Realistic Transfer Targets (2025/26)

[Lush Vlad]

4 minutes ago, AyeDubbleYoo said:

Is he any better than Lascelles? 

From what I have watched live and also on the tele, yes. But I’m sure FBref or someone who is a scouting nerd will come on and tell me otherwise! 

[Whitley mag]

Piero Hincapie is the perfect upgrade for Burn and suits our system, unfortunately the scousers have been sniffing around him for a while.

[Mikky]

2 hours ago, Whitley mag said:

Piero Hincapie is the perfect upgrade for Burn and suits our system, unfortunately the scousers have been sniffing around him for a while.

The 2 defenders I want this summer are Scalvini and Hincapie

 

Scalvini plays RB - CB - LB - 6

Hincapie - LB and covers CB

 

Juan Miranda would be nice also - completely rebuild that left side by parting ways with the likes of Burn and Targett and even Hall if there is no future for him - no time for sentiment in the summer 

 

 

Edited February 4, 2024 by Mikky

[Fezzle]

5 hours ago, Lush Vlad said:

From what I have watched live and also on the tele, yes. But I’m sure FBref or someone who is a scouting nerd will come on and tell me otherwise! 

He seems more mobile, can't say I seen too much of him though to say if he's better all round. Also how many free transfers have actually happened that people said we should have been in there. Obviously ignoring any mad wages

[Groundhog63]

Obvs I know fuck all about tactics and players and am only mentioning this because I'm a name dropping arse hole BUT we're currently in Italy and I hoyed the telly on as you do. 

Lo and behold Blongna are playing, highlights, and that Zirkzee looks a goer. 

Number 9 but he's all over the front line

[Fezzle]

1 minute ago, Groundhog63 said:

Obvs I know fuck all about tactics and players and am only mentioning this because I'm a name dropping arse hole BUT we're currently in Italy and I hoyed the telly on as you do. 

Lo and behold Blongna are playing, highlights, and that Zirkzee looks a goer. 

Number 9 but he's all over the front line

He looks canny mind, watched a bit of then a few weeks ago and he was impressive 

[Mikky]

9 minutes ago, Groundhog63 said:

Obvs I know fuck all about tactics and players and am only mentioning this because I'm a name dropping arse hole BUT we're currently in Italy and I hoyed the telly on as you do. 

Lo and behold Blongna are playing, highlights, and that Zirkzee looks a goer. 

Number 9 but he's all over the front line

Yeah good player Zirkzee - real big season for him 

There’s also small talk of Sesko

 

Ideally someone who doesn’t get injured every 3 matches 

[Groundhog63]

13 minutes ago, Fezzle said:

He looks canny mind, watched a bit of then a few weeks ago and he was impressive 

 

5 minutes ago, Mikky said:

Yeah good player Zirkzee - real big season for him 

There’s also small talk of Sesko

 

Ideally someone who doesn’t get injured every 3 matches 

 

22 yr old. Not a fully fledged International yet but full quota of youth

Just looked very adaptable. If the vision is a very mobile front 3

[Lush Vlad]

Not sure what will happen with some

of our midfielders in the summer. But I’d take Dominguez in a heartbeat based on this game. 
 

Great at timing tackles and also some really nice passing tonight. Glad he’s gone off. 

[Whitley mag]

If Nico Williams is beyond us in the summer which looks likely, might be worth staying in the Basque Country and going for Sociedad’s Take Kubo.

 

Only 22 plays on the right side and comfortable with both feet, would also give us huge exposure to the Japanese market which would tick a lot of boxes with adidas making us an elite club.

 

 

 

Edited February 11, 2024 by Whitley mag

[Dr. TC]

7 minutes ago, Whitley mag said:

If Nico Williams is beyond us in the summer which looks likely, might be worth staying in the Basque Country and going for Sociedad’s Take Kubo.

 

Only 22 plays on the right side and comfortable with both feet, would also give us huge exposure to the Japanese market which would tick a lot of boxes with adidas making us an elite club.

 

 

 

 

Valued at 60m, as opposed to 50m for Williams

 

https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/takefusa-kubo/profil/spieler/405398

[Whitley mag]

19 minutes ago, Dr. TC said:

Valued at 60m, as opposed to 50m for Williams

 

https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/takefusa-kubo/profil/spieler/405398

Think Williams is more unlikely due to the CL clubs eyeing him up including Barca, but Liverpool have also been linked with Kubo as a replacement for Salah.

Both exactly the type of player we should be targeting on the right side though.

 

[joeyt]

I think Steven Bergwijn would be a good shout for the forward positions

[joeyt]

As we picked up 2 players last summer from relegated teams I thought it might be worth seeing if there was any decent players from the potentially relegated clubs:

 

Sheff Utd:

 

Vini Souza - I've not been impressed but his profile suggests he'll probably get picked up by another Prem club and we were linked with him yesterday

Anel Ahmedhodžić - Was close to joining Napoli in the winter and he's captain at a relatively young age and has his best years ahead of him but I've not seen him play well in the Prem

James McAtee - on loan from Man City and he looks a really nice footballer but too lightweight. Think he'll end up at an Everton/Palace

 

Burnley:

 

Don't think I'd touch any of them. Possibly Koleosho as he's young with potential. A few have mentioned James Trafford in goal but he looks weak as piss to me (but only 21)

 

Luton:

 

Probably only Barkley who is worth mentioning and he's been linked with Man Utd but doesn't fit our signing profile at all

 

Nottm Forest:

 

Murillo and Elanga would be decent pick ups I think. Elanga may be a bit of a wildcard but he's 21 and looked good this season I think

 

Sangare possibly? Haven't really seen how good he's been for Forest but was a coup at the time

 

Everton:

 

Been heavily linked with Onana and Branthwaite seems like someone who we may be interested in. Garner has been linked but I don't think he improves us in midfield

 

Brentford:

 

Toney - very unlikely.

 

I really like Mbeumo as a better version of Miggy but think we may try and do better for that position

 

Rico Henry would be really good for us at left back if he was fully fit but too much of a risk with such a long term injury. Hickey may also be a shout but I think he fits too much into the Livramento profile

 

Palace:

 

Obvious ones are Eze and Olise. Adam Wharton looks really good in centre midfield and we've been linked with Joachim Anderson in the past but he looks shaky I think. Guehi looks solid as dors Doucoure who gets regularly linked to Liverpool. Don't think Palace will go down

 

Bournemouth:

 

Been linked with Solanke and Lloyd Kelly and both could improve us or give us depth. Alex Scott will be a lovely player in the future. Not convinced Billing improves us at all in midfield. I think Kerkez at left back would have been a good pickup for us last summer. Don't think Bournemouth will go down

 

 

 

Edited March 3, 2024 by joeyt

[Conjo]

17 minutes ago, joeyt said:

As we picked up 2 players last summer from relegated teams I thought it might be worth seeing if there was any decent players from the potentially relegated clubs:

 

Sheff Utd:

 

Vini Souza - I've not been impressed but his profile suggests he'll probably get picked up by another Prem club and we were linked with him yesterday

Anel Ahmedhodžić - Was close to joining Napoli in the winter and he's captain at a relatively young age and has his best years ahead of him but I've not seen him play well in the Prem

James McAtee - on loan from Man City and he looks a really nice footballer but too lightweight. Think he'll end up at an Everton/Palace

 

 

 

Haven't really paid attention to Sheffield United at all, so decided to look him up. Came from second division club Lommel SK in the summer. Turns out Lommel was bought by City Group (their ninth club). Lommel initially paid €2.5m for Souza (which I imagine is a hell of a lot of money for a Belgian second division club) only to immediately loan him out for 3 consecutive seasons before selling him for €12,5m. A bit of a deflection from the topic of your post, but how the hell is this allowed?

 

City Group seemingly pumping money into 8 other clubs besides Man City for these clubs to buy talent all around the world, in many cases loaning them out and making profits off them while retaining the possibility to buy the best of these talents like Savio for small fees in order to work around FFP.

 

An owner group or affiliated group should not be allowed to have a stake in another football team anywhere in the world. Full stop.

Fifa also needs to do more drastic changes world wide to how loans work.

[r0cafella]

12 minutes ago, Conjo said:

 

Haven't really paid attention to Sheffield United at all, so decided to look him up. Came from second division club Lommel SK in the summer. Turns out Lommel was bought by City Group (their ninth club). Lommel initially paid €2.5m for Souza (which I imagine is a hell of a lot of money for a Belgian second division club) only to immediately loan him out for 3 consecutive seasons before selling him for €12,5m. A bit of a deflection from the topic of your post, but how the hell is this allowed?

 

City Group seemingly pumping money into 8 other clubs besides Man City for these clubs to buy talent all around the world, in many cases loaning them out and making profits off them while retaining the possibility to buy the best of these talents like Savio for small fees in order to work around FFP.

 

An owner group or affiliated group should not be allowed to have a stake in another football team anywhere in the world. Full stop.

Fifa also needs to do more drastic changes world wide to how loans work.

As I’ve said many times, if this isn’t banned you literally have to do this. You can Hoover up talent from everywhere with this model, restriction free. 
 

It’s such an insane advantage. 

[Geordie Ahmed]

At Burnley I've been impressed with the little I've seen of both Koleosho and Odobert

 

Though both are very raw, with some development they could become good players 

 

 

[Deuce]

Found this video interesting, and not because of Enzo Fernandez:

 

 

He points out that Gallagher is, statistically, one of the best pressing AMs in the league. Makes sense why we’d have been interested in him.

[The College Dropout]

PIF need to buy another club in Europe so the PL ban it.

 

 

Edited March 7, 2024 by The College Dropout

[M1tche]

The more I watch Wolves, the more I think Ait Nouri would be a great addition 

[Coffee_Johnny]

On 07/03/2024 at 17:53, Deuce said:

Found this video interesting, and not because of Enzo Fernandez:

 

 

He points out that Gallagher is, statistically, one of the best pressing AMs in the league. Makes sense why we’d have been interested in him.

He’s been great. Club captain too, I think. Was (one of the few) disappointed we missed our chance to get him. 

[Lush Vlad]

David Fofana as the possible back up/development option up front? 
 

I know he missed a sitter yesterday, we would be helping out Chelsea (again) and they may not be willing to sell or demand too much. But I have liked the look of him in the small bits I’ve seen. Which admittedly is mainly the odd cameo for Chelsea and highlights for Burnley. But 4 goals in 8 already for them and only 21. 
 

If Chelsea really are in the shit and need to shift players. Then thought he might be one they look to make a profit on?

[Whitley mag]

Semih Kilicsoy young Turkish wonder kid and apparently we’ve scouted him. Would fit the profile of a young striker to backup Isak.

[Fezzle]

54 minutes ago, Whitley mag said:

Semih Kilicsoy young Turkish wonder kid and apparently we’ve scouted him. Would fit the profile of a young striker to backup Isak.

I wouldn't be opposed to a few of these signings if we can keep our best players. Keep filtering out the shite while not going big wouldn't be the worst given we should be 5/6 players better off with injuries and shit anyway. 

[Ikon]

Luciano Rodriguez (then loan him out)

 

 

Edited March 26, 2024 by Ikon