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Transfers The Summer Transfer Edging Thread 2025

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But why would we buy another 10... we have 2... and Donley coming through... we need a RW.. i agree on the striker front we need one a younger high potential one ideally and we definitely need a 6 in a different mould to what we have. If we can get Simmons I would personally go for him, Id sell a bunch of players to fund it move Tel to back up Striker and have Him and Odobert LW and also Simmons rotating with Maddison at 10 until Kulu is fully fit and then sell Son, Solomon and richie etc

We also need a lot of outs annoyingly.
Not sure that RW is as desperate a situation as some make out. Johnson, Kulusevski, Odobert or even Tel.

If Sonny and Richy leave we will have Tel, Odobert, Moore on LW. Tel might even take Richy's spot at 2nd striker meaning LW is a gap to fill.
 
Kudos stinks of a Levy signing. Another waste of £50M because we’ll get him on cheap wages. West Ham want rid and his stats are in decline. No one else wants him. That’ll do us. Richy, Sissoko, Johnson (arguably) type signing

Same shit different seasons. What’s the point.
 
Not sure that RW is as desperate a situation as some make out. Johnson, Kulusevski, Odobert or even Tel.

If Sonny and Richy leave we will have Tel, Odobert, Moore on LW. Tel might even take Richy's spot at 2nd striker meaning LW is a gap to fill.
I honestly don't think Moore will be used as a winger, not in the long run anyway. Hell end up as a 10, if not sooner then later.
 
Matt Law

So we have 279 mil net transfer debt. Wtf would Chelsea’s be yet they’re buying players. What’s Manures debt? What’s Pools debt? What’s city’s debt? Yet they all buy players. Levy’s so called financial responsibility is nothing more than tight arsed stinginess designed to make money for shareholders and fuck the actual football.
 
Ffs eze goes straight into our starting 11. Can you not see that! He is miles better than any of left sided forwards. Also can play the 10. Why we are interested in quality player gawd knows. Are you happy with our left sided options. Not to labor the point but I’d much rather have eze out there than players like Wilson , tel, Johnson , Richi etc.

Depends how Frank wants to set up the team. Out of possession, I've not been impressed with Eze. Has a habit of ball watching - and waiting for others to win possession back. Maybe that is how he was asked to play at Palace - but I don't see him putting in the kind of workrate of Son or Richarlison at chasing the ball and defending in numbers.
 
Kudos stinks of a Levy signing. Another waste of £50M because we’ll get him on cheap wages. West Ham want rid and his stats are in decline. No one else wants him. That’ll do us. Richy, Sissoko, Johnson (arguably) type signing

Same shit different seasons. What’s the point.

Any signing that is likely to be sh!t is a Levy signing. Where have I heard that before.

If Kudus, who I personally don't rate was however as able to produce as much as Johnson, who is the most bizarrely maligned player we have, then I would be more than content.

What is abundantly clear is that we need to find some quality additions, and that isn't happening,or looking likely to happen.

But the notion that Kudus would be coming to us, simply because Levy thought great deal is fcuking senseless.
 
Romero to play as DM!

With no links to a DM at this stage it's possible Frank will move Romero to play there. Personally I think he'd be a gun there, great tackler, good in the air, good passer.

Definite option IMO
 
the left side isn’t any stronger than the right. What’s needed is finding the best players we can in the final third, whatever position.kulu/Johnson/odobert compared with Tel/Odobert/Son isn’t a gaping hole. There’s no stand out there at the moment.

Tel/Son/Odo/Moore/Yang

vs

Johnson/Kulu/Odo

One side is clearly lacking depth and quality compared to the other one

Besides all that assuming that Eze will just fit on the left side is half the problem especially as he's not a natural left winger...

Good players like to play with good players and have good players around them on the same wavelength. Maddison and Eze would gel fine.Just like De Bryne, Silva or what would happen if he went to Woolwich with Odegaard. They are not going to stand on each others toes. Maddison comes deeper anyway, they will both find the spaces.

I mean on paper it sounds great, not really about 'gelling' more about what roles both players will have defined for one another.

If you watch how Eze plays he floats around the pitch and picks the ball up in different areas, this is exactly what you want your 10 doing, so where does that leave Maddison? I'm unsure what you mean when you say Maddison comes deeper, if you want Maddison to get out of Eze's way then you can't class him as a left winger, therin lies the problem in itself.

For Woolwich where do you think he plays? He's not a runner or an outlet like Martinelli and isn't defensively diligent. He's not a CMF either so can't see him playing as a left 8 and he's a totally different profile to Odegaard, doesn't have the passing range or through balls as Odegaard, nor can he press like him? Personally I don't think they're really in for him like that and it's typical Woolwich PR...could be wrong though 🤷

Secondly they can probably afford to risk it more than us anyway hence my reluctance on blowing the money on him compared to a clear profile fit we are in more need of.

when Maddison is not available we really missing that ability to beat a man in central areas and break lines and open up space

That's what Kulu is for!

Higher progressive carries and more successful take ons, much more touches in the penalty box than Eze although Eze is a better goal threat than him (probably down to the role he has at Palace playing off Mateta)

They're actually remarkably similar players, Eze looks a lot sexier though I suppose and he's far better at beating a man from a standing position but the role you want Eze to do you have a ready made player there in Kulu if you want to stick him in the 10.


This by the way is coming off a shambolic season led by a coach by all accounts who wasn't good enough and where the players downed tools compared to a Palace team led by a coach who our fanbase wanted and got a lot stronger when the season went on.
 
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