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Transfers The Summer Transfer Edging Thread 2025

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Richard Arlison said:
So, I know your reasons for wanting Romero sold but when you see the reality of what Levynomics will replace him with, does it not give you any pause?

We can debate stuff like “what if we could replace Romero with Tapsoba “ but we all know it won’t be Tapsoba.

It will be a guy like this for lower wages and most likely a lower fee.
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And yet Levynomics bought Romero...
 
bk_spur said:
So your whole point wasn’t about adding spots or not, it was if you think KWP is a CL caliber player?

Dawg- you made the same argument as me- and you didn’t rebut any notion of needing CT to fill the roster, just count (3v4). You just don’t think Cirkin or KWP are good enough to warrant playing.

Thats fair but that doesn’t mean we couldn’t still gain “extra” roster spots by filling those spots with players you are willing to actually play.
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One club trained player who never gets a mention in these conversations when we’re trying to boost our quota is Cameron Carter-Vickers.

I’m a Dundee United fan and have no time for Celtic whatsoever, but he’s been absolutely outstanding since he signed there. Not just in the league but in Europe as well. He’s strong as an ox and is very quick for a centre half too. And he’s now got experience of playing at a high level for a huge club with big expectations and at 26 is still a good age. His only drawback is that he’s a bit on the short side for a CB, but he’s built like the side of a house and is extremely physically dominant.

Its a shame cause folk would’ve probably moaned if we’d signed him January but in all honesty, there’s probably not a great deal of difference in ability between him and Danso. We’d have been much smarter to sign him with the Club Trained quota in mind.

You’d have gotten him for roughly around what we’ve paid for Danso too. I think it’s just that shiny new toy syndrome and a bit of snobbery about bringing back someone who didn’t do much for us the first time around, but outside of Kane and Madueke, he’s probably the academy player that’s gone on to do the best in recent years.
 
dudu said:
You simply are unable to concede a single point.

The guy you love, Romero. Levy bought him.

Doesn't matter when, how, he did it.

You dont have to like Levy or agree with 90% of what he does but he still bought him to the club.
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Yes he bought him

He also bought Bale and Modric and Berbatov, and Walker…

But that’s not the point so why would I struggle to concede it?

The point is that selling Romero will considerably weaken us because we don’t and won’t sign a player with the same level to replace him.
 
Richard Arlison said:
Yes he bought him

He also bought Bale and Modric and Berbatov, and Walker…

But that’s not the point so why would I struggle to concede it?

The point is that selling Romero will considerably weaken us because we don’t and won’t sign a player with the same level to replace him.
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will be great to see Romero and VdV be in a position next season to defend like proper center backs in a proper system. they're going to show what they're really capable of. it would be madness to willingly sell him. selling romero from under this teams feet would be terrible for morale too.
 
Richard Arlison said:

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Spoiler alert, 2 of the 5 candidates to replace Romero if he’s sold are already at the club 😂😂

The other 3 are Guehi who they know is going to get offered higher wages elsewhere, Branthwaite who is a non-passing LCB, and Nathan Collins.

That’s why I’m not up for selling Romero because you know they already see Danso and Dragusin as the replacements.
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Didnt Guehi already agree personal terms with Liverpool ? thats what it says this side of the pond.
 
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