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

[Mister E]

This guy, Ricardo Pepi, looks a decent shout as 2nd / back-up striker. Fulham are currently in the throes of cutting a deal but perhaps we might step in to secure him ...

[tomd2103]

Can I have a striker, please Bob?

Big old lottery isn’t it - for every Woltemade / Eketike who has done ok there is a Sesko, Gyokores, Barry, Delap, Isak, Solanke who don’t hit ground running.

It is and there have been plenty of strikers who have come to the Premier League for astronomical fees in recent years and completely flopped.  I think rather than spending a ridiculous amount on one player, you're probably better off in having 2/3 options sharing the load and rotating them.  Has worked well for us with Watkins and Duran and then Watkins and Rashford.

[brontebilly]

Any hope of getting Duran back? He's crazy but at his best unstoppable.

[Smirker]

Any hope of getting Duran back? He's crazy but at his best unstoppable.

Doubt it.

Wages would be an issue now as well.

Fuck him.

[Stu82]

And he wasn’t a team player, it’s all about him.
Not an Emery player.

[JJ-AV]

Oscar Bobb on loan to replace Elliot would be a good one - but not sure City would let him go to us now.

[ldavfc4eva]

If we can repeat last Jan in terms of quality then we should finish top 4, and hopefully win the Europa.

Much easier said than done though, I cannot see a Rashford or Asensio coming in sadly.

Elliott will go back, possibly Bailey comes back to us?

Would love a loan for Diaby until end of the season

Plenty of names not playing at their respective clubs, Disasi,Sterling,Bobb,Savinho etc at Chelsea and City to loan in

[aj2k77]

Sterling?

[Mister E]

Oscar Bobb on loan to replace Elliot would be a good one - but not sure City would let him go to us now.

Injury risk - steer clear, IMHO.

[Mister E]

Sterling?

Is that some sort of joke? - where even is he these days?

[Mister E]

Plenty of names not playing at their respective clubs, Disasi,Sterling,Bobb,Savinho etc at Chelsea and City to loan in

Disasi is at Roma. There's a reason these players you list are not playing ...

[ldavfc4eva]

Just saying who’s available, I doubt we will be buying many (if any) established and currently playing premier league quality players in this window.

Rashford wasn’t playing when we loaned him in, and he had a great impact for us…..

[ldavfc4eva]

And Disasi is still at Chelsea, unless he has signed for Roma today?

[ldavfc4eva]

Someone up and coming is Agyemang at Derby, quite gangly and has a bit of pace about him.

I think they paid about £7m for him, but looks in the Duran mould

[PeterWithesShin]

He's 25, he's not really up and coming.