Summer Transfer Window 2025 Thread

[mikel_88]

Is he actually ready to play at this level or would it be a sign and loan situation? Big ask for a 17 or 18 year old.

Maybe not to start but has over 50 appearances for sunderland, is good to get these types of lads in early and let them progress before price jumps to high. Get him and another in then can build him up

 

[Furio Giunta]

Chris Rigg would be a coup if we could get that over the line, a real statement of intent.

Elsewhere in the Championship, it's nice to see Isaac Price doing well at WBA; wouldn't be averse to having another look at him. Thought it was a shame at the time to let him go permanently as he looked a natural with the ball at his feet. It seems he just needed consistent game time and a couple of years to fill out his frame.

 

[Littlesue]

Chris Rigg would be a coup if we could get that over the line, a real statement of intent.

Elsewhere in the Championship, it's nice to see Isaac Price doing well at WBA; wouldn't be averse to having another look at him. Thought it was a shame at the time to let him go permanently as he looked a natural with the ball at his feet. It seems he just needed consistent game time and a couple of years to fill out his frame.

Price has been amazing for us, if he had been here all season he would probably have been Player of the Season

 

[Littlesue]

Fellows has won Young Player of the Year tonight, be a shame to see him go but it's a necessity for the funds

 

[bluesb1970]

Keepers, defenders, midfielders and strikers.
Why not widers?

Cos it just sounds wrong!!!

Because they play on the wing. Wingers.

 

[mikel_88]

Fellows has won Young Player of the Year tonight, be a shame to see him go but it's a necessity for the funds

What price you think will be looking for 15/20?

 

[Vintage]

I think some of your comparisons are a bit unfair there and you could add plenty of nuance to some of those cases if you wanted to.

I would actually say the biggest factor in all those strikers you mentioned (apart from maybe Vardy) is that the manager they are playing under and the tactics their teams employ have a huge influence on their output. All those you mentioned have had their best output playing under top managers. DCL under Carlo, Solanke under Iraola, Bamford under Bielsa. Up until Emery came Watkins' PL output was not a great deal better than Delap's this season.

They've then fallen off when playing under bum managers (Ange, Dyche, Benitez, Marsch etc)

Delap is younger than all of those when they had their good patches too

And add to that that they are all hugely injury prone players throughout their careers. Solanke maybe not but has missed a big portion of the season through injury

 

[Vintage]

Delap for me would be a good signing. I don’t care if he has had only one good season. When I have watched him he looks like a good old fashioned forward, gives it his all with better qualities then all of our current strikers.

Sod this all about purple patches, look at Torres and shechenko both fantastic strikers but when transferred between teams were garbage.

Ya some mad shouts in here saying 30m is too much of a gamble on him for one good season in the PL. Is it his first full season in the PL? with a side that's getting relegated. He has another 1 or 2 seasons like that his price will rocket up further

 

[carolinablue232]

Whats being 22 got to do with anything?

The fact that he’s still got more upside and a few years until he will hit what would be considered his prime.

 

[Littlesue]

What price you think will be looking for 15/20?

Knowing the Albion 5 million will probably do it

 

[Raino85]

The fact that he’s still got more upside and a few years until he will hit what would be considered his prime.

He's not a racehorse.

When was Dele Alli's prime?
Isco?

 

[Raino85]

Fellows has won Young Player of the Year tonight, be a shame to see him go but it's a necessity for the funds

Is it pretty much dead cert he's on his way?

 

[Raino85]

Ya some mad shouts in here saying 30m is too much of a gamble on him for one good season in the PL. Is it his first full season in the PL? with a side that's getting relegated. He has another 1 or 2 seasons like that his price will rocket up further

What if he doesent and its just a case of McKenna knows how to get his centre forward to get 10 goals in a season

Ings, Bamford, Calvert Lewin, Solanke

Carlton Morris got 11 PL goals last season, Elijah Adebayo got 10 both in a side worse than Ipswich have been

 

[Littlesue]

Is it pretty much dead cert he's on his way?

Rumours all season, will be surprised if they don't sell him

 

[Raino85]

Rumours all season, will be surprised if they don't sell him

He's would be my first port of call in the summer if it was up to me