Transfer Rumours Summer 2025 Transfer Thread…

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And this is the part that gets overlooked. We might have banked the fee, but it'll be paid over a few years and that fee will fundamentally just cover the extra player we've had to sign.

This merry-go-round in defence all started in Jan when we panic signed Egan & we didn't need him. Good player and everything but won't be cheap and he's 33.



It's like you're ignoring that we also have to sign a LB too as Macca covered there fine.

Didn't even just cover there. He played half a season there and was one of the best full backs in the division IMO. Blackburn will be making mega £ on him within 2 years.
 
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Yeah, and here’s me thinking this summer would teach those at the club about spending beyond your means. Silly me.

Come off it. This is Acun here.

But the EFL will have signed McBurnie off after we've cleared some wage headroom and brought in a few mil.

Their remit isn't who we sign it's making sure we can pay our outstanding commitments
 
We were always going to be bringing in a left back or 2. Giles renaissance has meant it's only had to be 1.

With Giles back in the frame, we didn't need to, though, especially with the embargo/restriction.

I'm far from convinced that signing someone who hasn't played in 2 years is the answer either.
 
Giles should be moved on, he’s not good enough.

Because of what we spent and the wages he's on, he's going to be repeatedly given chances.

We aren't going to find anyone to cover all his wages or pay anything close to what we did for him so we're a little stuck. We just have to hope he comes good. He's looked better this pre season though
 
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With Giles back in the frame, we didn't need to, though, especially with the embargo/restriction.

I'm far from convinced that signing someone who hasn't played in 2 years is the answer either.

We did. Macca was very much a CB filling in at LB. Plus he was always going to be second fiddle here and Blackburn have held an interest for a couple of seasons now.

Think he wanted to go and play in fairness to him.

And if Ajayi is on a bit more than Jones, Famewo will almost certainly be on less than Macca.
 
*He said it could eventually be worth £3m.

But if Ajayi is on more, and we've had to bring in Famewo and Williams to replace Alfie and Macca, we really haven't saved much at all.

Assuming we've got a £2m fee for Alfie, over 3 years (for example) that's £700k a year (approx) which equates to a player on just less than £15k a week. That's before we deduct any sell on fees etc for Alfie. Considering we've had to bring in an additional player to replace the 2, and Ajayi will be on more, that £2m can easily be eaten up.

I appreciate Macca's fee ain't included but it was **** all anyway.
Baz actually said over £3m on the new pod
 
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Because of what we spent and the wages he's on, he's going to be repeatedly given chances.

We aren't going to find anyone to cover all his wages or pay anything close to what we did for him so we're a little stuck. We just have to hope he comes good. He's looked better this pre season though

We’d have been a lot better subsidising his wage and sending him on loan to league one or two and keeping Macca, who’s a much better left back and can also play centre back.
 
With Giles back in the frame, we didn't need to, though, especially with the embargo/restriction.

I'm far from convinced that signing someone who hasn't played in 2 years is the answer either.

My reply to 1moreagain acknowledged the same concerns but the identity of the left back we bring in has no bearing on the fact that we would always be bringing at least one in regardless, and Macca was not a natural fit.

We'd agreed a deal for Owen Beck before the embargo hit.
 
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Is it at all possible mcburnie hasn’t dicked us about as long as all summer. We’ve had the efl all over us for weeks and it might be that we’ve had to shift players in order to finance the deal.
I’m not saying he/agent haven’t maybe used the situation to their advantage (possibly). Which in all honestly we’d all do the same, he was signing on July 1st, maybe it’s us that have dicked him about as much
 
Because of what we spent and the wages he's on, he's going to be repeatedly given chances.

We aren't going to find anyone to cover all his wages or pay anything close to what we did for him so we're a little stuck. We just have to hope he comes good. He's looked better this pre season though
Jak is platforming him to his strengths he’ll never be a good defender
 
Id be surprised if we're paying him 45k a week, cant see the EFL approving that. But if we are, then as others have said if we bought him for a few million and paid him 25k a week most would be happy that we've finally got a championship proven striker.

We've seen lots of crosses into the box this pre-season, it's a big part of the way the manager likes to play.. we now have someone decent in the box to hopefully get on the end of them. It's another piece of the puzzle in place.