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Summer 2025 Transfer Window

Gazza M

first time I've heard a winger mentioned as well. we 1000% need both a striker and a winger at minimum this summer.

samthegooner

Gazza M 1000%. If we come out of this window with less than 2 new first team quality attackers, it will be a failure. And that's before potentially selling Trossard - if he gets sold then we need 3 minimum.
Personally I think we need 3 this summer regardless - top quality ST (or at least potential to hit World Class), top quality Winger, younger attacker with high ceiling. I'd go with Sesko, Barcola (Semenyo/Nico if we can't), and Dibling or Nusa.

daredevil

QuincyAbeyie

I never said I didn't. I was just questioning why a striker who was going to cost north of 100m was languishing so low in the scoring charts, but clearly he read my comment as he's third now.

CPM

We need a backup GK, and it looks likely we grab that Garcia lad from Espanyol.

Will Kiwior stick around this summer? If he leaves, we would need another CB. Do we start eyeing a future Saliba replacement? I don't think he's leaving imminently, but eventually...

With Rice looking fixed at 8, I wouldn't want to lose both Partey and Jorginho this summer. Assuming Zubimendi comes, he would be our only holding midfielder, and he would be new to the Prem. For stability's sake, I would like to keep Partey for another season, but it doesn't look like we're gonna do that. Wonder what the plan is at 6. Clearly we're gunning for that kid Nypan as well, but he's a right-footed 8/10.

It's great that Nwaneri seems to have solved the 'Saka backup' problem. I think Sesko is the most likely signing upfront. We do need a silky left winger who can break down low blocks, in the mold of Williams or Barcola. That would let Martinelli be a versatile role player used for his directness, physical intensity, and verticality. It would probably mean Trossard is sold (esp with dead weight Jesus), but I would prefer we keep him for the last year of his contract.

samthegooner

CPM MLS is Partey’s replacement. I think he’ll mostly start at LB next year but there will be some games where Calafiori starts and he will be available at CM. I think Rice and Merino will also be available at the 6 if needed and then we could have Nypan (if signed), Merino/Rice, Odegaard and Nwaneri available at the other 8’s.

I do agree we will likely need a new LB or CB in case of departures. While I don’t think Kiwior is amazing, I’d be okay keeping him if it meant we could focus our efforts elsewhere this summer. Or at least hold him and Zinchenko for the start of the summer while we bolster the attack and then can address them and any replacements after. Hoping we bring in Zubimendi, Nypan and two attackers early and then can address other roles as needed with a one in and one out policy.

Bring Back Kerrea Gilbert

Trossard can still contribute, I'd definitely keep him for another season.

I agree the 6 position potentially looks a bit of a mess, unless MLS is earmarked for it.

Asterix

Saliba's contract will have 2 years left at the end of this season, so expect the summer to be full of noises about a move to Madrid. Saka, Gabby and Martinelli in the same boat but I'd be more confident about Saka and Gabby in particular staying for another contract at least. Martinelli probably too, but we might sell him for the right money.

Who are we likely to sell for actual money this summer, as opposed to leaving on a free?

Zinchenko?
Kiwior and Trossard maybe.
Martinelli if we got a big offer.

Claudius

Asterix do not under any circumstances sell Martinelli.
We have a lot of left backs, so can afford to sell Kiwior, and maybe cash in on Trossard if one of the Saudi teams wants to show him off. But it's also worth noting that we have a pretty small squad that's undergone a ton of change over the last 3-4 years. So this isn't the time to be dumping players. We should be adding

samthegooner

Asterix Any one of these players would likely need to be replaced. I view it currently as:

Jorginho leaving: replaced by Zubimendi
Partey leaving : covered by MLS in midfield in a like for like with profile but mostly by Zubimendi in minutes
Zinchenko : LB cover in case MLS is moved more regularly to the midfield. We would need to replace him if we sold him, ideally for a younger LB prospect like Ishe Samuels-Smith.
Kiwior: LCB cover that we will need due to Tomi's availability issues and Calafiori likely being used a lot at LB. If we sell him, we will need to replace since we don't have an internal solution IMO.
Trossard: If we can't resign him by mid-summer then we need to sell IMO. Would look to replace him with someone like Cunha - but likely would need someone in a lower price bracket. Maybe someone like Lee Kang-In at PSG would be a good call.
Martinelli : Would only sell if there was an extremely good offer over 70-80m. Obviously would need to replace him.

JazzG

Not trying to give Arteta any ideas but reckon this guy will be in demand in the summer.

Bring Back Kerrea Gilbert

JazzG never heard of him, but wow, a 6'5" 19 year old centre back, doing it in the PL already? We should definitely consider this one.

JazzG

Bring Back Kerrea Gilbert I've seen him a couple times, looks decent player. Reckon someone like Liverpool or Chelsea might be looking closely at him.

Claudius

As we think about striker this summer, there are a few options of a good age and quality, so we should bid simultaneously and grab what lands, hoping for Isak but settling for one of the other two if Isak drags or fails

Isak
Sesko
Ekitike

https://www.getfootballnewsfrance.com/2025/frankfurts-hugo-ekitike-subject-of-premier-league-interest/

Panda

Hoping Madrid snap him up when we tell them to eff off on Saliba.

Claudius I'd add Watkins and Delap to the list too.

samthegooner

JazzG He's very good on the ball. Extremely two-footed but definitely lacks the strength right now to be top level, although I think he could certainly get there. If for any reason we sold Saliba, he would be high on my list although it would be a substantial step down immediately of course.

JazzG

samthegooner You look at someone like Liverpool, they'll need to replace Van Dijk soon. I think he'd stay another year or two and that would give a younger CB time to bed in. However if Van Dijk leaves then they'll need to bring a more experienced player in.

We also need to think about Saliba, this summer he'll have two years on his contract, we can't let him run it down to one year so need to be working hard to extend now.

Tactics

Yeah Huijsen looks destined to play for a top club

Doc

Saliba, Saka and Gabriel M contracts need to be top priority this summer... Squad is coming into its prime and next 3-5 years will be its peak.. massive risk to lose any of them now.

JazzG

Saka Saliba, Gabriel Magalhães, Gabriel Martinelli and Gabriel Jesus contracts all expire in 2027. Four of those five players defo we need to sort contracts out ASAP.

In 2026 we have Trossard, Zinchenko & Tomi.

samthegooner

Seeing more links with Ekitike today, along with Liverpool. Really conflicted on him vs. Sesko personally. Ekitike looks like a younger version of Isak but I'm a tad bit wary of this being his first good year, especially since its at Frankfurt and we know their history with producing prolific strikers there who don't always translate at their next club (Jovic, Kolo Muani, etc.). That being said, he's still very young and has always been hyped as a big prospect so it makes sense that he may have just needed some time to develop. He definitely caught my eye when watching a lot of Marmoush highlights earlier in the year and his agility for his size is very Isak-esque.

I do wonder if we would go for him given all of the legwork it seems like we have done for Sesko up to this point. My hope is that our previous transfer diligence should be irrelevant and we simply go for the best player at the end of the year. I'm also still a Sesko fan but he looks a lot more stiff in his movements compared to Ekitike. However, he has always outperformed his xG year after year and looks to be the more clinical. They've played similar minutes this year (both around 1,500) and Ekitike has 12g/3a from 15.1xG while Sesko has 9g/3a from 5.6xG. The shots number is pretty stunning as Ekitike has taken 75 shots while Sesko has only taken 36. I love the efficiency from Sesko but I also question whether some of that lack of volume is indicative of not having that killer attitude that wants to score all the time. I haven't watched a ton of full games of them this year to really get a good feel for Leipzig and Frankfurt's play style so if anyone has, please share!

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