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

It does raise an interesting point about how often clubs bring in managers who are not best suited to the existing playing squad requiring substantial further investment. And not just with us

 

He’ll only have one year left on his contract in a year’s time so your point doesn’t stand.

 

Not really my point though, it would have been nice to have been more prepared for the start of the season. Now we have to adjust and figure things out a month into the season. I wouldn’t mind as much if this was a rarity but we’ve been late to do business in the last 3 or 4 seasons now and I might be being generous there. I’m pretty sure when we went down last time we still played the first few games with JWP, Tella and Lavia in the squad because we are always so slow to do the things we need to do. This isn’t a one off and that’s what is frustrating on top of not really doing much so far.

 

But we didn't want to sell our best players if we didn't have too. If you want better players you often have to wait later into the window, especially when you're not spending £30-£40 million on one player and no longer in the PL. We need starting XI players, and as long as we get that before September 2nd then that's all that matters.