2025 Summer Transfer Thread. 😂

[ROVER_N_OUT1978]

Fee proving difficult for Gudjohnsen according to Nicko 

[BankEnd Rover]

2 minutes ago, ROVER_N_OUT1978 said:

Fee proving difficult for Gudjohnsen according to Nicko 

Jesus the bloke has got everything wrong today...Thought he said it had got down to a million? Yet apparently we've bid 2m for Soumano? 
 

Nixon back to his usual.

Edited 3 hours ago by BankEnd Rover

[Paul Mani]

35 minutes ago, BRFC. said:

Yep putting fake rumors out their to pull the “least we tried” stuff, doubt the other striker from gent is true either 

Eh!? There’s no chance this is being leaked by Rovers.

[Ossydave]

Leonard was all set to go, its Pasha that's pulled the plug, wants more 💰 

[DutchRover]

Gudjonson and Smit both seem to be guys who have one good season in 23/24 and then were a bit rubbish in 24/25, neither is particularly inspiring if we want a starter to challenge Ohashi.

[Parsonblue]

2 hours ago, RevidgeBlue said:

Good comparison. The scale of the clear out is very Furphylike.

The distinctions Id make are

a) Furphy  was a young up and coming "tracksuit" manager which was still a bit of a departure in those days. Ismael is a seasoned manager who's been round the block a few times without any particular success.

b) Many of the players we've lost this summer were our best performers last season not players who'd been worn down and needed shipping out.

Incidentally didn't we get off to a bad start under Furphy in his first half season? I seem to remember us hovering around the bottom 2 (two up and two down in those days) until just before Christmas. He might have been lucky to survive in these more trigger happy/ social media/ Internet days.

We were destined for relegation until he brought 'Big Mac' in from Newcastle.  That guy literally dragged us up from the floor and restored some pride back into the old club.  'Big Mac's' importance in the history of this club can never be overstated.

[BankEnd Rover]

6 minutes ago, Ossydave said:

Leonard was all set to go, its Pasha that's pulled the plug, wants more 💰 

Kin hell - Pasha & MacAnthony, what an horrific stand off. 

[MarkBRFC]

If that is true then Leonard won't be going there.

MacAnthoney isnt one to be messed about, especially not by inexperienced know nothings like Pasha.

[Emerald Isle Rover]

21 minutes ago, Ossydave said:

Leonard was all set to go, its Pasha that's pulled the plug, wants more 💰 

How could you possibly know that 

[KentExile]

Tyjon called up for England U18 (having already been called up for Poland U18 

 

 

Edited 2 hours ago by KentExile

[Ossydave]

Just now, Emerald Isle Rover said:

How could you possibly know that 

If you don't wish to believe it I'm absolutely fine with it, got as far as sorting his 'exit message' apparently.

[Tugayisgod]

Thank God there's only another 3 days left of this madness. Just be happy when it's 7pm on Monday and we know where we stand

[MarkBRFC]

I think it will end up with...

Leonard staying

No strikers signed 

Midfielder on loan in on deadline day, not Browne.

[Mercer]

1 hour ago, Parsonblue said:

We were destined for relegation until he brought 'Big Mac' in from Newcastle.  That guy literally dragged us up from the floor and restored some pride back into the old club.  'Big Mac's' importance in the history of this club can never be overstated.

'Big Mac' a colossus and maybe the best £20k Rovers have ever spent.  Hard as nails and Fergie revealed in his autobiography Mac threatened to kill him during one game and he was loitering with intent outside the dressing room post match waiting for Fergie!  

As you say, so influential in dragging Rovers back from the precipice and I recall he weighed in with his fair share of goals for a ch - think he got into double figures with Rovers.

Sadly, he succumbed to Alzheimer's and Parkinson's passing away last year in his 80's.

 

Edited 2 hours ago by Mercer

[Paul Mani]

24 minutes ago, MarkBRFC said:

I think it will end up with...

Leonard staying

No strikers signed 

Midfielder on loan in on deadline day, not Browne.

Watching the managers interview - I’d agree with you! 

[aletheia]

In
Ryoya morishita 28 midfield-legia warsaw euros 2.1m
Sidnei Tavares 23 –midfield –Portugal   euros 2m
Axel Henriksson – 23- euros 860k
Lewis Miller 24 - right back –Hibs (Australian)   euros 860k
Dion de Neve 24-midfiled –euros 759k
Ryan Alebiousu 23 right back – euros 576k
Sean McLoughlin-28-centre back-Hull euros 575k
Moussa Baradji – 24 –loan 

Total expenditure  = Euros 7.73m   

Out
Travis  Euros 3.5m?
Joe Rankin Costello 25 Charlton  euros 870k
Callum Brittain 27 Middlesborough     euros 3.5m????
John Buckley   25 Al-Kolood   euros 1m????
Tyrhys Dolan 23 Espanyol –free (wages saved)?
Andreas Weimann 33 Derby free (wages saved)?
Danny Baath 34 Derby free (wages saved)?
Jordan eastham 23  free (wages saved)?    
Jalil saadi-free transfer
Cauley Woodrow end of loan
Jack vale-without club
O’riordan-loan
Dilan markandy -free
ACD – end of loan
Beck – end of loan
Dennis –end of loan
Sanderson – end of loan

Total Income = euros 8.87m

So thus far, spend = circa euros 1.14m

 

[DutchRover]

1 hour ago, KentExile said:

Tyjon called up for England U18 (having already been called up for Poland U18 

 

 

How does Tyjon play for England and Poland at the same time, does he have a twin?

[lraC]

1 hour ago, Emerald Isle Rover said:

How could you possibly know that 

He is spot on, so he knows from someone.

[Exiled_Rover]

1 hour ago, Ossydave said:

If you don't wish to believe it I'm absolutely fine with it, got as far as sorting his 'exit message' apparently.

I hope they task the double agent with leading the mole hunt like the FBI used to do. 

[Exiled_Rover]

1 minute ago, DutchRover said:

How does Tyjon play for England and Poland at the same time, does he have a twin?

Don't think it means anything until it's a senior cap.

See Grealish and Rice. 

[KentExile]

3 minutes ago, DutchRover said:

How does Tyjon play for England and Poland at the same time, does he have a twin?

 

1 minute ago, Exiled_Rover said:

Don't think it means anything until it's a senior cap.

See Grealish and Rice. 

Yep, he played for both at U17 and I think also U16 level too

[Leonard Venkhater]

4 hours ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

I’m old enough to remember having to clear the dinosaur shit off the pitch before we could kick off.
The recent events reminds me of the time when Ken Furphy came in. We’d had years of treading water before eventually being relegated to the old Div 3. Furphy came in and began a massive clear out of players who’d been at the club a while who’d obviously become disenchanted with football. Some were fans favourites - Eamon Rogers, who was like Travis only he could play football as well. Billy Wilson - a really good tenacious full back, Malcolm Darling , a decent striker. All of these were good players but they’d become jaded by being at a club that was in the doldrums for years. They were treading water and weren’t playing to the best of their ability. There were others that I forget now that left the club but players were coming in and going out on a daily basis. The famous Bobby Bell deal being just one.

Some of these deals worked out, some didn’t. Some young players were brought back in that went on to be household names like Faz and Mecky. But at the end of all the upheaval we had a team that looked like they wanted to play for Blackburn Rovers and they wanted to be out there. He laid the seeds for the eventual promotion out of the dungeons of Div 3 and back to the relatively sunny uplands of Div 2.

Let’s hope this turmoil results in a similar period of success !  Come on you Blues !

As a pedant, I recall that Darling went to Norwich a while before Furphy arrived. From memory, we swapped him for Bryan Conlon. He was certainly in the team that went down to Division 3.

[Exiled_Rover]

1 hour ago, MarkBRFC said:

If that is true then Leonard won't be going there.

MacAnthoney isnt one to be messed about, especially not by inexperienced know nothings like Pasha.

He had our pants down for Szmodics, and that was with Broughton in charge. I shudder to think what Pasha's playing at. 

[lraC]

1 hour ago, Ossydave said:

If you don't wish to believe it I'm absolutely fine with it, got as far as sorting his 'exit message' apparently.

You are spot on including the exit message 

[aletheia]

5 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

I shudder to think what Pasha's playing at. 

Totally guessing and tongue in cheek but...

Pasha not liking comparisons to Putin (ie cross me and you're out)- so contrary, make it hard to lose Leonard?

I know, realms of conspiracy which is definitely not my style but hey, transfer stuff is thrown out here willy nilly 😉 

Edit

But no, it's just the cash, isn't it? 🙂 

 

Edited 1 hour ago by aletheia