Summer 2025 Transfer Thread

[BeefStroganoff]

35 minutes ago, Megadrive Man said:

 

Robertson Played really well in a victory for Hull against us to back up having good stats.

 

Salah is a good example of the opposite of what you're saying. When Chelsea signed him from the Swiss league it was too big a step up to go from a league of that level to a top Premier League team. He needed to take a step in-between the Swiss league and was able to develop really well in Italy.

 

Mane came off the bench and tore us to shreds in a game where we were 2-0 up, he almost single handidly turned the game for Southampton scoring 2 goals and ended up beating us 3-2

 

Jota had two good seasons in the Premier League for Wolves and was signed because he had very similar stats to Mane. 

 

Diaz had good stats and we were impressed with how well he'd played against Man City in the Champions league.

 

I'm not sure the reasoning with Gakpo but he's worked out ok so far. 

  

They were still all players that if you had asked the fans at the time about them they wouldn’t have exactly jumped for joy. 
 

But our scouting system was much better and we were much more proactive back then. We haven’t been anything like what we were when Klopp was building his first team.

[3 Stacks]

3 minutes ago, BeefStroganoff said:

They were still all players that if you had asked the fans at the time about them they wouldn’t have exactly jumped for joy. 
 

But our scouting system was much better and we were much more proactive back then. We haven’t been anything like what we were when Klopp was building his first team.

How is that any sort of metric for anything? The average fan doesn't know shit.

[Scott_M]

[El Dangerous]

8 minutes ago, Scott_M said:

That’s fucking from the nightmares of David Lynch that.

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

39 minutes ago, 3 Stacks said:

How is that any sort of metric for anything? The average fan doesn't know shit.

Speak or yourself!

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

14 minutes ago, Scott_M said:

Beef flaps?

[BeefStroganoff]

2 minutes ago, VERBAL DIARRHEA said:

Beef flaps?

Yeah from Scott M, the man with such a hang up about proving his support he has to post up images of himself as a ballboy on a public forum.

 

No nothing strange in that.

[BeefStroganoff]

45 minutes ago, 3 Stacks said:

How is that any sort of metric for anything? The average fan doesn't know shit.

Metrics is the point. We used to be on point with our transfer business because of our metrics and would pick players the fans might question. 
 

Again people are missing the point. Maybe a few years ago we would have bought a Huijsen or a Kerkez and took a gamble or two.
 

Now we don’t do anything unless it’s easy and cheap.

[Bjornebye]

17 hours ago, sh#t waffle said:

Darwin Nunez: Hold my beer

Rest of squad: But you're not holding a beer

Darwin Nunez: Oh

Hahahaha. I love Darwin but that tickled me. 
 

 

Cole Palmer would be a very good signing but my sources tell me he isn’t keen on living in the north whatsoever as he may have gotten in with the wrong gang when at city. 

[3 Stacks]

41 minutes ago, BeefStroganoff said:

Metrics is the point. We used to be on point with our transfer business because of our metrics and would pick players the fans might question. 
 

Again people are missing the point. Maybe a few years ago we would have bought a Huijsen or a Kerkez and took a gamble or two.
 

Now we don’t do anything unless it’s easy and cheap.

There's specific stuff to criticize about our transfer business, and about the club, but generally, you just invent any negative talking point you can muster.

 

This post I'm quoting here is just complete nonsense. You're saying nothing. 

[BeefStroganoff]

39 minutes ago, 3 Stacks said:

There's specific stuff to criticize about our transfer business, and about the club, but generally, you just invent any negative talking point you can muster.

 

This post I'm quoting here is just complete nonsense. You're saying nothing. 

blah blah blah.

[Chocoholic]

6 hours ago, BeefStroganoff said:

blah blah blah.

Three words come to mind. Pot. Kettle. Black. Not necessarily in that order.

[BeefStroganoff]

10 hours ago, Chocoholic said:

Three words come to mind. Pot. Kettle. Black. Not necessarily in that order.

Black. Kettle. Pot?

[No2]

Thiago Almada looks like a mixture of Latura Martinez and Julian Alvarez. By looks I mean physically, never seen him play but we should buy him, that's a good combo.

[Colonel Bumcunt]

This is my realistic shopping list for the summer:

 

Ola Aina 

(Free)

We need a new RB to cover Trent obviously, but Bradley is someone we don't want to obstruct the development of, but we need to be mindful that Bradleys injuries could continue.  Aina is battle ready but would also be happy to share minutes.  

 

Dejan Kulusevski

(£60m)

It could be less, but they bought him for around £40m and they will have to accept some players will want to move on when they finish in the bottom half of the table.  Still only 24, he's a multi-faceted attacker, good pace but very technical. He's right sided but he seems more than capable of doing a great job as an 8. 

 

Cheik Doucoure

(£25m)

Someone we were close to signing for £70m about 18 months ago, since then a nasty long term Achilles injury, but he's quietly played 12 times this season. No doubt he's rusty, no doubt he's not fit, but if Palace sold him they may not need to sell Eze or Guehi, so I'd consider this one. 

 

Ederson

(£40m)

Will be 2 years left on his Atalanta contract this summer.  A combative mental midfielder who runs and runs. 

 

Nico Williams

(£75m)

Again, 2 years left on his contract, it's worth a go to fill that left wing slot with a thrilling player. 

 

I don't think I can consider a striker until there's some clarity on how we want a 9 to play.  

 

[etho]

1 hour ago, Colonel Bumcunt said:

This is my realistic shopping list for the summer:

 

Ola Aina 

(Free)

We need a new RB to cover Trent obviously, but Bradley is someone we don't want to obstruct the development of, but we need to be mindful that Bradleys injuries could continue.  Aina is battle ready but would also be happy to share minutes.  

 

Dejan Kulusevski

(£60m)

It could be less, but they bought him for around £40m and they will have to accept some players will want to move on when they finish in the bottom half of the table.  Still only 24, he's a multi-faceted attacker, good pace but very technical. He's right sided but he seems more than capable of doing a great job as an 8. 

 

Cheik Doucoure

(£25m)

Someone we were close to signing for £70m about 18 months ago, since then a nasty long term Achilles injury, but he's quietly played 12 times this season. No doubt he's rusty, no doubt he's not fit, but if Palace sold him they may not need to sell Eze or Guehi, so I'd consider this one. 

 

Ederson

(£40m)

Will be 2 years left on his Atalanta contract this summer.  A combative mental midfielder who runs and runs. 

 

Nico Williams

(£75m)

Again, 2 years left on his contract, it's worth a go to fill that left wing slot with a thrilling player. 

 

I don't think I can consider a striker until there's some clarity on how we want a 9 to play.  

 

What an absolute load of fucking shit that is, Christ 

[El Rojo]

3 hours ago, Colonel Bumcunt said:

This is my realistic shopping list for the summer:

 

Ola Aina 

(Free)

We need a new RB to cover Trent obviously, but Bradley is someone we don't want to obstruct the development of, but we need to be mindful that Bradleys injuries could continue.  Aina is battle ready but would also be happy to share minutes.  

 

Dejan Kulusevski

(£60m)

It could be less, but they bought him for around £40m and they will have to accept some players will want to move on when they finish in the bottom half of the table.  Still only 24, he's a multi-faceted attacker, good pace but very technical. He's right sided but he seems more than capable of doing a great job as an 8. 

 

Cheik Doucoure

(£25m)

Someone we were close to signing for £70m about 18 months ago, since then a nasty long term Achilles injury, but he's quietly played 12 times this season. No doubt he's rusty, no doubt he's not fit, but if Palace sold him they may not need to sell Eze or Guehi, so I'd consider this one. 

 

Ederson

(£40m)

Will be 2 years left on his Atalanta contract this summer.  A combative mental midfielder who runs and runs. 

 

Nico Williams

(£75m)

Again, 2 years left on his contract, it's worth a go to fill that left wing slot with a thrilling player. 

 

I don't think I can consider a striker until there's some clarity on how we want a 9 to play.  

 

Nice formatting and even better blue sky thinking.

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

4 hours ago, Colonel Bumcunt said:

This is my realistic shopping list for the summer:

 

Ola Aina 

(Free)

We need a new RB to cover Trent obviously, but Bradley is someone we don't want to obstruct the development of, but we need to be mindful that Bradleys injuries could continue.  Aina is battle ready but would also be happy to share minutes.  

 

Dejan Kulusevski

(£60m)

It could be less, but they bought him for around £40m and they will have to accept some players will want to move on when they finish in the bottom half of the table.  Still only 24, he's a multi-faceted attacker, good pace but very technical. He's right sided but he seems more than capable of doing a great job as an 8. 

 

Cheik Doucoure

(£25m)

Someone we were close to signing for £70m about 18 months ago, since then a nasty long term Achilles injury, but he's quietly played 12 times this season. No doubt he's rusty, no doubt he's not fit, but if Palace sold him they may not need to sell Eze or Guehi, so I'd consider this one. 

 

Ederson

(£40m)

Will be 2 years left on his Atalanta contract this summer.  A combative mental midfielder who runs and runs. 

 

Nico Williams

(£75m)

Again, 2 years left on his contract, it's worth a go to fill that left wing slot with a thrilling player. 

 

I don't think I can consider a striker until there's some clarity on how we want a 9 to play.  

 

Left back,right back, centre half, total bollocks.

[sir roger]

BBC Sport saying we are interested in Ferran Torres who maybe available for about 30m. Studiously avoid City games other than against us and don't watch much foreign stuff so my only thought on him was that I used to be pleased when he played or was brought on against us, which isn't promising. .

[Red Banjo]

He's shite.

 

A hard pass.

[TD_LFC]

6 hours ago, Colonel Bumcunt said:

 

I don't think I can consider a striker until there's some clarity on how we want a 9 to play.  

 

 

Did you only think tactical fit should be a consideration after you decided on the right back and DM?

[El Dangerous]

That list of players has me casting my mind back wistfully to the time we were planning on buying all Bournemouths players a few days ago.

[Colonel Bumcunt]

1 hour ago, TD_LFC said:

 

Did you only think tactical fit should be a consideration after you decided on the right back and DM?

 

We need a RB, a free one is nice. 

 

We can't keep relying on Gravenberch for every game.

 

We can't keep relying on Szoboszlai to run a marathon in every game. 

 

The left side of attack is vastly inferior to the right.  

 

There's no point in a 9 if they don't get serviced.  

[Trojan1892]

8 hours ago, Colonel Bumcunt said:

This is my realistic shopping list for the summer:

 

Ola Aina 

(Free)

We need a new RB to cover Trent obviously, but Bradley is someone we don't want to obstruct the development of, but we need to be mindful that Bradleys injuries could continue.  Aina is battle ready but would also be happy to share minutes.  

 

Dejan Kulusevski

(£60m)

It could be less, but they bought him for around £40m and they will have to accept some players will want to move on when they finish in the bottom half of the table.  Still only 24, he's a multi-faceted attacker, good pace but very technical. He's right sided but he seems more than capable of doing a great job as an 8. 

 

Cheik Doucoure

(£25m)

Someone we were close to signing for £70m about 18 months ago, since then a nasty long term Achilles injury, but he's quietly played 12 times this season. No doubt he's rusty, no doubt he's not fit, but if Palace sold him they may not need to sell Eze or Guehi, so I'd consider this one. 

 

Ederson

(£40m)

Will be 2 years left on his Atalanta contract this summer.  A combative mental midfielder who runs and runs. 

 

Nico Williams

(£75m)

Again, 2 years left on his contract, it's worth a go to fill that left wing slot with a thrilling player. 

 

I don't think I can consider a striker until there's some clarity on how we want a 9 to play.  

 

Apart from Ederson that list is absolute shite hahahahahaha

[Lee909]

Get Crouch in till the end of the season