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

[AV84]

Graun's average prediction for our finish this year is fifth! In the league! Why?

No idea. If we don’t add I think it’ll be so tough.

They must think Newcastle will drop off with CL and probably no Isak, while Spurs and Man U will be better but still not top 5.

Not sure when they came to their conclusions but Spurs will be without Madison for a while, and Son is gone too, and they have CL to balance.

[Toronto Villa]

Everton are going to be a lot better this season.

They’d be utter shit and likely relegated if they were worse. I reckon at best they finish 11th.

[Monty]

Graun's average prediction for our finish this year is fifth! In the league! Why?

Jonathan Wilson will write a think piece about Guardiola to explain.

Barney Ronay will say that Emery exists in his own square of light.

Both will be usurped by Johnathon Liew's hot take about Emery's use of a low block in a reserve game being akin to the absurdity of meaning a la Jean-Paul Sartre existentialism, while simultaneously comparing it to a hot cross bun from Greggs in Hull. 

I mean, I like all of these writers, but I reckon we've got them bang to rights here.

[brontebilly]

We've been in that position for multiple years, mainly because our turnover was not enough. That has improved massively in the last year or so, just not enough to beat. None of this was caused by 4 months of Asensio and Rashford.

Beating Brugge might have paid for a lot of the outlay on Rashford and Asensio too.

It did seem odd, after a pretty constrained summer net spend wise, that we went all in on Rashford, Asensio and Disasi in January.

[PaulWinch again]

Well it massively improved our second half of the season. The problem is we need to plug those gaps now.

[Mellin]

Louise Taylor will make it about fucking Newcastle.

Graun's average prediction for our finish this year is fifth! In the league! Why?

Jonathan Wilson will write a think piece about Guardiola to explain.

Barney Ronay will say that Emery exists in his own square of light.

Both will be usurped by Johnathon Liew's hot take about Emery's use of a low block in a reserve game being akin to the absurdity of meaning a la Jean-Paul Sartre existentialism, while simultaneously comparing it to a hot cross bun from Greggs in Hull. 

[pauliewalnuts]

Well it massively improved our second half of the season. The problem is we need to plug those gaps now.

Yes, we found ourselves doing much better in the CL than we thought, with injuries and tiredness having an impact

It was inspired January work.

[Brazilian Villain]

They must think Newcastle will drop off with CL and probably no Isak, while Spurs and Man U will be better but still not top 5.

Exactly, I think we'll be top 6 again.

[PaulWinch again]

Well it massively improved our second half of the season. The problem is we need to plug those gaps now.

Yes, we found ourselves doing much better in the CL than we thought, with injuries and tiredness having an impact

It was inspired January work.

Yes and at the same time presents in a stark way the limitations of our squad going into the season.

[N'ZMAV]

we need to plug those gaps just to tread water

[dave.woodhall]

I can see us getting Asensio again.

[cdbearsfan]

I hope so. He's magic.

[Brazilian Villain]

I hope so. He's magic.

and very good-looking.

[VancouverLion]

As magic & good-looking as he is, he’d have to accept a serious pay cut to sign for us, permanent. I saw somewhere he’s on €230k a week at PSG.
But £12 million for a player of his quality, we should be all over that.

Oh & £30 million for Dewsbury- Hall, ffs the world has gone bonkers, he’s absolute shite.

[VillaTim]

This the same dude who missed two pens in one game . Must be a stat that's up there .
He had his moments and they were good though .