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

[Villatillidie25]

PSR was absolutely designed to protect the established elite. It was invented by a crooked former Juventus player, because the likes of Juventus were worried that the leagues would all have billionaires creating their own versions of Man City and challenging their dominance.

People who think it was put in place to protect less wealthy clubs probably believe Nigel Farage when he presents himself as a man of the people.

So in a member organisation like the PL, the 14 non big 6 clubs are all just stupid and were tricked by the Big 6 into agreeing with their evil plan? Why does PSR exist in the lower leagues then if it’s just something to protect the established elite?
God knows what Farage has to do with it - hopefully nothing given he’s a moron.

[kippaxvilla2]

I thought it was an open secret that big clubs didn't want new money coming into the game so decided to pull the drawbridge up. As for it being in the other leagues they had to have some kind of smokescreen - otherwise it definitely would have looked suspicious.  And yes, I do think some clubs were duped into agreeing to it.

[Dave]

Is Redmond here to stay and be in the first team squad or is he likely to go out loan. Same with the Turkish CB

Ozcan's presumably here to provide cover for Torres and eventually replace him as LCB.

[cdbearsfan]

PSR was absolutely designed to protect the established elite. It was invented by a crooked former Juventus player, because the likes of Juventus were worried that the leagues would all have billionaires creating their own versions of Man City and challenging their dominance.

People who think it was put in place to protect less wealthy clubs probably believe Nigel Farage when he presents himself as a man of the people.

So in a member organisation like the PL, the 14 non big 6 clubs are all just stupid and were tricked by the Big 6 into agreeing with their evil plan? Why does PSR exist in the lower leagues then if it’s just something to protect the established elite?
God knows what Farage has to do with it - hopefully nothing given he’s a moron.

Stupidity, as you say. People believed the lies they were sold. Also, if they introduce the rules at elite level you're effectively forced to comply if you ever want to compete at that level, so the rule gets introduced lower down, too.

[OCD]

Is Redmond here to stay and be in the first team squad or is he likely to go out loan. Same with the Turkish CB

Ozcan's presumably here to provide cover for Torres and eventually replace him as LCB.

Where does that leave Mings after his contract extension then?

[Rudy Can't Fail]

We'll sign someone, we'll sell someone. We'll do well in the competitions we're in, we'll challenge again. Another team won't do as well as expected whilst another does better than expected.

We've currently got fit players who've all had a decent break.

We've 'lost' Asensio, Rashford and Disasi, and moved Coutinho, Hause, and Olsen on.

We've gained Buendia, Ozcan, Barrenechea, Iling Jr, Gauci, and Moreno.

One new signing, a bunch back from loan. We may or may not now need a centre half, we need a bit of pace up front. We will be fine.

Pace up front, you say? Step forward £10m signing, Lewis Dobbin.

[Dave]

Is Redmond here to stay and be in the first team squad or is he likely to go out loan. Same with the Turkish CB

Ozcan's presumably here to provide cover for Torres and eventually replace him as LCB.

Where does that leave Mings after his contract extension then?

I imagine tied to a bed in Tim's house, in the style of James Caan in Misery.

[Olneythelonely]

PSR was absolutely designed to protect the established elite. It was invented by a crooked former Juventus player, because the likes of Juventus were worried that the leagues would all have billionaires creating their own versions of Man City and challenging their dominance.

People who think it was put in place to protect less wealthy clubs probably believe Nigel Farage when he presents himself as a man of the people.

So in a member organisation like the PL, the 14 non big 6 clubs are all just stupid and were tricked by the Big 6 into agreeing with their evil plan? Why does PSR exist in the lower leagues then if it’s just something to protect the established elite?
God knows what Farage has to do with it - hopefully nothing given he’s a moron.

It doesn’t need the other 14 to agree to it. All it takes is 8 of the other teams to not want it to become a “Big 8”. Worry about Newcastle/Villa pulling even further away and you can easily see why the 14 clubs needed would vote for it.

I don’t know whether it was designed this way on purpose, but it was designed so poorly that it didn’t take too long for it to become this way.

[Dave]

I don’t know whether it was designed this way on purpose, but it was designed so poorly that it didn’t take too long for it to become this way.

Even if you were trying to design a "don't let clubs spend money they don't have" system with the best, most noble of intentions it's hard to picture any way of doing it that doesn't result in the clubs that make more money being able to spend more than those that make less money. 

[Hookeysmith]

all the negative crap from journos who are mostly supporters of the Sky Cartel brigade and more than a little bit nervous about little old Aston Villa poking our nose into the trough and pushing their own clubs out.

[pauliewalnuts]

all the negative crap from journos who are mostly supporters of the Sky Cartel brigade and more than a little bit nervous about little old Aston Villa poking our nose into the trough and pushing their own clubs out.

I honestly don't buy that for a minute.

Journalists would have more to write about, their job would be way more easier.

[PaulWinch again]

Yeah it’s nonsense.

[Dave]

all the negative crap from journos who are mostly supporters of the Sky Cartel brigade and more than a little bit nervous about little old Aston Villa poking our nose into the trough and pushing their own clubs out.

I honestly don't buy that for a minute.

Journalists would have more to write about, their job would be way more easier.

Yup. Man Utd and Spurs fighting it out for 16th and 17th last season probably created more journalism "content" than years of them finishing fourth and fifth.

Big clubs being really shit is far better for journalists than big clubs being good.

[kippaxvilla2]

All the same, I recall Smatterface on last year talking to someone and saying 'the quality of the PL is not that great this year and it does need a good Manchester United team to make it better.'

[Monty]

all the negative crap from journos who are mostly supporters of the Sky Cartel brigade and more than a little bit nervous about little old Aston Villa poking our nose into the trough and pushing their own clubs out.

I honestly don't buy that for a minute.

Journalists would have more to write about, their job would be way more easier.

That is rationally true, but journos a) don't necessarily know that, and b) are often craven power-worshippers ('either at your throat or at your feet' types).

I mean, I really don't think at all that they're sat up at night trembling with fear about the Villa finishing third in the division, but I do think their tendency to prefer coverage of the Big Teams because they get the most views sometimes bleeds subconsciously into an instinctive preference for those teams in principle.