Summer Transfer Window 2025 Thread

[windymiller]

They will still want 15 mil is my guess.

Eeugh, if we spend £15m on a 28 year old donkey in a position that is low priority I'll be devoed.

 

[Raino85]

Brighton's net spend since 17/18 is -290m, that's over about 8 seasons. It's lower than that figure you quoted from NUFC

ANd that boys and girls, is the real aim for football.
Forget your first tropie in over 65 years, Brighton won the net spend

 

[windymiller]

Yeah, i get that. But, taking it down from that point still suggests that we don't have much money to spend. Particularly given the size of the rebuild. Supposedly, Moyes wants Coufal on a free, Soucek if we can get him for £25m apparently and now Longstaff- which would likely cost £15-20m. Would be an absolutely tragic waste of money that.

It sounds like we won't be anywhere near that spending. So, if it was 8 £15m players, that would equal £120m. So if nowhere near, maybe a budget to buy £80m of players amortised, if lucky. That would be 4 £20m players. And £20m buys you sod all (apart from Alcaraz). £40m will probably get you Longstaff and Soucek.

If we spend £40m on Longstaff (28), Soucek (30) and Coufal (32) plus presumably a quarter of a million a week (which is what they would want) on their wages then we've learned absolutely nothing.

 

[Billy Dean]

ANd that boys and girls, is the real aim for football.
Forget your first tropie in over 65 years, Brighton won the net spend

You were the one talking about money spent

 

[mikel_88]

Yeah, i get that. But, taking it down from that point still suggests that we don't have much money to spend. Particularly given the size of the rebuild. Supposedly, Moyes wants Coufal on a free, Soucek if we can get him for £25m apparently and now Longstaff- which would likely cost £15-20m. Would be an absolutely tragic waste of money that.

It sounds like we won't be anywhere near that spending. So, if it was 8 £15m players, that would equal £120m. So if nowhere near, maybe a budget to buy £80m of players amortised, if lucky. That would be 4 £20m players. And £20m buys you sod all (apart from Alcaraz). £40m will probably get you Longstaff and Soucek.

If we spend £40m on Longstaff (28), Soucek (30) and Coufal (32) plus presumably a quarter of a million a week (which is what they would want) on their wages then we've learned absolutely nothing.

100% pathetic can accept a longstaff because of the last year of his deal do coukd maybe be picked up on a lower fee. Coufal aswell for backup but prefer kwp, i get will be some not exciting names but soucek is not a player that would massively transform this side definately can get a player outside prem for better value

 

[Dwight K Schrute]

Remembering that Moyes used to prefer small squads:

GK: Pickford +2
LB: Mykolenko / +1
LCB: Branthwaite / +1
RCB: O'Brien / Tarkowski
RB: Patterson / +1
LM: Ndiaye / McNeil
LCM: Gana / Iroegbunam
RCM: Garner / Armstrong
RM: +2
ACM: Alcaraz / Doucoure
CF: Beto / Chermiti / +1


Ignoring 2 keepers & assuming Gana + Doucoure extend & Alcaraz signs...

...We'd be fine with 6 new signings.

Think we need a bit more these days with the 5 sub thing, but I take your point.

Also, we absolutely shouldn't be renewing Doucoure's contract at any amount.

 

[Dwight K Schrute]

Were you getting these fee's from?

Longstaff has a year less than 18 months eft on his contract. If we end up signing him, any fee we pay will be a PSR spin with someone like Patterson

Ex West Ham Employee has said that we are interested and that W Ham would possibly play ball at £20 + apparently. Rumours were that they'd want £35m plus, but he was suggesting much lower.

Are you seriously telling me Newcastle, with their PSR issues would sell a player to us for less than £15m who still plays a fair few games for them??

 

[mikel_88]

Think we need a bit more these days with the 5 sub thing, but I take your point.

Also, we absolutely shouldn't be renewing Doucoure's contract at any amount.

I would be would not mean it wouldnt stop me looking for more players giving them time

Ex West Ham Employee has said that we are interested and that W Ham would possibly play ball at £20 + apparently. Rumours were that they'd want £35m plus, but he was suggesting much lower.

Are you seriously telling me Newcastle, with their PSR issues would sell a player to us for less than £15m who still plays a fair few games for them??

longstaff yes could see between 10/12 mill is profit becuase came thru so be profit

 

[Dwight K Schrute]

I have a similar feeling in rough terms about how the summer will go.

I'd fully accept the need to pad out the squad with 3 or 4 players and I'd hope we could avail of loans and frees in the main to do so.

That would leave the bulk of the budget to be spent on 3 or 4 more players. We'll get no value in doing that within the Premier League, so surely it will have to be from the global market and The Championship.

If we do that, I have no problem with us bringing in the likes of Coufal on a free but would have a very big problem spending £25m on Soucek. His value and ability to contribute is only going down.

The money that we do spend should be on players with the opposite profile - a bit raw certainly, but young and with the potential to be worth much more than what we pay for them in short order.

If one £20m signing is worth £50m + in 1-2 years it's worth it and gives us a solid platform to develop.

In principle mate, but Coufal's legs have gone and it's very rare to sign good players for less than £20m from the Championship.

Archie Gray went for £40m and Sunderland want, and will likely get, similar for Rigg.

 

[billyblue80]

He is probably worth it tbh, he has an extremely high ceiling level, id sooner spend money on Doak than someone like Rigg, we haven't really been linked with any better wide players from what I have seen so far.

Not likely as he will have better offers but Johnathan David would be superb

 

[Raino85]

Ex West Ham Employee has said that we are interested and that W Ham would possibly play ball at £20 + apparently. Rumours were that they'd want £35m plus, but he was suggesting much lower.

Are you seriously telling me Newcastle, with their PSR issues would sell a player to us for less than £15m who still plays a fair few games for them??

YEs they would, as i said, for PSR reasons

 

[Dwight K Schrute]

If we spend £40m on Longstaff (28), Soucek (30) and Coufal (32) plus presumably a quarter of a million a week (which is what they would want) on their wages then we've learned absolutely nothing.

This is why I am worried. Moyes' transfer record has been pretty poor since he left Everton. These kinds of deals are more him these days than the kinds of deals he used to do for us.

On the plus side, Bobble has said that TFG are pushing for signing young, hungry players.

 

[Dwight K Schrute]

YEs they would, as i said, for PSR reasons

He'll move for around £15m if they sell him mate.

 

[Zatara]

Think we need a bit more these days with the 5 sub thing, but I take your point.

Also, we absolutely shouldn't be renewing Doucoure's contract at any amount.

I'd be ok with Doucoure staying another season -- that gives us a season to see if Braiden Graham or suchlike is ready so step up (18 in November).

Plus on a much lower wage its one less space to fill this summer and funds can be added elsewhere. Id rather Doucoure than spending money on Soucek.

In principle mate, but Coufal's legs have gone and it's very rare to sign good players for less than £20m from the Championship.

Archie Gray went for £40m and Sunderland want, and will likely get, similar for Rigg.

Coufal, Soucek, Longstaff = no.

Rigg, Doak and Dibling all the profile of player we should be aiming for and the fees may be seen to be high now...but the upside could be enormous.

Im still gutted we didnt go for Gray or Wharton the past windows.

Not likely as he will have better offers but Johnathan David would be superb

Jonathan David up top with Rayan Cherki on the right would be ridiculous.

Those would be real statement signings.

 

[PeregrineT]

How does our revenue increase ?

I believe this has been covered many, many times, but theres a new stadium we are moving into.