2025 Summer Transfer Thread. 😂

[davulsukur]

Didn't realise that the new lad already knew Yuri as well as Yuki.

Played together at Legia Warsaw

[wilsdenrover]

When did bringing in players for competition (as against to improve the team) become a thing?

[CambridgeRover]

3 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

How many do we need?

Hedges, Hyam, Wharton, Carter Alebiosu, Pickering, Montgomery, GK, Cantwell, Tyjon...

At least 7 home‑grown players must be named in your matchday squad.

Is what I am seeing

[Polky]

I think he will definitely be a fans favourite, seems like a lovely lad.

[wilsdenrover]

10 minutes ago, CambridgeRover said:

For the more knowledgeable out there, are we at risk of not hitting our home-grown quotas?

A lot of foreign players at the moment coming in, what is the championship rules? 

7 need naming in each match day squad.

Lots have left from last season, only Alebiosu and Tavares have been bought in (+ the academy ‘promotions’).

[JHRover]

1 hour ago, chaddyrovers said:

aren't we spending money this window? £7.5m spent and possible more so. 

Cloud cuckoo land

[B16Rover]

If we do turn Hyam over I wonder if we go back in for Isherwood.  Big, cheap, GBE free and having a good season based on Google 

[KentExile]

16 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

How many do we need?

Hedges, Hyam, Wharton, Carter Alebiosu, Pickering, Montgomery, GK, Cantwell, Tyjon...

8 of the squad of 25 need to be home gown, if you only have 7, then can only name a squad of 24, , only 6, squad is 23 etc etc

Tyjon & Michalski & Montgomery don't count towards the 25

Tavares might do since he was over here from the age of 1 until his teens

so we either have 7 or 8 home grown depending upon if Tavares counts

 

Edited 3 hours ago by KentExile

[XLM]

23 minutes ago, lraC said:

If I remember rightly, it was the fans fault for hounding him out, at least that is what his Dad said.

https://thespoiler.co.uk/blackburn-defend-position-curious-case-myles-anderson/

No surprise to see Kean and his dad defending him because he sure as hell couldn't defend himself.

[MarkBRFC]

9 minutes ago, KentExile said:

8 of the squad of 25 need to be home gown, if you only have 7, then can only name a squad of 24, , only 6, squad is 23 etc etc

Tyjon & Michalski & Montgomery don't count towards the 25

Tavares might do since he was over here from the age of 1 until his teens

so we either have 7 or 8 home grown depending upon if Tavares counts

 

Don't count towards the 8 in the 25, but would for the 7 needed in a match day squad I presume?

Goddard could be added to that too? (Not the 25 man squad)

[rob_of_the_rovers]

Just from looking at Soumano's stats from the last couple of seasons:

23/24: was on loan to a team that ended up relegated from Ligue 2. He had a good first half of the season, with 11 league goals before February, but then didn't score again until the final day. Never scored more than 1 in a game. Ended up with a goal every 224 minutes in the league.

24/25: back at Lorient who ended up getting promoted from Ligue 2. Only started 11 league games but came off the bench in most of the others. Scored 14 goals, mostly off the bench, which turned out to be a goal every 92 minutes.

[ROVER_N_OUT1978]

I tend to agree @rob_of_the_rovers there isn't anything there to make me say this guy is a game changer.

Pululu would be a much better option imo

[Tomphil2]

1 hour ago, Mercer said:

IMO, the Raos, Pasha, Waggott and Gestede have all been economical with the facts.  Preumably, you feel very uncomfortable about that?  Perhaps Ismael could also become a voluntary lay preacher!?

I would dispute we have spent anywhere near £7.5m.  I think fees for players signed have been over-hyped for the consumption of those in our fan base who are highly gullible.  I would put fees paid in the £4 to 5million range with a further £2 to 3million due when we win the PL!!!

The fact is fees for departing players Brittain, Travis, JRC, Buckley and Dolan (compo) will almost certainly exceed the fees paid for our incomings.

I think the reality is we have spent nothing, in fact we are in the black on fees and you can add to that some add-ons from past sales.

I suspect if our budget is £5million, there may well be some hefty bonuses to be paid due to a substantial saving on that budget!

Of course the only way round this is to scrap all this 'undisclosed fee' crap, report both the actual fee, potential add-ons and the fee paid to agents for every transaction.  That would give you the openness, transparency and honesty that seems to excite you. 

 

The initial fees spent probably stack up to the David Raya add on money which will count as something of a bonus on the income sheet.

The rest of the sales before this summer were always marked for running costs.

[Exiled_Rover]

53 minutes ago, MarkBRFC said:

Hmmm maybe.

Going off this link - https://www.transferroom.com/gbe#calculator he would go to the exceptions panel.

That website only has Morishita passing by 3 points too rather than 9, the difference being the International appearances. 

What happens with Toth if he gets a cap for Hungary?

International caps appear to be the decider for a lot of these ESC applications.

[MarkBRFC]

Just now, Exiled_Rover said:

What happens with Toth if he gets a cap for Hungary?

International caps appear to be the decider for a lot of these ESC applications.

Needs to be a competitive cap, I presume that would push him further to make him eligible to convert, but I don't think we can do it until January anyway.

[MarkBRFC]

9 minutes ago, rob_of_the_rovers said:

Just from looking at Soumano's stats from the last couple of seasons:

23/24: was on loan to a team that ended up relegated from Ligue 2. He had a good first half of the season, with 11 league goals before February, but then didn't score again until the final day. Never scored more than 1 in a game. Ended up with a goal every 224 minutes in the league.

24/25: back at Lorient who ended up getting promoted from Ligue 2. Only started 11 league games but came off the bench in most of the others. Scored 14 goals, mostly off the bench, which turned out to be a goal every 92 minutes.

Yeah, to me he just looks like a bit of an upgrade on Gueye.

Not sure he would be worth what Nixon thinks we will pay for him.

[Exiled_Rover]

40 minutes ago, davulsukur said:

Didn't realise that the new lad already knew Yuri as well as Yuki.

Played together at Legia Warsaw

Ah, they clicked the 'Recommend signing' button when signing Ohashi and Ribeiro then...

[chaddyrovers]

46 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

Got to sign another CF and CM first - easier said than done with this lot. 

Supposedly on with it according to Nixon

42 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

We've brought in far more than £7.5m and absolutely slashed the wage bill.

So no we're not spending money - we'll be in the black when this window closes.

As I said earlier, the budget £5m so far we spent around 7.5m. So it's look like we are reinvesting some money from players as my point from this summer. 

[Exiled_Rover]

26 minutes ago, KentExile said:

8 of the squad of 25 need to be home gown, if you only have 7, then can only name a squad of 24, , only 6, squad is 23 etc etc

Tyjon & Michalski & Montgomery don't count towards the 25

Tavares might do since he was over here from the age of 1 until his teens

so we either have 7 or 8 home grown depending upon if Tavares counts

 

Tavares will count, he came through the Leicester Academy. 

Guess we'll be naming a 23 man squad then...

[wilsdenrover]

30 minutes ago, KentExile said:

8 of the squad of 25 need to be home gown, if you only have 7, then can only name a squad of 24, , only 6, squad is 23 etc etc

Tyjon & Michalski & Montgomery don't count towards the 25

Tavares might do since he was over here from the age of 1 until his teens

so we either have 7 or 8 home grown depending upon if Tavares counts

 

It’s definitely 7 for the match day squad:

Edited 2 hours ago by wilsdenrover

[chaddyrovers]

31 minutes ago, JHRover said:

Cloud cuckoo land

Yes doesn't suit your opinion 

[Tom]

41 minutes ago, Polky said:

I think he will definitely be a fans favourite, seems like a lovely lad.

Ok I’ve decided Mori is my favourite and needs protecting at all costs! 

[CambridgeRover]

4 minutes ago, wilsdenrover said:

It’s definitely 7 (I also can’t see anything about reduced squad sizes if you can’t meet this requirement):

There are two separate sections. The section you just posted is for matchday squads, the other section where the reduced squad size is relevant is for the registered season squad list.

[KentExile]

7 minutes ago, wilsdenrover said:

It’s definitely 7 (I also can’t see anything about reduced squad sizes if you can’t meet this requirement):

I was looking at the number of home grown players who have to be in a 25 man squad, not how many would have to be named in any given match day squad

https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/what-are-the-efl-squad-rules-for-202425-loanee-limits-home-grown-players-and-how-many-subs-are-allowed

 

24/25 (which i assume remain unchanged) rules were

 

Championship clubs can have squads of up to 25 players, of which a minimum of 8 need to be home grown

 

For a player to be considered home grown by the EFL, they don't necessarily need to be British (they can be any nationality) or to have been trained by that specific club.

All that is required to qualify as home grown is to have been registered with any club affiliated to the FA or the FA of Wales for at least three seasons or 36 months prior to their 21st birthday (or the end of the season they turn 21). We can't see anything to say loanees are excluded from counting as home grown players.

Edited 2 hours ago by KentExile

[wilsdenrover]

9 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

Tavares will count, he came through the Leicester Academy. 

Guess we'll be naming a 23 man squad then...

I’m not aware of the reduction in squad list rule if you can’t name 8 home grown players.

Perhaps @KentExile can clarify where they’ve seen this.