Summer Transfer Window 2025/26

[Chez]

3 minutes ago, S-Clarke said:

Ipswich already tried and failed in an attempt to get Miley, and with Tonali now injured he'll be a regular in their squad.

What about Lewis Cook? I thought we might help ease him back to full fitness with a 4 month loan.

[Wade Garrett]

10 minutes ago, skintsaint said:

Bit harsh on Roerslev.

Good point.

[S-Clarke]

2 minutes ago, Chez said:

What about Lewis Cook? I thought we might help ease him back to full fitness with a 4 month loan.

Wouldn't be against that one, he's a really tidy CM. Not sure he's the tallest though from memory, more Harrison Reed in height and physicality. 

[Toussaint]

1 hour ago, Saint_lambden said:

Finally some movement! 

Was it the All Bran that did the trick? Asking for a friend 

[Smirking_Saint]

11 minutes ago, Chez said:

The long and short of it is, if you stay in the championship, you are fucked. We should be doing anything we can to make this side the best in the league this season, and that includes loaning PL players.

Yeah I think loans are definitely a good supplementary option

I just don’t think there’s a ton of good available prem loans, at the moment, maybe we’ll see more this week

Our issue last year was we wed ourselves too them, THBs price was outrageous, Downes we got held over a barrell and Fraser… well.. last year it was an awful signing (probably been pur best player so far)

Lets see what this week brings us

[Farmer Saint]

11 minutes ago, Chez said:

The long and short of it is, if you stay in the championship, you are fucked. We should be doing anything we can to make this side the best in the league this season, and that includes loaning PL players.

 

12 minutes ago, Chez said:

The long and short of it is, if you stay in the championship, you are fucked. We should be doing anything we can to make this side the best in the league this season, and that includes loaning PL players.

But it's not a sustainable model for growth. 

Anyway, irrelevant of this, it's what I heard early Summer and none of our business so far shows it to be incorrect information.

[Convict Colony]

pontificating on this, expect Aziz to be the 10 but if Fernandes goes would be great to have him with charles being the deep lying pirlo and having someone like spets as the full out attacking goal scorer.

Massive reach i know but if we keep matty i'd have him and charles in CM in the 2 downes can take a break or maybe leave as based on the season so far he's been the weak link in CM.

[Saint_lambden]

Freddie Potts would be a useful loan now West Ham are brining in midfielders if people can see past him being at Pompey on loan last season. 

[lambtiss]

Jo Tessem still saying we still need a striker and Downes, Armstrong, Stewart, Archer are not good enough. 

 

I tend to agree.

[Appy]

22 minutes ago, Convict Colony said:

pontificating on this, expect Aziz to be the 10 but if Fernandes goes would be great to have him with charles being the deep lying pirlo and having someone like spets as the full out attacking goal scorer.

Massive reach i know but if we keep matty i'd have him and charles in CM in the 2 downes can take a break or maybe leave as based on the season so far he's been the weak link in CM.

Can we not spell his name wrong? It’s literally 4 letters 

[Midfield_General]

Oxlade-Chamberlain gets paid one and a half million pounds to stop pretending to play for Besiktas. 

Football is mental.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c707l4kxwlwo 

Edited 9 hours ago by Midfield_General

[SuperSAINT]

Just now, Appy said:

Can we not spell his name wrong? It’s literally 4 letters 

Not worth getting too worried about, Appa.

[CampionSaint]

1 hour ago, Chez said:

If he and Aribo depart, do we have enough bodies? I guess how much Still rates Sesay will matter here. If he is seen as good enough to play at Championship level pretty much now, then we may have enough.

I think defensive midfield is our weakest area.  Charles & Downes are the only experienced players there yet we seem overloaded in numbers elsewhere.

[saintant]

59 minutes ago, Wade Garrett said:

Azaz the first decent signing we’ve made.  Will improve us straight away.

Disagree - Mads was the first decent signing.

[Wade Garrett]

Just now, saintant said:

Disagree - Mads was the first decent signing.

Yep, forgot about him.

[verlaine1979]

27 minutes ago, Farmer Saint said:

 

But it's not a sustainable model for growth. 

Anyway, irrelevant of this, it's what I heard early Summer and none of our business so far shows it to be incorrect information.

Why not? Unless you bind yourself to obligation to buy deals, you don't actually have to buy anyone you don't think is good enough for the step up.

There's nothing inherently unsustainable about using the loan market. The only thing that's unsustainable is shit scouting, and it remains to be seen if we've addressed that yet.

[Saint NL]

A rough day for Boro

 

 

[miserableoldgit]

14 minutes ago, Appy said:

Can we not spell his name wrong? It’s literally 4 letters 

People used to get Gao's wrong and that only three....

[Lighthouse]

1 minute ago, miserableoldgit said:

People used to get Gao's wrong and that only three....

I still can’t get my head around Demba Ab.

[Golac's Cunning Stunts]

5 minutes ago, Saint NL said:

A rough day for Boro

 

 

There has been rumours that wet spam have been sniffing

[Convict Colony]

20 minutes ago, Appy said:

Can we not spell his name wrong? It’s literally 4 letters 

just for u thats how i will spelll aziz for the rest of the season, im petty like that.

[Fabrice29]

Sounds like Edwards is off to QPR. 

Also noted someone on Twitter saying this earlier too was also saying if Hackney agrees something with a PL team Boro could pull out of the Azaz deal.

Edited 8 hours ago by Fabrice29

[SuperSAINT]

Just now, Fabrice29 said:

Sounds like Edwards is off to QPR

Loan? 

[Smirking_Saint]

Source for the Azaz bit ? Not sure Im sticking my eggs in the SFC Sam basket

[Convict Colony]

4 minutes ago, Fabrice29 said:

Sounds like Edwards is off to QPR. 

good time to join them since they got pumped like bonnie blue last week but i would prefer to keep him he played really well last season in the championship

[saintant]

7 minutes ago, SuperSAINT said:

Loan? 

Make them buy him if they want him.

[SuperSAINT]

5 minutes ago, Convict Colony said:

good time to join them since they got pumped like bonnie blue last week but i would prefer to keep him he played really well last season in the championship

That was only getting pumped by 11 blokes from Coventry which is like a brisk warm up for Bonnie.

[Saint Scott]

 

[Harry_SFC]

If Edwards is off is it rather risky going into the season with only 4 CB's? I guess Taylor could play there in an emergency. 

Edited 8 hours ago by Harry_SFC

[ally_uk]

Come on Sports Republic, stick 20 million down on Fellows.

Imagine the scenes on here haha 😆 

[Farmer Saint]

18 minutes ago, Smirking_Saint said:

Source for the Azaz bit ? Not sure Im sticking my eggs in the SFC Sam basket

He said he's not ITK, so it's all common sense 

[santolijador]

8 minutes ago, Harry_SFC said:

If Edwards is off is it rather risky going into the season with only 4 CB's? I guess Taylor could play there in an emergency. 

Would probably signify a return to 4 at the back. Taylor can play there if needed too though it seems. 

[Farmer Saint]

10 minutes ago, Saint Scott said:

 

Looks like Blackmore has changed his tune on Fernandes. As I said earlier, links have cooled as cost is too high.

[Willo of Whiteley]

Finn Azaz feels more like a panic buy to me. Reading some of the write ups from Boro fans suggest that he’s ok in space in the AM role but will go missing in quite a few games.

Stats are ok though so happy to reserve judgement.

[Indy Saint]

1 minute ago, Farmer Saint said:

Looks like Blackmore has changed his tune on Fernandes. As I said earlier, links have cooled as cost is too high.

from Blackmore's lips to our ears.  Always put a lot of value on info coming from him.

[Willo of Whiteley]

Fernandes will stay if no CL team comes in for him - which I don’t think they will. Not for the price we want.

Rak-Sakyi deal is ongoing but more unlikely than likely.

[Saint Mikey]

3 minutes ago, santolijador said:

Would probably signify a return to 4 at the back. Taylor can play there if needed too though it seems. 

And Bree and Charles - in emergencies.

[Saint NL]

Chelsea close to buying Garnacho from Man United (for some reason). So surely one of their younger wingers will be needing a loan deal to get some playing time this season.... 

[Give it to Ron]

4 minutes ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

Finn Azaz feels more like a panic buy to me. Reading some of the write ups from Boro fans suggest that he’s ok in space in the AM role but will go missing in quite a few games.

Stats are ok though so happy to reserve judgement.

Would he go missing if we are dominating games? I would expect us to do that more than Boro. 
Are these stats of someone who goes missing often ?

Panic Buy …..hmmm

[ErwinK1961]

14 minutes ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

Finn Azaz feels more like a panic buy to me. Reading some of the write ups from Boro fans suggest that he’s ok in space in the AM role but will go missing in quite a few games.

Stats are ok though so happy to reserve judgement.

Panic buying one of the best players in the championship? Count me in.

[maysie]

16 minutes ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

Finn Azaz feels more like a panic buy to me. Reading some of the write ups from Boro fans suggest that he’s ok in space in the AM role but will go missing in quite a few games.

Stats are ok though so happy to reserve judgement.

Feels nothing like a panic buy to me. We offered a lower bid to test the water and then went back in and met his valuation.

Edited 8 hours ago by maysie

[for_heaven's_Saint]

44 minutes ago, Fabrice29 said:

Sounds like Edwards is off to QPR. 

Also noted someone on Twitter saying this earlier too was also saying if Hackney agrees something with a PL team Boro could pull out of the Azaz deal.

These seem like two very reliable sources

[Chez]

1 hour ago, Farmer Saint said:

 

But it's not a sustainable model for growth. 

Anyway, irrelevant of this, it's what I heard early Summer and none of our business so far shows it to be incorrect information.

I believe you. And as you say, so far we have not been linked with any loans. 

As for sustainable growth model...lets see how much growth and sustainability there is when the parachute payment drops from £48m to £8M in two summers time if we fail to get promoted.

[Scoobysaint]

Really hope Edward’s isn’t off on a permanent. He has made the occasional mistake but can play RB, CB or DM. Great potential. 

[S-Clarke]

22 minutes ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

Finn Azaz feels more like a panic buy to me. Reading some of the write ups from Boro fans suggest that he’s ok in space in the AM role but will go missing in quite a few games.

Stats are ok though so happy to reserve judgement.

He's one of the best attacking CM's in the league, so if this equals a panic signing consider me whelmed.

[S-Clarke]

3 minutes ago, Scoobysaint said:

Really hope Edward’s isn’t off on a permanent. He has made the occasional mistake but can play RB, CB or DM. Great potential. 

Agreed, I think it would be a stupid decision and one of many in the transfer mistakes this lot make. We only signed him last year, it makes no sense.

He looks like a fish out of water in a 3, but in a settled 4 he's one of the better CB's this league has to offer - as proven at QPR last season. It's not like he's being kept out by prime maldini or serigo ramos.

[Smirking_Saint]

20 minutes ago, Give it to Ron said:

Would he go missing if we are dominating games? I would expect us to do that more than Boro. 
Are these stats of someone who goes missing often ?

Panic Buy …..hmmm

Shock horror players play better against worst teams

 

colour me shocked

[ErwinK1961]

4 minutes ago, S-Clarke said:

Agreed, I think it would be a stupid decision and one of many in the transfer mistakes this lot make. We only signed him last year, it makes no sense.

He looks like a fish out of water in a 3, but in a settled 4 he's one of the better CB's this league has to offer - as proven at QPR last season. It's not like he's being kept out by prime maldini or serigo ramos.

Is that true? I thought the rave reviews he got last year from their fans were when he was playing DM.

[Give it to Ron]

Just now, Smirking_Saint said:

Shock horror players play better against worst teams

 

colour me shocked

Wtf you on about ?  Read the post it’s in response to going missing 

[S-Clarke]

Just now, ErwinK1961 said:

Is that true? I thought the rave reviews he got last year from their fans were when he was playing DM.

I'm sure he played in a back 4 for them mainly, he did play some games in DM though as the typical 'front sweeper jack Stephens (tm)' role. But he can do that, because he's technically sound and good on the ball.

We lose a DM, RB and CB with him going and I don't think we're particularly blessed at either RB or DM tbh.