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

[Tuscans]

🚨🧨 Coventry City are leading the race to sign Kaine Kesler-Hayden — £5m + add-ons.
@reluctantnicko
 

[Ian.]

5 million? Bloody hell, is this a charitable donation to our neighbours?

[PeterWithe]

You'd imagine another loan at a club expected to be near the top of the Championship, or the bottom of the PL would be what's hoped for. With the prospect of pulling in £10-15m next year

[algy]

You'd imagine another loan at a club expected to be near the top of the Championship, or the bottom of the PL would be what's hoped for. With the prospect of pulling in £10-15m next year

He’ll be 23 for the vast majority of next season, 24 the season after. We can’t be going round hoarding players, particularly ones who look unlikely to ever make it as a squad player at a top half Premier League team.

[PeterWithe]

Sorry, I meant, if all that was on the table was a £5m offer, I think we would then prefer my scenario above.

[eamonn]

Fuck me ramsdale, spurs second choice keeper. 

You guys aren’t making me feel any better about this

Hopefully our scouting extends beyond, “has looked ok in a bad team”. Ramsdale, for instance, makes some really good saves but he’s not great in the air and he gets overly emotional and makes rash decisions with that.

You haven't spotted him on the piss in Winchester, have you?

[Tuscans]

🚨🧨 Aston Villa are set to make a £25m move for Strasbourg midfielder Habib Diarra.
@reluctantnicko

[eamonn]

Because it wouldn't b

Yes, I looked him up just after I posted it and realised they'd only just bought him. Still, as someone else pointed out, there's plenty of keepers having great seasons that I'd never paid any attention to before. I don't think Martinez is irreplaceable, the only problem is goalkeeper isn't a position you can mess around with, or ease someone into the league. With Olsen going too, we really need to get it right first time.

Because it wouldn't be as bad if Olsen stayed.

Well yes. If we sign a new keeper and he's shit, we would at least have a very experienced keeper who is familiar with the league, his team mates and the way we play. If Olsen is gone and the new keeper is shit, we've got.... Zych.

If we're down to Zych we've basically got zilch.

[AV84]

One of the BBC gossip stories is linking us with Caoimhin Kelleher. Dunno how much truth there is in it, could just be his team fishing for a move. I'd say he'll definitely go this summer though.

[LeeB]

One of the BBC gossip stories is linking us with Caoimhin Kelleher. Dunno how much truth there is in it, could just be his team fishing for a move. I'd say he'll definitely go this summer though.

There was talk he was going to Bournemouth for £30m but our new situation may alter that. He looks good from what I've seen of him.

[RamboandBruno]

One of the BBC gossip stories is linking us with Caoimhin Kelleher. Dunno how much truth there is in it, could just be his team fishing for a move. I'd say he'll definitely go this summer though.

There was talk he was going to Bournemouth for £30m but our new situation may alter that. He looks good from what I've seen of him.

Yes he’s a good keeper, would be reasonably happy with that.

[Ger Regan]

Good distribution, plus somewhat rectifies the recent dearth of paddies in our squad. It's a yes from me, even though I was hoping we'd shop further afield for emi's replacement (and I don't mean Southampton)

[Somniloquism]

One of the BBC gossip stories is linking us with Caoimhin Kelleher. Dunno how much truth there is in it, could just be his team fishing for a move. I'd say he'll definitely go this summer though.

There was talk he was going to Bournemouth for £30m but our new situation may alter that. He looks good from what I've seen of him.

Leeds seem to be the faves from the recent reports before our interest has overtaken the news cycle.

[AV84]

Yeah, he's definitely leaving Liverpool this summer and you'd think he'd want to come to us over a newly promoted side, so it could well just be baseless speculation now we're the biggest side looking for a keeper. We've been linked to a Spanish keeper who people seem to rate too. Having more than one target has to be a positive thing from our point of view.

[Steve67]

🚨🧨 Aston Villa are set to make a £25m move for Strasbourg midfielder Habib Diarra.
@reluctantnicko

He doesn’t get much right this Nicko chap does he? Is Habib Diarra any good?