Stickied Transfer Rumours & Confirmed Deals Thread 2024/25

[Pyeman]

Burnley have signed some German called Hennings who was the top scorer in Bundesliga 2 last season. Undisclosed fee.

We're going for the quantity, not quality approach.

 

[markwwfc1992]

Would love Alli or Pritchard on loan here but I'm sure there are many other clubs infront of us.

 

[Nook Terrier]

Smithies gone to QPR for £2million + sell on - gutted.

Truely thought he would be at the club for life and break our club appearance record.

 

[Rammy]

QPR must have spent a fair bit this summer. I get that they're fighting FFP in court which has delayed any action (and they'll probably win and bring FFP crumbling down), but why didn't Forest, Leeds, and Blackburn do the same?

 

[Aaron-Bcfc]

Smithies gone to QPR for £2million + sell on - gutted.

Truely thought he would be at the club for life and break our club appearance record.

Has he actually gone? Can only see it being reported by HITC and they chat a lot of bollocks.

 

[Nook Terrier]

Has he actually gone? Can only see it being reported by HITC and they chat a lot of bollocks.

Yup, was left out yesterday and Powell confirmed it was because of QPR making a bid Friday night.

 

[zanderpne]

Smithies gone to QPR for £2million + sell on - gutted.

Truely thought he would be at the club for life and break our club appearance record.

Jamie Jones is a great goal keeper and available at a discount price..

 

[Aaron-Bcfc]

Yup, was left out yesterday and Powell confirmed it was because of QPR making a bid Friday night.

Fair enough mate, surprised no one else is reporting it in that case

 

[Madejski]

Weird move for him, guaranteed first team Championship football at Huddersfield. Most likely second fiddle to Green at QPR.

 

[HarvSFC]

Wasn't Smithies once tipped for higher things than QPR, or was that just FIFA/FM?

 

[Indian Dan]

Looks like our Nathan Byrne is on his way to Burnley. £1m+

 

[SamScfc]

lol

Nugent has far far more to his game than being a "penalty taker" but if you can't see that then I'm not sure there's much point talking to you about it...

Were them videos from like 10 years ago?

He was good at Preston, but recently he's not been as good. The season Leicester went up he got about 8 penalties. He wasn't really that good at Portsmouth and Burnley either?

Stop being so touchy x

 

[zanderpne]

Looks like our Nathan Byrne is on his way to Burnley. £1m+

Bet Darikwa is chuffed lol

 

[Walkley_Owl]

Jobi McAnuff to Blackburn

 

[SF_]

Were them videos from like 10 years ago?

He was good at Preston, but recently he's not been as good. The season Leicester went up he got about 8 penalties. He wasn't really that good at Portsmouth and Burnley either?

Stop being so touchy x

Leicester fans love him as much as North End fans do as far as I can tell, obviously he's behind about £25m+ worth of strikers now though.

 

[SamScfc]

Of course they love him, his penalties lead them to the championship title.

 

[SF_]

Of course they love him, his penalties lead them to the championship title.

Pretty sure he hit 21 goals overall that season but ok.

 

[Madejski]

Jobi McAnuff to Blackburn

McAnuff, Akpan, Guthrie. Can they take Robson-Kanu from us to complete the set?

What a terrible midfield they could have.

 

[Saddlerrad]

Bristol City have made a large bid for Tom Bradshaw if you believe Twitter..

 

[Rammy]

We're being linked with Jacob Butterfield from Huddersfield today.

 

[SF_]

Bad week for Huddersfield if they lose Smithies and Butterfield, on top of losing Conor Coady earlier in the summer.

 

[Magic]

And being from Huddersfield.

 

[Nook Terrier]

I don't think the board would he stupid enough to let Butterfield go aswell as Smithies.

Think Rob Green is meant to be off to West Ham.

We're in deep shit.

 

[JJH]

Jobi McAnuff to Blackburn

Jesus Christ - he was terrible in a side that got relegated from L1 last season, let alone making the step up back to the Championship.

Delfouneso and McAnuff in the same team could really be something.

 

[JJH]

£2m for Bradshaw doing the rounds this morning. Personally, I think £2m could be spent more wisely, rather than on a good L1 player with an injury history.

Bradshaw isn't the answer IMO - we need some proven quality in this league, and it looks as if we're going to have to spend big for it, because we've left everything so late.

 

[QPR_Matt]

QPR must have spent a fair bit this summer. I get that they're fighting FFP in court which has delayed any action (and they'll probably win and bring FFP crumbling down), but why didn't Forest, Leeds, and Blackburn do the same?

We have barely spent anything. We have signed a whole load of freebies. IWe have spent less than what we got from the Sterling deal.

 

[toshj]

Bradshaw isn't the answer IMO - we need some proven quality in this league, and it looks as if we're going to have to spend big for it, because we've left everything so late.

How do you know he's not what you need? Andre Gray hadn't played at Championship level before, neither had Bamford when Derby loaned him. Ighalo, Wilson, Donaldson, etc. none of these guys had played at Championship level either. Buying established Championship scorers is almost pointless because a) they're over-priced and b) their current clubs wouldn't want to lose them.

Looking at the top scorers last season in the league, how many were proven quality in this leage and had moved from one Championship club to another?

• Daryl Murphy (Celtic-Ipswich, not previously proven Championship scorer)
• Troy Deeney (League One to Championship, not previously proven Championship scorer)
  
• Jordan Rhodes (League One to Championship, not previously proven Championship scorer)
• Rudy Gestede (Championship to Championship, not previously proven Championship scorer, hard to claim he was quality at this level when Blackburn signed him)
  
• Odion Ighalo (Udinese to Championship, not previously proven Championship scorer)
  
• Callum Wilson (League One to Championship, not previously proven Championship scorer)
• Cameron Jerome (Premiership to Championship, previously a proven scorer at this level - good buy, but in a team with significant parachute payments/attractive wage structure)
  
• Chris Martin (Premiership to Championship, good buy but had previously scored 1 in 4 at Norwich)
  
• Patrick Bamford (Loan, had previously scored 8 at Championship level)
• Ross McCormack (Championship to Championship, proven scorer, cost £11m)

Proven quality in this league is hard to come by, normally exceptionally expensive and doesn't always guarantee success. Good scouting and strong management will likely get the best out of players. Kodjia looks like he could fit this mould, took his goal well and worked hard. Just need another like him.

 

[Aaron-Bcfc]

How do you know he's not what you need? Andre Gray hadn't played at Championship level before, neither had Bamford when Derby loaned him. Ighalo, Wilson, Donaldson, etc. none of these guys had played at Championship level either. Buying established Championship scorers is almost pointless because a) they're over-priced and b) their current clubs wouldn't want to lose them.

Looking at the top scorers last season in the league, how many were proven quality in this leage and had moved from one Championship club to another?

• Daryl Murphy (Celtic-Ipswich, not previously proven Championship scorer)
• Troy Deeney (League One to Championship, not previously proven Championship scorer)
  
• Jordan Rhodes (League One to Championship, not previously proven Championship scorer)
• Rudy Gestede (Championship to Championship, not previously proven Championship scorer, hard to claim he was quality at this level when Blackburn signed him)
  
• Odion Ighalo (Udinese to Championship, not previously proven Championship scorer)
  
• Callum Wilson (League One to Championship, not previously proven Championship scorer)
• Cameron Jerome (Premiership to Championship, previously a proven scorer at this level - good buy, but in a team with significant parachute payments/attractive wage structure)
  
• Chris Martin (Premiership to Championship, good buy but had previously scored 1 in 4 at Norwich)
  
• Patrick Bamford (Loan, had previously scored 8 at Championship level)
• Ross McCormack (Championship to Championship, proven scorer, cost £11m)

Proven quality in this league is hard to come by, normally exceptionally expensive and doesn't always guarantee success. Good scouting and strong management will likely get the best out of players. Kodjia looks like he could fit this mould, took his goal well and worked hard. Just need another like him.

Very good post, Afobe is another one. For me Bradshaw would be a great addition depending on how those hamstrings hold up.

 

[Indian Dan]

As much as I would like Bristol City to spunk £2m on Bradshaw, he's not worth half that. £750,000 tops.

 

[zanderpne]

Now everyone knows that Bristol City have millions to spend on a striker so they're all going to up their price.