ARRIVALS (Inc those not announced but Here-We-Go is given)
Jeremie Frimpong
Right Back, Auxiliary Right Winger
Already announced his arrival from Bayer Leverkusen and officially unveiled on the 30th May 2025 for a reported transfer fee of around 40 Million Euroes, or just under 30 million pounds. Was intended to be a replacement for Trent Alexander Arnold. Jerry, as he's usually addressed as his shortened name, is a right back by trade. However recently was rotated in the National Team at Right Wing during the World Cup Qualifiers.
Florian Wirtz
Attacking Midfielder, Forward
Our blockbuster signing, having won over Man City, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich. Will be joining his buddy and teammate Jerry for 25/26 in a long-term deal as well. This was a 'Here-We-Go' from Fabrizio Romano since Tuesday, 10th June 2025 for a whopping 140million Euroes, 116m Pounds which do include add-ons. This deal has been like a month in the making, although personal terms were long agreed without issues and Flo only wanted to play for us so it was pretty much a lot of club-to-club discussions that took a while.
Has yet to be unveiled and announced as Flo is currently on Holiday after his UEFA Nations League duties with the National Team. Was pivotal in Leverkusen's unbeaten season in 23/24 and still remained the heart during the following season. Rumors of a 345,000 pound weekly salary have been way off the mark, he'll receive around a range of 195-245K. A profilic Attacking Midfielder, his vision and eye for goal also allows him to invert and play anywhere in the frontline, with Left Winger his next likely spot. Expect him to complete all the formal steps around Wednesday.
Armin Pesci
Goalkeeper
Was a surprise transfer arrival from Puskas Akademia as he is already someone with European football experience, having played for the Europa Conference League Qualifiers. Moreover, Pesci, who only just turned 20 in February this year had been the Hungarian club's number 1 throughout last season and was responsible for its push for 2nd place. It'll be interesting to see how it affects the rest of the goalkeeper ranks because of the arrival of Giorgio Mamardashvili. Expect Pesci to fulfil the role of the number 3 goalkeeper over Jaros.
Giorgi Mamardashvili
Goalkeeper
Already sealed since last season and arranged for his arrival soon for the 25/26 season, Giorgio came out of a bad start but a strong end to his final season in Valencia. The 24 Year-old Georgian Goalkeeper will set to be Alisson's number 2 and understudy because my hunch tells me that he may succeed Alisson at some point.
DEPARTURES
Trent Alexander-Arnold to Real Madrid
Left early for the Club World Cup, while we get some good change for it 10m Euroes for just a month early. Left a bitter taste in everyone's mouth since he was already fluent in Spanish on his reveal this week. However, the 10m was a masterstroke so we don't leave empty handed from this deal.
Caoimhin Kelleher to Brentford
Our young legend deserved the sale to get proper minutes. Brentford would receive a very solid keeper and Penalty saving specialist. His move to Brentford was announced and completed last week. Best of luck, Kelly!
RUMOURS
Milos Kerkez - Bournemouth AFC
Left Back
The Hungarian Kerkez has been interested in our long term project for the next season and he is set to be the next arrival after the finalization of details on club-to-club level. Personal terms have not been a problem for Kerkez so it is only a matter of time till a "here-we-go" is announced by Fabrizio Romano. We can also sorta confirm this because interestingly enough, his family members already self-announced Milos' arrival on Instagram stories.
Jorrel Hato - Ajax FC
Center Back, Left Back
A very talented young teenager with already more than 100 with the Ajax first team, including 29 in the Europa League and Europa Conference League, under his belt and just turned 19 and also currently the club's vice-captain. He's someone that can cover both Center Back and Left Back which will be very useful, almost in a way that Joe Gomez does.
Andy Robertson - Out to Atletico Madrid
Atletico have just named Robertson their potential number 1 Left Back just 16 hours ago prior to writing. Robbo has one year left on his contract, so in a way it does make sense to cash a bit on him instead of letting him go on a free. Ideally I would have gotten Tsimikas to shift out but whichever the case, if Kerkez is out primary Left Back for years to come, then whoever is left won't be starting games anyway. As of now, personal terms are not a problem should Robbo move to Atletico.
Federico Chiesa out to Napoli
In search of game time, Federico Chiesa may want to return to Italy, according to Fabrizio Romano. Why we bought him in the first place, I really don't know. But lucky it has been a low risk transfer for us. As far as rumours go, Napoli is the first in line that has made contact with Chiesa's camp.
Darwin Nunez out to Napoli or Ateletico Madrid or Al-Hilal
Our Number 9 has fallen out of favour with Slot. And as any latest word from Fabrizio Romano goes, it is pretty much guaranteed that he will not be in Slot's plans for the next season either. Again Atletico Madrid is rumoured to be after Nunez as well, but Napoli is also interested. However, it will be ideal if we'll have one of your strikers, e.g. Julian Alvarez or Victor Osimhen. Al-Hilal is also lurking to try jumping in for his signature too. Look I don't mind where he ends up, the most important thing is to bring in a striker that can outmatch his productivity.
Jarell Quansah and Harvey Elliott to Bayer Leverkusen
After the deal with Wirtz and Frimpong, Bayer will sort to look to rebuilding their ranks. Quansah looks one of the candidates that will try closing the void left behind by Jonathan Tah. LFC's looking at a price of around 35m pounds. Should be easy work since Bayer should be loaded with almost 200m euros of cash. Rumour has it that Harvey Elliott would also be joining Quansah, in this case to fill the void left by Wirtz. However as much as I would want him to have minutes, I personally don't see this happening.
Vitezlav Jaros - To Ajax FC
With the arrival of Mamardashvili and Pesci, Jaros looks certain to find minutes elsewhere. As of now, Ajax came calling to acquire Jaros' services on a loan basis. DaveOCKOP's latest update of Ajax coming to a verbal agreement means that it is most likely to happen, so look at this space for updates.
Luis Diaz - to Barcelona or Al-Nassr
Having reached in form by the time we won the Premier League, there is some serious interest coming from Barcelona or Al-Nassr. Unless a really really good deal in the range of around 90m to 100m Euroes come in, we should do everything in our means to keep him, now him reaching the peak of his powers and how key he has been for us. And I think he's also seriously underpaid in wages.
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