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

[Sexual Ealing]

Doesn’t Bissouma have some ‘interesting’ allegations following him around?

 I thought the whole ‘live badgers, Swarfega and a member of the Household Cavalry’ thing turned out to be a hoax?

Have you been reading my texts?

[TonyD]

Swarfega.  That’s gonna sting. 

[Skipper_The_Eyechild]

An option for the summer maybe. Bissouma on a free from Spurs. He's 30 this year, never really shown his talent since moving from Brighton, but Unai loves a player who's lost his way.

It's a no from me.

He's meant to have a terrible attitude off the pitch, lazy and late if I remember correctly.

Not sure how much that is really smoke and mirrors - I got the impression he was being held up as an example for Frank's new and more disciplined regime (in contrast with Ange's dilettantes). It's notable that as Frank has become increasingly desperate to cling on to his job, Bissouma has been "forgiven" and is back in the first XI.

I'm pretty sure his 'issues' have been known with Ange, also.

[tomd2103]

I watched the game today (fulham Brighton). i didn’t really think he did much other than the goal . Keeper would be disappointed not keeping it out

His stats this season are fantastic for a midfielder. Lots of assists lots of goals. I’d be happy with him to help us over the line.

Watched him for Wales over the years and something really seems to have clicked with him recently.   Might just be a hot streak of form, but he has certainly been playing well.  Plays number 10 or on the right and takes good set pieces.  Not entirely sure he'd offer much more than Buendia does though.

[VILLA MOLE]

I don’t think we will buy a midfielder.  i think he will rely on what we have with Barkley coming back Hemmings and maybe Harvey Elliott re entering the scene

[Matt C]

Expecting a frantic end to the window.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

I don’t think we will buy a midfielder.  i think he will rely on what we have with Barkley coming back Hemmings and maybe Harvey Elliott re entering the scene

Doesn't Elliott need to play 5 games in the second half of the season to trigger the move?

[VILLA MOLE]

I don’t think we will buy a midfielder.  i think he will rely on what we have with Barkley coming back Hemmings and maybe Harvey Elliott re entering the scene

Doesn't Elliott need to play 5 games in the second half of the season to trigger the move?

Yes but there are rumours it had been negotiated to option to buy .  That is why i thought he was in the squad

[Demitri_C]

I don’t think we will buy a midfielder.  i think he will rely on what we have with Barkley coming back Hemmings and maybe Harvey Elliott re entering the scene

We cant really on barkley after 2-3 games he just gets injured again.

Id let himgo on a free come the summer

[eamonn]

I don’t think we will buy a midfielder.  i think he will rely on what we have with Barkley coming back Hemmings and maybe Harvey Elliott re entering the scene

Interesting that Emery mentioned Hemmings having to be ready to play now, when unprompted in his interview with BBC/MOTD after the game.

[cdbearsfan]

I reckon he starts midweek.