Summer Transfers 2025 (rumours and incomings)

We’re thankfully almost at the end of the window when all will be revealed.

Big decisions loom on Guehi, and who replaces him if he goes.
Looks like we’ve been knocked back on Akanji , Gomez and Salisu and I understand that Diomande , who was supposed to be to be our main target, is injured as well as being too expensive.
It seems likely that Guehi will go, so the main question is whether we can get in an experienced replacement.

On the attacking options, Bournemouth have been adamant that Brooks won’t be sold and Austrian forward has said he’s staying at Leipzig.
This leaves us with the possibility of El Khannouss, Nelson or…… Sterling.
Sterling would be an odd one as Glasner explicitly denied interest in him a week or so ago.

Finally there’s Gallagher, who is supposedly now a target for Manchester United and Spurs.
I just can’t see Palace competing financially for his services.

My best guess, and it’s only a guess, is that we end up with El Khannouss and Gomez, with Guehi going out.
 
PatrickA said:
We’re thankfully almost at the end of the window when all will be revealed.

Big decisions loom on Guehi, and who replaces him if he goes.
Looks like we’ve been knocked back on Akanji , Gomez and Salisu and I understand that Diomande , who was supposed to be to be our main target, is injured as well as being too expensive.
It seems likely that Guehi will go, so the main question is whether we can get in an experienced replacement.

On the attacking options, Bournemouth have been adamant that Brooks won’t be sold and Austrian forward has said he’s staying at Leipzig.
This leaves us with the possibility of El Khannouss, Nelson or…… Sterling.
Sterling would be an odd one as Glasner explicitly denied interest in him a week or so ago.

Finally there’s Gallagher, who is supposedly now a target for Manchester United and Spurs.
I just can’t see Palace competing financially for his services.

My best guess, and it’s only a guess, is that we end up with El Khannouss and Gomez, with Guehi going out.
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A sorry state of affairs, I’m affraid.

The targets, transfer fees and personal terms should have been agreed weeks ago on the expectation Eze and Guehi will be sold.

It now feels like a last minute scatter gun approach with us being linked with a new player every hour. We’ll be held to ransom as clubs know we’re desperate.

The Europa League debacle must have been a influencing factor as I suspect we could have attracted better players had we not been demoted.

I hope I’m wrong and Parish has a trick up his sleeve/masterplan, but it feels unlikely that we will unveil the required 4 additional new signings today.
 
I think the scattergun ( hopefully ) has more to do with the media reporting . You’ve got to think they got plan A - G and beyond .

Also swings both ways , clubs who have bought and need to sell , can also get motivated

Lots of ball's in motion and SP has been doing for over ten years

Comes up to someone blinking , another club buying and a regular somewhere with WC aspirations realising they ‘re going to be sitting in a bench
 
see_change said:
I think the scattergun ( hopefully ) has more to do with the media reporting . You’ve got to think they got plan A - G and beyond .

Also swings both ways , clubs who have bought and need to sell , can also get motivated

Lots of ball's in motion and SP has been doing for over ten years

Comes up to someone blinking , another club buying and a regular somewhere with WC aspirations realising they ‘re going to be sitting in a bench
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Agree, the transfer window will always appear scattergun until deals are done. Whether the reality is or not is difficult to tell.

The only real known factors are the arrivals and departures announced and comments made by the club. We’ve signed a keeper, a wing back and a (highly rated) winger. One of our stars has left for a fair amount of money and the other hasn’t signed a contract, we’ve offloaded a couple but others we would like to offload remain. Beyond that, who knows what is happening.
 
It seems that SP performs best, or believes he performs best in the eleventh hour. When he took over the club it was at two minutes to midnight and every deal since then has been the same approach. Whether this is his only tactic in deal making or he just can't get things done otherwise remains a mystery but it needs to change.
 
The timing of our transfers are the main frustration as Glasner has said himself. Although, I understand it's hard for a club like us because we need value and can't pay silly money or wages. Plus, this year I agree that the Europe debacle has cost us potential players as others have mentioned. Even money wise as the Conference League rewards half the amount that the Europa league pays out.

However, I trust that we'll get the right players in with the right mindset (which is very important given the cohesion of the team). Generally over the past couple of years all the players that we have signed have worked out well and contributed. Even Kamada, who looked like a flop at first, came good once settled in. I can't think of a genuinely bad signing over the past few years with some real gems in there too. The only real question is whether we get the right number of needed players with so little time left.
 
tonypeers5 said:
The timing of our transfers are the main frustration as Glasner has said himself. Although, I understand it's hard for a club like us because we need value and can't pay silly money or wages. Plus, this year I agree that the Europe debacle has cost us potential players as others have mentioned. Even money wise as the Conference League rewards half the amount that the Europa league pays out.

However, I trust that we'll get the right players in with the right mindset (which is very important given the cohesion of the team). Generally over the past couple of years all the players that we have signed have worked out well and contributed. Even Kamada, who looked like a flop at first, came good once settled in. I can't think of a genuinely bad signing over the past few years with some real gems in there too. The only real question is whether we get the right number of needed players with so little time left.
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You have a really low bar then. I find it hard to say any of these have been good in terms of cost/salary. Ahamada, Nketiah, Franca, Holding, Kamada. If more than 50% work out then you have done well. Some teams do better, e.g. Brighton, some do worse, say, West Ham. We are middling but some of the successes have been outstanding
 
pssguy said:
You have a really low bar then. I find it hard to say any of these have been good in terms of cost/salary. Ahamada, Nketiah, Franca, Holding, Kamada. If more than 50% work out then you have done well. Some teams do better, e.g. Brighton, some do worse, say, West Ham. We are middling but some of the successes have been outstanding
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Ahamada and Holding - Nup
Kamada good player after a patchy start
Nketiah / Franca - to early to say though given the time he’s had , I think Nketiah will come good
 
Gomez and Elliott, two players that we are linked with are on the bench for Liverpool.
Despite their injuries, Eze is only on the bench for Arsenal.
I told him he should have stayed at Palace!
 
see_change said:
Ahamada and Holding - Nup
Kamada good player after a patchy start
Nketiah / Franca - to early to say though given the time he’s had , I think Nketiah will come good
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Kamada didn't have a patchy start. He was atrocious. He only looks relatively good compared with that - though I grant that he more than played his part in the open spaces of the Wembley games. He is now more than halfway through his spell here - unless extended - and is probably our highest paid player, at least for a few days
Nketiah has been useful to come on for a tiring Mateta. Not what you would expect from such an expensive signing, for us. In the league, at least, his goal contributions rarely, if ever, had any impact on the result. Franca may come good but we have said that about others e.g. Ferguson. If he goes to Brazil he will not come back until 2.5 years through his contract having played a handful of games. That has to be ruled a failure. I would say Esse and Riad are the only ones who fall into the too early to tell category
The reason we have benefited and enabled us to win things has been that many of the signings proved really outstanding rather than just adequate e.g.Olise, Eze, Guehi, Lacroix, Munoz and Wharton
 
PatrickA said:
Gomez and Elliott, two players that we are linked with are on the bench for Liverpool.
Despite their injuries, Eze is only on the bench for Arsenal.
I told him he should have stayed at Palace!
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It seems Gomez isn’t keen. Odd really, hes English and I imagine he might be interested in the World Cup. He would play regularly for us, assuming Guehi leaves.A loan would suit us if this French lad’s coming and potentially Riad back around Christmas.
Never that simple.
 
Goal Machine said:
A sorry state of affairs, I’m affraid.

The targets, transfer fees and personal terms should have been agreed weeks ago on the expectation Eze and Guehi will be sold.

It now feels like a last minute scatter gun approach with us being linked with a new player every hour. We’ll be held to ransom as clubs know we’re desperate.

The Europa League debacle must have been a influencing factor as I suspect we could have attracted better players had we not been demoted.

I hope I’m wrong and Parish has a trick up his sleeve/masterplan, but it feels unlikely that we will unveil the required 4 additional new signings today.
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I agree and disagree. We do need to get away from lastminute.com dashes but the close season has been dominated by the UEFA issue plus I think the loss of Freedman has been felt. if be happy with Pino, Canvot +2 - assuming Guehi goes.
 
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