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)​

 

[yellowbow]

Let’s face it, if Tyler does go we’ll never know what the price was.

It’ll be an ‘undisclosed fee’. Which isn’t necessarily a bad thing, we don’t want selling clubs to know how flush we are.

 

[MiddleBartonYellow]

Maybe they need to offer him a bigger contract then, because I don’t believe that he is a big earner at Oxford, quite modest money in fact.

 

[Chippy]

Let’s face it, if Tyler does go we’ll never know what the price was.

It’ll be an ‘undisclosed fee’. Which isn’t necessarily a bad thing, we don’t want selling clubs to know how flush we are.

We have about £40m of debt tho, so not sure we are too flush.

I’m more concerned that buying clubs realise in recent seasons we’ve probably sold players far too cheaply and might not demand as high a fee as others would.

I just hope we’re acting far more professionally now and we certainly need to if we want to achieve the declared aim of top 30 status, and to actually get some serious income from our best assets should we choose to sell anyone.

 

[tonyw]

Scott was a class act, Middlesbrough had to pay £5.3m for Tommy Conway. Who was adamant he wanted to leave. Something that’s not an issue here.

Not just adamant that he wanted to leave - also entering the final year of his contract, so Bristol had to sell him that summer and everyone knew it. Dramatically dampened his value.

Tyler has nowhere near proven that he's as good as Conway, let alone Scott. But if he were to have a good year next season, then his value would certainly be somewhere between the two of them......where exactly on that scale would depend on just how good that season was.......

......either way, the only way you sell Tyler for £3m now is if you've come to the decision that he's not going to prove to be any better than he was last year. And from what we've seen from the stands (and/or cameras), that would be an odd conclusion given how much he's already improved over the past few years.

 

[Raymond O'Leary]

It's a market economy. The buying club will decide what they are prepared to pay us and the player.
We, and the player, will decide if that is acceptable.
Doesn't really matter what I think a player is worth.

Cold and ruthless. But that's how the world works.

 

[Eric Blair]

By the way if Kyle Joseph is worth £2million then I am worth at least £125,000. I’m, slow, overweight and 48 but have a footballing brain that makes me two yards quicker.

 

[Eric Blair]

By the way if Kyle Joseph is worth £2million then I am worth at least £125,000. I’m, slow, overweight and 48 but have a footballing brain that makes me two yards quicker.

And on the Kyle Joseph scale that means @Colin B would fetch £500,000 in transfer fees.

 

[SSO]

Maybe they need to offer him a bigger contract then, because I don’t believe that he is a big earner at Oxford, quite modest money in fact.

Does not necessarily work like that. If a player signs a 3 or 4 year contract for £3k or £4k a week and ends up being a player that is far better than a player elsewhere on £20k a week then that’s good business by the club. I think Curtis Jones is only on £15k a week at Liverpool or was until this season yet Nat Phillips is on 4 times that and goes out on loan.

No need to pay him more than we need to. His springboard will be Oxford United but his future career will be elsewhere. An injury can ruin a great career at any time and he is not at that level with his salary where he is made for life. Whoever takes him will be paying him big wages. That will be part of the deal.

As much as we like to pass negative comments for paying a transfer fee of £400k for Goodwin we have spent more than that on the wages of Matt Phillips. We have to make a Tyler for the mistakes we make elsewhere.

 

[notThisWayButThat]

For TG I would want 5 mill + a can of tizer and half a curly wurly.

 

[Jimmycarterxi]

Hate to be the one to point out how old we are......

......but Budgie played his last game for us in February 1995. So hasn't played a game for us for more than 30 years!

Great footballer

 

[yellowbow]

Apparently we’ve been linked with Chong of Luton..

 

[Marked Ox]

Trouble with Tyler is that he's not much taller than Jake Wright

Nobody else is or are they?

 

[Jster]

That Chong link looks like some AI thing.

 

[Marked Ox]

That Chong link looks like some AI thing.

Hopefully it is rubbish, only based on what I've seen of him.

 

[Gregortheox]

In a parallel universe, Oxford united are a team who are fluid, quick in transition and technically superb. Within that team, Tyler plays behind the striker on the half turn and snaps passes around within confined spaces, causes havoc week in week out.

In this universe, Oxford united are determined, pragmatic and well organised, scoring goals on the break with some good direct play that requires a fair amount of physical presence. They are in a consolidation phase as a club.

I will get some pelters but I think Tyler should be sold for a lot of money. It’s best for both him and the club.
I would like to just touch on the fact that I think he’s a really good player. I just don’t think he will serve Oxford united well and that Oxford will serve him either at this stage of things.

 

[MJB]

Apparently we’ve been linked with Chong of Luton.. View attachment 27141

If we’re looking to nab Luton players now we’re in a higher league, then I want us to bring in Asa Hall, Simon Heslop and Tom Craddock thankyouverymuch.

 

[SSO]

Hopefully it is rubbish, only based on what I've seen of him.

Possibly OOC and been on £30k a week. Can’t see Luton offering another contract on those £££’s. Would possibly be an upgrade although not significantly on what we have already and will be 26 in December. Would probably want 3 year contract but I doubt after 2 relegations he is going to be commanding those wages again and might be treading water already.

 

[Old Man]

So scouting over in the Netherlands wonder what or whom we have been following!

 

[SirAndyOfCrosby]

As an aside, whilst you may call the Kyle Joseph to Hull fee expensive - I don't think the lad deserves to be mocked on here as though he were some useless lazy sicknote clogger.

The guy scored 9 goals in 31(6), from all over the front line, for the only Oxford side to threaten relegation since we dropped out of the League.

He was one bright spot in an awful season. If Hull have paid over the odds (and that still remains to be seen, to be fair) it's not his fault - and I'd expect a bit more respect for him, on here, for his efforts.

 

[werthersoriginal]

As an aside, whilst you may call the Kyle Joseph to Hull fee expensive - I don't think the lad deserves to be mocked on here as though he were some useless lazy sicknote clogger.

The guy scored 9 goals in 31(6), from all over the front line, for the only Oxford side to threaten relegation since we dropped out of the League.

He was one bright spot in an awful season. If Hull have paid over the odds (and that still remains to be seen, to be fair) it's not his fault - and I'd expect a bit more respect for him, on here, for his efforts.

There were certainly times this season when I wished we had him. But not for that amount!

 

[Oxy]

So scouting over in the Netherlands wonder what or whom we have been following!

I’m hoping they’re attending the PEC Zwolle Vs Willem II game. Some good talent in sides towards the bottom end.

 

[Stranger]

Apparently we’ve been linked with Chong of Luton.. View attachment 27141

If we buy Chong I hope we can also find someone called Cheech to play alongside him

 

[OUFC1978]

I’m hoping they’re attending the PEC Zwolle Vs Willem II game. Some good talent in sides towards the bottom end.

PEC have an Indonesian right back!

 

[BicesterU]

Does not necessarily work like that. If a player signs a 3 or 4 year contract for £3k or £4k a week and ends up being a player that is far better than a player elsewhere on £20k a week then that’s good business by the club. I think Curtis Jones is only on £15k a week at Liverpool or was until this season yet Nat Phillips is on 4 times that and goes out on loan.

No need to pay him more than we need to. His springboard will be Oxford United but his future career will be elsewhere. An injury can ruin a great career at any time and he is not at that level with his salary where he is made for life. Whoever takes him will be paying him big wages. That will be part of the deal.

As much as we like to pass negative comments for paying a transfer fee of £400k for Goodwin we have spent more than that on the wages of Matt Phillips. We have to make a Tyler for the mistakes we make elsewhere.

This is a pretty weird take.

If player A is on £3k a week and is better than player B on £20k a week, player A's agent is going to be banging hard on the door of the club. And if the club don't answer, he'll be touting player A to anyone willing to put their hands a little deeper in to their pockets.

'No need to pay him more than we need to' is only true until we need to pay him more to stop his head being turned.

Tyler signed *two* new deals last season, one in January and then another in July after promotion, and so I can only assume that everything that's true now in terms of his ceiling, potential suitors, his status within the squad, etc. was taken in to account when he signed the July deal. No doubt there was a staying in the championship increase too.

 

[Chippy]

For TG I would want 5 mill + a can of tizer and half a curly wurly.

I’m presuming the can of tizer and half a curly are definitely non negotiable, but the £5m could have some slack built into it?

 

[pommy80]

2.5 Million and a decent sell on, I would take it.

We aren't in league one anymore. Up and coming players like Tyler at this level are near eight figures now, instead of 7.

 

[Foxy]

If we sell TG this summer, we are going to have to replace him. We will struggle to do that on 2.5 million. we are not League 1 anymore, We will need to play hard ball with Championship teams if they think that they can steal our prize assets away from us for 2.5 million.

 

[Oxy]

If we sell TG this summer, we are going to have to replace him. We will struggle to do that on 2.5 million. we are not League 1 anymore, We will need to play hard ball with Championship teams if they think that they can steal our prize assets away from us for 2.5 million.

I think it all depends how much GR thinks Tyler will feature going into next year, if he believes he doesn’t suit the system maybe the price tag isn’t so high?

Been doing some research into players similar to Tyler’s position and what I’ve found is the market is incredibly inconsistent

Whittaker, 24 Plymouth to Boro was around the 6 million mark. Older but had proven he could hit near 30 goal contributions the season before.

Armstrong, 21 QPR to Bristol City was around 2.5 million. Off the back of 40 games and 7 goal contributions.

Abu Kamara, 21 Norwich to Hull was around 4 Million after 20+ goal contributions in league one for Pompey.

So maybe with this taken to account we could expect a little more from the Tyler deal than 2.5 up front. I’d imagine it’d be a deal with large bonus, for appearances and promotions then 20%+ sell on. I know Peterborough have 500k - 1m bonuses on Mason-Clark and Burrows if either get promoted via play offs!

 

[dickwalton1964]

If we got an offer of anything remotely close to £5m for Tyler then we have to take it. Great little player on his day but he comes with absolutely no guarantees he makes it at Championship level, he really struggled last season although in fairness he finished the season looking a bit more like his old self. We can’t be all sentimental just because he comes with this ‘one of our own’ tag - business is business.

Re Chong, there’s worse options out there for sure. I’ve always thought he lacks a bit of end product but plenty of desire and does a job defensively too. I’d take him over Placheta any day - Chong is a much better footballer.

 

[Kernow Yellow]

So scouting over in the Netherlands wonder what or whom we have been following!

Well here's a list for starters:
https://www.playmakerstats.com/players/indonesia/men?current_team_country_id=15