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Summer 2025 transfer rumours

Discussion in 'City Talk' started by borderlescott, Apr 30, 2025.

  1. JonButterfield

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    I fancy you to win that particular bet, can't see them finishing outside the top 6. Defence looks a bit better than what we have, midfield strengthened, presumably they will get the goals too.

    Keeper looks an astute signing on loan, the lad who helped Wimbledon go up despite a small budget.

    We'll see. They're under enough pressure to derail themselves if things don't start well, in which case they could sink like a stone. Doubt it though.
     
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  2. Sergio Pinto III

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    Need Bobby and Humphrys to pile in with goals and assists next season and get a rich Championship team to pay over the odds.

    Then we cooking...
     
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  4. mini24

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    Hopefully we see some movement on these loans this week or at least next be nice to get them in with the squad training etc before start of season
     
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  5. WilsdenBantam

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    Totally agree. It'll be sad to get attached to a young talent and see them go, but if we want to get on the big spending ride we need to actually get big fees and become a selling club. By selling club I mean one that actually has good assets to sell.
     
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  6. Lard Arse

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    Updated PFA free agents
     
  7. DimitriPayet

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    I have a feeling we will have a player incoming before the game on Wednesday
     
  8. Park bantam

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    We need to invest further into a good scouting network and need to give young players a chance
     
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  9. Botswana Bantam

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    A good team ethic can bridge things.

    There's no knowing how Luton's double relegation will hit them or Town's unusual management appointment.

    Equally, they could start poorly but then go undefeated for ages.

    The magic of footy, eh!
     
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  10. donhutchinsaffro

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    I have another theory...on the day the top 5 maybe 8 could /mayeb beat us? But if we do cup mentally we may win half of these games... the rest of the group are just sides that can be beaten... goals are what is needed this year and I think we have the areas were they may come from. Also hope Sarc and Patty are fit for the battle... Wycombeeeeee battled at the top all season so lets see.
     
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  11. JonButterfield

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    Indeed!

    I'm also well aware that we have a monstrously tough opening month, and I'm hopeful that our fans recognise that we're the new boys in the division and we're not a Wrexham and we won't be trampling all and sundry.

    I'm more than a little worried at playing that back line against two of the very best strikers in the division in our opening two home games.

    We haven't lost those games yet, of course, but I do hope our fans stick with us even if we get a bit of a toweling in one or both of those games.
     
  12. Lard Arse

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    Freddie Ladapo rumours back out again. With Town brining in Alfie May , they'll loan Ladapo out to us ?
     
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  13. Park bantam

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    I think we need to be relaxed about what other teams are spending or not. Football unfortunately is not equitable there will be teams spending more and some less.we have brought in some good experience and like @JonButterfield@JonButterfield says provided we don’t let expectations run away with us there is no reason we shouldn’t do well
     
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  14. Park bantam

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    Doubt they will but might sell him
     
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  15. Kevin1954

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    All for a great cause Wilsden , win lose or draw . If we ran a club as badly as they do we would have been bust a long time ago. Their debt pile is flippin horrendous , ( posted earlier) . The owner is covering it at the moment .
     
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  16. Dennis

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    You appear to have an issue with some clubs being funded by their owners with loans. I personally don't understand the concern in the case of Town. Loans provided by the owners are part and parcel of modern lower league football. The new owner, Nagle had to provide guarantees on how Town would be funded when the EFL approved the change of ownership. The most recent loans have been provided by their American owner at zero interest. He has also gone further by saying in their published accounts that Town will continue to rely on their owner to provide further funding. That's quite a statement and the club's creditors are entitled to take that statement at face value. They're not going to go bust with an owner like that. I doubt that even paying a million for Alfie May is going to create a financial issue for them. There are certainly some dodgy owners imo in the EFL as we've all seen with Chansiri at the Owls but I wouldn't place Nagle in that group.
     
  17. Kevin1954

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    Did Hudders sign May ? . Can find anything on BBC or Huddersfield’s own website ?.
     
  18. Kevin1954

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    Not at all, I said “if only” just yesterday. The issue is how they are run, running up big operating and playing debt . As long as people like Nagle exist writing off huge sums as “ spending money” , then the EFL and supporters will be happy . One thing is plain, as a result , it’s not a level playing field .
     
  19. Sergio Pinto III

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    Really hope not. He would be an awful waste of a wage.
     
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  20. Sergio Pinto III

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    Surprised Angus Gunn hasnt found a club. Saw John Swift has joined Pompey.
     
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