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

[lovejoy]

Are we not very exposed to a Watkins injury again, who is the back up?

[Percy McCarthy]

Are we not very exposed to a Watkins injury again, who is the back up?

Malen?

[lovejoy]

That doesn't scream top 4 finish.

[ozzjim]

The whole thing feels like the momentum has seriously hit a wall this summer.

[wolfman999]

Call me naive but I thought the price of something/someone was set by the seller. Apparently ManUre wish to sign OW but at the price THEY set as if they are doing us a favour. Arrogant wankers.

[PaulWinch again]

We’d be absolutely bonkers to sell Watkins - he’s a proven, consistent, forward in the Premier League. It’s really clear to see how difficult the striker market is. We don’t want to be getting involved with that.

[VinnieChase84]

Ollie won’t kick up a fuss (like he didn’t in Jan with Arsenal). However, he has made it know internally that he would be up for a fresh challenge elsewhere if the right club and bid came in.

Could I see him wanting and joining United? Unfortunately yes.
Can I see them paying what we want? Not so sure

All this stuff is why it boils my piss the window doesn’t close before a balls even kicked. Given how we’ve struggled so far to shift some of the deadwood like Bailey, morneo (although Moreno is now close to gone) it’s just gearing up for a potentially chaotic last couple of weeks of the window

[paul_e]

Twats have even got the BBC on their case, running headline stories in their sports section that Watkins and Sisko are top of their list for strikers.

[Clampy]

Another day, another rumour.

[eamonn]

Cheers Vinnie. Sad about Ollie but I guess it's not that surprising. Most players are open to leaving a club if a transfer fee is accepted and they stand to gain from it financially.

The BBC have a Man Utd correspondent, Simon Stone, who needs to look busy by writing about them a lot so the online site can give content to their many fans.

[paul_e]

Ollie won’t kick up a fuss (like he didn’t in Jan with Arsenal). However, he has made it know internally that he would be up for a fresh challenge elsewhere if the right club and bid came in.

Could I see him wanting and joining United? Unfortunately yes.
Can I see them paying what we want? Not so sure

All this stuff is why it boils my piss the window doesn’t close before a balls even kicked. Given how we’ve struggled so far to shift some of the deadwood like Bailey, morneo (although Moreno is now close to gone) it’s just gearing up for a potentially chaotic last couple of weeks of the window

This is how Man Utd (and a lot of other big clubs) operate though. If it player it either priced out of their range or not for sale they drip feed stories about being interested and keep it as a constant rumble in the press in the hope that eventually the player will ask to be allowed to talk to them and they can force through a transfer. Every summer there's a handful of these (it's happened with Isak already, they've tried with Emi, they're trying with Ollie) but because it's all external to the club they can claim that they're doing nothing wrong.

[PaulWinch again]

If we were setting a price, the starting point would be he’s proven over a much longer period than Cunha and Mbuemo. Plus he’s in a position that is inherently higher value - so he should be more than both of them.

[Tuscans]

Girona have made an approach for Alex Moreno. Financial parameters of the deal are still to be worked out, with a loan and permanent transfer being discussed as well as salary terms. Story on
@TheAthleticFC
 

[PaulWinch again]

So in translation - very little value to us.

[Monty]

Watkins would make them better, but then so would I. Atletico would be a good place for him.