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

[frank black]

I'd go for Ramsdale and sign that Ipswich goalie as backup.

That would be a serious downgrade on Emi

I think just about any player we can realistically sign will be. We aren't getting Raya, Alisson or Donnarumma.

Ramsdale is more your jobbing bottom half of the prem type though… we’ll need to sign someone like Kepa or another very highly rated backup keeper that can’t get past the main no1. If we qualify for the CL it’ll be a damn sight easier.

[curiousorange]

As soon as Ramsdale publicly admitted he struggles to concentrate on a full game he was done as a top level keeper for me. Even if every goalkeeper is the same, you never say that.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Holy Trinity, Dobbin could be described as a swap deal for Tim but it was still poor business as we're unlikely to see any money back for him. Everton may with Tim. He was great for them before his injury.

We sold Luis in a firse sale to Juventus for €51.5m but then paid them an additional €11m for Illing and €8m for Barrenechea. Whilst I think we'll make a profit on Barrenechea, I'm struggling to see which promoted club will spend 15-20m on Illing. His season long loan at Bologna was cut short and he was sent off to relegation threatened/midtable Boro for the remainder of this season and hardly pulled up any trees. For me only one team did great business and it was Juventus. If by some chance Kosta was to sign for Lepzig we'll be lucky to get our money back.

So if those players were bought never to play for us I'm glad it wasn't with my money. Onana wasn't great before his injuries, he scored a few important goals which covered up his average/poor performances. Hopefully now he will kick on.

[Dave]

If by some chance Kosta was to sign for Lepzig we'll be lucky to get our money back.

The price we've agreed with them is around double what we paid for him.

[Beard82]

Last summer's activity was a necessity in terms of PSR and doing weird deals to get out of a world of shit.  Onana and Maatsen will prove to be good signings.  The January signings were excellent and have helped to rescue the season, given we were as low as 9th at one point.  Hoping for more of January type signings and less of Last summers shenanigans but I am guessing we have to do a bit more of both.   I suspect Unai is thinking that some of these players have taken us as far as they can.

Yes but were basically in a payday loan situation - so we sell emi and Ollie - which seems likely the chances of us getting players in that will contribute as much as they do in there first season is hugely unlikely - so we then have to go again.  It’s just not sustainable

[PaulWinch again]

Ramsdale?! Fucking hell.

Hope not.
I thought Kinsky played well last night for Spuds, and Leicester's Scandi keeper is also pretty good.

No to all three for me - classic case of being busy in poor sides so standing out.

[Somniloquism]

Holy Trinity, Dobbin could be described as a swap deal for Tim but it was still poor business as we're unlikely to see any money back for him. Everton may with Tim. He was great for them before his injury.

Was he? The four matches he started they lost including two they had gone 2-0 up in. Then they drop him for three and they get some draws. Since then he has only started one even though he has been back for half a season.

Yes, they will get some money back but myself (and apparently Moyes) is not convinced he can currently hack it at the prem level.

[PaulWinch again]

It’s not a poor deal, it helped avoid a penalty. It’s only poor if you don’t look at the wider context. It wasn’t just a football decision.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Holy Trinity, Dobbin could be described as a swap deal for Tim but it was still poor business as we're unlikely to see any money back for him. Everton may with Tim. He was great for them before his injury.

Was he? The four matches he started they lost including two they had gone 2-0 up in. Then they drop him for three and they get some draws. Since then he has only started one even though he has been back for half a season.

Yes, they will get some money back but myself (and apparently Moyes) is not convinced he can currently hack it at the prem level.

I recall their fans loving him and thinking they'd pulled out trousers down getting him for basically nothing. Then he got injured. I lost interest after that.

[Holy Trinity]

Holy Trinity, Dobbin could be described as a swap deal for Tim but it was still poor business as we're unlikely to see any money back for him. Everton may with Tim. He was great for them before his injury.

We sold Luis in a firse sale to Juventus for €51.5m but then paid them an additional €11m for Illing and €8m for Barrenechea. Whilst I think we'll make a profit on Barrenechea, I'm struggling to see which promoted club will spend 15-20m on Illing. His season long loan at Bologna was cut short and he was sent off to relegation threatened/midtable Boro for the remainder of this season and hardly pulled up any trees. For me only one team did great business and it was Juventus. If by some chance Kosta was to sign for Lepzig we'll be lucky to get our money back.

So if those players were bought never to play for us I'm glad it wasn't with my money. Onana wasn't great before his injuries, he scored a few important goals which covered up his average/poor performances. Hopefully now he will kick on.

Just for context and a purely stats point if view the current world's best footballer Rodri has an average rating of 6.85 this season.
Onana is 6.71.

Kamara is 6.63, he's been going under the radar.

[Somniloquism]

I recall their fans loving him and thinking they'd pulled out trousers down getting him for basically nothing. Then he got injured. I lost interest after that.

Everton fans though. They definitely got the better deal with Dobbin coming here as the like for like, but I reckon withing two seasons Tim is at a championship team.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Thanks for that, HT, it gave me a laugh. Stats, eh? Do they now make SJM or Youri the best player in the world as neither have been below a 7 all season (if you ignore Bronte).

[pauliewalnuts]

Just for context and a purely stats point if view the current world's best footballer Rodri has an average rating of 6.85 this season.
Onana is 6.71.

Kamara is 6.63, he's been going under the radar.

Rodri has played in two league games this season.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Just for context and a purely stats point if view the current world's best footballer Rodri has an average rating of 6.85 this season.
Onana is 6.71.

Kamara is 6.63, he's been going under the radar.

Rodri has played in two league games this season.

No wonder if his stats are only slightly above pre-injured Onana.

[cdbearsfan]

Surely if he's only played two games, his average rating can only end in .00 or .50?