The annoying thing is, you just know at the end of the window, we’ll look back & think how the money, could have been spent elsewhere.
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Transfers The Summer Transfer Edging Thread 2025
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The annoying thing is, you just know at the end of the window, we’ll look back & think how the money, could have been spent elsewhere.
You’re probably right, but this just further highlights the absolute folly and amateurish nature of how we do business.
I have zero doubt that Savinho was on no list of ours at the start of the summer. I don’t think he’s the result of any strategy, long term plan or any “data driven” bollocks, but now all of a sudden our whole windows essentially boils down to whether we sign him or not.
A serious club would just not operate in this fashion.
Brentford got a lot of injuries last year so it’s not guaranteed.
Before we brought Tel to Spurs on loan, I thought Brennan was going to be our worst player overall....
Well... you never know in football until you find out...
It often feels like we place priority on the “opportunity” rather than a cohesive squad building vision. The tail wags the dog.
I would honestly rather we were misers with transfer fees but willing to go up to £250k/week on wages to get the right man, we might end up spending the same amount over the course of the players' contract if we were specifically targeting players in the last year of their deals with big money contracts, and I'm 100% convinced we would end up with a better standard of player than the way we do it, which is seemingly being willing to spend large fees as long as the player's agent is unlikely to push for anything north of £100k/week.
Don’t need to wait until a player becomes available in order to make an offer
We didn’t, we paid 30m.
It was Senior VP David Wages.I want to know exactly who decided we should spend 40 million on Tel, then quibble over 15-20 million for Eze and a savinho
Never a truer word spoken. I just don’t get it …. I mean it’s not like popping down the shops for a pint of milk.
And growing more complex by the window, in this age of deferred payments, spreading costs over multiple years for PSR purposes, deferred compensation to players/agents, loans with options/obligations to buy etc.
In fact, I think part of the growing commonality of loans with options/obligations is that it provides an expedient manner in which to get deals over the line whilst leaving the legal beagles time on the back end to revise and fine tune agreements, payment schedules, etc.
I think we're heading towards more pre-arrangements like when Liverpool signed Keïta. Especially with the continual growth of FIFA/UEFA summer fixtures/tournaments and more and more post/preseason globe trotting sponsorship tours.
"I don't like Mondays"
I thought that the second I heard they made it permanent. Showed nothing last year.
Wouldn't panic with Tel, we can probably get most of our money back.
I'm disappointed to wake up and see the media have slaughtered us over last night.
We were excellent for 80 minutes. We managed that game like seasoned pros.
The issue, and indeed the story, is how thin the squad was before and continues to be.
Maybe if that was the media narrative more often, in the main stream media, then Levy would eventually get it.
I'm disappointed to wake up and see the media have slaughtered us over last night.
We were excellent for 80 minutes. We managed that game like seasoned pros.
The issue, and indeed the story, is how thin the squad was before and continues to be.
Maybe if that was the media narrative more often, in the main stream media, then Levy would eventually get it.
Fingers crossed we get the 2 players we're heavily linked with over the line......soon!
Looking at the bench yesterday and frank is going to have a job on his hands trying to keep players happy. There will be a few names missing out each match day squad.
Need the quality, we're far too reliant on kudus right now already for an attacking spark and he play every minute of every game.
Id expect johnson, bergvall, solanke and maybe odobert to all start v burnley.
Looking at the bench yesterday and frank is going to have a job on his hands trying to keep players happy. There will be a few names missing out each match day squad.
Need the quality, we're far too reliant on kudus right now already for an attacking spark and he play every minute of every game.
Id expect johnson, bergvall, solanke and maybe odobert to all start v burnley.
I think that should be the narrative, that Levy in no way has the club ready for the demands of the season about to begin.
Maybe it was always the play? Not that I agree with it.
A player like savinho being available and us having a chance to sign is a massive opportunity that rarely happens. If we re-wound the window back to the beginning and it was known he was possibly available i think theres no way we get him.
Aside from yamal, doue and barcola theres no better young wingers in world football. Id argue hes close to the the latter 2 I named and his ceiling is just as high as them for sure.
We gotta push the boat out on this one fast.
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