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. 

------------------------------------------------------------

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

[Lee Trundle]

Timmy who?

[Sir Alf]

I see our interest in Harvey Elliott now over due to fee in excess of £40 million. The other lad Tyler Morton still of interest but mixed reports on his ability and potential. 

We need an athletic, young, powerful central midfielder or 2 with pace desperately.  Surely we are not going to stick with Alvarez, JWP and Soucek as our only options in that area? 

[eusebiovic]

I really hope the rumours about Todibo being parked here for a season are true. Cash in on him and Aguerd and get two proper defenders who want to head, tackle, mark players etc etc.

Kilman hasn't been great either but i dont see anyone wanting to sign him.

Not on that ridiculous 7 year contract on at least 100k a week.

I'm sure there was a never ending line of suitors queuing up to pay Wolves the £40m and hand him a deal for the remainder of his career.

Maidenhead  United certainly did the best out of it.

Dear old Alan Devonshire must've spat his tea out when Sully got that one over the line.

[honky cat]

FauxstralianScarles is going nowhere, he will get enough games
Hopefully he learnt a lot last season but he certainly isn’t ready to play 38 league games
Its time for him, Earthy & Potts to step up & be first team squad members at least 
 

Scarles should get a good run of games as Diouf will be at afcon. 

[Barty888]

[Barty888]

[Barty888]

[Keep dreaming]

It irritates me when players take squad numbers which don’t correspond to their playing position 

There are more than 11 in the squad, thank god.
So what numbers should squad member pick to correspond to the right position?

[mallard]

Just to be clear - I meant a right back having no.5, and a centre forward with no.11

I’m not going to lose any sleep over it, just find it IRRITATING 

[Sydney_Iron]

Or is it just completely irrelevant?

Well it is really init!

Mind you back a few years im sure clubs dished out the numbers and not the players choosing them, your considered first choice striker your the umber 9 for example, think it was actually seen as prestigious to be given the 1-11 numbers.

Mind you it also doesn't help that clubs retire numbers as well, we don't have 6 anymore for Bobby, can see its a nice gesture but is such a thing necessary? do it for a season as a mark of respect would be better.

B​​​​​but yeah, not sure any of this is anything to get hot and bothered about.................

[onsideman]

Yeah, but what number would Rice be anyway? I mean sometimes he plays as a 4, sometimes as an 8 and sometimes as a 6? And what about Jarrod "JB20" Bowen? Surely he should be a 7... or is it a 9... and is a left wing-back a 3 or an 11? I don't know... it's so confusing. 

Or is it just completely irrelevant?

[Sydney_Iron]

It irritates me when players take squad numbers which don’t correspond to their playing position 

Doubt there are many players these days with traditional numbers. Seems more about choice and what they consider there lucky number or it has some kind of personal meaning, fucks knows why but look at Rice for example he is still 41 at the Arse, wont surprise me to see players with 3 digit numbers in the coming years, 999 and the like, some twat  (or club) will decide its cool or edgy and for them. 

Not sure it irritates me, just the modern game

[onsideman]

Blimey! You're easily irritated 

[mallard]

It irritates me when players take squad numbers which don’t correspond to their playing position 

[Fauxstralian]

Emerson will be off to Italy in the next few weeks
Scarles is going nowhere, he will get enough games
Hopefully he learnt a lot last season but he certainly isn’t ready to play 38 league games
Its time for him, Earthy & Potts to step up & be first team squad members at least 

I see Scarles is switching to #30 from #57 & Potts will be #32
Kilman is taking #3 with Cresswell leaving. Would have thought he’d take Coufal’s #5 & leave #3 for Diouf

[onsideman]

Have to say though if I was Ollie Scarles off the back of a break through season, I'd be having a few doubts.

He breaks through, sees off Emerson to become pretty much first choice, and then immediately we drop 20m off on someone in his position who is only a few months older than him.

He'd surely be thinking his pathway just got blocked?!

I think I'm in the minority on here but I believe Scarles has a lot of work to do before he's good enough to start week in week out. He did 'see off' Emerson but that wasn't hard and he still wasnt a guaranteed starter even after that with Cresswell and AWB ahead on occasions

Totally agree. But I guess what I'm saying is it's one thing to have a seasoned pro ahead of you, that you just have to bide your time on....another for the club to have dropped relatively big money on a full international that's only a few months older than you.

To me that suggests you're done...I mean if we're signing this guy, he's not coming in as backup. If I was Scarles I'd be thinking season long loan at this point. 

Fair point, but without knowing too much about this guy or, more importantly, whether he can make the step up, I would guess that we might see some games with Scarles dropping in behind him. We need a squad.

[Sir Alf]

Yet to see a player linked for central midfield who is quick, athletic, combative. An athletic type that is physically dominant in duels and presses relentlessly. A Kante type of player. This is critical to turning aound our form imho

Luiz, Elliott etc have some of these attributes but Luiz aint that quick and Elliott is more of an attacking / creative midfielder.  Im just not that confdent that Alvarez has the legs / pace to be our only holding midfielder?

Elliiott and / or Luiz good additions of course but without the above type of player will still not be enough. I would take an offer above 35 million for Alvarez. What is certain imo is that any central midfield pairing from Alvarez, JWP and Soucek means another season of struggle
 

[stubbo]

Have to say though if I was Ollie Scarles off the back of a break through season, I'd be having a few doubts.

He breaks through, sees off Emerson to become pretty much first choice, and then immediately we drop 20m off on someone in his position who is only a few months older than him.

He'd surely be thinking his pathway just got blocked?!

I think I'm in the minority on here but I believe Scarles has a lot of work to do before he's good enough to start week in week out. He did 'see off' Emerson but that wasn't hard and he still wasnt a guaranteed starter even after that with Cresswell and AWB ahead on occasions

Totally agree. But I guess what I'm saying is it's one thing to have a seasoned pro ahead of you, that you just have to bide your time on....another for the club to have dropped relatively big money on a full international that's only a few months older than you.

To me that suggests you're done...I mean if we're signing this guy, he's not coming in as backup. If I was Scarles I'd be thinking season long loan at this point. 

[onsideman]

Have to say though if I was Ollie Scarles off the back of a break through season, I'd be having a few doubts.

He breaks through, sees off Emerson to become pretty much first choice, and then immediately we drop 20m off on someone in his position who is only a few months older than him.

He'd surely be thinking his pathway just got blocked?!

I think I'm in the minority on here but I believe Scarles has a lot of work to do before he's good enough to start week in week out. He did 'see off' Emerson but that wasn't hard and he still wasnt a guaranteed starter even after that with Cresswell and AWB ahead on occasions

[Keep dreaming]

ExWHU reporting that this week will see us step up interest in Tyler Morton and Harvey Elliott. No clue about either. 

Also that we'll be stepping up focus on signing a goalie.

Finally some traction. Assume we'll step up letting Emerson leave too.

Elliot would definitely make us better

[Tomshardware]

Worth a punt?

Tomiyasu a more pressing need

Depends on the price, but he is a good winger

Decent player, he'll probably go to Everton on loan.

[stubbo-admin]

Have to say though if I was Ollie Scarles off the back of a break through season, I'd be having a few doubts.

He breaks through, sees off Emerson to become pretty much first choice, and then immediately we drop 20m off on someone in his position who is only a few months older than him.

He'd surely be thinking his pathway just got blocked?!

[stubbo-admin]

Good news, just the profile of player we need
More of the same please
As said I understand he eviscerated the ludicrously over rated Saka as Senegal destroyed England at Wembley 

I don't agree with that at all. He did a good job of keeping Saka quiet, which is no mean feat, but he simply did his job and did it well. Senegal in no way 'destroyed' England. A dubious decision and a late goal made for a win for the Africans in the dying minutes, in a friendly match.

If you look at his FBRef stats, he's got very good stats going forwards, and questionable defensive skills.

In fairness, in the teams Potter got true plaudits for, he had players who were more naturally wingers playing at wingback....the likes of Solly March, Trossard etc.  First game up for us we had Summerville there. 

If that's a sign of things to come, maybe it will turn out ok?!  So heavily dependant on establishing a mobile midfield though, and no doubt despite his forward play as we saw last year, AWB will always be considered as 'playing a defender', as will this guy. 

Wingbacks (imo) should really be thought of as midfielders and not defenders, particularly modern day wingbacks.

[stubbo-admin]

ExWHU reporting that this week will see us step up interest in Tyler Morton and Harvey Elliott. No clue about either. 

Also that we'll be stepping up focus on signing a goalie.

Finally some traction. Assume we'll step up letting Emerson leave too.

[Keep dreaming]

Worth a punt?

Tomiyasu a more pressing need

Depends on the price, but he is a good winger