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

[Mad Dog]

20m???? Fuck me 

Isnt this guy supposed to be a business man?

Inept cսnt

[El Scorchio]

It's fucking MENTAL how we cannot sell anyone let alone for reasonable money. As you say- even Alvarez who you'd have thought wouldn't be that tough to sell. By the way the option to buy if they take it up is apparently for 20 million EUROS so that's a 45% or so loss on yet another player. How can we lose that much on Alvarez for fuck's sake?

As for the remainder of the Kudus fee and I can't believe I'm saying this in fairness to the board they did say 1/4 of that would have to cover debt/costs. However, in actuality 55-18-20=17 million quid income and my question is WHY should it need to cover debt/costs? Fucking piss poor yet again. So we haven't made a profit on him at all, even, in real terms. Also 55/4=13.75 so there should be 3.25 million unless they've just said thank you very much we'll have all 17. Maybe it means they have another 1.25 million after the 2 million 'improved' bit to make their take it or leave it of 33.25 to Southampton for Fernandes, if they fancy being laughed out of the room for a third and final time.

Cunts

[Mad Dog]

Loan with OPTION to buy.

Oh for fucks sake

CNt even get money for mexico's captain who was olayer of the tournament in that Yank thingy?  Pathetic

Id also like to know what's happened to the balance from the kudus sale?  

[El Scorchio]

Hahaha 'snail collective'. Love it.

Actually on Brownhill, has he even been fucking training with anyone? If not he's going to take a month to get up to match fitness anyway. If the board are intending to sign him right at the death, then he's not even going to be properly fit and available until October. It's going to be an embarrassing shambles when he comes in the day after the window shuts (probably with Antonio FFS) but if it was Sullivan's 'masterplan' all along then just swallow your fucking pride and take the pelters you're getting anyway due to inaction and at least bring him in early in the window so he has a preseason. It's just making Potter's job even harder.

Unless of course he's waiting for the window to shut so he can lowball the guy as per usual, which I'm convinced is the case with Antonio too.

It's worrying Brownhill hasn't signed for anyone else. You'd think one of the other lower prem clubs or a Championship contender may have taken him. If he's surplus to requirements at fucking BURNLEY and Leeds and Sunderland and Wolves and Everton aren't touching him (to be fair Leeds and Sunderland have been fishing in bigger ponds than we seem to be able to so I can see why they'd have no interest), then what does that say about the likely impact he will have?

It's absolute fucking DREGS. I really am starting to think that him and Antonio is going to be all we end up with. We must hold a premier league record for bringing in unattached players outside a transfer window in desperation under these cunts. 

Surely the only reason Brownhill hasn't been signed by someone....is that he already knows where he's going!?!

He's too 'good' a free transfer to have not been snapped up by someone, so it just suggests he doesn't need to be snapped up as it's all sorted already.

I just don't see the benefit, for the sake of keeping up appearances, that we'd get from doing this. It benefits no-one to have a player allegedly wrapped up but purposely keeping them from their teammates and manager for all of preseason and indeed the first three weeks of the season. Doesn't benefit the player, doesn't benefit the manger, doesn't benefit the team.

It doesn't even benefit the board. They are paying someone to sit at home on purpose, damaging the club even more than already and wilfully depriving the manager of players. It won't even save them from a savaging. They announced Cuntson during the window which pissed us all off and exposed their intentions yet again, so why not Brownhill? It makes no sense. They'd have been coated off for the signing and then at the end of the window again when no-one else comes in, but they'll be coated off just the same at the end of the window when no-one else has come in and then he does. It doesn't spare them any shame or embarrassment whatsoever doing it this way. It costs them more money.

[dealcanvey]

Hayden Hackney is AMAZING

[El Scorchio]

Actually on Brownhill, has he even been fucking training with anyone? If not he's going to take a month to get up to match fitness anyway. 

Behave. You don't need to bother with that unnecessary nonsense at our highly Professional Club. Take Wheelchair Wilson for example. Fuck all pre-season and he's already been pushed out on to the pitch as soon as he's arrived. "Sub Ref!"

Hahaha! Yup, sadly true.

[THUNDERCLINT]

Hahaha 'snail collective'. Love it.

Actually on Brownhill, has he even been fucking training with anyone? If not he's going to take a month to get up to match fitness anyway. If the board are intending to sign him right at the death, then he's not even going to be properly fit and available until October. It's going to be an embarrassing shambles when he comes in the day after the window shuts (probably with Antonio FFS) but if it was Sullivan's 'masterplan' all along then just swallow your fucking pride and take the pelters you're getting anyway due to inaction and at least bring him in early in the window so he has a preseason. It's just making Potter's job even harder.

Unless of course he's waiting for the window to shut so he can lowball the guy as per usual, which I'm convinced is the case with Antonio too.

It's worrying Brownhill hasn't signed for anyone else. You'd think one of the other lower prem clubs or a Championship contender may have taken him. If he's surplus to requirements at fucking BURNLEY and Leeds and Sunderland and Wolves and Everton aren't touching him (to be fair Leeds and Sunderland have been fishing in bigger ponds than we seem to be able to so I can see why they'd have no interest), then what does that say about the likely impact he will have?

It's absolute fucking DREGS. I really am starting to think that him and Antonio is going to be all we end up with. We must hold a premier league record for bringing in unattached players outside a transfer window in desperation under these cunts. 

Surely the only reason Brownhill hasn't been signed by someone....is that he already knows where he's going!?!

He's too 'good' a free transfer to have not been snapped up by someone, so it just suggests he doesn't need to be snapped up as it's all sorted already.

He has, it's us. We started paying him on the 14th. Was meant to be announced Monday in the afterglow of the Sunderland win.

After that clusterfuck they've hit the damage control button. Phantom bids till the window closes. We tried. Welcome Josh.

[THUNDERCLINT]

How many more times?

WE HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO INTENTION OF SIGNING FERNANDES.
 
"It's the same old pantomime mate" That comes from someone on the clubs' payroll.

  You're clearly an ITK

I 
Talk
Krap

See you on September 1st when Fernandes isn't here. Prick.

[stubbo-admin]

Hahaha 'snail collective'. Love it.

Actually on Brownhill, has he even been fucking training with anyone? If not he's going to take a month to get up to match fitness anyway. If the board are intending to sign him right at the death, then he's not even going to be properly fit and available until October. It's going to be an embarrassing shambles when he comes in the day after the window shuts (probably with Antonio FFS) but if it was Sullivan's 'masterplan' all along then just swallow your fucking pride and take the pelters you're getting anyway due to inaction and at least bring him in early in the window so he has a preseason. It's just making Potter's job even harder.

Unless of course he's waiting for the window to shut so he can lowball the guy as per usual, which I'm convinced is the case with Antonio too.

It's worrying Brownhill hasn't signed for anyone else. You'd think one of the other lower prem clubs or a Championship contender may have taken him. If he's surplus to requirements at fucking BURNLEY and Leeds and Sunderland and Wolves and Everton aren't touching him (to be fair Leeds and Sunderland have been fishing in bigger ponds than we seem to be able to so I can see why they'd have no interest), then what does that say about the likely impact he will have?

It's absolute fucking DREGS. I really am starting to think that him and Antonio is going to be all we end up with. We must hold a premier league record for bringing in unattached players outside a transfer window in desperation under these cunts. 

Surely the only reason Brownhill hasn't been signed by someone....is that he already knows where he's going!?!

He's too 'good' a free transfer to have not been snapped up by someone, so it just suggests he doesn't need to be snapped up as it's all sorted already.

[twoleftfeet]

Okafor to Leeds for £19m

Meanwhile back at porn towers.

[twoleftfeet]

Bournemouth have just spent £25m on Adli from Leverkusen.

Their owner has spent £350m on signings since 2023, I know he has recouped a lot by making astute signings but still a hefty investment.

Meanwhile back at porn towers.

[Massive Attack]

Actually on Brownhill, has he even been fucking training with anyone? If not he's going to take a month to get up to match fitness anyway. 

Behave. You don't need to bother with that unnecessary nonsense at our highly Professional Club. Take Wheelchair Wilson for example. Fuck all pre-season and he's already been pushed out on to the pitch as soon as he's arrived. "Sub Ref!"

[Massive Attack]

The BullShit Machinery has been working overtime since Saturdays result. All levers have been slammed on to full tilt pumping the Clubs propaganda out at warp speed on everyone it can.  

[Sir Alf]

Yeah Brownhill will probably be lowballed too as you say
This Ex employee fella? Who is he? Jack Sullivan? He is a menace, very unhelpful and manipulative working as the Sullivans mouthpiece, putting out propaganda that creates the illusion of us seriously going after Potter and Macaulay targets or quality players we aint gonna get. All these targets including Makau, Sullivan wont get em. You can almost guarantee it. Its a smokescreen. Yeah bids go in but they know nothing will come of half of them. Fernandes is overpriced forget him. Chelsea have said Santos they want to keep. The lad at Barcelona? Who they kidding, why woukd he want to come to a relegation fight. If we were to offer big money minds might change but we wont. We are scavangers now Sullivan has told the world we’re skint.

Hayden Hackney probably the only realistic one but he will low ball, take the piss and collapse any deal even if it got started.

Loans at best. And he’s now risking not getting them wasting time shopping in Harrods when his budget and intention is Poundland

[El Scorchio]

Hahaha 'snail collective'. Love it.

Actually on Brownhill, has he even been fucking training with anyone? If not he's going to take a month to get up to match fitness anyway. If the board are intending to sign him right at the death, then he's not even going to be properly fit and available until October. It's going to be an embarrassing shambles when he comes in the day after the window shuts (probably with Antonio FFS) but if it was Sullivan's 'masterplan' all along then just swallow your fucking pride and take the pelters you're getting anyway due to inaction and at least bring him in early in the window so he has a preseason. It's just making Potter's job even harder.

Unless of course he's waiting for the window to shut so he can lowball the guy as per usual, which I'm convinced is the case with Antonio too.

It's worrying Brownhill hasn't signed for anyone else. You'd think one of the other lower prem clubs or a Championship contender may have taken him. If he's surplus to requirements at fucking BURNLEY and Leeds and Sunderland and Wolves and Everton aren't touching him (to be fair Leeds and Sunderland have been fishing in bigger ponds than we seem to be able to so I can see why they'd have no interest), then what does that say about the likely impact he will have?

It's absolute fucking DREGS. I really am starting to think that him and Antonio is going to be all we end up with. We must hold a premier league record for bringing in unattached players outside a transfer window in desperation under these cunts. 

[Sir Alf]

My prediction is we wont get any purchases in. Sullivan will want loans as he has Potter ready to take a fall for the upcoming, relegation struggle.  I can foresee Chukwuemeka and / or Bissouma coming in on loan or maybe one of those 2 and Brownhill after the window shuts on a free.  

Not what we want, short term, budget driven but actually all 3 would likely improve on our central midfield. Maybe just enough to keep us up which is the primary objective.  Even Brownhill, who some ate now saying is not a Salthouse client but some othrr agency ( theres got to be a connection ?) will help. He aint quick but is more pacy than Soucek, JWP and possibly Paqueta, works hard for the team, scores a few goals and can compete physically.  

Forget Santos. Fernandes, Hackney, the lad at Barcelona and Makau and others beinbouhht. Sullivan dont be like paying real money on any position that aint a striker ( even though he’d got 50+ of them wrong ) and there is conpetition for most players on Potter/Macaulays list and Sullivans deal making would mean is losing out to most other clubs.  Nah, its gonna be loans but if its the likes of Chukwuemeka even Bissouma they ate the right profile and willimprove us as compared to the “Snail Collective” we have currently.

[El Scorchio]

Where is he going to? Fenerbahce in the end? 

Yeah that Rice money was spent as badly as the Rio money two years removed. Shame as it looked decent for the first few months with all three players making contributions before all of them alarmingly dropped off toward the end of their first season and were essentially non entities after that aside from JWP emergency parachuted back in as it was such a show show in midfield- AFTER not getting a kick at a perceived lesser team. Although he did nothing to improve the team, just helped us retain possession more in as far as sitting deep and knocking it sideways.

Alvarez 35m- fucking loaned out. Can't even sell a player that doesn't want to be here

Kudus- 35m, sure we made a 20m profit but can't help think we could and should have got more, had Sullivan not made it public we were desperate for money. If figures for Hermansen and Diouf are to be believed, then Sullivan pocketed 17 million from doing these deals

JWP- 30 million- never getting a penny of that back, or maybe 5 million absolute tops.

Fucking disaster. At the moment we are looking at a 55 mill return on close to 100 million layout. We might get 20 mill for Alvarez or a few mill for JWP but we'll still have lost 20-30 million all said and done, plus the 17 that hasn't been reinvested from selling Kudus. Embarrassing when you see how the likes of Brighton and Bournemouth and Forest are retooling when they sell players for a wedge and we are pissing it down the sink with diminishing returns while the board siphon some out.

[stubbo-admin]

Victor Boniface going on loan to AC Milan and then a 30m EUR option to buy. 

Exactly the type of deal our owners are completely incapable of making happen.

[Massive Attack]

We got the 'here we go' green light for Alvarez.

Thank fuck for that.

[fraser]

We sold Rice, bought Kudus, Alvarez and JWP and all we have left is JWP... Like a turd that won't flush.. You have to laugh 

[twoleftfeet]

I notice that Arsenal have elbowed a small feeder club out of the way in order to capture the services of Eze from Palace.

Another Spurs loss, Ferret will be fuming.

[ragingbull]

We got the 'here we go' green light for Alvarez.

[,]

I notice that Arsenal have elbowed a small feeder club out of the way in order to capture the services of Eze from Palace.

[fraser]

I would encourage anyone who hasn't to watch that HITC sevens video on us that threesisxty posted yesterday just for a comprehensive look at what charlatans they are and how badly they are running this club, with a lot of stats and comparisons with other clubs to back it up. The amount they've leached out of the club compared to what they've put in is sickening when compared to other sides.

Fuck watching that I'm trying to wean myself off of all things depressing West Ham, I can't even be bothered to get angry about it all anymore.. I'm more annoyed at myself for renewing my season ticket. 

[El Scorchio]

Spot on. It'll be a series of 'we tried' excuses when we all know full well he fucking didn't seriously try at all, before we end up with Brownhill and some other freebie totally against the ethos of what they claimed they were going for when they hired Potter.

At this point I don't know why hired him if they knew full well they weren't going to support him and actually take advantage of the things which are his perceived strengths as a manager, and they didn't just hire a low block shithousery merchant like Dyche back then to be honest, to build a team of cheap big bullies and cloggers, seen as they only seem interested in staying in the basement and flushing what money the do spend down the toilet on an unsustainable strategy of aging players on shitty contracts.

I would encourage anyone who hasn't to watch that HITC sevens video on us that threesisxty posted yesterday just for a comprehensive look at what charlatans they are and how badly they are running this club, with a lot of stats and comparisons with other clubs to back it up. The amount they've leached out of the club compared to what they've put in is sickening when compared to other sides.