2025 Summer Transfer Thread. 😂

[DutchRover]

Pretty sure we were linked to Geubbels in Jan/last summer, so it could be similar to the Kargbo situation where we have been tracking him. Plays in Swiss league so technically the sort of small market we are looking at now.

[Forever Blue]

4 hours ago, chaddyrovers said:

If what Gestede is saying in terms of similar budget then we have around £4-5m to spend on fees 

On fees or on fees plus wages?
 

Did we spend that much on fees last summer?

[arbitro]

23 minutes ago, Forever Blue said:

On fees or on fees plus wages?
 

Did we spend that much on fees last summer?

I do wonder if agents fees are included in any budgets or indeed how they can budget for them when they don't know how much they will be.

The latest figures show that we spent £1.1m on agents fees.

[KentExile]

1 hour ago, Forever Blue said:

On fees or on fees plus wages?
 

Did we spend that much on fees last summer?

 

Purely looking at transfer fees, we spent around £3M in the summer, and a further £1M in January.  There may well have been loan fees also, so possibly a further £0.5-£1M depending upon how well/badly they negotiated for the likes of Dennis, Baker etc

 

To my recollection

Gueye was just over £1M

Toth was just under £1M

Cantwell was circa £0.5M

Ohashi was circa £0.25M (going by Elliott Jacksons quote that his fee was low 6 figures)

Aiden Doherty was also signed for the U21s for circa £0.1M

Kargbo was circa  £1M

 

So £4M - £5M over the course of the season sounds about right to me

 

Edit - given the money brought in over the past 12/18 months. it should obviously have been a substantially higher amount.  The sales of Wahlstedt & Gallagher effectively funded Ohashi, Gueye & Toth before we even consider the Wharton & Szmodics fees, & Raya sell on.

 

Edited Sunday at 13:44 by KentExile

[roversfan99]

6 hours ago, chaddyrovers said:

If what Gestede is saying in terms of similar budget then we have around £4-5m to spend on fees 

So you did believe Suhail?

[chaddyrovers]

1 hour ago, Forever Blue said:

On fees or on fees plus wages?
 

Did we spend that much on fees last summer?

Yes we spent around £3-4m in the summer and around £1m in January

Gueye, Toth, Cantwell, Ohashi all cost money to sign in the summer for around £3-4m

and in January we signed Karbgo for around £1m. 

Then add wages aswell

[chaddyrovers]

8 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

So you did believe Suhail?

look at what has been reported as the fees and you can worked it yourself tbh RF99. 

[Tugayisgod]

Rovers in talks with Batth over new contract

https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/25119556.blackburn-rovers-make-contract-decision-danny-batth/

[jny]

4 hours ago, Tugayisgod said:

Rovers in talks with Batth over new contract

https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/25119556.blackburn-rovers-make-contract-decision-danny-batth/

Been outstanding this season - will be a real steal if we can get him at a good price (let's hope his knees don't go !)  

[davulsukur]

5 hours ago, Tugayisgod said:

Rovers in talks with Batth over new contract

https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/25119556.blackburn-rovers-make-contract-decision-danny-batth/

A no brainer, from both sides really.

Although happy to have him next season, we need to some positive news with regards to Tronstad, Travis, Brittain & Hyam really.

I expect Batth, Hedges & Weimann will all be signed up before any of the above though.

[bluebruce]

8 hours ago, jny said:

Been outstanding this season - will be a real steal if we can get him at a good price (let's hope his knees don't go !)  

Strange (and frustrating) that in the summer of 2023 we backed out of signing him because we only wanted the risk of a one year deal, not a two. Two years later, we are trying to tie him down for a third year and he's been one of our best players.

Might not have been in that relegation scrap if we had signed him a year earlier.

[Claytons Left Boot]

Have seen a report from Scotland this morning that Rovers are looking to buy Celtic’s Yang, should Dolan be sold. The South Korean, who cost £2m, has played a total of 66 games for Celtic, scoring 6 goals. It took Yang a long time to ‘come good’ at Celtic Park and opinion on him is still divided. Still really a fringe or squad player, rather than a starter and a fair few of those games were coming on as a substitute. If the deal were to go ahead, I think Celtic would be looking to double their initial investment, or possibly receive up to around £5m. Say what you will about the Celtic board (biscuit tin mentality when spending money), they are tough negotiators.

[MarkBRFC]

17 hours ago, davulsukur said:

 

Although happy to have him next season, we need to some positive news with regards to Tronstad, Travis, Brittain & Hyam really.

Any of these will rightly, expect a decent increase in salary, which just won't happen here.

[Torgeir]

Wonder if Gueye will leave. Not well suited for the high press and limited potential. 

[joey_big_nose]

3 hours ago, Claytons Left Boot said:

Have seen a report from Scotland this morning that Rovers are looking to buy Celtic’s Yang, should Dolan be sold. The South Korean, who cost £2m, has played a total of 66 games for Celtic, scoring 6 goals. It took Yang a long time to ‘come good’ at Celtic Park and opinion on him is still divided. Still really a fringe or squad player, rather than a starter and a fair few of those games were coming on as a substitute. If the deal were to go ahead, I think Celtic would be looking to double their initial investment, or possibly receive up to around £5m. Say what you will about the Celtic board (biscuit tin mentality when spending money), they are tough negotiators.

If we can't offer Dolan a decent contract I dont think we are paying a £5M fee.

[joey_big_nose]

15 minutes ago, Torgeir said:

Wonder if Gueye will leave. Not well suited for the high press and limited potential. 

Yeah, really get the impression that Ismael and Gueye dislike one another. Shame as on his day Gueye is absolutely unplayable. Need to unlock that.

[Claytons Left Boot]

19 minutes ago, joey_big_nose said:

If we can't offer Dolan a decent contract I dont think we are paying a £5M fee.

Quite agree and, after having watched Yang for a couple of seasons, I’m not sure I’d want to pay that sort of fee for him, although on his day he can be quite effective.

[TugaysMarlboro]

3 minutes ago, Claytons Left Boot said:

Quite agree and, after having watched Yang for a couple of seasons, I’m not sure I’d want to pay that sort of fee for him, although on his day he can be quite effective.

It would be very Rovers of us to let Dolan go on a free, spend a decent fee on a replacement - only to let them leave 3 years later for nothing.

[Eddie]

52 minutes ago, joey_big_nose said:

If we can't offer Dolan a decent contract I dont think we are paying a £5M fee.

You never know with our owners/leadership.

They may have larger budgets for shiny new things than they do for contract renewals. 

[davulsukur]

4 hours ago, Claytons Left Boot said:

Have seen a report from Scotland this morning that Rovers are looking to buy Celtic’s Yang, should Dolan be sold. The South Korean, who cost £2m, has played a total of 66 games for Celtic, scoring 6 goals. It took Yang a long time to ‘come good’ at Celtic Park and opinion on him is still divided. Still really a fringe or squad player, rather than a starter and a fair few of those games were coming on as a substitute. If the deal were to go ahead, I think Celtic would be looking to double their initial investment, or possibly receive up to around £5m. Say what you will about the Celtic board (biscuit tin mentality when spending money), they are tough negotiators.

We won't be paying anywhere near £5m for a player, the clowns in charge have already stated that we won't be.

It's highly unlikely that we'll be paying £2m for a player either, £1.5m would be our ceiling I reckon.

[Leonard Venkhater]

On 27/04/2025 at 09:06, DutchRover said:

Pretty sure we were linked to Geubbels in Jan/last summer, so it could be similar to the Kargbo situation where we have been tracking him. Plays in Swiss league so technically the sort of small market we are looking at now.

No..it was just propaganda!

[Claytons Left Boot]

1 hour ago, davulsukur said:

We won't be paying anywhere near £5m for a player, the clowns in charge have already stated that we won't be.

It's highly unlikely that we'll be paying £2m for a player either, £1.5m would be our ceiling I reckon.

Yes, I know. I’ve already agreed that fact with the first poster that said the same. Celtic probably won’t want to sell him, as he’s become a decent squad member. Just trying to point out the amount Celtic would want to receive for him, in the hypothetical situation of him becoming available. It’s a non starter.

[Tomphil2]

2 hours ago, joey_big_nose said:

If we can't offer Dolan a decent contract I dont think we are paying a £5M fee.

It's not 1995 !

[bluebruce]

5 hours ago, TugaysMarlboro said:

It would be very Rovers of us to let Dolan go on a free, spend a decent fee on a replacement - only to let them leave 3 years later for nothing.

Not to mention anyone we spend a decent fee on will want more wages than Dolan.

[DeeCee]

43 minutes ago, bluebruce said:

Not to mention anyone we spend a decent fee on will want more wages than Dolan.

Good point 👍