2024/25 Summer Transfer Rumour Thread

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if it was guaranteed that JRS would score 20+ goals for us and lead us to promotion then absolutely would take the deal. that can't be guaranteed though so personally no, i wouldn't take that deal. JRS is a very talented player but lots of young talents end up flopping.

that £12m is far too valuable to us imo. assuming eze does get sold then just think of how we could spend it on various positions.

Yeah, fair Al. I reckon other player sales are gonna fetch at very least 6 or 7 million quid before the window shuts though.

on what basis do you hope we sign those rumoured players? Do you know more about them than the rest of us?

Hmm. No but I’d accept a variation. Maybe we take rak saki and give them a 10% sell on clause and we drop our eze % to say 12%? That way we get what we need plus a chunk of cash(albeit smaller but still in the 7 million area).

We should look attractive for a loan - step up from Charlton, foreign coach like them, excellent training facilities and they can pop over to check him out anytime. Would be a replacement for Willock.

6ft2 to go with it so much more of a threat from set pieces at one end and defending them the other. With Paal it’s the same situation as Armstrong. If he’s not signing a new deal(if there’s even one on the table that is) then he’s got to be sold. We’ve got to stop letting players walk away for nothing

Watford apparently on verge of signing another LB which prob mean Paal rumour does not have legs

Well the only actual genuine news report I have found from foreign press is that Varane was left out of the squad for his team's pre-season game on Wednesday as the clubs had agreed a deal for his move.

We will see.

Same source say Frabotta's agents in London have agreed a deal and Frabotta is waiting to get on a plane - but the deal all depends on shifting Paal out first. Not so sure why that is the case with Lakarche gone we must have freed up the spot and some wage bill - can only be we are too tight on FFP for the transfer fee and not taking chances......and the world turns.

Wouldn’t imagine it’s ffp. Finances are significantly better this year. It’s probably more the case that Paal won’t sign or won’t be offered a new deal so is worth the grand sum of fuck all this time next year. The club seem to be trying to move away from being in that position. We need a first choice left back and if Paal doesn’t sign we move him on and replace him with the Italian. We’ve got Morgan fox who can cover there and will probably have a recall option on larkeche. We don’t need the Italian if we can’t get rid of Paal so it hinges on that. No point bringing him in if we don’t get a buyer, the deals set up on the assumption that we do

I can agree with all the sentiments there but to look at things from a different angle, if Paal does not want to sign a new contract or stay will he be committed this season and do we want to play him. We are already in the position that we do not want to be in that we have a player who will run down his contract. So if we bring in the Italian now on a longer term contract (and play him) making it clear to Paal that he will not get a look in if he does not move it will encourage him to either find another club or just go out on loan so we cut the wage bill.

On the contrary if we say we do not need the Italian because we can cover for this season in different we will be back to square one in a years time, losing Paal for nothing,  and be out looking for an experienced left back probably at a higher price. Paal will be gone, Fox a year older and not sure if Lakarche will have made the step up. So it's a gamble either way but I would take the route of signing the Italian and building a team that will stay together for a couple of seasons at least. At the same time we have to start talking to Kolli about a new contract or he will be gone free as well.  

Absolutely correct, 10 and holding are the weak spots.

I think the Pukka deal might have scuppered the fat Italian, can't really accomodate both

Marti did give a very short press conference in which he stated we need more attacking options and the club are working on it. That's about the limit of explanation we can expect to hear from the club for now. Re the players we are being linked with the one who stands out is Varane - not a striker but box to box midfielder with a good pedigree and potential to be a big sell on.

"Take the gamble" - the phrase that should send fear through any QPR fan.

How many times has this club "taken the gamble", and how often has it worked out?

We came within a whisker of relegation two seasons running because of the last time we "took a gamble", which left us woefully short of funds.

Fans think of the immediate window and that immediate player. The CEO needs to take a much broader view.

I like that we are playing hardball these days. We lose the fat Italian? So what. There are other fat Italians out there. Maybe even a thin one. I bet until a few days ago not a single person on this board had even heard of him. Judging by the geographical range of our recruitment, we will have back up options if Paal does go late in the window. If you are buying a house you don't sign the contract on the new one until you are pretty sure you have sold your existing one. Even now we have very little money, and bigger priorities.