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

[Rudy Can't Fail]

🚨 Roma are interested in Donyell Malen.
@AlfredoPedulla

Of course they are, who wouldn't be. Even if he were for sale I doubt they'd have the money.

[Dante Lavelli]

🚨 Roma are interested in Donyell Malen.
@AlfredoPedulla

I’d be okay with that on the basis another striker joins (Tammy?).  Turning a profit on the deal, including any Bailey shenanigans, should be viable too.  Complicated series of deals though.

[Mister E]

🚨 Roma are interested in Donyell Malen.
@AlfredoPedulla

Well, their opening gambit would need to include their commitment to buying Bailey!

[brontebilly]

I like Malen but he doesn't really fit our setup. Maybe more of a club/Monchi buy than Emery. So strange we got in Asensio and Rashford on loan maybe a week after signing him. Meant to be on big wages too so wouldn't be surprised in a Tammy swap deal.

[PaulWinch again]

🚨 Roma are interested in Donyell Malen.
@AlfredoPedulla

I’d be okay with that on the basis another striker joins (Tammy?).  Turning a profit on the deal, including any Bailey shenanigans, should be viable too.  Complicated series of deals though.

No chance. He’s just started to become really effective in our style of play. Look at his role yesterday - plus they wouldn’t be offering any significant profit, if it were profit at all.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

🚨 Roma are interested in Donyell Malen.
@AlfredoPedulla

I’d be okay with that on the basis another striker joins (Tammy?).  Turning a profit on the deal, including any Bailey shenanigans, should be viable too.  Complicated series of deals though.

No chance. He’s just started to become really effective in our style of play. Look at his role yesterday - plus they wouldn’t be offering any significant profit, if it were profit at all.

Exactly. He's not direct competition for Watkins, instead Unai has found a way to play to his strengths, yesterday he drifted all over the frontline, playing on the left with Rogers more central, popping up on the right, in the middle for the quick one-twos, he's a top player with more than an eye for goal. Hugely important player for us whether be starting or from the bench.

[LeeB]

🚨 Roma are interested in Donyell Malen.
@AlfredoPedulla

I’d be okay with that on the basis another striker joins (Tammy?).  Turning a profit on the deal, including any Bailey shenanigans, should be viable too.  Complicated series of deals though.

No chance. He’s just started to become really effective in our style of play. Look at his role yesterday - plus they wouldn’t be offering any significant profit, if it were profit at all.

Exactly. He's not direct competition for Watkins, instead Unai has found a way to play to his strengths, yesterday he drifted all over the frontline, playing on the left with Rogers more central, popping up on the right, in the middle for the quick one-twos, he's a top player with more than an eye for goal. Hugely important player for us whether be starting or from the bench.

Him, Bogarde, Buendia, Lindeloff and Bizot have been absolutely huge for us as not-quite-starters this season, the impact they've had when playing has turned countless games from draws or defeats to wins.

[Rudy65]

Turning to thecquestion of signing Conor Gallagher:

Barkley won't be contributing much next season (if he's still here) and if we can bring Gallagher in now, we might be able to offload him for a modest fee to a club that will hive him a two or two and a half year contract - attractive to him if it gives him more money overall; then getting his wages off the books will also help...

I'm sure I've read that Barkley is out of contract in June, think there's an option for a third year but he's been injured half the time and I doubt we'd take it up just to sell him on. More likely we'll be fair to him and let him get one more signing-on fee contract with Fulham or someone. He can replace Harry Wilson coming our way.

Going to Wolves apparently to team up with Edwards again. They’ll offer him a 2 year deal

[Rudy65]

Turkish sources on Twatter reporting that we've begun negotiations for Abraham, although given Bailey's "success" at Roma, will they be happy to deal with us unless we take Leon back?

I’d have Bailey back to replace Sancho

[Skipper_The_Eyechild]

Tammy's record in Italy, so most of his last 5 years, in the league, is 29 in 112 games. Not really exciting, is it? I do think it's a bit of rose tinted glasses with how well he did for us in the Championship by some but I guess we need bodies in.

[ozzjim]

Malen is more use to us than Tammy. Happy to have both and swap Tammy for Bailey in some way though.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Tammy's record in Italy, so most of his last 5 years, in the league, is 29 in 112 games. Not really exciting, is it? I do think it's a bit of rose tinted glasses with how well he did for us in the Championship by some but I guess we need bodies in.

He did exceptionally well in his first season, 27 goals in 53 games, second not so great and finished it by tearing his ACL which pretty much wrote of the following season. He then went on loan to AC Milan where he was brought in to fill up the squad. 12 goals in 24 in Turkey this season shows he's found his goalscoring boots.

He wouldn't be my first choice but who else is there out there we could bring in on loan?

[Sexual Ealing]

Tammy's record in Italy, so most of his last 5 years, in the league, is 29 in 112 games. Not really exciting, is it? I do think it's a bit of rose tinted glasses with how well he did for us in the Championship by some but I guess we need bodies in.

It's completely bizarre, in my arrogant opinion.

[Smirker]

Tammy's record in Italy, so most of his last 5 years, in the league, is 29 in 112 games. Not really exciting, is it? I do think it's a bit of rose tinted glasses with how well he did for us in the Championship by some but I guess we need bodies in.

It's completely bizarre, in my arrogant opinion.

It's not a good record but if you add his 30 assists then it is 59 in 112 and looks much better.

[VILLA MOLE]

He is 28 experienced knows the club so if we can do a good deal on him   let’s do it