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Transfers The Summer Transfer Edging Thread 2025
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Maybe their owners will get cold feet and sell them and buy us?
Optimistic I know.
The reason is we act like fucking clowns.
It's not a good reason, but it is a reason.
We're Europa League Champions. Not European Champions.
Let's not act like West Ham.
There owners are already involved at some level with Chelsea through investments through Clearlake Capital and Liverpool although they have not done a deal with them yet and SSG involving golf.
Romano keeps posting about Woolwich and how they're "cooking" with all their shiny new players. It's nauseating.
Meanwhile, at Hotspur Way...
Meanwhile, at Hotspur Way...
I'm not happy at all about the lack of activity from the club, and it's easy to fall into doom mode, but I do also occasionally have to remind myself that I'm expecting an improvement from most, if not all, of the current squad from last years aberration. Will it make us title challengers, almost certainly not, but there is definitely improvement to be had even within the exact same squad.
As for a PL title winning team?
Vicario vs Kasper Schmeichel
Porro vs Danny Simpson
Romero vs Wes Morgan
VDV vs Robert Huth
Udogie vs Christian Fuchs
Kudus vs Marc Albrighton
Bentancur or Bergval vs Danny Drinkwater
Bissouma vs Kante
Maddison vs Mahrez
Johnson vs Shinji Okazaki
Solanke vs Jamie Vardy
It's not a clean sweep obviously, but I'd say on ability alone that combined XI would be heavilty weighted towards the current Spurs squad.
Not for one second do I think we are winning the League with this lot, but evaluating players isn't as easy as would they get in a title winning side, and last years performance should be viewed as this lots floor, not their ceiling.
View: https://x.com/alasdairgold/status/1950469594130591935?s=46&t=fbqxNuG9CT4qTaiJx8mBjg
You know there’s fuck all going on when Ali Gold takes to writing feature interviews about a youth GK we just sold to league 1, without ever making a senior appearance
we've gone to the Dogs ....
Announcing a dog/pet food supplier shirt sleeve sponsor whilst being on tour in Korea of all places is interesting.
Bit racist that
That Leicester team would probably finish 7th or so in the modern era, the league is completely different from 10 years ago when they miraculously won it.
Fold the club
Tax write off maybe? But yeah, we don't know. All I know is I'd have told him: "the transfer window closes in four or five weeks time; you just brought in one first team player; we need more. You stay in London, get us some good players, make us look good. You've got my number, call me if you need anything, but I better see some results when I get back"
Their actions don't fill me with optimism; and I am, by nature, an optimist!
Anyway, I respect your opinion and I've had my say on the matter and will end it there. Cheers
It's getting annoying that we go on these tours when it's clear that money spinning is the prime objective, and preparing for the season ahead is merely a secondary concern that they fit in around media duties.
In doing so we sacrifice:
- Concerted preparation for the season to come;
- Progression of transfer activity;
- A Supercup fixture against the SAM continental competition winners with another trophy (however minor) up for grabs;
- Proper rest and recuperation due to time-zones/travel time.
I'd say hopefully this all ends once Son leaves, but the likelihood is it doesn't, as the club will want to cling on to the Sonny afterglow for as long as possible, and will be hoping that Yang captures the imagination over there in a similar fashion. Also plenty of other clubs do it despite not having the ties tat we do due to Son.
I suppose at least we're playing proper opposition and an XI made up of part time sailors from Shanghai this time around.
That Leicester team should have been lucky to finish top half in that era!
Also have a concerning correlation with massive injury crises during the season
How? Some koreans eat dogs right?
From a bbc article....
According to a Gallup poll last year, only 8% of people had tried dog meat in the past 12 months, a significant decline from 27% in 2015. Figures provided by the Korean Association of Edible Dog, an organisation representing the industry, also point to a decline.
Very apt we’re going to the dogs under these shitbag owners in my opinion
only joking. 
Football players aren’t all idiots.
They know if a ‘project’ has good money and ambition behind it.
Chelsea before Abramovich where West London West Ham, Man City where a Bolton/Wigan level side. All got big funding and as it was mostly prior to PSR they could overspend on players wages/agents/transfers with the clear message they are buying a great team.
Most players looking at us are not expecting the ownership to buy a strong side so they would expect 4-10th place finishes if they joined. I would expect if the club had a buyout players that might not have come might now come to us if they know we are buying a strong team.