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

[ozzjim]

I think it's what sells. They have very little to write, the club isn't spinning anything positive as it's summer and there is no need, so the press is negatively speculating for clicks, and linking us constantly to the 3 united players generates those clicks.

Out of the 3 I'm not sure which I would want, but probably Rashford as he's more versatile. I think Emery would make Garnacho incredible though. Sancho... Meh, he needs to go back to Germany or Italy

[DB]

Rashford was great for us but have big reservations he will consistently  do it for us over a whole season.

[Paul.S]

I see on the "News now" feed not only are all our players up for sale but so is Monchi who is being recourted by Seville.
Meanwhile we will break the bank for Sancho.

I know we can all be paranoid regarding the British press but it is hard not to believe they really do have some vendetta against us and I'm not sure why.

Does it go back back because we stopped the favourable Bobby Robsons Ipswich from winning the league or that the following year we won the big one?

Or is it a London, and now Northwest bias?


Either way it always feels any praise is always begrudgingly givn

There’s just a lack of interest. Lazy reporting without any investigation because they can’t be bothered.
In today’s world it’s all about social media and sensationalism and getting the most likes or whatever they’re called these days. I’d rather be us though instead of a club that’s got day trippers with mobile phones out for most of the game. We are one of the last traditional clubs in the PL which many away fans from other clubs do appreciate when they come.
Anyway, I’ve got to go as I’m switching Sky on as there’s a programme about the fantasy league on.

[Holte L2]

I see on the "News now" feed not only are all our players up for sale but so is Monchi who is being recourted by Seville.
Meanwhile we will break the bank for Sancho.

I know we can all be paranoid regarding the British press but it is hard not to believe they really do have some vendetta against us and I'm not sure why.

Does it go back back because we stopped the favourable Bobby Robsons Ipswich from winning the league or that the following year we won the big one?

Or is it a London, and now Northwest bias?


Either way it always feels any praise is always begrudgingly givn

My dad has always been adamant that it's because we beat the nations precious "Busby Babes" in 1957. 

[john e]

I see on the "News now" feed not only are all our players up for sale but so is Monchi who is being recourted by Seville.
Meanwhile we will break the bank for Sancho.

I know we can all be paranoid regarding the British press but it is hard not to believe they really do have some vendetta against us and I'm not sure why.

Does it go back back because we stopped the favourable Bobby Robsons Ipswich from winning the league or that the following year we won the big one?

Or is it a London, and now Northwest bias?


Either way it always feels any praise is always begrudgingly givn

My dad has always been adamant that it's because we beat the nations precious "Busby Babes" in 1957. 

ha ha good one
I’m going to use that in conversations from now on

[andyh]

Rashford was great for us but have big reservations he will consistently  do it for us over a whole season.

I have reservations too.
I’m not sure he ‘was great’ for us. He did ok in flashes.

I’d much rather we played Rogers in that position and we brought in a quality wide right player to replace Bailey.

[Duncan Shaw]

Rashford was great for us but have big reservations he will consistently  do it for us over a whole season.

I have reservations too.
I’m not sure he ‘was great’ for us. He did ok in flashes.

I’d much rather we played Rogers in that position and we brought in a quality wide right player to replace Bailey.

This is my take on it too, I think spending the money on Rashford is a risk.

[Beard82]

When we hear how much of a pain all the financial regs are, and given we have no UCL - I really think its too much of a risk that he doesnt deliever consitently and ends up preventing us else where.

[AV84]

It's partly because we didn't qualify for CL. They need a narrative for clicks and ours is now everyone is for sale. If we'd qualified for CL, it would be the same, but because we're replacing them all with better.

[Rigadon]

It's partly because we didn't qualify for CL. They need a narrative for clicks and ours is now everyone is for sale. If we'd qualified for CL, it would be the same, but because we're replacing them all with better.

Narrative aside, I think we'd have been doing similar business this summer regardless of CL qualification.

[john2710]

I don't think the press have a vendetta against us, its more likely because we've been, more or less,  an irrelevance since football was invented way back in 1992.

Other than that, I think the rest of the country has an opinion that anything coming from the West Midlands is shite, especially the accent.

[AV84]

It's partly because we didn't qualify for CL. They need a narrative for clicks and ours is now everyone is for sale. If we'd qualified for CL, it would be the same, but because we're replacing them all with better.

Narrative aside, I think we'd have been doing similar business this summer regardless of CL qualification.

I think we might have been, but as I said, the story then would be we're upgrading. Now it's all doom and gloom, like we have to sell players, or players we don't want to sell want CL and want to move.

[chrisw1]

I notice Dirty Leeds are trying to sign Jaka Bijol, the Slovenian CB who played well in the last Euros; a two-footed ball-playing CB.
Which is nice.

Is he really on disproportionally big wages?  I know this has been the general thinking, but he was on big wages when we were mid-table and struggling.  Surely most of the squad will have caught up with him by now?

[Mister E]

Rashford was great for us but have big reservations he will consistently  do it for us over a whole season.

I have reservations too.
I’m not sure he ‘was great’ for us. He did ok in flashes.

I’d much rather we played Rogers in that position and we brought in a quality wide right player to replace Bailey.

This is my take on it too, I think spending the money on Rashford is a risk.

Yup, me too.

[Mister E]

I notice Dirty Leeds are trying to sign Jaka Bijol, the Slovenian CB who played well in the last Euros; a two-footed ball-playing CB.
Which is nice.

Is he really on disproportionally big wages?  I know this has been the general thinking, but he was on big wages when we were mid-table and struggling.  Surely most of the squad will have caught up with him by now?

A bit of a non sequitur, Chris, unless I'm missing something very subtle.