Andrea Berta’s Transfer Plates: Summer 2026

[Rasmi]

You'd hate every signing, regardless.

Then sell them and get others next season.

 

[TH14shahriar]

Kofane over both of them for me. Atleti will demand crazy money for alvarez, given their current situation I expect bournemouth to demand a similar price if they are to sell.

This is not the window they need to move him on in.

We have a good relationship with leverkusen after xhaka and hincapie. He also looks a round peg in a round hole if after a number 9. His hold up play and general all round skill set make him imo the non winger attacker we should be going after.

Yeah he's quality, he gave Saliba and Gabriel a hard time, they really struggled. Wouldn't be against it but it all depends on the fee. Would still take Kroupi over him though.

 

[grange]

Your boy Edu delivered that in 2023.

Rice - obvious market signing. Kai, chelsea reject - Mik. Timber, defender - obviously Mik. Raya - Inaki. Jorginho, Chelsea reject - obviously Mik.

Edu never left home so we know he never watched Trossard play before. He did have a lot of time to doomscroll TikTok and probably saw Kiwior's missus twerking.

2/10 window from Edu. He was destined for success.

 

[cannon]

Kofane over both of them for me. Atleti will demand crazy money for alvarez, given their current situation I expect bournemouth to demand a similar price if they are to sell.

This is not the window they need to move him on in.

We have a good relationship with leverkusen after xhaka and hincapie. He also looks a round peg in a round hole if after a number 9. His hold up play and general all round skill set make him imo the non winger attacker we should be going after.

Forgot about Kofane but he would also add pace upfront as well as physicality. Not sure if he will be a real goal scorer though

 

[North5]

It's gonna be like the Özil madness all over again...

welcome Vini Jr

 

[DanDare]

 

[TH14shahriar]

The guy that didn't want to come here? If he want to take a pay cut sure, come here. We're the big dawgs now.

 

[DanDare]

The guy that didn't want to come here? If he want to take a pay cut sure, come here. We're the big dawgs now.

Hard to believe if he was up for moving Barca would choose Gordon over him so it's unlikely

 

[ArsenesCoatMaker]

Kofane over both of them for me. Atleti will demand crazy money for alvarez, given their current situation I expect bournemouth to demand a similar price if they are to sell.

This is not the window they need to move him on in.

We have a good relationship with leverkusen after xhaka and hincapie. He also looks a round peg in a round hole if after a number 9. His hold up play and general all round skill set make him imo the non winger attacker we should be going after.

Some bum with 5 goals in the BL over an elite 19yo PL Striker?

 

[DanDare]

Some bum with 5 goals in the BL over an elite 19yo PL Striker?

Really think those Kofane performances were overrated and said as much as the time.

He did t do that much and Gabriel and Saliba were not struggling lol

 

[rotateta]

Some bum with 5 goals in the BL over an elite 19yo PL Striker?

Without a doubt.

Kofane is the same age, indeed a month younger, so it is odd to quote ages.

He has champions league experience over kroupi, also much more importantly he does not have to be shoe-horned into the team, we need a 9 rather than a 9/10 that would involve a tactical change or him playing out of position.

I personally do not see bournemouth accepting less than £120m this summer. They sold a lot of players last year, to sell when in Europe could be seen as a sign of weakness if wanting to establish themselves as a top half team. If they are asking £80m for scott would they really take a similar amount for a player who is levels above him?

Kofane will not come super cheap, but oh so much cheaper than kroupi, I think his link up play would provide more goals and success overall.

 

[outlawz]

What more is there to assess with Nelli? He’s the same player he was four years ago.

If we get a sizeable fee, move on.

I mean assess the situation - I'm not desperate to get both out. Despite our RHS bias all these years - our LHS has always out contributed our RHS.

 

[El Duderino]

Yeah. I don't think he's worth it.

You pay that money and you want a guy that makes the difference in the later stages of the CL. That's not him imo.

Reminds me of Higuain and his bottler genes.

Just seems like a lot of money. Seems people think he's still 22 or something.

He's 26, what you see is likely what you get from him.

 

[El Duderino]

People want to be overly critical of Martinelli at the moment to the point of viewing him as a bvm or whatever.

It's probably time to move on but he's proved himself a very decent player for us over the years, he's just stalled a bit. It happens.

He's still only 24. He will move to a good team for a decent fee and if he's not facing a low block every week he'll probably do very well.

I doubt he's much worse than half of the flavour of the month LW's people salivate over on here tbh.

Alexa, can you give me the definition of Stockholm syndrome?

 

[ArsenesCoatMaker]

Without a doubt.

Kofane is the same age, indeed a month younger, so it is odd to quote ages.

He has champions league experience over kroupi, also much more importantly he does not have to be shoe-horned into the team, we need a 9 rather than a 9/10 that would involve a tactical change or him playing out of position.

I personally do not see bournemouth accepting less than £120m this summer. They sold a lot of players last year, to sell when in Europe could be seen as a sign of weakness if wanting to establish themselves as a top half team. If they are asking £80m for scott would they really take a similar amount for a player who is levels above him?

Kofane will not come super cheap, but oh so much cheaper than kroupi, I think his link up play would provide more goals and success overall.

We're in a position in we either buy the best we can or we drop back down to contenders and not a champion. Apparently we can go up to about 700m without breaching current PSR rules because of our recent financial success.

Kroupi is being talked about as an 80m transfer, but even if we pay 120m, it's not ideal but so what if we sign an elite forward that will probably give us 10 years of service? Kroupi was elite last season, not just his goal scoring which was amazing but his close control was off the charts, and could get much better. Kroupi is looking a better investment than Isak, Wirtz, Enzo Fernandes and Caicedo. He looks like an Anelka/Henry type of prospect

And as for Bournemouth, they know full well they're an ex lower league side, who relies on sales to fund their survival.

 

[ArsenesCoatMaker]

Reliability factor @A_G

 

[Sanchez11]

No thanks

 

[A_G]

Reliability factor @A_G

Tier 3/4

 

[Trilly]

Nico Williams has all the attributes needed to succeed here imo.

I don’t watch enough of Bilbao to understand why it doesn’t convert into numbers but he has the technical ability, pace, decision making and ability in tight spaces. Not surprised at all that he’s been a top target of the club.

I wouldn’t be mad at it.

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

Nico Williams train has passed guy salary now must be too high and performance gone downhill I'll wait until world cup and see how he preform. When guy turn down barca to stay at his midtable team and turn down Arsenal and few teams before is red flag. Big teams dont wait forever