Well said. Whatever he wants is fine by me.
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Transfers The Summer Transfer Thread 2025
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Well said. Whatever he wants is fine by me.
Good player, not sure he will pass the no dick heads rule though
It is intent and ambition, but the word that springs to mind with Liverpool is conviction.It's a real statement of intent. Similar wealth to us. Less PSR wriggle room, but the kind of signing ENIC would never, ever sanction.
Can't throw in the oil / nation state excuse bollocks either.
As oldAirfixx would say....a signing that shows ReAl aMbIsHuN
They operate with a degree of certainty and confidence in the market that's really impressive. They do not always get it right by any means, no one does, but their deep understanding of what their football is and what the needs are in order to succeed at it is a major difference-maker for them.
Contrasted with rivals like United and Chelsea who outspend them but have absolutely no clue what their core needs are, what direction it's all supposed to coalesce towards.
(The strange thing is that the Red Sox are run like shit and have been for years. Funny old games on both sides of the pond)
Here’s my core wish list with what I consider to be pretty realistic financials and targets involved. I’ve omitted Romero for now but clearly we would need to replace him if a deal cannot be struck to extend his contract.
Out
Son (30m)
Richy (30m)
Biss (15m)
Total - 75m
In
Eze - 60m
Mbeumo- 60m
Douglas Luiz - 30m
Paulinha - loan if available
Spend - 150m
Net outlay of 75m which isn’t far off what we’ve done the last few years. Increase in wages but not substantially when you factor in Werner and Reggie leaving. Appreciate Mbeumo may be too far down the line with Utd but you would hope that the lure of Frank, CL and staying down south may be persuasive if we can be competitive on wages.
That would leave a starting XI of:-
Vic
Porro Rom VDV Udogie
Paulinha Luiz
Madders
Mbeumo Solanke Eze
Feels a really well balanced side with great attacking options and a MF with both defensive and ball playing qualities.
Of course if does mean we’re still short at backup LB (which I’d be OK with to bolster the first XI) and at backup CF. Solanke’s fitness record is good and it’s a stretch but could a mix of Mbeumo, Kulu and Lankshear be enough for the season?
I’d like better but also don’t want to get too greedy! Maybe we could get Tel on loan for another season? Not sure Bayern would go for that without an obligation.
The main omission from that XI is Bergvall but obviously there will be plenty of minutes for him and if he outperforms the other MFers, he starts.
Wish list as I say and lots of moving parts that make securing this very challenging, but my priorities about wide forwards for both sides and a DCM won’t change regardless.
Out
Son (30m)
Richy (30m)
Biss (15m)
Total - 75m
In
Eze - 60m
Mbeumo- 60m
Douglas Luiz - 30m
Paulinha - loan if available
Spend - 150m
Net outlay of 75m which isn’t far off what we’ve done the last few years. Increase in wages but not substantially when you factor in Werner and Reggie leaving. Appreciate Mbeumo may be too far down the line with Utd but you would hope that the lure of Frank, CL and staying down south may be persuasive if we can be competitive on wages.
That would leave a starting XI of:-
Vic
Porro Rom VDV Udogie
Paulinha Luiz
Madders
Mbeumo Solanke Eze
Feels a really well balanced side with great attacking options and a MF with both defensive and ball playing qualities.
Of course if does mean we’re still short at backup LB (which I’d be OK with to bolster the first XI) and at backup CF. Solanke’s fitness record is good and it’s a stretch but could a mix of Mbeumo, Kulu and Lankshear be enough for the season?
I’d like better but also don’t want to get too greedy! Maybe we could get Tel on loan for another season? Not sure Bayern would go for that without an obligation.
The main omission from that XI is Bergvall but obviously there will be plenty of minutes for him and if he outperforms the other MFers, he starts.
Wish list as I say and lots of moving parts that make securing this very challenging, but my priorities about wide forwards for both sides and a DCM won’t change regardless.
That’s the sign of a good board structure. Hate the cunts, but God do they know how to operate a football club.
I suspect that part of the way they got Michael Edwards to come back was a promise to back his judgement in the market completely.
And they've really learned and gotten better and been willing to evolve over the years.
These are the same guys who paid big money for Andy Carroll and Stewart Downing and hired Kenny Dalglish to manage them.
Levy WANTS to make that evolution, but it's just not in him on an ideological and personality level.
He is quality though. Pool can only really go down the galactico route to improve. Their first 11 is strong.
Wiki and transfermarkt are run by volunteers and tbh we aren’t accountants nor should be pretend to be. When the deal is agreed, the commitment was made.
We are at zero spend for this summer because we’ve committed to zero new players
Mbuemo will go to United and I dont see us spending what it takes to get Eze.
Our business will be in the 15-40m range I think.
Very good scoring record though.
1 in 3, not a barmstorming rate of return for a striker who doesn't provide much when not scoring. Suspect Juve would be very willing to cut their losses on him at this stage having put up a very average return again last season but have been unable to generate any significant interest in him the last couple of windows when they were willing to sell.
Honestly don't see much point, he isn't an upgrade on Solanke IMO. Can do better for what he will cost.
They are insisting on 60m.
....And I thought Spurs fans were tired of "kids"?
Garnacho, Eze, Mbuemo, Semenyo all priced in the same ballpark; Grealish a bit little less but on primo wages...... Surely Garnacho is no-one's pick???
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Maybe back just after September internationals (first week of September) - so maybe 3 weeks after PL season starts
Or the good player rule
It won't be anywhere near £70M.
Almost worth it just to see BC lose his shit.
Hahah we signed Vuskovic 3 years ago ffs.
Talk about creative accounting
Yeah cos no one's ever signed a good 30 year old
