2025 Summer Transfer Thread. 😂

[cesus]

Anybody else feeling like the West Brom game might end up looking like the opening day against Norwich a few years ago under Coyle? When we played like 11 shirts got dished out on the Blackburn End car park!

[Emerald Isle Rover]

3 minutes ago, cesus said:

Anybody else feeling like the West Brom game might end up looking like the opening day against Norwich a few years ago under Coyle? When we played like 11 shirts got dished out on the Blackburn End car park!

Me I have that feeling myself 

[M_B]

10 minutes ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

Watching him playing against Kargbo will be interesting.  Kargbo will be faster running backwards.

I'm remembering Keith Gillespie giving Van Bronkhorst 5 yards start. 

[roversinmyblood]

On the X BrfcPrivy account he’s showing TWO Swedish flags!!

 

[lraC]

18 minutes ago, Waggy76 said:

I would have thought the Venkys running of the Club , this last 15 years , as brought the Club into disrepute far more times than the fans have altogether !

Anuradha J Desai, the Chairperson of Venky’s, said: 19/11/2010

“We are delighted, proud and humbled to be associated with Blackburn Rovers, a team with whom we share many values and ambitions. Going forward we plan to focus on leveraging the global influence in establishing Blackburn Rovers as a truly global brand. We will absolutely respect the Jack Walker legacy and will be actively supporting the organisation to ensure that Blackburn Rovers remains one of the best run Clubs within the Premier League. We are particularly pleased that the deal has full support of the Walker Trust, the Chairman and the management team who will of course remain in place with our full support.”

I rest my case !

100%

[JHRover]

20 minutes ago, ObiWhan8t7 said:

Experience is getting sold/walking on a free and this will have an impact on rest of squad. Just get the feeling that majority of squad squad want out. Dolan, Batth,Brittain, Weimann were all big personalities in the squad and it’s got to turn a few more heads to believe they’re futures lie somewhere else 

When you look at the despicable way the club has conducted itself in recent transfer windows (McGuire, O'Brien) together with the outrageous departures mid-season of JDT and Eustace, together with the complete and utter inertia on new contracts for key players, joining those few dots together tells me that this is not a club that any self-respecting individual would want to stay at. 

We are basically a vessel for younger/foreign players who need a route into English football / staff who can't get work elsewhere to come in and use us for a season or two before they move on to the bright lights of places like Derby and Middlesbrough. 

I expect that this club's reputation and name is in the gutter when it comes to doing deals with other clubs/players after the conduct we have witnessed in recent years. They don't care about that though. 

[simongarnerisgod]

the let going on about 3 players close to signing,miller,henrikson and who else,im`e not paying for their crappy articles but curious to know who the 3ed player is

[lraC]

11 minutes ago, SuperBrfc said:

It's not the end of the world guys, Brittain was shit anyway. He's actually a greedy tosser, if we think about it. I'm sure Suhail did all he could to get him to stay, but we forget that we have to run the club as business and can't be blowing our wage structure and putting the club's future at risk. No player is bigger than the club and it's actually a good deal when looking at it from a business point of view. £3.5m in and £750k spent on a replacement. If we didn't have a replacement lined up, I'd be worried, but I have to give credit to Suhail for once. He's getting the hang of this, I feel. Maybe Rudy being here is what he needed to come out of his shell?

The Hibs lad looks a good 'un any road. A unit and has the Neill/Emerton vibe about him. I suspect that this signing was an Adam Owen recommendation. He'll likely know all about Miller from his time at Hibs. If so, fair play Mr Owen. Let's see some more of this, please.

An unrelated fun fact, though meaningless regards his playing ability and the signing, is that Miller came from playing in Australia and joined Hibs in 2022. A year earlier, a Mr Kean trod a similar path. Leaving work in Australia to join Hibs in 2022. It must be something in the water in Scotland. The world is so big, yet so small at the same time. A truly global game. I love all the different stories and seeing how people's careers pan out in the football world.

Anyway, let's see if Suhail and Co can somehow get Rovers back to where we belong. It is exciting, as Rudy said. A part of me also wants Boro to go up with us. I miss the days of Ravanelli, Juninho and Emerson. Those were the days eh, Honeyman! How we would both love to be back there. We were also side by side as clubs in the 2000's for a time too. I quite like Boro and it's sad to see where we both are today. Let's bring those days back, Suhail. Come on. Time is ticking.

Good luck to Callum, but we keep moving.

I get the sarcasm in your post, but guess many won’t. 

[ROVER_N_OUT1978]

@SIMON GARNERS 194think they're saying two incoming and Brittain leaving.

Also said discussions are ongoing with Baradji and Yverdon

[Tugayisgod]

[sal]

Miller signs

[Herbie6590]

Beefy back four…

[alex l]

1 minute ago, Herbie6590 said:

Beefy back four…

You've been keeping hold of this since Miller was linked, haven't you. Well played. 

[ObiWhan8t7]

14 minutes ago, roversinmyblood said:

On the X BrfcPrivy account he’s showing TWO Swedish flags!!

 

Swedish player in Swedish league

[simongarnerisgod]

i find it bewildering that they can pay a transfer fee and give miller a 3 year contract ,yet they can`t seem to find any money  to keep brittain,travis.dolan or batth

[JBiz]

1 minute ago, simongarnerisgod said:

i find it bewildering that they can pay a transfer fee and give miller a 3 year contract ,yet they can`t seem to find any money  to keep brittain,travis.dolan or batth

To me it’s obvious, better proven players in the league command far higher salaries than those coming into the division or even country (unless they’re coming from a top level!).

As frustrating as i imagine we both find it, the prerogative is keeping the wage bill low. £1m and £10k a week over 3 years is cheaper than a £20k a week 3 year deal.

[alex l]

4 minutes ago, simongarnerisgod said:

i find it bewildering that they can pay a transfer fee and give miller a 3 year contract ,yet they can`t seem to find any money  to keep brittain,travis.dolan or batth

I suspect all those who left would have wanted considerably more than the contracts we have given to the new signings. 

[OnionBalaji]

22 minutes ago, roversinmyblood said:

On the X BrfcPrivy account he’s showing TWO Swedish flags!!

 

Return Flight Tickets once he fails his medical / Pasha loses the paperwork 

[ObiWhan8t7]

21 minutes ago, JHRover said:

When you look at the despicable way the club has conducted itself in recent transfer windows (McGuire, O'Brien) together with the outrageous departures mid-season of JDT and Eustace, together with the complete and utter inertia on new contracts for key players, joining those few dots together tells me that this is not a club that any self-respecting individual would want to stay at. 

We are basically a vessel for younger/foreign players who need a route into English football / staff who can't get work elsewhere to come in and use us for a season or two before they move on to the bright lights of places like Derby and Middlesbrough. 

I expect that this club's reputation and name is in the gutter when it comes to doing deals with other clubs/players after the conduct we have witnessed in recent years. They don't care about that though. 

Completely agree

[Leonard Venkhater]

23 minutes ago, rigger said:

And all that due to losing a right-back ? I think it is more likely that the rest of the team not playing at the required level was more of a deciding factor.

I saw it. It seemed like a real blow to the morale of the players and the fans.

The collapse was cataclysmic.

The next 7 games included these defeats....0-3, 0-3, 0-4, 1-4, 1-3, 0-4...

And remember  Rovers were 2nd in the table before these results....

[joey_big_nose]

9 minutes ago, simongarnerisgod said:

i find it bewildering that they can pay a transfer fee and give miller a 3 year contract ,yet they can`t seem to find any money  to keep brittain,travis.dolan or batth

Agreed... My best guess at the moment is Brittain, Dolan, Travisz Tronstad etc are looking for £10k+ plus and its a hard no, while McCloughlin, Millar etc come in for 6k to 9k.

I am completely speculating but it does seem weird we are letting players go for free over say 5k a week which is 0.5M over two years, but if we could sell them at a time of our choosing they would be worth millions to us?

Edited 2 hours ago by joey_big_nose

[rigger]

3 minutes ago, JBiz said:

To me it’s obvious, better proven players in the league command far higher salaries than those coming into the division or even country (unless they’re coming from a top level!).

As frustrating as i imagine we both find it, the prerogative is keeping the wage bill low. £1m and £10k a week over 3 years is cheaper than a £20k a week 3 year deal.

It is simple economics, what I find most annoying is why we are not told the truth, I am sure it would be more acceptable to people if we were.

[SuperBrfc]

24 minutes ago, JHRover said:

When you look at the despicable way the club has conducted itself in recent transfer windows (McGuire, O'Brien) together with the outrageous departures mid-season of JDT and Eustace, together with the complete and utter inertia on new contracts for key players, joining those few dots together tells me that this is not a club that any self-respecting individual would want to stay at. 

We are basically a vessel for younger/foreign players who need a route into English football / staff who can't get work elsewhere to come in and use us for a season or two before they move on to the bright lights of places like Derby and Middlesbrough. 

I expect that this club's reputation and name is in the gutter when it comes to doing deals with other clubs/players after the conduct we have witnessed in recent years. They don't care about that though. 

I think you're spot on. Also, you may remember me telling posters, just after Eustace left, to keep an eye out for a pattern that has been showing itself over the last 15 years. Re: Six clubs in particular. I said Karanka would be next in based off of that pattern. It didn't happen, but a hack had him down as the leading candidate for a time, which says plenty IMO.

Looking at this summer...whatever it is, be it a small world, fishing in the same pool etc, the pattern is there again.

[aletheia]

1 hour ago, M_B said:

Britain obviously wasn't.

Smart man and obviously not desperate. Trav next.

[JBiz]

4 minutes ago, rigger said:

It is simple economics, what I find most annoying is why we are not told the truth, I am sure it would be more acceptable to people if we were.

Also according to some basic online stats which may be well off, Darragh Lenihan is Boro’s top earner on 20k+.
 

I doubt any of our players are on that, let alone a wage structure with those sort of figures built in for parity.

It will always come down to turnover unless we’ve a owner who wants to invest, funnily enough, like Boro.

 

Miller could be a solid investment though and I’m looking forward to a long throw as a weapon!