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

[Percy McCarthy]

^^ I know they play different positions, but they’re both loosely ‘attacking midfielders’, and Asensio scored more for us in his half-season than JJ has ever managed in a full one.

There you go with your facts again, you will be telling us next it’s better to play defenders that concede less goals.

I might go full maniac and suggest playing players who get better results, but it won’t catch on with everyone.

[Steve67]

If we can bring in another attacking midfielder, right sided centre back and right back, I think that represents a good window particularly when you take into consideration all the financial crap. Obviously, I know it depends on the quality of those players we’re bringing in, but we’ve done okay so far.

[Holy Trinity]

Gutted as I like Ramsey but let's move on.

What is our starting line up vs Newcastle with players currently at the club. I think the forward 4 will look like this.

Rogers Watkins Malen
             Teilimans

Malen and Evann to fight it out over the right wing spot with the other to be impact sub for the wing or upfront.
If we resign Asencio which looks almost nailed on now he can play as a 10 at home and yuri as an attacking cdm. Away from home tielimans pushes to 10 and Bouba and Onana at the heart of midfield. Offering much more creativity at home and more solid away.
Who is the centre back that's coming in? That seems to be the obvious signing now.

[Paul.S]

Whoever we bring in we need pace. We’ve lacked it out wide for a while now.

[Beard82]

Im really not convinced we are replacing ramsay - I think Evann is the replacement.

I think we will see Marco but, plus a defender (rcb / rb) - maybe on loan. 

[Ads]

We do tend to have already replaced what we lose with what we have already acquired. Yuri being miles better than Dougie stands out.

Malen is our Rashford replacement, Evann I assumed was our Bailey replacement. Maybe Rogers is our JJ replacement?

If that is the case, then in a direct 1:1 for the XI I think we are stronger, as Malen will score double figures this season and I quite like the fact he is warp speed over 5 yards. I don't know enough about Evann and I'm not trusting myself to spell his second name without Googling and I can't be arsed to open another tab- but can he be as inconsistent as Leon? Nah surely not.

Big Morgs is just poetry.

Depth is the issue though. A front 4 of Evann, Ollie, Rogers and Malen looks tasty, but not much behind it.

[VinnieChase84]

I don’t expect a direct replacement for JJ
The 2-3 in will be to strengthen the middle and right and side 10/RM and RB/RCB

[paul_e]

We do tend to have already replaced what we lose with what we have already acquired. Yuri being miles better than Dougie stands out.

Malen is our Rashford replacement, Evann I assumed was our Bailey replacement. Maybe Rogers is our JJ replacement?

If that is the case, then in a direct 1:1 for the XI I think we are stronger, as Malen will score double figures this season and I quite like the fact he is warp speed over 5 yards. I don't know enough about Evann and I'm not trusting myself to spell his second name without Googling and I can't be arsed to open another tab- but can he be as inconsistent as Leon? Nah surely not.

Big Morgs is just poetry.

Depth is the issue though. A front 4 of Evann, Ollie, Rogers and Malen looks tasty, but not much behind it.

Just guess and see.

[Beard82]

I think whether Bailey stays or goes is probably a bigger influence depends on whether we buy another Forward (bar Marco).  Otherwise were relying Bailey rediscovering his 23/24 form

[frank black]

I’d rather have Rogers down the middle and signing Assensio would probably push him out to the wing where he is much less effective. I like Assensio but he does have the knack of disappearing in games. He’s a super sub

[Somniloquism]

Their was a few match threads last season decrying Rogers for disapearing from games when in the middle as well. I won't mind if it means Morgan goes left wing as he played there alot for Boro and us in the breakout season.

[caster troy]

With a couple of injuries we could end up having to field a team straight from the Gerrard era. Even if we get Asensio that is just a like for like with Coutinho. Emery has his work cut out for him this season I think.

[PaulWinch again]

Asensio is not a like for like for Coutinho, that is peak pessimism.

[PeterWithesShin]

Asensio has a career of being very inconsistent. It's unlikely he'll tank like Coutinho did but I also wouldn't be wanting us to sign him to a big long contract.

[AV82EC]

I’d be very happy with Asensio. Fits into Unai’s methodology, would probably move Morgz over to the left where he is so much better than on the right, and allows Malen to play right instead of the ever less effective Bailey. Of course you then have Guessand who can play in all those positions plus cover for Watkins. It certainly would mean we can then try and shift/loan Buendia and maybe Bailey before the window “slams shut”.