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

[Holy Trinity]

I think they Diaby sale covered his remaining amortization and left us in profit. Onana costs us 10 million a season for the next 4 years in fees alone but that would already be accounted for. so If we end up with 20 million spare for signings thats 2 50 million players over 5 year contract but that wages have to be taken into account also so more likely 2 30 million players or 1 35 mil plus a loan or two would be my expectation.

Thank you. So we can sign a couple of players?

We should be able too is we sell around 40 millions worth of players. Be that bailey and Ramsey, we have to sell someone in the a list from the champions league squad.

It's nowhere near as bad as people are making it out to be.

[ozzjim]

We could do a lot worse than getting Asensio and Kang in Lee from PSG. The latter would be a massive marketing signing too.

[KevinGage]

I do wonder if Monchi is briefing press on worst case scenarios to enable us to do business without people taking the piss on fees. It's an old tactic but one we could be legitimately trying.

Aye, or Vidagany who'll be well used to the dark arts having seen both sides of the operation in Spain.

[ozzjim]

None of it rings quite true with the vast sums we've raked in from players over the last 3 seasons. Something doesn't add up.

[PaulWinch again]

It rings true on the UEFA stuff - the wage ratio is just their standard requirement and the cost constraint is a specific restriction/punishment for this season.

[Steve67]

Even with Rashford and Disasi off the books? Asensio too?

[JUAN PABLO]

I used to watch Asensio play on the right wing alot for RM so suprised they cant stick Rogers where we want him and use Asensio on the right too , or switch them all round with Malen and Guessand .  Asensio speaks Dutch too , ideal for our dutch players.

Wouldnt mind Asensio back .

[Paul.S]

What I’ve read and listened to is the difficulty of having to comply with 2 sets of financial rules.
I think we will buy but it won’t be a huge outlay and maybe loan 1 or 2 more.
Competing on a regular basis with those allowed to spend under these restrictions is nearly an impossibility. The fact we’ve done it shows that we have a world class coach and I believe a top team behind him. How long it can go on depends on qualification for the CL again.
What I wouldn’t do is lay any blame on the owners who are clearly as frustrated as we are.

[ozzjim]

Agreed Paul. What we all need is some kind of mechanism that ambitious owners can actually put money into a club to allow it to perform and grow.

[Paul.S]

Agreed Paul. What we all need is some kind of mechanism that ambitious owners can actually put money into a club to allow it to perform and grow.

Similar to the one that allowed Chelsea and Man City to spend before the drawbridge was pulled up.

[ozzjim]

Exactly.

[Alex77]

I like the idea of implementing a similar system as the NBA do in America, whereby if teams spend over an alloted budget, there is a luxury tax that then gets redistributed amongst the teams that stay within their budgets. As long as that tax was steep enough and the allowable budgets were set fairly, then it would be a leveller of sorts, but would also allow ambitious owners to spend freely.

[eamonn]

If we do get someone in for Ramsey, presumably they'll be on more money than he was so our wages-saving is likely nil with his sale.

[London Villan]

Yes - but losing Rashford's and Desasi's wages £350k-400k per week combined (assuming we sign Asensio) gives us more flexibility.

[Toronto Villa]

Let’s put it this way. Before we signed Guessand we were skint and couldn’t sign anyone for all the reasons being bandied about by the media today. And we are about to sell Ramsey so our situation hardly gets worse. If Bailey heads to Roma then that’s a bit more room to play. So I’d just see what’s going to happen in the next two weeks and only pay attention to the likes of Tanswell or Townley. I don’t imagine we are making a bid for Mbappe but we will get in one or two be it signings or loans. And that’s form with what we we’ve got and who we kept.

The non local media can keep saying what they want. Yesterday I listened the Guardian podcast and most of them had us finishing 9th. So fuck them. I’ll enjoy when we prove them wrong.