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Transfers The Summer Transfer Edging Thread 2025

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He is the One and Only !!!!
He’s been hawked around a few clubs
 
Ok so what other factors go into a successful season?

You’ve said it won’t always be the transfer window. A lot of people are saying the transfer window is the key to having a good season this year.
Injuries are a massive reason on whether teams have successful seasons. Leicester kept most of the same team each week when they won. Liverpool had most of their best players available when needed last season. I doubt they win the League if Salah was injured for a large chunk. In contrast we've been decimated with injuries for large parts of the past two seasons. But apparently that was Ange's fault, so we should have a good run this season.
 
There isn't one person of sound mind that would think Wharton, who is a ~£100m player is a young, unproven player.

There's semantics, then there's this. Zero credibility to your argument.

I think he is a young unproven player tbf. Same, if not more risk than signing a 30-year old. He has one full EPL season with 5 assists to his name and no strong defensive metrics (considering he is being thought of as a 6).

Now, I completely agree that he had loads of potential and could end up a world beater as well as incredible deep lying midfielder. But then again, loads of young players don't fulfill their potential.
 
I think he is a young unproven player tbf. Same, if not more risk than signing a 30-year old. He has one full EPL season with 5 assists to his name and no strong defensive metrics (considering he is being thought of as a 6).

Now, I completely agree that he had loads of potential and could end up a world beater as well as incredible deep lying midfielder. But then again, loads of young players don't fulfill their potential.
Exactly this.

He's good and he has a lot of potential, but I think it's absolutely mental the sums being thrown around on here as being his "value." He's done absolutely nothing to merit him being valued as an elite player, which is what anything at the mooted £80M or more would make him.

There's some utter lunacy on here.
 
That's what Palace want. English, homegrown, and a stand out CM in the league last year in his first full season.

He's absolutely a £100 or close. I'm guessing you don't know what '~' means, but it means circa. If you don't think they're getting around that figure, you don't have a clue.

I'll add that next summer he'll be off to City or Liverpool.

Whatever the level of dosage prescription you are on, reduce it by two thirds.

No cunt is stupid enough to offer over 60mil for the player.

He's a very good player, but 100m..............

:dembelelol:
 
Still slightly annoyed we never tried to do a deal for Jonathan David, incredibly consistent goalscorer with all the attributes to do well in PL, Juve got him on a very cheap deal when considering they paid something like a 13.5m euro signing on fee and have him on £200k a week, an incredibly cheap deal if he can replicate his Lille form at his next club, really does make me think we are eager to avoid going over around £150k/week unless bonuses are heavily involved and whenever a player has a choice between that and guaranteed money we will always be 2nd fiddle.
Cant blame levy after the ndombele fiasco, he was happy to just pocket his fat pay cheque and bide his time putting in nothing performances
 
I think he is a young unproven player tbf. Same, if not more risk than signing a 30-year old. He has one full EPL season with 5 assists to his name and no strong defensive metrics (considering he is being thought of as a 6).

Now, I completely agree that he had loads of potential and could end up a world beater as well as incredible deep lying midfielder. But then again, loads of young players don't fulfill their potential.

A 6 isn’t expected to get many assists. He controls the tempo and gets it to Eze who gets the assists.

He’s not defensively very good for a 6 but he is very press resistant, excellent on the half turn and great for a team who want to retain possession … he’d be MUCH better for Bayern than Palhinha was because Palhinha’s archetype doesn’t suit elite possession based teams.

Palhinha might be more useful for us, depending on how we play.

But Wharton has an insane ceiling if he can develop some steel because the technical fundamentals are incredible and the stuff you can’t really ‘learn’ are all there. He is an elite talent.
 
I think he is a young unproven player tbf. Same, if not more risk than signing a 30-year old. He has one full EPL season with 5 assists to his name and no strong defensive metrics (considering he is being thought of as a 6).

Now, I completely agree that he had loads of potential and could end up a world beater as well as incredible deep lying midfielder. But then again, loads of young players don't fulfill their potential.
Agree

Looks a lovely passer but not convinced he can defend and close gaps - seen players run through him and he looks lost. I’m desperate for a footballing 6 but wouldn’t pay 75M for him.
 
Exactly this.

He's good and he has a lot of potential, but I think it's absolutely mental the sums being thrown around on here as being his "value." He's done absolutely nothing to merit him being valued as an elite player, which is what anything at the mooted £80M or more would make him.

There's some utter lunacy on here.
The high price is because Palace don’t want, or don’t need to sell
 
Palhinha a cheap option of course

if it was him with a new younger DM then great, but that's unlikely. Levy my dear Goblin friend, if you want to win the league you need to go to Brighton and drop a bag of coin for Baleba. or at least look at Ederson from Atalanta, perhaps Gomes at wolves. or ideally you get Ederson baleba etc and still bring in Pahinha on loan because you want to compete in all competitions

you cant always cheap your way to success, worked last season but it's a fools game
Agree mostly but I think Palhinha does the job for now. However for next season they need to be lining up one of those you mentioned and also develop the young midfielders we already have otherwise what’s the point of buying them. Not to forget any of our own academy players. Jeez can we give at least one or two them a chance to see if they are good enough. We could be sitting on a gold mine but will never know at this rate.
 
Here is a list of all the players we bought and then sold since 2012.
The most profit we made was £18 mill on Tripps. Next was Wimmer with £10 mill.
We have made a cumulative loss of £350 mill on transfers.
Only made a profit on 13 out of 54.
Edit: Put Gil in as I assumed he will leave.
PAIDSALES +P/L
LOANS
Ndombele42.5042.5
Lo Celso418.532.5
Sanchez36927
Sissoko30327
Gil30030
Reguilon27.5027.5
Bergwijn2626.5-0.5
Sessegnon25025
Lamela258.516.5
Aurier23023
Lucas22022
Royal21.5129.5
Soldado18711
Paulinho17107
Janssen1798
Hojbjerg15123
Dembele15114
Doherty13.5013.5
Llorente12012
Lloris12012
Wanyama11011
Rodon11101
Verthongen10010
Eriksen1017-7
Alderweireld1013-3
N'Koudou9.56.53
N'Jie963
Capoue95.53.5
Clarke8.512-3.5
Sigurdsson813-5
Fazio84.53.5
Foyth814.5-6.5
Chiriches7.54.53
Dempsey761
Chadli713-6
Adebayor505
Ali505
Wimmer515-10
Stambouli56-1
Lenglet LOAN4.504.5
Gedson LOAN404
Trippier422-18
Dier431
Gollini LOAN303
Vorm303
Fryers330
Vinicius LOAN2.502.5
Danjuma LOAN2.502.5
Yedlin26-4
Gazzaniga202
Holtby1.57.5-6
Soonsup-Bell101
Lopez LOAN101
Parrott0.56.5-6
Shocking really considering we are meant to have one of the smartest chairman around. He should be sacked the above alone. Wait for this years activity or next couple of years when you can add Richi 60M , Johnson 47M, Solanke 60M, Tel 45M and see what the P/L is on them
 
for all Levy’s faults, at least he’s planned for Son leaving and signed his replacement a year prior - lots of clubs wouldn’t have the foresight or single minded will to win to do that ahead of time

Step forward Brennan Johnson, the new Sonny on the left wing
 
I think it's fair to say that the theory of "Brentford made massive bids on both Johnson and Gray, therefore they will be at the center of Frank's plans" has not come to fruition.

Frank's job was to make a football team out of what the Brentford recruitment operation gave him, same job he's been hired for here, and Johnson and Gray aren't starters at present.
I’d sell Johnson to whoever will pay decent money for him. He just no great footballing skills and is weak. If frank wants hard workers, some say MADDs me be at risk, then surely Johnson should be worried.
 
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