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Transfers The Summer Transfer Edging Thread 2025

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People moaning about liverpool wankfest are focusing on the wrong thing.

It's more like, why the fuck aren't we run like that?

Their squad building makes sense, and they show ambition.

We are constantly shopping in and around the 25 - 40 mill range as that is what Levy sees as best value.

We should be all over the likes of Guehi and Eze this summer. I bet we sign neither.
 
Aphex said:
People moaning about liverpool wankfest are focusing on the wrong thing.

It's more like, why the fuck aren't we run like that?

Their squad building makes sense, and they show ambition.

We are constantly shopping in and around the 25 - 40 mill range as that is what Levy sees as best value.

We should be all over the likes of Guehi and Eze this summer. I bet we sign neither.
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Exactly. 👏
Some people just can't abide a single word of criticism aimed at our ownership model and have to resort to petty insults and absurd accusations as a last line of defence.
It's pretty desperate stuff tbh
 
Rebrov_Likes said:
Tonnes of CBs who weren’t fast had amazing careers - Puyol, Terry Adams, etc.
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Eh?
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spids said:
There are not many club trained players available for free, so no. We could buy a non-club trained FB, but then we would not be able to name them in the squad for CL.
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This begs the question who has let this happen?
Could we have not tried develop some of our club trained players. Is abbot not club trained. I’d rather have him than pay silly wages for KWP who will know is not gonna hack it if we are serious title winning / CL winning club which levy says we want to be.
 
Aphex said:
People moaning about liverpool wankfest are focusing on the wrong thing.

It's more like, why the fuck aren't we run like that?

Their squad building makes sense, and they show ambition.

We are constantly shopping in and around the 25 - 40 mill range as that is what Levy sees as best value.

We should be all over the likes of Guehi and Eze this summer. I bet we sign neither.
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They are annoyingly well run. See a problem. Fix it. Move onto next problem. Win trophies.
 
Maureen said:
This begs the question who has let this happen?
Could we have not tried develop some of our club trained players. Is abbot not club trained. I’d rather have him than pay silly wages for KWP who will know is not gonna hack it if we are serious title winning / CL winning club which levy says we want to be.
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We’ve had a string of managers who were managing for themselves and their jobs and not for the long term, in my opinion

When we sacked Poch and went into this mode of “get someone else in who will win something this year with this 11” it seems player development fell by the wayside in this frantic quest to win one of anything.

Those managers and that philosophy might be right if the squad is there but ours never has been
 
Don Pedro said:
Don't see any benefit to selling Richarlison and replacing him with Darwin personally. Much for muchness and Richarlison is actually quite the fans favourite so why change it?
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It's not so much about wanting a change but the rumours are that Richarliason will be sold this window and he will need replacing if he goes. Darwin is a viable alternative if we could get at the right price. He was wasteful last season but gets into the right places so often he could go quite well.
 
Sidford said:

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I fucking hate pool but fuck me what I wouldnt give for their owners. People say American owners are bad but look at what they have achieved at that club and how they operate. They actually act like a big club whereas our esteemed leader only talks about it
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Henry is just moving money around.

Don't be fooled.

ESPN:

The Giants acquired three-time All-Star Rafael Devers from the Red Sox on Sunday in a stunning trade that sent a player Boston once considered a franchise cornerstone to a San Francisco team needing an offensive infusion.

Boston received left-handed starter Kyle Harrison, right-hander Jordan Hicks, outfield prospect James Tibbs III and Rookie League right-hander Jose Bello.

The Giants will cover the remainder of Devers' contract, which runs through 2033 and will pay him more than $250 million, sources told ESPN.
 
Maureen said:
We also have Josh who looks better than the others but will no doubt be sold. No wonder are Club trained quota is shite as we never give them a pathway to first team. It’s always blocked by some young player from somewhere who just bco we have paid money for them automatically makes them better than our own.
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Hopefully Frank can incorporate Donley and Devine into the squad this season. Both super impressive in their loan spells and can cover numerous positions. Keely should have been our second keeper but somehow Kinsky arrived.
 
Maureen said:
This begs the question who has let this happen?
Could we have not tried develop some of our club trained players. Is abbot not club trained. I’d rather have him than pay silly wages for KWP who will know is not gonna hack it if we are serious title winning / CL winning club which levy says we want to be.
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kcspurs said:
We’ve had a string of managers who were managing for themselves and their jobs and not for the long term, in my opinion

When we sacked Poch and went into this mode of “get someone else in who will win something this year with this 11” it seems player development fell by the wayside in this frantic quest to win one of anything.

Those managers and that philosophy might be right if the squad is there but ours never has been
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Bloodbath said:
Hopefully Frank can incorporate Donley and Devine into the squad this season. Both super impressive in their loan spells and can cover numerous positions. Keely should have been our second keeper but somehow Kinsky arrived.
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I think with Moore in and around the 1st team, this is EXACTLY the route we're going down...

Bemoaning the fact we don't have any club trained first teamers, whilst at the same time complaining we're not signing any high profile first team players is effectively the same problem at opposite ends of the recruitment scale....

We can and SHOULD be doing BOTH.... but for a while there, we weren't really doing EITHER!
 
ThePreacher said:
ESPN:

The Giants acquired three-time All-Star Rafael Devers from the Red Sox on Sunday in a stunning trade that sent a player Boston once considered a franchise cornerstone to a San Francisco team needing an offensive infusion.

Boston received left-handed starter Kyle Harrison, right-hander Jordan Hicks, outfield prospect James Tibbs III and Rookie League right-hander Jose Bello.

The Giants will cover the remainder of Devers' contract, which runs through 2033 and will pay him more than $250 million, sources told ESPN.
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The most 'Murrican paragraph ever!
 
Maureen said:
This begs the question who has let this happen?
Could we have not tried develop some of our club trained players. Is abbot not club trained. I’d rather have him than pay silly wages for KWP who will know is not gonna hack it if we are serious title winning / CL winning club which levy says we want to be.
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That is a good point. Note that Abbott, if the club think good enough for PL / CL football (19, 1 season in League 2), would be on the B-List and not affect senior squad places though (still a bonus if good enough). I suspect this season KWP (148 PL games) would be a better backup FB.

In terms of who let it happen, our squad was mismanaged for years, and especially so (from a youth perspective) under 4 years of Mourinho and Conte, the 'win now' managers. The last two years though there has been a clear thought process. Players like Bergvall, Gray, and Vuskovic will all count as, not just home grown, but club trained. We also have the likes of Devine, Donley, Moore, Keeley, Dorrington, Hall, Ajayi etc. coming through as club trained, and I'd hope that at least one of them will make it with us. This is why Levy is always on about wanting a manager who will promote youth.
 
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