Skeletor Posted July 23, 2025 Share Posted July 23, 2025 8 minutes ago, Dwebbo said: I think I’d be trying to cover as many bases between now and the end of the window. Would be happy with… Muniz - £30m (out of contract next summer) Gallagher - £30m Chalobah - £40m Sign Isak up with a new contract. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jewel Posted July 23, 2025 Share Posted July 23, 2025 10 minutes ago, Dwebbo said: I think I’d be trying to cover as many bases between now and the end of the window. Would be happy with… Muniz - £30m (out of contract next summer) Gallagher - £30m Chalobah - £40m That would be an amazing window....if we were trying to compete with Crystal Palace or West Ham. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdm Posted July 23, 2025 Share Posted July 23, 2025 15 minutes ago, Dwebbo said: I think I’d be trying to cover as many bases between now and the end of the window. Would be happy with… Muniz - £30m (out of contract next summer) Gallagher - £30m Chalobah - £40m Sign Isak up with a new contract. That’s an Ashley window that. When he bothered to spend money that is Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingxlnc Posted July 23, 2025 Share Posted July 23, 2025 Going off previous windows - We need our Tonali / Isak for this window (happy to take Scalvini or Tapsoba as this), (Ekitike would have been this calibre) - Elanga is our Gordon level signing for this window - We need our Hall/Tino type (I thought this was going to be Trafford, perhaps it will be Dibling instead) - Wissa will be our Trippier, Burn-type of signing - We also need a Barnes level CM - Gallagher would be this. - The odd youngster (Cordero, Vakhtang, Doumbia) is our Minteh / Osula type of signing. That will be a good window. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingArthur Posted July 23, 2025 Share Posted July 23, 2025 (edited) Yes, we need players that challenge for first XI. You don't buy big money players for depth. Gallagher would be good addition, Chalobah no better than we have and surely we can find better player than Muniz for 30 million? Edit. No chance we are getting Dibling this window imo. Asking price seems to be way too much. Edited July 23, 2025 by KingArthur Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwebbo Posted July 23, 2025 Share Posted July 23, 2025 Not saying it would be the most inspiring window by any means but fills/improves the squad. I’d take that now with the way the window has gone so far Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BennyBlanco Posted July 23, 2025 Share Posted July 23, 2025 25 minutes ago, kingxlnc said: Going off previous windows - We need our Tonali / Isak for this window (happy to take Scalvini or Tapsoba as this), (Ekitike would have been this calibre) - Elanga is our Gordon level signing for this window - We need our Hall/Tino type (I thought this was going to be Trafford, perhaps it will be Dibling instead) - Wissa will be our Trippier, Burn-type of signing - We also need a Barnes level CM - Gallagher would be this. - The odd youngster (Cordero, Vakhtang, Doumbia) is our Minteh / Osula type of signing. That will be a good window. Can I have the name of your dealer please?😂 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki679 Posted July 23, 2025 Share Posted July 23, 2025 14 minutes ago, BennyBlanco said: Can I have the name of your dealer please?😂 Be looking at £200m minimum for that lot Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUHRLYASLEEVESUP Posted July 23, 2025 Share Posted July 23, 2025 1 hour ago, Dwebbo said: I think I’d be trying to cover as many bases between now and the end of the window. Would be happy with… Muniz - £30m (out of contract next summer) Gallagher - £30m Chalobah - £40m Sign Isak up with a new contract. Howay man Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingxlnc Posted July 23, 2025 Share Posted July 23, 2025 7 minutes ago, loki679 said: Be looking at £200m minimum for that lot If we've bid 70m for Ekitike, already spent 55m on Elanga, that's 125m already. Trafford they've bid 30m - that's 155m. Hujisen would have been 50m - already takes us over 200m. The budget I believe is there but we're picky about the right players Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtype Posted July 23, 2025 Share Posted July 23, 2025 In retrospect, it’s incredibly fortunate that we got lucky with our initial signings and ended up with basically no dead weight, because otherwise messing up our PSR calculations and losing multiple transfer windows could have sunk the entire project. I’m sure some of it was good scouting, but even with the best scouting program in the world nobody gets it 100% right like we basically did. It’s given us a big comfy cushion to keep us competitive while we flounder about a little due to executive team turnover and PSR nonsense. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSG Posted July 23, 2025 Share Posted July 23, 2025 Wissa £30m Scalvini £45m Trafford £35m Gallagher loan with £30m obligation Dibling loan with £50m obligation Job done *turns football manager off* On another note, not sure why we seem completely against using the loan system (Hall aside) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbydazzla Posted July 23, 2025 Share Posted July 23, 2025 (edited) 4 minutes ago, NSG said: On another note, not sure why we seem completely against using the loan system (Hall aside) We go burnt by Targett Played solidly on loan here, then gets a permanent deal on £900,000 a week wages but has hardly played because of his eczema flare ups Edited July 23, 2025 by bobbydazzla Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUHRLYASLEEVESUP Posted July 23, 2025 Share Posted July 23, 2025 6 minutes ago, bobbydazzla said: We go burnt by Targett Played solidly on loan here, then gets a permanent deal on £900,000 a week wages but has hardly played because of his eczema flare ups Plus win bonus & every 2nd weekend off Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliottman Posted July 23, 2025 Share Posted July 23, 2025 11 minutes ago, NSG said: Wissa £30m Scalvini £45m Trafford £35m Gallagher loan with £30m obligation Dibling loan with £50m obligation Job done *turns football manager off* On another note, not sure why we seem completely against using the loan system (Hall aside) Howe has said he only wants players 100% committed to the cause. You probably don’t get that with players on loan. Also it’s lost money really, he’s always talking about how careful we have to be with our cash. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menace Posted July 23, 2025 Share Posted July 23, 2025 Calvert Lewin Free Jovic Free Lindelof Free Calabria Free Doucoure Free Sorted. Spoiler Whoosh? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtype Posted July 23, 2025 Share Posted July 23, 2025 (edited) I don't mind the idea of us having a reality check and going after slightly less attractive targets given that we clearly can't compete with the cartel clubs for the absolute top tier players. Slightly older players like Trippier. Young prospects who need to grow into the squad like Livramento and Hall. Competent PL players who we're explicitly bringing in to be part of the squad rather than to be fixtures in the starting XI, like Dan Burn (who turns out to be starting anyway). If we're going to have to pay a ridiculous premium to get anywhere near the cream of the crop, better to be outbidding all the mid table clubs for the best of the rest instead. Frankly, we need depth just as much as we need quality. Edited July 23, 2025 by oldtype Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted July 23, 2025 Share Posted July 23, 2025 16 minutes ago, Elliottman said: Howe has said he only wants players 100% committed to the cause. You probably don’t get that with players on loan. Also it’s lost money really, he’s always talking about how careful we have to be with our cash. Loans with obligation are really just a way to spread the cost I think. You’ll always buy them at the end. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliottman Posted July 23, 2025 Share Posted July 23, 2025 1 minute ago, AyeDubbleYoo said: Loans with obligation are really just a way to spread the cost I think. You’ll always buy them at the end. Yeah I don’t think he has issued with obligations to buy, just out and out loans he doesn’t like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffee_Johnny Posted July 23, 2025 Share Posted July 23, 2025 4 minutes ago, oldtype said: I don't mind the idea of us having a reality check and going after slightly less attractive targets given that we clearly can't compete with the cartel clubs for the absolute top tier players. Slightly older players like Trippier. Young prospects who need to grow into the squad like Livramento and Hall. Competent PL players who we're explicitly bringing in to be part of the squad rather than to be fixtures in the starting XI, like Dan Burn (who turns out to be starting anyway). If we're going to have to pay a ridiculous premium to get anywhere near the cream of the crop, better to be outbidding all the mid table clubs for the best of the rest instead. Frankly, we need depth just as much as we need quality. Agree. But doesn’t mean we shy away from ever trying to sign top tier if we think there is a chance of signing the best. Would just prefer, as would everyone involved no doubt, if it the process was all a bit speeded-up. In with a time limited non-negotiable best offer and then onto the next on the list. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteV Posted July 23, 2025 Share Posted July 23, 2025 1 minute ago, Coffee_Johnny said: Agree. But doesn’t mean we shy away from ever trying to sign top tier if we think there is a chance of signing the best. Would just prefer, as would everyone involved no doubt, if it the process was all a bit speeded-up. In with a time limited non-negotiable best offer and then onto the next on the list. Or if every single tit-bit of the process wasn’t splashed out across social media by ‘journalists’ with differing agendas. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted July 23, 2025 Share Posted July 23, 2025 1 hour ago, gdm said: That’s an Ashley window that. When he bothered to spend money that is They’re better than almost all the squad options we have now like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jewel Posted July 23, 2025 Share Posted July 23, 2025 At this rate, we are going to find ourselves battling with Man Utd for Jamie Vardy's signature on deadline day lol. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted July 23, 2025 Share Posted July 23, 2025 58 minutes ago, oldtype said: I don't mind the idea of us having a reality check and going after slightly less attractive targets given that we clearly can't compete with the cartel clubs for the absolute top tier players. Slightly older players like Trippier. Young prospects who need to grow into the squad like Livramento and Hall. Competent PL players who we're explicitly bringing in to be part of the squad rather than to be fixtures in the starting XI, like Dan Burn (who turns out to be starting anyway). If we're going to have to pay a ridiculous premium to get anywhere near the cream of the crop, better to be outbidding all the mid table clubs for the best of the rest instead. Frankly, we need depth just as much as we need quality. Spot on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny1403 Posted July 23, 2025 Share Posted July 23, 2025 2 hours ago, SUPERTOON said: Not a chance they let him go for that. They’ve currently got too many non EU players registered so they might have to. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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