Transfer Rumours Summer 2025 Transfer Thread…

I’d go with the Kings of Leon’s Cystitis song.

“McBurnie’s on fire”

 

Poor behaviour from Coventry,bang out of order considering we play them Saturday.

 

I agree so let’s insult them with a 4-0 win.

 

Agree. I wonder what Fat Frank would be saying to Sky Sports News if we’d pulled a trick like that?

 

The issue is they are only our players if we've made payment before the embargo.

 

Hughes scores first runs past their bench kissing our badge...

 

when do we hear the outcome of this appeal/hearing then? or have i missed it..

 

Probably Friday.

 

Appeal yesterday, a response within 48 hours apparently...

 

someone mentioned within 48 hours of the meeting- beleive that if you will

 

I guess the key to this is:

Are they registered to play for Hull City? Definitely not.
Are they employees of Hull City Tigers Ltd? If they have signed a contract with the club then yes. It’s this latter point that seems to be where the confusion lies.

 

Agreed.

It'll be a moot point soon anyway as I was reading about a class action by (ex)players against FIFA which if they win will give every player the right to rip up a contact when ever they feel like it and move on. It would completely blow up the transfer system.

Just what football needs, more power in the hands of players agents...

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/cy5prnpy142o

 

Yeah I didn’t hear it either ! LOL
Sorry couldn’t resist

 

Bugger! I did that on Twitter once when making a snarky point and got completely slaughtered

 

I’d back that but with the caveat that release clauses are mandatory in every single contract and agreed by all parties when the contract is signed. If a player wants to unilaterally rip up his contract to force a move elsewhere as a free agent, he has to pay the entire release clause to his current club up front out of his own pocket.

Oh, and they can only register for new clubs during transfer windows so if a player rips up a contract in October, he’s **** out of luck until January.

 

im sure the a players signing bonus wont be the same amount

 

Wow!

I think if that happened, football would be gone completely, just big players going to work for the one giving them the most money.
Lower league clubs would just disappear, amateur at best.
It sounds like like a regular person giving 2 weeks notice then starting their new job on the Monday after the 2 weeks are up!
Players need to be very careful, the Bosman ruling lost clubs a lot of money & made players & agents very wealthy.
If clubs start folding because there’s no transfer fees coming in, then those average players aren’t going to get anything.
Maybe football’s had its day, time to move on to something new!
I can see a Super League set up like the NFL, where the top players get drafted, that's the end of average Joe!

 

I think this is relevant to the current situations with Wissa and Isak. Both players want to leave their current clubs and are willing to down tools to force a move. Their current clubs are standing firm with their valuations.

If players could unilaterally rip up their contracts whenever they feel like it, then Newcastle lose out on £150M. You could say ‘Well, Newcastle are owned by Saudi Arabia. What’s £150M to them?’ but it is relevant due to PSR. Clubs cannot spend freely. They need to show X amount of income against their expenses or else they breach PSR and get hit with sanctions. Selling Isak gives Newcastle huge PSR headroom. If he can just decide to **** off and rip up his contract, it throws the whole footballing economy out of whack. Newcastle lose out on crucial revenue whilst still having to carry the expense of the initial transfer fee for Isak.

I’m pretty sick of the whinging by footballers at the moment. The way they’re going on about the schedule and workload, you’d think they’re Russian factory workers in 1917. The schedule has increased because of their ridiculous, ever-increasing salaries. Higher salaries mean clubs need more money, which means more competitions and more games to secure revenue. If they want fewer games, their salaries need to decrease by about 60%.

 

agree
if the players at the top want to be paid 100k+ a week
they can shut the **** up and get on with it