2025 Summer Transfer Thread. 😂

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

Just now, Forever Blue said:

Not really cos it’s not relevant. None of that means there isn’t any money for transfers. We’ve already signed 4. We want 4 more. Most will be permanent signings involving an outlay just as the first 4 were. 
 

 

It’s early days yet but if the next four are of the same pedigree as the first four colour me - un excited. 

[USABlue]

3 hours ago, Forever Blue said:

Jackson:

a CB, RW and No10 on Rovers wish list, with permanent additions rather than loans preferred. 
 

Baradji deal still on cards as Rovers really want him and he desperately wants to join. 
 

Tyjon to be part of first team squad. 

Rovers see Montgomery long-term as a midfielder. 

LMM and Michalski have impressed in Spain 

Whose LMM?

[Forever Blue]

1 minute ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

It’s early days yet but if the next four are of the same pedigree as the first four colour me - un excited. 

Which is fine but that’s wasn’t the discussion we were having. 

[Forever Blue]

2 minutes ago, USABlue said:

Whose LMM?

Mullarkey

 

[USABlue]

3 minutes ago, Forever Blue said:

Mullarkey

 

TY

[bluebruce]

2 hours ago, Exiled_Rover said:

There's literally no reason why Tyjon or Higgins won't do the same. 

Why would they sign on here when apparently signing for Arsenal et al and being loaned out for 3 years is much more preferable. 

If they decide it's not more preferable. They may wish to be raised at one club, not farmed around for a few years and never have settled development, or used as a body for a youth team. Especially at a young age, gallivanting around the country away from family may not be what they want. Whether we think it makes sense or not isn't important, players have their own personalities and aims. Higgins is also a Rovers fan.

Also, Phillips and Wharton signed on at stages they could have gone elsewhere. They left later, but they did stick around with interest. Eze also signed a new deal with massive Italian clubs lurking.

[Tomphil2]

28 minutes ago, USABlue said:

I don't think it had anything to do with dreams, just money in the short term.

Well i'm sure some do dream of playing for Plymouth and Stoke on loan 🤨

[K-Hod]

Petition to stop calling players a ‘6’ or an ‘8’, as this isn’t rugby union. 

[B16Rover]

18 minutes ago, K-Hod said:

Petition to stop calling players a ‘6’ or an ‘8’, as this isn’t rugby union. 

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder but I reckon Cantwell fancies himself as a 10

[miqaayil]

Why are we not on Zefi baffles me ...... we lost out on POKU  but....common gestede....

[RevidgeBlue]

3 hours ago, bluebruce said:

We learned it at the time (well, via rumour). Yes we would have been entitled to compo anyway, but not as good as we got (2.5 million with as much again in potential add ons I believe...I think we would have got about 1 mill without). 

Less whatever we paid him for 12 months not to play on his improved deal.

Dress it up how you like, getting c£2m for a player who was being touted as an eventual £25m or £30m star wasn't a good deal.

Wonder if we bothered to negotiate a sell on clause? That won't be much cop either if he goes to a Championship Club.

[Exiled_Rover]

1 hour ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

It’s early days yet but if the next four are of the same pedigree as the first four colour me - un excited. 

You're an incredible judge of talent.

I've seen DeNeve play for about 90 mins and the rest for less than 45 mins (or indeed not at all when it comes to Tavares). 

[Exiled_Rover]

17 minutes ago, miqaayil said:

Why are we not on Zefi baffles me ...... we lost out on POKU  but....common gestede....

Completely different pedigree to Poku, no?

Another Gilsenan - might be good, but he's bounced around a few big club Academies and is 20 already so it's unlikely that he is.

[London blue]

4 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

You're an incredible judge of talent.

I've seen DeNeve play for about 90 mins and the rest for less than 45 mins (or indeed not at all when it comes to Tavares). 

I think it's entirely fair to be unexcited by the pedigree of signings we've made. In fact given how little they've played that's pretty much all we've got to go on.

[M_B]

Got told from the Stanley end that they're after Leonard on loan, Rovers are looking at it. 

[RevidgeBlue]

2 minutes ago, M_B said:

Got told from the Stanley end that they're after Leonard on loan, Rovers are looking at it. 

Not wanting to shoot the messenger but he's a lot better than that surely.

[rob_of_the_rovers]

Just now, RevidgeBlue said:

Not wanting to shoot the messenger but he's a lot better than that surely.

He needs a full season playing at this point. If he's too good for that league then let him show it

[jim mk2]

Wrexham signed Lewis O'Brien from Forest - a lad we wanted a few years ago only for the deal to fall through

Still only 26. Good player and good signing

[miqaayil]

17 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

Completely different pedigree to Poku, no?

Another Gilsenan - might be good, but he's bounced around a few big club Academies and is 20 already so it's unlikely that he is.

some racism thing in Roma..wants a championship club to kick off.... trickery and speed.. let's see ..worth a punt in my opinion 

[bluebruce]

26 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

Less whatever we paid him for 12 months not to play on his improved deal.

Dress it up how you like, getting c£2m for a player who was being touted as an eventual £25m or £30m star wasn't a good deal.

Wonder if we bothered to negotiate a sell on clause? That won't be much cop either if he goes to a Championship Club.

Why do people always have to assume there's an agenda behind a post? I'm not dressing it up as a good deal, I'm just pointing out that it was a better deal than we were going to get if we just let him leave before signing the contract, which was the contention of your post. Obviously we got rimmed.

He didn't 'not play on his improved deal', he made 14 appearances that season. So he filled a squad role. I doubt he would have been paid all that much for 12 months. Even 5k a week (more than I imagine he was on) only comes to 250k for the season, making it still better than letting him go for the compo.

[Exiled_Rover]

5 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

Not wanting to shoot the messenger but he's a lot better than that surely.

Yep has to be 6 months in L1 or it's a waste of his time.

[simongarnerisgod]

11 minutes ago, M_B said:

Got told from the Stanley end that they're after Leonard on loan, Rovers are looking at it. 

sadly., don`t think the lad will make it at league level,he`s perenially injured and a step down to the bottom level,he`ll be injured even more ,he`s very fragile unfortunately,he has got the ability,but it`s not much use if you constantly out of action

6 minutes ago, jim mk2 said:

Wrexham signed Lewis O'Brien from Forest - a lad we wanted a few years ago only for the deal to fall through

Still only 26. Good player and good signing

it was an absolute cluster****  and an illustration why venkys are a bunch of ***** that we did`nt get him on loan that season,i think he`s dropped off a level or two since then but it`s a good signing for wrexham

[USABlue]

Been wondering if the best signing this summer might be the new S&C coach.  We seemed to have a lot of hamstrings and muscle pulls especially from our more athletic players. Can this new fella keep the like of Kargbo from oulling up lame so much, Carter perhaps could be helped.  Could the stitched pitch be a culprit?   Hope the new fella gets us to peak fitness, a la Hughes' tenure.

[pick32]

Seen O’Brien a few times last season playing for Swansea, didn’t think we missed out on much 

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

1 hour ago, Exiled_Rover said:

You're an incredible judge of talent.

I've seen DeNeve play for about 90 mins and the rest for less than 45 mins (or indeed not at all when it comes to Tavares). 

Did you miss the - “ it’s early days yet “ bit. Or the “ pedigree “ bit ?

Edited yesterday at 17:47 by Tyrone Shoelaces