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Transfer Rumour 25/26 Summer Transfer Window (45 Viewers)

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Sky Blue Goblin

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  • May 23, 2025
  • #1,646
PUSB-We_are_going_up said:
Only way Sargent leaves Norwich is to a team in a different division
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Genuinely think he’ll end up at Leeds or one of the promoted clubs.
 
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Hincha

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  • May 23, 2025
  • #1,647
Sky Blue Goblin said:
Just seen the telegraph mention Wilson to Wrexham. Surely he’s off to earn himself a big pay day in Arabia
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Isn’t he trying to be a podcaster?

Probably thinking he can get an American fan base by becoming a part of the tv show

Ben Foster did something similar
 

fernandopartridge

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  • May 23, 2025
  • #1,648
procdoc said:
We will not get 30 million for a player that’s never played top flight football in Europe. Some of you live in a fantasy world
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Half that would be the top end at a stretch
 
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ovduk78

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  • May 23, 2025
  • #1,649
fernandopartridge said:
Half that would be the top end at a stretch
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Reported sales for Alex Scott, £25m, & Adam Wharton, £18m rising to £22m, I certainly think Rudoni is worth as much as those figures especially with his goals/assists this season.
 
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skyblue025

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  • May 24, 2025
  • #1,650
I'm not sure Sargent would suit our system. He isn't really a target man and doesn't play back to goal at Norwich as Sims is asked to do here.
 
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procdoc

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  • May 24, 2025
  • #1,651
I’ve not seen much of this Salech guy, is he really all that?
 

Sick Boy

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  • May 24, 2025
  • #1,652
Briles said:
I think it'd be about 15 with add ons
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No chance; we’d want at least £20m.
 

Terry_dactyl

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  • May 24, 2025
  • #1,653
procdoc said:
I’ve not seen much of this Salech guy, is he really all that?
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Think he signed for Cardiff in January and became their main man instantly. He’s fucking massive and, from what I’ve seen, very aggressive. Cardiff fans resigned to him leaving. Think he’s decent with the ball at his feet too.
Looks like he’d be an excellent signing.
Here’s hoping he got a relegation clause in his contract.

Cardiff City: Aaron Ramsey expects interest in striker Yousef Salech

Cardiff City: Aaron Ramsey expects interest in striker Yousef Salech
www.bbc.co.uk
 
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Briles

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  • May 24, 2025
  • #1,654
Sick Boy said:
No chance; we’d want at least £20m.
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You reckon he's worth the same as gyokeres?
 

Terry_dactyl

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  • May 24, 2025
  • #1,655
Briles said:
You reckon he's worth the same as gyokeres?
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Being pedantic, Gyokeres is worth £60m+.

I’d say he is worth at least what we sold Gyokeres for…doesn’t mean he’s better.
 
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Sick Boy

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  • May 24, 2025
  • #1,656
Briles said:
You reckon he's worth the same as gyokeres?
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He's young, English and on a much longer contract. We'd hold out for more than £15M at this point.
 
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Mucca Mad Boys

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  • May 24, 2025
  • #1,657
Terry_dactyl said:
Think he signed for Cardiff in January and became their main man instantly. He’s fucking massive and, from what I’ve seen, very aggressive. Cardiff fans resigned to him leaving. Think he’s decent with the ball at his feet too.
Looks like he’d be an excellent signing.
Here’s hoping he got a relegation clause in his contract.

Cardiff City: Aaron Ramsey expects interest in striker Yousef Salech

Cardiff City: Aaron Ramsey expects interest in striker Yousef Salech
www.bbc.co.uk
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Stats over his career to date are close to Simms in a lot of areas. Given how many on here feel about Simms, it strikes me that people haven’t done their homework on Salech.

With the sums likely to be involved, this transfer is unlikely to happen.
 
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Mucca Mad Boys

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  • May 24, 2025
  • #1,658
Briles said:
You reckon he's worth the same as gyokeres?
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Unlike Vik, Rudoni has 3 years left on his contract. If Vik had 2 years left on his contract rather than 1 in 2023, his value would’ve comfortably been £5+ million more than we got for him.

Players going to the Prem from the Championship for £25+ million is not unheard of. Frankly, we should dig our heels in for Rudoni because he’s our best player. His sale should be able to fund 2-3 top quality players minimum. I’d expect similar if we sold Haji or MVE.
 
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Sky Blue Goblin

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  • May 24, 2025
  • #1,659
Let’s be honest, like him or not, Doug will not allow Rudoni to leave without getting a big payday. Oddly calm this days about players leaving as I have faith, we will A make sure we extract every penny we can and B reinvest in the squad.
 
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Terry_dactyl

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  • May 24, 2025
  • #1,660
Mucca Mad Boys said:
Stats over his career to date are close to Simms in a lot of areas. Given how many on here feel about Simms, it strikes me that people haven’t done their homework on Salech.

With the sums likely to be involved, this transfer is unlikely to happen.
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I dunno if it’ll happen or not…haven’t heard any figures being mentioned or know how much we’ve got…but I thought we were just speculating?

He’s big, he’s aggressive, he’s likely to be leaving the relegated side, Cardiff fans/others saying he’s very good, has looked good when I’ve seen him(albeit not that much).
I haven’t looked at stats…other than wiki. Enlighten us!
 
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long way home

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  • May 24, 2025
  • #1,661
Salech is the type of signing Doug will invest in, this player has not reached his potential yet but has already shown ability to handle the championship. And if we are interested in this player paying top money is not something we are shy of doing. He is the type i think we would target.

If we can find another option without the fee im sure those names are on a list too. Going be getting interesting very soon, clearing the decks has already started with more to come.
 
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PVA

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  • May 24, 2025
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Tommo1993

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  • May 24, 2025
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A midfielder with the amount of goal contributions and general threat as Jack Rudoni, we’d be morons to even entertain any sub-£20m approach.
 
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Ccfcisparks

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  • May 24, 2025
  • #1,664
PVA said:
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Yeah but he’s very similar to Simms!!!
 
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Sky Blue Goblin

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  • May 24, 2025
  • #1,665
PVA said:
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Genuinely feel like this is Ian Evatt all over again for me at this point

 
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Trueskyblue20

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  • May 24, 2025
  • #1,666
Mucca Mad Boys said:
Stats over his career to date are close to Simms in a lot of areas. Given how many on here feel about Simms, it strikes me that people haven’t done their homework on Salech.

With the sums likely to be involved, this transfer is unlikely to happen.
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He is absolutely nothing like Simms.

He uses his size and is aggressive which are his main strengths. Simms on the other hand jumps around 5ft 7 and seems scared of anyone and everything.


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long way home

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  • May 24, 2025
  • #1,667
Completely different FWs in ability and style of play, Selech is a natural footballer, Simms has natural physical attributes. I would prefer Simms with movement and a touch but unfortunately he doesn't have that footballing instinct. Salech has size, speed, touch, awareness and scores goals from outside as well as inside the box. If you think thats similar you either haven't watched Salech or haven't watched Simms to know the difference between the 2.
 
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SBAndy

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  • May 24, 2025
  • #1,668
Trueskyblue20 said:
He is absolutely nothing like Simms.

He uses his size and is aggressive which are his main strengths. Simms on the other hand jumps around 5ft 7 and seems scared of anyone and everything.


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Aggression goes a long way. He may not be dissimilar in terms of playing style (don’t know enough about him) but if Simms could apply himself properly and utilise his physical attributes we wouldn’t be having the conversation about moving him on. It’s moot.
 
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TomRad85

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  • May 24, 2025
  • #1,669
Yeh seems like a lot of people have already done the work. He's much better than Simms. You'd trade BTA and Simms for him in reality, if you could.
 

Jamesimus

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  • May 24, 2025
  • #1,670
TomRad85 said:
Yeh seems like a lot of people have already done the work. He's much better than Simms. You'd trade BTA and Simms for him in reality, if you could.
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Id strangely really like to keep BTA - think he is good as a squad player but I don’t think he wants that.

Salech would be a really good signing imo.
 
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TomRad85

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  • May 24, 2025
  • #1,671
Jamesimus said:
Id strangely really like to keep BTA - think he is good as a squad player but I don’t think he wants that.

Salech would be a really good signing imo.
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BTA wants to be first choice I think. I don't dislike the guy but a lot of the time he looks like a dog with a tennis ball.
Think you could recycle the £3.5 million spent on him a lot smarter.
 
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PVA

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  • May 24, 2025
  • #1,672
Jamesimus said:
Id strangely really like to keep BTA - think he is good as a squad player but I don’t think he wants that.
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Yeah the sub performance against Boro was great. It'd be useful to have that option off the bench, but as you say I don't think he'd be happy with that.
 
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SkyBlueDom26

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  • May 24, 2025
  • #1,673
skyblue025 said:
I'm not sure Sargent would suit our system. He isn't really a target man and doesn't play back to goal at Norwich as Sims is asked to do here.
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Sargent is the best striker in the league, if we got him we’d be top 3, sadly it’s never gonna happen though he’ll go the prem or back to Germany
 
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MusicDating

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  • May 24, 2025
  • #1,674
procdoc said:
We will not get 30 million for a player that’s never played top flight football in Europe. Some of you live in a fantasy world
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Exactly! I mean Haaland is only £14.9m. Might captain Salah this week though.
 

fatso

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  • May 24, 2025
  • #1,675
SBAndy said:
Aggression goes a long way. He may not be dissimilar in terms of playing style (don’t know enough about him) but if Simms could apply himself properly and utilise his physical attributes we wouldn’t be having the conversation about moving him on. It’s moot.
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But Simms can't trap or control a football, he can't hold the ball up, or even head the bloody ball.
He's simply missing all the basic attributes to be a footballer.
He's a carthorse that occasionally causes panic in the box.
We really do need to find better if we are serious about getting into the Premier league.
 
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Mucca Mad Boys

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  • May 24, 2025
  • #1,676
Trueskyblue20 said:
He is absolutely nothing like Simms.

He uses his size and is aggressive which are his main strengths. Simms on the other hand jumps around 5ft 7 and seems scared of anyone and everything.


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Salech is absolutely better than Simms at things; aerial duals, clearances, interceptions and tackles. This season he’s had more shots and goals in less minutes.

Areas he’s worse than Simms (per 90); pass completion, assists, xA, xG and xA combined, progressive carries. Frankly, the pass competition got me because Salech is in the bottom 1% of the league. That alone almost seems like it’d be a bad fit.

Best in mind that this is just this season only, comparing the two (and Wright’s) ‘entire career’ and there’s less daylight between the 2.

No doubt Salech looks like a really good find for Cardiff because he’s had a great half a season. The talk around him though is ridiculous; he’s not better than Wright and we’re not going to ‘trade’ BTA and Simms for him. He was signed for £3m and is contracted to 2029 so Cardiff will want around £8+ million for him. Sorry to burst the bubble, this signing isn’t happening.

Think of it this way, Simms scored 11 goals from NY to May 2024, there was paper talk that Brentford wanted him as a potential Toney-replacement… then he followed that up form with his worst season to date. That could happen to Salech and I wouldn’t go all in on a player who has had one good half season in English football.
 

TomRad85

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  • May 24, 2025
  • #1,677
Mucca Mad Boys said:
Salech is absolutely better than Simms at things; aerial duals, clearances, interceptions and tackles. This season he’s had more shots and goals in less minutes.

Areas he’s worse than Simms (per 90); pass completion, assists, xA, xG and xA combined, progressive carries. Frankly, the pass competition got me because Salech is in the bottom 1% of the league. That alone almost seems like it’d be a bad fit.

Best in mind that this is just this season only, comparing the two (and Wright’s) ‘entire career’ and there’s less daylight between the 2.

No doubt Salech looks like a really good find for Cardiff because he’s had a great half a season. The talk around him though is ridiculous; he’s not better than Wright and we’re not going to ‘trade’ BTA and Simms for him. He was signed for £3m and is contracted to 2029 so Cardiff will want around £8+ million for him. Sorry to burst the bubble, this signing isn’t happening.

Think of it this way, Simms scored 11 goals from NY to May 2024, there was paper talk that Brentford wanted him as a potential Toney-replacement… then he followed that up form with his worst season to date. That could happen to Salech and I wouldn’t go all in on a player who has had one good half season in English football.
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At this point we have to assume you are related to Simms.
 
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clint van damme

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  • May 24, 2025
  • #1,678
I bet when the summers business is done not one name mentioned on here has been signed!
 
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TomRad85

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  • May 24, 2025
  • #1,679
clint van damme said:
I bet when the summers business is done not one name mentioned on here has been signed!
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Same every summer tbf. The first person to get a suggestion right wins a prize.
 
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procdoc

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  • May 24, 2025
  • #1,680
I just want @Tea & Busquets to give us some realistic names!
 
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