Summer Transfer Window 2025

Let’s not forget the 3 Brazilians come from a club who happens to have the same owner as Lyon….

Yeah I get that. But can you square the circle for me and explain how this dodgyness is benefiting anyone but us? The player's we are hopefully getting from Brazil look like bargains, and the money they're paying for Danillo looks like too much.

Also don't get, if they're any good, why they aren't going to Palace.

We paid about £20m for Danilo, getting our money back isn’t excessive despite the injury.

I'm pretty sure Textor has been trying to get out of Palace for a little while, he made a bid to buy the whole club and when the other shareholders said no he said he would sell his stake because he wanted all of it or none. So he might not be particularly well disposed towards helping them.

Ah I see, I wasn't aware of that dynamic.

Hojlund linked with Inter.

Some Greek striker at Oly linked with a big money move to Newcastle, apparently they've already turned down 30M from Brighton. Not sure why we wouldn't be part of that conversation.

I want to see Hojlund come to us. Similar game to Delap and probably available for similar money. Wages may be beyond us though.

Not totally against this idea myself. I think there's a good striker there. They've just mentally destroyed him though, like Anthony.

Have you seen him play? He is fucking rubbish. He makes Silenzi look like Baggio. He is mardy and runs into blind alleys. Has the first touch of a rapist and has no spacial awareness. On top of that he is fucking lazy and would rather moan from the school of Bruno than bust a gut, I would take Joshua Zirkzee over him any day.

Also Gonzalo Ramos available from PSG apparently so maybe we could get him on a loan.

Chicago: Thinking Jake is on the piss.

Textor was quite vocal in his support for Marinakis and forest when we got hit with PSR charges as well. Definitely something odd going on between us and his network.

I liked "the touch of syphilis", for variety if nothing else

Phone has gone beep beep and told me Panzo has gone on a free to Rio Avenue.

This may not be news. It's hard to keep up.

He is out of contract, so if he’s signed for Rio Ave (where he was last season), it’s as a free agent.

Fabrizio Romano reporting that Danilo is close to a €25m move to Lyon. Doesn't have the HWG yet, though.

Shame but I guess it makes sense given how far Anderson is ahead of him now.

I was expecting Danilo to start next season if (when) MGW departs, alongside Sangare and Anderson as the 6/8/10 combo.
Presume we must have someone lined up, given the need for a bigger squad.