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

[Fasth56]

Why not Rory Wilson? we tried hard enough to get him to re-sign. He's 19, so a season with the u21s and on the bench for the occasional game, save ourselves a shed load of cash

[Tayls_7]

Benni McCarthy ?

I say we play hardball a little longer to get the most favourable terms.

[eamonn]

Do we have a buy-back option on Jhon? I know he drove his colleagues nuts but he was magick and I miss him.

[Le Lapin]

Benni McCarthy ?

Insteresting. And maybe that Unsworth chap from Everton to bulk up defence. I heard he is dead keen to join. Wants to finish his career here.

[Demitri_C]

I’d go all in on Evanilson. I know we stuffed Bournemouth last week but I thought he was superb.

Evanilson is what i hoped wesley would have been for us. Definitely a good shout. Obviously  semenyo  would be all of our preferences but with FFP zero chance that happens sadly.

[dcdavecollett]

I wouldn't expect Evanilsen to come cheap, either.

Good player, mind.

[Rigadon]

Inter Milan want Martinez according to football insider (via BBC Gossip).  Also Elliot is wanted by various clubs in Europe. 

[Mister E]

I’d go all in on Evanilson. I know we stuffed Bournemouth last week but I thought he was superb.

Agreed.
Forest also have a Brazilian striker who I saw playing in a Europa game whom I thought would be a good fit in Emery's system: Igor Jesus. Having just checked his striker-stats, they're not fabulous, and he's only 5'11"...

[Somniloquism]

Inter Milan want Martinez according to football insider (via BBC Gossip).  Also Elliot is wanted by various clubs in Europe.

I expected that would be from Football Insider being as Elliot can't play for anyone but Villa or Liverpool this season, unless he signs for a Nordic club where he won't play a match until end of March.

[Hookeysmith]

Inter Milan want Martinez according to football insider (via BBC Gossip).  Also Elliot is wanted by various clubs in Europe. 

I am sure i read that Elliot cannot play for anyone else this season - even i Europe due to a 3 club rule?

[Dave]

Did you read it in the post directly above yours?

(wink)

[cdbearsfan]

You can sometimes get FIFA to agree to ignore that rule, I think.

[Skipper_The_Eyechild]

I reckon Infantino would let it slide for a fiver.

[Tayls_7]

I reckon Infantino would let it slide for a fiver.

Organisations like FIFA are incorruptible.

[Dave]

You can sometimes get FIFA to agree to ignore that rule, I think.

I can't find any exceptions - they brought in the "overlapping seasons" thing in 2008 (with a minor Villa link, as Gareth Farrelly was the player who was stopped playing for Cork City, resulting in the rules change).

The only exception I can find is they let it slide during Covid to try and avoid out of contract players being stuck without a club when those leagues had to be rescheduled.

Can't find any examples of them just ignoring it.