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Transfers The Summer Transfer Edging Thread 2025

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I swear half the Rodrygo hype is just because Brazilian + plays for Madrid.

He is a very good winger - if either Liverpool or Arse gets them he's an upgrade on Diaz and definitely Marteinelli. But he's not near world class or 100m player territory. He's a good supporting attacker, not a star. The guy has 7 in 33 for Brazil and 32 in 172 for Madrid.

OK he's a wide player but his creative numbers aren't all that either. He's very hard working and imo would hit 10+ goals 7+ assists in the Prem but nothing earth shattering.

Look at his minutes per goals and assists. Scoring 32 goals in 172 matches sounds poor, but he probably only played 65-70% of those minutes.

I posted his career stats in La Liga and UCL. He is only 24.
 
We aren’t signing Rodrygo you dumb cunts

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Clocks ticking obviously but there's 25 days until the Premier League starts, everyone can reference Woolwich, City and Liverpool but the teams we're realistically competing with this season have barely strengthened at all
What. You mean like Burnley, Brentford and Palace?

Seriously though,man. Shouldn't we be aspiring to compete with City, Liverpool and Woolwich?

We have the money. We have the fan base. We have the location. We have the means. We charge the ticket prices.......We have Champions league football!!!

Honestly. Our fans really do need to raise their fucking standards.
 
Then why are they selling him?

I've seen others offer explanations, which are all valid, but I'm sure the biggest one is that his best position is as an inverted left forward, and he has ViniciusJnr and Mbappe who also prefer that position (even though Mbappe has been forced to play centrally in his first season).

Not that we are signing him, it's probably just his agent trying to flush out others.

If we are serious it's fucking stupid as we're only going to spend weeks dicking about on an extravagant name, when we should be making smarter, more realistic moves.
 
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I've seen others offer explanations, which are all valid, but I'm sure the biggest one is that his best position is as an inverted left forward, and he has ViniciusJnr and Mbappe who also prefer that position (even though Mbappe has been forced to play centrally in his first season).
Your explanation and others’ make sense.

It would be odd to spend such a large amount of money for a position we are stacked in.

Shouldn’t we divert that money to an area of weakness?

The counter argument might be that if you get the opportunity to sign such a talented player then you do it. Those opportunities don’t come around very often.
 
This is maybe the signing to go with the Saudi deal tbh... Saudis love a big name and the club will need want cash to cover his massive wage.

Plus if it makes that wee Welsh twit look a fool, even better. I'm all in. We're signing him, he's the new star name after Harry left and Son turned shite.
 
Christ it's getting noisy in here again, let me go get my spray

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Hey Honest John Honest John can you tell me

-Who should we sign?
-What our realistic transfer targets are?
-What positions need filling the most in our team
-Your dream transfer target
-What would make this window a solid 8/10 and above in your book

Please, thanks.
 
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