Transfer Rumours Winter 2025 Transfer Thread

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I don't understand the criticism of the Crooks signing. We can't just keep punting on kids from abroad, we're going down. We need his experience, know-how and he's also a very decent player. It's a substantial upgrade on Mehlem and a really good start to the window.

I don’t know how you say it’s a substantial upgrade on Mehlem. Mehlem is a decent player and got three assists in 16 league games. Crooks got four assists in almost twice as many games in a significantly worse league. I don’t think Mehlem has been allowed to leave because of his ability.
 
I'll forgive this signing if we get Puerta in full time and Zambrano is done in the summer. As it stands, were not exactly an attractive proposition, we have to ensure by the end of the season we are with 25/26 season in mind...
 
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Obvious parallels.

Experienced but aging Championship player goes to MLS for a payday before signing for us in a surprise move before either…

a) setting the world alight.

b) achieving **** all and ending up in Doncaster as a punishment

Isint every club a payday?

Crooks went to mls becasue he wanted to try moving to the usa

Its not some semi pro level, hes 30
Sharp was 37

He wants to come back to the uk as hes homesick
 
Isint every club a payday?

Crooks went to mls becasue he wanted to try moving to the usa

Its not some semi pro level, hes 30
Sharp was 37

He wants to come back to the uk as hes homesick

He was a month off 38 wasn't he?

Yeah, obvious parallels.

How old was Barmbs when he signed for us again?
 
31 in a few weeks. Pedro’s only 32 but people on here and on Twitter keep saying ‘imagine how good he’d be if he was five years younger’.

Yea but thats why we got him on a free

5 years ago he was almost topping serie a goalscoring charts

Not every player is identical
Crooks has shown hes capable of playing regularly
 
He was a month off 38 wasn't he?

Yeah, obvious parallels.

How old was Barmbs when he signed for us again?
Slightly different, Barmby was 29/30 but he was also an ex England international and we got him from the Premier League while we were in League 1, was a fantastic signing for us. Probably one of my favourite ever players, loved seeing him play for us.

Edit: I actually like this signing as I’m not against signing older experienced players but the comparison to Barmby makes no sense.
 
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