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Transfer Rumour 25/26 Summer Transfer Window (24 Viewers)

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b12345

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  • Aug 28, 2025
  • #16,731
Can see us having a massive bid accepted on deadline day as happened with the Kitching deal.
 
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COVKIDSNEVERQUIT

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  • Aug 28, 2025
  • #16,732
Deity said:
If he does brilliantly we make a tonne of money on him….

Glass half full or half empty ??
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And so would Hull with add-ons.
 

shmmeee

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  • Aug 28, 2025
  • #16,733
Where the fuck have we got all this money from? Breaking transfer records for CBs. Madness.
 
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AFCCOVENTRY

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  • Aug 28, 2025
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COVKIDSNEVERQUIT

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  • Aug 28, 2025
  • #16,735
shmmeee said:
Where the fuck have we got all this money from? Breaking transfer records for CBs. Madness.
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Probably from our Shit owner.
 
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wingy

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  • Aug 28, 2025
  • #16,736
We could do a deal with surplus talent,to anyone who needs it!
 

fernandopartridge

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  • Aug 28, 2025
  • #16,737
Deity said:
I’ve not seen a link but I’m told we have been linked with Oxlaide Chamberlain today along with the usual suspects …
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I don't want Kevin Spacey anywhere near my club, was bad enough signing Marlon King
 
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fernandopartridge

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  • Aug 28, 2025
  • #16,738
KenilworthSkyBlue said:
He definitely doesn't.

Given the fee we paid he's been a bad signing.

He doesn't really have any redeeming qualities, has shown nothing to really suggest he'd ever make it at this leve and thinks he's considerably better than he is. A bad mix for a footballer.

The above is compounded further by the fact we didn't even need him in the first place.

Hopefully we can somehow recoup some of the fee either over the next few days or in a future window.
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It is strange really, Bassette had his only real run in the side under Lampard
 
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Perennial Lurker

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  • Aug 28, 2025
  • #16,739
Can we sign Hughes , sincerely hope so .
Can we get Woolfenden as well ?
Does this mean MvE is leaving and Lati becomes back up for KKH?

Wowzers
 

Ccfcisparks

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  • Aug 28, 2025
  • #16,740
Perennial Lurker said:
Can we sign Hughes , sincerely hope so .
Can we get Woolfenden as well ?
Does this mean MvE is leaving and Lati becomes back up for KKH?

Wowzers
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We will get either Hughes or Woolfenden
 
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Lionelr

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  • Aug 28, 2025
  • #16,741
It’s a strange few days as no doubt we need strengthening. Funds wise, is there an element of, well players such as Rudoni and Torp (if he can continue his form) their fee will no doubt be well up on what we paid for them. If we splash out now to try and help us in our promotion and fail, we will lose some of our bigger players such as Rudoni anyway and still have a blanket of funds. So is this a way of really giving it a go?
 
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Perennial Lurker

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  • Aug 28, 2025
  • #16,742
Ccfcisparks said:
We will get either Hughes or Woolfenden
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Feels like the payoff will be MvE leaving ?
Would be amazing to get both though
 

Ccfcisparks

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  • Aug 28, 2025
  • #16,743
Perennial Lurker said:
Feels like the payoff will be MvE leaving ?
Would be amazing to get both though
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THink we will get 1 and MVE wont leave
 
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Perennial Lurker

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  • Aug 28, 2025
  • #16,744
Just as a whole on the squad the one glaring weakness is centre back . Beyond that we can wish for other areas to be strengthened .
Squad come Tuesday ..
Dovin, Rushworth , Wilson
KKH , Lati
Brau, JdS
Kitching , Woolfenden , Thomas , Hughes
Grimes , Sheaf , Eccles , Allen ,Andrews
Torp ,Rudoni
BTA, EMC ,Wright ,Simms ,Saka, Rapha

Plus a loanee ?

A full 25 man squad
 
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Matt smith

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  • Aug 28, 2025
  • #16,745
Perennial Lurker said:
Just as a whole on the squad the one glaring weakness is centre back . Beyond that we can wish for other areas to be strengthened .
Squad come Tuesday ..
Dovins, Rushworth , Wilson
KKH , Lati
Brau, JdS
Kitching , Woolfenden , Thomas , Hughes
Grimes , Sheaf , Eccles , Allen ,Andrews
Torp ,Rudoni
BTA, EMC ,Wright ,Simms ,Saka, Rapha

Plus a loanee ?

A full 25 man squad
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Were not signing 2 Centre backs imo

beauty of Hughes can play either side
 
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Perennial Lurker

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  • Aug 28, 2025
  • #16,746
Matt smith said:
Were not signing 2 Centre backs imo

beauty of Hughes can play either side
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For me it depends on MvE staying or leaving
 

Matt smith

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  • Aug 28, 2025
  • #16,747
Perennial Lurker said:
For me it depends on MvE staying or leaving
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We’ll need another right back though
 
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Perennial Lurker

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  • Aug 28, 2025
  • #16,748
Matt smith said:
We’ll need another right back though
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I think that's where Lati will cover ?
KKH played a similar amount of games as MvE last season.
 
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CovRes

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  • Aug 28, 2025
  • #16,749
Perennial Lurker said:
Just as a whole on the squad the one glaring weakness is centre back . Beyond that we can wish for other areas to be strengthened .
Squad come Tuesday ..
Dovin, Rushworth , Wilson
KKH , Lati
Brau, JdS
Kitching , Woolfenden , Thomas , Hughes
Grimes , Sheaf , Eccles , Allen ,Andrews
Torp ,Rudoni
BTA, EMC ,Wright ,Simms ,Saka, Rapha

Plus a loanee ?

A full 25 man squad
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Andrews is an U21, so that would be a 23 man squad. Room, wage bill permitting, for 2 more.
 
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Perennial Lurker

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  • Aug 28, 2025
  • #16,750
CovRes said:
Andrews is an U21, so that would be a 23 man squad. Room, wage bill permitting, for 2 more.
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Didn't realise that ,maybe Bidwell makes the cut then
 
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Evo1883

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  • Aug 28, 2025
  • #16,751
Matt smith said:
Godden*
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That hurt
 
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Hincha

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  • Aug 28, 2025
  • #16,752
In the recruitment team at Liverpool they talk about “unicorn” footballers - those who are worth paying above your spending brackets as they drastically improve your team - e.g. Alisson & van Dijk

We clearly see Hughes in a similar mould & probably agree with Hull that he’ll likely be worth £20m in a year or two
 
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Evo1883

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  • Aug 28, 2025
  • #16,753
skybluecam said:
Where was that attitude when you were crying over Robins melon
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quinn1971

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  • Aug 28, 2025
  • #16,754
Hincha said:
In the recruitment team at Liverpool they talk about “unicorn” footballers - those who are worth paying above your spending brackets as they drastically improve your team - e.g. Alisson & van Dijk

We clearly see Hughes in a similar mould & probably agree with Hull that he’ll likely be worth £20m in a year or two
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Surely he’ll be worth more after a season with us than relegation fighting hull ?
 
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Skybluedownunder

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  • Aug 28, 2025
  • #16,755
Transfermarkt has Godo worth €600k

It says apparently Strasbourg have bid €7m for him.

Only signed from Margate FC three years ago and played 34 games for Wigan.

Let Strasbourg take this one.

Really wonder what our bid was which they were considering depending if they got a player in


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SleepyGinger

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  • Aug 29, 2025
  • #16,756
Got to laugh at our fans turning their nose up at Godo. Off to a very smart football club playing in Europe for €7m.
 
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wingy

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  • Aug 29, 2025
  • #16,757
Jamesimus said:
Your epitaph.
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Lube up everyone!
 
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wingy

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  • Aug 29, 2025
  • #16,758
SleepyGinger said:
Got to laugh at our fans turning their nose up at Godo. Off to a very smart football club playing in Europe for €7m.
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It's ok probably agent talk from his present club.
 

Lamps

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  • Aug 29, 2025
  • #16,759
b12345 said:
Hughes is obviously interested in the move as well wouldn't have bid otherwise but he doesn't seem like the kind of bloke to force his way out
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I know of another player the same. Very good player who spent most of his career at Swansea. Had a few offers over the years but was very happy at Swansea until Lampard let him know he would like to sign him. He then didn't play again until the transfer was completed.
 
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Skyblue Bangkok

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  • Aug 29, 2025
  • #16,760
Lamps said:
I know of another player the same. Very good player who spent most of his career at Swansea. Had a few offers over the years but was very happy at Swansea until Lampard let him know he would like to sign him. He then didn't play again until the transfer was completed.
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May have been because the club made it be known his salary would go up by a large amount. As for Hughes I'd be surprised if this deal happens.
 

Lamps

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  • Aug 29, 2025
  • #16,761
skybluecam said:
Really don't think doubling our transfer record on a CB is worth it

We'd have to get promoted to justify it.
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Which is what the idea is.

We paid about £3.5m for Grimes when he was coming up to 30 years old. That was said by some to be a waste of money but has been worth every penny. Signing Hughes for up to 4x the amount sounds a lot but you would end up with a sellable asset and most probably get the fee back plus more.
 

Lamps

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  • Aug 29, 2025
  • #16,762
Skyblue Bangkok said:
May have been because the club made it be known his salary would go up by a large amount. As for Hughes I'd be surprised if this deal happens.
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He was already on a good wage. One of the reasons he was happy at Swansea. We wouldn't have broken our wage structure for him.

Any Hughes deal could go either way. They're in financial difficulties after taking a big gamble mid season to get promoted and failing miserably. They need both the player and the money. On an educated guess I would say he will play the last game for them this weekend then a deal will be done if we've offered enough....unless Woolfenden is prised from Ipswich before then.

The biggest surprise for me would be if we didn't bring in at least a CB by Monday evening.
 

Lamps

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  • Aug 29, 2025
  • #16,763
Jamesimus said:
Well that’s the thing for me. He’s not “clearly” going to get better. Hopefully he will, but it’s certainly not clear cut!
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21 years old and club captain at his last 2 clubs.

If a player can continue improving at a club like Hull imagine how much he could continue to improve with Lampard and his team playing at the top end of the table. There's a lot more chance of him continuing to improve surrounded by good players than suddenly regressing.
 
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Skyblue Bangkok

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  • Aug 29, 2025
  • #16,764
Lamps said:
He was already on a good wage. One of the reasons he was happy at Swansea. We wouldn't have broken our wage structure for him.

Any Hughes deal could go either way. They're in financial difficulties after taking a big gamble mid season to get promoted and failing miserably. They need both the player and the money. On an educated guess I would say he will play the last game for them this weekend then a deal will be done if we've offered enough....unless Woolfenden is prised from Ipswich before then.

The biggest surprise for me would be if we didn't bring in at least a CB by Monday evening.
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It would be for me if we don't bring a central defender in because the back ups are Lati( no idea when he will be fit) and
Lamps said:
He was already on a good wage. One of the reasons he was happy at Swansea. We wouldn't have broken our wage structure for him.

Any Hughes deal could go either way. They're in financial difficulties after taking a big gamble mid season to get promoted and failing miserably. They need both the player and the money. On an educated guess I would say he will play the last game for them this weekend then a deal will be done if we've offered enough....unless Woolfenden is prised from Ipswich before then.

The biggest surprise for me would be if we didn't bring in at least a CB by Monday evening.
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It would be for me too as our back up would be Lati ( no idea when he will be fit) and a Jake Bidwell.
 
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HJones23

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  • Aug 29, 2025
  • #16,765
Sounds to me like we had committed to spending on Woolfeden & Goddo. Strasbourg have offered silly money so we have decided to go all in for Hughes. I think we end up with Hughes & a prem loan for the forward, we’re at that point in the window where clubs will consider loans for players they wanted to sell - e.g. Sarmiento at Brighton
 
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