Summer 26 Transfer Window - hopes, speculation, rumours etc.

[frank black]

If Juve think they can get him for Peanuts and pay him less per year, when they are not in the champions league. Then I’ve got to question what the hell is going on? Are we that desperate to reduce the wage bill and the quality of our team?

Surely this can’t be true

[AndyB6]

Is big Emi off then?

https://x.com/i/status/2064469930993426729

They want him for free? Hahaha.

Panic over (for now).

[Matt C]

Feels like the window to sell Emi was last summer. I don’t see how the fee he’d command (albeit surely more than the zero Juventus want to pay) would be more than the value he is to us, now even given he’s a high earner.

[Dogtanian]

He’s got all summer to find a new club, is Juventus such a draw that he’ll take the first offer and jump at being paid less?

Not sure what the tax situation is in Italy and whether that makes anything up.

But he’s not going unless we get the fee we want.

[PaulWinch again]

If Juve think they can get him for Peanuts and pay him less per year, when they are not in the champions league. Then I’ve got to question what the hell is going on? Are we that desperate to reduce the wage bill and the quality of our team?

Surely this can’t be true

Of course it isn’t. There might be a scenario where he would like to move there, but I can’t see any scenario where we let him go without it making financial sense to us.

[Steve67]

Wasn’t his brother talking to Juve officials some time ago? Speculated on social media back in January if I recall correctly.

[Dante Lavelli]

I'm in two minds about Emi leaving.  On one hand it's an "easy win" to reduce the wage bill, however he's evidently still a decent keeper.  He'll be 34 at the beginning of the season with a £200k week (?) contract expiring in 2029.  We will need to sell/release him at some point before then, and the opportunities to do so will reduce as he gets older. 

Ultimately, I think I'd reluctantly sell if Juve were offering a fee of £15m-ish.

[Lsvilla]

Wasn’t sure where to put this but have we changed some of the medical team with Arse picking up our former doc ?

[brontebilly]

If it's going to happen then best it happens early in transfer window. We have been linked with James Trafford for so long it seems somewhat inevitable he is the likely replacement.

[Rigadon]

Be a shame for him to leave before our league winning season starts.

[Dogtanian]

I'm in two minds about Emi leaving.  On one hand it's an "easy win" to reduce the wages, however he's evidently still a decent keeper.

He'll be 34 at the beginning of the season with a £200k week (?) contract that expires in 2029.  We will need to sell/release him at some point before then, and the opportunities to do so will reduce as he gets older.

Sounds like he is on £116k per week, but that will definitely be amongst our top earners. I'd say anyone likely to be good enough to fill his boots over the next few years is going to want a fair chunk of money anyway.

He obviously wants to go, but he's being a bit more conservative about it this time round having learned his lesson last year. He's done his stint and that's fair enough. He might have kept his mouth shut on the bus, though!

I can't see 5m EUR being the fee, I reckon we would want 20m EUR settling for 12m - 15m.

[Dante Lavelli]

If that wage is correct then I'd keep him, as "Trafford" would want similar, so what's the point.   Not sure where I got £200k from!

[dave.woodhall]

Are we still worrying about clickbait Twitter accounts?

[stevo_st]

I think a WC summer might have played into a more conservative approach this time around. He clearly loves and respects the club - hopefully it’s all amicable when it inevitably comes to an end, after we win the league.

[chrisw1]

I don't mind him moving on if he really wants to, he's done a huge amount for us.  But any decent replacement will cost £25-30m you would think and this summer is going to be tough enough without having to find that.  Hopefully he'll decide another stab at the CL with us isn't so bad.