Rumour Mill — Week of 29 June 2025

Hope it's just the usual midsummer bullshit.

For both, good to see they have forged. solid professional careers after Everton didn't work out for them.

Jonjoe mostly on the continent. Adam Forshaw in the lower leagues of English football.

I knew Forshaw's dad. Well, I still do, but haven't seen him for years. I wouldn't call us mates, he was a few years older than me.

We'll get to watch him play Everton in a few weeks then.

I hope the Beto "claim" is just that Michael. Not because I think he is the most refined striker, but if that eventuality worked out, we'd be looking for two.

Whilst Moyes has been able to find a bargain in the past, I don't recall him being particularly good at winning transfer battles (ie, If it's between us and another club, the other club wins). I could of course be wrong.

He also doesn't tend to sign players with potential to be world class, just very good hard workers. Or am I wrong?

100 plus PL appearances, 18 goals in Championship last season. Worth a punt to widen a threadbare squad with our limited funds or should we be looking for better?

It's a significant rise from Woltemade's existing salary of €1.5m per season. Stuttgart's new extension offer would have seen him earn €2.5m per year.

I watched Leeds a few times. They were entertaining. Running away with it, threatened to throw it away, managed a late gallop.

Some decent players too.

Hopefully Tete and Barry over the line, as Robert has said on another thread, I'd love to see us really get a quality right-midfieldr in like Dibling.

I'm sure talks have been going on in the background. It's not professional to do business in public until there is something to announce. As frustrating as that is for us impatient supporters.

I am also concerned if the limit of our budget is Tete at RB because I was thinking he would only be a squad player and that our ambitions for a RB were a lot higher than that.

Walker Peters would be a better alternative IMO because he is more versatile and can play LB too.

I am also concerned that we havened tied Gana Gueye up yet because that would have been a simple contract renewal which would buy us a year or two to find or develop a replacement.

To make a transfer you need three parties to agree. Most clubs will look to sell after 1 July 2025 if they are not desperate for psr,

Gana and Branthwaite will sign the next couple of weeks.

People need to chill

It’s not as simple as just having contracts ready.

Keep your powder dry as the saying goes.

It's different for those with the benefit of last season's and next season's Champions League windfall (Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester City). Manchester United, despite their outrageous debts, can point to the revenue they generate regardless of the awful season they have just had.

It's just my feeling that if we declared anything before tomorrow, it goes on last season's books, which could add to losses before a ball is kicked at the new stadium and we challenge for Europe.

I'm confident the owners know what they're doing. The summer will tell us.

We don't really know. business could already be done or in flight.

Apart from sorting out existing contracts, I never expected anything to be announced until after tomorrow.

I know I once got a bonus of 10% for moving to a new factory as a thank you and but they do not even need to pay for new carpets and curtains.

Couldn’t careless if we sign players on 1st July, 10th July 30th July

I'm making the trip up for Accrington and Blackburn 15th and 19th July, then back up for the Roma match on 9th August.

I'd like to see a few in by then.