Summer Silly Season Transfer Thread 2025

[Drewry66]

To be fair to not include amortised fees in the rules would make little sense I would have thought. That would essentially mean you could spend what you want on the transfer fee which spending within means was part of the point of the regulations in the first place. May be folk are wrong but the Athletic seems to suggest amortised fees are included from what I can see snd they are usually very reliable. Agree seems like madness!

But the UEFA system, which is apparently the model here, doesn't include amortised transfer fees. It's wages that are crippling clubs - Fulham as an example, £20m net spend on transfers last year, £150m on wages. And as I said, to bring both wages and transfer spending combined under 85% of revenue is equally nonsensical given how epicly far from that most clubs are right now, where wages alone are typically close to that threshold. I wonder if it was just the 20th-place "anchoring" element that was supposed to cover transfer fees, and the Athletic et al misinterpreted that.

All just feels too fishy for me, to suddenly be picked up by the forum and elsewhere midway through the window, when it's apparently been in the pipeline for 2+ years.

I just can't see it happening, whether that's for the reasons given earlier (contingency on Man City case, PFA challenge etc) or just because it'll be plain suicidal for the PL (at least in the form suggested, ie, including transfer fees as well).

Has however been good to discuss and read about in the absence of transfer news. Gonna have to give myself an enforced mental break now.

Yeah fair enough mate. I agree that just can't understand how it will work as on the face of it no one will be compliant! As I say though the articles suggest it's wages and amortised fees as per the link I posted but who knows. I too am sick of thinking about it!

 

Let's just hope the club can get over whatever the hell is stopping them signing anyone right now as clearly it's killing us all. 

Thanks to you two for all the effort in trying to make sense of SCR for us ordinary folk.

I'm ordinary folk too. I'm honestly praying I have  got it wrong somehow and we are just spending £100m late.

🙏🙏🙏

[OZ-WHITE]

This is the first time that the majority of major leagues all have the same Transfer Window close date Sept 1 for Premier League, La Liga, Bundesliga, Serie A, and Ligue 1 - the last 48 hours before Sept 1st is going to be very busy

This sounds like we're taking a massive gamble.

This could either go horribly, with a damp squib, or seem like a genius move..

So far, its going horribly.

This club have been nothing short of inept so far.

Yes, 25 days left and we are competing against 4 other major leagues to get transfers done all by the same date

[Coastwalker]

Leipzig in for Harvey Elliot.

[spikey norman]

According to Talksport West Ham in for Raheem Sterling and Sunderland in for Dominic Calvert-Lewin

[Fulham Tup North]

You are correct ... but as soon as these new players bed in we will be flying ... 

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We are buying Joe Heroin and Bert Cannabis!
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We'll be shooting up the table 

[Neutral Zone Ultra]

According to Talksport West Ham in for Raheem Sterling and Sunderland in for Dominic Calvert-Lewin

Feels very lazy and predictable these rumours.

[FFC1987]

According to Talksport West Ham in for Raheem Sterling and Sunderland in for Dominic Calvert-Lewin

Feels very lazy and predictable these rumours.

Least the physio will be busy with Callum Wilson AND DCL in same squad 

So predictable from Westham.

[Neutral Zone Ultra]

Clutching at straws perhaps, but Muniz is shown modelling the new away kit: https://www.fulhamfc.com/news/2025/august/06/25-26-away-kit-revealed/

[hopper]

Clutching at straws perhaps, but Muniz is shown modelling the new away kit: https://www.fulhamfc.com/news/2025/august/06/25-26-away-kit-revealed/

Mitro was in our campaign two seasons ago so not sure much in this

[FFC1987]

Clutching at straws perhaps, but Muniz is shown modelling the new away kit: https://www.fulhamfc.com/news/2025/august/06/25-26-away-kit-revealed/

Mitro was in our campaign two seasons ago so not sure much in this

Probably the same scenario. if silly money comes in, he'll be off, if not, new contract looming.

[Neutral Zone Ultra]

Clutching at straws perhaps, but Muniz is shown modelling the new away kit: https://www.fulhamfc.com/news/2025/august/06/25-26-away-kit-revealed/

Mitro was in our campaign two seasons ago so not sure much in this

Agreed, hence clutching at straws 

[Super Mick]

According to Talksport West Ham in for Raheem Sterling and Sunderland in for Dominic Calvert-Lewin

Feels very lazy and predictable these rumours.

Sterling was coming to us 5 minutes ago. Either journalists are lazier than ever or our recruitment team are useless at getting deals done.

[bencher]

According to Talksport West Ham in for Raheem Sterling and Sunderland in for Dominic Calvert-Lewin

Feels very lazy and predictable these rumours.

Sterling was coming to us 5 minutes ago. Either journalists are lazier than ever or our recruitment team are useless at getting deals done.

Most likely is that both things are true.

[alfie]

According to Talksport West Ham in for Raheem Sterling and Sunderland in for Dominic Calvert-Lewin

Feels very lazy and predictable these rumours.

Sterling was coming to us 5 minutes ago. Either journalists are lazier than ever or our recruitment team are useless at getting deals done.

Or Sterling hasn't decided, don't always blame the club.

[hopper]

Telegraph running that Everton are in talks for Grealish

https://x.com/mcgrathmike/status/1953058698697363677

[fulhamfan]

Jack Grelaish

[FFC1987]

Hard to see how we could make a deal for Grealish work on his lavish £300k a week wages.

[IloveFFC]

Telegraph running that Everton are in talks for Grealish

https://x.com/mcgrathmike/status/1953058698697363677

Everybody doing business and Fulham still wasting time closing a loan deal for Reiss Nelson. Dear god, until Now this is a disaster transfer window for us, nothing happening

[Neutral Zone Ultra]

Hard to see how we could make a deal for Grealish work on his lavish £300k a week wages.

Same issue as Sterling. For all the concern over SCR, neither player makes any sense financially.

[Drewry66]

Hard to see how we could make a deal for Grealish work on his lavish £300k a week wages.

Same issue as Sterling. For all the concern over SCR, neither player makes any sense financially.

If SCR concerns are correct and current rules aren't an issue either would be fine on a one year loan.