2025 Summer Transfer Thread. 😂

[DutchRover]

Pretty sure we were linked to Geubbels in Jan/last summer, so it could be similar to the Kargbo situation where we have been tracking him. Plays in Swiss league so technically the sort of small market we are looking at now.

[Forever Blue]

4 hours ago, chaddyrovers said:

If what Gestede is saying in terms of similar budget then we have around £4-5m to spend on fees 

On fees or on fees plus wages?
 

Did we spend that much on fees last summer?

[arbitro]

23 minutes ago, Forever Blue said:

On fees or on fees plus wages?
 

Did we spend that much on fees last summer?

I do wonder if agents fees are included in any budgets or indeed how they can budget for them when they don't know how much they will be.

The latest figures show that we spent £1.1m on agents fees.

[KentExile]

1 hour ago, Forever Blue said:

On fees or on fees plus wages?
 

Did we spend that much on fees last summer?

 

Purely looking at transfer fees, we spent around £3M in the summer, and a further £1M in January.  There may well have been loan fees also, so possibly a further £0.5-£1M depending upon how well/badly they negotiated for the likes of Dennis, Baker etc

 

To my recollection

Gueye was just over £1M

Toth was just under £1M

Cantwell was circa £0.5M

Ohashi was circa £0.25M (going by Elliott Jacksons quote that his fee was low 6 figures)

Aiden Doherty was also signed for the U21s for circa £0.1M

Kargbo was circa  £1M

 

So £4M - £5M over the course of the season sounds about right to me

 

Edit - given the money brought in over the past 12/18 months. it should obviously have been a substantially higher amount.  The sales of Wahlstedt & Gallagher effectively funded Ohashi, Gueye & Toth before we even consider the Wharton & Szmodics fees, & Raya sell on.

 

Edited 11 hours ago by KentExile

[roversfan99]

6 hours ago, chaddyrovers said:

If what Gestede is saying in terms of similar budget then we have around £4-5m to spend on fees 

So you did believe Suhail?

[chaddyrovers]

1 hour ago, Forever Blue said:

On fees or on fees plus wages?
 

Did we spend that much on fees last summer?

Yes we spent around £3-4m in the summer and around £1m in January

Gueye, Toth, Cantwell, Ohashi all cost money to sign in the summer for around £3-4m

and in January we signed Karbgo for around £1m. 

Then add wages aswell

[chaddyrovers]

8 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

So you did believe Suhail?

look at what has been reported as the fees and you can worked it yourself tbh RF99.