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Transfers The Summer Transfer Edging Thread 2025

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I mean it's a lazy analysis really and nothing to suggest it, he's Prem ready, he's played at a high level in the CL for 3 years.

He has been inconsistent (last season) but even for West Ham he was never as inconsistent or disinterested as Ndombele was, Ndombele only completed something like 12 90 matches with us for example, then got shipped around Europe for 3 years because he couldn't find a home.
In their defence, the thought had crossed my mind. He's obviously got an ego/attitude on him (but an aggressive one that works for us, more so than the apathy of ndombele). Something about the 'quotes' (who knows?) made me wonder if he can 'get it up' when he's not feeling it. For top money you want top professionals, the ability to perform consistently is part of that.

I think he'd be fine, but season 2/3? If we don't get CL? We'll see.
 
I think what we're seeing there is it's a South American thing...
Richie has made no secret of the fact he has eyes on representing Brazil at the WC, and why not, he's Brazilian, not born and bred in Edmonton!

The difference being, is that Richie seems to know which side his bread is buttered and seems to care equally about playing for Spurs...

Lo Celso and Romero have both prioritised (and risked aggravating injuries) in order to represent their country ahead of Spurs... The same Country over Club debate was levelled at Lo Celso several times... always regained fitness just in time to jump on a plane to Bueno Aries!
... So in 2nd thoughts maybe it's just an Argentinian thing!

Which injuries, the same type as Kane did playing for England?
 
In their defence, the thought had crossed my mind. He's obviously got an ego/attitude on him (but an aggressive one that works for us, more so than the apathy of ndombele). Something about the 'quotes' (who knows?) made me wonder if he can 'get it up' when he's not feeling it. For top money you want top professionals, the ability to perform consistently is part of that.

I think he'd be fine, but season 2/3? If we don't get CL? We'll see.

He definitely needs motivating and I think we have a coach now and a setup wich can get that out of him,

Ndombele came with baggage and his attitude was poor. but we as a club really fucked around when he was here, constantly changing management and styles and philosophies, he didn't really have a chance after Poch got sacked, can't see us making the same mistake here.
 
The Europa has given us breathing space (Thank God), and I suspect it's also given Frank a season to develop an imprint of belief in the fans. Rightly so, but if we hadn't won the Europa, he wouldn't have been given such grace..

But my God,we are absolutely a neither this nor that club, whether that's a hidden agenda, Levy, the media or whatever.

I'm resigned to mid-table and a semi-final this time round.
 
There once was a poster, McAfferty,
Whose rants had a furious clarity.
“Bald Levy’s a miser!”
He’d post, none the wiser,
As we signed sod-all in prosperity.

Old Col_McAfferty’s losing the plot,
Screaming, “Spend some you bald-headed twot!”
Levy sits tight,
Won't splash for shite,
And our transfer hopes go to rot.
Col_McAfferty’s balls are in bits,
From wanking at Levy’s tight shits.
No players, no spend,
It’s driving him round the bend,
While Baldy just pockets and sits.

There’s a poster named Col on the Cock,
Who calls Levy a bald fucking cock.
No strikers, no spend,
Same bollocks again,
While Spurs fans all sob on their jock.

Col_McAfferty screams like a loon,
“Levy’s a tight-fisted bald fucking goon!”
No transfers, no hope,
Just a limp, useless dope,
While we all wank in tears to a spoon.

Old Col’s got a cock full of rage,
At Levy, that slap-headed sage.
Won’t spend a damn quid,
Won’t splash for a lid,
While we’re left wanking sad in a cage.

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So WHY DO clubs like West Ham & Chelsea refuse to, or at least are reluctant to do business with us...
Is it ALL down to Levy...?

Is this part of the 'Tight fisted Levy' being impossible to do business with narrative...?

Or, IS there STILL a narrative there, lurking far deeper and darker than people would accept or believe?!
West Ham are a feeble little minded club who HATE us from the top down the bottom. It's hilarious. It's embarrassing. It's pathetic. But it is what it is. Apparently Bobby Zamora bottled moving from Brighton to Palace because they hate one another. That's bad. But the West Ham thing is funny because it's almost entirely one way. We just don't feel strongly about them.

IMO, the Chelsea things all kicked off with Arneson and Modric. Whilst there is mutual dislike between fans, there was definitely a big fall out between Levy and Abramovic when he poached Arneson and then later tried to tap Modric up.
I even think that in response to us flatly refusing to sell them Modric, they then actively took almost every half decent player we wanted whether they needed him or not.

I do wonder if there is a chance to deal now Abramovic has gone.
 
sure all true but if the negotiations drag on the player gets sick of hanging in limbo and the buying club starts pressuring him to make it harder for the selling club. if i'm the player i'm like, pay the money mr. levy!

This is pretty transparently West Ham trying to get more bidders involved.
No other club wants him not at 60 million anyway
Levy is well aware of that and will try and fuck Wetspam over:levystare:
 
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