Summer 2025 BFC Transfer Window - Links and discussion on the Linked player only.

[burnley007]

From what I have seen so far this summer, it's pretty obvious to me that we are looking for 2 strikers, one that is established, has shown some proof that he can do it at this level or has experience, and the other striker being a young one with promise, so I am not worried yet.

Doumbia and Sargent fit that profile. I would be more than happy with those 2.

[Jakubs Tash]

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[claretsmart]

Pinamonti has a respectable goal scoring record (all in Serie A) but Italian strikers have a poor record in the Premier League.

[billyhamilton82]

Sargent about to sign for Wolfsberg for 16 million euros according to reports.

https://www.getfootballnewsgermany.com/ ... -transfer/

[Grimsdale]

Linked with Michel Adopo, midfielder who plays for Cagliari:

https://x.com/NicoSchira/status/1945619086139883605

[billyhamilton82]

Obafemi agrees deal in Turkey, clubs need to agree fee.

https://insidefutbol.com/2025/07/17/clu ... er/688771/

[exilecanada]

Obafemi agrees deal in Turkey, clubs need to agree fee.

https://insidefutbol.com/2025/07/17/clu ... er/688771/

A bag of peanuts and a couple of cans of Red Bull should do the trick

[Somethingfishy]

A bag of peanuts and a couple of cans of Red Bull should do the trick

Nah..a few tins of Efes and a knock off Gucci handbag for the mrs will do

[ClaretAL]

Diego Carlos

https://sportwitness.co.uk/player-wants ... underland/

[Leisure]

Diego Carlos

https://sportwitness.co.uk/player-wants ... underland/

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Fanatik reports on Burnley's interest in signing Diego Carlos from Fenerbahçe. Burnley has shown strong interest in signing Diego Carlos from Fenerbahçe. Negotiations have begun for the Brazilian defender, who has not met performance expectations at Fenerbahçe. The club is open to parting ways with the player but will only consider offers that include a mandatory purchase option and do not fall below 11.5 million Euros.

[123EasyasBFC]

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Fanatik reports on Burnley's interest in signing Diego Carlos from Fenerbahçe. Burnley has shown strong interest in signing Diego Carlos from Fenerbahçe. Negotiations have begun for the Brazilian defender, who has not met performance expectations at Fenerbahçe. The club is open to parting ways with the player but will only consider offers that include a mandatory purchase option and do not fall below 11.5 million Euros.

I wouldn’t want us committing to a mandatory 10m on a 32 year old centre back

[bfcmik]

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[Vegas Claret]

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Fanatik reports on Burnley's interest in signing Diego Carlos from Fenerbahçe. Burnley has shown strong interest in signing Diego Carlos from Fenerbahçe. Negotiations have begun for the Brazilian defender, who has not met performance expectations at Fenerbahçe. The club is open to parting ways with the player but will only consider offers that include a mandatory purchase option and do not fall below 11.5 million Euros.

I ran this by my Villa mates (as you do), I know 4 Holte enders and they all said "he's rubbish, makes loads of mistakes"

[boatshed bill]

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Newcastle should have coughed up nearer our valuation.

[billyhamilton82]

Ederson has agreed personal terms with Galatasary.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football ... d-35585361

[burnley007]

Ederson has agreed personal terms with Galatasary.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football ... d-35585361

Could be the kick-start to the Trafford sale, then possibly a big purchase from us.

[mkmel]

I read somewhere that they were only offering 2.6M for Ederson

That can't be right can it?

Man City won't accept that unless that's for a season long loan

[GetIntoEm]

What do you feel Edersons value should be? There's a reason why his appearances have dropped, and his performances

[taio]

What do you feel Edersons value should be? There's a reason why his appearances have dropped, and his performances

Quite a bit more than the fee being reported

[Alan Young]

Tbh I’ve absolutely no idea what a player is worth these days. All seems to be structured around PSR, length of contracts and future sell on potential.

Ederson at only 31 years of age going for a reported 3m seems odd.

[giveusaB]

Both Ederson & Ortega have 11 months left on their City contracts.
3 million seems low when transfermarket has Ederson at 20 million and Ortega at 8 million.

[warksclaret]

What do you feel Edersons value should be? There's a reason why his appearances have dropped, and his performances

Just can't come to terms with the price of under £3m. What did we sell Muric for ??-was it £10m ??, in which case you would expect £15m at least for Ederson. Still amazed a PL side like Villa for example would not be interested, with so much talk of Martinez leaving them.

[warksclaret]

What do you feel Edersons value should be? There's a reason why his appearances have dropped, and his performances

Just can't come to terms with the price of under £3m. What did we sell Muric for ??-was it £10m ??, in which case you would expect £15m at least for Ederson. Still amazed a PL side like Villa for example would not be interested, with so much talk of Martinez leaving them.

[Hanoverusaclaret]

Obafemi agrees deal in Turkey, clubs need to agree fee.

https://insidefutbol.com/2025/07/17/clu ... er/688771/

How much are they are they expecting us to pay them to take him? Sounds like a rip off.

[ollieclarets8]

How much are they are they expecting us to pay them to take him? Sounds like a rip off.

I actually think he'd be a useful player in the right side. It just didn't work out for him here.

[Pearcey]

I actually think he'd be a useful player in the right side. It just didn't work out for him here.

Didn’t really work out at Millwall or Plymouth either to be fair. Neither wanted him back. Bizarre signing. Turkey is probably a good move for him.

[Spijed]

Could be the kick-start to the Trafford sale, then possibly a big purchase from us.

Won't a fair bit of any transfer profit have to go on servicing the debt?

[willsclarets]

I actually think he'd be a useful player in the right side. It just didn't work out for him here.

There's a fair bit of revisionism on Obafemi here. I think if you were to go back to the threads when we were about to sign him, there'd be more than a few happy at his impending arrival.

[ClaretAL]

𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚:James Trafford has agreed personal terms on a return to Manchester City.

Manchester City are in talks now with Burnley to lower the £40 million buy-back clause, but the deal still depends on either ortega or ederson leaving Manchester City.

Fabrizio Romano

https://x.com/fabrizioromano/status/194 ... fq6JjCFHfQ

[HahaYeah]

Ederson to Galatasaray.

https://www.express.co.uk/sport/footbal ... s-Trafford

[billyhamilton82]

Another twist in the tale. Ortega could be the one to leave City as part of Trafford deal.

https://www.footballinsider247.com/stef ... ity-twist/

Ederson could stay for another season

https://www.footballinsider247.com/eder ... ague-news/

[billyhamilton82]

Ortega + Bobb = £20 million

Phillips Loan @ £5 million + £15 million cash

Total £40 million.

Win - Win

City only have a £15 million PSR payment for a £40 million player and we receive our initial outlay plus 3 players.

[Grimsdale]

Not sure Oscar Bobb is what we need, he's a left footer who plays on the right wing where we already have Edwards and Tchaouna. Nico O'Reilly would be a better fit.

[ollieclarets8]

Sounds liike we are doing some business,

[Paul Waine]

Ortega + Bobb = £20 million

Phillips Loan @ £5 million + £15 million cash

Total £40 million.

Win - Win

City only have a £15 million PSR payment for a £40 million player and we receive our initial outlay plus 3 players.

Sorry, that's (using your figures) £40 million away from getting around any PSR issues. Player swap deals are evaluated as individual transactions. Was it UEFA or PL that sanctioned Chelsea and Villa last year for player swap?

If City buy JT for £40m and, for illustration, it's a 4 year contract, then amortisation is £10m per year.

If City sell Bobb for £20m then, as an academy graduate, that's £20m profit when sale made.

City have no need to fear PSR impact of deals accounted for in this manner.

A little bit more complicated for Burnley, because JT signed 2 years ago for, for simplicity, £15m on 5 year contract. So, amortisation over 2 years = £6 and PSR profit on sale = £40m less (£15m - £6m) = £31m. (Not the same profit on sale calc if JT sold to NUFC and City want their sell-on share).

[Woodleyclaret]

City never need to fear sanctions as they like Chelsea are never going to get punished as their legal teams are far too savvy.

[billyhamilton82]

Sorry, that's (using your figures) £40 million away from getting around any PSR issues. Player swap deals are evaluated as individual transactions. Was it UEFA or PL that sanctioned Chelsea and Villa last year for player swap?

If City buy JT for £40m and, for illustration, it's a 4 year contract, then amortisation is £10m per year.

If City sell Bobb for £20m then, as an academy graduate, that's £20m profit when sale made.

City have no need to fear PSR impact of deals accounted for in this manner.

A little bit more complicated for Burnley, because JT signed 2 years ago for, for simplicity, £15m on 5 year contract. So, amortisation over 2 years = £6 and PSR profit on sale = £40m less (£15m - £6m) = £31m. (Not the same profit on sale calc if JT sold to NUFC and City want their sell-on share).

Thanks for the info Paul, didn't realise that PSR was also assessed on player swap deals.

I don't want to drag this into yet another PSR debate on this thread, and I understand amortisation, but I'm sure Trafford only signed a 4 year contract.

[ollieclarets8]

Thanks for the info Paul, didn't realise that PSR was also assessed on player swap deals.

I don't want to drag this into yet another PSR debate on this thread, and I understand amortisation, but I'm sure Trafford only signed a 4 year contract.

This seems to be always accurate:

https://www.uptheclarets.com/players/squad-list

Runs out at the end of the 06/07 season, so 2 more seasons left.

[summitclaret]

This seems to be always accurate:

https://www.uptheclarets.com/players/squad-list

Runs out at the end of the 06/07 season, so 2 more seasons left.

Yes, but this time next year he has less than 11 months left and will probably be back in the Championship. Peak price is likely to be now, after a fabulous season and with City wanting a new first choice keeper.

[ollieclarets8]

Yes, but this time next year he has less than 11 months left and will probably be back in the Championship. Peak price is likely to be now, after a fabulous season and with City wanting a new first choice keeper.

I agree with you. I think we're in a good position though to play the game because clubs will also see next summer where they'll have more competition.

So this summer is the time to make it happen for the buying club.

[Firthy]

Having read the article on Trafford/Ortega swap I'm convinced that some of these websites read our forum and start a rumour. While it would be a good deal for us I'm not so sure it will happen.

[Holtyclaret]

Yes, but this time next year he has less than 11 months left and will probably be back in the Championship. Peak price is likely to be now, after a fabulous season and with City wanting a new first choice keeper.

Traff will sign for city or Newcastle this summer but won’t be number one for either next season.

[billyhamilton82]

Callum Wilson linked

https://www.givemesport.com/callum-wils ... sfer-news/

[ollieclarets8]

Callum Wilson linked

https://www.givemesport.com/callum-wils ... sfer-news/

Personally think we can do a lot worse. But as always, Leeds also interested.

[jedi_master]

McGrath originally linked Vardy as well as Wilson, you wonder if there’s a possibility there as time is shifting on and he’s still without a deal.

[Djs254]

https://www.soccernews.nl/news/van-ewij ... p-3-flirt/

Van ewijk at Coventry linked

[ClaretAL]

Burnley are amongst a host of clubs who have scouted Rijeka’s Jankovic.


https://insidefutbol.com/2025/07/22/bur ... er/689090/

[Colburn_Claret]

We were after another Rijeka player a couple of years ago, can't remember his name. He never signed obviously, but I think he used us as an excuse to get a pay rise.

[RicardoMontalban]

We were after another Rijeka player a couple of years ago, can't remember his name. He never signed obviously, but I think he used us as an excuse to get a pay rise.

You’re thinking of Oršić from Dinamo Zagreb. Didn’t he turn up at Southampton the summer after we’d tried to sign him in the previous January window? Probably a bit more complicated than angling for a pay rise.

[kentonclaret]

McGrath originally linked Vardy as well as Wilson, you wonder if there’s a possibility there as time is shifting on and he’s still without a deal.

William Hill currently quoting odds of 22/1 against Vardy joining Burnley.
But in football you never know.