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

[eamonn]

I dont think were any less of a pull than Spurs all thing considered.

Would you have said that Spurs were less of a pull than us last summer?

Probably about the same.  I think we finished 6th and have Unai - they finished 17 and although they have UCL - its a bit of a shit show

But they are in the main European competition next season and are unlikely to have to sell any of their decent players this summer.

[Drummond]

I dont think were any less of a pull than Spurs all thing considered.

Would you have said that Spurs were less of a pull than us last summer?

Probably about the same.  I think we finished 6th and have Unai - they finished 17 and although they have UCL - its a bit of a shit show

And forever more they will have the Europa League - Winner moniker. We can of course claim that we finished 6th and got to a QF and SF this season.

Whose shoes would you rather be in?

Given they have the trophy and the riches there's a very strong argument to vote them.

[IFWaters]

Players out of contract this year :

Olsen, Hause

Then I think will have to sell :
Martinez 30m
Mings 10m
Bailey 20m
Dobbin 5m
KKH 5m
Moreno 5m
Illing Jnr 5m
Dendoncker free
Kosta 10m
Buendia 20m

[pauliewalnuts]

I would be amazed if we sold Mings and Martinez in the same window.

[Brazilian Villain]

I don't think we'll sell Mings, or get 20m for Buendia.

[Londonvilla]

I don't think we'll sell Mings, or get 20m for Buendia.

Leeds United are reportedly still interested in signing Aston Villa winger Emi Buendia this summer.
Buendia, a former Championship Player of the Season with Norwich City, is someone that they like the look of heading into the upcoming window, according to Ben Jacobs.

https://footballleagueworld.co.uk/leeds-united-retain-an-interest-aston-villa-emi-buendia/

I would be happy with anywhere between £18 -£22 m

[RamboandBruno]

I dont think were any less of a pull than Spurs all thing considered.

Would you have said that Spurs were less of a pull than us last summer?

Probably about the same.  I think we finished 6th and have Unai - they finished 17 and although they have UCL - its a bit of a shit show

But they are in the main European competition next season and are unlikely to have to sell any of their decent players this summer.

Surely there is another point here. If you lose 22 league games, finish 17th, with a points tally that would normally get a team relegated, do you really have that many decent players. It can’t all be blamed on big Ange Mate. 

[pelty]

I dont think were any less of a pull than Spurs all thing considered.

Would you have said that Spurs were less of a pull than us last summer?

Probably about the same.  I think we finished 6th and have Unai - they finished 17 and although they have UCL - its a bit of a shit show

But they are in the main European competition next season and are unlikely to have to sell any of their decent players this summer.

Surely there is another point here. If you lose 22 league games, finish 17th, with a points tally that would normally get a team relegated, do you really have that many decent players. It can’t all be blamed on big Ange Mate. 

I don't know. Look at our form under Gerrard and the effect that a managerial change had on the same players. It may well be largely on Ange!

[PeterWithesShin]

8 of the starting 11 in the 3-0 at Fulham played a big part in us being a CL club. We were on target for 31 points.

[devilla]

FFS.

Ooops wrong thread. Apologies.

[AV84]

Was looking for something else and found this from last January. I removed names to protect people's dignity. Thought it was quite amusing.

I'd rather we just leave Rogers now.  I'm sure we can make better use of £15m in the summer.

If we were talking about a player who would likely be straight up to speed and help us secure top 5 I'd probably be for it.  But it seems to me he's very much a work in progress.  Unless Ramsey has had a major setback I hope we just move on.

The fact that Boro appear to be looking towards a world class potential fee for a player who I doubt will ever be world class means that we should move on.

Don't get me wrong, that is Boros prerogative, but we should not be entertaining the idea for much longer.

I don't mind paying £15M+ for Roony Bardghji, for example, but Rogers is a squad filler type player in my humble opinion.

I’m not sure what a world class fee is, but £15m isn’t that big. If he went onto be a reasonable premier league player we would comfortably recoup that.

It's subjective, thats what it is. 

In my subjective humble opinion, paying £15M-£20M is reasonable for what could be considered a potential "world class" prospect.

ManC are paying around that fee for some of the South Americans recently. Brighton manage to get them much lower thanks to their owners 'scouting software'. Chelsea pay all of the money because they are a basket case of a club.

I suppose there fee is also subject to how much experience they have at their age & at what level was that experience gained.

But then again, I suppose "world class" is also subjective...

[ozzjim]

Chelsea also run their club structure with other clubs very effectively. There's a Dutch striker at Strasbourg that we've been linked with and looks talented, but he'll go to Chelsea next summer when they consider him ready. This allows them to move players around more easily to showcase and bring them through.

[SoccerHQ]

I don't think we'll sell Mings, or get 20m for Buendia.

Leeds United are reportedly still interested in signing Aston Villa winger Emi Buendia this summer.
Buendia, a former Championship Player of the Season with Norwich City, is someone that they like the look of heading into the upcoming window, according to Ben Jacobs.

https://footballleagueworld.co.uk/leeds-united-retain-an-interest-aston-villa-emi-buendia/

I would be happy with anywhere between £18 -£22 m

Got a year left on his deal. Or maybe two? Would be happy with 10m for Buendia.

Mings I'd keep around for another year with his leadership if we're losing Emi. Let's hope he's allowed to play against Mateta next time.

[Percy McCarthy]

^^ Two years for little Emi I think. We tacked another one on when he went on loan.

[PaulWinch again]

As others have mentioned we desperately need to rediscover some of our spark going forward. We’ve had some great moments, but there was nothing like the consistency in that space that we saw in the first half of last season. I think pace on the flanks is a key part to that, or at least on one flank.