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

[andyh]

Having spaffed £34m on Gallagher and £13m on leftback Souza from Santos, Spurs are said to be looking at a £52m bid for Brahim Diaz (Real & Morocco.

Total £99m.

Deduct the £35m they got from Palace for Brennan Johnson and that's  £64m net spend.

Meantime, we're scratching around down the back of the sofa for loose change and selling The Don to raise transfer monies.

Welcome to the world of PSR/SCR.

But we know that’s not the case,

[Chip Butty 111]

Chelsea have spent £1B on players ...gone to shit...potted the manager
UTD spent big on Sesko, Mbuemo and Cunha...and a new goalkeeper....potted the manager
Liverpool spent £300M on strikers....gone backwards
I'm confident we'll replace Malen, and have a funny feeling Alysson may get some game time.
If we don't replace Malen, and Watkins gets crocked, we are in dickies meadow

[paul_e]

We do also need to ensure that whatever business we do doesn't cause us problems for the 2026 reporting year so £150m on superstarts with the wages and signing fees to match is probably out of our range but a couple of players for £30-40m each might well be reasonable, it dependson how the turnover is looking and our data for that is 18months out of date now.

Cool, well I look forward to those couple of £30m signings then. Because if your reading is correct, there's no plausible reason we wouldn't do it.

Unless Emery doesn't want to do a Malen to players.

[TheToffnar]

A few points from Tanswell on 1874:

Gallagher/Tammy interest massively driven by Emery. Tammy's wages make the deal more difficult. Other targets likely known to PL already.

Significant interest in Bogarde but club is highly unlikely to let him go this window.

Tanswell 'thinks' 2 or 3 likely to come through the door before window closes.

[Dante Lavelli]

What does this bit mean;

“Other targets likely known to PL already.”

[TheToffnar]

What does this bit mean;

“Other targets likely known to PL already.”

I assume previously played here ie. Kean?

[PaulWinch again]

Tammy in pure playing ability terms is an okish back up. If he’s on high wages it’s a ridiculous signing.

[TheToffnar]

Tammy in pure playing ability terms is an okish back up. If he’s on high wages it’s a ridiculous signing.

Got a whiff of cutting our nose off to spite the face.

Move proven adequate stand in on to bring in adequate has been stand in. Having said that, if Emery's seen something in his play then who are we to argue.

Needs to get it right now though. The Monchi umbrella is no longer there to guard him from transfer mistakes.

[Villan For Life]

Tammy in pure playing ability terms is an okish back up. If he’s on high wages it’s a ridiculous signing.

Got a whiff of cutting our nose off to spite the face.

Move proven adequate stand in on to bring in adequate has been stand in. Having said that, if Emery's seen something in his play then who are we to argue.

Needs to get it right now though. The Monchi umbrella is no longer there to guard him from transfer mistakes.

Malen wants to go to get more minutes on the pitch.

[TheToffnar]

I get that and if a player wants out then they should go, but could have quite easily said that he's free to go in the Summer. With all the football there is to play over the next few months he'd have gotten more starts then he had the lighter side of the season.

I know the World Cup is a massive factor, but still. Not like he spends game after game on the bench.

[eamonn]

Wtf is Dickie's Meadow ?

[Sexual Ealing]

What does this bit mean;

“Other targets likely known to PL already.”

My initials are PL. I feel very reassured that our targets are known to me.

[Dave]

What does this bit mean;

“Other targets likely known to PL already.”

My initials are PL. I feel very reassured that our targets are known to me.

Think people have missed the obvious - we've brought Paul Lambert back in as new Chief Scout.

[cdward]

As a club, now is the time we need to push on.
Please don't mess this up Villa.

[LeeB]

Tammy in pure playing ability terms is an okish back up. If he’s on high wages it’s a ridiculous signing.

Got a whiff of cutting our nose off to spite the face.

Move proven adequate stand in on to bring in adequate has been stand in. Having said that, if Emery's seen something in his play then who are we to argue.

Needs to get it right now though. The Monchi umbrella is no longer there to guard him from transfer mistakes.

Malen wants to go to get more minutes on the pitch.

If it is the case as reported, as Garyth said earlier on the club being flexible and helping the player, who has been first class in terms of attitude given the Champions League squad issue and lack of starts, is only going to benefit us going forward in making us an attractive, low risk move, as long as there's no obligation to buy.