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

[SaddVillan]

Need to try and get Onana AND McGinn back playing ASAP.

The Kamara news undoubtedly changes our transfer window plans.

Obviously continue chasing Tammy Abraham, but now we need to bring in  a midfielder  - Gallagher would have been good (but we got outbid), so - either somebody similar for a small fee (one that doesn't screw us via UEFA's sanctions) or on a loan.

[ozzjim]

Loan to buy style deal must be the way we will go.

[VILLA MOLE]

Loan to buy style deal must be the way we will go.

yep put it on the credit card

[Dave]

Loan to buy style deal must be the way we will go.

And just hope that the people we're negotiating with don't ask too many questions about how Harvey Elliott is getting on.

[VILLA MOLE]

Loan to buy style deal must be the way we will go.

And just hope that the people we're negotiating with don't ask too many questions about how Harvey Elliott is getting on.

who ??

[Clampy]

I mentioned Manioo a a couple weeks back. See he walked straight back into their side under Carrick. Would have been ideal.

[Dave]

I mentioned Manioo a a couple weeks back. See he walked straight back into their side under Carrick. Would have been ideal.

Maybe, but even if he wasn't playing - we couldn't sign him on loan, and we couldn't afford to spend tens of millions buying him.

[aev]

Once again, it comes down to what we are going to be allowed to do under the UEFA sanctions, and no one seems to be clear what that actually means.

[PaulWinch again]

Once again, it comes down to what we are going to be allowed to do under the UEFA sanctions, and no one seems to be clear what that actually means.

Pretty sure it’s not have a negative transfer spend and keep within agreed plan for wages.

Plus we can’t do anything in terms of domestic loans unless Elliott goes, which I can’t see.

[ozzjim]

I mentioned Manioo a a couple weeks back. See he walked straight back into their side under Carrick. Would have been ideal.

Maybe, but even if he wasn't playing - we couldn't sign him on loan, and we couldn't afford to spend tens of millions buying him.

The Sancho and Elliot deals look terrible now. Elliot could actually be very useful at the moment.

[aj2k77]

Once again, it comes down to what we are going to be allowed to do under the UEFA sanctions, and no one seems to be clear what that actually means.

Pretty sure it’s not have a negative transfer spend and keep within agreed plan for wages.

Plus we can’t do anything in terms of domestic loans unless Elliott goes, which I can’t see.

We'll we've already spent £15m or so on 2 more kids that aren't going to contribute. If that's the case it has to be loans. Our transfer business really is shit masked over by Unai.

[Drummond]

Well this has gone to shit a bit hasn't it?

[PaulWinch again]

Not domestic loans, because we can’t do them.

[aj2k77]

Over to the transfer guys now, it's about time they pulled something out the bag instead of living off Emery's abilities.

[SaddVillan]

I mentioned Manioo a a couple weeks back. See he walked straight back into their side under Carrick. Would have been ideal.

Maybe, but even if he wasn't playing - we couldn't sign him on loan, and we couldn't afford to spend tens of millions buying him.

The Sancho and Elliot deals look terrible now. Elliot could actually be very useful at the moment.

The way we've treated him, Elliott would have to be very fair minded to be interested in playing for us.

He's made 5 appearances thus far so we can only play him 4 more times otherwise the purchase obligation is triggered.

Guess we could try and renegotiate with Liverpool and get the buy obligation removed? Then we could play him and  he would then go back to them in the summer as a more saleable asset - certainly more so than somebody who's only made 5 appearances in a whole season.