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Transfers The Summer Transfer Edging Thread 2025

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DadHeungMin said:
I’d say 2014, if not 2015. The term big 6 only got created around that time when Sky realised they needed a way to keep including United in conversations at the start of their decline during the Moyes and Van Gaal eras. Before that point the media only really spoke about the top 4 club and we were routinely left out of that. We became a big 6 level club in like 2009, but the media actively ignored the progress the club had made at the time for a while.

I vividly remember going on Facebook and twitter at the time and a pretty common opinion was people wondering where this ‘big 6’ term came from and I’m sure a few others remember that as well.
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There have been changing terms for years. Even the top/sky 4 era also mentioned the "ever presents"
I like that one as it excludes Newcastle, Villa and City.
 
CJJ said:
Worth noting that I think between '76 and '01 the club won 5 out of 7 finals (excl. charity shield), and between '01 and '26 the club has won 2 out of 6 finals.
So the number of finals is one less, but our ability to get across the line has suffered.
I doubt anyone could call the period of '76 to '01 equally or more competitive as it has been in the last 25. The economic scales have exploded into new motivations for winning things (such as sports washing and arguably some level of money laundering in terms of the post-communism oligarchs)
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Probably because we had players like Lineker and Gazza* etc to get us over the line. Ready made, properly talented players. Not 18/19 year olds with an eye on resale.


*Obviously let us and himself down in the final but pretty much got us there on his own in prior rounds.
 
Richard Splash said:
The problem with that is next summer Real might come calling and that’s them done, Romero will go there. An additional issue for us is Real could low ball us knowing he can sign a pre contract in Jan.

I don’t know what the ideal solution is, but I am confident we will shoot ourselves in the foot
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Real like to wait for the player on a free these days and that definitely is the risk yeah
 
JDefoe said:
Any actual links or just petty bickering
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Based on how Lange has worked so far, I don't think we'll get any links until it anything is imminent

Kinksy was a bolt out of the blue
Odobert came out of nowhere
Min-Hyeok I feel like wasn't even a sniff of news before it happened.
I feel like the same with Solanke.
Gray I remember had a lot of noise for Brentford, but not us.

Van de Ven seemed like it blindsided people who were expecting someone else at the time (wasnt it Tapsoba or something)?


So, in that sense, I feel like the ones the "ITKs" mention are more likely to be BS
 
scarletjim said:
Not sure exactly when, but since 2009, so in the last 16 years, we've finished in the top 6 no less than 13 times - the line is probably different for everyone, but for most people after a number of consecutive top 6 finishes, usually with the same other 5 teams, that's reasonable to consider us 'one of the big 6'. So for me it was probably some time around 2012 or something like that. (Others may prefer trophies as a measure, and hence not consider us one of the big x (whatever number they choose there, perhaps to suit a preordained agenda), which is fine - I'm just trying to answer your question by giving you my own view on it - for me, the league is your bread & butter, and the best indicator of where you are as a team, much more so than winning trophies (or indeed not winning trophies, which is the normal status of 99% of teams)).
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When I see the big six named online, the list is usually the other 5 with a comma after each, and then at the end of the list it says. and Tottenham, as though the club only just about has the merit to be included. I suppose it's because the club is the only member of the group not to win the damn thing since it started in 1992/93.
 
CJJ said:
Based on how Lange has worked so far, I don't think we'll get any links until it anything is imminent

Kinksy was a bolt out of the blue
Odobert came out of nowhere
Min-Hyeok I feel like wasn't even a sniff of news before it happened.
I feel like the same with Solanke.
Gray I remember had a lot of noise for Brentford, but not us.

Van de Ven seemed like it blindsided people who were expecting someone else at the time (wasnt it Tapsoba or something)?


So, in that sense, I feel like the ones the "ITKs" mention are more likely to be BS
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Van de Ven wasn’t Lange

Solanke everyone knew for ages.
 
Matt1882 said:
Probably because we had players like Lineker and Gazza* etc to get us over the line. Ready made, properly talented players. Not 18/19 year olds with an eye on resale.
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People have said this for over 10 years now but when was the last time we sold a player in that way?

Regardless, it doesn't make sense when our squad of 18/19 year old just won the EL, and the previous squads of "not 18/19 year olds with proper players" didn't win theirs
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Regardless of the rebuttal from club journos, this episode is only going to end one way -thats Romero getting sold before summer window closes.
I am mentally prepared he is leaving. Question though is, are we thinking of a replacement.

I would not be surprised, if we end up not getting one and making Danso the number1 with Takai, Phillips, Vuskovic taking turns for the no2 spot.
 
CJJ said:
People have said this for over 10 years now but when was the last time we sold a player in that way?

Regardless, it doesn't make sense when our squad of 18/19 year old just won the EL, and the previous squads of "not 18/19 year olds with proper players" didn't win theirs
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Just because we haven't, doesn't mean that isn't what the idea is.
It doesn't even have to be about selling them, ever. From an accounting point of view, a £20m teenager with 15+ years ahead of them on £10k a week is an asset. A 31 year old with 2 years left and £200k a week is a liability.
 
CPH_Spurs said:
Regardless of the rebuttal from club journos, this episode is only going to end one way -thats Romero getting sold before summer window closes.
I am mentally prepared he is leaving. Question though is, are we thinking of a replacement.

I would not be surprised, if we end up not getting one and making Danso the number1 with Takai, Phillips, Vuskovic taking turns for the no2 spot.
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That would be a huge downgrade and I'd be fuming
 
CPH_Spurs said:
Regardless of the rebuttal from club journos, this episode is only going to end one way -thats Romero getting sold before summer window closes.
I am mentally prepared he is leaving. Question though is, are we thinking of a replacement.

I would not be surprised, if we end up not getting one and making Danso the number1 with Takai, Phillips, Vuskovic taking turns for the no2 spot.
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Window closes 1st Sept.
So, 1st Sept it is then.
 
Larry David said:
HOTELS AND FORMULA 1 EXPERIENCES AND SKYWALKS AND CHEESE ROOMS AND MERCHANDISE AND BEYONCÉ CHAMPIONS

YOULL NEVER SING THAT
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Confusius said:
I only see a giant cunt on that second pic.
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