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Transfers The Summer Transfer Edging Thread 2025

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Both in transfer market and results terms it's a little difficult to define on August 5th what "this" is.

There are a lot of different flavors of what October 5th might look like. You could imagine it being open revolt at every home game, but Levy has a long habit of seeing the club burst into a spell of unexpected success or excitement at the moment the wolf is at the door for him.
October 5th?

What's happening on that day then?
 
Why don’t they want them?

They were as shit as us in the league, how can they afford to lose any good players at all?

I’d prefer Mainoo to Gallagher but that’s about it tbh
New manager comes in and they don't fit what he wants. Same as you Mainoo is the one I'd like and seems to be in and out of the team more than he'd like, mostly because I think he suits the position Bruno plays in. I'd of thought they won't have much option but to sell if they get another striker in and he'd be pure profit for them. Also Garnacho looked the most dangerous player on the pitch for the 25 or so minutes he was Infront of me for the Bilbao game, there's a player in there.
 
Is buying Son from Leverkusan any different than Tel from Bayern? Similar price, inflation adjusted.

Toby, Wanyama and Dembelé were bought from lower midtable PL teams.

Lloris was got for cheap from Lyon.

I’m not sure I agree with the wider narrative but the transfer strategy was not so different from now and it turned into our greatest team in more than a generation.

We’d be delighted if this team grew to that in 3 years.
It is, in that Tel was here, looked absolutely dreadful and then they still spent large sums of money on him.

I'll also caveat that with, Son was a rotation player when he came in, hardly played very much. Tel is now our LW, which is ludicrous.

So in short, yes, extremely different.
 
Risking the wrath of the 'superfans'

"But we've already signed 10 players this season .....how many more do you want ......"
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Nigeria winger Ademola Lookman says he has handed in a transfer request at Atalanta after accusing the club of "breaking promises" to him.

The 27-year-old, a reported target for Serie A rivals Inter Milan, said he had reached an agreement with the club's board that he could leave if a "fair" offer arrived this summer. However, the England-born winger says Atalanta have reneged on that promise after "receiving an offer in alignment to what I believe had been discussed".

"I feel I have no choice but to speak out for what I believe is right and I feel that enough is enough," Lookman wrote on social media...... I can confirm I have now handed in a formal transfer request."

Lookman said Atalanta were "blocking the opportunity" of him leaving the club "for reasons I do not understand". The Nigeria international joined Atalanta from RB Leipzig in 2022. He scored his first career hat-trick in the 2024 Europa League final victory against Bayer Leverkusen in Dublin. Lookman has scored 52 goals in 117 appearances for the Italian side. Atalanta have been contacted for comment.
 
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Is buying Son from Leverkusan any different than Tel from Bayern? Similar price, inflation adjusted.
Yes. Son was bought for what he was, not purely what he had the potential to become. He'd been a full on starter for a Champions League club for two seasons.


Lloris was got for cheap from Lyon.
By the standards of 2012 and goalkeepers, Lloris was a significant investment, owing to his already big statute in the game at that time. He had recently been named France captain and Lyon were a regular CL knockout stage participant in those days.
 


Nigeria winger Ademola Lookman says he has handed in a transfer request at Atalanta after accusing the club of "breaking promises" to him.

The 27-year-old, a reported target for Serie A rivals Inter Milan, said he had reached an agreement with the club's board that he could leave if a "fair" offer arrived this summer.

However, the England-born winger says Atalanta have reneged on that promise after "receiving an offer in alignment to what I believe had been discussed".

"I feel I have no choice but to speak out for what I believe is right and I feel that enough is enough," Lookman wrote on social media.

"I can confirm I have now handed in a formal transfer request."

Lookman said Atalanta were "blocking the opportunity" of him leaving the club "for reasons I do not understand".

The Nigeria international joined Atalanta from RB Leipzig in 2022.

He scored his first career hat-trick in the 2024 Europa League final victory against Bayer Leverkusen in Dublin.

Lookman has scored 52 goals in 117 appearances for the Italian side.

Atalanta have been contacted for comment.
Have heard Inter are after him. We should be all over this deal imo.
 
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