I called the minister of auto-correct instead.
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Transfers The Summer Transfer Thread 2025
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£40m release clause for Delap when Ipswich get relegated. Should be all over that. We probably won't.
The moment it's a rush for his signature forget it.
I think he is good. Good enough to be the main striker at a big club - not sure, and that's the huge question mark.
Better chance with us than being swallowed up at Chelsea or United but agents and agendas.
One thing for sure - he leaves Ipswich.
Will Ipswich take 12 million over 8 years and Delap take 50% less in salary than others are offering. If so I think we have a realistic chance of being able to say “we tried”
French playmaker from Lyon with a reported attitude problem. What could possibly go wrong.
Hard to know tbh.
Sancho is talented but got ahead of himself. Would probably tear it up in Germany again, away from the hype and playing against worse defenders
Someone surely already has a deal done for him. That is a great bargain.
Apparently he's pretty sensible so I cant see him going to Man U. Hope he doesnt end up at the scum.
He's good enough to play consistently at a relatively high level in the Premier League IMO, I appreciate the sentiment of signing experience but just because he's young doesn't mean he wouldn't make an impact straight away.
The elephant in the room regarding Delap is that City has a buy back clause I believe. If someone else activates the release clause City can just activate the buy back and it comes down to the player where he wants to go.
Oh yeah I forgot about that. I am not sure he'd go back there. Quite a hard choice for him actually where to go. Doubt he wants another season in the Championship.
Oh yeah man, I'm with you. God knows I do miss the likes of Ginola, Okocha, Gazza, Zola, Cantona...heck even Hazard & Bergkamp. They were proper unreal to watch, you never knew what to expect. Not it's all so damn robotic...fuck you, Pep.
That said, you can be a maverick without being a little prick, otherwise we may as well sign friggin Ravel Morrison.
I really don't want Cherki here. Sure the kid can dribble, very good pair of feet he has. But he's been a pro for over 6 years, got 150 leagues under his belt for just 18 goals...5 of which he scored in the French equivalent to League Two...7 of them goals he's bagged this season, but before that he got 1, 4, 0 and 1. And despite his performances for Lyon this season, I know a fair few of their fans who'd happily get rid of him. They don't like his attitude, they don't see him as a team player...they ain't comparing him to Benzema but to Ben Arfa, who was a right dickhead.
Let Everton or the caravan merchants have him.
You can pretty much ignore all the free agent links between now and June, it's just agents putting their players out there before they end up at Leeds.
Is there no chance he was young and dumb but he’s matured this year which explains the massive jump in performances?
Even if we go after him, he'll have better suitors. They'll offer him more money, but more importantly, a far more stable environment and a genuine chance to win shit.
If the kid's got any sense, he won't even pick up the call from Levy.
Is there no chance he just wants to put himself in the shop window and bag a sick paycheck from say...a club notorious for not doing their due diligence?
Also, he may wanna get away from OL who are threatened with relegation to Ligue 2 (or lower) for financial mismanagement.
Maybe both?
He’s clocked that growing up and behaving like a professional is his ticket out of OL and getting that sick paycheck?
Let's see what happens.
I've seen and heard enough of the kid to have very little hope he'll mature and become a top pro with an elite mentality. But you never know.