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

[Ozzjim]

JJ started 15 league games for them, he may go on to do well fot them but that's crap for a 40m signing.

Totally agree. JJ is great when you have momentum in a game. Not so when you dying

[KevinGage]

Youri @ £35 mill in his prime years is a steal.

If he's 29 on a five year deal, I'd say probably 4 of those 5 years are not in any way his prime years.

John McGinn will be 32 this Oct and doesn't seem to be getting any worse.

All depends on how he looks after himself. Youri doesn't have a reputation for being a party prat as per Grealish, so there is that.

[PeterWithesShin]

Tielemans has played more games tham SJM despite being nearly 3 years younger.

[KevinGage]

His game has never really been about expending too much energy and chasing his own tail in midfield though.

First five yards are in the brain, and all that.

[PeterWithesShin]

He was good for us especially on a free but I sure wouldn't want to be signing him on that contract even if we could afford it comfortably. It's the kind of stupid signing Bruce or MON would make and then wonder why there was no more money as they'd spunked it on milk bottle players.

[kippaxvilla2]

As I said earlier in this thread the release clause diminished by £18m each year.  Hence even at £54m last year other clubs were reluctant to pay it.  £36m this year seems okay but he will be hard to replace.  Five year contract aged 29 though? Blimey crack on.