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

[kippaxvilla2]

Grealish is as far away from a Howe signing as you can get.  Plus apparently he does not like loan deals.

[brontebilly]

It does feel somewhat inevitable. Nobody wants to buy him, they won't let us buy anyone. There's something of the late-night call to an ex about it. Ah well, at least both parties know what gets the other going.

Nothing wrong with that 😄 Mutually beneficial season long loan to buy deal. If he bombs, he finishes up in LA or Miami. Stars, he's back in England team for WC and brings on likes of Ramsey and Rogers a tonne. Solid, major upgrade on Bailey/Buendia and provides competition across a few positions in PL and Europe. Likely a factor in Watkins staying on too.

I'm hoping/thinking it's inevitable too.

[paul_e]

Yep that's the only way I can see it happening. The problem then is who we bring in to replace him.. Duran? Osimhen? Jackson?

I can also see Newcastle going for Grealish.

They won't go for Jack, they're already a bit overloaded on the left (with Barnes on their list of potential outs because of game time) and there's no chance they'd play him as 10, Howe is utterly tied to his 3 8s system.

I'd take Osimhen if his head is right but who knows after how things have gone in the last year or so. However I think I'd look at Malen stepping up first and bring in someone to compete with him. My choice this summer would be Evann Guessand from Nice who I reckon will be a top player in a couple of years, reminds me of Drogba at that age.

[Dave]

I'd take Osimhen if his head is right but who knows after how things have gone in the last year or so.

Unlikely that Galatasaray would sell him just hours after signing him.

[PaulWinch again]

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I can't believe found something even worse than him going to Man Utd but there it is.

Yep. Awful.

£100m

[Percy McCarthy]

No need to panic just yet. The UEFA ruling was that we have to show a positive balance on costs for players on the A-list. That’s better than a positive balance on fees - that would be a right bastard.

Sadly this is far worse. It means loaning/selling Barrenechea hasn't made any difference, and nor will Moreno, Donk, Buendia, Dobbin or Iling-Junior. The positive is that Olsen, Rashford, Asensio and Disasi all give us a bit of wiggle room (but Garcia, Malen and Bizot have already eaten into that, along with new contracts) but unless we sell someone who was in the squad for the CL knockouts there's very little we can do to create space. Unless we're missing something the ruling basically forced us into sell-to-buy and if we ignore it and sign a player or 2 and just don't register them for the EUropa there's every chance they'll take that as us breaching the agreement and throw extra punishments at us.

All whilst Chelsea, who were given the same punishment, got a year off so they could spend whatever they like this summer. I can't decide if it's a fucking joke that they've been allowed to take the piss so much or if we're idiots for not doing the same.

Shit. I never thought of that A-list bit.

[paul_e]

I'd take Osimhen if his head is right but who knows after how things have gone in the last year or so.

Unlikely that Galatasaray would sell him just hours after signing him.

Ah, yeah, that might be a problem, hadn't seen that was finalised and was just going on the post I replied to as him being an option.

[VancouverLion]

I see Jack posted pics of him on FB in his battered old boots and holding the cup after the play off win.

I reckon it's happening, season long loan.

[PaulWinch again]

I hadn’t realised Chelsea have a year’s grace?!

[PeterWithesShin]

I like Jack as a person but he's done fuck all on the pitch for 18+ months to warrant being signed, and plenty off it to warrant buying a barge pole.

[caster troy]

I feel a bit dirty saying it but if we are restricted to loans and it means keeping Martinez and Watkins I'd probably say yes to a JG return. It's a gamble but in a World Cup year he could be much better than the alternatives.

I can't see it happening though, and surely it would have by now if it was on as he is available.

[Dave]

I can't see it happening though, and surely it would have by now if it was on as he is available.

But if you're Man City you try and hold out for as long as possible in the hope that either (a) someone buys him instead or (b) is desperate enough to agree to pay more of his wages.

Then as you get no takers, your expectations diminish and you prioritise getting him out the door over getting as much cash for the arrangement as you can.

[cdbearsfan]

Is Asensio a possibility again? Thought he had signed for Fenerbahce but apparently not.

[brontebilly]

Is Asensio a possibility again? Thought he had signed for Fenerbahce but apparently not.

Hopefully not, scored a few cracking goals but if he wasn't scoring he was being carried. Also it limited Rogers hugely to accommodate him. Grealish all day ahead of Asensio anyway.

[olaftab]

I see Jack posted pics of him on FB in his battered old boots and holding the cup after the play off win.

I reckon it's happening, season long loan.

That would be such a backward step for us.