Summer 2025 Transfer Thread

[Chocoholic]

Seeing some of the names of those who played today, the word 'legends' has never been so misused and indeed, abused, before. It gets worse every year, as the barrel is scraped ever lower.

[The wanderer]

3 hours ago, Chocoholic said:

Seeing some of the names of those who played today, the word 'legends' has never been so misused and indeed, abused, before. It gets worse every year, as the barrel is scraped ever lower.

Mate, the fact that they travelled from the various spots in the world, where they live, to play in a game that raises money for charity makes the players in both teams legends in my eyes.

[Scott_M]

11 hours ago, Lee909 said:

Get Crouch in till the end of the season

 

 

Crouch is 44. Even at 25 Nunez couldn’t have taken those chances. 

[Scott_M]

I see Bournemouth being linked with Keheller now. 
 

I assume we’ll stick to our guns of wanting £25m for him. 
 

If it all plays out as being discussed, I doubt it’ll be a swap deal, 2 deals that works out at £20m and Keheller for Kerkez seems fair. 

[Megadrive Man]

3 hours ago, Scott_M said:

I see Bournemouth being linked with Keheller now. 
 

I assume we’ll stick to our guns of wanting £25m for him. 
 

If it all plays out as being discussed, I doubt it’ll be a swap deal, 2 deals that works out at £20m and Keheller for Kerkez seems fair. 

 

Bournemouth would be a really good move for him. They may also decide to make a permanent move for Kepa though.

 

[Megadrive Man]

14 hours ago, Chocoholic said:

Seeing some of the names of those who played today, the word 'legends' has never been so misused and indeed, abused, before. It gets worse every year, as the barrel is scraped ever lower.

 

A lot of our true Legends are too old to even play a charity match now sadly.

[Scott_M]

34 minutes ago, Megadrive Man said:

 

Bournemouth would be a really good move for him. They may also decide to make a permanent move for Kepa though.

 

Kepa has been about as shite has he has been since 2018…

[AHA]

Is football365.com a load of shite or in any way reliable?

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

14 minutes ago, AHA said:

Is football365.com a load of shite or in any way reliable?

Haha no. None of them are mate, clickbait crap.

[AHA]

18 minutes ago, VERBAL DIARRHEA said:

Haha no. None of them are mate, clickbait crap.

Thought as much, thanks

[Megadrive Man]

36 minutes ago, AHA said:

Is football365.com a load of shite or in any way reliable?

 

About as reliable as Naby Keita.

[redinblack]

That Karetsas playing for Greece against Scotland looks pretty good. Playing for Genk in Belgium at the moment. Scotland don't know what to do with him

[Lee909]

The Greeks are starting to look like a good team these days

[No2]

13 hours ago, Scott_M said:

I see Bournemouth being linked with Keheller now. 
 

I assume we’ll stick to our guns of wanting £25m for him. 
 

If it all plays out as being discussed, I doubt it’ll be a swap deal, 2 deals that works out at £20m and Keheller for Kerkez seems fair. 

John O'Shea, Ireland assistant manager, seemed to let slip that he knew where he'd be playing next season. He said it would he a London club and then he threw in Newcastle as kind of get him out of jail card. Regardless, he seemed fairly certain it was already a done deal and that was about 4 months ago.

[Lee909]

32 minutes ago, No2 said:

John O'Shea, Ireland assistant manager, seemed to let slip that he knew where he'd be playing next season. He said it would he a London club and then he threw in Newcastle as kind of get him out of jail card. Regardless, he seemed fairly certain it was already a done deal and that was about 4 months ago.

 

Chelsea have been linked with him a fair bit over the past few months. 

[Remmie]

14 minutes ago, Lee909 said:

 

Chelsea have been linked with him a fair bit over the past few months. 

It had occurred to me that they were short of goalies

[Megadrive Man]

I reckon Kelleher will get eaten alive at. Chelsea, hopefully he goes to Bournemouth.

[Scott_M]

[M_B]

You pay the amount stated in the clause and then he can join your club? 

[TD_LFC]

Clauses are often tiered, have certain time restrictions, or limited to certain conditions.

 

Buying clubs will sometimes use the clause as the back stop and negotiate a similar, but elevated, deal to try and get more preferential payment terms.

 

You also have the complication that Hughes, while not sporting director at the time of his signing, still has contacts at the club so you have to do it by the book and go through club to do away with any accusations of impropriety even though the agents are probably telling any club that'll listen what the terms of the clause are.

[Megadrive Man]

2 hours ago, M_B said:

You pay the amount stated in the clause and then he can join your club? 

 

The Huijsen clause can only be activated on the first Tuesday of every month between the hours of 2.00 and 3.00 AM whilst standing on your head and costs 198m Ugandan dollars. 

[El Dangerous]

Strange world where we could spend the best part of £100m on two Bournemouth players and see it as good value. Another £40m on Frimpong and we only have right wing, centre mid and centre forward to sort out. But hey, we’re top of the league so the succession planning must be spot on. 
 

I do wonder if we fancy getting that dutchie at Brighton over Huijsen if Virgil stays. He’s basically a younger player to take Gomez’s position of utility defender.

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

3 hours ago, TD_LFC said:

Clauses are often tiered, have certain time restrictions, or limited to certain conditions.

 

Buying clubs will sometimes use the clause as the back stop and negotiate a similar, but elevated, deal to try and get more preferential payment terms.

 

You also have the complication that Hughes, while not sporting director at the time of his signing, still has contacts at the club so you have to do it by the book and go through club to do away with any accusations of impropriety even though the agents are probably telling any club that'll listen what the terms of the clause are.

You is expert.

[TD_LFC]

Just now, VERBAL DIARRHEA said:

You is expert.

 

Or I can read, hard to tell which it is.

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

4 hours ago, Scott_M said:

Welcome to Real Madrid.