January 2023 Transfer Rumours, Discussions and Done Deals Thread

[LeeB]

Having a pair of Ollie Watkins, one with shooting boots as well, would cause absolute mayhem for the opposition in Emery's system

[olaftab]

Aston Villa are monitoring the situation of Everton and England goalkeeper Jordan Pickford, with the 28-year-old yet to sign a new deal with just over a year remaining on his current contract at Goodison Park. (Sun)

A decent back up I suppose 😂

Bit of lazy drop by the *** as most clubs would be monitoring  it.
Anyway I am not in favour of Pickford as third choice holding back our young keepers development.

[LeeB]

Aston Villa are monitoring the situation of Everton and England goalkeeper Jordan Pickford, with the 28-year-old yet to sign a new deal with just over a year remaining on his current contract at Goodison Park. (Sun)

A decent back up I suppose 😂

Bit of lazy drop by the *** as most clubs would be monitoring  it.
Anyway I am not in favour of Pickford as third choice holding back our young keepers development.

Maybe it's to do like I used to on Championship Manager, sign him on a free and sell him after a month for about £15m and pocket the cash.

[Footy-Vill]

With the transfer window officially open, I would like to see an active move for some top players to improve the overall quality of the squad.
It would be fantastic to bring in some world-class talent.
Such as Felix or Hazard.

From recent football I like Croatian goalkeeper Livakovic and centre back. Gvardiol. Moroccan midfielder Amrabat.
If we can't get Hazard, Felix, or even Thuram, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia or Kaoru Mitoma would be a replacement for Grealish role and would not cost £100 million.

Grealish himself would be an option in subsequent windows, as there is a lot of speculation that he will not see out his six-year contract at Manchester City. So after three seasons they have paid us 50 million Villa so a deal could be done there in the future where he essentially comes back for free as transfer fee owed!

[Footy-Vill]

Back to current window I've seen in the Italian and champions league a Striker Victor Osimhen is at Napoli and appears to be a fantastic  who would be a great addition up front. Kvaratskhelia is another at Napoli I scouted and think he would bring some entertainment and flair to compliment Bailey on either side.

There are several other players who could do well in Emery's system like Lo Celso, but these are the players that some of us here may be familiar with seeing them play in the world cup, so I wanted to bring them into discussion now the windows opened.

I predict these will all improve in coming seasons wherever they move so would be great addition and wise for Villa to move for them.
Livakovic
Gvardiol
Amrabat
Mitoma
Kvaratskhelia
Osimhen
Thuram
Felix

[olaftab]

Only Gvardiol and Amrabat from that list. Just think how awesome Carlos and Gvardiol will look  in the centre of our defence. 

[paul_e]

We don't need Livakovic, we have the keeper who was better then him at the world cup.
Kvaratskhelia isn't going anywhere for a while, he only joined them 6 months ago.
Osimhen will leave but probably in the summer and to a team that will be looking at challenging for the CL.
Gvardiol is in a similar market but will go this window.
I suspect Amrabat will go to Liverpool.
Mitoma I don't think is that great, not sure he'd add much to the squad.

Thuram and Felix are the 2 I think we couldsuprise people with. Both very good players:
Thuram is too good for where he is but I think he might be seen as a bit too much of a gamble for the CL teams (a bit like Bailey last summer).
Felix is superb but hasn't quite lived up to expectations at Atletico so I can see them taking the money but it all comes down to what other interest there is, it could be another Kamara signing where we nip ahead of a few but would be pretty unlikely.


I like most of the list though and I've not got a huge amount to add. I'd really like someone who can score from out wide to take the pressure off Watkins to be a goalscorer and let him be the all-action terror he can be at his best (like today).

[Steve67]

I presume we are going to let Traore stay where he is?  Would be really interesting to see how he would fare under this management team.  Perhaps he and Bailey could interchange from the bench.

[Footy-Vill]

I presume we are going to let Traore stay where he is?  Would be really interesting to see how he would fare under this management team.  Perhaps he and Bailey could interchange from the bench.

I'd take Adama Trarore back as well in the hope Emery can develop him and make him assured.
That would be something to have him and Bailey!

[Mellin]

#BringBackBert

[Footy-Vill]

Bring them all back!
Trez and AEG under Emery would be fantastic too!
He could coach them to a better standard

[Steve67]

Despite the good win today, I still consider McGinn, Bailey, Konsa and Buendia to be weaker links in the side and are perhaps squad players rather than guaranteed starters.  If we can add a couple to replace, mostly, McGinn and Buendia, this window, that would be a huge step forward, especially if they are players who are purchased for a square peg in a square hole type of thing.   Emery will get the best out the current batch, but it will come to a time where we can't get any further forward without added quality.  Really looking forward to what we have lined up.

[tomd2103]

Would be a great time to go on a winning run now and results like today might convince some quality players that we are a club moving in the right direction.

[Percy McCarthy]

Despite the good win today, I still consider McGinn, Bailey, Konsa and Buendia to be weaker links in the side and are perhaps squad players rather than guaranteed starters.  If we can add a couple to replace, mostly, McGinn and Buendia, this window, that would be a huge step forward, especially if they are players who are purchased for a square peg in a square hole type of thing.   Emery will get the best out the current batch, but it will come to a time where we can't get any further forward without added quality.  Really looking forward to what we have lined up.

I would like to see Ramsay be the replacement for McGinn in today’s midfield rather than buy one. Let Buendia and Phil battle it out for their place. Let’s see how Carlos does on his return rather than buy a replacement for Konsa.

Quick, powerful, hard-working good finisher top priority for me, to replace or play with Ollie/Leon. Apart from that I haven’t been massively impressed with Digne.

[ROBBO]

Carlos is an unknown quantity, in his appearances before the injury he seemed, to me anyway, to struggle with the pace of the premiership.