Winter '25/26 Transfer Rumours Thread

[stubbo-admin]

Well seems like with all these international breaks, and us languishing, the rumours of ins and outs are rife.

Chuck anything 'worthy' of discussion on this thread...

[Council Scum]

He does run like a girl! So does Summerville and Stirling is 10x the player. If we're going to have a mincey runner, I'd give Stirling a go. Lots of experience, gets goals too. Would improve us assuming his fitness is there.

Not sure we shouldnt be concentrating on getting a centre back tbh. We're awful at the back. Its cost us a few times, Bournemouth, Brighton and Villa. We scored but couldn't defend our lead.

Stirling 10x Summerville? don't think so mate

 

 

Summerville is gonna shine next season.... because we will be in the championship

[Keep dreaming]

Isak injured, now they are planning on buying Semenyo....

Just imaging we having owners interested in investing to keep the squad up to standards.

Fuck Off Sullivan

[goose]

I was listening to a podcast today with Scholes, Butt and Andy Cole. They can’t understand why teams don’t play with 2 centre forwards and 2 proper wingers who get the ball into the box early. I found myself agreeing with them. I’d love to have seen a front 4 of Summerville, Bowen, Wilson and Fullkrug. 

That’s because you’re an idiot.

Oh no I’m so upset.

Upset & stupid. Tough day for you.

[twoleftfeet]

I was listening to a podcast today with Scholes, Butt and Andy Cole. They can’t understand why teams don’t play with 2 centre forwards and 2 proper wingers who get the ball into the box early. I found myself agreeing with them. I’d love to have seen a front 4 of Summerville, Bowen, Wilson and Fullkrug. 

That’s because you’re an idiot.

Oh no I’m so upset.

[goose]

I was listening to a podcast today with Scholes, Butt and Andy Cole. They can’t understand why teams don’t play with 2 centre forwards and 2 proper wingers who get the ball into the box early. I found myself agreeing with them. I’d love to have seen a front 4 of Summerville, Bowen, Wilson and Fullkrug. 

That’s because you’re an idiot.

[theaxeman]

He does run like a girl! So does Summerville and Stirling is 10x the player. If we're going to have a mincey runner, I'd give Stirling a go. Lots of experience, gets goals too. Would improve us assuming his fitness is there.

Not sure we shouldnt be concentrating on getting a centre back tbh. We're awful at the back. Its cost us a few times, Bournemouth, Brighton and Villa. We scored but couldn't defend our lead.

Stirling 10x Summerville? don't think so mate

Yea, just the 120 odd Premier league goals and 20 odd champions league goals. Summerville won't get near that in  the championship. That said he clearly isn't at that level now.

[Mr Anon]

He does run like a girl! So does Summerville and Stirling is 10x the player. If we're going to have a mincey runner, I'd give Stirling a go. Lots of experience, gets goals too. Would improve us assuming his fitness is there.

Not sure we shouldnt be concentrating on getting a centre back tbh. We're awful at the back. Its cost us a few times, Bournemouth, Brighton and Villa. We scored but couldn't defend our lead.

Stirling 10x Summerville? don't think so mate

[theaxeman]

He does run like a girl! So does Summerville and Stirling is 10x the player. If we're going to have a mincey runner, I'd give Stirling a go. Lots of experience, gets goals too. Would improve us assuming his fitness is there.

Not sure we shouldnt be concentrating on getting a centre back tbh. We're awful at the back. Its cost us a few times, Bournemouth, Brighton and Villa. We scored but couldn't defend our lead.

[Jean-Luc Paul Goddard]

I was listening to a podcast today with Scholes, Butt and Andy Cole. They can’t understand why teams don’t play with 2 centre forwards and 2 proper wingers who get the ball into the box early. I found myself agreeing with them. I’d love to have seen a front 4 of Summerville, Bowen, Wilson and Fullkrug. 

Shows why none of them got far in coaching.

Anyone who thinks that a front 4 of Summerville, Bowen, Wilson and Fullkrug would provide us with anything but massive defeats every single game probably hasn't watched much football this century.

[Russ of the BML]

Thing that concerns with Strand Larsen is he looks like another lanky lummox who can't run. 

Yes, we need a presence up top, but we also need some pace that actually produces something at the end of it - Summerville is an impact sub, not a guaranteed starter.

Lanky Lummox LOL!!!!

[twoleftfeet]

I was listening to a podcast today with Scholes, Butt and Andy Cole. They can’t understand why teams don’t play with 2 centre forwards and 2 proper wingers who get the ball into the box early. I found myself agreeing with them. I’d love to have seen a front 4 of Summerville, Bowen, Wilson and Fullkrug. 

[Sweep]

On Wolves' forum

West Ham putting in an £18m bid?

[Sweep]

Thing that concerns with Strand Larsen is he looks like another lanky lummox who can't run. 

Yes, we need a presence up top, but we also need some pace that actually produces something at the end of it - Summerville is an impact sub, not a guaranteed starter.

[Far Cough UKunt]

Stirling runs like a girl, no thanks.

[eusebiovic]

We should be buying with the Championship in mind going for youth like we did with Magassa and Fernandes.  That was the one good thing from the last window and the first time we actually got something right with recruitment under Sullivan

But the little narcissist wont. He is terrified of seeing hundreds of millions wiped off the value of his “golden goose” asset and will go for experience as he always has which means older players, little to no resale value, high wages, slow and lumbering etc. Sullivan is desperate and unable to face reality

I can smell Raheem Stirling on loan. A good enough player in his pomp but that will be the razzle dazzle of January 2026.

He probably won't be in any reasonable condition to contribute much until it's far too late but when has that ever mattered?  There will be plenty of blind optimists on here thinking it's a bargain just like all the other ones.

[Sir Alf]

We should be buying with the Championship in mind going for youth like we did with Magassa and Fernandes.  That was the one good thing from the last window and the first time we actually got something right with recruitment under Sullivan

But the little narcissist wont. He is terrified of seeing hundreds of millions wiped off the value of his “golden goose” asset and will go for experience as he always has which means older players, little to no resale value, high wages, slow and lumbering etc. Sullivan is desperate and unable to face reality

[Massive Attack]

It doesn't have to be one extreme of winning to the other. Just not go for players who have lost 15 out of 17 games and won 0 as Wolves have, or lost 30 out of 38 with only 2 wins all season long like Southampton did. That kind of habit is extremely difficult to break especially so soon after it's haplened. Should be avoided at all costs. Yet we never, ever learn our lessons the hard way. Thick as fuck management but sadly used to it.

[Fauxstralian]

I guess it’s unlikely you are going to attract Premier league players from clubs that are winning all the time
That said I agree that as a club of losers we need some with a history of winning. Starting with the chairman & manager. 

I think Fernandes is a very talented player & a very good buy
KWP on a free as a solid back up was a no brainer
Hermandsen has been a disaster so far & we had to bring back Fabianski when he should have been given another year in the first place
Wolves may have given up by Dec 31 so Strand Larsen is doable 
Wouldn’t be against it … he scored twice against us in a short period of course
Newcastle wanted him when Isak went so may also be interested 
 

[Massive Attack]

To be fair Fernandes has been a good buy and has undoubtedly made us better. 






 

It's not so much about the players being god awful, it's more about the timing we decide to go for them at their absolute worst with their mindset programmed to defeat after defeat after defeat. A losers syndrome that most players, regardless of how good they are, would find difficult to shake off. Fernandes has been no different and it shows, just like it has with Hermansen and Walker-Peters. Strand Larsen I actually like but right now after the PTSD he's likely suffering from in Wolves inevitable relegation to jump in to our relegation scrap, is very risky. Not saying it couldn't work but why take the risk if you can get in someone right now up for the fight who isn't anywhere near as mentally scarred as him..

[El Scorchio]

To be fair Fernandes has been a good buy and has undoubtedly made us better. 

Hermansen- the opposite. 

[Massive Attack]

German clubs supposedly want him but won't cough up for his wages. 

Ornstein/the Athletic claim we are after Strand Larsen from Wolves.

Sounds about right, sign another player whos at a club destined for relegation.  

Yep, we raided Southampton and Leicester thinking we were being clever. Yet when you think about it, they're used to losing on a big scale and will find it hard to shake that mentality. So what would the Club do? Go for yet another one but this time up front.

[Beef&Tomato]

German clubs supposedly want him but won't cough up for his wages. 

Ornstein/the Athletic claim we are after Strand Larsen from Wolves.

Sounds about right, sign another player whos at a club destined for relegation.  

[Sweep]

German clubs supposedly want him but won't cough up for his wages. 

Ornstein/the Athletic claim we are after Strand Larsen from Wolves.

[claypole]

If we get relegated and he ends up back here in the summer we will end up paying to get rid of him. Must be a German club who would take him.

[fraser]

Needs to be an obligation not an option on the Big, Tough German gingerbread man.

We're, not in a great bargaining position though, he's no use to us and we need his wages or part of for a new striker.. They have us over a barrel