Stickied Transfer Rumours & Confirmed Deals Thread 2024/25

[HertsWolf]

I think you might be surprised by the amount Burnley spend this summer - the "Sean Dyche to Sunderland rumour" really put the wind up the Burnley board that he might jump ship given the chance.

Cock-ups in the January transfer window (both Dorrans and Lansbury were set to sign) meant that £6 million went "unspent". This will be available plus probably ALL monies from the sales of Ings and Trippier. Dyche could have a transfer "warchest" of about £15/16 million to spend on players and this is WITHOUT touching the £23 million first instalment of the parachute money.

Dyche is aiming for 1st not 2nd this time.

The big war-chest approach certainly worked for Wigan, Cardiff, Fulham, Charlton, Wolves, Bradford, Derby, Portsmouth, Wimbledon, Middlesbrough, Leeds, Ipswich, Birmingham City, Blackburn and Bolton.

In the incredibly unlikely event that this does't work, can I recommend a small-ad in the "Small town football clubs for sale" section of the Volgograd Exchange & Mart or the Thai edition of 'What Tuna?'.

 

[mpmbee]

Grigg?

Shit I forgot about him

 

[BetterCallSaul]

Shit I forgot about him

Can we just have him then? Pretty please

 

[mpmbee]

Can we just have him then? Pretty please

Sure, just as soon as Winkelman gets his wallet out.

 

[BetterCallSaul]

I thought £600K was a very good and fair offer!

 

[JJH]

Apparently JET turned us down for QPR, citing his love for London, pampered Cockney prick.

Not just that fact - bigger club and all...

 

[Walkley_Owl]

Not just that fact - bigger club and all...

Aye...nice fishing, shit bait.

 

[RUFC1986]

Really pleased with our business so far. 2 experienced, proven Championship performers to go with the 12/13 left over from last year. It is an exciting time to be a Miller. I'd hope for another 5/6 permenant signings with a couple of long term Loanees for good measure.

Not sure how everyone else feels about their own Gaffer, but it is quite refreshing to be at a stage where you trust the Man in charge to get the recruitment right. He rarely fails.

 

[TomPNE94]

 

[TomPNE94]

Anyway, just seen a rumour linking Nick Powell to us. Would be well happy but 95% likely it is complete bullshit.

 

[Walkley_Owl]

Really pleased with our business so far. 2 experienced, proven Championship performers to go with the 12/13 left over from last year. It is an exciting time to be a Miller. I'd hope for another 5/6 permenant signings with a couple of long term Loanees for good measure.

Not sure how everyone else feels about their own Gaffer, but it is quite refreshing to be at a stage where you trust the Man in charge to get the recruitment right. He rarely fails.

12/13 lol....still makes me chuckle.

 

[BetterCallSaul]

Anyway, just seen a rumour linking Nick Powell to us. Would be well happy but 95% likely it is complete bullshit.

He's a knob, good player though.

 

[Scumarmy.]

He's a knob, good player though.

Nick Powell in action for Manchester United at Stadium:MK:

 

[markwwfc1992]

Not sure how everyone else feels about their own Gaffer, but it is quite refreshing to be at a stage where you trust the Man in charge to get the recruitment right. He rarely fails.

What?

You made neigh on average 30 fucking signings last year, and the majority have been shit for you. Judging by that you had the worst recruitment drive in the country last season. Your approach was basically to sign 10 players and pray 1 or 2 pay off for you. I'd rather have my pet tortoise in charge of recruitment than Steve Evans.

 

[SF_]

If United send Nick Powell our way as well as Johnstone then I might stop thinking they're a horrible bunch of twats for a season at least.

 

[AFCB_Mark]

What?

You made neigh on average 30 fucking signings last year, and the majority have been shit for you. Judging by that you had the worst recruitment drive in the country last season. Your approach was basically to sign 10 players and pray 1 or 2 pay off for you. I'd rather have my pet tortoise in charge of recruitment than Steve Evans.

I was pretty much going to post this, now it's already been said.
Although if we're comparing animals with Steve Evans, it'd be a Hippopotamus sitting in some mud. And like Evans celebrating a goal, those things can't half shift now and again.

 

[Walkley_Owl]

I was pretty much going to post this, now it's already been said.
Although if we're comparing animals with Steve Evans, it'd be a Hippopotamus sitting in some mud. And like Evans celebrating a goal, those things can't half shift now and again.

Steve Evans scouting in Georgia

 

[MagpieBee]

What?

You made neigh on average 30 fucking signings last year, and the majority have been shit for you. Judging by that you had the worst recruitment drive in the country last season. Your approach was basically to sign 10 players and pray 1 or 2 pay off for you. I'd rather have my pet tortoise in charge of recruitment than Steve Evans.

To be fair, we all know what a world beater Derbyshire is, and how Evans plucked him out of obscurity...

 

[Rammy]

We're close to signing Weimann for about £2m. Personal terms could be an issue though, as it's believed he could be reluctant to move down a division.

Ince will supposedly cost £4.5m, with him thinking over the offer over the weekend.

We have also bid £2m for Jason Shackell over the weekend according to The Telegraph.

£8.5m. As if.

 

[RUFC1986]

The Guy has just won 4 consecutive Promotions, and then successfully kept us in the 2nd tier. How can you say his signings haven't worked??!!

More to the point, why do people let vendettas get in the way of a coherent argument? If you don't like the guy, fair enough, but to say you wouldn't want him looking after recruitment is quite ridiculous.

 

[RUFC1986]

To be fair, we all know what a world beater Derbyshire is, and how Evans plucked him out of obscurity...

To be fair, Derbyshire was fantastic for us in the second half of the Season. One of the primary reasons we avoided relegation. He's a proven Goalscorer, at this and higher levels, so it was a mini masterstroke by Evans to get him to come here really.

 

[markwwfc1992]

Out of your 30 odd signings, how many of them proved to be worthwhile.

I think my point is valid.

 

[RUFC1986]

They all proved valuable, as they all played a part in our successful survival bid. Each individual contributed in their own way, and that has been the key asset to our continued success. That everybody matters. That we are one team, one Town.

No better than someone you will know all about, Ryan Hall. He played no more than 5 games, probably considerably less, yet scored the goal that beat Wolverhampton to secure 3 vital points. Would you class that as worthwhile, because i would.

 

[SF_]

That we are one team, one Town.

 

[Mr Elmo]

It's strange with us and how much we're actually spending, but if it's somehow within means then I don't have a problem with it. Bent/Ince have already proven to be good enough, Shackell we've had before who was good at the time and has only got better then Weimann gives up another option upfront.

Time will tell if we will do this.

 

[MagpieBee]

They all proved valuable, as they all played a part in our successful survival bid. Each individual contributed in their own way, and that has been the key asset to our continued success. That everybody matters. That we are one team, one Town.

No better than someone you will know all about, Ryan Hall. He played no more than 5 games, probably considerably less, yet scored the goal that beat Wolverhampton to secure 3 vital points. Would you class that as worthwhile, because i would.

Who's to say that if you had a smaller squad, and so didn't have to accommodate so many players, you wouldn't have done better.

Plus, you'd have a smaller wage bill, so could afford to get in better players.

Burnley, Bournemouth, us, have all done quite well with settled teams and small squads, with lower player turnover.

 

[Saddlerrad]

Liverpool are in talks to sign Joe Gomez, 18 year old Charlton centre back.

 

[M Dogg]

Good to see Derby investing millions in the players that oversaw their 1st to 8th place slide last year.

Also enjoying the change in tone from ''well we are within FFP'' to ''I'm am happy IF this is still within FFP''.

They're building a hell of a team mind, but we're the perfect example that money does not equal success. They don't have a crazy owner granted, but they do have a manager with less experience than Stuart Pearce.

Big year for them.

 

[M Dogg]

Martin, Bent, Ince, Weimann as a front 4.....

 

[Mr Elmo]

Good to see Derby investing millions in the players that oversaw their 1st to 8th place slide last year.

Also enjoying the change in tone from ''well we are within FFP'' to ''I'm am happy IF this is still within FFP''.

They're building a hell of a team mind, but we're the perfect example that money does not equal success. They don't have a crazy owner granted, but they do have a manager with less experience than Stuart Pearce.

Big year for them.

To be fair though, any team planning to spend 8.5M (Going from above) you can't ever say you're going to be well within FFP because it's so much. And also if it wasn't for Ince/Bent we would have been out of the running ages before because everything was going wrong, they were trying to pull us through but it was too late.

We'll see how it goes, but minimum expectations with a team like that would be PO's but only because as you said the new man hasn't been a manager before, otherwise we really should be going for autos. If we mess it up again then surely that's it.