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Transfers The Summer Transfer Edging Thread 2025

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6.5. Some good players bought in and it at least feels like we've made a proper effort. Simons most exciting signing in years and think Kolo Muani will be excellent in a Frank team. Also been unlucky with the Maddison injury and with the Gibbs White farce.

But not replaced Son properly, cover in defence is minimal and really thought we needed a ball playing 6 or 8. Tel and Takei just seem odd signings when we're stacked with youngsters in those positions. Biggest criticism, it just feels like its been seat of the pants for 2 months, no real plan or targets but at least we've saved face in the last few days.
 
Hopefully I will never have to read the transfers are complicated it’s not like buying a pint of milk crap ever again

The number of deals in and out plus loans this summer across the 20 clubs is enormous

Deals are not complicated as a rule , the odd one is
 
They’ve banged on about only looking to sign players, that will improve us.
Yet we’ve had all window to go big on a LW & to no surprise, we’ve come up short there, on deadline day.
Put all our eggs in the Savinho basket! There wasn't too many alternatives in the market was there? We clearly didn't fancy Lookman or Garnacho. Maybe we could have pushed harder for Semenyo or someone like Barcola but guessing we were told them deals were never happening early.
 
When we face bus parkers:

Muani - Richy - Kudus
Simons
Palhinha - Bergvall
Spence - VDV - Romero - Porro
Vic
When we are the bus parkers:

Muani - Kudus
Simons
Udogie - Palhinha - Sarr - Porro
VDV - Romero - Danso
Vic​
 
I guess it isn't that surprising that we aren't. going in for a left winger, we've spent a decent bit of money on Tel and Odobert. We're going to have to find a way to make it work.
 
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