Summer Silly Season Transfer Thread 2025

[bencher]

Shame about Bakwa, not sure if we were planning on Kevin + Bakwa if that deal was agreed too.

Would be nervous about Kevin being touted elsewhere. I'd be surprised if we lost to Sporting given that we could probably pay more + London life, but there we go.

Stranger things have happened.

I'd imagine if we didn't do big things today, Silva won't renew next year.

Why would he prefer mid-table dreary London over Champions League sun-drenched Portuguese-speaking Lisbon?

[Deeping_white]

Does anyone actually have any credible links to Sporting apparently trying to sign Kevin? Or is it chinese whispers and people getting riled up over nothing

Portuguese newspaper A Bola

https://www.abola.pt/noticias/mercado-sporting-ultimo-esforco-por-kevin-2025090109554008428?srsltid=AfmBOoohalCoUIfBmEx3j4rFmPXfBjKlHXnNJ4fu4CUkj4KlhnBhVV6O

"The deal will be difficult to complete – the Ukrainians are asking for between 30 and 40 million euros for the player, which would be the largest transfer fee ever in Portugal – but Sporting is trying to move forward with negotiations." Well they're quoting that the price to sign him for is at least €10m less than what we've offered, and we've also given Shakhtar a 25% sell on so the math isn't mathing there as far as they're concerned so I'm gonna say it's a bit of a plant by someone to hurry us up or Sporting making out like they're trying to sign someone they know they can't afford

[SerbianLad]

[alfie]

Can't wait for the last minute dross that we will get in as a desperate dash.

Why do you assume a player is dross?

[FFC007]

Mitrovic?

[Deeping_white]

Nelson going to Brentford

[v]

Nelson to Brentford

[FFC007]

Just over 6 hours to go.....

I'm not confident at all.

[Thailand Mick]

Sporting are offering 40m for 75% which is basically the same as our 40m + 25% sell on. So now the difference is the 10m in add ons. They are also saying the player prefers sporting. If he doesn't want to be here for that money we should walk away.

[Rambler]

Plenty of twists and turns to come.

The potential Kevin hijacking does not surprise me, and we totally deserve it for leaving everything last minute. I'm just suprised it's not Tottenham or another PL club doing the hijacking

[Surlyc]

If we don't sign Kevin now (and especially if we end up with Sterling instead), this forum and our fanbase is going to be absolutely toxic for quite a while.

[ffcthereligion]

Sunderland and Burnley well in the market.

Florentino Luís is amazing business for Burnley

Don't you dare suggest other clubs do good business, you will be torn down instantly!

[Fulham Tup North]

If we don't sign Kevin now (and especially if we end up with Sterling instead), this forum and our fanbase is going to be absolutely toxic for quite a while.

I'll just give it a wide berth for the next two weeks !!!

[FFC007]

Sunderland and Burnley well in the market.

Florentino Luís is amazing business for Burnley

Don't you dare suggest other clubs do good business, you will be torn down instantly!

Clearly Parkerball is an attractive prospect for him...

[bencher]

I think we need to ask ourselves why players are seemingly turning us down. Multiple players we've been linked with have preferred to join other clubs, and I'm not talking about Barca, City etc.

[jayffc]

https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1962476589721010368?t=hflF7OhkAqg7w6Qjt6LEsA&s=19

Pls be in addition to Kevin

[FFC007]

I wonder if the Kevin deal is dead...

[Neutral Zone Ultra]

Sorry for being negative again but Sterling stinks of Kevin deal collapsing.

[Fulham Mike]

Sorry for being negative again but Sterling stinks of Kevin deal collapsing.

I completely agree

[FFC1987]

Sorry for being negative again but Sterling stinks of Kevin deal collapsing.

Sterlings been touted as a last minute deal all window. Don't think its that.

If Kevin wants Sporting over us, then bugger him but I say this lightly, the recruitment team need sacking if we end up losing these players on the last day and end up with loanee tape over the cracks signings with Silva assessing his options.