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

[Beard82]

How about DCL to United, and they stop talking about offensive bids for our players

[N'ZMAV]

we need pace, but we play too slow to get the best out of pacey players - we play walking football too often, especially when teams park the bus.

[VancouverLion]

Calvert Lewin is Blues, can we please stop discussing him and make up a different rumour instead. It's stressing me out.

Agreed, me too!

[Toronto Villa]

I'd take Jamie Vardy over DCL or Calum Wilson.

[N'ZMAV]

is there anyone decent in the youth/u21 teams?

Unai doesn't really bring through youth team players though

[Dante Lavelli]

Wonder if our strategy is to leave it late , let the big 6 pick off who they want and then take the best of what's left and when clubs / agents become a bit desperate .

I think that’s part of the strategy. If Plan A is Garnacho, then the deal will be cheaper at the end of the window when he and Man U become more desperate.

We just need plans B, C and D as we risk him going elsewhere in the meantime.

[ozzjim]

He's going to Chelsea according to some of the Manc press. They want him and Xavi Simmons because they are light on creativity up front. Palmer, Gittens, Neto, Nkuku, Jackson, Estaveo, Delap, Pedro just are not enough. They need Simmons and Garnacho too.

[Dante Lavelli]

Can we help them out by taking Neto?

[brontebilly]

Unai doesn't really bring through youth team players though

Not much incentive to, sadly. Book value pawns is what they are now.

Aaron Ramsey and Cameron Archer haven't proved him wrong yet either.

[Rigadon]

He's going to Chelsea according to some of the Manc press. They want him and Xavi Simmons because they are light on creativity up front. Palmer, Gittens, Neto, Nkuku, Jackson, Estaveo, Delap, Pedro just are not enough. They need Simmons and Garnacho too.

And Rogers if football insider is to be believed.  They’re trying to do a PSG but without the Messi years.  It’s a closed shop and this transfer window so far is pretty compelling proof of the fact.  Still, let’s see what happens. 

[brontebilly]

I don’t like the guy at all and hope we stay well clear.

Would be an odd (and thoroughly depressing) scenario if Everton end up with Douglas Luiz in his peak years whilst we have DCL keeping the medical staff busy at our place.

Don't know about Luiz going there but Everton are after Grealish according to Talksport.

Everton might be linked with those two, and others, but as of right now they have a squad of 20 players. That includes the likes of Coleman and Gueye who at their age are only there for emergencies. Dwight McNeill is their main creative force. Huge season for them in their new stadium but already it looks like yet another relegation battle.

These regulations have killed any semblance of competition in the EPL. All the while Chelsea keep signing who they like and not a single charge has stuck on Man City.

[PaulWinch again]

I know he supports Villa, but it’s good that Matt Law is highlighting that if Man Utd truly value Ollie at £45m they clearly don’t actually want him.

[VillaTim]

we need pace, but we play too slow to get the best out of pacey players - we play walking football too often, especially when teams park the bus.

yeah some of that snail pace play is painful at times. You can hear your fingernails growing.

[thick_mike]

we need pace, but we play too slow to get the best out of pacey players - we play walking football too often, especially when teams park the bus.

yeah some of that snail pace play is painful at times. You can hear your fingernails growing.

I really feel that the slow build up is a response to our complete exhaustion at the end of the previous season. A way of making it through a full season with a smallish squad. We were much stronger at the end of last season compared to the previous one (last game excepted).

[Bent Neilsens Screamer]

we need pace, but we play too slow to get the best out of pacey players - we play walking football too often, especially when teams park the bus.

yeah some of that snail pace play is painful at times. You can hear your fingernails growing.

I really feel that the slow build up is a response to our complete exhaustion at the end of the previous season. A way of making it through a full season with a smallish squad. We were much stronger at the end of last season compared to the previous one (last game excepted).

Definitely, not great to watch but it certainly did the trick given our finish at the end of the season.