Summer Transfer Window 2025/26

[EBS1980]

1 hour ago, LegalEagle said:

Where did you get those stats from? He’s scored 16 in 66 games for Boro

Transfer market - championship games

23/24 season was split between Plymouth and Boro

[hypochondriac]

5 minutes ago, Lighthouse said:

I fundamentally believe that any player we bring in should be able to play 90 minutes more often than not. If Downes or Charles picks up my injury for a month or two, how is a guy who’s only fit enough for half an hour here and there any use?

I don’t know to what extent his legs are gone, he was never the most mobile in his prime, but I just can’t envisage him bringing ‘freshness’ to any team.

Romeu played in 25 league games in the Spanish top flight last season at an average of almost 60 minutes per game. I don't think he will come here but that's pretty good at 33 I'd say. 

[BARCELONASAINT]

21 minutes ago, DT said:

Romeu is still twice the player Downes will ever be. I’d have him back like a shot, not least for his leadership on the pitch. Technically brilliant and still fit and strong enough, I’ll bet. 

I have lost count of the amount of times i have had to say this. He is not coming back and he would not be able to do it in the Championship. I absolutely loved watching him in a Barca shirt and he had the odd decent game but he is definately not up to the Championship now and it was a very odd signing by Barca at the time.

Love the man too bits but we need to move on!

[Fabrice29]

Signing Romeu when we have 3 of the best CM's in the league in our squad and are currently playing the best one of them out of position because of a crying need for creative midfielders seems like a really dumb idea. 

[Ex Lion Tamer]

9 minutes ago, BARCELONASAINT said:

I have lost count of the amount of times i have had to say this. He is not coming back and he would not be able to do it in the Championship. I absolutely loved watching him in a Barca shirt and he had the odd decent game but he is definately not up to the Championship now and it was a very odd signing by Barca at the time.

Love the man too bits but we need to move on!

Plus the whole point was he wanted to finish his career in Spain, I thought

[Give it to Ron]

7 minutes ago, Fabrice29 said:

Signing Romeu when we have 3 of the best CM's in the league in our squad and are currently playing the best one of them out of position because of a crying need for creative midfielders seems like a really dumb idea. 

But we won’t it’s just wishful thinking based on how he was here before not that its happening.

Sesay is the back up so we won’t be signing a 4th with our bloated squad.

[Harry_SFC]

Wonder if Spurs might go in for Dibling now Eze looks like he could be off to Arsenal. 

[Appy]

4 minutes ago, Harry_SFC said:

Wonder if Spurs might go in for Dibling now Eze looks like he could be off to Arsenal. 

Spurs fans will be even more fuming than they are now if that happens. 

[Willo of Whiteley]

56 minutes ago, DT said:

Romeu is still twice the player Downes will ever be. I’d have him back like a shot, not least for his leadership on the pitch. Technically brilliant and still fit and strong enough, I’ll bet. 

Not necessarily aimed at DT, but those calling for Romeu to return really need to get over it.

He isn’t coming back. It’s like watching a crazed ex be convinced that they can rekindle their romance.
Or a stalker. 🙄

Edited Wednesday at 21:07 by Willo of Whiteley

[Turkish]

3 minutes ago, Appy said:

Spurs fans will be even more fuming than they are now if that happens. 

He is . Fabrizo Romano reporting it’s some deal now. Eze choosing Arsenal. Great move for him and them 

Edited Wednesday at 21:07 by Turkish

[Appy]

1 minute ago, Turkish said:

He is . Fabrizo Romano reporting it’s some deal now. Eze choosing Arsenal. Great move for him and them 

Oh I meant even more fuming if they sign Dibling as the Eze alternative. 

[Chez]

11 minutes ago, Harry_SFC said:

Wonder if Spurs might go in for Dibling now Eze looks like he could be off to Arsenal. 

They've got the offer already written out. Just cross Eze's name off and replace with Dibling. Job's a good'un.

[Harry_SFC]

11 minutes ago, Appy said:

Oh I meant even more fuming if they sign Dibling as the Eze alternative. 

You're right. If you search Dibling on twitter there are Spurs fans crying about how "they're now going to end up with Dibling or El Khannouss" 😂

Edited Wednesday at 21:21 by Harry_SFC

[Saint86]

Well, everyone knows how much Spurs have got to spend on a winger now 😆

[stknowle]

2 hours ago, ErwinK1961 said:

Aribo and Smallbone out, Romeu and Azaz in would be very nice indeed

Agreed I think they would work very well together but I wouldn’t want to sign Oriel and not Finn, though I wouldn’t mind just signing Finn and not Oriel. So I guess what I am saying is don’t offer Romeu a contract until Azaz az signed iz.  

Coat please someone.

[Saint86]

3 hours ago, sockeye said:

Would be pleased with this. Hot prospect and knows the league.

He's 24 and easily one of boro's best attacking players by all accounts. Their fans seem incredulous that they'd sell a 20 goal contribution player to a division rival for £12M.

23 goal contributions in 24/25 from 45 appearances.

21 goal contributions in 23/24 from 45 appearances (between two clubs).
17 goal contributions in 22/23 from 34 matches (league 1, but equally when he was fairly young).

That's a very consistent output.

If we were selling him we'd want a lot more than £12M... lets see how this plays out. Will need to get him in before a big sale is agreed for Dibling/Fernandez, otherwise the price will go up.

Edited Wednesday at 21:38 by Saint86

[Dusic]

Azaz seems like an alternative to Spertsyan position wise, albeit a different profile - less creative, more powerful.

Good player for this level but not sure he would make much of an impact higher - probably quite far down our original list.

[Appy]

 

3 minutes ago, Dusic said:

Azaz seems like an alternative to Spertsyan position wise, albeit a different profile - less creative, more powerful.

Good player for this level but not sure he would make much of an impact higher - probably quite far down our original list.

Can we at least sign the guy and let him play for us in the league we’re in before we write him off for a league we’re not in? 

Edited Wednesday at 21:43 by Appy

[Ex Lion Tamer]

49 minutes ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

Not necessarily aimed at DT, but those calling for Romeu to return really need to get over it.

He isn’t coming back. It’s like watching a crazed ex be convinced that they can rekindle their romance.
Or a stalker. 🙄

Jose Fonte is still playing top flight football, surely he could do a job for us

[warsash saint]

1 hour ago, DT said:

Romeu is still twice the player Downes will ever be. I’d have him back like a shot, not least for his leadership on the pitch. Technically brilliant and still fit and strong enough, I’ll bet. 

I would take Romeu back BUT twice the player of Downes??? Behave fella!

[Chez]

14 minutes ago, Dusic said:

Azaz seems like an alternative to Spertsyan position wise, albeit a different profile - less creative, more powerful.

Good player for this level but not sure he would make much of an impact higher - probably quite far down our original list.

He might not be PL quality, but he's two footed, sees a pass and has scored some nice goals. 

 

[EBS1980]

31 minutes ago, Dusic said:

Azaz seems like an alternative to Spertsyan position wise, albeit a different profile - less creative, more powerful.

Good player for this level but not sure he would make much of an impact higher - probably quite far down our original list.

Basing that on what? His stats at Championship level are probably the best of any mid in the league over last two seasons. He’s only 24 - why do you think he won’t make an impact higher than championship?

[Andrew Watson]

Azaz has a wand of a left foot,my neighbour is a Plymouth season ticket holder and rated him highly when he was there.

[EBS1980]

It’s funny some guy from Russia 99% had never heard of is the best thing since sliced bread all of a sudden, but an Irishman from championship who has produced 20+ returns for past two seasons and only 24 is at his level and not PL quality according to most.

Gotta love the logic sometimes hey 

[hypochondriac]

4 minutes ago, EBS1980 said:

It’s funny some guy from Russia 99% had never heard of is the best thing since sliced bread all of a sudden, but an Irishman from championship who has produced 20+ returns for past two seasons and only 24 is at his level and not PL quality according to most.

Gotta love the logic sometimes hey 

Eh? 

[Willo of Whiteley]

10 minutes ago, EBS1980 said:

It’s funny some guy from Russia 99% had never heard of is the best thing since sliced bread all of a sudden, but an Irishman from championship who has produced 20+ returns for past two seasons and only 24 is at his level and not PL quality according to most.

Gotta love the logic sometimes hey 

This entirely. No one on this forum had heard of this guy three weeks ago. I bet most hasn’t even seen a single clip on YouTube 🤣

[Willo of Whiteley]

Side note, Tyler Dibling to Tottenham.

Looking forward to Daniel Levy offering three magic beans as a first offer despite publicly showing they’re ready to spend upwards of £60M. 😂

[LVSaint]

10 minutes ago, EBS1980 said:

It’s funny some guy from Russia 99% had never heard of is the best thing since sliced bread all of a sudden, but an Irishman from championship who has produced 20+ returns for past two seasons and only 24 is at his level and not PL quality according to most.

Gotta love the logic sometimes hey 

Most appear quite happy about it...

Hadn't heard of either of them TBH. The Armenian looked decent in the live game I saw a bit of recently, his clips look good and he's been linked with some bigger teams....part of the reason we won't get him.

Azaz is well rated on Boro forums and stats look very decent. Yes please.

[hypochondriac]

4 minutes ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

This entirely. No one on this forum had heard of this guy three weeks ago. I bet most hasn’t even seen a single clip on YouTube 🤣

Who has said Azaz isn't prem quality? Regarding Spertsyan, the entire 90 minutes of the game on Sunday was available to watch. 

[benjii]

Maybe we are launching one of those legendary "smokescreens" that other clubs launch at us all the time.

[Harry_SFC]

8 hours ago, Harry_SFC said:

Wonder if Spurs might go in for Dibling now Eze looks like he could be off to Arsenal. 

 

[StrangelyBrown]

1 hour ago, benjii said:

Maybe we are launching one of those legendary "smokescreens" that other clubs launch at us all the time.

Are you thinking Eze to Arsenal is a smokescreen for us to sell Dibling to Everton so that we can buy Romeo???? 😄

[Matthew Le God]

 

Mon aéroglisseur est plein d'anguilles. FC Nantes looking to finalise a deal for Bella-Kotchap on loan with an option to buy but face strong competition.

Edited Thursday at 06:10 by Matthew Le God

[lambtiss]

3 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

 

Mon aéroglisseur est plein d'anguilles. FC Nantes looking to finalise a deal for Bella-Kotchap on loan with an option to but face strong competition. 

Hoping for a sale, but a loan is the next best thing. I'm fed up with him stinking the place out

[Football Special]

10 hours ago, Chez said:

I don't. Fernandes isn't a defensive midfielder. Not sure Charles is to be hinest. Whenever I watched him for Wednesday he didn't seem to play a holding role. 

I wouldn't imagine Romeu intends to come back to England.

I have no idea, but Romeu loved living here and was often out on long walks with his dog along South Downs , I think he'd be perfect short term signing to add experience and good influence within the dressing room 

[Smirking_Saint]

7 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

 

Mon aéroglisseur est plein d'anguilles. FC Nantes looking to finalise a deal for Bella-Kotchap on loan with an option to buy but face strong competition.

Is this strong competition in the room with us

[Willo of Whiteley]

19 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

 

Mon aéroglisseur est plein d'anguilles. FC Nantes looking to finalise a deal for Bella-Kotchap on loan with an option to buy but face strong competition.

Pretty sure he’s in the final year of his contract, so they wouldn’t need to finalise an option to buy.

[Weston Super Saint]

10 hours ago, Give it to Ron said:

With all due respect read between the lines here - if he wanted to be here he would be. If he was serious about coming why play last Sunday?

I may just be going on tweets out of Armenia but I would be gobsmacked if we are still pursuing this.

By that logic(?) Dibling and Fernandes aren't going anywhere this summer - which is good for us I guess.

[SNSUN]

16 minutes ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

Pretty sure he’s in the final year of his contract, so they wouldn’t need to finalise an option to buy

I'm surprised the club is trying to get anything at all for this disaster. Mutually agree to cancel the contract and he can swan off to whatever unfortunate club he likes.

[Weston Super Saint]

19 minutes ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

Pretty sure he’s in the final year of his contract, so they wouldn’t need to finalise an option to buy.

I think the 'finalisation' bit is just sorting out which one of the dozens of willing volunteers will be driving him there.

[egg]

50 minutes ago, SNSUN said:

I'm surprised the club is trying to get anything at all for this disaster. Mutually agree to cancel the contract and he can swan off to whatever unfortunate club he likes.

He might not mutually agree. May want paying up in full, or a "loyalty" bonus linked to a transfer fee. But I agree in principle that we need to bite the bullet and cut him loose. 

Edited Thursday at 07:37 by egg

[Chez]

10 minutes ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

Pretty sure he’s in the final year of his contract, so they wouldn’t need to finalise an option to buy.

He is. The inaccuracy undermines the credibility of the story a bit, but Nantes have bought and sold 30 players this summer, so could well be true - a total revamp of the squad, with plenty of foreign signings. The mistake appeared in a L'equipe item that appeared 9 days ago linking him with Nantes.

[Charlie Wayman]

43 minutes ago, lambtiss said:

Hoping for a sale, but a loan is the next best thing. I'm fed up with him stinking the place out

What a horrible thing to say about anybody. Reflects badly on you. Shameful!

[Give it to Ron]

34 minutes ago, Weston Super Saint said:

By that logic(?) Dibling and Fernandes aren't going anywhere this summer - which is good for us I guess.

Let’s see who is in squad this weekend with deadline day approaching 

[gio1saints]

16 hours ago, John B said:

What makes you think Dibling can replace Eze immediately and perform well in the PL 

I’m not certain he can or will in that Palace team - only that he’s got some similar characteristics - ball dribbling skills and playing off the wing.
Oh, and probably most importantly that Palace may try £35m cash plus sell-on plus Rak-Sakiy thrown in -and that might tempt Saints. 
In any case I think Spurs are a better fit. The supporters would love his style of play- they’ve had magicians like Ardiles, Hoddle, Waddle and of course Gascoigne. They always appreciate that type of player. Though they will not want to pay what we want unless totally desperate! 

[Saint NL]

YouTube keep suggesting this guy to me.

Aside from the Azaz rumour, he reckons three clubs are after BBD. One of them is Boro, maybe potentially a cash + player swap. I've not seen that mentioned elsewhere

 

[goodymatt]

1 hour ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

Pretty sure he’s in the final year of his contract, so they wouldn’t need to finalise an option to buy.

We have a clause to extend his contract by a further year, if we wish. So if it’s a successful loan, we could activate that and then seek a transfer fee. Most likely he will continue to disappoint and we just let him walk free at the end of next season.

[egg]

4 minutes ago, Saint NL said:

YouTube keep suggesting this guy to me.

Aside from the Azaz rumour, he reckons three clubs are after BBD. One of them is Boro, maybe potentially a cash + player swap. I've not seen that mentioned elsewhere

 

That would be a superb result. 

[goodymatt]

I’ve seen some posts online criticising moving from Spertysan to Rudoni to Azaz. Personally don’t blame the club for trying to get Spertysan and we will soon see where/if he goes. It’s only right to consider alternatives, especially those proven at the level we are at.

When it comes to Rudoni (who apparently rejected us) and Azaz (who we’ve looked at before), they are both 24 (room for further development) and play the same position. Goal contributions wise, Azaz has been more effective/consistent (23 and 21) last 2 seasons vs Rudoni (22 and 8 goal contributions). Azaz also looks like he would cost less. Remains to be seen if Boro would sell or if Azaz is interested but this argument that he can’t step up to the PL would be the same question mark for all 3 linked players.

What Azaz appears to bring is guaranteed 20 plus goal contributions at this level, we have better players than Boro and Plymouth had, so maybe scope to even improve those numbers. Seems like a very sensible and logical buy if we can make it happen. I’d be very happy with this signing.

Edited Thursday at 07:47 by goodymatt

[lambtiss]

11 minutes ago, Saint NL said:

YouTube keep suggesting this guy to me.

Aside from the Azaz rumour, he reckons three clubs are after BBD. One of them is Boro, maybe potentially a cash + player swap. I've not seen that mentioned elsewhere

 

Very well presented, I see he offers a subscription channel. The naming of the Channels and associated prices was amusing. 

Is this the modern, enhanced replacement for the COT? and is he already a member of the COT?