Transfer Rumours Summer 2025 Transfer Thread…

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pierredelafranchesca said:
Yeah coming up with an average is difficult due to the significant differences in wage budget across the division. Even within a club like City's you're likely to have people on say c5k a week (Jacob for e.g. was likely in this range) vs others on c30k a week (Giles/Omur reportedly last year!). Maybe a different way to look at it is 'expected wages' of a player delivering x or y. In a wingers case, if someone's going to come in and have a season like Philogene had for us, then 30k a week seems like a bargain, if however they're going to have a season like Omur had (for the 12 months he were here) then 30k seems like a massive overpayment.

In Barry's case....no one knows what he's asked for on here and most importantly no one knows what his output will be, as with the above 30k could be a bargain or a rip off, time will tell. There's also the fee to consider too as part of the whole package but again value would be solely dependant upon how he performs. From the outside, 3.5m and 30k a week for a winger in the championship seems like a gamble worth taking if you can afford for it to go wrong, or at worst not go quite right
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Oddly enough, Philogene didn't come here on massive wages. He was rumoured to be on about £5,000 a week at Villa and we doubled it and then added a bit more. Carvalho was on £40,000 a week at Liverpool, it's how much of it we were paying that is a mystery and you'd hope it wasn't all of it. Coupled with Giles, Omur, Connolly and Tufan, we had some pretty hefty hitters in that squad in 23/24.
 
SydneyTiger14 said:
No issue with inside info being posted but when it doesn't make sense I think it's reasonable to question it.
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That's fair enough, I'm the same with everything else so I'd expect the exact same with what I've written. What I don't like is the passive aggressive digs at the posters.

Happens a lot on here actually, there's a lot of usage of the phrase "certain posters" as if the context of the post doesn't indicate exactly who they are referring to, and then pull the "oh you thought I was talking about you, don't be so big headed."

As my old gaffer used to say "call a **** a ****, don't pretend you aren't talking to the **** if they're being a ****." He then called me a **** (affectionately).
 
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Steven Toast said:
Nobody said we were going bust. I said we were carrying a hell of a lot of debt. Which, when the accounts come out, you'll see.

Acun wanting out was when he was at Fener, before all the fallout. Obviously that's changed now that he isn't there anymore. He said as much in the Q and A that he wasn't giving 100% to Hull City during that time period, few could argue in opposition to that.

On the players downing tools side of it, it's difficult to prove that because I was told it and didn't see it first hand (not sure how I could outside of the performances on the pitch), but might bear looking at some of the media interviews with respective new clubs if some of last seasons lot actually do go. Pedro has gone without much fanfare despite him signing that one year extension, while it wouldn't surprise me to see Kamara go if somebody offers at least what we paid for him (which I can't see happening, nor do I particularly want to see happen). That being said, when I was told that, there weren't plans to shelve Ruben Selles and Jakirovic will want to assess the squad this week anyway, so it might be that those who were being ushered out might stay if he wants them to.

Like myself, Howden, M88 and others have said, we're happy to pass on what we're told, sometimes we see first hand evidence of stuff, most of the time (speaking for myself) we get stuff passed on to us via word of mouth, in my case informally through a friend. If you don't think it's true, that's up to you.
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I have no idea what you said, but putting together all the claims, wages late, fire sale of players, debt to banks etc it was claimed/assumed we were/are in financial trouble.
 
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I still don't get it with Jacob. It sounds like Giles is off and we're only signing one left back, so surely we need someone else for that position and Jacob would've been a good option. It sometimes seems like no one is ever good enough for us to stick with and there must always be this constant churn of players.
 
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PLT said:
I still don't get it with Jacob. It sounds like Giles is off and we're only signing one left back, so surely we need someone else for that position and Jacob would've been a good option. It sometimes seems like no one is ever good enough for us to stick with and there must always be this constant churn of players.
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Im happy for him
Hopefully he plays regularly there

Instead of barely playing here again
 
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PLT said:
I still don't get it with Jacob. It sounds like Giles is off and we're only signing one left back, so surely we need someone else for that position and Jacob would've been a good option. It sometimes seems like no one is ever good enough for us to stick with and there must always be this constant churn of players.
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Maybe it suggests we're keeping Macca? He may feel more comfortable with staying if he's not fighting too many for his position. Not forgetting that Drameh and Coyle have played there too (I'm a fan of either in that position btw).
 
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TigerMarv said:
Or young woman desperate to break into the industry was taken advantage off.
If you like women who aren't attention seeking looking at the tv is the wrong place
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If she hadnt gone on to be the biggest attention seeker going your argument might have held some weight. There are plenty of ladies on TV and Radio that are not narcissistic, Holden is on a whole new level. Thankfully I rarely watch TV, certainly not the type of mainstream programming she is involved in, so I dont have to put up with her.
 
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Jim the Tiger said:
If she hadnt gone on to be the biggest attention seeker going your argument might have held some weight. There are plenty of ladies on TV and Radio that are not narcissistic, Holden is on a whole new level. Thankfully I rarely watch TV, certainly not the type of mainstream programming she is involved in, so I dont have to put up with her.
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Can she play upfront?
 
PLT said:
I still don't get it with Jacob. It sounds like Giles is off and we're only signing one left back, so surely we need someone else for that position and Jacob would've been a good option. It sometimes seems like no one is ever good enough for us to stick with and there must always be this constant churn of players.
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Macca didn't let anyone down when he filled in at left back. Always gave his all which is all we can ask.
Left back has been an issue for a few seasons now. The signing of Vinagre appeared to be the answer but that soon nose dived.
 
PLT said:
I still don't get it with Jacob. It sounds like Giles is off and we're only signing one left back, so surely we need someone else for that position and Jacob would've been a good option. It sometimes seems like no one is ever good enough for us to stick with and there must always be this constant churn of players.
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The lad is 24 and he probably wants a guarantee of minutes. We won’t give him that
 
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