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

[Brazilian Villain]

🚨 NEW: Unai Emery has studied Marco Bizot in detail together with the scouting department & followed many of his matches — he could arrive in England next week.
@telegraaf
 

It might be a bullshit rumour but I can 100% believe Unai has spent hours poring over footage of a 34 year old potential back up keeper from France.

Are you insinuating that he told Monchi to get his hands on as much Brest footage as possible?

[kippaxvilla2]

Someone just told me he has seen we are trying to get Trossard.

[LeeB]

I like Trossard, he's a good and under utilised player.

Looks like he stays up all night chasing the dragon mind.

[N'ZMAV]

Someone just told me he has seen we are trying to get Trossard.

I'd rather Ramsey had more game time

[PaulWinch again]

I’d rather have a selection of good options, but even in the transfer rumours thread, “someone has told me he has seen” we’re trying to get Trossard is pretty tenuous.

[brontebilly]

We'll sign someone, we'll sell someone. We'll do well in the competitions we're in, we'll challenge again. Another team won't do as well as expected whilst another does better than expected.

We've currently got fit players who've all had a decent break.

We've 'lost' Asensio, Rashford and Disasi, and moved Coutinho, Hause, and Olsen on.

We've gained Buendia, Ozcan, Barrenechea, Iling Jr, Gauci, and Moreno.

One new signing, a bunch back from loan. We may or may not now need a centre half, we need a bit of pace up front. We will be fine.

Exactly this. We've lost our three loan players who were luxuries we could only afford short term and with Champions League income. We still have a large squad with the potential for wheeling and dealing.

The bunch back from loan and PSR patsys are in the main unwanted by Emery (Kosta, Buendia, Dobbin, SIJ, Enzo, Moreno, Donk, Barry). Id be stunned if he used any of these next season
. Not much scope for wheeling and dealing there that cuts the wage bill drastically, Leeds or whoever aren't going to offer Buendia anything like the money he is currently on.

This isn't like last summer where we had the likes of Buendia, Ramsey and Mings coming back from injury to add to a squad that secured CL football, despite likes of Luiz having to go and Diaby. Already looking as if the benefits of pre season to bed in new players will be limited. Not the end of the world perhaps but it's a much trickier transfer window for the club than last summer.

But why does it only ever seem to be tricky for us? Chelsea had a more severe punishment, as presumably their guilt was judged as more serious, yet their spend is already Gbp150 mill. and counting. Anyone who thinks we will be competitive at the top of the league again without some serious investment is deluding themselves. Puts on tin hat and takes cover.

They paid an extra €15m to comply within a 4 year period instead of a 3 year period.

Chelsea are also in the process of earning an absolute fortune for losing to PSG in the final of that Club World Cup thing.

And CL football next season, suspect our own risk appetite might have been somewhat similar if we didnt bottle it spectacularly at OT but alas

Sure Rogers might kick on again back at 10, Ramsey hopefully shows everyone consistently what he's capable of, Maatsen will hardly be as poor/average again

That aside, we are dependent on a core of likes of Cash, Digne, Konsa....,McGinn, Tielemans, Watkins to lead us again through another 50+ game season. At least one of Martinez and Kamara to go and fund some new signings. It's a huge ask in the context of the teams above us all investing heavily already, Spurs might have the biggest budget of any club

[VinnieChase84]

I like Trossard. Could play a few roles in unais structure so works well across the positions. Now they’ve signed Madueke he’s surely got to be off

Bizak is a good solid upgrade on Olsen and understudy
If anything happens with Emi then it won’t be the last time we’re shopping in France either

[ozzjim]

Clearly the Lille guy is the Emi replacement plan. If that happens, a well experienced high quality number 2 makes sense. I am a bit worried about the lack of any noise on forward options at all.

[Rigadon]

I like Trossard, he's a good and under utilised player.

Looks like he stays up all night chasing the dragon mind.

Haha, that made me ‘lol’.  It’s funny cause it’s true. 

[ozzjim]

It is quite depressing watching Spurs, Chelsea and United chucking massive money about like nothing is ever going to change while Villa, Forest and Newcastle are all tip toeing about the rules like naughty children. Emery gets us into the top 6 again next season he's performed small miracles again.

[ChicagoLion]

Spuds signing Gibbs White,
A point at Old Trafford and this window would have been a bit more exciting.

[Duncan Shaw]

Spuds signing Gibbs White,
A point at Old Trafford and this window would have been a bit more exciting.

Wouldn't make an ounce of difference to what Spuds are doing!

[kippaxvilla2]

This Brest goalkeeper kept 13 clean sheets last season.  He really is the Bizot.

[Anthenagin]

This Brest goalkeeper kept 13 clean sheets last season.  He really is the Bizot.

You have a good mammary for figures.

[Mister E]

This Brest goalkeeper kept 13 clean sheets last season.  He really is the Bizot.

You have a good mammary for figures.

How many boobs did he make last season?