The Summer 2025 Transfer Window Thread

[NicholasG1973]

Nothing wrong with abit of forward planning as long as it doesn’t come at the expense of the here and now (says it quietly)

Can’t see Agba being here in 2 years time, for example if he carries on as he is

Jeez, hang on.

He’s done ok, but he’s not peak Rio Ferdinand just yet.

 

[Jinky]

Favourite top 5 Fosun era players for me:

- Moutinho
- Neves
- Raul
- Boly
- Coady

Saiss & possibly Rui & Jonny would be ahead of Jota/Cunha too.

 

[NicholasG1973]

Favourite top 5 Fosun era players for me:

- Moutinho
- Neves
- Raul
- Boly
- Coady

Saiss & possibly Rui & Jonny would be ahead of Jota/Cunha too.

I’m absolutely with this - I’d swap Jonny and Boly though. Absolutely loved Jonny.

Cunha gets nowhere near, thanks. Great player, might have kept us up, but has totally stitched us up too.

Not only with his playground antics (twice) but by forcing a ridiculous new contract (which we didn’t need to give him) including a release clause miles below his value and meaning we make a bag of chips on our most prized asset.

 

[YoungWolf]

I loved him but he's not in my top 5 Fosun era players

Moutinho
Neves
Raul
Boly
Cunha

Might have Jonny ahead of him too

If we’re talking favourites

Jota
Moutinho
Neves
Boly
Raul

 

[Lycan]

Fosun favourites for me:

1 Moutinho
=2 Neves
=2 Raúl
=2 Jota
=2 Coady

Boly & Cunha very close behind those 4 and then Jonny, Rui, Saïss, Neto & João Gomes very close behind them.

André has the potential to climb into that group very soon, I love watching him play.

In my lifetime only Lescott, Murray, Keane & Bull are in the conversation and I wouldn't have any of them higher than Boly/Cunha.

 

[Tredman]

Coady for me, embodied everything good about that era, the ever changing carrousel of captains since he left shows how far the club has fallen.

 

[prawnking]

Neves
Coady
Raul
Jota
Adama

Also have a soft spot for Barry Douglas in the Champ

 

[Deano]

On Lescott and Boly, they are hard to separate for me. Obviously Boly was superb and at a higher level but Lescott (at a young age) at the time was so strong and it just looked so easy for him, he used to knock people off the ball with ease and then be able to bring the ball out at a time where that was rarer than it is now, was clear very early he'd go on to have a very good career.

 

[Langers]

Neves
Moutinho
Raul
Coady
Jota

Weird to think back to the heady days but I genuinely loved the entire squad at various points. Yes, even Doherty when he was contributing positive performances regularly.

 

[jd1981]

Moutinho
Neves
Raul
Jota
Saiss

I’ve only included players bought in the Fosun era. Coady, Adama and Boly deserve honourable shouts to.

 

[Woburn Wolf]

BBC gossip page suggesting we might be interested in re-signing Jota this summer. Presumably this would be as a Cunha replacement, and popular with a large section of our fans.
Obviously he is infinitely superior to Hwang and Guedes, but even if he wanted to return (I can't see it), is he the best option out there? On his day he was unstoppable, but he blew hot and cold too much for me. Of course a cold Jota would most likely still be preferable to whoever we do get (and why would he want to come here?).

Too injury prone on big wages and the scousers would want silly money for him (£55m being reported). We need to spend the Cunha money sensibly and this ain’t it.

 

[Woburn Wolf]

He's a 6ft 1in left footed CB/LB to save people Googling.

Toti cover and hopefully eventual replacement.

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

Too injury prone on big wages and the scousers would want silly money for him (£55m being reported). We need to spend the Cunha money sensibly and this ain’t it.

I feel like Harry Mansell has somehow generated this rumour.

It's not going to happen.

However, I'm amazed anyone thinks we shouldn't sign him if given the opportunity, he'd get 15 goals for us the way he is now.

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

He's not even *that* injury prone, his games played for Liverpool:

30 - 13
55 - 21
28 - 7
32 - 15
29 - 8

 

[North Shropshire Lad]

He's been injured for 97 games (according to Transfermarkt) since he joined Liverpool [inc Portugal games which will probably accounts for 10 or so]. I don't think there's any chance he rejoins us but even if he were keen, I don't think we could take that risk financially with that injury record.

 

[MARKakaJIM]

He's not even *that* injury prone, his games played for Liverpool:

30 - 13
55 - 21
28 - 7
32 - 15
29 - 8

One full season and four where's he been closer to half those numbers doesn't look great for availability.

 

[North Shropshire Lad]

For comparison, over the same period that Jota missed 97 games for Liverpool, Neto missed 104 (including a full season) and the seemingly forever unavailable/injured Hwang missed 41.

 

[jd1981]

Take into account Liverpool have enough options to rotate Jota in and out of their side we would need him at every available time he’s fit so he’d probably burn out too.

 

[Lycan]

I suppose one factor to consider is that under Klopp & Slot he's been asked to be part of a much more intense pressing structure than under Nuno or Vítor. That will have contributed to at least some of those injuries.

As has been said though, it's not going to happen unfortunately.

 

[Wolf of Ashford]

Is that all games though? Liverpool have european games and in general, will go deeper in cup competitions than us. So he would miss more games for them than he theoretically would for us in the same time periods?

But yeah, it's not going to happen.......... he won't be joining a relegation fight