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Transfers The Summer Transfer Edging Thread 2025

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Having been to Lake Como I didn’t want to come back to Islington , Paz will use us to get a salary bump I’m sure . As a small club nothing close to what we would pay him , but enough to enjoy one more season in such a beautiful place . If he thinks he is good enough to force his way back into Real Madrid’s plans fair play to him
Footballers have a lifetime after their career to live wherever they like with 10s of millions in savings, I'd be amazed if this deal fails over personal terms as opposed to failing to find an agreement in what seems to be rather muddy waters between Como and RM.
 
Morgan Gibbs-White - Levy faffing about with the release clause

Eberechi Eze - Levy haggled over pennies

Nico Paz - Levy just going for 'we tried' types to save face
 
Footballers have a lifetime after their career to live wherever they like with 10s of millions in savings, I'd be amazed if this deal fails over personal terms as opposed to failing to find an agreement in what seems to be rather muddy waters between Como and RM.
Footballers have a lifetime after their career to live wherever they like with 10s of millions in savings, I'd be amazed if this deal fails over personal terms as opposed to failing to find an agreement in what seems to be rather muddy waters between Como and RM.
Maybe I phrased it badly , I’m not saying it fails on personal terms I’m saying it fails cos he does not want to come to us . I thought I was clear by saying Como couldn’t pay what we would pay , but if I was him you might as well get a salary hike to stay where I am .
 
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Morgan Gibbs-White - paid the release clause, chairman blocked the move

Eberechi Eze - agreement In place with another team while ITK spouted IDK

Nice Paz - player doesn't want to leave his club, neither do Real Madrid
 
Morgan Gibbs-White - Levy faffing about with the release clause

Eberechi Eze - Levy haggled over pennies

Nico Paz - Levy just going for 'we tried' types to save face
I hate Levy but the reality is that we don’t know what happened with the first two.

It’s implied that Marinaki/Edu threatened MGW and his agent with legal action for leaking the release clause unless he signed an extension. You say “faffing about” but the reality is that the release clause was met. Forest stonewalled it knowing the player was going to stay quiet.

Eze is a lot more complicated but it sounds like we were nowhere near as close as certain ITK’s claim. Arteta told the media that at the last minute Eze called him personally to see if a deal could be done. Hardly what you’d expect to happen when a deal was close. The leaks of us offering Richarlison kind of prove how much BS was floating around at the time.

But yeah, Paz is a straight up “well we tried!” transfer than Levy never had any intention of following through on.
 
Hincapie is there for the taking. £52m and he is ours. We need that LB cover and a left sided CB to rotate with VDV to keep him injury free. He would be an incredibly good signing.

I still want Savinho. If we can get him, that’d be awesome.

No CAM which is diabolical but I’d rather spend the money in areas we’re also in need of rather than spunking money away on players who will not get into our first team. If we’re going to do that then we should be looking at loaning someone, not wasting £40m+. Frank is adaptable and players like Sarr and Bergvall can we worked in instead of AMs until Deki gets back to fitness.

Far from ideal obviously.
 
If Woolwich sign Hincapie I’m going to need therapy.

After getting mugged off by those cunts with Eze, Levy simply cannot allow us to go through the same ordeal.

Assemble the LATAM/Iberian) defensive council (Romero, Pahlinha, Porro, Bentancur) at the negotiating table and MAKE IT FUCKING HAPPEN.
 
I really don't know where we go from here

It looks like our options are underwhelming, and time is running out

What a travesty to hire the right manager but not give him the tools he needs 😥

Also, if it's true that Lange has been on holiday during our most embarrassing window, I don't know where to start
 
I am beyond convinced now that Levy is intentionally targeting difficult/impossible big money deals that he knows will fall through but will look ambitious.

It has to be intentional at this point. Fool me once fool me twice but the third time can no longer be a coincidence.

He knows this, but he’s putting on a show with these public big money bids for Frank to prove his “intent”. Cruel, evil man.
I've felt this for, oh, i dunno, 20+ years?
Especially when he has either a new manager, or a good manager he doesn't want to leave.
It makes it look like we're trying to back them.
 
Romano probably has a tiny amount of real info, but he pads it out with so much bullshit it's unreal.

That and a load of no info 'updates'

Absolutely. He probably knows we’re interested in the player. Knows after last night said player is trending worldwide on social media after his performance - perfect time to post a ‘bomba’ about said player.

Truth is, Como’s board were probably still sat in the post game executive lounge eating fancy meatballs and drinking posh Italian wine - not answering the phone to bloody Levy.
 
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