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

[Sexual Ealing]

Maybe we're getting Mateta after all, and Watkins is off?

[cdbearsfan]

I very much hope not.

[Hookeysmith]

Sterling?!

Are you actually on drugs?

[Somniloquism]

Always it seems.

[caster troy]

Bit of a strange one. We can only make three changes to the Europa squad. Tammy/Bailey/Luiz in, so if we are bringing in another player are they just going to play in the league + FA Cup? Or can we sign someone U21 who we would not have to register.

[Sexual Ealing]

Sterling?!

Are you actually on drugs?

Not right now.

[usav]

Sterling as a six month gamble I could live with. I imagine he's off to Saudi or the US, though.

He hasn’t played for 2 years, has he?

[Dave]

Bit of a strange one. We can only make three changes to the Europa squad. Tammy/Bailey/Luiz in, so if we are bringing in another player are they just going to play in the league + FA Cup? Or can we sign someone U21 who we would not have to register.

Anyone we sign at this point and we want to play in Europe needs to be named in the main squad.

Or one of Bailey / Tammy / DL doesn't go in the EL squad.

[KingstandingVilla]

Maybe we're getting Mateta after all, and Watkins is off?

That crossed my mind

[KevinGage]

With buzz kill PSR and all UEFA’s own sinister machinations, it might be a case of the bulk of Malen’s wage going towards Tammy’s arrival and the Guessman’s going towards Doug.

We have Bailey back on the books, too. And he’s one of our top earners.

Might not be a whole pile left to do much more, even if Palace are helping us out.

[andyh]

Maybe there is space for Loftus Cheek now ?

[PaulWinch again]

I very much hope not.

Bloody right.

[Skipper_The_Eyechild]

Maybe we're getting Mateta after all, and Watkins is off?

You can post here from your dreams? That's some impressive tech.

[Dave]

Maybe we're getting Mateta after all, and Watkins is off?

That crossed my mind

Feels very unlikely for the aforementioned UEFA squad rule reasons. We can't use them all.

[PaulWinch again]

With buzz kill PSR and all UEFA’s own sinister machinations, it might be a case of the bulk of Malen’s wage going towards Tammy’s arrival and the Guessman’s going towards Doug.

We have Bailey back on the books, too. And he’s one of our top earners.

Might not be a whole pile left to do much more, even if Palace are helping us out.

I think Roma are still paying whatever they were due to pay aren’t they?