Transfer Rumours Summer 2025 1 - 10 June, 16 June - 1 September

We are clearly sticking to our guns with prices on players, including ones like ABK who it’s obvious we don’t see having a future here. Be interesting to see if we budge on these types of player or if teams just match what we asking for.

We definitely need some to leave before making any signings though.

 

Why? He's not ever really shown he's good enough for our level.

 

ABK is worth budging on tbh, just to get the twat out.

I do wonder if we should budge a bit with Tyler. £40m pure profit would do us the world of good. I'd far rather lose him than Matty.

 

With all of them it depends on what’s going on behind the scenes. I’m very much in the “if they don’t want to be here let them go” camp. Based on us rejecting what aren’t unreasonable bids for Dibling I’m assuming that he isn’t kicking off behind the scenes currently, he also played a part in Sunday which wouldn’t happen if he was really kicking off (see players like Hutchinson for examples).

If Dibling wants the move, but is happy enough with not getting it unless someone matches the asking price then I’m fine with us sticking to our guns with him.

Agree about more fringe players like ABK, Taylor, Smallbone, Edozie that we should just be looking to get what we can to create squad space.

 

Also worth adding in that I’ve seen an argument that Dibling is never going to be worth more to us than now as there is no chance he signs a new deal (think it was mentioned on TSP). I disagree to an extent with this. I think if he doesn’t get the move and we start winning most weeks then there is a reasonable chance he signs a new deal in say November with a non promotion/relegation release clause, just to get a payrise/some security if he gets injured or nobody wants him anymore.

He might see KWP and prefer taking that option if we get promoted of playing week in week out for us in the PL then leaving on a free, but that is another two years of him earning absolutely **** all in terms of his value and footballer salaries.

 

We don't know that we can't just keep them both. People are assuming we need to sell because of relegation but we will be raising between £40m-£50m in sales excluding Dibling & Fernandes and are much better off financially now than last time we went down.

 

Shame. Never really given a chance, considering the dross we've had over the last couple of seasons I would've been happy with him in the squad.