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Summer Transfers 2025 (rumours and incomings)

Badger11 said:
Click bait are saying we should sign Grealish, yeah right him and Rashford up front would be awesome. 😕
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Villa Grealish would be awesome if he took a huge pay cut and his ego and expectations have been properly contained by his chastening experience at City.

Back to reality, he will go to the Continent for a huge fee.
 
Lacazette has just left Lyon. 19 goals in in 42 appearances last season. 4 goals in the Europa League. Would he be a good player to have off the bench? I imagine he'll be off to a loadsa-money league at age 33, but who knows (I couldn't see if anyone has already agreed a deal with him?)
 
silvertop said:
Villa Grealish would be awesome if he took a huge pay cut and his ego and expectations have been properly contained by his chastening experience at City.

Back to reality, he will go to the Continent for a huge fee.
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I don't think he's got an ego at all and i always hear how nice he is with fans, even from other clubs.
Nice how he embrassed and hugged ollie at final whistle to congratulate him. Showed much more class than his current manager.

would be awesome for us but we've already been linked with £20m bid for s'oton's Fernandez.
 
Our team has been built around hard working players who bought into the team culture and weren't stars when we bought them.

The last thing we need now is to buy some big names. So I am not interested in Grealish or Rashford they are not the right fit for Palace and would be better at a club like Spurs or West Ham.
 
Badger11 said:
Our team has been built around hard working players who bought into the team culture and weren't stars when we bought them.

The last thing we need now is to buy some big names. So I am not interested in Grealish or Rashford they are not the right fit for Palace and would be better at a club like Spurs or West Ham.
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100% AGREE - Our transfer policy now IMO is spot on
 
Sadly Jack Grealish - an unused substitute last Saturday has spent time at M City losing his valuation as a big name. Could possibly feel that he need a season at Palace to prove he can be a committed hark working player wanting to get on. It was noted that he seemed to have more time for Ollie than Pep. Do actions speak louder than words?😈
 
taylors lovechild said:
Lacazette has just left Lyon. 19 goals in in 42 appearances last season. 4 goals in the Europa League. Would he be a good player to have off the bench? I imagine he'll be off to a loadsa-money league at age 33, but who knows (I couldn't see if anyone has already agreed a deal with him?)
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I’m glad you’re not the new sporting director
 
conor4669 said:
I’m glad you’re not the new sporting director
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He's free, he had a goal every 100 minutes (including in the Europa league). So you think that's a terrible suggestion for competition for JP and Nketiah? I highly doubt he'd be interested in coming to us but currently our squad has very little (if any?) experience of European football, we're going to lose two or possibly three senior players and we probably won't have huge sums to splash on transfer fees. Clearly not a long-term option, but are we likely to qualify again for Europe in the near future? The odds are probably not, so signing one or two experienced pros to try and give it a good go isn't the worse shout. But I'm not the sporting director, I'm just someone killing time on a football forum.
 
We're linked with Mateus Fernandes from Southampton.
That would be a 'yes' from me.
A very bright attacking midfield player with quick feet , a good passing range and decent shot.
 
taylors lovechild said:
He's free, he had a goal every 100 minutes (including in the Europa league). So you think that's a terrible suggestion for competition for JP and Nketiah? I highly doubt he'd be interested in coming to us but currently our squad has very little (if any?) experience of European football, we're going to lose two or possibly three senior players and we probably won't have huge sums to splash on transfer fees. Clearly not a long-term option, but are we likely to qualify again for Europe in the near future? The odds are probably not, so signing one or two experienced pros to try and give it a good go isn't the worse shout. But I'm not the sporting director, I'm just someone killing time on a football forum.
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He's a good enough player but he's in the Rashford situation where the clubs who can afford him don't need him. Conceivably Chelsea who'd buy anybody. Or maybe Tottenham if he'd go here. Imagine Villa would take him back now they're having some success.
 
taylors lovechild said:
He's free, he had a goal every 100 minutes (including in the Europa league). So you think that's a terrible suggestion for competition for JP and Nketiah? I highly doubt he'd be interested in coming to us but currently our squad has very little (if any?) experience of European football, we're going to lose two or possibly three senior players and we probably won't have huge sums to splash on transfer fees. Clearly not a long-term option, but are we likely to qualify again for Europe in the near future? The odds are probably not, so signing one or two experienced pros to try and give it a good go isn't the worse shout. But I'm not the sporting director, I'm just someone killing time on a football forum.
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He’s old, expensive, and against our model so yes he would be a terrible signing
 
conor4669 said:
He’s old, expensive, and against our model so yes he would be a terrible signing
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We have signed a lot of young players like Esse, Wharton, Franca, Riad, etc., so I wouldn't be surprised at all to see us break that model and sign an older and more experienced player this summer. I highly doubt that player will be Lacazette, but one big reason he might work in our system is that he is well-known to work hard, is physically strong and is incredibly efficient in front of goal. He was in the top 5 scorers in Ligue 1 last season and had a better shot to goals ratio than Dembele. I have no doubt he'd be good enough for us but it would really be about cost. If he came for free on his current deal he'd cost us less than £5m for a season. That's what you'd pay for a loan fee these days. I'm not sure why I'm continuing as he isn't coming to us, but I'm bored!
 
Over the coming weeks, I expect this thread to hit a minimum of 50 pages.

We are going to be linked and click baited with loads of players. Until they sign - BELIEVE NOTHING!
 
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