2025 Summer Transfer Thread. 😂

[Mattb1991]

32 minutes ago, Ricky said:

I’ve heard we get an extra £250k for every game he plays on the 30th February for the length of his contract. It ‘could’ make the price over £3m! 

Looking at our injury record don’t think you’ll be getting the add ons then 

[DavidMailsTightPerm]

With so little Championship experience in key positions - Tronsdat and Hyam still not signed up - it is really an all or bust approach.

I struggle to think of a team that has gambled on so many players at the same time. If Gestede and VI pull it off will be remarkable and they will deserve all the plaudits. Even with my blue and white tinted glasses I can't see pigs flying.

[simongarnerisgod]

2 minutes ago, Tugayisgod said:

Nixon also saying Baradji needs minor surgery which will rule him out for a "couple of weeks at least"

But with the international break after next week shouldn't be too costly

thats great,we`ve signed an injured player,what the odds of him having minor surgery and finding out the problem is a season ender😫

[JHRover]

40 minutes ago, davulsukur said:

At the end of last season, the only real objective for the summer was to keep hold of Trav, Brittain and Tronstad, strengthen the attack and we should do ok.

Now we've sold 2 of the 3 and added fuck all in attack.

 

If the club was run by people with ambition or interest in football then we would have easily kept those 3 and strengthened even on a limited budget (not that the budget should be limited with the money brought in)

But the club is being run by non-football people for non-footballing reasons, so it is immaterial to those people whether we do ok or not or whether we keep our best players or not. 

All that matters to them is that the bigger earners leave, transfer fees are pocketed and friendly agents are kept in work bringing in randomers from overseas.

[alexanders]

3 minutes ago, Tugayisgod said:

Nixon also saying Baradji needs minor surgery which will rule him out for a "couple of weeks at least"

But with the international break after next week shouldn't be too costly

Not really any worse than a deadline day signing. The things that frightens me is the lack of experience and injury record 

[KentExile]

43 minutes ago, davulsukur said:

At the end of last season, the only real objective for the summer was to keep hold of Trav, Brittain and Tronstad, strengthen the attack and we should do ok.

Now we've sold 2 of the 3 and added fuck all in attack.

 

And it was all so eminently predictable at the beginning of the summer, that they would fail to do this

Edited 4 hours ago by KentExile

[RevidgeBlue]

57 minutes ago, ROVER_N_OUT1978 said:

Jackson recycling Club propaganda again - the "up front" fee will only be the £1.2 - £1.5m mentioned elsewhere and as Rudy never tires to remind us, that's only paid in installments anyway. The balance up to the mythical £3m we were supposedly after will only be forthcoming if he hits various add ons.

[rigger]

8 minutes ago, Mattb1991 said:

Looking at our injury record don’t think you’ll be getting the add ons then 

I think the date of, 30th Feb, was a give-away.

[TugaysMarlboro]

Contract extensions going well too.

[RevidgeBlue]

21 minutes ago, Tugayisgod said:

Blackburn Rovers have agreed a deal to sign Moussa Baradji from Yverdon Sport in a move to replace captain Lewis Travis.

 

Rovers have agreed a fee to sell their 27-year-old midfielder and he will become a Derby County player after weeks of negotiations. The deal will rise above £3million and includes a sell-on fee.

As a result, The Lancashire Telegraph understands Blackburn have reignited their pursuit of Baradji with the player in Lancashire finalising his move to Ewood Park.

Baradji could've been a Rovers player earlier but failed part of his medical in July. He went back to Swiss side Yverdon Sport and featured in their first game of the league season but a deal has always been on the table.

READ MORE: Blackburn Rovers agree Lewis Travis sale in multi-million Derby County deal

The exit of Exuace Mafoumbi has also freed up an ESC slot, which would be needed to register Baradji.

Ismael did not confirm the Baradji news but gave a good hint that Rovers' interest remained earlier on Friday.

"It's still a possibility because we think a lot of positive things about him," Ismael told The Lancashire Telegraph.

"I truly believe that he is a very, very good player. So the possibility to get him for the club, we always be aware of the opportunity."

Rovers are still pursuing a right-winger before the September 1 deadline. They have made progress with a target but a deal is not done at the time of writing.

"We are a little bit closer than last time you asked me," Ismael said with a smile.

"But not so close that we can tell you that he will be here. But we are working hard. The board is pushing really, really hard to get the deal done. So I am carefully positive."

"We expect it, yes. For sure. We expect more signings," Ismael added.

"He (Mafoumbi) gave us the opportunity now to be more flexible on the transfer market.
"It's clear. So, now you are not only focused on the player who can get the GBE points. You are more flexible, yes.

"It's an attacking player we are looking for. I think it's not a secret and as I say, we will see if players are leaving, we need to replace them and which opportunities we will have on the transfer market.

"What we said as well is that we prefer to buy the player to avoid going on the loan market at the minute. We stay that way. But you never know what can happen at the end if we are not able to get the player we want.
"I think it's a good scenario to have, as I said. One position, it's clear. We have to do it. We want to do it.

"As I said from the beginning, if a player is leaving us, then we have to replace, to make sure that we keep the stability in the squad with the numbers and we will get some players back from injury as well.

"It will look much better but the minute we want to finish our job on the transfer market, we are pushing really, really hard. As I said, the minute is some light in the tunnel, but not completely bright."

VI is talking some absolute cobblers there.

"We are a little bit closer than the last time you asked me"

"But not so close that we can tell you he will be here"

"the minute is some light in the tunnel but not completely bright."

Strewth - he must want this job badly!

[Paul Mellelieu]

5 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

Jackson recycling Club propaganda again - the "up front" fee will only be the £1.2 - £1.5m mentioned elsewhere and as Rudy never tires to remind us, that's only paid in installments anyway. The balance up to the mythical £3m we were supposedly after will only be forthcoming if he hits various add ons.

And you know this to be the case?

[Tugayisgod]

5 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

Jackson recycling Club propaganda again - the "up front" fee will only be the £1.2 - £1.5m mentioned elsewhere and as Rudy never tires to remind us, that's only paid in installments anyway. The balance up to the mythical £3m we were supposedly after will only be forthcoming if he hits various add ons.

 

[Mattb1991]

5 minutes ago, rigger said:

I think the date of, 30th Feb, was a give-away.

Ahhh I better start reading posts more closely 😂

[RevidgeBlue]

7 minutes ago, Paul Mellelieu said:

And you know this to be the case?

It's a very fair assumption Id say given how transfers are usually structured.

Rather than trying to score points off me, Id have thought you might have been more worried about how after several weeks of negotiation we potentially appear to have ended up with a lower initial fee than the one which was originally offered but one which has no doubt been sweetened up with the possibility of increased add ons at the back end.

Edited 4 hours ago by RevidgeBlue

[JHRover]

Doesn't actually matter what the fee is. It isn't a good deal for Rovers because it isn't going into strengthening the club.

The real bad news might yet come if Adam Wharton is transferred. A £10 million+ windfall could prop up this disgraceful regime for another couple of years yet. 

[RevidgeBlue]

7 minutes ago, Tugayisgod said:

 

Well done those two guys.

EJ floundering like a fish out of water when subjected to any actual scrutiny.

[Tomphil2]

55 minutes ago, Mattb1991 said:

Guessing fee is the 1.2 million upfront but with a hefty add ons like appearances if we stay up promotion bonus etc. 

the 1.5 million deal maybe only included add ONS to 2 million. 

That's how i see it as there's no way 1.5 million rejected turns into 1.2 million accepted in a matter of days otherwise.

One thing is almost certain you'll never be paying the full 3 million god only knows what add ons they've agreed to their just to drum up the figure.

[miqaayil]

20 minutes ago, DavidMailsTightPerm said:

With so little Championship experience in key positions - Tronsdat and Hyam still not signed up - it is really an all or bust approach.

I struggle to think of a team that has gambled on so many players at the same time. If Gestede and VI pull it off will be remarkable and they will deserve all the plaudits. Even with my blue and white tinted glasses I can't see pigs flying.

The best joke is ... i wouldn't even do this in FOOTBALL MANAGER and they doing it in reality 

[Tomphil2]

4 minutes ago, JHRover said:

Doesn't actually matter what the fee is. It isn't a good deal for Rovers because it isn't going into strengthening the club.

The real bad news might yet come if Adam Wharton is transferred. A £10 million+ windfall could prop up this disgraceful regime for another couple of years yet. 

That would certainly underpin the managed decline a bit longer.

[davulsukur]

Signing this Baradji bloke on a pay as you play deal really doesn't instil any confidence that he's going to be anything other than the next Vince Grella

 

[KentExile]

4 minutes ago, Tomphil2 said:

That's how i see it as there's no way 1.5 million rejected turns into 1.2 million accepted in a matter of days otherwise.

One thing is almost certain you'll never be paying the full 3 million god only knows what add ons they've agreed to their just to drum up the figure.

I can easily imagine that £1.2M is the initial payment

Adam Whartons fee, whilst being a guaranteed £18M (rising to, £22M, sell on fee of X etc etc), only included an initial payment of £6M

Edited 3 hours ago by KentExile

[davulsukur]

 

[rob_of_the_rovers]

Signing a player who we previously rejected after a failed medical. What could go wrong?

[Tomphil2]

We are replacing the club captain with a guy with one foot whose other foot won't be ready to play until weeks after surgery which no doubt we are paying for.

Non of that matters though in the BRFC administration office because at least we don't have to pay him unless he plays.

What could go wrong....

[RevidgeBlue]

1 minute ago, davulsukur said:

Signing this Baradji bloke on a pay as you play deal really doesn't instil any confidence that he's going to be anything other than the next Vince Grella

 

Exactly what I was thinking.

Don't think people are making enough of this.

We're replacing our captain and someone who is the lynchpin of the side with another player who is currently injured.

Of course the injury may not turn out to be a problem long term but on the other hand........

Id say he'd have been OK as a punt as an out and out addition to the squad.

But if he's seen as the direct Travis replacement it's a massive risk and more barrel scraping of the highest (or lowest) order.