2024/25 Summer Transfer Rumour Thread

i'm loving the new approach and business orientated transfers. for years we've been to naive and sentimental and as a result have lost out on large sums of money.

Agree with most of above, particularly how hard it is to find that elusive 20 goal a season striker and how well we SEEM to have done in attracting the most highly-rated striker here since Nakki.

But re Dykes, Marti and Noury are not stupid - if blackburn follow thru with their apparent interest think he will be off faster than Jack Coleback after one of his red mist tackles.

One point overlooked re Celar is it it said in the welcome package that he played something like 47 games last season, has only had 3 weeks off but says “i’m rested and ready to go.” Obvs injuries etc can destroy the best laid plans but he sounds an absolute beast.

Assuming we play just one up top am not sure Dykes would get much of a chance and then we can use Frey as an impact sub.

Think Marti has been taking lessons from Nourry LOL

QPR head coach Marti Cifuentes has paid tribute to Chris Willock and Asmir Begovic after both left the club following the expiration of their contracts.
Willock was one of Rangers’ key attacking threats during the early part of his four-year stay at Loftus Road before a succession of injuries limited his influence.
The 26-year-old has signed for fellow Championship side Cardiff City after the club was unable to agree terms on an extension with the player.
“We need to be grateful and happy for the contribution of Chrissy at QPR over the last couple of years,” said the Rangers boss.
“Obviously he had a good impact. When I came [in as head coach in October 2023], he was not in a good moment, but he helped us and we helped each other to try and achieve what we wanted.
“Now it is his decision to find something else and that is something we respect.
“At the same time it is very important we find the right players that really want to play for QPR.
“In that sense, we are only grateful for his contribution. [He is a] great lad and I wish him all the best in Cardiff.”
Also among nine players to leave QPR at the end of their contract was last season’s captain Asmir Begovic.
The experienced goalkeeper featured in all but one of Rangers’ Championship fixtures last terms but could not come to an agreement with the club to extend his stay.
French goalkeeper Paul Nardi has since been signed after he left Belgian club Gent at the end of last season.
“It’s always hard to see players leave when they have been important, when they have contributed to achieving something good. Especially when they are such good professionals and role models as Asmir is,” said Cifuentes.
“He had a fantastic season for us, helping a lot through his leadership as well.
“It seems that it was not possible to continue and then we signed a very good ‘keeper instead.
“I think this is part of football. It is part of the process and we are definitely grateful for his contribution.”

yes please

No one likes an arsehole eh Stains  

No, but meeting him Monday for a bit of scran so will ask.

Lamal? Far too young. We’d send him to Dag and Red for four years.

Birmingham said to be interested in signing Jay Stansfield, with Fulham quoting a price of up to £6m apparently. Birmingham made big losses last year and so far have spent £13m in this window, twice breaking the record transfer fee for the division. Stansfield at that price will be a hat-trick of records, if it happens.
They can spend what they like in the third tier, provided it is guaranteed by the owners. The problem comes once promoted back to the Championship, as the season in League One counts as one year for FFP purposes.
So a FFP breach looking unavoidable.
So they are either intent on spending so much cash so that they can do an Ipswich and pass straight through, or they are saying that the points deduction is worth taking the risk.
Really risky strategy, just ask Tony Fernandes…

Think we’ll be lucky to get one out of those three - I’d settle for Hayden unless any cash is made available if Eze moves. If Armstrong went for 1.5-2.0 what are going to have to spend?

In league One they have SMCP. It is a salary cap based on income. But with a very generous definition of income.
Full explanation here:

www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/financial-fair-play-you-need-888037

As it is income and not profit based, owners can inject limitless cash investment as equity (not loans) if they wish to (all counts as income) - and Birmingham's owners are presumably doing just that. Plus, player sales are pure income (no adjustment for book value etc.).in Lague One.
The problem can come though if when promoted they made a huge loss to get there, that year is a year of their FFP calculation, once back in the Championship. But of course, provided their owners invest and invest as equity in League One, they will not be making a SMCP loss.
But once promoted, they start with a base of high wages and high amortization, and the owners can no longer count equity as income once back in the Championship. That is why they are trying to build a team fit for the Championships, because once they return, they will have little wriggle room to acquire more players within the different calculation for FFP.
Ipswich proved it is possible to spend big and wisely in League One, and then pass straight through the Championship. It can be done, but it is a delicate balance.

He's probably put that together after the Spurs game, where imo Smyth was superb. Best game he's had for us. Santos was good but will obviously need time to find his feet.

Nordine Kandil I think his name was. 

All these rumours suggest we are in the market for a defensive midfielder and possibly a right winger which sounds about the right level of priority.

Pep in the papers saying KDB not going anywhere - so if Eze going, probably not to Manchester

Agree with most of this but can't see us being able to spend anything like 3m up front without Eze moving (or at the very least Dykes). We must have already spent a lot (more than we got for Armstrong) on Cellar. I know FFP pressures have eased this year and we have got quite a lot of dead wood off the wage bill but we can't go crazy as FFP is calculated in a three year cycle and we need to avoid finding ourselves in the same financial fix we were last year. For context our star signing last window was Paul Smyth from Orient!