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Transfer Rumour 25/26 Summer Transfer Window (31 Viewers)

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shmmeee

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  • Aug 13, 2025
  • #12,811
Deity said:
The thing that boggles my brain is that fans think it’s ok for Hull to sell Hughes to us but not ok for City to sell to other championship clubs.

They also think it’s logical for saints to sell one or two of their best players but illogical for us to do the same.

make it make sense …:
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We’re not Hull fans.

Hope that helps clear things up.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Aug 13, 2025
  • #12,812
Martw said:
Hopefully they aren’t panic buys but rather well researched signings
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We had expected MVE to leave and brought in KKH on that basis. We will not have planned on Rudoni going this window and would be rushed into doing something.

Considering that it would fuck up the season and help another team go up, it needs to be north of £30 million, and they will have that.
 

Brighton Sky Blue

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 13, 2025
  • #12,813
Deity said:
The thing that boggles my brain is that fans think it’s ok for Hull to sell Hughes to us but not ok for City to sell to other championship clubs.

They also think it’s logical for saints to sell one or two of their best players but illogical for us to do the same.

make it make sense …:
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Nobody has actually made those arguments but crack on.
 
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Martw

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  • Aug 13, 2025
  • #12,814
Brighton Sky Blue said:
We had expected MVE to leave and brought in KKH on that basis. We will not have planned on Rudoni going this window and would be rushed into doing something.

Considering that it would fuck up the season and help another team go up, it needs to be north of £30 million, and they will have that.
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Agreed !!
 

David O'Day

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  • Aug 13, 2025
  • #12,815
Brighton Sky Blue said:
We had expected MVE to leave and brought in KKH on that basis. We will not have planned on Rudoni going this window and would be rushed into doing something.

Considering that it would fuck up the season and help another team go up, it needs to be north of £30 million, and they will have that.
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they may have that but being willing to spend it on one player is very different
 

pusbccfc

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  • Aug 13, 2025
  • #12,816
Winny the Bish said:
After sleeping on it, I've decided I don't trust us to spend the Rudoni money wisely and not just make 4 Kitching-esque panic buys. So it's a no from me.
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I think it's pretty clear that we've learnt from this, hence why we haven't gone out and bought in loads of players like people are begging for.

So far, Lampard has brought in Grimes, Brau, KKH and Rushworth. 3 of those are very sensible signings and the other was a free.
 

Sick Boy

Super Moderator
  • Aug 13, 2025
  • #12,817
Brighton Sky Blue said:
We had expected MVE to leave and brought in KKH on that basis. We will not have planned on Rudoni going this window and would be rushed into doing something.

Considering that it would fuck up the season and help another team go up, it needs to be north of £30 million, and they will have that.
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We'd sell for a lot less than £30M.
 
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PVA

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  • Aug 13, 2025
  • #12,818
Brighton Sky Blue said:
We had expected MVE to leave and brought in KKH on that basis. We will not have planned on Rudoni going this window and would be rushed into doing something.

Considering that it would fuck up the season and help another team go up, it needs to be north of £30 million, and they will have that.
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I think we would definitely have contingency plans in place for Rudoni leaving, whether we want/expect it to happen or not, it would be pretty negligent not to.
 
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Calista

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  • Aug 13, 2025
  • #12,819
David O'Day said:
frankly revisionist pish
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Early contender for SBT phrase of the month
 
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Sick Boy

Super Moderator
  • Aug 13, 2025
  • #12,820
PVA said:
I think we would definitely have contingency plans in place for Rudoni leaving, whether we want/expect it to happen or not, it would be pretty negligent not to.
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We'll have a list of targets already, I'd imagine.
 
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Chicken Mcgraw

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  • Aug 13, 2025
  • #12,821
Sick Boy said:
We'd sell for a lot less than £30M.
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I think King will sell at any opportunity he gets
 

Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Aug 13, 2025
  • #12,822
David O'Day said:
they may have that but being willing to spend it on one player is very different
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If they aren’t they can move on to other targets. It wouldn’t be tricky to placate Rudoni missing out on a move to Southampton in the same way it would be if a Prem club came in and we played silly buggers.

Look at what happened to Boro each time they cashed in on a prize asset a bit too early, it put them on tilt. If Southampton are the only serious party, he’s still in this league one way or the other this season.
 

Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Aug 13, 2025
  • #12,823
Sick Boy said:
We'd sell for a lot less than £30M.
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We may well do, I don’t think we should.
 
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David O'Day

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  • Aug 13, 2025
  • #12,824
Sick Boy said:
We'd sell for a lot less than £30M.
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if you say so
 

David O'Day

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  • Aug 13, 2025
  • #12,825
Calista said:
Early contender for SBT phrase of the month
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i was being polite as well
 

Sky Blue Goblin

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  • Aug 13, 2025
  • #12,826
gears87 said:
Would people except Adam Armstrong as a make weight in this. I.e Adam Armstrong + 10m.
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£25 million plus Armstrong
 
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David O'Day

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  • Aug 13, 2025
  • #12,827
Sky Blue Goblin said:
£25 million plus Armstrong
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or 24 without
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Aug 13, 2025
  • #12,828
PVA said:
I think we would definitely have contingency plans in place for Rudoni leaving, whether we want/expect it to happen or not, it would be pretty negligent not to.
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We may have done some scouting and analysis, but will not have the groundwork for deals in place as we have for KKH.
 

shmmeee

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  • Aug 13, 2025
  • #12,829
Could you imagine us pinging eight foot crosses over to Armstrong all game?
 

Liquid Gold

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  • Aug 13, 2025
  • #12,830
No championship club should be able to afford the fee that rudoni is worth.

If it’s true we’re asking for £15m then there has to be a financial reason and I won’t be happy.

I think it’s all noise though and expect him here past the window.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Aug 13, 2025
  • #12,831
Liquid Gold said:
No championship club should be able to afford the fee that rudoni is worth.

If it’s true we’re asking for £15m then there has to be a financial reason and I won’t be happy.

I think it’s all noise though and expect him here past the window.
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If £15m were the asking price he’d be there already.
 

Levship20

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  • Aug 13, 2025
  • #12,832
Brighton Sky Blue said:
We may well do, I don’t think we should.
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Correct, if they can be asking silly money for their players, we do the same and hold out for as much as possible. £30m seems fair to me in today’s market
 
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SBT

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  • Aug 13, 2025
  • #12,833
Brighton Sky Blue said:
Given that Southampton think they can request stupid fees for Championship players, I don’t know why people seem happy to let him go for £15-20 million. There’s improvements needed all over the defence, on the wings, more dynamism needed in the middle and upgrades on BTA and Bassette required all on top of you then having to replace Rudoni.

£20 million doesn’t cut it. Bare minimum £30 million, add an extra £5-10 million club in the same league tax on top.
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£30-40 million is cloud cuckoo land, I’m sorry. Go and look at some of the other players who’ve moved for that kind of money this summer.

The only reason to keep him in light of a ridiculous bid is if you’re convinced that this is our season to go up. But if you think the current team is in such decrepit shape, why would you turn down silly money for a player that could help rebuild it?
 

David O'Day

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  • Aug 13, 2025
  • #12,834
Liquid Gold said:
No championship club should be able to afford the fee that rudoni is worth.

If it’s true we’re asking for £15m then there has to be a financial reason and I won’t be happy.

I think it’s all noise though and expect him here past the window.
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no actual journalist has said this

we'll value him more than the rb we have already replaced
 

Liquid Gold

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  • Aug 13, 2025
  • #12,835
Brighton Sky Blue said:
If £15m were the asking price he’d be there already.
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It’s odd that we seem to want £15m for MvE and £15m for Rudi after we had a cash injection of £15m in the summer and haven’t spent it.

A conspiracy theorist could draw their own conclusions.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Aug 13, 2025
  • #12,836
Levship20 said:
Correct, if they can be asking silly money for their players, we do the same and hold out for as much as possible. £30m seems fair to me in today’s market
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I really don’t think it’s unreasonable or unrealistic, he’s that good and that important.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Aug 13, 2025
  • #12,837
Liquid Gold said:
It’s odd that we seem to want £15m for MvE and £15m for Rudi after we had a cash injection of £15m in the summer and haven’t spent it.

A conspiracy theorist could draw their own conclusions.
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@GIMOC
@Captain Dart
@fatso
 

Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Aug 13, 2025
  • #12,838
SBT said:
£30-40 million is cloud cuckoo land, I’m sorry. Go and look at some of the other players who’ve moved for that kind of money this summer.

The only reason to keep him in light of a ridiculous bid is if you’re convinced that this is our season to go up. But if you think the current team is in such decrepit shape, why would you turn down silly money for a player that could help rebuild it?
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Because £15-20 million will not do that and no, it’s not ridiculous considering his nationality, ability and contract situation. Southampton want even more for some of their players.
 

skybluegod

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  • Aug 13, 2025
  • #12,839
Brighton Sky Blue said:
Hamer wasn’t replaced, we spunked a load of money on Kitching instead while signing a child on loan from Brighton. He still hasn’t really been replaced even now.

Hamer was at least getting a season in the top flight to be clear.
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This is a rather rudimentary view on player recruitment. His place in the squad has 100% been filled. By Grimes and Torp take your pick. They aren't the same type of player no, but that's a recruitment choice based on style. So he has been replaced.
 
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Sky Blue Goblin

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  • Aug 13, 2025
  • #12,840
Least we have only 48 hours to wait on this one, if the journo is to be believed
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Aug 13, 2025
  • #12,841
skybluegod said:
This is a rather rudimentary view on player recruitment. His place in the squad has 100% been filled. By Grimes and Torp take your pick. They aren't the same type of player no, but that's a recruitment choice based on style. So he has been replaced.
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His attributes certainly haven’t, there is no box to box midfielder in the squad.
 

David O'Day

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  • Aug 13, 2025
  • #12,842
SBT said:
£30-40 million is cloud cuckoo land, I’m sorry. Go and look at some of the other players who’ve moved for that kind of money this summer.

The only reason to keep him in light of a ridiculous bid is if you’re convinced that this is our season to go up. But if you think the current team is in such decrepit shape, why would you turn down silly money for a player that could help rebuild it?
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it's not his value on ability, it's the amount of money that it would take for us to write off this season

only idiots think the team is in a "decrepit" state
 
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AFCCOVENTRY

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  • Aug 13, 2025
  • #12,843
3 years left on his contract and the best G-A midfielder outside the Premiership. You set a ridiculously high price for him and if someone is willing to pay it you have to take it. Look at the crazy prices some players go for in the Prem as who’ve hardly played.

Ask for £40m.
 
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HJones23

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  • Aug 13, 2025
  • #12,844
Deity said:
The thing that boggles my brain is that fans think it’s ok for Hull to sell Hughes to us but not ok for City to sell to other championship clubs.

They also think it’s logical for saints to sell one or two of their best players but illogical for us to do the same.

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Football fans for you. Liverpool fans have been the biggest hypocrites this summer. Called Trent a rat, booed him & harassed his family, then a couple of months later they are celebrating when Isak down tools to try and force a move
 

Shannerz

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  • Aug 13, 2025
  • #12,845
Deity said:
The thing that boggles my brain is that fans think it’s ok for Hull to sell Hughes to us but not ok for City to sell to other championship clubs.

They also think it’s logical for saints to sell one or two of their best players but illogical for us to do the same.

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It would actually surprise me if Rudoni or Hughes actually agreed to move to Southampton / us.

It would be a small step up, but would make it much harder for larger clubs to sign them in the near future. I don't think either move would necessarily be in the players' best long-term interests.
 
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