Summer Transfers 2025 Missed Opportunities and Regrets

Albert Sambi Lokonga is likely to go to Trabzonspor on loan with an option to buy (an option I suspect they won’t take up, I mean would you?)

I feel that being sent to Turkey should be considered the footballing parlance equivalent of being sent to Coventry

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Originally Posted by 21_GOONER_SALUTE

Its a shame we can't get at least 40m for Kiwior, he's actually a decent CB and would improve most EPL teams, he just hasn't been put in the shop window properly.

Anyway I'm more than ok with him going as I rate every CB we have over him defensively....except maybe White and Calafiori. Mosquera, like I've said a few times, is a great find and looking forward to seeing him play more.

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I think that of all our potential outgoings, Kiwor has actually been put in the shop window. Granted it was due to big Gabi's injury last season, (and I suspect that but for that he would be in the same position as the rest of our largely 'un-sellable' players), but he had (and took) the opportunity to be visible to potential suitors - particulrly in the CL. As MO says, a sale to Europe rather than the EPL tends to depress value, so I agree that £25M is disappointing. I'm sure this move is as much to do with Kiwor's wish to play though, so keeping him is not an option, really. I think with understudies to maybe the best CB pairing in Europe we have to keep re-cycling and bringing in players happy to play rarely but learn from them and our manager.

I really hope that now we have genuine, quality back ups (of which Kiwor is one) there will be more rotation and our traditional issue with trying to sell frozen out players will start to recede.

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Originally Posted by IBK

I think that of all our potential outgoings, Kiwor has actually been put in the shop window. Granted it was due to big Gabi's injury last season, (and I suspect that but for that he would be in the same position as the rest of our largely 'un-sellable' players), but he had (and took) the opportunity to be visible to potential suitors - particulrly in the CL. As MO says, a sale to Europe rather than the EPL tends to depress value, so I agree that £25M is disappointing. I'm sure this move is as much to do with Kiwor's wish to play though, so keeping him is not an option, really. I think with understudies to maybe the best CB pairing in Europe we have to keep re-cycling and bringing in players happy to play rarely but learn from them and our manager.

I really hope that now we have genuine, quality back ups (of which Kiwor is one) there will be more rotation and our traditional issue with trying to sell frozen out players will start to recede.

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Yeah, I guess you and MO are right, selling to a European team is likely what is reducing his value. I also need to give him props for insisting he doesn't want to play for another EPL team as I'm thinking his decision might actually be emotional more than anything else.

On your last point, I don't know, I know its still early days, but it looks like Arteta is beginning to embrace substitutions a whole lot more during games....if this turns out to be true, and the focus isn't only on recycling defenders, then the change will make a lot of people happy.

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Originally Posted by HCZ_Reborn

Albert Sambi Lokonga is likely to go to Trabzonspor on loan with an option to buy (an option I suspect they won’t take up, I mean would you?)

I feel that being sent to Turkey should be considered the footballing parlance equivalent of being sent to Coventry

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:lol:

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Originally Posted by 21_GOONER_SALUTE

Yeah, I guess you and MO are right, selling to a European team is likely what is reducing his value. I also need to give him props for insisting he doesn't want to play for another EPL team as I'm thinking his decision might actually be emotional more than anything else.

On your last point, I don't know, I know its still early days, but it looks like Arteta is beginning to embrace substitutions a whole lot more during games....if this turns out to be true, and the focus isn't only on recycling defenders, then the change will make a lot of people happy.

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Yep - and hopefully reduce injuries....

Palace are in for Nelson apparently, good move for him if it goes through, decent club under Glasner and bit of European football even if it's just a pub league

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Originally Posted by Mac76

Palace are in for Nelson apparently, good move for him if it goes through, decent club under Glasner and bit of European football even if it's just a pub league

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15m apparently which seems fair enough. Hopefully it happens.

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Originally Posted by Marc Overmars

15m apparently which seems fair enough. Hopefully it happens.

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Yep. Good luck to him