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Transfers The Summer Transfer Edging Thread 2025

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He was considered unobtainium not too long ago. Need to take advantage of clubs who are flogging their HG talent

They’re only selling him because he would be pure profit. He’s a very good player, more of an all rounder, similar to MGW but not as offensive. We need more players who can run with the ball… Dembele was a beast at it. Other than Bergvall (who’s still lightweight), we’ve zero drive and presence in midfield. Sarr has energy but he’s not the best passer and Bissouma is more likely to overrun the ball and flatten the opposition player.
 
Being HG and CT is exactly why they won’t sell him,

Gazpacho they really want to sell but nobody will give them the money they must be asking or he’d be gone by now

No europe to worry about club trained though.

100% profit for the books - Jim could use that to balance against the next 200 stewards he wants to sack in order to pay another overpriced plodder £100k over their wage demands. Irresistible!
 
Lange signed one of those names listed, the rest were Paratici

Which is fair, but I still don’t buy that Lange only looks within our league.

As I said, there’s massive issues with our transfer business (ins and outs) but I’m not buying that the problem is as simple as only buying in our own league when we clearly buy outside of it, and tbh, I don’t mind us looking for prem proven players, what needs to change is the level of player we target.
 
Why would anyone buy Harvey Elliot for £50m. And why would Tottenham do that sort of deal when if it’s bang average British CM your scouting Leicester have Winks and Skipp who, at least solve the HG problem. Not that I want to see either back, but there is at least some rationale.
Game of opinions I guess, I think Harvey Elliot is already good and will certainly get better with experience. He has a bit of an edge to him as well which we chronically lack.
 
Which is fair, but I still don’t buy that Lange only looks within our league.

As I said, there’s massive issues with our transfer business (ins and outs) but I’m not buying that the problem is as simple as only buying in our own league when we clearly buy outside of it, and tbh, I don’t mind us looking for prem proven players, what needs to change is the level of player we target.
He does seem to have some sort of block with non Prem players over the age of 21 - you wouldn’t fancy him to seal a deal for Ederson at Atalanta whereas Paratici makes that happen all day long.

Lange needs to stick in his swim lane which is emerging talent, U21 players, which I believe he is good at. Then let Paratici do everything else bar the accounts
 
Game of opinions I guess, I think Harvey Elliot is already good and will certainly get better with experience. He has a bit of an edge to him as well which we chronically lack.
I wanna a bit more than that for £50m, is he much better than Bergvall? I don’t believe he is.

Lump an extra £30m on that and Palace are going to be having serious deliberations about whether to flog Wharton or not, Brighton would def let Baleba go for that
 
Why does he need to be away at Tamworth in January.

Why are you even asking
Given a) we finished 17th in the league and, dubious explanations not withstanding, looked awful; b) we recently drew against Wycombe and Luton and looked toothless; c) it's two weeks since the MGW fiasco and don't appear to have any clear plan as to what to do with the £60m we evidently had earmarked for him; d) we have a Super Cup against PSG in two weeks; e) we kick off the new PL campaign three days later; and f) that, historically, very little transfer activity happens whilst Levy is out of the country, I don't think it's particularly unreasonable to ask why Levy is in Korea and not in his Batcave trying to sort shit out.
 
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