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

[Stu]

Without wanting to sound like Demitri...

Where's he gone anyway?

[Somniloquism]

Without wanting to sound like Demitri, if right-midfield is where we splurge I reckon Mbuemo is the stand-out candidate.

25 years old, only a year left on his contract and now Salah has signed his new deal then the obvious team ahead of us in the race might not want to prioritise right-midfield anymore.

Well not sounding like Demitri as you spelt his name right.

[Somniloquism]

Without wanting to sound like Demitri...

Where's he gone anyway?

Returned to VT apparently. Might have been missing Risso being the only person who was backing him up most cases.

[Duncan Shaw]

Jarrod Bowen would still be my number one target this summer and would offer Bailey in part-exchange.

He's too scared to leave West Ham now, 'cos of his hard as nails father-in-law.....

[danno]

Without wanting to sound like Demitri...

Where's he gone anyway?

Returned to VT apparently. Might have been missing Risso being the only person who was backing him up most cases.

I expect him back once Tielemans has a bad game to post on every thread for about two weeks straight that we miss Douglas Luiz.

There are bloodhounds less dogged than that fella.

[Sexual Ealing]

He was a great predictor of events. That's why he always wore oven gloves.

[eamonn]

We haven't lost Risso to VT (again), have we? Swaps back on the Villa more than a Staunton-Cowans combo.

[Brazilian Villain]

We haven't lost Risso to VT (again), have we?

I hope not, that'd be worse than Dwight Yorke going to Yanited.

[pauliewalnuts]

Without wanting to sound like Demitri...

Where's he gone anyway?

Who cares so long as it's nowhere on here. What a dope.

[Olneythelonely]

I knew there was someone missing.

[brontebilly]

Signing players at 33 is rarely a wise move but De Bruyne is one of those rare ones that if you get the chance you should, he's so good. Comfortably the best player on the park the other night.

Especially in the age of 5 subs.

Our midfield 2 unfortunately seemed to shrink on the night. I expected them to dominate. KdB at his best was an outstanding player but those days are long since past. Swerve all day.

[FatSam]

Pirlo was 32 I think when he moved from Milan to Juve. He won the scudetto in each of the 4 years that he was there, and reached the CL final. Probably the exception rather than the rule though. Juve seem to specialise in extending the careers of players, and the pace of Serie A is also more conducive than the EPL.

[Holy Trinity]

Pau and Cash have to go, debatable if any of our center mids are good enough behind kamara and tielimans.
Watkins can go too if the moneys right. He's just not as good as his goal output suggests. He's a great player but a team that is hamstrung by PSR cant afford to have a 1 in 3 or 1 in 4 striker we need better.

[aj2k77]

Cash, Martinez, Watkins at least will go this summer. I think possibly Kamara too. There will be a mini exodus of players who don't want to play in the conference league and think they belong higher.

It's a rebuild job now.

[Steve67]

At this stage, it's probably easier to tell you the players I'd like us to keep than the ones I'd like to allow to leave!!  No surprises this summer if the likes of Watkins and Martinez are allowed to leave.