neutral but we need to be identifying and investing in those Brighton type players. I don’t think the identifying will necessarily be the issue and I believe P&M will do but convincing the dwarf to invest in them over the Briwnhills and Ings’ of this world will be. 

[Fauxstralian]

If Brownhill was 22 & had the season he just has had then you’d hope he’d follow in the footsteps of some of our other Championship successes like Bowen & Cresswell
But at near 30 … 

If we are looking at Championship players the two Burnley defenders Esteve (23yo French centre half) & Egan-Riley (22yo Eng u21 centre half / right back / def midfielder) are ones to look at 
You want players at that sort of age with say 100 games so you can judge them in a competitive league
 

[twoleftfeet]

Hardly fucking inspiring is it, adding another soon to be 30 year old to an aged midfield. No disrespect to him but the championship is really poor quality, even JWP would be like Messi at that standard.

i want young, athletic, hungry youngsters in our team not fucking journeymen looking for one final pay day.

[Massive Attack]

Ward-Prowse had a decent season that year where he also produced it in Europe which culminated in getting knocked out in the Quarters to the impressive Bayern Leverkusen.

[Takashi Miike]

when I criticize this linked player, it's not really fair because I struggle to see anyone flourishing in this negative cսnt's system. clearly the poisonous midget fucker has told potter the youngsters won't be blocking any arrivals, so any chance of one of our own getting substantial minutes is out of the window for more late 20s/£100k+ a week squad fillers. got to keep those commissions coming in. half a season of evidence has shown that we don't have a coach in charge, as he failed to develop anyone in that time. apart from bowen/awb, everyone continued to stagnate and the treatment of scarles shows he has no patience or tolerance of a bad performance, even if it was against the best RWF in premier league history

[stubbo-admin]

Here's Ward Prowse's comparative stats in the same season as Brownhill (23/24)...all be it under Moyes:

Basically more goal output but less combative.

[Massive Attack]

Just comparing his career to Ward-Prowse record alone in the Premier League he's blown out the water. 

404 apps 57 goals 47 assists
- 1 goal produced every 3 games

111 apps 6 goals 6 assists
- 1 goal produced every 9 games

 

[stubbo-admin]

He's one of those players who is not really excellent at anything.

Compared to attacking midfielders his goal output is weak, but his 'graft' stats are excellent.

Compared to a non-attacking midfielder, his goal output is actually very good, but his graft and passing stats are very average.

And those stats are based on his Championship performances (and the other 13 'second-tier' leagues).

So he's a jack of all trades, master of none. Good player to have on the bench of bring in for an injury cover.  If we go into the season with him as a key player in the side, we're in trouble.

Stats below are Vs Midfielders last time he played a PL season:

 

[fraser]

Hard to judge this signing in isolation, depends what else we do with the midfield. Can't say I've ever really noticed him. 

[Massive Attack]

Brownhill ain't exciting and won't be starting but if you can't see that this is a relatively shrewd move for zero pounds then there's probably no hope for you. Probably the same people that hated Dawson.

Scores goals, can put it about a bit, can get up and down and is a trier. This combination of characteristics don't exist in any other player in our current squad. 

We've already got that in the side with Ward-Prowse and Soucek and both a level above Brownhills quality at a similar age. Yes he'll cost us nothing (music to Sullivans ears) but it's hardly a signing that changes anything. I'd sooner see the likes of Earthy and Potts given a proper go now in the Squad, as well as Irving so I don't see a real need for Brownhill.

If we were to add in that area of the pitch I'd much rather see us go for a lot better quality as a statement of what we want to do. Genuinely fast, highly energetic who could make more goals than Brownhills previously poor Premier League output and 1 much younger than 30 this year. I thought 1 of the main issues was to also considerably lower the age of the Squad with new additions?

For the record I loved Dawson and was 1 of the few that said he'd pleasantly surprise and produce some serious results and performances for us. I don't see Brownhill being in that bracket though, who has only excelled more in the Championship. 

[the exile]

Agree with everything in Vexed's post except the bit about him not starting. He's a very decent midfielder and 18 goals from midfield in the Championship is excellent. He may not be a glamour signing like Paqueta or Kudus but I would be very surprised if he doesn't turn out to be more productive and more of a team player than either of them. Just the kind of solid, dependable but also dynamic signing that we need.

[Eerie Decent]

Josh Brownhill will be to our midfield what Kilman is to our defence. Add an equally poor GK and striker and we will have the spine of a bottom half championship side.


 

I think there's a difference, Wolves fans said Kilman was a range from bang average to absolutely pony, and definitely a shit captain across the board.

Burnley fans range from decent to very good player, especially at certain things, as well as being an excellent captain.

There's also the £40mil discrepancy. 

[El Scorchio]

Brownhill ain't exciting and won't be starting but if you can't see that this is a relatively shrewd move for zero pounds then there's probably no hope for you. Probably the same people that hated Dawson. Scores goals, can put it about a bit, can get up and down and is a trier. This combination of characteristics don't exist in any other player in our current squad. He's an insurance signing, for when the players from the continent that you've never heard of (but you automatically think are better because you can't pronounce them) either dont work out or take a while to get up to Prem speed - Brownhill can step in and fill the gap. An added bonus is that he actually wants to play for us - dont underestimate what a rarity that's going to be this summer either. 

Yup, as long as he does turn out to be an insurance/squad signing then absolutely it’s a decent deal and needs to be weighed up in the context of whoever else arrives as well.  If he ends up as our first choice in midfield come the end of the transfer window, then we’re in trouble. 

[onsideman]

As long as Ward-Prowse goes, I'll take the more dynamic, year younger Brownhill