Winter 25-26 Transfer Window - hopes, speculation, rumours etc.

[paul_e]

Selling him gives us the chance to sign somebody for up to £29m and still be in a neutral position cost wise for the sanctions.

Even though he wasn’t in the CL squad last year?

Yes, because he was added to the squad this year, with his cost (both amortised fee and wages) being absorbed by the savings fees/saving on Ramsey, Bailey, Rashford and Asensio, with enough spare to pay for Guessand, Elliott and Sancho.

[ChicagoLion]

If we had offered Athletic the same deal as Spurs we would have got him.

Maybe. It appears though that we offered a lesser deal but loan with obligation that Atletico accepted and so did the player. That is until Spurs came in at the last minute prompted by Bentancur being out for the season, offered more up front and the player decided it was a better career move to be at Spurs and in London. So even if we could have upped and matched the personal side of it, being close to family, and the chance to start more games likely ends in the same result.

They offered to buy him, we offered a loan to buy.

[Dante Lavelli]

Gotcha. Thank you.

[jwarry]

If we had offered Athletic the same deal as Spurs we would have got him.

Maybe. It appears though that we offered a lesser deal but loan with obligation that Atletico accepted and so did the player. That is until Spurs came in at the last minute prompted by Bentancur being out for the season, offered more up front and the player decided it was a better career move to be at Spurs and in London. So even if we could have upped and matched the personal side of it, being close to family, and the chance to start more games likely ends in the same result.

They offered to buy him, we offered a loan to buy.

Yes and our track record in that kind of deal is a bit tarnished at the moment

[Dave]

We do also need to ensure that whatever business we do doesn't cause us problems for the 2026 reporting year so £150m on superstarts with the wages and signing fees to match is probably out of our range but a couple of players for £30-40m each might well be reasonable, it dependson how the turnover is looking and our data for that is 18months out of date now.

Cool, well I look forward to those couple of £30m signings then. Because if your reading is correct, there's no plausible reason we wouldn't do it.

[AV82EC]

Deloitte Report is usually out within the next 10 days that will help update those Turnover numbers with some confidence.

[Hookeysmith]

Deloitte Report is usually out within the next 10 days that will help update those Turnover numbers with some confidence.

It used to be fixture lists and FA cup draws that created the anticipation in football circles - game has gone mental

[PaulWinch again]

We do also need to ensure that whatever business we do doesn't cause us problems for the 2026 reporting year so £150m on superstarts with the wages and signing fees to match is probably out of our range but a couple of players for £30-40m each might well be reasonable, it dependson how the turnover is looking and our data for that is 18months out of date now.

Cool, well I look forward to those couple of £30m signings then. Because if your reading is correct, there's no plausible reason we wouldn't do it.

Does seem odd we didn’t do that with Gallagher if that’s accurate.

[Hookeysmith]

On transfers - there has to be a cunning plan, please tell me there is a cunning plan.............this fantastic season start could wither and die if we get this wrong.

Malen - Gone (not too fussed if we have a more specialised player coming in)

Sancho - Not sure if he ever is going to be good enough

Guessand - As Sancho

Elliot - we have spoke about him since the day he joined yet are no closer to a conclusion - surely Liverpool will push us till the final day which won't help

Allyson - Maybe he might make the bench at some point - has he even trained with 1st team yet?

I have faith in Unai and the club but surely there is a point where SUE just gets frustrated beyond repair with all this PSR / SCR bullshit

[Brazilian Villain]

There is a cunning plan.

[eamonn]

Deloitte Report is usually out within the next 10 days that will help update those Turnover numbers with some confidence.

Percy's on the case. As soon as it drops, his night-shift productivity will fall through the floor and his poor colleague Brian will have to pick up the slack. I wish I didn't notice these things.

[SaddVillan]

Having spaffed £34m on Gallagher and £13m on leftback Souza from Santos, Spurs are said to be looking at a £52m bid for Brahim Diaz (Real & Morocco.

Total £99m.

Deduct the £35m they got from Palace for Brennan Johnson and that's  £64m net spend.

Meantime, we're scratching around down the back of the sofa for loose change and selling The Don to raise transfer monies.

Welcome to the world of PSR/SCR.

[Dante Lavelli]

There is a cunning plan.

I’m pretty relaxed. I’m confident the club has a plan because we’ve been run brilliantly recently.

It might not come off but there’s zero chance we’re sleep walking into this situation.

[LeeB]

That Brahim Diaz has always looked super-lightweight when I've seen him, he'd fit in well at Spurs.

[Dante Lavelli]

Having spaffed £34m on Gallagher and £13m on leftback Souza from Santos, Spurs are said to be looking at a £52m bid for Brahim Diaz (Real & Morocco.

Total £99m.

Deduct the £35m they got from Palace for Brennan Johnson and that's  £64m net spend.

Meantime, we're scratching around down the back of the sofa for loose change and selling The Don to raise transfer monies.

Welcome to the world of PSR/SCR.

The stadium generates £5m per game. Ours doesn’t.