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Transfers The Summer Transfer Edging Thread 2025
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Whilst this has been the most bizzare window I can remember , having 2 big deals fall apart in the last minute , signing Tel will superseed everything . What a waste of a squad number , &30m that could have been used elsewhere .
Bissouma is gash. Paqueta no better. Let him rot there.
Thought Lange was a data nerd? Why weren't we all in on this before Eze?
Oh right, thanks. That should help in the English PL.
Bet he wasn't
And Jackson might conceivably do well for them. If it were not for it helps that filth club's finances, I would have said we should have gone for Jackson.
Frankly,right now, I dont have any idea what,if any strategy this club has.
It's really difficult to decode.
I'm sure Frank wants Lange and Levy to show a minimum of competence and ambition, yes.
Spurs offered 40m for Paz last month after Gibbs White fell through.
Then tried for Milot, but he chose Saudi.
Injury to Madds forced Spurs to look for a more experienced player. Hence went for Eze.
It'll be Harvey Eliot at this rate.
Man City wanted him for 80m. Over 50 caps for Brazil. He is just stuck on a shit team at the moment.
They're based on two completely different leagues, so this comparison is surely pretty much worthless. Well, it may identify their strengths and weaknesses as individuals, but cannot possibly be used to compare the two players.
Man City already agreed terms with the player. Probably haggled it down £10m or so but he was off. Deal collapsed when the charges came out.
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Paqueta agrees terms with Man City as West Ham set £85m asking price - Paper Round
West Ham want £85m for Lucas Paqueta, Chelsea target Djordje Petrovic, Liverpool may return for Ryan Gravenberch and Newcastle want Lewis Hall.
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Don't believe for a second that anyone - least of all City - is paying 80 million for a bloke whose best season involved a whopping 4 goals 6 assists.
I'm sure you're right but Data nerds can only evaluate the data where it exists
One of the most bizarre bits of business we’ve ever done IMHO. Feel sorry for him he’s been that bad.
Werner 2.0
Levy is a dinosaur. Stuck in the past where he could pick up good players for cheap. The games moved on. You have to pay good money to get good players. Until he leaves nothing changes. Its sad. Hes holding the club back, but he cant see it.
That’s likely why the deal was done. Similar to Tel there will always be an EU market for Odobert. Worse case senairo he’s loaned a few times, which covers his fee in cash flow terms, and eventually he’s sold at a book profit.
Signing him and the likes of Tel are more a business decision than a footballing decision.
Super weird club & current set up.
Anyone know why the WoRlD cUP ChAmPIoNs still don’t have a shirt sponsor.
Are they waiting for racistcelery.com to make an offer or?
Not loads, but what I’ve seen was quite likeable. Technically good and works quite hard too.
I literally have no idea what the bolded part actually means? Your sentence above was in response to this passage of text I wrote:
I do still expect a big season from Odobert, and him and Savio as our LWFs will be great. Not sure where that leaves Brennan Johnson and Mathys Tel. A sensible club might have sold (or not bought) one of them to help fund a seriously good #10 earlier in the summer.
How am I "raising his (Johnson's) presence"?
I simply do not think that we need Kudus, Savio, Odobert, Kulusevski, Johnson AND Tel as WF options. And I would consider sacrificing one of Tel or Johnson if it meant we could get Savio in (as I think he is a better WF) AND a # 10 (as we are desperate for one). That is just my opinion and not 'bias', and certainly does not invalidate my post in any way, shape or form.
It is my observation on the clubs' inability to get rid of players whilst their stock is high (e.g. Johnson) in addition to our our confused squad building approach where we stockpile players we do not really need (Tel), which hampers our ability to get players we really want (Savio) or need (#10).
For the record, I would rather we had not signed Tel and had been able to bid much higher for MGW. Of the 2 playerd, I think Johnson offers more than Tel (although I would not start Johnson if we had Kudus and Savio, and he'd mainly be used as an impact sub off the bench).
And don't get me started on Gil, Solomon etc.
