Winter '25/26 Transfer Rumours Thread

[stubbo-admin]

Well seems like with all these international breaks, and us languishing, the rumours of ins and outs are rife.

Chuck anything 'worthy' of discussion on this thread...

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Incomings:

Pablo Felipe - €21m + €3m (Gil Vicente) | Forward
Valentin 'Taty' Castellanos - €26m + €4m (Lazio) | Forward
Adama Traore - £2m + £1m if stay up (Fulham) | Forward
Axel Disasi - Loan (Chelsea) | Centre Back
Keiber Lamadrid - £150k + £1m option | Attacking Mid

Outgoings:

Nicolas Füllkrug - 6 months loan (AC Milan)
Luis Guilherme - £17m + Sell On % (Sporting Lisbon)
George Earthy - 6 months loan (Bristol City)
Callum Marshall - 6 months loan (Bochum)
Andy Irving - 1.5m (Sparta Prague)
Guido Rodriguez - Undisclosed (Valencia)
Igor Julio - Loan Cancelled (Brighton)
James Ward Prowse - 6 months loan (Burnley)
Lucas Paqueta - £36.5m + Buy Back Clause (Flamengo)

[El Scorchio]

The club has form for needlessly dragging out signings.

 

You called it first when no one else did. 

[twoleftfeet]

I don't think Harvey Elliott at Villa on loan from the Scousers would be a bad idea. It all depends whether we can renegotiate his loan deal for the rest of the season that works better in our favour.

Villa don't want to play him because if he plays 10 games in any competition they have to sign him for £35m. I think this led to their director of football Monchi suddenly departing not long after the transfer window closed. The bloke did a great job at Sevilla for years but he didn't last long in Brum.

I'd take him over Sterling anyday of the week. I'll just pretend his surname is Keitel because that's the only Harvey who was ever cool.

He can’t play for anymore teams in Europe this season. 

[eusebiovic]

I don't think Harvey Elliott at Villa on loan from the Scousers would be a bad idea. It all depends whether we can renegotiate his loan deal for the rest of the season that works better in our favour.

Villa don't want to play him because if he plays 10 games in any competition they have to sign him for £35m. I think this led to their director of football Monchi suddenly departing not long after the transfer window closed. The bloke did a great job at Sevilla for years but he didn't last long in Brum.

I'd take him over Sterling anyday of the week. I'll just pretend his surname is Keitel because that's the only Harvey who was ever cool.

[Come On You Irons]

Typical that the signing of this Pablo bloke hasn't been announced today. The club has form for needlessly dragging out signings.

Hopefully it will be announced tomorrow morning.

[onsideman]

We should be signing Brenan Johnson but Palace are the more attractive proposition which says a lot about them & us. Wonder if we were even interested because we should have been.
Can't believe Spurs didn't want him & that bigger clubs weren't interested, would love to have him here.



 

He's a bit of a strange one for me.

Sure he pops up with a goal out of the blue when you least expect it but I never really seem to see his presence on the pitch until he nicks the odd goal.

Not a bad trait to have at all but what else does he do?

Kudus is a bit like that as well which is why they probably think they don't need Johnson.

I think they paid £40m so have dropped £5m or so in 18 months. I dont like the diving little prick but given that he was their top scorer last season it seems odd - especially since Frank wanted him at Brentford - but my guess would be that his stats now suggest that he's not progressing as they had hoped.

[eusebiovic]

We should be signing Brenan Johnson but Palace are the more attractive proposition which says a lot about them & us. Wonder if we were even interested because we should have been.
Can't believe Spurs didn't want him & that bigger clubs weren't interested, would love to have him here.


 

He's a bit of a strange one for me.

Sure he pops up with a goal out of the blue when you least expect it but I never really seem to see his presence on the pitch until he nicks the odd goal.

Not a bad trait to have at all but what else does he do?

Kudus is a bit like that as well which is why they probably think they don't need Johnson.

[BoleynGone]

https://www.3addedminutes.com/sport/foo ... ue-5460904

damn I tought we had swapped managers.
like my dreams

[BoleynGone]

Gil Vicente play Sporting tonight.
neither Pedro or Guilherme have lined up.

 

[Fauxstralian]

No mention of Jesus on the official site & the team news there just says Todibo is being assessed and Igor is available after being ineligible v Brighton 
Expect we missed the deadline but wouldn’t mind if we are playing silly buggers & he appears on the bench 

[twoleftfeet]

We should be signing Brenan Johnson but Palace are the more attractive proposition which says a lot about them & us. Wonder if we were even interested because we should have been.
Can't believe Spurs didn't want him & that bigger clubs weren't interested, would love to have him here.

 

A very underwhelming player. 

[Fauxstralian]

Spurs have some bloke called Kudus & Kulusevski to come back at some point so don’t really need him 
Definitely need a CB & presumably Guilherme will go out to pay for one

[RootsRadical]

We should be signing Brenan Johnson but Palace are the more attractive proposition which says a lot about them & us. Wonder if we were even interested because we should have been.
Can't believe Spurs didn't want him & that bigger clubs weren't interested, would love to have him here.
 

[Sir Alf]

“Do look good signings”

[Sir Alf]

A CB is a critical signing now.  Cresswell sounds like the one lined up. Done well in France, good in the air and apparently vocal and a “leader”. Top in aerial duels in France too. Young at what 23?  I saw him on the box for England in the U21 Euro tournament last year and yes he looked good in that but like Ligue 1 in France its less intense than the PL.  lets hope Max Hahn is backing tge signing with his research assuming he was involved with recruitment of Fernandes or Magassa who donlook good signings.  

There is also talk of some LB coming in so its obvious that Sullivan has cacked himself what with these deals getting done so early.  Dont suspect any of them are world beaters / class yet but so long as they are better than we have that is progress. Not hard as its a low bar and if we get them all its still a big ask to dig us out of the hole we are in.  

[Fauxstralian]

When was the last time Sterling played a game of football?
Am sure he has done a bit of light training as £300k+ a week landed in his account and would be weeks if not months away from being match fit
Sums him up to say he’d rather join Fulham as presumably he lives west of London & doesnt fancy the drive east for his chauffeur 
Joey Beachamp style!

[El Scorchio]

Yes good news. It would have been right out of the never learns short term fix with no thought past this season Sullivan special playbook. It had his greasy fingerprints all over it from the moment it was whispered. 

You just know it would have been some sort of back breaking 2-3 year option on 150+ pw for a player past their prime with no resale value and a big mouth and sense of worth who just wouldn’t be a fraction worth it as his pace leaves him. 

That’s a let off for us IMO. Let someone else be the sucker for once. God knows who will take on his insane wages and baggage though. 

[Massive Attack]

Sterling has turned us down, thank fuck! Fancies Fulham. 

Some more good Transfer news then. Things really are looking up.

[Mad Ferret]

Sterling has turned us down, thank fuck! Fancies Fulham. 

More likely knows he won’t get a game over Bowen.

[twoleftfeet]

Sterling has turned us down, thank fuck! Fancies Fulham. 

[El Scorchio]

Who was that cսnt we signed from celtic?  Cummings?  What happened to him?

Another of our extremely speculative punts a la Terry Dixon or Gavin Holligan? Likely never play for the first team I expect and the club should never have made any sort of fanfare over the signing like it was something to shout about. 

[Mad Dog]

Who was that cսnt we signed from celtic?  Cummings?  What happened to him?

[El Scorchio]

Todibo does seem to have really picked his game up now, to be fair to him. Trouble is he’s partnered with a clown every game, no matter who else is picked. Absolutely need another competent CB. Particularly if Todibo is to miss any time. 

[fraser]

Our most urgent need is to stop conceding circa two goals a game so an effective defender or two is needed at least as much as forwards.

To be fair having a presence upfield may stop us sitting so deep and help us not concede goals 

Agree, but not keeping a clean sheet since Nuno arrived is definitely a sign there is a problem in our defence too.  
Especially when our 3 CB's appear to take in turns to be the shittest player at the club.

 

 

Well yeah there is that.. 

[,]

If I have this correct we will be making a bid for keeper Nick Pope. He together with Jesus both coached by the saint’s ghost should ensure we escape relegation.

[scott_d]

Our most urgent need is to stop conceding circa two goals a game so an effective defender or two is needed at least as much as forwards.

To be fair having a presence upfield may stop us sitting so deep and help us not concede goals 

Agree, but not keeping a clean sheet since Nuno arrived is definitely a sign there is a problem in our defence too.  
Especially when our 3 CB's appear to take in turns to be the shittest player at the club.