2025 Summer Transfer gossip and squad discussion (and manager)

[andrewjohnsmith]

I really do not want us to buy Phillips the reasons being how much has he played in the last 2 yrs not a lot he will probably be injury prone,it will probably take him I would say 1month just to get fit and would you want to pay in the region of 45million out of the 100 million we got for players not for Me thxs.I also don't fancy Johnstone as our number 1 keeper prefer Darlow,Johnstone is another keeper full of mistakes that costs goals I know it's a different league but Darlow ain't put a foot wrong yet that's cost a goal.I know Darlow ain't good enough for the prem but he is better than Johnstone thxs .

I'd be all in favour of a Phillips return if it wasn't for his injury record

[andrewjohnsmith]

Lots of hypotheticals, but this is how I see our recuitment

GK

New Signing (a Navas to Forest type)
Meslier

RB

Bogle
New Signing (back up to Bogle possible play both sides)

LB

New Signing (key signing)
Schmidt

CB

Rodon
Strujik
New Signing (someone at least on par with our current 2)

Midfield

Ampada
Tanaka
Gruev

Attacking Mid

New Signing (key signing)
Aaronson

Winger

James
Gnonto
New Signing (Solomon)
Ramazani

Striker

Piroe
New Signing (key signing)
Bamford

(Joseph to go out on loan)

[weasel]

I really do not want us to buy Phillips the reasons being how much has he played in the last 2 yrs not a lot he will probably be injury prone,it will probably take him I would say 1month just to get fit and would you want to pay in the region of 45million out of the 100 million we got for players not for Me thxs.I also don't fancy Johnstone as our number 1 keeper prefer Darlow,Johnstone is another keeper full of mistakes that costs goals I know it's a different league but Darlow ain't put a foot wrong yet that's cost a goal.I know Darlow ain't good enough for the prem but he is better than Johnstone thxs .

I would be against KP even at £10m just because he has hardly stood out at Ipswich. Like you say his injury record is a huge concern too. He has only done well under 1 manager, Bielsa, who built a team around him. Would we do that. Yes he did well for England but the majority of matches for England we simply had a far better team than the opposition and KP was hardly tested.

[Tom the Cat]

I'm absolutely certain we'll spend £100m plus, hopefully some shrewd signings.

We have to trust in our board.

Word on line and in the press is that we are still keen on signing Phillips - I can only hope that this is not true - the guy can barely get into the Ipswich side and IMO is the last signing we need.

[WhiteRose]

Philips is a PR signing for the 49ers they will think it’s what the fans want and will give the media a homecoming story. I’d be surprised if Farke wants him especially if it uses 20 million of his budget. I just think he’s no better than what we already have but maybe it’s one of those cases where players just perform better at certain clubs.

[GreennWhite]

There are going to be a number of our squad players having to make a hard decision over rhe summer, do they stick or twist ?
Some of them will be looking at who we go after and if it's a player in their position do they stay and fight it out or just decide they can get another Championship club.
We do have to be ruthless during the summer if we have any hope of survival.

[1964white]

Word on line and in the press is that we are still keen on signing Phillips - I can only hope that this is not true - the guy can barely get into the Ipswich side and IMO is the last signing we need.

I personally hope we don't go down that road.

[AlbaNick]

Never been particularly pro or anti re-signing Phillips, but White Rose's point is a good one.
What if he can be back to his best at Leeds. Doesn't seem like a huge gamble at around the £10m mark and unlikely anyone else is interested.
He gets the club and I don't think would cause any dressing room upset.

Assuming we go with Ampadu and Tanaka in the prem, Kalvin wouldn't be bad backup

[Pullhard]

I would like Kelleher, the Liverpool reserve keeper. He’s a free agent I believe

Philips is a step backwards… we need to be more ambitious

[foxy]

Our signings can't be guided by sentiment and tbh bringing Phillips back would be just that. Bielsa had that amazing ability to make ordinary players play at another level but I've seen no evidence that Farke has that ability (which is the case with most managers so not specifically criticising him). Pep struggled with him and he has hardly shaken any trees at Ipswich. I would hope we can do better.

[The Subhuman]

Our signings can't be guided by sentiment and tbh bringing Phillips back would be just that. Bielsa had that amazing ability to make ordinary players play at another level but I've seen no evidence that Farke has that ability (which is the case with most managers so not specifically criticising him). Pep struggled with him and he has hardly shaken any trees at Ipswich. I would hope we can do better.

Most here will say he does ... I do think Phillips is an upgrade on Gruev should we decide to sell Struijk and partner up Ampadu with Rodon

[andrewjohnsmith]

I personally hope we don't go down that road.

I'm sure you caught Eddie Gray's less than enthusiastic response on Kalvin on the DGTBJY podcast

[andrewjohnsmith]

Most here will say he does ... I do think Phillips is an upgrade on Gruev should we decide to sell Struijk and partner up Ampadu with Rodon

I don't see us building a premier league team around Ampadu at the back. I think we'll need very strong defensive midfielders. For me, Ampadu as a defensive mid is the first name on the team sheet and we build the rest of the team from there.

[1964white]

I'm sure you caught Eddie Gray's less than enthusiastic response on Kalvin on the DGTBJY podcast

No, I haven't heard it, Andrew.

I'll have a listen.

[1964white]

Hopefully we can find a striker such as Crystal Palace signed in Meteta for about £20m a couple of seasons ago.

14 goals & 2 assists in 27 appearances this season.

Another fantastic equaliser vs Arsenal last night.

[lufc1304]

We should definitely be asking the question re Kelleher at Liverpool, think he'd be perfect for us and he's not displacing Allison any time soon.

[Jammy 07]

We're quite used to taking on Man U misfits so what about their no'9 Rasmus Hojlund who's reported to be available for around £30M this summer ?

Not prolific yet but bags of upside as only young at age 22.

[Barlow Boy]

We're quite used to taking on Man U misfits so what about their no'9 Rasmus Hojlund who's reported to be available for around £30M this summer ?

Not prolific yet but bags of upside as only young at age 22.

Way more realistic than Delap for the same price.

Obviously, he’s not done well at Man U but change of scenery and all that. Who knows.

[weasel]

We're quite used to taking on Man U misfits so what about their no'9 Rasmus Hojlund who's reported to be available for around £30M this summer ?

Not prolific yet but bags of upside as only young at age 22.

I wouldn't be against it. I think there is a very good striker there who just seems to have lost his confidence and from afar looks to be being managed poorly. We have seen Farke restore the confidence in players like Rutter and Dan James as well as getting the best out of free signing journeyman Teemu Pukki for Norwich.

[pjm2019]

Lots of hypotheticals, but this is how I see our recuitment

GK

New Signing (a Navas to Forest type)
Meslier
Darlow rather than Meslier
RB

Bogle
New Signing (back up to Bogle possible play both sides)

LB

New Signing (key signing)
Schmidt

CB

Rodon
Strujik
New Signing (someone at least on par with our current 2)
We need better than Stujik
Midfield

Ampada
Tanaka
Gruev

Attacking Mid

New Signing (key signing)
Aaronson

Winger

James
Gnonto Needs to sold Not at premiership level
New Signing (Solomon)
Ramazani Needs to sold Not at premiership level

Striker

Piroe
New Signing (key signing)
Bamford

(Joseph to go out on loan)