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Transfers The Summer Transfer Edging Thread 2025

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Getting caught up in a war zone, the controversy over the terms of his move, injuries ... he hasn't had the smoothest ride. Maybe he can just go and play football in the sunshine now.

None of those things refer to Bryan Gil (whom my post was about)....... Nor virtually anyone else(*) who hasn't lived up to hope here.


(*Solomon doesn't disprove the 'rule' nor excuse those that habitually grind the fuck out of our players time after time.......)
 
You really can't expect Johan Lange to be on top of everything can you. He's a busy man and only has a few analysts working for him. Incomings, outgoings and only a few months to plan for it.
What signings have we made based on him abd his teams work. What did they have planned as targets. We waited all summer to go for eze and only after MADDs was injured. I reckon we got a tip off re mgw release clause. Kudus spam wanted to get rid so good cheaper player. Pauling’s on loan and waited all summer. Then Simons was just bcos chavs didn’t move for him so we took the opportunity. Kolo was deadline day loan. Those last two basically after we had played 3 games already so wouldn’t have been in the plan surely if there was one.
 
Repeating yourself doesn't make your claim about deals only "falling into our lap" any stronger.
How is he wrong though?

Certainly with regards to Palhinha, Simons and Kolo Muani, they were opportunistic signings that would not have happened if it weren’t for circumstances.

Kudus the only one you could possibly argue to the contrary, but if the Spammers weren’t in such need for cash, would we have went balls to the wall for him and insisted it got done? I would be very sceptical.

No one is saying the fact they were opportunistic means they’re bad signings, indeed I would say Kudus and Simons are terrific additions, but to try and genuinely argue there was any real plan or process to our window/these signings in comparison to how other top 6 clubs go about their business is just ridiculous.
 
Closer to the truth than people realize.

Our footballing process is still fucked.

Why shouldn't we cherry pick players from clubs that cannot manage their finances.

Only three weeks ago Levy told Neville that in his opinion the current amount of money being spent by some clubs is unsustainable.

West Ham, Juve, and Villa ( though we didn't seriously look at any player from them) are classic examples.

The type of players Frank was looking for may have produced a few options from Lange, and Paratici, and some of those players may have been easier to prize away because of that clubs financial status.

To suggest that we set our tranfer plans around finacially challenged clubs truly is bollocks.
 
Palhinha's wage is rumoured to be €8.1m per year (Rising to €8.6m with bonuses) which works out around £135k per week.

Xavi Simons £192k per week rumoured. Kudus something around £120k-£150k.

Muani maybe on the biggest wage around/over £200k, which isn't a surprise he's on loan with no obligation to buy.
 
Also us.

Waiting around 10 days for Eze, only to see him to go scrum

Waiting on MGW for weeks only for him to sign a new deal.

How long on Savinho when it was pretty clear City weren’t going to sell.

How is this good process ??

You can't force a player under contract to sign for another club.

Bergvall i am told turned down Barca for us?

MGW is now set for life, his wife happy to stay close to family, Eze a Woolwich fan.

Shit happens, but in the case of Eze, we now have a 10, five years younger, far cheaper and in my humble opinion far, far quicker and more skilful.

Fate has a strange way or righting wrongs.

Time will tell, but i think we came out of losing both MGW and Eze in a good way.

As an observation, MGW was terrible on Sunday, and i mean terrible.
 
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