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Re: January Transfer Window
Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2026 5:12 pm
by Trowel
Where have all our body language experts gone when you need them.
Re: January Transfer Window
Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2026 7:12 pm
by Cozzie
Re: January Transfer Window
Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2026 7:18 pm
by blueToffee
I'll be honest, when they said "go big", I expected more than 70 mil as the number. That might buy you two players of any proven quality these days.
Re: January Transfer Window
Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2026 7:56 pm
by Big Nevs Vaz
70 million. That’s a bit Doctor Evil from Austin Powers….Go big or go home.
Re: January Transfer Window
Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2026 7:57 pm
by brap2
£150m+ please
Re: January Transfer Window
Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2026 8:19 pm
by PoD1878
£70m isn’t going to do much is it
Especially when at the moment we have 6* contracts running out at the end of the season.
Keane
Coleman
Gana
Grealish - loan end
Mykolenko
*Röhl - but we have to buy him anyway (is that money accounted for already?)
Re: January Transfer Window
Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2026 8:30 pm
by AjaxAndy
PoD1878 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 20, 2026 8:19 pm
£70m isn’t going to do much is it
Especially when at the moment we have 6* contracts running out at the end of the season.
Keane
Coleman
Gana
Grealish - loan end
Mykolenko
*Röhl - but we have to buy him anyway (is that money accounted for already?)
If that's purely transfer fees it's pretty decent because we won't be paying outright for players.
£25m player paid over the length of a 5 year contract = £5m, so we'd be able to sign 14 players if they all cost that amount.
Just depends on what that £70m includes and if it's even correct. Plus any sales we make will add to the wiggle room substantially.
Re: January Transfer Window
Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2026 8:50 pm
by Goaljira
We cant spend £100m+ every year else we'll just end up in PSR hell again.
Re: January Transfer Window
Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2026 8:55 pm
by 777Kidnappings
AjaxAndy wrote: ↑Tue Jan 20, 2026 8:30 pm
If that's purely transfer fees it's pretty decent because we won't be paying outright for players.
£25m player paid over the length of a 5 year contract = £5m, so we'd be able to sign 14 players if they all cost that amount.
Just depends on what that £70m includes and if it's even correct. Plus any sales we make will add to the wiggle room substantially.
That's 350m over 5 years. We are not spending 350m
Re: January Transfer Window
Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2026 9:55 pm
by AjaxAndy
777Kidnappings wrote: ↑Tue Jan 20, 2026 8:55 pm
That's 350m over 5 years. We are not spending 350m
Yep totally get that, but my point was mainly a £70m budget isn't small, because we don't pay transfer fees in full at the point of purchase.
I'm in no way advocating we spent £350m over 5 years nor that we should sign 14 players.