Winter 2025 Transfer Window - hopes, speculation, rumours etc.

[Somniloquism]

Wiki warned them in the first place.

Notably, during his early matches for both Rennes and the national youth teams, he has demonstrated proficiency as a winger, centre-forward, and attacking midfielder in the style of Anthony Martial.

TBF, he is 19 and his best positions seemed to be coming in from the left rather then leading the line. The fact that is Son's best position has already caused issues with Spurs as it is also Maddison's best as well.

[AV84]

I have a lot of faith in Emery, but the fact it's been multiple clubs now where Felix has been shit makes you wonder if there's something there that is actually the player's fault.

possible - but then look at Marco at psg - hes scored more goals for us in 2 months than for them in 2 years.  I think Unai sees the potential rather than anything else

Was PSG not a case of there being better players ahead of Asensio, so he wasn't really playing? I don't follow French football so I genuinely don't know with that one.

I feel like Felix is being given every opportunity to play, he's just not firing, for whatever reason.

[pauliewalnuts]

There is no such thing as a better player than Asensio.

[Mister E]

Maybe it's all a big 'in' joke with Damien and Monchi and the lads, they keep talking to the press about wanting Felix and meanwhile they're tying up other deals whilst nobody notices.

Felix has been universally shite, so your 'reverse messaging' conspiracy may have legs!

[Dave]

I have a lot of faith in Emery, but the fact it's been multiple clubs now where Felix has been shit makes you wonder if there's something there that is actually the player's fault.

possible - but then look at Marco at psg - hes scored more goals for us in 2 months than for them in 2 years.  I think Unai sees the potential rather than anything else

Was PSG not a case of there being better players ahead of Asensio, so he wasn't really playing? I don't follow French football so I genuinely don't know with that one.

Sort of, but more just a style of play issue.

The way they've played since December is to have two fast wide players and the three central midfielders are all do-a-bit-of-everything (like Tielemans / McGinn) types and need to do more defensive stuff than Asensio does.

Then they chucked £70m at Kvaratskhelia, so anything they were getting from Asensio, they're now getting from him.

[Footy-Vill]

In other "players we were heavily linked with in January" news, that Mathys Tel has now dropped to the Spurs bench and has done nothing since that late consolation goal against us in January.

Feels like Rashford has worked out the better of the two.

That’s more on their team and manager than Tel . He’ll probably score against Southampton today. Quality player who really didn’t want to go there.