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

[Beard82]

Malen on Loan makes no sense whatsever.  I wouldnt consider selling him but loaning out a player who is featuring regularly seems mental

[Rigadon]

Mental but fair play must be upheld. 

[TheToffnar]

The Tammy stuff feels like a bit of smokescreen to me.

Saying that...

[Sexual Ealing]

Surely Roma couldn't afford his wages.

[andyh]

The January transfer window is a bit of a joke.
Clubs know who and what they want….they have spent the previous 3 months or so weighing up their options.
Very little happens for the first 25 days or so. There is loads of rumour and speculation, probably lots going on in the background, and then all the posturing and bluffing between clubs and agents.

And then it all goes mad in the last couple of days and bonkers on Sky yellow banner day.

I think they should reduce the window down to one week in January.
Second week in January, open the window for 7 days. Get all the deals done and then shut it again.

[SaddVillan]

This morning's t'interwebnet chatter.

●An "intermediary" has offered Malen to Roma and Napoli.

●Roma have offered Villa a €1.5m loan fee with a €23m buy option.

●Negotiations have/haven't started for Tammy Abraham

●Besiktas have decided on a fee for Abraham

●Besiktas want €20m for him.

Conor Gallagher - nothing of note  - yet.

[Smithy]

The January transfer window is a bit of a joke.
Clubs know who and what they want….they have spent the previous 3 months or so weighing up their options.
Very little happens for the first 25 days or so. There is loads of rumour and speculation, probably lots going on in the background, and then all the posturing and bluffing between clubs and agents.

And then it all goes mad in the last couple of days and bonkers on Sky yellow banner day.

I think they should reduce the window down to one week in January.
Second week in January, open the window for 7 days. Get all the deals done and then shut it again.

Yep, but there are so many moving parts in the days of PSR.  A bit like a house-buying chain. I would imagine we're pretty hamstrung unless we can offload Elliott, and if I was Liverpool, and I was considering taking him back, I wouldn't agree a deal to take him back until 31st Jan, so as not to help a rival for the top 4.  Which might, in turn, mean we have to put everything else on hold until the 11th hour on the last day.  Which is crap, but I understand why it's the way it is.

[Smithy]

This morning's t'interwebnet chatter.

●An "intermediary" has offered Malen to Roma and Napoli.

●Roma have offered Villa a €1.5m loan fee with a €23m buy option.

●Negotiations have/haven't started for Tammy Abraham

●Besiktas have decided on a fee for Abraham

●Besiktas want €20m for him.

Conor Gallagher - nothing of note  - yet.

I'm assuming that "Besiktas want £20m" is "Besiktas want £20m to step away from the deal they have to buy him for £11m at the end of the season?".  Which would mean us paying them £20m, and £11m of that going to Roma?  Sounds like a complicated deal to make happen, given he's not their player yet.

I'm guessing we'd buy him from Roma, they'd get their £11m, and the rest of the £20m goes to Besiktas as 'compensation' for their deal not going ahead?  I imagine Roma would be doing everything possible to try and find a way to cancel the loan so they can keep all £20m - which might delay things further...

[PaulWinch again]

Loaning out Malen would be even more ridiculous than selling him.

[Holte L2]

Loaning out Malen would be even more ridiculous than selling him.

I could be wrong.  But I'm sure i read somewhere he's on a high salary authorised by Monchi which could be another reason.  I like Malen but he cannot lead the line and isn't a winger.  He does gives us another great option and can certainly impact a match.  But if it'a trade off for Abraham and Gallagher to release Malen then I'd take it.

[jwarry]

Loaning out Malen would be even more ridiculous than selling him.

Will rumour is it's a loan with obligation to buy £26m.  What did we pay for him?

[Dante Lavelli]

Loaning out Malen would be even more ridiculous than selling him.

Will rumour is it's a loan with obligation to buy £26m.  What did we pay for him?

Wiki says £21m plus add-ons.  1 year amortised., so potentially about £10m profit.

It only makes sense if we buy back big, albeit I’d accept Tammy as a temporary loan for half a season whilst we tap up our man target.

[Stinkin_Thinkin]

Malen brings firepower off the bench, moving him on for someone who may or may not have an impact is a massive gamble, not worth taking. Better the devil you know I think. If we have to sell to make incomings happen someone like Bogarde should be the sacrificial lamb, hes improved with the game time he's had but still not technically great on the ball.

[Bully2345]

Malen brings firepower off the bench, moving him on for someone who may or may not have an impact is a massive gamble, not worth taking. Better the devil you know I think. If we have to sell to make incomings happen someone like Bogarde should be the sacrificial lamb, hes improved with the game time he's had but still not technically great on the ball.

Malen takes up a considerably bigger chunk of wage budget than Bogarde though and in a financial rules world that is based on salary costs now, Malen leaving creates more opportunity to bring people in

[Dante Lavelli]

Malen brings firepower off the bench, moving him on for someone who may or may not have an impact is a massive gamble, not worth taking. Better the devil you know I think. If we have to sell to make incomings happen someone like Bogarde should be the sacrificial lamb, hes improved with the game time he's had but still not technically great on the ball.

Opinions and all that, but I’m of the opposite stance; on the basis that I think Malen has pretty much peaked as a footballer (value), whereas there’s loads of untapped potential left with Bogarde.