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

[fraser]

Fabrizio Romano saying deal agreed for Aaron Ramsdale.



 

 

 

Oh ffs I hope not 

[Massive Attack]

Ramsdale The Relegator

[Iron Duke]

Fabrizio Romano saying deal agreed for Aaron Ramsdale.

[Fauxstralian]

We’ve known the drastic holes in our squad since Lopetegui was sacked if not well before
Obviously Man City & Liverpool shop in different markets to us but they are up and running while Sullivan sits around with his dick in his hand 
You’d want players with us for the fitness camp & then the trip to America but as usual we will be under prepared & under cooked come Aug 16

[boleyn8420]

Suddenly.... nothing happened on the transfer front, yawn

[Keep dreaming]

Outrageous.

You can't do that with old boys and loan deals....

[claypole]

Half a tub of cookie dough...
And two films by Francois Truffaut

[eusebiovic]

Missing out on Truffert is one of 400 Blows this window 

Bravo Sir!

Chapeau Doffed

[Fauxstralian]

Definitely need to make any swap on our terms
One or two in part exchange if their profile suits … you’d hope Potter would know about their character from his time there 
Definitely don’t want their rubbish like Sanchez 
Agree id prefer us to be scouting from smaller European clubs & the Championship 

Was watching the Sky transfer show last night & they said Bournemouth scouted Truffert when they found Kerkez.
Took Kerkez but liked the other guy so kept monitoring him
And now they’ve taken him when they’ve sold Kerkez to Liverpool for a massive profit
Sounds far too professional for us

[Lee Trundle]

Sorry to see the demise of the Poundland stores. Had them down as the ideal shirt sponsor replacement for Betway 

 

 

It did make me laugh seeing the chain was sold for £1.

[El Scorchio]

If Kudus is determined to go to Chelsea I’d take a combination of some of their bloated squad in part exchange 
As mentioned Petkovic DewsburyHall & Chumbawamba
Definitely not Sanchez the keeper as he is Roberto after plastic surgery

If we can extract good value from players or cash+players then yes, but we have to be very wary of not just doing them a favour by giving away our biggest asset in exchange for helping them get shit off their books. We also have to be very wary of what wages these players are on. You get three players maybe, but they could all be on 100k a week and suddenly the wage bill is massive. I'd prefer to take all the money and invest it in players at smaller clubs on the continent for a lot more value but if Chelsea play hard ball (why is it us that ends up in these silly situations where a player and club in unison can hold us to ransom) we have to at least get the player(s) that suit us and we actually need, rather than taking what Chelsea don't want. We have to have the balls to walk away if any deal is not right for us. More than likely they'll come back with a better deal for us if they really want him. 

[Fauxstralian]

Missing out on Truffert is one of 400 Blows this window 

[Fauxstralian]

If Kudus is determined to go to Chelsea I’d take a combination of some of their bloated squad in part exchange 
As mentioned Petkovic DewsburyHall & Chumbawamba
Definitely not Sanchez the keeper as he is Roberto after plastic surgery

[John Drake]

Sorry to see the demise of the Poundland stores. Had them down as the ideal shirt sponsor replacement for Betway 

[El Scorchio]

Exactly the kind of signing that has killed our academy over the last 10-15 years in my opinion.

Yup- always a sticking plaster short term 'experienced' signing that blocks the route of a young player into the team. We're constantly signing these players.

But if a player comes through the academy and into the squad....no transfer fees, no agents' commission, no brown envelopes.

That's not how Sullivan's empire/business model works.

Bang on! 

[Mike Oxsaw]

We'll have some 30+ year old freebie lined up, I'd imagine.

Exactly the kind of signing that has killed our academy over the last 10-15 years in my opinion.

Yup- always a sticking plaster short term 'experienced' signing that blocks the route of a young player into the team. We're constantly signing these players.

But if a player comes through the academy and into the squad....no transfer fees, no agents' commission, no brown envelopes.

That's not how Sullivan's empire/business model works.

[El Scorchio]

We'll have some 30+ year old freebie lined up, I'd imagine.

Exactly the kind of signing that has killed our academy over the last 10-15 years in my opinion.

Yup- always a sticking plaster short term 'experienced' signing that blocks the route of a young player into the team. We're constantly signing these players.

[scott_d]

We'll have some 30+ year old freebie lined up, I'd imagine.

Exactly the kind of signing that has killed our academy over the last 10-15 years in my opinion.

[scott_d]

Great opportunity to see how the team is shaping up in a pre-season against Lille at the LS on 9th August.

Basically to see how many players are left and how many youngsters might get a chance to impress.

[goose]

Nicolas Tagliafico

32 years old
free transfer

[Rossal]

Suspect you are right, or will be Chillwell on loan 

Long grim summer ahead as per. Have we ever dreaded a season at the OS as much as this upcoming one? 

[Lee Trundle]

We've been linked to Truffert enough times (on claretandhugh, who we all know is Sullivan or his agent MATES) for the club to know about him.

We'll have some 30+ year old freebie lined up, I'd imagine.

[El Scorchio]

Truffert would have been good business 

I would take Elliot over McAtee if both are available. 

We should be raiding Chelsea for the likes of Petrovic, Dewsbury-Hall and Chuwumeka if they are up for grabs. 

Then turn to the Championship and the lesser european leagues. The St Etienne CAM/ST looks like a good punt 

That's the sort of strategy we should be pursuing. Completely agree. Loads of value clearly floating around in a lot of the European leagues provided you can spot the talent successfully. It's been a rich hunting ground for loads of others.

[Rossal]

Truffert would have been good business 

I would take Elliot over McAtee if both are available. 

We should be raiding Chelsea for the likes of Petrovic, Dewsbury-Hall and Chuwumeka if they are up for grabs. 

Then turn to the Championship and the lesser european leagues. The St Etienne CAM/ST looks like a good punt 

[El Scorchio]

There is absolutely nobody in football who respects our diminutive chairman and his performative feminist sidekick...

As soon as they clock his methods it's a case of put on your tin hat and wait for the redundancy payoff and if you can get away with the odd backhander at his expense then...so be it.

It's a MENTAL situation 










 

Groundhog Day - Ad Infinitum 

I wasn't impressed with Pellegrini and Husillos but when you've been bullshitted and hung out to dry then obviously they knew sooner rather than later they would get a pay off and end up somewhere more suited to their attributes like Betis. So it has proved.

Lopetegui and Steiden - exactly the same thing...when the shit hits the fan then divide and rule to deflect attention from the main source.

Potter and Macculey - it's looking familiar again eh?

BFS and Moyes managed to negotiate the Sullivan ego more than most - the former because like Sullivan he has bathed in all the waters and knows how to be a cսnt. Moyes was more out of some sort of religious conviction that he wasn't letting someone like that get him down. To be honest I think his respect was for David Gold and to a lesser extent Brady rather than the diminutive one. Plus, he was a stubborn old school Scottish goat so that can get him through most things thrown across his path.

Avram Grant just smelt of something dodgy...In hindsight I think his remit was to take the club down so they could clear the decks and start again. 

Yesterday Bournemouth signed Adrien Truffert a French left back with over 200 league games under his belt and he is 24 in November. That should be the type of signing our club make - an upgrade on Emerson for just £11 Million plus £3M in bonuses. Yes, he's the kind of player you find on the football manager PC game but then so are the players that the BBB (Bournemouth Brentford, Brighton) keep signing and it regularly works for them. That PC game is pure fantasy but what most fail to realise is it has a very sophisticated database that is basically a defacto Transfermarkt. 

Even Palace are a far more attractive option these days than us and I never thought that would ever come to pass. It's finally happened though! Who's fault is that? 

Our owners will never do the homework and put in the hours themselves - practically every signing they make will always be the dregs at the bottom of an agent's spreadsheet. 

It's the same old regurgitated arse gravy.

 

 

One of the reasons Potters last 6 months have been so depressing is that our league position attracts good players for less money. It’s why Sullivan position on not firing managers when it’s obvious they are failing, is so weird. We couldn’t get a Kudus now. We just don’t look like a club that could further the ambitions of a decent player. 

I fear that Potter has sold Sullivan on the concept of him bringing in average players and forgetting about anything that is anywhere near world class. We will sell anyone that is a high level player. I feel like he’s told the board they are uncoachable and that’s why we are where we are.

I personally don’t believe you can do well in this league without a handful of exceptional players in your club. It’s just too hard a a league to get through on just hard work and organisation. You need some magic. Not sure where we’ll get that from now.

If anything he'll have sold Sullivan on the Brighton model. Great talent spotting and bringing in young 'unknowns' then selling them on for a big profit, investing it in the next few 'unknowns' so you get a nice conveyer belt. That's a great sustainable strategy if you can spot the talent well enough and have the balls to believe in it and invest in it. It's also not a short term approach. Trouble with Sullivan is he seems to only understand short term thinking. it needs to at least shift to a hybrid at first. The 'unknowns' can take a year or two to be ready and that doesn't sit well with him. Remember all the knicker wetting from the board about LG as a means to get Stiedten out.

I don't think Potter wants to bring in average players at all. I think he wants to mimic how it's done at Brighton and Bournemouth etc. and produce a cost effective sustainable setup. Buy them cheap and young, develop them into really effective players. Sullivan probably LOVED the sound of it but as ever gets cold feet when it's time to put money down. All he understands is 'proven track record' which means going for an Ings and a Ward Prowse and a Kilman and a Zouma. He'll just keep cutting Potter- or anyone else for that matter- off at the knees when he sees 10 mill on some South American or African kid who have massive potential as a risk too big to take, while being totally happy to give 100k a week to a journeyman who has 6-7 years experience but absolutely no future value but a thumbs up from one of his 'mates'. That's why our squad is in this horrible mess. Half arsing over everything and never committing to anything or anyone. He hasn't committed fully to a single manager since he's owned the club. He's given them some pieces they want but lumbered them equally with pieces they didn't want, or just swerved it and not signed anyone using any old excuse.

We are in a woeful state in the boardroom and it all cascades down from there. No doubt paralysed by this ridiculous situation and apparent Mexican standoff with the shareholders. Clearly no-one wants the Gold's shares in the current climate and Sullivan doesn't need them to retain control. He must be smirking to himself in private. Only Kretinsky buying Gold's shares can threaten him, unless someone came in and bought Kretinsky AND Gold's shares. Ain't going to happen though,