Summer Transfers 2025 (rumours and incomings)

[NMPalace]

I think Sterling could be very good for us however he’d have to take a massive haircut on salary. Does he want to play football or does he just want money?

pretty sure Arse only paid £100k of his weekly salary (so about 1/3). That would be in our price range.

However, i have massive reservations re Sterling, i think as a top class player he is shot. His year at Arsenal did nothing to persuade me otherwise.

However, he can play on either wing and we are getting desperate!

 

[pssguy]

I think Sterling could be very good for us however he’d have to take a massive haircut on salary. Does he want to play football or does he just want money?

Surely, after last season's performance at Arsenal - 0 goals in 17 league games 7 as starter - it could only be a loan move with Chelsea playing 2/3 of salary. Even then I'd prefer Esse as the backup

 

[Eaglecoops]

Surely, after last season's performance at Arsenal - 0 goals in 17 league games 7 as starter - it could only be a loan move with Chelsea playing 2/3 of salary. Even then I'd prefer Esse as the backup

Lots of European experience was my main thought along with the fact he probably needs a club where he’s not expected to play like Ronaldo whenever he comes on.

I’m not yet convinced Esse is strong enough for the PL but neither was Wilf to begin with.

 

[BelfastEagle]

Starting to look like we are going to be waiting until deadline day, or a day or two before to snap up our can't get a game at Chelsea loan and possibly one permanent signing.

Was there ever any doubt that this would always be the case ? Of course the European farce doesn’t help us.

 

[wilelliott88]

Surely, after last season's performance at Arsenal - 0 goals in 17 league games 7 as starter - it could only be a loan move with Chelsea playing 2/3 of salary. Even then I'd prefer Esse as the backup

If we get behind him, he could be a huge asset. If we hammer him, he'll be the same as he was at Arsenal. Deffo still has somthing to offer & will be a help in Europe!

 

[doombear]

Surely, after last season's performance at Arsenal - 0 goals in 17 league games 7 as starter - it could only be a loan move with Chelsea playing 2/3 of salary. Even then I'd prefer Esse as the backup

It seems both we fans and to an extent the managers we've had are reluctant to blood our youngsters in the PL. It only seems to happen when we have a shortage of 1st team players for a position - AWB and Mitchell come swiftly to mind.

Looking at our current crop:

Ozoh didn't let us down when he was given chances through 1st team injuries although it became apparent he would benefit from a loan at Championship level. Unfortunately he got a bad injury at Derby last season when he was doing very well and the club has thought it best to send him back there for regular football at a decent level.

Devenny quickly showed that he could adapt to PL football. He just needed minutes and the more he's been given, the better he's looking.

Esse has shown some good things in his cameos. He still has a lot to learn but he'll learn quicker IMO with minutes on the pitch in the PL rather than sending him out on loan and buying or loaning an experienced player who's over the hill. After all, he's already played at Championship level so there's really no point sending him back there or thinking he can't do a job for us in the PL. Why buy him if we don't intend to play him?

It's probably fair to say that in the past the reluctance to blood youngsters may well have been down to every season being a fight for survival in the PL. Whilst staying in the PL remains a priority for teams like us, we're in a better shape than we've ever been when it comes to the quality of our 1st XI plus half our bench.. It's the other half of the bench that remains the problem and it may well be that this will be the season when we're going to have fill that half with youngsters and use them as subs whether we like it or not.

 

[Casual]

I like what I’ve seen from Esse. Think he starts for the 3 promoted clubs. Could be an AWB , gets slung in, sink or swim and it turns out he can do the butterfly.

Surely, after last season's performance at Arsenal - 0 goals in

17 league games 7 as starter - it could only be a loan move with Chelsea playing 2/3 of salary. Even then I'd prefer Esse as the backup

 

[PatrickA]

Tonight we're being linked with Sterling.
If he joins and does well it would be the greatest resurrection since...well you know the rest....and Glasner would be a candidate for manager of the season.

Sterling's legs went two seasons ago and he lost that crucial 5 yard burst to get away from defenders.
Nobody can bring that back although he could possibly still score the occssional hat trick v a third rate Scandinavian team in the Conference.

 

[ASCPFC]

Tonight we're being linked with Sterling.
If he joins and does well it would be the greatest resurrection since...well you know the rest....and Glasner would be a candidate for manager of the season.

Sterling's legs went two seasons ago and he lost that crucial 5 yard burst to get away from defenders.
Nobody can bring that back although he could possibly still score the occssional hat trick v a third rate Scandinavian team in the Conference.

It's a huge no thanks from me. I think I'd prefer Rak-Sakyi. We could try Rak-Sakyi before the window shuts and evaluate. Although I suspect we will sell.

 

[Daddyorc]

No to Sterling, it's complete click-bait rubbish. It makes no sense from all kinds of angles.

That being said, one name we haven't been linked with is Dominic Calvert-Lewin.

If we brought in DCL, would help with Nketiah down for a bit, I think it's a good piece of business.

The other good piece would be that right back from Girona. Seems like a good fit.

Would still like to see another center back in the picture.

 

[Painter]

It might sound strange to say, but they've at least moved their talent on for good money so now they have a kitty to spend on players on lengthy contracts. They've done half the job.

Brentford, Wolves, Forest, Brighton, Bournemouth have all brought in £100m+ and I wouldn't say have been mugged on any of those valuations.

It's only Fulham on the same boat as us on zero activity.

We have neither signed, nor sold, *nor renewed contracts*. If Mateta and Guehi/Eze had signed an extension, this would be a decent summer.

So far we are in a better place than some of the other clubs to start well in August if no one big now leaves, but all the other clubs are set up to be in a better place next summer when Guehi and Glasner(?) walk and Ebs and JP have 1 year left.

Not strictly correct, we have signed back up keeper, leftwing back and got shot of Holding.

 

[Canterbury Palace]

Tonight we're being linked with Sterling.
If he joins and does well it would be the greatest resurrection since...well you know the rest....and Glasner would be a candidate for manager of the season.

Sterling's legs went two seasons ago and he lost that crucial 5 yard burst to get away from defenders.
Nobody can bring that back although he could possibly still score the occssional hat trick v a third rate Scandinavian team in the Conference.

Hopefully at this point in his career he can deal better with crosses than the other fella.

 

[Spindle]

Collymore, signed from Stafford Rangers, was at the club at the same time as Wright & Bright.
His career was in the ascendancy when we sold him to Southend, he scored on a regular basis and his goals helped to keep the club in the division.

Wright bullied him because of his accent. Hypocrite considering his crying about Cannon.

I saw Collymore on his debut, I recall his first touch, getting the ball stuck under his foot and falling over it

It worked out well for him, not so much for Ulrika

 

[sprites]

1)Clyne, too old
2) Doucoure, injured may never be the player he was.
3) Riad, never found out if he was good enough and still potentially long term injured.
4) Nketiah, injured and a second rate substitute for Mateta
5) Franca, injured and invariably injured shortly after returning to fitness.

Then we have Wharton and Eze who are both susceptible to injuries and normally miss a chunk of games throughout the season.

This squad is paper thin and you only need to pick up 2 or 3 injuries to our key normally fit players and we won’t have enough players for the PL and a European campaign.

I reckon we need at least one centre half, a midfielder and a striker as absolute minimum although I’d like a right wing back to challenge and cover Munoz too. So 4 players required and all of this assuming we don’t lose Guehi and Eze which means we would need 6!

So, in true Palace style we’ll probably buy 1 player and get another on loan and then Steve will tell us that we are so fortunate to not lose our existing players.

And he would be right.
I disagree with your sentiment...if we hold onto our players, we only need 1-2 more.
Not sure how you can say we need another midfielder when we have Wharton and Hughes, then also Lerma, Kamada, Doucoure and Devenny as viable replacements.

 

[RubinsCube]

Wright bullied him because of his accent. Hypocrite considering his crying about Cannon.

I saw Collymore on his debut, I recall his first touch, getting the ball stuck under his foot and falling over it

It worked out well for him, not so much for Ulrika

We had Garry Thompson as well around the same time. He was a decent hold up player and SC didn't seem to get trusted with many minutes after his inauspicious first few appearances.

 

[NMPalace]

We had Garry Thompson as well around the same time. He was a decent hold up player and SC didn't seem to get trusted with many minutes after his inauspicious first few appearances.

i've stated before Collymore was Palace's biggest ever transfer mistake.

Whilst he was never going to replace Wright and Bright, Wright left in Sept 1991 and Palace struggled for goals thereafter.

Collymore scored his only goal a month or so later (v QPR) and i thought he'd get more minutes thereafter, even if from the bench.

Instead we panicked and bought Gabbiadini who was never a fit. He left in early 92 at a big loss.

I think we finished that season, plus started the next, with Chris Coleman playing upfront. Coppell clearly didn't rate him. The rumours are that he didn't fit in with either of the 2 big groups at the club - the black lads and the rest.

Bright left in Sept 92 to Sheff Wed with us getting Paul Williams who struggled massively. Luckily we bought Chris Armstrong around that time who did score regularly - he was not dissimilar in style to Collymore who was still on our books at that time.

Collymore went on loan to Southend in Nov 92 and started scoring immediately. I thought Coppell would want another look at him but instead let Southend buy him at the end of the month's loan for £150k (he had cost us £100k from non league).

He moved to Forest for £2.5m 6 months later.

 

[Den1923]

It's a huge no thanks from me. I think I'd prefer Rak-Sakyi. We could try Rak-Sakyi before the window shuts and evaluate. Although I suspect we will sell.

I think your right we will sell or loan him out again, not least because he has stated according to the press, he wants out and OG seems to doubt whether he can adapt to the way and style ge wants CP to play.

https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/sport/25182184.exclusive-crystal-palace-open-jesurun-rak-sakyi-sale/

You also have to question if he is that good, why are more elite clubs not looking to sign him. Probably for his sake we should let him go, if we get a respectable fee thats would be good to repay the investment CP have made in him when he was an academy player!

 

[samprior]

With Newcastle missing out on Sesko I'm now nervous again about them coming in for Mateta.

And with Colwill ruled out for the season for Chelsea I wouldn't be surprised if they come knocking for Guehi.

Interest from either would be very unsettling as the season is soon underway and both opportunities are ones I'd assume the players would be keen to pursue.

Hope I'm wrong.

 

[doombear]

With Newcastle missing out on Sesko I'm now nervous again about them coming in for Mateta.

And with Colwill ruled out for the season for Chelsea I wouldn't be surprised if they come knocking for Guehi.

Interest from either would be very unsettling as the season is soon underway and both opportunities are ones I'd assume the players would be keen to pursue.

Hope I'm wrong.

Why would Mateta want to go to Newcastle? No other striker wants to, so why would he?

As for Guehi to Chelsea, I simply don't see it. If click bait is to be believed (and very occasionally it gets things right) Guehi has hesitated about going to Liverpool this summer as he wants assurances of regular first team football but hasn't been given it with Van Dijk in Marc's favoured position. With the World Cup next summer, the last thing Marc wants is to get lost on Chelsea's bench - BUT if the right offer came in for him and he wants to go, I'd let him. WE just need to recoup enough to buy Diomande or Bisseck plus a young back up - but I don't see Chelsea offering enough for that to happen..

 

[MrRobbo]

Why would Mateta want to go to Newcastle? No other striker wants to, so why would he?

As for Guehi to Chelsea, I simply don't see it. If click bait is to be believed (and very occasionally it gets things right) Guehi has hesitated about going to Liverpool this summer as he wants assurances of regular first team football but hasn't been given it with Van Dijk in Marc's favoured position. With the World Cup next summer, the last thing Marc wants is to get lost on Chelsea's bench - BUT if the right offer came in for him and he wants to go, I'd let him. WE just need to recoup enough to buy Diomande or Bisseck plus a young back up - but I don't see Chelsea offering enough for that to happen..

JP is 28, with only a season and a half of good football under his belt. I think the chance for him to get a move to a 'superclub' is behind him. (Sesko on the other hand is 22, better goal ratio, 41 international caps) etc. Not sure JMP will get offers from teams much higher than Newcastle. And agree that if Isak or Watkins get bought, JPM would be a perfect replacement.

Regarding Marc, with Chelsea you never know. You never know how he feels about the club (having spent most of his life there). And with Levi doing his ACL their first choice is out for the season.