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Transfers The Summer Transfer Thread 2025

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Billy Bob mate said:
So what meets this criteria for you?

Buying a £100million player?
Buying a player with x amount of Prem games?
Buying a player with x amount of international games?
Buying a player over 25?
Buying a player with x amount of winners medals?

What signings show ambition to you and why?
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Paying big wages on proven players. I.e players who have a good track record in a top league, preferably the PL.

You know exactly what the criteria is, you are just an apologist for Levy and will lap up whatever shit he serves you up.

The league table in any given year pretty much correlates directly with wages.
 
Distaste for scouse said:
Paying big wages on proven players. I.e players who have a good track record in a top league, preferably the PL.

You know exactly what the criteria is, you are just an apologist for Levy and will lap up whatever shit he serves you up.

The league table in any given year pretty much correlates directly with wages.
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Lol...'Levy apologist' just cos I asked for clarification. I've said time and time again...I don't lose sleep over Levy running the club and I won't lose sleep if he left tomorrow.

To be fair to you though, that's more of an explanation than John ever offers. It's a criteria at least.

Who was the last player we bought, if any, that you felt got close to meeting your wishlist?
 
How fucking stupid were Eze's Agents to allow him to be locked into release clause of 60m that has to be paid in one immediate hit. Also seems counter intuitive for Palace in that it scares off a lot of buyers and may well force him to run his contract down and go for nothing, where if they'd not insisted on the upfront payment, they probably could have got more for him than 60m
 
Billy Bob mate said:
Lol...'Levy apologist' just cos I asked for clarification. I've said time and time again...I don't lose sleep over Levy running the club and I won't lose sleep if he left tomorrow.

To be fair to you though, that's more of an explanation than John ever offers. It's a criteria at least.

Who was the last player we bought, if any, that you felt got close to meeting your wishlist?
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The last signing that really excited me was probably Romero. We paid I think £55m on a proven player, Argentinian starter, and was best defender in Serie A the season prior.

Maddison I was kind of excited as he looked like a good fit for Spurs, but I was wary about how he drifts in and out of form in a given season.

That's about it really in the last 10 years.

Don't get me wrong, some of the signings like Bergvall are decent signings. But you have to have a balance between bringing in excellent young players and bringing in ready made experienced players.

And we don't have that balance anywhere near right.
 
bus-conductor said:
How fucking stupid were Eze's Agents to allow him to be locked into release clause of 60m that has to be paid in one immediate hit. Also seems counter intuitive for Palace in that it scares off a lot of buyers and may well force him to run his contract down and go for nothing, where if they'd not insisted on the upfront payment, they probably could have got more for him than 60m
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Eze for £60m is an absolute bargain. He's easily worth that.

For a club/chairman that alledgedly wants to win titles.....
 
bus-conductor said:
How fucking stupid were Eze's Agents to allow him to be locked into release clause of 60m that has to be paid in one immediate hit. Also seems counter intuitive for Palace in that it scares off a lot of buyers and may well force him to run his contract down and go for nothing, where if they'd not insisted on the upfront payment, they probably could have got more for him than 60m
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They will fold - obviously.
 
bus-conductor said:
How fucking stupid were Eze's Agents to allow him to be locked into release clause of 60m that has to be paid in one immediate hit.
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There are two parties to a negotiation of course. Insistence on a lower release clause would have come at a cost in wages or length of contract or some other parameter.

All in all, 68M (which is the number that has been reported) seems like a pretty reasonable figure to allow Eze the chance of escape to the very global elite of the market, that's a price those clubs can pay.

bus-conductor said:
Also seems counter intuitive for Palace in that it scares off a lot of buyers and may well force him to run his contract down and go for nothing, where if they'd not insisted on the upfront payment, they probably could have got more for him than 60m
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Palace are free to accept other offers, even higher ones with different payment timings. We purchased Pedro Porro for higher than his release clause but with longer-delayed payments.

All the release clause means is that if those parameters are met, Palace is taken out of the equation.

One thing I do wonder, if the payment is made 100% upfront, can that fee be amortized across years for PSR purposes? Because there are lots of clubs, very much including us, who can come up with 68M in a bag. There are fewer who would be prepared to take a one-time hit of that size on their books with the delicate multi-year balancing act they are playing with PSR.

Spurs however can, and should. Go get this player.
 
FightingIllini said:
There are two parties to a negotiation of course. Insistence on a lower release clause would have come at a cost in wages or length of contract or some other parameter.

All in all, 68M (which is the number that has been reported) seems like a pretty reasonable figure to allow Eze the chance of escape to the very global elite of the market, that's a price those clubs can pay.


Palace are free to accept other offers, even higher ones with different payment timings. We purchased Pedro Porro for higher than his release clause but with longer-delayed payments.

All the release clause means is that if those parameters are met, Palace is taken out of the equation.

One thing I do wonder, if the payment is made 100% upfront, can that fee be amortized across years for PSR purposes? Because there are lots of clubs, very much including us, who can come up with 68M in a bag. There are fewer who would be prepared to take a one-time hit of that size on their books with the delicate multi-year balancing act they are playing with PSR.

Spurs however can, and should. Go get this player.
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Yeah, fair point re Palace being able to ultimately accept what they want, but I still think it was pretty stupid of Eze's team to accept the one payment up front clause, as it gives Palace far more power. Pretty sure Eze would be somewhere else now if that clause wasn't there, as by all accounts Palace insisted on it last year.
 
I'm watching Canada vs Honduras and once again I am underwhelmed by Jonathan David. The commentators are hyping him up, but what I'm seeing is a striker who gets in good positions but has a heavy touch and can't finish to save his life. Plus his agent is making all sorts of demands.

Hard pass.
 
Richard Arlison said:
Branthwaite is very one footed and left footed. His left foot isn’t that great either. He’d be a press target for teams in our back line
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Richard Arlison said:
Branthwaite is very one footed and left footed. His left foot isn’t that great either. He’d be a press target for teams in our back line
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Different to what I've been reading, some saying predominantly R, some saying L, but all saying how accomplished he is with both.
 
Maureen said:
Eze is the man! Forget spending money on players like Tel and other young foreign unknowns get quality from the PL. ditch some of the average players we have although we have added to it by getting Tel.
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I agree Eze looks quality and would improve us now. The fee being all upfront is strange and if we want installments we'd have to go with crazy money. Not sure we'll pursue it. Not really any other teams in for him either.

I get people annoyed about Tel. I actually like him and don't feel last season in an awfully performing team is enough to judge him. He is 19 and just switched countries, cultures, clubs etc. There is a reason why he is highly rated.
I think he has the attitude of a proper player. He just needs stability and Frank will get much more out of him. I will be annoyed if he is the only attacker we sign though! Apparently the funds were already allocated or something so it's not eating into our summer 'war chest' . IIRC I heard that on a POD.

We badly want some experienced players.. Mbuemo would be my preferred one plus a CDM. I think potentially Mbuemo could be about to enter a new stage where he delivers big numbers of G&A every season, and with us and Frank surely that is the best place to ensure that happens, not a shit Utd team 🙏🏼
 
Château NoHo said:
5 penalty goals for Mbeumo in 24/25, so: 15 (non-P) goals, 7 assists, in 3415 minutes.
0 penalty goals from Semenyo in 24/25: 11 goals, 5 assists, in 3209 minutes.

Mbeumo (non-P goals): 3 right-foot, 12 left-foot
Semenyo goals: 6 right-foot, 5 left-foot.

Both with no headed goals.
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How does that compare to Johnson, Kulu and Son? Our lot playing in a weaker team.
 
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