Transfer Window Summer 2025 Transfer Window Build-Up Thread

[Jaboysmith]

Transfer Rumours In
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Player​	Current Club​	Link or Source​
Thierry Small​	Charlton Athletic​	Football World Article​
Kasey Palmer​	Hull City​	YF ITK​
Ethan Erhahon​	Lincoln City​	Football World Article​
Onel Hernandez​	Norwich City​	Instragram Post​
Davis Keillor-Dunn​	Barnsley​	Football World Article​
COD​	Cardiff​	Scotchegg​
James Dornelly​	Peterborough​	Football League World​

Transfer Rumours Out​

Player​	Interested Club​	Link or Source​
Tyler Goodrham​	Burnley, Southampton, Middlesbrough, Coventry​	Football World Article, Bigboy​
Stuart Findlay​	Hearts, Kilmarnock​	Daily Record​

Transfer Window Dates
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Opens​	Closes​	Re-Opens​
Sunday 1 June to Tuesday 10 June (19:00)​	Tuesday 10 June (19:00:01) to Monday 16 June (00:01)​	Monday 16 June to Monday 1 September (19:00)​

 

[Ricey]

What a great result today. With championship survival confirmed - thought we could get this thread up and running.

Will need to replace Nelson, ideally sign Matos, a quality wide player and at least two strikers… any names or ideas?

Could O’Dowda return?

Lots to do… COYY

 

[brightonyellow]

Poku, Knibbs, Louie Barry.

HMS Premier League

 

[Osleroad]

What a great result today. With championship survival confirmed - thought we could get this thread up and running.

Will need to replace Nelson, ideally sign Matos, a quality wide player and at least two strikers… any names or ideas?

Could O’Dowda return?

Lots to do… COYY

Open the piggy bank for Nelson

 

[BicesterU]

George Elek on the Dub seemed to think O'Dowda was a distinct possibility.

I think Nelson will be way out of our league unless it's on another loan.

I'd love us to sign Matos permanently.

Will be an interesting window one way or the the other.

 

[AssHead]

Positions that are fine.
Goalkeepers (unless JC leaves)
Centre back (got 3. Helik, Moore and Brown)
Defensive midfield (Vaulks and cambran)
LB. Greg Leigh, Bennett and Currie to come in (Brown for cover). This is not an area to target.

Every other position needs strengthening. In order of priority:
Centre forward. Mark Harris is awful.
Central AM. We don’t have a player to unlock the low block around the area.
RB. Don’t think we can rely on Sam Long (or Kioso) next year.
RW/LW. I’m not totally sure exactly plays best where (is Cheese really best on the right? And Romeny?). But no winger has had more than 2 or 3 great games in a row without then falling out of form.

 

[Steve Gilbert]

O’Dowda could be a possibility but only if he gives us a written apology for how he left to go to Bristol City.

Other than that I will wait to see who is on @bigboyoufc list.

 

[ScottishYellow]

It’s funny how Vaulks was treated on here at the start of the season after a few dodgy mistakes to how it he’s treated now.

 

[southcoastyellow]

A dominant physical MF, two wingers, two strikers are a minimum for next year.

 

[Stanford yellow]

O’Dowda could be a possibility but only if he gives us a written apology for how he left to go to Bristol City.

Other than that I will wait to see who is on @bigboyoufc list.

Ah,the list

 

[Left Wing Cross]

Open the piggy bank for Nelson

Surely there's no way that Leicester will let him go. He has at least 2 years left on his contract.

 

[Left Wing Cross]

Other than that I will wait to see who is on @bigboyoufc list.

We can start going for players on the list as of now rather than from the end of May, unlike last season

 

[Whingit]

The biggest concern is the embargo shaped cloud hanging over us, but if that is sorted I'll trust the recruitment team to get us what we need.

Some of the signings last summer that might be considered failures (Sibley, Shemmy), were likely only made because of the embargo, not to mention the fact that the playoffs put our recruitment weeks behind our opponent's. It should be an exciting summer if Ed and team can work with no unnecessary barriers. We definitely should be much easier to sell ourselves to prospective targets now we've survived the first season.

 

[zstep123]

Surely there's no way that Leicester will let him go. He has at least 2 years left on his contract.

We will be playing them next year. There is zero chance Nelson is coming back here on loan or any other way

 

[southcoastyellow]

The biggest concern is the embargo shaped cloud hanging over us, but if that is sorted I'll trust the recruitment team to get us what we need.

Some of the signings last summer that might be considered failures (Sibley, Shemmy), were likely only made because of the embargo, not to mention the fact that the playoffs put our recruitment weeks behind our opponent's. It should be an exciting summer if Ed and team can work with no unnecessary barriers. We definitely should be much easier to sell ourselves to prospective targets now we've survived the first season.

Radio Oxford suggested this has now been resolved and announcement would be made shortly- I’m sure our owners would not allow this to impact the transfer window actively

 

[southcoastyellow]

Hope Ed improves his ability to scout attacking players, his record so far is not that great..

 

[AssHead]

The biggest concern is the embargo shaped cloud hanging over us, but if that is sorted I'll trust the recruitment team to get us what we need.

Some of the signings (and loans) from last summer that might be considered failures (Sibley, Shemmy), were likely only made because of the embargo, not to mention the fact that the playoffs put our recruitment weeks behind our opponent's. It should be an exciting summer if Ed and team can work with no unnecessary barriers. We definitely should be much easier to sell ourselves to prospective targets now we've survived the first season.

is cheese a failure?
On the list of signings since last summer, he’s far from bottom.
Phillips, Sibley, Marselino and Scarlett all far worse
Has he been worse than Dembele? Or Ter Avest?
Only Vaulks stands out as being ‘better’. And he was crap until Rowett had a welly throwing competition in training.

 

[Nadi-]

Open the piggy bank for Nelson

As good a loan as we’ve ever had

 

[Jolteon]

For me the current squad breaks down like this:

High Championship Quality:
Jamie Cumming
Ciaron Brown
Ben Nelson*

Decent Championship Quality:
Michal Helik
Elliott Moore
Cameron Brannagan
Will Vaulks
Alex Matos*

Potential Decent-High Championship Quality:
Tyler Goodrham
Stan Mills
Ole Romeny
Jack Currie

Everyone else is at best inconsistent Champ or top end league 1 quality.

Obviously the big issue is the lack of attackers in those top 2 sections, and that two of those in there are on loan. Nelson we have no chance but Matos I think we have a fair chance of signing. In my opinion priorities need to be:

1. Striker
2. Nelson replacement
3. CAM
4. Matos and another CM
5. Wingers
6. Improving any other positions where possible

O'Dowda would give us experience, and coverage both on the wing and at wing back, but I think I'd only want him if we could offload a couple of others (ie Dale and/or Phillips) as a straight upgrade.

Also, I really like Gatlin and want him to make it with us, but I don't want to be getting to the end of the window and hearing "Gatlin could do a job as one of our strikers". A proper Championship goalscorer is absolutely imperative if we want to stay up next season.

 

[AssHead]

For me the current squad breaks down like this:

High Championship Quality:
Jamie Cumming
Ciaron Brown
Ben Nelson*

Decent Championship Quality:
Michal Helik
Elliott Moore
Cameron Brannagan
Will Vaulks
Alex Matos*

Potential Decent-High Championship Quality:
Tyler Goodrham
Stan Mills
Ole Romeny
Jack Currie

Everyone else is at best inconsistent Champ or top end league 1 quality.

Obviously the big issue is the lack of attackers in those top 2 sections, and that two of those in there are on loan. Nelson we have no chance but Matos I think we have a fair chance of signing. In my opinion priorities need to be:

1. Striker
2. Nelson replacement
3. CAM
4. Matos and another CM
5. Wingers
6. Improving any other positions where possible

O'Dowda would give us experience, and coverage both on the wing and at wing back, but I think I'd only want him if we could offload a couple of others (ie Dale and/or Phillips) as a straight upgrade.

Also, I really like Gatlin and want him to make it with us, but I don't want to be getting to the end of the window and hearing "Gatlin could do a job as one of our strikers". A proper Championship goalscorer is absolutely imperative if we want to stay up next season.

I agree with 90% of this. But if 3 of your top 5 Oxford players are centre backs (excluding Nelson, who would make 4) then how can you conclude that our second most pressing concern in the transfer window is getting a new centre back? Bizarre.

 

[Up The Manor]

George Elek on the Dub seemed to think O'Dowda was a distinct possibility.

I think Nelson will be way out of our league unless it's on another loan.

I'd love us to sign Matos permanently.

Will be an interesting window one way or the the other.

If we signed O'Dowda we would be calling out the recruitment team for such a poor signing .41 matches 2 goals & 2 assists .
Ex players that have just been relegated and under performed for the last 2 seasons .

 

[Whingit]

is cheese a failure?
On the list of signings since last summer, he’s far from bottom.
Phillips, Sibley, Marselino and Scarlett all far worse
Has he been worse than Dembele? Or Ter Avest?
Only Vaulks stands out as being ‘better’. And he was crap until Rowett had a welly throwing competition in training.

Personally I don't think he's been a failure, but he's not set the world alight either and I would hope that he gets less minutes next season because we've signed somebody better.

Phillips - can see why he was signed, but it's not worked out.
Sibley - panic buy when we were under embargo.
Marselino - not a first team signing, can't judge recruitment team for it.
Scarlett - not good enough off the ball.
Dembele - important player, has pace, is an outlet, draws fouls. Can hopefully improve end product.
Ter Avest - good player, probably first choice next season.
Vaulks - useless on his own, showed his class when we changed to a 2-man midfield.

 

[RgYellows]

It’s funny how Vaulks was treated on here at the start of the season after a few dodgy mistakes to how it he’s treated now.

I’ve not been as wrong about an Oxford player since… Josh Murphy 18 months ago

Like Murphy, Vaulks has done exactly what he was brought in and paid to do.

 

[southcoastyellow]

My list to/could move on;

Simon Eastwood

Joe Bennet (I think will go age/injuries)

Thorniley

Kioso (not sure GR rates him)

Sibley (as above)

McEachran

Philip (doubt we will find any takers)

El Miz (not sure he fits)

Dale

Goodwin

O’donkor

Woltman

 

[TheYolker]

We HAVE to score more goals, we just don’t create anywhere near enough.

Top of the shopping list should obviously be a striker but wingers who are both a creative outlet and know how to score a goal are essential too. Dembele, Placheta, Phillips and Mills aren’t a good enough set of wide players if we want to consolidate in the championship again next year.

There’s so many exciting players in League One who we should be looking at, for one I would drop an absolute bomb for Poku from Peterborough, that would be a genuine star signing.

 

[Leysboy]

What is clearly missed this season is pace. We need pacey wingers, and someone or two strikers that can actually score goals.

I’d look at a solid left back too, and a solid robust midfielder.

 

[werthersoriginal]

My list to move on;

Simon Eastwood

Joe Bennet (I think will go age/injuries)

Thorniley

Kioso (not sure GR rates him)

Sibley (as above)

McEachran

Philip (doubt we will find any takers)

El Miz (not sure he fits)

Dale

Goodwin

O’donkor

Woltman

I had literally forgotten about some of those. But today I dont want a lot of talk about which of our regulars are not ‘championship quality’ and should be somehow ditched. They were all heroes today and for much of the season. I think it’s clear where we need reinforcements and trust that the recruitment team are already on it.

 

[AssHead]

My list to/could move on;

Simon Eastwood

Joe Bennet (I think will go age/injuries)

Thorniley

Kioso (not sure GR rates him)

Sibley (as above)

McEachran

Philip (doubt we will find any takers)

El Miz (not sure he fits)

Dale

Goodwin

O’donkor

Woltman

Genuinely forgot that McEachrane was still at the club.
Wonder what his body fat percentage is these days?

 

[AssHead]

My list to/could move on;

Simon Eastwood

Joe Bennet (I think will go age/injuries)

Thorniley

Kioso (not sure GR rates him)

Sibley (as above)

McEachran

Philip (doubt we will find any takers)

El Miz (not sure he fits)

Dale

Goodwin

O’donkor

Woltman

Bradshaw should be on the list too.

 

[holdsteady]

Genuinely forgot that McEachrane was still at the club.
Wonder what his body fat percentage is these days?

Do you exist in some parallel universe where we got relegated ?

 

[Nadi-]

Rodrigues has taken flak season, but he has it. As does Harris. Easy options for our lack of offensive threat.
We’ve chased our tails this season and both have been picked out as scape goats.