The Transfer Thread 2024/25 - Everything Not Wolves

[Deutsch Wolf]

With Kane getting towards the end of his time as automatic pick as England’s number 9 the opportunity for Toney to play regularly is there, but not if he’s playing in Saudi. I’d rather earn less, but still a silly amount, and take the chance of playing for England regularly. He’ll probably only gamble away the extra he earns anyway

Toney is 30 before the World Cup comes around and Kane is 100% making at least one more tournament.

 

[AndyWolves]

With Kane getting towards the end of his time as automatic pick as England’s number 9 the opportunity for Toney to play regularly is there, but not if he’s playing in Saudi. I’d rather earn less, but still a silly amount, and take the chance of playing for England regularly. He’ll probably only gamble away the extra he earns anyway

I think @Lupo said Toney will pick up 60m over 3 years. There is no income tax in Saudi so he gets to keep the lot. It's a huge amount of money

 

[Kenny]

Birmingham have put a £9m bid in for Stansfield from Fulham!

Amazingly, Fulham have rejected it

 

[Sniffer]

Nottingham Forest are understood to have made a bid for Kelleher but their offer of £25-30m was short of Liverpool’s valuation.

So Liverpool sign one of the best goalkeeping prospects in the world for £29m but want almost the same if not more for the reserve keeper that they deem surplus to requirements.

 

[Kenny]

Nottingham Forest are understood to have made a bid for Kelleher but their offer of £25-30m was short of Liverpool’s valuation.

So Liverpool sign one of the best goalkeeping prospects in the world for £29m but want almost the same if not more for the reserve keeper that they deem surplus to requirements.

Liverpool always seem to put high valuations on their players....and clubs are happy to pay it.

 

[Carrotdude]

They’ll still need Kelleher as a back up though, new keeper is on loan at Valencia until Allison leaves next summer (presumably) so having a solid backup is probably more important than the money to them at the moment

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Liverpool are just bloody good at getting insane money for their players.

 

[Squeak]

Looks like they have got him on loan for the season

Crazy. Why West Ham would let him go on loan to a rival for the season seems very strange.

 

[Kenny]

Crazy. Why West Ham would let him go on loan to a rival for the season seems very strange.

Lop doesn't want him and they need him out so they can bring Carlos Soler in from PSG.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Don't think West Ham view Forest as rivals, with their spending (and what they already had in place) they're after chasing the likes of Chelsea and Newcastle, not clubs they already finished miles above.

JWP isn't very good. Runs like an old woman into a 60mph wind.

 

[Kenny]

Broja to Ipswich is off

Might be back on

 

[Tony Towner]

Might be back on

I think a few teams will smartly play Chelsea's need to move players from a volume perspective today.

 

[Tony Towner]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1829437470682775706

Chelsea ‘selling’ someone for way over value to their sister club to fudge their accounts even further. Such a farce.

...and another

https://twitter.com/x/status/1829528746371739881

 

[Squeak]

Don't think West Ham view Forest as rivals, with their spending (and what they already had in place) they're after chasing the likes of Chelsea and Newcastle, not clubs they already finished miles above.

JWP isn't very good. Runs like an old woman into a 60mph wind.

For me, outside of Man City, Arsenal and Liverpool, everyone should view each other as rivals. West Ham were dirge in pre-season and based on that, could be in for a relegation battle.

As for JWP, I agree that he isn't particularly good but his set pieces usually are. I don't know why he'd pick Forest and not fight for his place at West Ham.

 

[Kenny]

I don't know why he'd pick Forest and not fight for his place at West Ham.

If a manager doesn't want you though, it's either move or sit around doing nothing week in week out.

 

[Squeak]

If a manager doesn't want you though, it's either move or sit around doing nothing week in week out.

But is that just media talk or actual fact?

 

[Kenny]

But is that just media talk or actual fact?

Fact.

Lopetegui wants a different type of midfielder (a mobile one). Had a player lined up but couldn't sign him until he got JWP out of the way

 

[Tony Towner]

I wonder which of him or Southampton weren't interested in a reunion?

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

I wonder which of him or Southampton weren't interested in a reunion?

Think Saints would have loved to but the bump up in wages when he went to West Ham will rule them out

 

[Squeak]

Fact.

Lopetegui wants a different type of midfielder (a mobile one). Had a player lined up but couldn't sign him until he got JWP out of the way

JWP played every pre-season game but one (Celta) and was then a sub v Villa and Palace. He then played against Bournemouth. So while the hype maybe that Lope wants a different player, he was still using him. OK, he's sanctioned the move on loan to Forest so that would indicate he doesn't see him as a regular but as we know things can change quickly in football. I just think it's a weird one.