Summer Transfer Window 2025 Thread

[Zatara]

Okay. I'll post some players I'd like us to sign:
Andy Diouf
Chris Rigg
Niklas Kühn
Luca Netz
Habib Diarra
Emanuel Emegha
Nick Woltemade
Dennis Cirkin
Richard Rios
Rocco Reitz
Julien Duranville

There were go!!

Good list that

Theres one German u21 international to keep your eye on who will go to the elite level...

Finn Jeltsch - Player profile 24/25

Finn Jeltsch, 18, from Germany ➤ VfB Stuttgart, since 2024 ➤ Centre-Back ➤ Market value: €12.00m ➤ * Jul 17, 2006 in Neuendettelsau, Germany

www.transfermarkt.com

Dont forget the name -- he'll be at Bayern before long.

I’d choose, if we had the funds, to get Truffet, a new young ST, and if possible try to low-ball Leicester for El Khanouss.

Truffert & El Khannouss would be good!

Overpaying is what got us into trouble and 100m transfers hardly ever happen … basing our recruitment and transfer fees on players potentially turning into 100m players is a recipe for disaster imo

Look at felix … they paid 100m for him and he’s being loaned out and passed around

Signing 17 year olds for nearly 40m is a massive gamble and unfortunately our previous bad recruitment means we cannot afford to do that and get it wrong

If Rigg and Dibling were announced in a £60-70mil joint unveiling with TFG on the Bramley Moore pitch at the end of the season.

You'd not be thrilled?

I was asking a work colleague this afternoon about Maxime Esteve. He’s had a season ticket at Burnley for over 30 years. He really rates Esteve. When I asked about Michael Keane, he said that it was actually Ben Mee who made him look better than he was. Then Ben Mee played alongside Tarkowski and helped to develop him. I said that I really like Tarkowski as a defender, but wish we had signed him a few years earlier.
He was a bit gutted when I told him that we were being linked with Maxime Esteve because he reckons he is absolute quality and the best centre back out of all of them.

Esteve looks very good and is left footed so a good competition for Branthwaite.

 

[Neiler]

Our wages have dropped to 80% for 23/24
That will drop again and with all the new finances and the ground, there’s a good chance it will drop under 70 in the next year or two. Which would comply with the new rules

Our wages are 81% of our turnover mate - I.e everything we make. So if wages take up 80% of everything we make + you add a 60+ million annual ammortisation bill - which you want to turn to 80 mil every year - means we are already and will be living beyond our means.

The projected uptake in revenue is projected to be 40 to 50mill. We needed a player trading profit of 40mill + this year to post a 50 mill loss - so without that player trading profit we would have posted a 90 mill loss. You can see the numbers don’t align. So we have to be very careful.

As I said it’s doable, but it’s not as easy as being suggested. I think we need to just check expectations on what we can spend a bit.

 

[hallamblue]

Our wages are 81% of our turnover mate - I.e everything we make. So if wages take up 80% of everything we make + you add a 60+ million annual ammortisation bill - which you want to turn to 80 mil every year - means we are already and will be living beyond our means.

The projected uptake in revenue is projected to be 40 to 50mill. We needed a player trading profit of 40mill + this year to post a 50 mill loss - so without that player trading profit we would have posted a 90 mill loss. You can see the numbers don’t align. So we have to be very careful.

As I said it’s doable, but it’s not as easy as being suggested. I think we need to just check expectations on what we can spend a bit.

I think this is the bit people don't understand. Just because you have a big stadium doesn't mean you can spend a fortune. TV revenues dwarf ticket revenue so we'll probably be able to spend £20 million a year more than Bournemouth but our lack of global presence means we lag behind Man United, Chelsea, Arsenal and the rs. Our recruitment needs to be carefully managed.

 

[Billy Dean]

Agreed

Dortmund can afford to get young players and offer cl footy and the promise that they will sell once a big club comes in.

That’s a massive pull for players , Dortmund know that the rest of their league is weak and for players to shine there is not as difficult as the prem.

They sell for massive profits and then recycle

It’s a great model to run a club but it is, as you say, a totally different league to the prem and something which is increasingly difficult to do for clubs like us.

Brighton do it well and Bournemouth looks to be a club that can do it potentially.

The test for them would be if they can recruit well again , consistently good recruitment is what will be their challenge and time will tell if they have just got lucky, or if they have a sustainable model

Brighton I think have proved they can do it. I think for Bournemouth the test will be when Iraola leaves. If they can navigate that well then that's a good sign

 

[hallamblue]

Brighton I think have proved they can do it. I think for Bournemouth the test will be when Iraola leaves. If they can navigate that well then that's a good sign

They were already doing ok before Iraola came, it's the recruitment team they need to keep rather than the head coach.

 

[Billy Dean]

They were already doing ok before Iraola came, it's the recruitment team they need to keep rather than the head coach.

Maybe but I'm not that sure. The season before they were relegation fodder. Iraola has elevated them. For me it remains to be seen whether it's because of their recruitment or whether it's just Iraola doing an excellent job. Could be both like, but for me the test will be when Iraola goes.

 

[cronullasharks]

Maybe but I'm not that sure. The season before they were relegation fodder. Iraola has elevated them. For me it remains to be seen whether it's because of their recruitment or whether it's just Iraola doing an excellent job. Could be both like, but for me the test will be when Iraola goes.

The vultures will pick Bournemouth apart, very interested to see if they can continue to buy well.

 

[jonesl2]

I think this is the bit people don't understand. Just because you have a big stadium doesn't mean you can spend a fortune. TV revenues dwarf ticket revenue so we'll probably be able to spend £20 million a year more than Bournemouth but our lack of global presence means we lag behind Man United, Chelsea, Arsenal and the rs. Our recruitment needs to be carefully managed.

Agree on the match day revenue, wont make a huge difference but it is the revenue from other sporting events being played there now and music events etc. That is where we can make big strides.

 

[hallamblue]

Agree on the match day revenue, wont make a huge difference but it is the revenue from other sporting events being played there now and music events etc. That is where we can make big strides.

We really won't. A concert at Bramley Moore may make us £1 million. The promoter and artist take all the ticket monies, we will get a small hire fee and part of the food/bev.

 

[willo30]

We really won't. A concert at Bramley Moore may make us £1 million. The promoter and artist take all the ticket monies, we will get a small hire fee and part of the food/bev.

According to some reports they made between £7m and £9m for 3 nights of Taylor Swift. They were allowed to sell hospitality packages and some merchandise.

 

[Harryflashman]

According to some reports they made between £7m and £9m for 3 nights of Taylor Swift. They were allowed to sell hospitality packages and some merchandise.

Yep below is from the echo , anything that maximises revenue is massive . I think we made less than £20m in match day income over a season . Anything that boosts that by close to 50% for 3 days certainly shouldn’t just be dismissed as irrelevant.

Maximising the potential of Anfield has been a key part of the plan for owners Fenway Sports Group when it comes to creating new revenue streams, with the redevelopment of the Main Stand in 2017 and the Anfield Road End last year a symbol of that.

According to estimates, Swift’s three nights likely bagged the Reds between $9m and $12m (£7m and £9.5m).

Liverpool were handed a rental fee for the stadium by promoters AEG, while the club stood to make as much as £1.2m per night in merchandise sales .

The clubs, in some cases, can also sell their own hospitality packages for their suites to generate additional income.

 

[RinkyDinker]

According to some reports they made between £7m and £9m for 3 nights of Taylor Swift. They were allowed to sell hospitality packages and some merchandise.

I went (forgive me father for I have sinned) to see the Eagles at Analfield. Pretty souless gaffe, only made bearable by how superb the Eagles were. What we have in our favour is location, location, location, plus the fact, the plaza has major scope to pull in some more readies from the food/merchandising etc. we should be easily matching/topping the £7-£9m the other turds brought in. I’d imagine the Everton Stadium is on Only Fans now, in a pair of suspenders, trying to tease out the big artists to come here. Go on Chongy, pimp this slaggggggg out

 

[jonesl2]

We really won't. A concert at Bramley Moore may make us £1 million. The promoter and artist take all the ticket monies, we will get a small hire fee and part of the food/bev.

That is 1 million a night, performers can stretch out 6 nights plus out of some tours currently at Wembley etc. Think boxing etc as well, that can bring in some good money. It is all about selling hospitality tickets at these events and making some good commercial contracts with sponsorships etc on top.

 

[Makis]

Average ticket price will go up quite a lot, because BMD has so many premium seats compared to GP. Bigger concourses and better facilities should also increase match-day sales for food and beverages. If you sell a fiver more per person that's 250k per match. Times 20 and that's another 5 million. That alone is a big one but on top of music events etc BMD should be easier to rent for congresses etc. Sponsorship deals should also go up, so on top of naming rights we should see increase in most other deals as well.

One guesstimate is that revenue goes up by 75 million, but of course part of it is offset by loan payback and interest.

 

[Neiler]

The vultures will pick Bournemouth apart, very interested to see if they can continue to buy well.

The interesting thing about Bournemouth is they are a multi club organisation - they aren't doing it all by themselves they have big infrastructure behind them.