Winter Silly Season Transfer Thread 2025/2026

[C Block]

As with every transfer window we are never at the centre of all the transfer rumours that swirl around, with only 12 days to go until the window opens I would have hoped/expected for us to have been strongly linked to one or two by now, we MUST have a striker in before Leeds away.

[Jules]

Heard today from a Palace mate that seems to hear all the gossip at the club but we are in touch with Will Hughes.

Nothing against him personally and might there be a link from Watford days with Marco? Not sure? but we need to generate pace in midfield and Hughes would be possibly slower than anything we currently have. Think it's clear we need box to box type who offers a bit of everything and not sure Will Hughes fits that bill?

Yeah decent squad filler but for a starter in midfield we need younger with some energy to get into the box and score a few goals.

[Twig]

To my mind we need the next TC; a midfielder with the skills to shoot effectively from distance plus the passing ability to set up attacks and unlock opposition defences. (A version with a tad more pace would be a big bonus!).

[FFC007]

To my mind we need the next TC; a midfielder with the skills to shoot effectively from distance plus the passing ability to set up attacks and unlock opposition defences. (A version with a tad more pace would be a big bonus!).

Dewsbury Hall would have been the perfect replacement.

[hopper]

To my mind we need the next TC; a midfielder with the skills to shoot effectively from distance plus the passing ability to set up attacks and unlock opposition defences. (A version with a tad more pace would be a big bonus!).

Dewsbury Hall would have been the perfect replacement.

Yeah this is feels such a massive one that got away signing, it was so feasible and on a plate. I knew he was a decent player, but been so impressed with him at Everton. Slightly galling as he so evidently is exactly what we need.

[Arthur]

Dewsbury Hall would have been the perfect replacement.

Yeah this is feels such a massive one that got away signing, it was so feasible and on a plate. I knew he was a decent player, but been so impressed with him at Everton. Slightly galling as he so evidently is exactly what we need.

I really don't think it was 'on a plate' for us to sign KDH.

Look at it from his point of view: an offer to take Cairney's place on our substitutes' bench and vie with Lukic for game time or a club, in Everton, that had just released a player, in Abdoulaye Doucoure, who had started 31 P.L. games the previous season and thus had an obvious empty place to fill in its starting line-up.

I know which option I think sounds more likely to provide more minutes on the pitch.

[General]

To my mind we need the next TC; a midfielder with the skills to shoot effectively from distance plus the passing ability to set up attacks and unlock opposition defences. (A version with a tad more pace would be a big bonus!).

Dewsbury Hall would have been the perfect replacement.

And before that, Scott Mctominay would've been even better

[hopper]

To my mind we need the next TC; a midfielder with the skills to shoot effectively from distance plus the passing ability to set up attacks and unlock opposition defences. (A version with a tad more pace would be a big bonus!).

Dewsbury Hall would have been the perfect replacement.

And before that, Scott Mctominay would've been even better

Seemed like the club pushed very hard for McTominay, but he rejected us. Real shame, that would have been some signing.

The lad clearly made a good call going to Napoli.

[Hugh Janus]

Willian has looked good for Gremio. Could fill the vacancy left by Iwobi at AFCON. Marco knows him well.  He knows how we play. Could do a lot worse

[FFC007]

Willian has looked good for Gremio. Could fill the vacancy left by Iwobi at AFCON. Marco knows him well.  He knows how we play. Could do a lot worse

Magath? 

[HV71]

To my mind we need the next TC; a midfielder with the skills to shoot effectively from distance plus the passing ability to set up attacks and unlock opposition defences. (A version with a tad more pace would be a big bonus!).

Hayden Hackney ( touted by many on here for some time) could well have been the answer. Every time I have seen him I have been really impressed  with his ability to pick a pass.
I say ' could ' have been the answer as it would seem many other clubs are now interested in him and may well have priced us out.

[hopper]

To my mind we need the next TC; a midfielder with the skills to shoot effectively from distance plus the passing ability to set up attacks and unlock opposition defences. (A version with a tad more pace would be a big bonus!).

Hayden Hackney ( touted by many on here for some time) could well have been the answer. Every time I have seen him I have been really impressed  with his ability to pick a pass.
I say ' could ' have been the answer as it would seem many other clubs are now interested in him and may well have priced us out.

For some reason the club seems relatively unwilling to make football league signings. We brought in Benda from Swansea, and before that Robinson from Wigan. But its certainly a market we tend to overlook.

Rogers and Wharton are two recent examples of players who have made the step up very well.

[HV71]

Hopper - You could add Gyorkeres to that list when he was at Coventry

[SerbianLad]

To my mind we need the next TC; a midfielder with the skills to shoot effectively from distance plus the passing ability to set up attacks and unlock opposition defences. (A version with a tad more pace would be a big bonus!).

Hayden Hackney ( touted by many on here for some time) could well have been the answer. Every time I have seen him I have been really impressed  with his ability to pick a pass.
I say ' could ' have been the answer as it would seem many other clubs are now interested in him and may well have priced us out.

Someone else already mentioned him, but Imran Louza from Watford is, in my opinion, the superior player. He is of course, 3 years older and not HG, but if I could pick one Championship midfielder, I'd definitely pick him.

[Jims Dentist]

To my mind we need the next TC; a midfielder with the skills to shoot effectively from distance plus the passing ability to set up attacks and unlock opposition defences. (A version with a tad more pace would be a big bonus!).

Dewsbury Hall would have been the perfect replacement.

And before that, Scott Mctominay would've been even better

Exactly this in both cases.
So many players missed out on through our transfer team's incompetence.
We then go late in the window,splash the cash on a wild card player from an inferior league.

[SerbianLad]

And before that, Scott Mctominay would've been even better

I disagree with this. We were looking for a DM. Getting McTominay would have been awful. He's not playing as a DM in Italy. In fact, he even played as a winger in a few games this season. Would he be good for the 8 role? Yes. But Palhinha left the club and we were only left with Lukic, who at that point in time usually played as an 8 for us alongside Palhinha and not instead of him. Signing Berge made way more sense than signing McTominay.

[Deeping_white]

To my mind we need the next TC; a midfielder with the skills to shoot effectively from distance plus the passing ability to set up attacks and unlock opposition defences. (A version with a tad more pace would be a big bonus!).

Dewsbury Hall would have been the perfect replacement.

And before that, Scott Mctominay would've been even better

Exactly this in both cases.
So many players missed out on through our transfer team's incompetence.
We then go late in the window,splash the cash on a wild card player from an inferior league.

Except in the case you're citing, A) we got Berge from the same league as McT, and B) do you seriously think he was going to pick us over a title challenge in Italy, which is what happened?

[RAY Rock]

Best championship performances and players that impressed me watching live and thought Fulham should sign
no particular order
1)  Jared Bowen
2) Levi Colwill
3) Demarai Gray
4) Antoine Semenyo
5) Alex Scott
6) Viktor Gyökeres
7) Leif Davis
8) Gustavo Hamer
9) Amad Diallo
10) Antonee Robinson

[ArcticOctopus]

To my mind we need the next TC; a midfielder with the skills to shoot effectively from distance plus the passing ability to set up attacks and unlock opposition defences. (A version with a tad more pace would be a big bonus!).

Hayden Hackney ( touted by many on here for some time) could well have been the answer. Every time I have seen him I have been really impressed  with his ability to pick a pass.
I say ' could ' have been the answer as it would seem many other clubs are now interested in him and may well have priced us out.

For some reason the club seems relatively unwilling to make football league signings. We brought in Benda from Swansea, and before that Robinson from Wigan. But its certainly a market we tend to overlook.

Rogers and Wharton are two recent examples of players who have made the step up very well.

Probably because of Marco? He's been pretty adamant in the best of having proven, older premier league talent.

[JimmyConway]

Read the last couple of days Man U linked to Ruben Neves for around £20m if ever there was a box to box type midfielder who would suit us it would be him. With our Portugal management team surely there must be one or two who have worked with him before? Perhaps the Man U pull and wages make us a non-runner from the off?