The Unofficial 2025 Summer Transfer Rumors/Done Deals Thread

[YayNJ]

A reminder to everyone pumping insane money into Yamal, Doue et all.

Just takes one injury.

Nothing. NOTHING will ever surpass Sidney Raebiger though. People had never heard of him, never seen him... and were dropping $10k+ on his RC. Utter madness. Since then - 77 minutes of football in three years, and training with clubs fourth division reserves.

[YayNJ]

Looks like Petrovic is leaving Chelsea to go to Sunderland.

[kellmuff]

Originally Posted by YayNJ

Looks like Petrovic is leaving Chelsea to go to Sunderland.

another braindead decision from the sporting directors at Chelsea.

[kellmuff]

Ansu Fati has to be one of the more well known busts in the sport at this point no?

That's no hate on the kid. But relative to his expectations, etc. this is a major fall off.

[dubsea]

Ancelotti -€386,361 --> Jail

[YayNJ]

Originally Posted by dubsea

Ancelotti -€386,361 --> Jail

It's amazing how many criminals infest Spanish football.

*side eyes Messi

[mikee1186]

Elanga to Newcastle.

Zubimendi to Arsenal, who are also moving for Madueke and Gyokeres.

Damion Downs to Southampton confirmed.

Patrick Agyemang to Derby very close.

Josh Sargent rumored to Burnley or Leeds.

[mikee1186]

Kudus to Spurs is also close.

Simon Adingra to Sunderland confirmed.

[mikee1186]

Johnny Cardoso to Atletico Madrid.

Lyon are staying up after all, so Matt Turner should be there. Hopefully he can push for the starting job.

[YayNJ]

Nothing screams “preparing for relegation and coming straight back up again” than signing Josh Sargent.. lovely player, but not a Premier League player. We’ve been linked with Muniz at Fulham and Beto at Everton.

Slim pickings. Ugh.

[mfw13]

Originally Posted by YayNJ

Nothing screams “preparing for relegation and coming straight back up again” than signing Josh Sargent.. lovely player, but not a Premier League player. We’ve been linked with Muniz at Fulham and Beto at Everton.

Slim pickings. Ugh.

Well, of course the pickings are going to be slim for a newly promoted club given what's happened to the last six promoted clubs (i.e. immediate relegation).

Likewise, Leeds would be wise to spend carefully....it's not like they can afford a proven EPL striker. And they've already suffered through a period where over-spending got them in huge financial and administrative trouble (in the mid-2000s).

[YayNJ]

Originally Posted by mfw13

Well, of course the pickings are going to be slim for a newly promoted club given what's happened to the last six promoted clubs (i.e. immediate relegation).

Likewise, Leeds would be wise to spend carefully....it's not like they can afford a proven EPL striker. And they've already suffered through a period where over-spending got them in huge financial and administrative trouble (in the mid-2000s).

We've actually been quite prudent so far.

Four players in for a combined £35m. Bijol and Gudmundsson both astute signings, and two steady back-up players in Nmecha and Bournauw from Wolfsburg.

Hopefully we get Sean Longstaff over the line from your lot.

[mfw13]

Originally Posted by YayNJ

Hopefully we get Sean Longstaff over the line from your lot.

He'd be a great addition for you guys.

The flip side is that with the additional ten Champions League matches this year, I'm not sure Newcastle can afford to sell him, since that would leave them with only five midfielders, two of whom are very injury-prone (Willock & Joelinton).

And if you're going to have to buy somebody new (and presumably more expensive) to replace him, then it may make more financial sense to keep him even if it means he leaves on a free next summer. Ten million may not be enough to move the financial needle in that respect.

[mikee1186]

Interesting Morgan Gibbs-White story today, as his nearly sealed move to Spurs is now being delayed (and could end up being off) due to claimed illegalities in the approach by Spurs. Forest have filed a complaint with the FA.

[mfw13]

Elanga from Nottingham Forest to Newcastle now official.

Happy we got him.....but it's really bad for football to see all the mid-table clubs who made last season so exciting (Brighton, Bournemouth, Brentford, Forest, etc.) selling their best players to bigger clubs.

[YayNJ]

Sean Longstaff - £12m ----------------> Leeds United

[YayNJ]

Anton Stach - £20m -----------------> Leeds United

ranked in the top 5 midfielders in the Bundesliga last season, so this one will be interesting.

[mfw13]

Originally Posted by YayNJ

Anton Stach - £20m -----------------> Leeds United

ranked in the top 5 midfielders in the Bundesliga last season, so this one will be interesting.

Agreed.

The record of guys moving from the Bundeliga to the EPL has not been great recently.

[YayNJ]

Originally Posted by mfw13

Agreed.

The record of guys moving from the Bundeliga to the EPL has not been great recently.

Yeah historically it's been laughably bad with the odd exception obviously!

[YayNJ]

Rashford to Barcelona (in talks) feels like someone winning a competition on the back of a box of Corn Flakes.

[mikee1186]

Ekitike to Liverpool very close! Should be finalized this week.

[YayNJ]

Rashford joins Barcelona on a year long loan.

[mikee1186]

Ekitike done!!

[kellmuff]

Isak officially tells Newcastle he wants out apparently. A real shame IMO. They won a trophy and are in the Champions League. Speaks to the modern player mentality

[mfw13]

Originally Posted by kellmuff

Isak officially tells Newcastle he wants out apparently. A real shame IMO. They won a trophy and are in the Champions League. Speaks to the modern player mentality

Also speaks to the impact of PSR.....Newcastle simply don't have the revenues to pay him what he's worth.

The top strikers in the world are all on approximately 500K a week. But they're all at "big" clubs that are in the Champions League every year (i.e. Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Man City, PSG, etc.)

Isak asked for a raise to 300K a week (pretty reasonable in the abstract). But Newcastle don't have the revenues to support that level of wages, since if they give Isak a raise, many of their other top players (Bruno, Tonali, Joelinton, Gordon, etc.) will also ask for increased wages. And because of PSR, they can't afford that.

Champions League revenue means that the likes of Newcastle, Aston Villa, Forest, etc.....all big regional clubs....will never be able to generate the revenues needed to move up, and will always be hamstrung by PSR.

It's not all that different that how the big regional German clubs ( Dortmund/Leverkusen/Leipzig/Frankfurt, etc.) are always having to sell their best players to either Bayern Munich or EPL clubs.