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

[ChicagoLion]

Manure are going to be a lot better than they were last season.
If you are honest you realise they they’re bestX1 is ahead than ours right now.
I know it’s uncomfortable but they tore us apart on the last day of the season and have improved since then.

[Dante Lavelli]

Manure are going to be a lot better than they were last season.
If you are honest you realise they they’re bestX1 is ahead than ours right now.
I know it’s uncomfortable but they tore us apart on the last day of the season and have improved since then.

You might be right but is Cunha significantly better than Fernandez? Diallo was their breakout star last year, so the net gain from signing Cunha and Mbeueno is small, or as a minimum adds a few more egos to their swelling bomb squad.

[LeonW]

Manure are going to be a lot better than they were last season.
If you are honest you realise they they’re bestX1 is ahead than ours right now.
I know it’s uncomfortable but they tore us apart on the last day of the season and have improved since then.

I’m sorry, this is nonsense. We played into their hands that last game of the season but they finished where they did for a reason. We’ve finished above them for the past two seasons for a reason.

If they add a few more and we don’t then it might start to become slightly more of a discussion. But they’d all have to gel together quickly and work within a system and with players they haven’t played together as a team. Our players have been Emery coached  for 2.5 years and are a way ahead as a side.

They’ve spent a fortune on two decent players. Loads of them probably thought Mount, Sancho and others would dazzle and they’ve done next to f*ck all. Who’s to say Cunha and Mbeuno won’t be the same. The evidence of the past 10 years is trending against them.

[PaulWinch again]

Manure are going to be a lot better than they were last season.
If you are honest you realise they they’re bestX1 is ahead than ours right now.
I know it’s uncomfortable but they tore us apart on the last day of the season and have improved since then.

I’m less than thrilled with where the squad is at the moment. But I’d be very surprised if Man Utd completely flip where they’ve been. They’ve made a couple of decent signings, but don’t confuse our hoodoo against them with that being indicative of them recovering. That game was a real outlier, they might be a bit better, but they’ve got a load of problems. I’d be very surprised if they finished top 10.

[Tony Daleys Shorts]

Manure are going to be a lot better than they were last season.
If you are honest you realise they they’re bestX1 is ahead than ours right now.
I know it’s uncomfortable but they tore us apart on the last day of the season and have improved since then.

I’m less than thrilled with where the squad is at the moment. But I’d be very surprised if Man Utd completely flip where they’ve been. They’ve made a couple of decent signings, but don’t confuse our hoodoo against them with that being indicative of them recovering. That game was a real outlier, they might be a bit better, but they’ve got a load of problems. I’d be very surprised if they finished top 10.

Agree. They’ll just be slightly less shite than last season. We always make them look massively better than they actually are.

[ChicagoLion]

Manure are going to be a lot better than they were last season.
If you are honest you realise they they’re bestX1 is ahead than ours right now.
I know it’s uncomfortable but they tore us apart on the last day of the season and have improved since then.

I’m less than thrilled with where the squad is at the moment. But I’d be very surprised if Man Utd completely flip where they’ve been. They’ve made a couple of decent signings, but don’t confuse our hoodoo against them with that being indicative of them recovering. That game was a real outlier, they might be a bit better, but they’ve got a load of problems. I’d be very surprised if they finished top 10.

Agree. They’ll just be slightly less shite than last season. We always make them look massively better than they actually are.

I am hoping you are all right, Amorin will have the luxury of a pre season to bed in his system and they have improved their attack.
If they can get the defence working then they will improve significantly.
We are down 2 significant players.
Digne SJM Mings Watkins have probably seen their best days.
I do not think our defence is good enough when we are  relying on Maatsen Cash and Torres.

[kippaxvilla2]

They’re not better than us.  They just Manure us every season for some reason.  Go back to 1981 I still think they got a draw off us in one of the games.

[Mister E]

From the friendlies and training photos Ozcan seems to be part of the first team squad and Mosquera has been given time in both matches so far, might be interesting to see how much more time they get on tour and I wouldn't be surprised if we see Jimoh, Burrowes and Hemming all around the squad through the next few months.

I'm not saying we should rely on these players but I think there's plenty of talent in the U21 and U18 squads and players at those ages can see pretty big jumps in performance in a really short time (see Rogers for example).

I hope this is the scenario. We seem to have a good crop of young players - particularly Borland and Hemmings - and Emery will hopefully develop them quickly into useful squad members.

[Lsvilla]

They’re not better than us.  They just Manure us every season for some reason.  Go back to 1981 I still think they got a draw off us in one of the games.

Both. 2 x 3-3 draws.

[ChicagoLion]

From the friendlies and training photos Ozcan seems to be part of the first team squad and Mosquera has been given time in both matches so far, might be interesting to see how much more time they get on tour and I wouldn't be surprised if we see Jimoh, Burrowes and Hemming all around the squad through the next few months.

I'm not saying we should rely on these players but I think there's plenty of talent in the U21 and U18 squads and players at those ages can see pretty big jumps in performance in a really short time (see Rogers for example).

I hope this is the scenario. We seem to have a good crop of young players - particularly Borland and Hemmings - and Emery will hopefully develop them quickly into useful squad members.

it’s a hell of a stretch to go from promising youngsters to first team Prem League players.
I would love it but…

[tomd2103]

I honestly think if we started the season with this squad until Jan even without rashford and asencio we would finish pretty much in the exact position. Newcastle will struggle again, forest will be back down the bottom of the league. Us, Spurs, Chelsea and city battling for 4th/5th. We are not as desperate as people are making out, malen will be used this season. Kids will get games in the europa vs lesser opposition and we will get one or two in on loan if we don't manage to sell the deadwood. It's not time to panic until a starter leaves, if we had lost EM1 already and still were passive in the market I would be a lot more worried than I am now. Also if we need 1 more season with lower spend but competing for 7th then so be it  if it means the following season we can launch a balls to the wall assault on the top 3.

Pretty much sums up my thoughts. I think the most important thing this summer is keeping hold of any players we want to keep hold of. That *i imagine* would involve keeping Ollie, Kamara, and possibly Martinez. With that squad, i think we’ll do alright. Hopefully things will start moving over the next couple of weeks and we’ll be able to shift a few players about. But I don’t think it’s a disaster if we don’t.

Keeping hold of those players this season would probably only put the need for a rebuild off for one more year.  I'm not overly concerned at this point, but a top four finish is already starting to look very challenging given the strengthening Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester City and Chelsea have already undertaken.

[Dante Lavelli]

Soz - double post

[Dante Lavelli]

From the friendlies and training photos Ozcan seems to be part of the first team squad and Mosquera has been given time in both matches so far, might be interesting to see how much more time they get on tour and I wouldn't be surprised if we see Jimoh, Burrowes and Hemming all around the squad through the next few months.

I'm not saying we should rely on these players but I think there's plenty of talent in the U21 and U18 squads and players at those ages can see pretty big jumps in performance in a really short time (see Rogers for example).

I hope this is the scenario. We seem to have a good crop of young players - particularly Borland and Hemmings - and Emery will hopefully develop them quickly into useful squad members.

it’s a hell of a stretch to go from promising youngsters to first team Prem League players.
I would love it but…

They don't need to be first team players they need to support what we already have. Just managing the minutes of the top players could mean we maintain levels better.  The standard of the Europa should mean we can rotate a bit during the league phase for example.

[PaulWinch again]

It’s still a big ask. I’m happy enough for them to dip in for a few mins here and there, unless they’ve developed exceptionally quickly. But reality is that gives you very little actual cover, we need two/three players in to enhance the first team.

[LeeS]

From the friendlies and training photos Ozcan seems to be part of the first team squad and Mosquera has been given time in both matches so far, might be interesting to see how much more time they get on tour and I wouldn't be surprised if we see Jimoh, Burrowes and Hemming all around the squad through the next few months.

I'm not saying we should rely on these players but I think there's plenty of talent in the U21 and U18 squads and players at those ages can see pretty big jumps in performance in a really short time (see Rogers for example).

I hope this is the scenario. We seem to have a good crop of young players - particularly Borland and Hemmings - and Emery will hopefully develop them quickly into useful squad members.

it’s a hell of a stretch to go from promising youngsters to first team Prem League players.
I would love it but…

They don't need to be first team players they need to support what we already have. Just managing the minutes of the top players could mean we maintain levels better.  The standard of the Europa should mean we can rotate a bit during the league phase for example.

That’s the big difference for me. Last season we were in a false position at Xmas because of the pressures of the UCL. That can be avoided this year. But at the cost of not seeing Bayern and Juventus at our place.