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

[nychammer]

Funniest thing I've read on here, can't remember from who, but it went something like "A top player might not get his transfer to a CL club so then we become the next best thing"

We are so off being the next best thing it's untrue. After CL clubs, come those in the other European spots, which makes even Palace more attractive than us. I was going to say then those clubs who finished above us but forgot the Mancs were below us and they come ahead of us as well. Nope we will be in the basement bargain and free transfer end of the market. Ffs

As much as we love these expensive marquee signings occasionally, they mostly don't work out because even if we do manage to sign them, the penny soon drops that they are playing in a side that cannot deliver top trophies or regular European Football. They will sparkle in patches in a side that generally does not complement their talent, performances become inconsistent, attitudes moody and invariably they want out after a season or two. We need to sign the right players who are talented, hungry to play PL football and will help us to rebuild and improve us to the point where we are a competitive top half side which can carry those top talented players and where they make us better (Example in point - Kudus will go to Arsenal and Improve them as a side overall).

It's easier said than done of course and rebuilding our squad will take time and we have to trust Potter knows what he's doing.

[boleyn8420]

Funniest thing I've read on here, can't remember from who, but it went something like "A top player might not get his transfer to a CL club so then we become the next best thing"

We are so off being the next best thing it's untrue. After CL clubs, come those in the other European spots, which makes even Palace more attractive than us. I was going to say then those clubs who finished above us but forgot the Mancs were below us and they come ahead of us as well. Nope we will be in the basement bargain and free transfer end of the market. Ffs

[Steady]

As we could get them on a free, I would punt both Sergio Reguilon and Alfie Whiteman.

 

No thanks, they’re Spurs level kind of players, 17th place standard 

[Ladysmith]

As we could get them on a free, I would punt both Sergio Reguilon and Alfie Whiteman.

[Sir Alf]

A typical and likely scenario will be this Onyedika fella in the Belgian league who is supposedly a top target for our low energy, old midfield.

We will bid late, allowing other clubs to get involved. They want £24 million, Sullivan will open with loan to buy, the derisory £15 million, then up it to £20 million but with 7 year repayment terms and finally “take it or leave it” £21 million. Sullivan will also refuse to pay agent fees.  Around late July/ early August, after weeks of Sullivan negotiations from his “art of the deal playbook”, Everton or some other club will meet or be close to meeting the valuation and wrap everything up in 2 or 3 days.  The message will go out that the selling club were difficult or ahents caused problems before waiting until end of window when a Salthouse or Silkman client, 28 years or more old, played for big Prem club, appears from left field. And so it goes on.

Sully like Trump or any narcissist, loves a negotiation, a deal and the power they have in that process. Its a form of validation. Its why Trump passes every bill via an executive order and not via congress or the house. It all goes thru him and he gets the final say. Sullivan very similar and why a DOF was never appointed but a half arsed Tech Director. 

In short, if Macaulay and Potter have targets I expect very few if any primary ones to be secured.   The “ sell before we buy” excuse ready in place to make sure we can lose out on some targets and / or be able to string them out until the eventual collapse. Then Sully saves the day via his agents. 

[Swiss.]

MacAtee and Ramsdale I like. 

[honky cat]

Understand that Daniel Cummings from Celtic is now done
Will join on July 1 for £300,000 training compensation

Was reading an article about Richard Kone from Wycombe
Didnt realise he is only 21. Would often check their results to see how Kodua was getting on & Kone always sounded like their biggest threat 
Anyone seen him play? Does he have it to step up?

He seems to have had a bit of a colourful early life so he would be a gamble, depends on the fee. Has links to Newham, so maybe our Academy have already looked at him and decided he wasn't for us. 

[Gank]

I'd agree that morally, they're finding ways to cheat the system which puts clubs who play by the rules at a disadvantage.

However, it's such a grubby business that I wish we would do it as well, I have been impressed by their genius accountants on many occasions from moving buildings around companies all held by one group and repeatedly moving the profits onto the club to effectively selling their women's section to themselves for a hugely inflated fee.

Of course, had they kept all the players you listed,they'd probably have been top two every year for a decade but to even be in a position to lose that pedigree of player and still finish above most teams every year shows that at the very least, their shady deals fund a quite superb recruitment team. As you say, having a top recruitment team doesn't equal a top transfer team as they've let them go for nothing.

I feel grubby talking up Chelsea, it's a horrible plastic club with weird fans, but credit where it's due, they're miles better than us at the financial and business parts of football. Whilst that's not difficult with the way we're run, they're also better at it than most well-run clubs as well.

[onsideman]

OK, I'll bite.

Well the talk was of the balls-out way in which they spend hundreds upon hundreds of millions in the transfer market by managing to somehow out-flank the rules on P&S rules by, for example, selling their hotel to the ownership group for an inflated price.

So we were talking about their transfer policy, not youth recruitment.

There isn't any world in which recruiting the players I mentioned as examples, letting them go for little or nothing and then buying inferior players for tens of millions is to be applauded

[Gank]

Erm... no it means they've got rid of a number of players that are better than most of those they currently have 

So they DID get it right by having them in the first place.

Well that's such twisted logic I'm going to have to conclude you're on a wind up so I'll leave it there

Sorry for adding one more comment after you wanting to leave it there, but I wanted to let you know that I'm not on a wind up, I am trying to point out that your examples of their transfer policy mistakes highlights how superb their recruitment policy must have been in order for them to make those mistakes.

[goose]

The new Terry Dixon.

[Fauxstralian]

Understand that Daniel Cummings from Celtic is now done
Will join on July 1 for £300,000 training compensation

Was reading an article about Richard Kone from Wycombe
Didnt realise he is only 21. Would often check their results to see how Kodua was getting on & Kone always sounded like their biggest threat 
Anyone seen him play? Does he have it to step up?

[onsideman]

All that means is that they have got rid of a large number of players who are all better than anyone we have in our first team. Imagine having so much talent at your disposal that you get to misjudge some of the world's greatest talents and still finish above us.

Erm... no it means they've got rid of a number of players that are better than most of those they currently have 

So they DID get it right by having them in the first place.

Well that's such twisted logic I'm going to have to conclude you're on a wind up so I'll leave it there

[Gank]

I'm not sure that Chelsea have necessarily got it right...

Rice, de Bruyne, Salah, Guehi, Ake, Musiala and others all slipped through their fingers

All that means is that they have got rid of a large number of players who are all better than anyone we have in our first team. Imagine having so much talent at your disposal that you get to misjudge some of the world's greatest talents and still finish above us.

Erm... no it means they've got rid of a number of players that are better than most of those they currently have 

So they DID get it right by having them in the first place.

[Iron Duke]

How the hell did Liverpool still get some money for Trent. 

Real wanted him early so that he can play in the Club World Cup. His contract expires at the end of June and apparently the tournament which I definitely won’t be watching is before that.

[RBshorty]

AGENTS PLAYER SALES PITCH OF THE DAY.!

Ok folks. Let's roll on like Mario Kart.

Jayden Oosterwolde. 
Left sided CB
Age 24
Team. Fenerbahce.
Been out with a Knee Injury.!
Cost. According to source. "Won't be cheap."

Although this player has all the attributes our Glorious Leader gets all moist about. (Expensive. Broken. And far away from any prime.)

THE SHORTY SHITHOUSE RUMOUR SCALE.
I'm giving this one (A BOY GEORGE.)

[Jasnik]

How the hell did Liverpool still get some money for Trent. 

[Tomshardware]

Antonio really will be like a new signing.

[onsideman]

I'm not sure that Chelsea have necessarily got it right...

Rice, de Bruyne, Salah, Guehi, Ake, Musiala and others all slipped through their fingers

All that means is that they have got rid of a large number of players who are all better than anyone we have in our first team. Imagine having so much talent at your disposal that you get to misjudge some of the world's greatest talents and still finish above us.

Erm... no it means they've got rid of a number of players that are better than most of those they currently have 

[El Scorchio]

They also have huge amounts of money with which to fix their mistakes, which helps. They can 100% afford to be completely profligate and still be OK in the long run.

 

[Gank]

I'm not sure that Chelsea have necessarily got it right...

Rice, de Bruyne, Salah, Guehi, Ake, Musiala and others all slipped through their fingers

All that means is that they have got rid of a large number of players who are all better than anyone we have in our first team. Imagine having so much talent at your disposal that you get to misjudge some of the world's greatest talents and still finish above us.

[goose]

anyways, haven't we signed the lad from Celtic that nobody has ever heard of and will never play a first team game?

IN YOUR FACE CHELSEA!!

[onsideman]

I'm not sure that Chelsea have necessarily got it right...

Rice, de Bruyne, Salah, Guehi, Ake, Musiala and others all slipped through their fingers

[Maverick180180]

The spin from Sullivan is unreal 
his fake £57mil Duran bid was covered up by being claimed that we’d of had to of got the money back from sales once the season was over 
well the season is over, and now the narrative has changed to we can’t spend anything until we’ve brought some money in from selling players, despite not having to make up the extra £57mil we was apparently not concerned about spending 5 months ago, we now can’t spend a single penny and make it up later, nope we’ve gotta get the money in first
how this cսnt continuously gets away with his constant lies is beyond me, he should’ve been strung up long ago

[Lee Trundle]

it does make me laugh when people cry over Chelsea and what they're doing financially.

I admire them for doing what they do, and I wished we did it.  They're not breaking any rules.