[Albion] Rate Albion’s Summer 2024/25 transfer window

The Mole said:

Exciting window. Sorry to see Gilmour leave but pleased we have still got Pedro, Mitoma, Adingra and Ferguson

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Hugo Rune said:

And there was have it. Perfectly arguable that these players will and should be our best front four:

———————-Ferguson———————
Mitoma————-Pedro———-—-Adingra

We’ve strengthened from a position of strength.

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Hugo Rune said:

I’m going with a ‘10’.

It’s incredibly easy to lose sight of the our objectives in a transfer window. Are we trying to make lots of money? Are we trying to sign players we’ve heard of and like? I don’t think so.

We have a new manager and the for me, the objective was to transfer the squad from an RDZ one to a Hürzeler one. The biggest and most shocking adjustment being the profile of midfielders FH requires. Losing Groß was painful but it was coming. Losing WBG hurt but was understandable, he can never be the lynchpin of a proper Hürzeler team although I have to say, he has performed well in the RDZ/Hürzeler transitional one which we may see for some time with the injuries mounting up. O’Riley looks like a genuine replacement for Groß and Rutter (who will surely feature today) is going shock some people with his MotM performances in midfield. Looking at Gruda, I think he could do for us what Cole Palmer did for Chelsea last season. He had a similar reputation here to what the German has now in his home country. Watch him fly.

We also solved some long running issues and weakness with the squad. March has been our only inverted right winger for some time. We now have and exciting Minteh, Gruda looks a decent option there too and we’ll have ACD for the future when Newcastle come back for ‘their player’ with a £60m+ bid.

Right back looks a lot stronger now. You have Ferdi pushing for a starting role in both full back areas but Veltman is still pretty solid and probably preferable against the likes of Everton.

Finally, I believe that we have done our business (in terms of £10m+ acquisitions) for 2025 and possibly, most of 2026. When we sell players now, they’ll be replaced by the likes of Yalcouyé, Osman and Cozier-Duberry along with the likes of Barco, Sarmiento and Buonanotte coming back to claim their squad places. Look at that Smug in Newcastle moaning his ‘A’ off. There was an opportunity to buy some great players with a number of our rivals handicapped by PSR, Tony went all in and got what we needed. Well done that man!

10/10

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GT49er said:

Where's the don't know option? So many players coming in that some of us have never heard of, let alone seen - and so many of them that if you play them all at once it will be hard to recognise it as a Brighton team!

Sorry, I'll have to get used to them all before I can start raving about any of them!

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Gwylan said:

Not sure I understand the caution by some. We've already seen three of the players in PL action (albeit Rutter only briefly) and none looked overwhelmed. It's hard for a player to adjust to English football and we've seen several players struggle at first, so although Wieffer and Minteh had a few wobbles, that's par for the course.

Of the others, three have gone out on loan, so plenty of time to assess them. Of the remaining three, one is a highly rated player from Scotland, who many pundits thought was destined for a 'bigger' club. One was one of the standout players of the recent Euros. I thought he was right up there with Musiala and Yamal as someone who was exciting to watch. And talking of Yamal, our third new player was second to the Spanish wonder kid in the most successful dribbles by European U21s.

On top of the acquisitions, we've shed some excess - top marks for getting rid of Dahoud. Got more than I thought we'd get for Undav and Der Kaiser (I'm sorry to see him go, but it was inevitable). I also don't share the grief for WBG. A decent player but nothing special, certainly not someone I'd expect to see in a team pushing for top 6.

Yeah, I'm pretty happy with the window. I gave it a 9 (like many, I'd like to have seen a speedy CB) and it's hard to moan at that.

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Guinness Boy said:

Ins are a 10. Shame they’re nearly all injured.

Outs a 5 at max. Didn’t shift enough dead wood and Gross will be a big miss.

M’eh about Gilmour though. Simply “not as” compared to our other options. Not as good defensively as Weiffer, not as strong and dynamic as Baleba, not as experienced as Milner, not as creative as O’Riley.

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dazzer6666 said:

Who else needs shifting? Some still possibly going out on loan.....

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Couldn't Be Hyypia said:

If you look up the definition of "glass half empty", this is what you'll find.

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Guinness Boy said:

Lamptey and Igor looked hopeless on Tuesday. I’d hoped Ferdi coming in would have seen Lamptey go. Ideally we’d have upgraded Igor but I guess no takers. Moder is going to be surplus to requirements too.

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brighton_tom said:

So even if you take the higher end of the estimates paid we spent £205m & the lower end of what we sold is £43m, so £162m net. But it could be wildly different if it’s actually the lower end of fees paid & higher of what we sold, and you take Osman out of the mix. That would mean more like £120m net (so near enough the Caicedo sale pays for it all). Who knows really… or am I missing anyone from those lists?

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