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Transfers The Summer Transfer Edging Thread 2025

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Fair enough

But he's been here 25 years

He may not be directly responsible for everything that goes wrong with this club but you have to admit that his fingerprints are over everything at this point

For all intensive purposes this is his club in his image.

There have been some good things , anyone who thinks otherwise shouldn't be taken seriously but he has outstayed his welcome by about 10 years at this point

One man should not sit at the top of a company this size for 25 years , everything about how we operate football wise is still stuck in 2005

And ...

People will laugh it off but things are going to get much worse if we continue on this path

I kind of agree - not about the 'much worse', but I have said it countless times - it's time for new owners.
 
I know.
Means only 1 could be added, not three.

Not sure about your maths but I’ll take your word for it.

Either way, I don’t really give a fuck. Sign more than can make the squad and let them compete in pre season and training to get in the CL squad.

Djed played his best football at this club to get into the EL squad.

Fuck their feelings and duck fuck their agents if they don’t like it.
 
I genuinely worry for us this season , league games were as toxic as I can remember , we need to get off to a good start or at least get players in that we believe can take us up another level cos as it stands , it’s not looking at all pretty .
 
The current squad feels underwhelming and lacks standout quality. To strengthen the team, we should consider offloading the following players:

Sell:

  • Ben Davies
  • Radu Drăgușin
  • Yves Bissouma
  • Richarlison
  • Bryan Gil (potential release)
  • Manor Solomon
Loan Out:

  • Yang
  • Takai (pending evaluation)
  • Odobert
These moves would free up squad space and budget, allowing us to target 2 key signings—possibly 3 if we decide to sell Son Heung-min.
Sorry, I posted that 6 need to be removed, I edited it to 8.
 
Not sure about your maths but I’ll take your word for it.

Either way, I don’t really give a fuck. Sign more than can make the squad and let them compete in pre season and training to get in the CL squad.

Djed played his best football at this club to get into the EL squad.

Fuck their feelings and duck fuck their agents if they don’t like it.
If you don't give a fuck, why reply?
Point is, even with those drastic suggestions you made only one new space becomes available.
 
Also - and I know I'm a minority in thinking this - "sell before buy" is a very reasonable and economically responsible thing to do. I cannot blame somebody for doing that, though I also know that we're in a good economic situation and have money to spend. And even though the MGW transfer didn't go through, that actually showed that we're prepared to use money this summer. I'm certain that something will happen in the coming 7 days.
In relation to the bold bit: "are we?" and, "do we?" I know we make a healthy operating profit, but we make a loss after tax; and we owe around £300m in transfer fees.

Absent any investment—which I know has been mooted—do we really have the financial wriggle room to do anything that isn't underwhelming?
 
I am...

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Is your surname Levy too ?

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If you don't give a fuck, why reply?
Point is, even with those drastic suggestions you made only one new space becomes available.

But why is that such a big deal?

It’s an excuse not a reason

Sign the players you need, if someone else isn’t good enough to make the squad, then they leave or play better.

There’s way too much sentimental shit around the culture of this club. It’s an elite sports team not a regular work place

Edit, I’d forgotten Ben Davies as well. If he’s registered in another European squad then Lange and Levy need to get shot
 
WTF!

Trix lives in Watchet?!

That’s just down the road from me and hardly what I’d call the footballing capital of the world!! 😂

He once met a bloke on a group booking of his fishing boat who claimed he was an agent , can’t remember who the player was or if it even happened but from that he’s become a top tier ITK’r 😂

It’s a remarkable story , worthy of a Netflix documentary
 
Corrected your list.
UCL Squad of 21 can consist of maximum 21 Association Players + 0 HNG, 20 Assoc + 1 NHG, 19 + 2, 18 + 3 etc down to 4 +17 NHG. 17 is the maximum NHG players allowed.

Club Trained (1)
Austin
Association Trained (6) (maximum 21)
Spence, Davies, Gray, Maddison, Johnson, Solanke

NHG (23) (maximum 17)
Vicario, Kinsky
Porro, Udogie, Romero, VDV, Danso, Dragusin, Vuskovic, Takai
Bissouma, Bentancur, Sarr, Kulusevski, Bergvall
Kudus, Yang, Gil, Solomon, Odobert, Tel
Son, Richarlison

List B - Lankshear, Devine and Scarlett and most of the Academy players.

Current squad is 6 HG and 23 NHG =29.
Maximum allowed is 21.


So at least 8 players need to be chopped from NHG list.
Or potentially 7 NHG and Davies.
I can't see any other of the association players being left out.
I see 8 of above not being registered.

Kinsky. (Which will mean Vic Austin Gunter for CL, with the 30 day rule, bring veteran in for EPL cover)
Dragusin
Takai
Kulisevski
Yang
Gil
Solomon
Son, as expect to be sold (with Kudus already in to replace)

Then it is a case of only signing new players, if one of the remaining is sold.
 
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