2025 Summer Transfer Thread. 😂

[roversfan99]

We do love joining a race. We dont win them when they are a race.

[Tugayisgod]

2 hours ago, joey_big_nose said:

I had no idea you could be paid that sort of money for a 13 year old... Is this a world record fee for a 13 year old or seen before??

Cant be good for a kids mental health to have that sort of money attached to you so so young.

And he already has a boot contract with Nike apparently 🤷‍♂️

[Ossydave]

Wolves bid over 4m for Kapuadi last week, absolutely no way on planet earth that one's got legs in it 🤣

[Tugayisgod]

Markandy signed for Chesterfield. 3 year deal

[chaddyrovers]

 

 

 

[davulsukur]

He doesn't want to join and we dont want to pay.

It was never going to happen.

[Tugayisgod]

Just now, chaddyrovers said:

 

 

 

Looks a mean s.o b  !

[Wegerleswiggle]

2 minutes ago, Tugayisgod said:

Looks a mean s.o b  !

Giving me Mokoena vibes

[chaddyrovers]

6 hours ago, davulsukur said:

So, he'll be signing back with us then?

no idea but just posting what he said

56 minutes ago, Tomphil2 said:

All this A.B.C stuff sounds like previous Rovers transfer windows in the office, before they order their curry to celebrate missing all their prime targets !

Head coach - I need players off my list A !!

Waggot - Think again son but we might get you one or two off my list B ?

Suhail - You two bicker all you like, here's list C they are the only ones we can afford.

Its standard stuff that you will have different lists for different positions you want to bring in, Every club is the same when buying players. 

[USABlue]

On 16/06/2025 at 14:03, simongarnerisgod said:

relegation is going to happen is`nt it,sooner or later

Next season, for certain.

[B16Rover]

Ah, you don't want to join? Of course we would've met your multi million pound price tag don't you know!

[roversfan99]

So we went for a player who isnt interested in a move to the Championship and bid 40% of his asking price?

Yep, sounds about right. 

[Emerald Isle Rover]

Anybody on here who believes we bid for that player needs their heads looked at 

[OnionBalaji]

41 minutes ago, Tugayisgod said:

Markandy signed for Chesterfield. 3 year deal

Glad he has a deal in place. Feel like he never really got the chance here, do think he offered something going forward and could have been useful. 

[roversfan99]

He was nowhere near the standard, that was evident when he did play.

(To all but rigger who will be expecting Dolan to be playing in the Conference next season)

[OnionBalaji]

20 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

So we went for a player who isnt interested in a move to the Championship and bid 40% of his asking price?

Yep, sounds about right. 

I’d love a nice old school venkys style ambition story. Ronaldinho style 

 

rovers in for Adam Wharton return, offer £5m 

 

not that we’d have £5m to spend, and it clearly would be laughed out the building 

 

but to some fans…. “Jackson says we are putting bids in so it must mean we have money to spend” 

[Tomphil2]

1 hour ago, chaddyrovers said:

no idea but just posting what he said

Its standard stuff that you will have different lists for different positions you want to bring in, Every club is the same when buying players. 

It isn't standard stuff to have lists of players you know you can't afford or have any real chance or intention of signing.

[47er]

1 hour ago, chaddyrovers said:

Every club is the same when buying players. 

Incorrect--no club is like our's when it comes to signing players. We just "join the race" and nothing happens.

[bluebruce]

4 hours ago, rigger said:

If club A is willing to pay 700,000, against club B who are only willing to pay a minimum fee. Do you honestly think club A would be out-bid on wages ? Anyway this is hypothetical, lets just see where he goes.

Well, yes, potentially. The club paying 700k instead of 60k are just wasting 640k. They're just being stupid as they'll be in the exact same position, but with 640k more to offer in signing on fee or wages, if they just go the compo route.

The only reason I can see to offer 700k instead is if the compo package includes a sell on fee, which I don't think they do at that age (beyond the basic solidarity payments scheme that will happen regardless).

[RoversSG]

6 hours ago, OnionBalaji said:

I’d love a nice old school venkys style ambition story. Ronaldinho style 

 

rovers in for Adam Wharton return, offer £5m 

 

not that we’d have £5m to spend, and it clearly would be laughed out the building 

 

but to some fans…. “Jackson says we are putting bids in so it must mean we have money to spend” 

We're like the window shopper who goes into the LV shop and pretends to be interested in buying something just to appear rich.

[KentExile]

Markanday signed for Chesterfield last night

I still maintain that Rovers should have triggered his year option.  Not that I think he was a huge asset to the paying squad, but even if they had still allowed him to move on a free transfer this summer they could have inserted a fairly high sell on fee. 

It was always obvious that he would end up at Chesterfield (or similar) this summer, so Rovers may as well have potentially made something in the future on the deal.   If he has a full season like his initial loan at Chesterfield then his transfer fee in a years time would be useful to any normal club (where income affects expenditure) in Rovers position

Another miscalculation by those in charge of the purse strings

Edited 9 hours ago by KentExile

[islander200]

31 minutes ago, KentExile said:

Markanday signed for Chesterfield last night

I still maintain that Rovers should have triggered his year option.  Not that I think he was a huge asset to the paying squad, but even if they had still allowed him to move on a free transfer this summer they could have inserted a fairly high sell on fee. 

It was always obvious that he would end up at Chesterfield (or similar) this summer, so Rovers may as well have potentially made something in the future on the deal.   If he has a full season like his initial loan at Chesterfield then his transfer fee in a years time would be useful to any normal club (where income affects expenditure) in Rovers position

Another miscalculation by those in charge of the purse strings

He will have been on better money here than league one clubs would be willing to pay,so he probably would have seen out the extra year even if loaned to a league 1 or 2 club with us  subsidising his wage.

He was offered a new deal at Spurs and had both Mourinho and ledley king talking him up at the time

He would have been on 10k a week here I reckon 

[Old Codger]

What a crock this thread is. Transfer thread? My arse. It should be renamed A&E ffs.

 

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

10 hours ago, roversfan99 said:

So we went for a player who isnt interested in a move to the Championship and bid 40% of his asking price?

Yep, sounds about right. 

Beggars belief!

[MarkBRFC]

2 hours ago, KentExile said:

I still maintain that Rovers should have triggered his year option.  Not that I think he was a huge asset to the paying squad, but even if they had still allowed him to move on a free transfer this summer they could have inserted a fairly high sell on fee. 

It was always obvious that he would end up at Chesterfield (or similar) this summer, so Rovers may as well have potentially made something in the future on the deal.   If he has a full season like his initial loan at Chesterfield then his transfer fee in a years time would be useful to any normal club (where income affects expenditure) in Rovers position

Another miscalculation by those in charge of the purse strings

Yep agree with premise of all that.

Like you allude to though we're not a normal club and it's all pointless here.

I would rather every player ran there contracts down and left on a free rather than selling them while this lot are in charge.