Transfer Rumours Summer 2025 Transfer Thread…

Yup. If we paid 3m quid, sell him for 7m Euros (approx 6m quid), with a 50% sell-on clause (50% of profit) then we get 1.5m quid.

 

Of course people have knocked Elder, usually when he's brought up in a discussion about players we shouldn't have released. People don't just randomly bring him up when we're talking about needing a new left back to disparagingly put him down do they?

We don't have conversations on here along the lines of "Giles needs replacing with a new left back" "Yeah but he's not as **** as Elder " do we?

Like, in the scheme of things it doesn't matter, and like I said to Newcastle, it was clearly a joke just seemed a pretty poor joke. If a player pulls on a City shirt, gives his all, and leaves unacrimoniously, I'm rarely going to have a bad word to say about them. Others can live their lives in other ways.

 

When Willliams signs, I hope he isn't as **** as Elder was, he's only had a couple of cameo appearances in friendlies after not playing for over a year.

 

I’m hoping that he’s got something of a point to prove and that his year in the wilderness has made him mature somewhat.

 

Allsop is taboo because he's Rosenior's boy, and certain people believe no one who Liam ever loved can be flawed in any way.

 

What a strange comment - although I assume this is just a joke too to be shrugged off.

I must say, I wonder if the same people obsessing over Selles' first result for Sheff Utd would be as obsessed if he'd won 4-1 rather than lost 4-1.

 

Do you not consider that it’s just ****ing hilarious he’s gone to a rival of ours and lost 4-1 in his opening game. I hope he fails to win a game at the Blunts.

 

He might not see September

 

Was asked what I thought of Selles by two Sheffield Utd fans in the pub. Said "he's OK but I would rather have Wilder, as Selles didn't really impress me". They reckoned they would rather have Wilder also.

 

same conversation with about 5 utd fans last night at footy, my view was he did well for us in points per game where we'd started in a laughably **** position, but last 7 felt like we only played for a draw, that said it's only been one game and they were up against a top 6 team who played a perfect away game, just sat so so deep and hit em on the break, can't blame manager for players making **** passes or missing good chances, basically time will tell but don't write him off just yet

 

and let's not forget ..... even wilder lost the odd home game by 3 goals last season!

 

Sacking Wilder was more unhinged than us sacking Rosenior.

They finished 14 points above Sunderland and outplayed them for the majority of the Play Off final. Yes of course there must have been immense disappointment at not being promoted but over the course of the season they were clearly one of the top 3 teams. Sacking the manager who achieved that was dubious, replacing him with a inexperienced guy who had clearly just buckled under pressure was reckless.

 

Sheffield United’s reasoning is that they want to use AI to build their squad, and Wilder wasn’t up for that.

Which is terrible reasoning in every possible way. I’m not upset by that, just amazed.

 

Wilder and Rosenior have very similar features though in terms of the sacking. Both incredibly well liked because of their connections to the club, added in the fact they had success (obviously Wilder was much more than Rosie) but that then led to subconscious resentment for a lot of the fan base which I fully understand to the next person. For us that was made a lot easier by Walter and Selles will likely see the same outcome if he can’t get positive results. Selles is a likeable guy but won’t ever reach the heights of Wilder but that’s out of his control and down to the new ownership for sacking wilder off the back of a record 3rd place (fact check me if wrong)

 

Selles is the best manager since sliced bread as shown by the FACT that after we sacked him he go a job at a team obviously better than us as shown by the FACT that they finished higher in the league last season.
Or something like that.