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Transfers The Summer Transfer Edging Thread 2025
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Not against it… try again for Wharton next summer - in the meantime
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Exactly
Do you want to build around a 30 year old DM full stop
We don’t need a stop gap. May as well let Biss see out his contract
The new Carter-Vickers
No, Alfie got injured back end of 23/24 which affected the first 75% of 24/25 setting him back a year. But getting back to Aberdeen to also play in Europa League should get him back on track.
yes please.
not really? it's an experienced player in a position we're deeply lacking, kind of like the scum with Noorgard.
there's no "resale" here as people love to shout about, I see it like a Gallas, Davids, Naybeth signing,
he's only just turned 30 this month btw he's not pushing 40.
Paulinha & Wharton are not the same kind of player.......
It makes no sense to use one as a stop-gap for the other.
So we either but players that are too young and inexperienced or when we target experience people turn around and day it's an opportunistic cheap punt
He's not; but DM/CM is a high wear and tear position..... Look at Casemiro, Matic, Kovacic etc.... The bottom just fell out of their game almost overnight.
But he's 30. I am not so keen now because of that. Would like someone younger and stronger.
Short term and if the bloke still has the legs, it's not the worst.
If you do your basic maths you would see that there is quite a gap between 18 & 30, you don't have to buy at either end, there is a happy medium in the middle.So we either but players that are too young and inexperienced or when we target experience people turn around and day it's an opportunistic cheap punt
It's a bit of a concern buying a 30yr old who has just had a bit of a flop of a season at Bayern for a particularly combative place in the team. Not against buying experience , but if that was the case why did we not show more interest in Norgard, who Frank knew inside out. Personally think the Paulinha stuff might be a bit of smoke and mirrors, not our modus operandi at all.
I didn’t give it that much thought mate tbh
My process was : Spurs and Scotland and center back
Palhinha is a very very good player. We've already got players who can play expansively with the ball, he can pass the ball to them and he does that very well. Watched him play against us 5 times and was an absolute monster, think people get scared with twitter 'expert' stats and forget to use their eyes sometimes.
Of all the links and possible options out there he's very close to being the worst one. Most of us had hopes for at least 3 or 4 others better than him.
Edit. Don't get me wrong, I don't think he's terrible but its just abit meh.
We won't be closing the gap by much if at all.
As opposed to Liverpool (via Southampton) Scotland and centre back
Baleba would be the perfect signing for us in that position