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

[Ads]

A man who scored 8 in 21 games from midfield is not to be sniffed at. Get that line breaking fucker in. Quality counts.

[brontebilly]

The guy was probably as knackered as the rest of the players baring in mind he comes from a less robust league and hadn’t really played a great deal. His movement and running off the ball will help, although I’d rather not see Rogers stuck out wide to make way. Asensio will help bring craft to the side and that’s what we are missing, alongside a bit of pace, which Malen and Guessand both have.

The only way to accommodate Asensio is to shift Rogers out wide. That's a big problem. Rogers either couldn't or wouldn't play that role last Saturday.

Just to take last Saturday, Asensio certainly has the ability to find space in the box and can finish really well. So definitely a useful option and at this point of the window beggars can't be choosers. There were more tactically flexible options available earlier in the window that we should have prioritised instead.

[paul_e]

The guy was probably as knackered as the rest of the players baring in mind he comes from a less robust league and hadn’t really played a great deal. His movement and running off the ball will help, although I’d rather not see Rogers stuck out wide to make way. Asensio will help bring craft to the side and that’s what we are missing, alongside a bit of pace, which Malen and Guessand both have.

The only way to accommodate Asensio is to shift Rogers out wide. That's a big problem. Rogers either couldn't or wouldn't play that role last Saturday.

Just to take last Saturday, Asensio certainly has the ability to find space in the box and can finish really well. So definitely a useful option and at this point of the window beggars can't be choosers. There were more tactically flexible options available earlier in the window that we should have prioritised instead.

Rogers out wide but tucking in is fine if the fullback is getting forward and the winger on the other side is providing some width, we did neither of those things and even if e had Rogers just didn't play well anyway. It's not a big problem, it's a team shape that we used pretty regularly in the 2nd half of last season when we were in form that was comfortably top 4 standard.

[ChicagoLion]

Assensio lacks pace, and we are crying out for pace. It also means Rogers on the wing which is even less likely to work if there is no pace in attack.it will help a bit but it won’t fix the problems.

[john2710]

I think Buendia moving out is key to Asensio coming in to play that No10 position.

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Assensio lacks pace, and we are crying out for pace. It also means Rogers on the wing which is even less likely to work if there is no pace in attack.it will help a bit but it won’t fix the problems.

Having a man capable of scoring and creating goals won't fix our goal drought problems? He is miles better than Emi, who good lord knows what that performance was. Big Emi running about would have offered more. And it gives us quality and depth.

There is absolutely no question that we should sign him if we can.

We do have pace, they were both sat on the bench till it was much too late.

[Olneythelonely]

Does Asensio lack pace? He’s not as quick as he was before his injury, but he’s fairly swift. Not that pace will be the reason he’s brought in, I’m hoping a pace option will come from elsewhere

[Villatillidie25]

Rogers left, with license to come in field for Digne or Maatsen to overlap works absolutely fine. Means asensio can play in the middle and Malen/Guessand can hug the touchline on the right. Tielemans moves back to midfield alongside Kamara (when he’s back fit). That works and has balance to it imo.

[Toronto Villa]

Does Asensio lack pace? He’s not as quick as he was before his injury, but he’s fairly swift. Not that pace will be the reason he’s brought in, I’m hoping a pace option will come from elsewhere

He lacks pace in the same way McGrath lacked pace. Except in both cases their football intelligence compensates for it.

[Ads]

We need midfield hitting the box either way.

[Monty]

We need midfield hitting the box either way.

Yep, which is so much more about movement than about pace. I don't think Scott McTominay is faster than Adama Traoré.

[pauliewalnuts]

Asensio doesn't need to run around at high speed, he's one of the best players at creating space I've ever seen play for us.

That thing he does when he runs up to the edge of the box, just outside, then picks the perfect moment to stop and create tons of space for himself to receive the ball. He's technically brilliant.

[LeeB]

We need midfield hitting the box either way.

Jack Rudoni at Coventry is a proper goal scoring box-to-box midfielder, I doubt we'd look at someone from that level right now but he's exactly the kind of player Crystal Palace will sign for about £20m and will be a world beater in about 12 months.

[OCD]

There are some gems to be had in the Championship, Rogers showed that...Eze's another one. We shouldn't think that we wouldn't look at someone at that level now.

[LeeB]

There are some gems to be had in the Championship, Rogers showed that...Eze's another one. We shouldn't think that we wouldn't look at someone at that level now.

We shouldn't, but I don't think we will.