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Transfers Summer 2026 Transfer Thread

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postbox said:

View: https://x.com/RudolphN17/status/2062491777991344215

We have now officially opened discussions regarding a deal for Adam Wharton. A deal we tried to do last summer and made further moves last January, he’s a long standing target.

Crystal Palace’s valuation is understood to be around £85 million slightly higher than our initial expectations but we are prepared to push the deal aggressively and are willing to exceed our original expectations on fee.

The club views the addition of a top-class deep-lying playmaker as a crucial part of this summer’s rebuild, and there is a strong belief internally that there are very few Premier League-proven midfielders who can match Wharton’s passing range, composure and ability to dictate the tempo of a game - he would be game changing.

Savinho and Van Hecke being worked upon and hope to be done before the weekend closes, Senesi and Robertson all but announced.Spurs are serious this summer!
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'Crystal Palace’s valuation is understood to be around £85 million slightly higher than our initial expectations'

When you opening bid is 40 million your 'expectations' are fucked.

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JDefoe said:
De Zerbi putting forth Guimares has me worried. That’s the sort of thing a delusional person does, there’s no fucking way we get Bruno G for multiple reasons. Even if he did become available (which would be for insane money), bigger clubs would easily outbid and out pull us.

We need a proper SD to get De Zerbi aligned on more realistic targets. If he thinks he can pull a Bruno G for midfield we are in for a long summer.
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A quick google says he is contracted until June 2028, so is in that magic two year window

Puts an emphasis on either selling him or getting him on a new contract for Newcastle

Which is not to say I think we'll get him, if he's available bigger fish will jump on it IMO
 
TheSpurEst said:
Yeah I would absolutely LOVE either Guimares or Tonali.
Both would would be first picks in our midfield without any doubt and improve that area massively.

But getting either of them from Toon is really difficult. Both have 2 years contract left at this point.
Even more difficult after they sold Gordon to Barcelona for 80 mil...

We'd have to pay ~85-100 mil for either of them by the looks of it.
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I’d pay £85 million for Guimares.
 
postbox said:
Get used to the new players really quick, then piss and moan we havent bought anyone for weeks and demand a10 out and 10 in after the world cup or declare the window a failure while worrying about RDZ walking out on us
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I think we are going to get a lot of signings done at the start of the window... Which in itself is going to refreshing.. A pre-season with new signings... Shocking.

By the sounds of it, we could have

Sensei
Robertson
Savio
Van Heck

1st day of the window.

With Hackney, Wharton as possibilities too.

And hopefully so much Deadwood going out the door.
 
manmountainbutters said:
It doesn't make much difference to the club's finances though. We will likely have to pay Robbo an up-front signing-on free instead of the transfer fee. That's the point I'm making. No economic difference between the two - as many posts on this thread imply there is. And given transfer fees are often staggered, the timing of the payments may not be that different either - i.e. some up-front and then some through wages vs some up-front and some later
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Maybe? I mean, we dont actually know, do we?

I know it was years ago, but I remember Edgar Davids - his juicy signing on bonus was actually paid out over the course of the contract - not up front

Quite possible that sort of practice is still the case
 
postbox said:
I think Danso stays, excellent squad player, earned his place

Also means Vuskovic gets another full season of actually playing on loan, ideally we get him in the UK somewhere
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Maybe, I think Vuskovic needs to be playing for us, his quality is so good he needs RDZ to bring him through, as loaning him out is just gonna make him want to leave and other teams will benefit from us.

We have to get the best youngsters in the squad and can't keep loaning them out.
 
Shadydan said:
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Rafa Rafa aint no way these boys are gonna be pinging balls to 'Gallagher' on the half turn only for him to lose the ball in our own half, allow it :D
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His ball retention is good and he'll be in a good system and have defenders who have a good weight of pass.
 
JDefoe said:
De Zerbi putting forth Guimares has me worried. That’s the sort of thing a delusional person does, there’s no fucking way we get Bruno G for multiple reasons. Even if he did become available (which would be for insane money), bigger clubs would easily outbid and out pull us.

We need a proper SD to get De Zerbi aligned on more realistic targets. If he thinks he can pull a Bruno G for midfield we are in for a long summer.
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These players heads are nearly always turned by money - offer him the best deal and he might take it
 
Be brilliant if Brighton wanted Vuskovic on loan to replace Van Hecke. I haven't heard this anywhere so its just my own punt on what could potentially be offered to strike a deal on van hecke. But I think that would be a best case scenario for Spurs.

Brighton have a remarkable record of improving young players and it would give Vuskovic premier league experience. Brighton will probably want a more experienced replacement instead but just thought there might be a chance they enquire about getting him on loan!
 
Kane you believe it said:
I've said it is smart business.

All I'm saying is that it doesn't amount to ambition if we continue on the path of only targeting these sorts of opportunities and it stops there.

For ambition to credibly support a title push we need to also be actively challenging for the best players and sometimes that means paying market rates for them even in exceptional circumstances.

My point is, you need both

Woolwich did this for Rice, he's been their best player this season and they won the Premier League.

I don't understand what is so controversial about that.

Do we need to take it step by step, yes. Do we need to be smart with money, yes. Can we say we are truly ambitious until we have a complete squad capable of winning titles, no.
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We arent going from a lopsided squad that finished 17th twice to a title challenging one in a single window

Woolwich did it (big buy/Rice) from a position of strength, having been in the CL regular and a title race a couple of years running

Im not sure this season we are in such a position, next? hopefully...

If we finish this window having strengthened the defence, midfield and attack significantly - Id call that ambitious - regardless of whether or not any buys were marquee market rate big money types...
 
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Darnswim 🇦🇱 said:
Kulusevski is done mate (unfortunately), Xavi is injured until January at least, and Maddison is always 2 steps away from injury. That just leaves Gallagher (and Bergvall to some extent) as a 10, who don’t have the same sort of vision or output as the previous 3 because their style is different. I think we have bigger holes in the squad to fill, but a #10 is worth considering as well.
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Wasn't Kulusevski seen running the other day. I think he will be ready for the new season.
 
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