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Summer 25 Transfer Window!!!
- Thread starter Red Dog in a Dinghy
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GreeksBearingGifts
Stuart Pearce
Apart from the number and quality of players you will need, you must also factor in that you will need cunning and in no way naive players. Lesser teams in European competitions will often resort to all shorts of shenanigans, while you will also have to deal with teams playing very defensively.
Steve Stone’s Brylcreem
First Team Squad
Finish top four and we’re on for an extra £40million premier league prize money compared to last year. Plus a timely expiration of shirt sponsorship
Ashley
Steve Chettle
I'd imagine that we'd probably attract a significantly higher calibre of shirt sponsor if we were in the Champions League, plus a lot of sponsorship deals for many other things. Then there's the money you get for playing in the Champions League itself. Our income would increase substantially.
The first year of spending in the Premier League also drops off the rolling 3-year period, so we will have quite a lot of leeway.
The Fat Lad
Youth Team
Cash would be the obvious one. Johnson would be an ideal one but Spurs won't sell him and he'd cost too much.
I do think the same that'll target players u21 to pad out the squad.
Cloughie1975
John Robertson
Probably true,Ash-but it’s easy to waste money on useless overpriced players..
We need to get the summer window as near to perfect as possible (whether we make Europe or not).
Ashley
Steve Chettle
True. I trust our recruitment team to do a good job though.
Red Dog in a Dinghy
Viv Anderson
This is great! Although, the figures you posted are in Euros (on Transfermarkt) so this is bang on the money!
For RB it’s more of a back-up to allow Moreira out on loan. So, not a direct replacement for Aina
Same for CB, in that no-one is getting in ahead of MnM. It might even be Bildon if pre-season goes ok? As we have Morato and potentially Carmo coming in.
Timothy Pope
I know that Nuno that I know that Nuno that I know
My thinking on RB is that if we get someone like Ait-Nouri as Left Back, then Williams backs up both left & right back positionsThis is great! Although, the figures you posted are in Euros (on Transfermarkt) so this is bang on the money!
For RB it’s more of a back-up to allow Moreira out on loan. So, not a direct replacement for Aina
Same for CB, in that no-one is getting in ahead of MnM. It might even be Bildon if pre-season goes ok? As we have Morato and potentially Carmo coming in.
Red Dog in a Dinghy
Viv Anderson
Great idea. Although, who would you have as 4th choice fullback?
Timothy Pope
I know that Nuno that I know that Nuno that I know
Morato can play left back too
Ian Storey Moore
First Team Squad
Come on BIG striker
Rzar
Bob McKinlay
I don't think we need a left back
I think we should sign a right back (Matty Cash preferable as counts as HG player) & use Aina as the left backup if Williams isn't available with Morato / Moreira as the 3rd choice on both side.
Having two fullbacks as good either side is a big advantage, that is an area we can trim down and settle for 3 natural players for those positions, in my opinion.
Timothy Pope
I know that Nuno that I know that Nuno that I know
Matty Cash as back up for Aina , I could agree with - but not the other way round.
Project Zeus
Steve Chettle
I don't think we'll be targetting specific positions this summer, except for striker. Instead, we're probably going to sign quality wherever we can to strengthen the squad for the extra games. I'm expecting a lot of similar links to the Douglas Luiz one this January: a quality player in a position we're not especially weak in.
Assuming we get at least the Conference League, we're looking at an extra 6 games minimum, 8 for the Europa and Champions League.
Assuming we get at least the Conference League, we're looking at an extra 6 games minimum, 8 for the Europa and Champions League.
Notcher
Stuart Pearce
Can also do a job as a winger if required. I'd be happier seeing him out there filling in than Jota of I'm honest.
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I'm not arsed about Cash coming back at all to be honest. I don't think he's looked particularly great every time I've seen him and if Villa were prepared to let him go, not sure why we'd be wanting him.
Just shows how far we've come though not being arsed about Matty Cash.
Rzar
Bob McKinlay
Yes.. quite clearly
Rzar
Bob McKinlay
It's not about him as a player. I agree he has gone off the boil.
But he is one of two players (Johnson being the other) that will count towards our home grown list for Europe which we will need.
It would be an easy deal that will help us register more players in Europe.
DizzyBala
Jack Armstrong
I'm not sure we've got the PSR flexibility for quite the spend job people think to be honest, even if we do get into the Champions League. We'll have more money to spend yeah, but this idea we'll be dropping £100m seems a bit fanciful unless we're selling people.
Bit of extra qualiteh across the front line and at DM, then pad the rest out with some decent, cheapish replacements to increase the overall quality of the squad.
Bit of extra qualiteh across the front line and at DM, then pad the rest out with some decent, cheapish replacements to increase the overall quality of the squad.
Rzar
Bob McKinlay
Even if you do fag paper maths very roughly you can see we have loads of wiggle room.
Assuming absolute worst case scenario and we passed this years PSR by just £1, we should have made a profit of about £10m. Knocking 2021's numbers off the books, £40m PL prize money this season, £22m PSR limit increase - just those factors alone give us an extra £60-70m room we didn't have last year.
Drizzle on top things like extra revenue from a new sponsor & all the boxes they have added, possible Euro revenues, we were happy to throw £30m on a striker this year so had that to spend at the very least, you can clearly understand fairly quickly we will have loads of money to spend without even selling anyone.
robboisagenius
A. Trialist
Yes - not just a series in incomings. Could see one "big" departure. Hopefully not MGW or Murillo, but it depends on who and how much in reality. Newcastle may come back in for Elanga, and CHO has 1 year left on his contract, so is vulnerable.
I think Sosa could return to South America as he's clearly not impressed Nuno enough to be trusted (and he's 25 already) and wouldn't be shocked to see a Dominguez swap somewhere down the line.
I think we're in for a very busy window.
Any Time Now
Jack Armstrong
All of that plus having some European football experience will be invaluable, could do much worse than try tempt Cash to play as part of our squad
Personally not fussed about Ait-Nouri, he'd probably cost ~£30m and I don't think he's an improvement on what we have. Great going forward but questionable defensively
robboisagenius
A. Trialist
We could revisit one of the French LB's we were previously rumoured to be looking at before they were injured...Truffert (Rennes) and Locko (State Brestois)