Summer 2025 Transfer Window - hopes, speculation, rumours etc.

[Bent Neilsens Screamer]

When they went from 7 to 9 on the bench I'd have liked them to mandate 2 U21 players had to fill the extra spots.

7 subs is more than enough to have options and depth everywhere soon the extra spots could be better used for development of academy players.

That’s a good idea….you better watch your foot doesn’t fall off!

[SaddVillan]

Philippe Coutinho acerta rescisão com o Aston Villa e fica livre para assinar novo contrato com o Vasco | NETVASCO https://share.google/YIkVvk6j5tbih5OVX

This is the source of the Coutinho contract cancellation story.

[Hookeysmith]

I think the strength of our bench last season was a major plus point. Full of quality

[Steve67]

I think the strength of our bench last season was a major plus point. Full of quality

Much better squad when they all got fit and we could change five players.  It’s one of the reasons our second half of the season was so strong.

[kippaxvilla2]

Aston Villa and England forward Ollie Watkins, 29, is on Manchester United's list of potential striker recruits if Danish international Rasmus Hojlund, 22, leaves Old Trafford this summer. (Athletic - subscription required)

[Drummond]

They'd probably pay what we asked too.

[john2710]

So Man U want Martinez & Watkins if they can find mugs to take the shite, overpriced & overpaid Onana & Hojlund off their hands.

[eamonn]

£3.5 million for Louie Barry is shite.

But miles closer to reality than some of the daft eight figure sums people were throwing around six months ago.

I was one of them and it was only a month ago. Definitely need to improve my speculation.

[olaftab]

🚨NEW: Ollie Watkins is on Manchester United’s list of potential centre-forward options in the event Rasmus Højlund leaves the club.
@lauriewhitwell

I have Beyonce on my list of potential wife options in the event that Mrs Olaftab finally decides to kick me out.

[Mister E]

July 1st
Any signings yet?

[Gareth]

Would certainly be nice to see an incoming or two before Walsall game just to lift spirits a bit…still feels like a huge hangover over the club post the last game of season. 

[Dave]

£3.5 million for Louie Barry is shite.

But miles closer to reality than some of the daft eight figure sums people were throwing around six months ago.

If he'd stayed fit and done even half a decent job in the championship (around 5-6 goals) I think closer to £10m would've been reasonable. His injury means we need to push a lot of that value into resale instead, so 20-30% of his next sale seems fair all round.

I think even that's pushing it. And getting five or six goals for a struggling Hull team was by no means a sure thing - their whole team only scored fourteen goals after January.

My feeling was that it was never going to be much more than £5-6m or so (which itself would have still been one of the highest transfer fees ever based on performances in League One), so knock a couple of million off that for his injury and back-end it instead into a future resale clause and the whole thing feels about right.

[brontebilly]

So Man U want Martinez & Watkins if they can find mugs to take the shite, overpriced & overpaid Onana & Hojlund off their hands.

Watkins, don't get me wrong he probably has another 3 or 4 years left at the highest level, but that's the kind of signing Man United keep making.

Casemiro, Varane, Sanchez, Schweinsteiger et al. I guess they managed to get one great season out of RvP and Fergies last league title but he hardly kicked a ball afterwards from memory.

Onana and Hojlund, extend to Antony, Sancho, Rashford, Maguire, Garnacho - might not work for them at Old Trafford but all are much better players than they have showed in recent seasons.

[Tuscans]

Louie Barry's move to Hull City is in doubt due to affordability concerns. Talks continue but #hcafc struggling to meet overall package, including £3.5m fee (50% sell-on) & Barry's salary.

Interest from elsewhere in 22yo.
@TheAthleticFC
 

[frank black]

Don’t think we’ll struggle to sell Barry for that kind of fee.