Go on then… Rate the summer 2025 Transfer window

[Moose]

I remember a lot of people said that West Ham won the window last year when they bought Fullkrug, Summerville, Kilman and Wan-Bissaka

[r0cafella]

Just now, Moose said:

I remember a lot of people said that West Ham won the window last year when they bought Fullkrug, Summerville, Kilman and Wan-Bissaka

They did? that's crazy. 

[TRon]

Don't really care who won the window. We've got a squad hungry for success and a manager who knows how to lead them. Just look at PSG since they got rid of their superstars to see how far that can take you. 

[Ellis H]

It was far from pretty and serious lessons NEED to be learned about the importance of scouting foreign markets but I’m extremely optimistic tbh. In short, Wissa has shown he can cover that other blokes goals despite being in a far worse team and with no penalties so anything from Woltemade will only be a bonus. Better squad depth to handle CL and some money to play with in January for any fine tuning that’s needed, probably in CM.

Looking at other clubs’ transfers I’d have us near certainties for 5th, if not 4th.

[joeyt]

A week ago I thought it looked like a genuine possibility we would have no strikers except Osula until January

 

A week later we've got 2 in and got rid of our rat problem which I'll take

[Field]

Probably 5. We have weaker starting 11 but squad depth is better.

[gdm]

2 hours ago, ponsaelius said:

 

So West Ham were ranked ahead of us? 

 

I know it's all relative to expectations but fuck off.

The fact Villa were ranked above us is astonishing. Their limited business was very average 

[macphisto]

42 minutes ago, Ellis H said:

It was far from pretty and serious lessons NEED to be learned about the importance of scouting foreign markets but I’m extremely optimistic tbh. In short, Wissa has shown he can cover that other blokes goals despite being in a far worse team and with no penalties so anything from Woltemade will only be a bonus. Better squad depth to handle CL and some money to play with in January for any fine tuning that’s needed, probably in CM.

Looking at other clubs’ transfers I’d have us near certainties for 5th, if not 4th.

We did buy two players from overseas plus the Korean teenager. 

[Ellis H]

4 minutes ago, macphisto said:

We did buy two players from overseas plus the Korean teenager. 

One was scouted a long time ago and the other was largely out of desperation. Seung-soo Park wasn’t signed for the first team squad.

 

We/Howe almost exclusively wanted Premium League based players and it nearly backfired massively.

[kingxlnc]

2 hours ago, Stal said:

Paywall Free Link Here

 

20. Fulham

Marco Silva has not been happy with the business done in the window. “It’s not like I expected,” he said before their last game, adding signings are needed because “if not, we are going to be not in the condition that we should be to play in the Premier League”.

Only reserve goalkeeper Benjamin Lecomte was signed before deadline day while Andreas Pereira and Martial Godo were sold. After the window closed, wingers Kevin and Samuel Chukwueze were signed. But a deal for Tyrique George fell through at the death.

19. Brentford

They are having to cope with Thomas Frank leaving as manager for Spurs, while their best players Bryan Mbuemo and Yoane Wissa have secured moves away from the club. Club captain Christian Nørgaard also went and Mark Flekken getting sold to Bayer Leverkusen should not be underestimated.

Jordan Henderson adds experience, while Dango Ouattara has come in from Bournemouth and Reiss Nelson on loan from Arsenal adds pace to the squad.

18. Burnley

They were certainly active after promotion from the Championship but they also lost their goalkeeper as James Trafford headed back to City. Kyle Walker and Martin Dubravka add Premier League experience but it is a big jump for a lot of the other signings such as Lesley Ugochukwu and Armando Broja.

17. Wolves

They will also point to keeping their star striker, with Newcastle’s attempt to land Jørgen Strand Larsen successfully resisted. But the signings did not set pulses racing, with Tolu Arokodare coming in up front, while Fer López adds competition on the wing.

16. Newcastle United

They were determined to keep Alexander Isak but as the clock ticked on the window and Sweden striker was not playing, it put huge pressure on them to agree a Premier League record deal with Liverpool. It has made them look weak.

In comes Yoane Wissa and Nick Woltemade and at least Eddie Howe has strikers who want to play for him. Other areas have been strengthened too with Anthony Elanga, Malick Thiaw and Jacob Ramsey arriving – but losing Isak is a blow.

15. Crystal Palace

In the end, they kept hold of Marc Guéhi as they could not find a replacement for the England centre-back, even though a medical had already taken place and a fee agreed. But Palace also sold Eberechi Eze to Arsenal and he will be a huge loss to Oliver Glasner’s team. Yeremy Pino was signed from Villarreal and will attempt to cover for Eze’s loss. Borna Sosa adds competition at left-back. They are weaker without Eze.

14. Bournemouth

It will be a test of Andoni Iraola coaching ability to keep winning after losing Milos Kerkez, Dean Huijsen, Illia Zabarnyi, Kepa Arrizabalaga and Dango Ouattara. They secured a loan for AC Milan full-back Álex Jiménez and covered for their departures with Bafodé Diakité, Adrien Truffert, Đorđe Petrović, Ben Doak, Amine Adli and Veljko Milosavljević.

The question will be whether they have found more gems.

3. West Ham

Graham Potter desperately needed legs in the middle of the pitch and Mateus Fernandes and Soungoutou Magassa were drafted in. Their free transfers of Kyle Walker-Peters and Callum Wilson add numbers to the squad. Igor Julio was a late addition in the window. Losing Mohammed Kudus was a blow.

12. Leeds United

They added plenty of players and height to their team but could not strike a deal for top forward target Rodrigo Muniz from Fulham. Sean Longstaff looks a reliable arrival with Premier League experience, while the goalkeeper issue was addressed with Lucas Perri coming in from Lyon. Gabriel Gudmundsson has started the season but there are unknown factors in a few other signings.

11. Aston Villa

Manchester United have been raided again to land Victor Lindelöf and Jadon Sancho, following last season’s loan of Marcus Rashford. They beat competition to sign Harvey Elliott, while Evann Guessand adds competition up front but there was no move for Emi Martínez, who eyed a switch to Old Trafford himself.

10. Brighton

Fabian Hürzeler retained the services of Carlos Baleba despite interest from Manchester United, which was a victory in the market. They sold João Pedro, Simon Adingra and Pervis Estupiñán, who have been first-teamers, and have brought in young players such as Tom Watson (19), Diego Coppola (21), Charalampos Kostoulas (18), while there is more experience in Maxim De Cuyper (24) and Olivier Boscagli (27) – but not in the Premier League. The club’s scouting system is revered in football and they always work to a plan.

9. Everton

David Moyes ended up without a right-back, which was a clear position that needed strengthening – but Jack Grealish has already come good with his assists and his loan looks good business. In Tyler Dibling, they have invested £35m in one of the most promising youngsters in England, while Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall has done well so far after getting rescued from Chelsea.

8. Tottenham Hotspur

It looked like a disastrous window for Spurs when moves for Morgan Gibbs-White and Eberechi Eze fell through, although Daniel Levy fought back in the transfer market. Mohammed Kudus can be a match-winner and cost just £55m, Xavi Simons is an exciting attacking prospect, while João Palhinha adds steel in midfield. Daniel Levy loves a bit of deadline-day drama and Randal Kolo Muani is a risk-free loan.

7. Manchester City

Pep Guardiola has completely changed the look of his team following their disastrous results during the winter months last season. Club legends Kevin De Bruyne, Jack Grealish, Kyle Walker and Ederson are out. Big step into the unknown with James Trafford and Gianluigi Donnarumma, the new first-team goalkeepers.

Rayan Aït-Nouri, Rayan Cherki and Tijjani Reijnders have arrived and Guardiola signings tend to take time to settle.

6. Sunderland

Granit Xhaka coming back to the Premier League is a transfer coup the newly-promoted side have been very busy changing the look of their squad for the top flight. Xhaka and Habib Diarra gives them power in the middle of the park and there have been two wins so far.

But six of their squad could go to the African Cup of Nations, which would mean missing a chunk of the season.

5. Manchester United

More than £200m was spent on attacking players and those signings - Bryan Mbeumo, Benjamin Šeško and Matheus Cunha - were on the pitch when defeated by Grimsby Town. But there were promising signs in the defeat by Arsenal and Belgian goalkeeper Senne Lammens has solved a position in desperate need of strengthening. Some money was raised from sales of Antony and Alejandro Garnacho.

4. Nottingham Forest

He may not have been a “signing” but Forest managed to keep Morgan Gibbs-White from the clutches of Tottenham Hotspur and he has signed a new deal. Among their new arrivals, Dan Ndoye from Bologna has looked good so far, while James McAtee and Omari Hutchinson are excellent homegrown talents. They filled the positions they wanted and added Dilane Bakwa, Donnell McNeilly, Cuiabano and Oleksandr Zinchenko on deadline day.

3. Arsenal

They needed a striker and landed Viktor Gyökeres. They needed a player to control play and landed Martín Zubimendi. They needed quality on the ball and signed Eberechi Eze. Good cover too in Piero Hincapié and Cristhian Mosquera.

Ingredients are there for Mikel Arteta and now he has to get his new signings attacking fluently.

2. Chelsea

Totally revamped their frontline with João Pedro, Jamie Gittens and Liam Delap, albeit before the latter was injured. Took advantage of Alejandro Garnacho’s situation at Manchester United to land a bargain, while the work of previous windows saw Estêvão Willian arrive. Good fees for outgoings, with João Félix (£26.2m) and Noni Madueke (£48.5m) leading the way.

1. Liverpool

Arne Slot already won the window heading into deadline day after agreeing Alexander Isak’s fee with Newcastle. The £100m barrier was already broken for Florian Wirtz, full-back areas replenished, Hugo Ekitike arriving and scoring immediately and exciting prospect Giovanni Leoni in the building. Meant deal for Marc Guéhi getting called off did not make or break window.

How can we be below Villa, West Ham and Leeds? Selling Isak and getting two is actually better for us overall - a 60minute player for more depth

[Mole]

16th and their reasoning amounts to "Isak is really good"

 

Putting this sort of insight behind a pay wall is hilarious.

[Kilcline]

Come May when we've outperformed the usual wage-bill/squad cost metrics to league position correlation yet again to qualify for the Champions League and have won the FA Cup, it'll be quite fucking clear who won the window.

 

And next summer when the media wank themselves into a frenzy over Howe being linked with the England job and will we lose players if Howe leaves, only for Howe to stay and repeat the trick again, it'll be quite fucking clear who won the window.

[Kilcline]

Oh, and on that basis, 10/10 

[nufc123]

3 hours ago, Stal said:

Paywall Free Link Here

 

20. Fulham

Marco Silva has not been happy with the business done in the window. “It’s not like I expected,” he said before their last game, adding signings are needed because “if not, we are going to be not in the condition that we should be to play in the Premier League”.

Only reserve goalkeeper Benjamin Lecomte was signed before deadline day while Andreas Pereira and Martial Godo were sold. After the window closed, wingers Kevin and Samuel Chukwueze were signed. But a deal for Tyrique George fell through at the death.

19. Brentford

They are having to cope with Thomas Frank leaving as manager for Spurs, while their best players Bryan Mbuemo and Yoane Wissa have secured moves away from the club. Club captain Christian Nørgaard also went and Mark Flekken getting sold to Bayer Leverkusen should not be underestimated.

Jordan Henderson adds experience, while Dango Ouattara has come in from Bournemouth and Reiss Nelson on loan from Arsenal adds pace to the squad.

18. Burnley

They were certainly active after promotion from the Championship but they also lost their goalkeeper as James Trafford headed back to City. Kyle Walker and Martin Dubravka add Premier League experience but it is a big jump for a lot of the other signings such as Lesley Ugochukwu and Armando Broja.

17. Wolves

They will also point to keeping their star striker, with Newcastle’s attempt to land Jørgen Strand Larsen successfully resisted. But the signings did not set pulses racing, with Tolu Arokodare coming in up front, while Fer López adds competition on the wing.

16. Newcastle United

They were determined to keep Alexander Isak but as the clock ticked on the window and Sweden striker was not playing, it put huge pressure on them to agree a Premier League record deal with Liverpool. It has made them look weak.

In comes Yoane Wissa and Nick Woltemade and at least Eddie Howe has strikers who want to play for him. Other areas have been strengthened too with Anthony Elanga, Malick Thiaw and Jacob Ramsey arriving – but losing Isak is a blow.

15. Crystal Palace

In the end, they kept hold of Marc Guéhi as they could not find a replacement for the England centre-back, even though a medical had already taken place and a fee agreed. But Palace also sold Eberechi Eze to Arsenal and he will be a huge loss to Oliver Glasner’s team. Yeremy Pino was signed from Villarreal and will attempt to cover for Eze’s loss. Borna Sosa adds competition at left-back. They are weaker without Eze.

14. Bournemouth

It will be a test of Andoni Iraola coaching ability to keep winning after losing Milos Kerkez, Dean Huijsen, Illia Zabarnyi, Kepa Arrizabalaga and Dango Ouattara. They secured a loan for AC Milan full-back Álex Jiménez and covered for their departures with Bafodé Diakité, Adrien Truffert, Đorđe Petrović, Ben Doak, Amine Adli and Veljko Milosavljević.

The question will be whether they have found more gems.

3. West Ham

Graham Potter desperately needed legs in the middle of the pitch and Mateus Fernandes and Soungoutou Magassa were drafted in. Their free transfers of Kyle Walker-Peters and Callum Wilson add numbers to the squad. Igor Julio was a late addition in the window. Losing Mohammed Kudus was a blow.

12. Leeds United

They added plenty of players and height to their team but could not strike a deal for top forward target Rodrigo Muniz from Fulham. Sean Longstaff looks a reliable arrival with Premier League experience, while the goalkeeper issue was addressed with Lucas Perri coming in from Lyon. Gabriel Gudmundsson has started the season but there are unknown factors in a few other signings.

11. Aston Villa

Manchester United have been raided again to land Victor Lindelöf and Jadon Sancho, following last season’s loan of Marcus Rashford. They beat competition to sign Harvey Elliott, while Evann Guessand adds competition up front but there was no move for Emi Martínez, who eyed a switch to Old Trafford himself.

10. Brighton

Fabian Hürzeler retained the services of Carlos Baleba despite interest from Manchester United, which was a victory in the market. They sold João Pedro, Simon Adingra and Pervis Estupiñán, who have been first-teamers, and have brought in young players such as Tom Watson (19), Diego Coppola (21), Charalampos Kostoulas (18), while there is more experience in Maxim De Cuyper (24) and Olivier Boscagli (27) – but not in the Premier League. The club’s scouting system is revered in football and they always work to a plan.

9. Everton

David Moyes ended up without a right-back, which was a clear position that needed strengthening – but Jack Grealish has already come good with his assists and his loan looks good business. In Tyler Dibling, they have invested £35m in one of the most promising youngsters in England, while Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall has done well so far after getting rescued from Chelsea.

8. Tottenham Hotspur

It looked like a disastrous window for Spurs when moves for Morgan Gibbs-White and Eberechi Eze fell through, although Daniel Levy fought back in the transfer market. Mohammed Kudus can be a match-winner and cost just £55m, Xavi Simons is an exciting attacking prospect, while João Palhinha adds steel in midfield. Daniel Levy loves a bit of deadline-day drama and Randal Kolo Muani is a risk-free loan.

7. Manchester City

Pep Guardiola has completely changed the look of his team following their disastrous results during the winter months last season. Club legends Kevin De Bruyne, Jack Grealish, Kyle Walker and Ederson are out. Big step into the unknown with James Trafford and Gianluigi Donnarumma, the new first-team goalkeepers.

Rayan Aït-Nouri, Rayan Cherki and Tijjani Reijnders have arrived and Guardiola signings tend to take time to settle.

6. Sunderland

Granit Xhaka coming back to the Premier League is a transfer coup the newly-promoted side have been very busy changing the look of their squad for the top flight. Xhaka and Habib Diarra gives them power in the middle of the park and there have been two wins so far.

But six of their squad could go to the African Cup of Nations, which would mean missing a chunk of the season.

5. Manchester United

More than £200m was spent on attacking players and those signings - Bryan Mbeumo, Benjamin Šeško and Matheus Cunha - were on the pitch when defeated by Grimsby Town. But there were promising signs in the defeat by Arsenal and Belgian goalkeeper Senne Lammens has solved a position in desperate need of strengthening. Some money was raised from sales of Antony and Alejandro Garnacho.

4. Nottingham Forest

He may not have been a “signing” but Forest managed to keep Morgan Gibbs-White from the clutches of Tottenham Hotspur and he has signed a new deal. Among their new arrivals, Dan Ndoye from Bologna has looked good so far, while James McAtee and Omari Hutchinson are excellent homegrown talents. They filled the positions they wanted and added Dilane Bakwa, Donnell McNeilly, Cuiabano and Oleksandr Zinchenko on deadline day.

3. Arsenal

They needed a striker and landed Viktor Gyökeres. They needed a player to control play and landed Martín Zubimendi. They needed quality on the ball and signed Eberechi Eze. Good cover too in Piero Hincapié and Cristhian Mosquera.

Ingredients are there for Mikel Arteta and now he has to get his new signings attacking fluently.

2. Chelsea

Totally revamped their frontline with João Pedro, Jamie Gittens and Liam Delap, albeit before the latter was injured. Took advantage of Alejandro Garnacho’s situation at Manchester United to land a bargain, while the work of previous windows saw Estêvão Willian arrive. Good fees for outgoings, with João Félix (£26.2m) and Noni Madueke (£48.5m) leading the way.

1. Liverpool

Arne Slot already won the window heading into deadline day after agreeing Alexander Isak’s fee with Newcastle. The £100m barrier was already broken for Florian Wirtz, full-back areas replenished, Hugo Ekitike arriving and scoring immediately and exciting prospect Giovanni Leoni in the building. Meant deal for Marc Guéhi getting called off did not make or break window.

I dont get why they rate us behind West Ham, Brighton, Villa and Bournemouth. They have all lost key players just like us with Isak.

[TRon]

50 minutes ago, kingxlnc said:

How can we be below Villa, West Ham and Leeds? Selling Isak and getting two is actually better for us overall - a 60minute player for more depth

 

 

The author was probably sat in his Mo Salah replica jersey while he was writing it. 

[rebelrouser]

RW: better depth, which was needed, but not much increase in quality; overpaid when we could have had more creativity for cheaper abroad; poor.

Striker: worse; overpaid for the German and a player who turns 29 tomorrow; poor. 

Midfielder: replaced homegrown talent with injury prone player; slightly better.

CB: better depth, but will Thiaw be that much better that Schar? poor. 

Keeper: didn't really move the needle here; poor.

 

Not a good window in terms of execution and result.  The key is to make Champions league again to keep the money pipeline intact.  We added much needed depth but our healthy starting eleven is not as good.  6/10.  

[Geordie_once_removed]

4 hours ago, Stal said:

Paywall Free Link Here

 

20. Fulham

Marco Silva has not been happy with the business done in the window. “It’s not like I expected,” he said before their last game, adding signings are needed because “if not, we are going to be not in the condition that we should be to play in the Premier League”.

Only reserve goalkeeper Benjamin Lecomte was signed before deadline day while Andreas Pereira and Martial Godo were sold. After the window closed, wingers Kevin and Samuel Chukwueze were signed. But a deal for Tyrique George fell through at the death.

19. Brentford

They are having to cope with Thomas Frank leaving as manager for Spurs, while their best players Bryan Mbuemo and Yoane Wissa have secured moves away from the club. Club captain Christian Nørgaard also went and Mark Flekken getting sold to Bayer Leverkusen should not be underestimated.

Jordan Henderson adds experience, while Dango Ouattara has come in from Bournemouth and Reiss Nelson on loan from Arsenal adds pace to the squad.

18. Burnley

They were certainly active after promotion from the Championship but they also lost their goalkeeper as James Trafford headed back to City. Kyle Walker and Martin Dubravka add Premier League experience but it is a big jump for a lot of the other signings such as Lesley Ugochukwu and Armando Broja.

17. Wolves

They will also point to keeping their star striker, with Newcastle’s attempt to land Jørgen Strand Larsen successfully resisted. But the signings did not set pulses racing, with Tolu Arokodare coming in up front, while Fer López adds competition on the wing.

16. Newcastle United

They were determined to keep Alexander Isak but as the clock ticked on the window and Sweden striker was not playing, it put huge pressure on them to agree a Premier League record deal with Liverpool. It has made them look weak.

In comes Yoane Wissa and Nick Woltemade and at least Eddie Howe has strikers who want to play for him. Other areas have been strengthened too with Anthony Elanga, Malick Thiaw and Jacob Ramsey arriving – but losing Isak is a blow.

15. Crystal Palace

In the end, they kept hold of Marc Guéhi as they could not find a replacement for the England centre-back, even though a medical had already taken place and a fee agreed. But Palace also sold Eberechi Eze to Arsenal and he will be a huge loss to Oliver Glasner’s team. Yeremy Pino was signed from Villarreal and will attempt to cover for Eze’s loss. Borna Sosa adds competition at left-back. They are weaker without Eze.

14. Bournemouth

It will be a test of Andoni Iraola coaching ability to keep winning after losing Milos Kerkez, Dean Huijsen, Illia Zabarnyi, Kepa Arrizabalaga and Dango Ouattara. They secured a loan for AC Milan full-back Álex Jiménez and covered for their departures with Bafodé Diakité, Adrien Truffert, Đorđe Petrović, Ben Doak, Amine Adli and Veljko Milosavljević.

The question will be whether they have found more gems.

3. West Ham

Graham Potter desperately needed legs in the middle of the pitch and Mateus Fernandes and Soungoutou Magassa were drafted in. Their free transfers of Kyle Walker-Peters and Callum Wilson add numbers to the squad. Igor Julio was a late addition in the window. Losing Mohammed Kudus was a blow.

12. Leeds United

They added plenty of players and height to their team but could not strike a deal for top forward target Rodrigo Muniz from Fulham. Sean Longstaff looks a reliable arrival with Premier League experience, while the goalkeeper issue was addressed with Lucas Perri coming in from Lyon. Gabriel Gudmundsson has started the season but there are unknown factors in a few other signings.

11. Aston Villa

Manchester United have been raided again to land Victor Lindelöf and Jadon Sancho, following last season’s loan of Marcus Rashford. They beat competition to sign Harvey Elliott, while Evann Guessand adds competition up front but there was no move for Emi Martínez, who eyed a switch to Old Trafford himself.

10. Brighton

Fabian Hürzeler retained the services of Carlos Baleba despite interest from Manchester United, which was a victory in the market. They sold João Pedro, Simon Adingra and Pervis Estupiñán, who have been first-teamers, and have brought in young players such as Tom Watson (19), Diego Coppola (21), Charalampos Kostoulas (18), while there is more experience in Maxim De Cuyper (24) and Olivier Boscagli (27) – but not in the Premier League. The club’s scouting system is revered in football and they always work to a plan.

9. Everton

David Moyes ended up without a right-back, which was a clear position that needed strengthening – but Jack Grealish has already come good with his assists and his loan looks good business. In Tyler Dibling, they have invested £35m in one of the most promising youngsters in England, while Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall has done well so far after getting rescued from Chelsea.

8. Tottenham Hotspur

It looked like a disastrous window for Spurs when moves for Morgan Gibbs-White and Eberechi Eze fell through, although Daniel Levy fought back in the transfer market. Mohammed Kudus can be a match-winner and cost just £55m, Xavi Simons is an exciting attacking prospect, while João Palhinha adds steel in midfield. Daniel Levy loves a bit of deadline-day drama and Randal Kolo Muani is a risk-free loan.

7. Manchester City

Pep Guardiola has completely changed the look of his team following their disastrous results during the winter months last season. Club legends Kevin De Bruyne, Jack Grealish, Kyle Walker and Ederson are out. Big step into the unknown with James Trafford and Gianluigi Donnarumma, the new first-team goalkeepers.

Rayan Aït-Nouri, Rayan Cherki and Tijjani Reijnders have arrived and Guardiola signings tend to take time to settle.

6. Sunderland

Granit Xhaka coming back to the Premier League is a transfer coup the newly-promoted side have been very busy changing the look of their squad for the top flight. Xhaka and Habib Diarra gives them power in the middle of the park and there have been two wins so far.

But six of their squad could go to the African Cup of Nations, which would mean missing a chunk of the season.

5. Manchester United

More than £200m was spent on attacking players and those signings - Bryan Mbeumo, Benjamin Šeško and Matheus Cunha - were on the pitch when defeated by Grimsby Town. But there were promising signs in the defeat by Arsenal and Belgian goalkeeper Senne Lammens has solved a position in desperate need of strengthening. Some money was raised from sales of Antony and Alejandro Garnacho.

4. Nottingham Forest

He may not have been a “signing” but Forest managed to keep Morgan Gibbs-White from the clutches of Tottenham Hotspur and he has signed a new deal. Among their new arrivals, Dan Ndoye from Bologna has looked good so far, while James McAtee and Omari Hutchinson are excellent homegrown talents. They filled the positions they wanted and added Dilane Bakwa, Donnell McNeilly, Cuiabano and Oleksandr Zinchenko on deadline day.

3. Arsenal

They needed a striker and landed Viktor Gyökeres. They needed a player to control play and landed Martín Zubimendi. They needed quality on the ball and signed Eberechi Eze. Good cover too in Piero Hincapié and Cristhian Mosquera.

Ingredients are there for Mikel Arteta and now he has to get his new signings attacking fluently.

2. Chelsea

Totally revamped their frontline with João Pedro, Jamie Gittens and Liam Delap, albeit before the latter was injured. Took advantage of Alejandro Garnacho’s situation at Manchester United to land a bargain, while the work of previous windows saw Estêvão Willian arrive. Good fees for outgoings, with João Félix (£26.2m) and Noni Madueke (£48.5m) leading the way.

1. Liverpool

Arne Slot already won the window heading into deadline day after agreeing Alexander Isak’s fee with Newcastle. The £100m barrier was already broken for Florian Wirtz, full-back areas replenished, Hugo Ekitike arriving and scoring immediately and exciting prospect Giovanni Leoni in the building. Meant deal for Marc Guéhi getting called off did not make or break window.

Thanks I guess. But having now read it I wish I'd not got past the paywall. That is utter dross and it has now occupied a bit of brain space.  The analysis is so poor and superficial it's not even worth singling out any bits for particular criticism.

[The College Dropout]

3 hours ago, TRon said:

Don't really care who won the window. We've got a squad hungry for success and a manager who knows how to lead them. Just look at PSG since they got rid of their superstars to see how far that can take you. 

It was still a team full of superstars tbf

[TRon]

1 minute ago, The College Dropout said:

It was still a team full of superstars tbf

 

It's PSG, they aren't going to buy unknowns. Point is they moved away from signing every Galactigo under the sun, and started buying to a plan, presumably with some input from the manager who wanted to develop a work ethic to go along with the stardust. 

[The College Dropout]

1 hour ago, nufc123 said:

I dont get why they rate us behind West Ham, Brighton, Villa and Bournemouth. They have all lost key players just like us with Isak.

Who did Villa lose?

 

There's no points for winning transfer windows so I don't really care.

[The College Dropout]

1 minute ago, TRon said:

 

It's PSG, they aren't going to buy unknowns. Point is they moved away from signing every Galactigo under the sun, and started buying to a plan, presumably with some input from the manager who wanted to develop a work ethic to go along with the stardust. 

Aye no old or super ego galactico's but it's still an all-star team. They are finally taking advantage of being an elite team in the best football city/country in the world. And then adding semi Galacticos like Kvara

[nufc123]

9 minutes ago, The College Dropout said:

Who did Villa lose?

 

There's no points for winning transfer windows so I don't really care.

Ramsey. Not the biggest loss for them, but still dont get how they rate Villas window better than us.

[TRon]

33 minutes ago, The College Dropout said:

Aye no old or super ego galactico's but it's still an all-star team. They are finally taking advantage of being an elite team in the best football city/country in the world. And then adding semi Galacticos like Kvara

 

 

It would be nice if we could add some superstars to our squad as well, but we couldn't pay them Galactigo wages even if we could afford their fees. We aren't there yet unfortunately, we might even lose a couple more next summer if we keep to the PSR limits. 

[The College Dropout]

21 minutes ago, nufc123 said:

Ramsey. Not the biggest loss for them, but still dont get how they rate Villas window better than us.

He wasn’t a key player. And they replaced him with a player of a higher reputation (even though I don’t rate the replacement too much). 
 

We lost our best player and replaced him with 2 players most would consider inferior. 
 

 

The aim for us this season should be qualifying for the CL again and CL last 16.  I don’t think we have enough about the squad to do that. Unless we strengthen in Jan. 

 

 

CL play offs and some kind of Europe should be our floor. Although truthfully we could finish 8th and I could have no beef. 

[Nucasol]

2 hours ago, nufc123 said:

I dont get why they rate us behind West Ham, Brighton, Villa and Bournemouth. They have all lost key players just like us with Isak.

Because they’re know-nowt dicks?