Transfer News, Gossip & Speculation Transfer Thread - Summer 2025 Edition.

[meerkat54]

Surely there must be some transfers (incoming) at an advanced stage of negotiations.
Perhaps by the end of this week , but who knows. I suppose no news is good news

 

[Paddypel]

I think we may have sent a counter offer to Cashman, i'm sure he would've signed for Crawley by now if he we hadn't.

 

[amsemp]

I think we may have sent a counter offer to Cashman, i'm sure he would've signed for Crawley by now if he we hadn't.

Yeah I don’t think it’s the foregone conclusion some think it is. We have no idea on terms, which plays a huge factor. If we’ve offered a decent 2 year deal with a promotion wage increase, performance incentives and a release clause, and Crawley have offered a 1 year deal on the same money and no bonuses, there’s a tough decision for him to make.

 

[shrimpled]

Think he did a medical with them over the weekend.

 

[amsemp]

Think he did a medical with them over the weekend.

Ah. Probably be announced shortly in that case!

 

[McShrimper]

This to me is where the scouting team and data analysts earn their corn. We don’t have lots of cash like say York or FGR. We aren’t in the market for a relatively low risk known quantity like a Vardy / Langstaff at this time, as great as that would be. Finding another GSM / Cardwell from step below who are not obvious on everyone’s radar, pay a nominal fee and can step up that season or the next, improve our team and be an asset with resale value. Any of us could look at players under say 25, check who has scored / assisted high numbers in the league below and advise to sign them as a hot prospect.

 

[Leeboy]

so received a text just now from a good mate who sits in the West - apparently MK have offered £60K for Gus but Bromley are also sniffing around.
No idea how he knows but not the sort to lie to me

 

[TheSouthendUnitedRunner]

so received a text just now from a good mate who sits in the West - apparently MK have offered £60K for Gus but Bromley are also sniffing around.
No idea how he knows but not the sort to lie to me

This is where it’s all stemmed from…

 

[amsemp]

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This is where it’s all stemmed from…

Oh no

 

[Blues4LifeDan]

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This is where it’s all stemmed from…

God help us if that's the source.

 

[Leeboy]

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This is where it’s all stemmed from…

must be true then!

 

[jimmyshrimp]

Any transfer rumours??

 

[Blues4LifeDan]

@TheSouthendUnitedRunner
Do you know if the club have entered into any contract talks with players already under contract? KAF for example. We were awful under Ron for letting players run their contracts down who had value.

 

[Snowy]

so received a text just now from a good mate who sits in the West - apparently MK have offered £60K for Gus but Bromley are also sniffing around.
No idea how he knows but not the sort to lie to me

We should play Bromely and Franchise off against each other. See what the best they can offer and maybe end up with more than we expected.

Sad to see Gus go, but money talks and we do have Wind.

 

[CanveyCastle]

must be true then!

I was suspicious as soon as you said you had a "good mate".

 

[Leeboy]

I was suspicious as soon as you said you had a "good mate".

lol

Seems like he was reeled in by that reliable source TC9.........

 

[Somerset Ex-TTB]

Phew that puts the GSM rumours to bed then!

 

[kentblues]

how much would you pay for a NL striker that just scored 17 goals in a season Plus also had a few assists as well.

We might be willing to pay 40k, FGR, Carlisle or York maybe 200k

It depends on who wanted him, how deep their pockets are and how badly they wanted him.

 

[stewart]

Hope Southend replied * We had a striker that scored 18 goals and got 130k for him, and you only offering 60k for a rwb that scored 17 goals and quite a few assists, try going to 100k then we might think about it *

 

[kentblues]

This to me is where the scouting team and data analysts earn their corn. We don’t have lots of cash like say York or FGR. We aren’t in the market for a relatively low risk known quantity like a Vardy / Langstaff at this time, as great as that would be. Finding another GSM / Cardwell from step below who are not obvious on everyone’s radar, pay a nominal fee and can step up that season or the next, improve our team and be an asset with resale value. Any of us could look at players under say 25, check who has scored / assisted high numbers in the league below and advise to sign them as a hot prospect.

Yes I’m afraid many clubs use data, probably most, so perversely the real golden nuggets we can get within our budget are the ones where the data says no and JS/Kev say yes. They are our secret sauce not data.

I guess you would have to break it gently behind the scenes though…