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

[paul_e]

I can't believe we would be so stupid as to send out on loan nevermind sell Malen.

Me either mate.

Me three. Don’t get it at all unless we have a very good forward option coming in.

It would surely only be happening if that is the case. Unless we're more in the shit with SCR than we thought.

We can’t be. We’ve spent £20m on two teenagers.

That's irrelevant if we aren't planning to add them to the europa squad, we haven't been at any risk for the premier league FFP for a while and that's the only one where we'd need to be careful with those signings.

[Smirker]

Reckon we're getting The Moosh? 

MARMOUSH
MARMOUSH
MARMOUSH IS ON FIRE!

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Don't see a problem. He plays a standard 10 minutes a week and when he get's the opportunity to start he doesn't show much. Unai obviously doesn't fancy him so move him and and get someone else in. Standard practise.

Seven goals and two assists so far this season, if only we had a striker with those stats. Watkins has 7 goals and one assist, should we sell him too?

If we bring in better yeah, everyone is dispensable. If we bring in a better option than Malen that the manager wants, not a problem.

Oh I agree we can't let emotions get in the way but let's not be giving him away, it's not like we don't need the money. Our transfer dealings have been at best patchy, Malen is one of the positives, plus even bringing in somebody 'better' it doesn't mean they'll hit the ground running.

Selling or loaning him to Roma, the only club I see in the way of us winning a trophy this season, I'd tell them to vaffanculo!

[lovejoy]

442 via Fichajes in Spain say we’ve bid EUR60m for Ferran Torres.  Allegedly has some legs due to Barca’s cash strapped position.

Does it tell us how we creat headroom in the finances for this? Otherwise its blx

What is the "headroom in the finances" at the moment, as you understand it?

Its mainly the restrictive European rules limiting pay as a percentage of revenue. Whilst the club don't release the specific numbers Unai has intimated that we need to fund any incomings with outgoings. So a £60 m purchase including signing on fee and amortisation would mean significant outgoings to fund that purchase. In my opinion just saying we are going to spend this without explaining what the equivalent outgoings are only tells half the story.

Do you think we can simply splash the cash? The owners are rich enough I give you that.

[PeterWithe]

I'm not entirely shocked at the Malen talk, I've long thought his minutes on the field to wages ratio might make him vunerable to being shown the door if a deal could be done.

[Richard E]

Express and Star report suggests Malen is frustrated with the amount of playing time he’s had.

[PeterWithesShin]

I like him but he's been here a year and has made 14 starts, and most of his starts have been pretty ineffective. Maybe we see his fee and wages spent better elsewhere rather than on someone that's most effective as a sub.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

I'm not entirely shocked at the Malen talk, I've long thought his minutes on the field to wages ratio might make him vunerable to being shown the door if a deal could be done.

I've long thought his minutes on the field to goals ratio might see him start more games. If it's true his wages are seriously high, who the hell approved it? Losing a very important squad player this season because somebody fucked up the finances is ridiculous especially given the season we're currently having.

[Dante Lavelli]

Gallagher is a funny one because the only obvious role I can see him coming in to fill is the tucked-in wide midfield one that SJM and Little Emi play and which I'm fairly sure we signed Elliott for as well. We're clearly not keeping Elliott but this move suggests pretty clearly that Emery just didn't think he could do the job and it wasn't just that Emi changed our plans because it's not like Gallagher will be any cheaper.

Liverpool fans said Elliot was a bit limited athletically; not fast enough for a winger and too weak to play in midfield.

I reckon emery sees this as the reality, whereas Gallagher is a good/great athlete and can cover a few positions, so better value.

[caster troy]

I like Malen but he is a bit of a flat track bully, less effective against a low block or in games where we need him to hold the ball up. He can also only play one role, Unai doesn't trust him at right midfield or he'd be playing there ahead of Guessand. As he's on big wages you can see why we'd consider letting him go.

Being third in the table has probably created some unexpected opportunities too.

[Brazilian Villain]

Aston Villa are moving closer to landing Conor Gallagher from Atletico Madrid, Unai Emery would be delighted to get this one over the line. https://x.com/johntownley11/status/2010750377906630873

[eamonn]

Gallagher probably has more about him all-round than Onana so if we're getting rid of him (assuming he'd pass a medical) for Conor and a crack striker, net plus I guess.

[rougegorge]

Interesting if Unai is prepared to let Malen go. I know he doesn't start so often, but he has played minutes in every game this season, which is indicative of a level of trust and value in his contributions this season.

[Skipper_The_Eyechild]

Gallagher probably has more about him all-round than Onana so if we're getting rid of him (assuming he'd pass a medical) for Conor and a crack striker, net plus I guess.

We're obviously not getting rid of Onana.

[Sexual Ealing]

Gallagher is a funny one because the only obvious role I can see him coming in to fill is the tucked-in wide midfield one that SJM and Little Emi play and which I'm fairly sure we signed Elliott for as well. We're clearly not keeping Elliott but this move suggests pretty clearly that Emery just didn't think he could do the job and it wasn't just that Emi changed our plans because it's not like Gallagher will be any cheaper.

Liverpool fans said Elliot was a bit limited athletically; not fast enough for a winger and too weak to play in midfield.

He’s nowhere near as limited athletically as he is aesthetically.