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

[OCD]

Teams competing in the Club World Cup will want to do business before 1st July.

[Meanwood Villa]

How did Monchi fuck up at Sevilla?

[cdbearsfan]

Good point. That could work to our advantage I suppose.

[LeeB]

Good point. That could work to our advantage I suppose.

With that in mind it's a shame TAA is going to Madrid as that's closed off an avenue for Matty Cash.

[Dave]

How did Monchi fuck up at Sevilla?

Fairly comprehensive article if you're interested here, but the synopsis version is:

[Sevilla circling the plug-hole] essentially began with Monchi’s return to Sevilla in 2019 after a brief and unsuccessful spell with Roma. His plan was to turn Sevilla into genuine title challengers, so although there was still a desire for some players with re-sale value, they set their limits a little higher. Their ambition also saw them turn to more players about to hit their peak years or those who boasted significant experience.

Maximum short-term impact rather than long-term investment was the idea in many cases, with players like Fernando, Luuk de Jong, Ivan Rakitic, Papu Gómez, Marcos Acuña, Thomas Delaney, Jesús Corona, Anthony Martial, Alex Telles, Isco and Érik Lamela brought in between 2019 and 2022. A few made decent contributions, a couple delivered great value, but most would be considered mistakes or disappointments.

Then they sold the best central defence in Europe (half of it to us) and they're now sitting 16th with an old squad on massive wages that they can't do anything with.

[Brazilian Villain]

Good point. That could work to our advantage I suppose.

With that in mind it's a shame TAA is going to Madrid as that's closed off an avenue for Matty Cash.

Given he's such a dirty hatchet man, he was always more likely to end up at Atlético with Simeone.

[RamboandBruno]

How did Monchi fuck up at Sevilla?

Fairly comprehensive article if you're interested here, but the synopsis version is:

[Sevilla circling the plug-hole] essentially began with Monchi’s return to Sevilla in 2019 after a brief and unsuccessful spell with Roma. His plan was to turn Sevilla into genuine title challengers, so although there was still a desire for some players with re-sale value, they set their limits a little higher. Their ambition also saw them turn to more players about to hit their peak years or those who boasted significant experience.

Maximum short-term impact rather than long-term investment was the idea in many cases, with players like Fernando, Luuk de Jong, Ivan Rakitic, Papu Gómez, Marcos Acuña, Thomas Delaney, Jesús Corona, Anthony Martial, Alex Telles, Isco and Érik Lamela brought in between 2019 and 2022. A few made decent contributions, a couple delivered great value, but most would be considered mistakes or disappointments.

Then they sold the best central defence in Europe (half of it to us) and they're now sitting 16th with an old squad on massive wages that they can't do anything with.

I’m not on top of this, but from what you’ve posted Dave, doesn’t this point just as much to the Seville coaches/management, not being able to mold said players at their peak, into a successful unit. Like, if Emery (God forbid) was back at Seville would they have made more of a fist of it.

A bit like the earlier post about Monchi and Emery complimenting each other?

[eamonn]

I'm not sure Juventus will view the Doug deal as well below value in hindsight.

I play five a side with a Juve fan and asked him last week what's happened to Dougie. He looked angrily at me and said "He is slow and useless. I want him and his girlfriend to get the fuck out of Turin ASAP!" The place went a bit silent for a second before they started taking the piss out of someone in a Yanited shirt.

[PeterWithe]

Maybe not, but it was at the time. If we sold, say, Watkins to Juventus for thirty million to help us avoid falling victim to the rules introduced to protect Juventus by former Juventus player and well known crook Michel Platini, we will have been ripped off because of said rules. Even if he then scores fewer goals than Jordan Bowery for the rest of his career. It would soften the blow, admittedly. And not just because Juventus are fucking horrible.

I'd never thought about it in those terms before

[Tokyo Sexwhale]

I'm not sure Juventus will view the Doug deal as well below value in hindsight.

I play five a side with a Juve fan and asked him last week what's happened to Dougie. He looked angrily at me and said "He is slow and useless. I want him and his girlfriend to get the fuck out of Turin ASAP!" The place went a bit silent for a second before they started taking the piss out of someone in a Yanited shirt.

Wonder what they'd take for him?

[Pat McMahon]

I'm not sure Juventus will view the Doug deal as well below value in hindsight.

I play five a side with a Juve fan and asked him last week what's happened to Dougie. He looked angrily at me and said "He is slow and useless. I want him and his girlfriend to get the fuck out of Turin ASAP!" The place went a bit silent for a second before they started taking the piss out of someone in a Yanited shirt.

Dougie wasn’t quick but in a league which is much more halter skeletons and physical he was one of our key players so it’s strange that he is seen this way. Confidence, conditioning or just the wrong man at the wrong club I wonder.

[ChicagoLion]

Good point. That could work to our advantage I suppose.

With that in mind it's a shame TAA is going to Madrid as that's closed off an avenue for Matty Cash.

Brilliant 🤩

[Dante Lavelli]

Good point. That could work to our advantage I suppose.

With that in mind it's a shame TAA is going to Madrid as that's closed off an avenue for Matty Cash.

Brilliant 🤩

Funnily enough, I can’t see Cash going to Liverpool.  A steady RB in PL terms but would not block Conor Bradley’s progress.

You heard it here first…

[Tuscans]

🚨 Aston Villa have made contact to sign 18 year old forward Kenny Quetant from Le Havre — discussions ongoing.
@Santi_J_FM
 

[Sexual Ealing]

🚨 Aston Villa have made contact to sign 18 year old forward Kenny Quetant from Le Havre — discussions ongoing.
@Santi_J_FM
 

Yes please. Kenny Quetant sounds like a charming but doomed bit of rough in a Joe Orton play. I'm amazed it's taken our recruitment boffins so long to start adopting some of my own scouting strategies. I've emailed them often enough.