2023 Summer transfer window - hopes, needs, expectations and rumours.

[nigel]

Arsenal, Newcastle and Aston Villa all scouted Real Valladolid right-back Ivan Fresneda, 18, in Thursday's 2-1 defeat by Valencia. (90min.com)

[ldavfc4eva]

Must be best part of £300k per week on those 2, that said I would keep Digne.

Unless we can unearth another Moreno for sub £20m (which I have no doubt Unai could do).

[dave shelley]

In response to Mister E

Yes I see as Cam being the man to be our back up next season, and probably saving us £30m on a backup striker who would be no better.

A class winger I would say is a Sancho or Williams from Bilbao, that level of player is needed.

Sorry probably didn’t word my comment the right way about Cam, I see him as a very promising player who knows how to score and is quick too and is good in the air - can’t ask for more really and he deserves to be Ollies backup next season IMO

I think Cameron Archer will only tolerate perhaps one season on the bench at most.  He's ready and deserves first team football on a regular basis and if he wanted to move on I wouldn't blame him one bit.  It depends on just how much game time he gets.  Just my opinion.

[nigel]

Latest Aston Villa news from BirminghamLive as Rennes left-back Adrien Truffert remains on the radar

[algy]

In response to Mister E

Yes I see as Cam being the man to be our back up next season, and probably saving us £30m on a backup striker who would be no better.

A class winger I would say is a Sancho or Williams from Bilbao, that level of player is needed.

Sorry probably didn’t word my comment the right way about Cam, I see him as a very promising player who knows how to score and is quick too and is good in the air - can’t ask for more really and he deserves to be Ollies backup next season IMO

I think Cameron Archer will only tolerate perhaps one season on the bench at most.  He's ready and deserves first team football on a regular basis and if he wanted to move on I wouldn't blame him one bit.  It depends on just how much game time he gets.  Just my opinion.

With the 5 subs now, I think as long as we're in Europe we could quite easily offer 2 strikers a good number of games.

The Europa League would almost certainly add at least 8 games (6 group games, plus at least another 2 knockout games provided we didn't finish bottom of the group). Get knocked out in the first game we play in either domestic cup, and that's still 48 games next season. Progress further in anything - not a mad assumption given Emery's pedigree in the UEFA Cup - and it'll be more.

That's way more than you could expect from a single striker, and cloud easily see Cam knocking up 30+ appearances even as 'backup'. Would be less if we signed another striker, which is why I'd be inclined to go to one end of the spectrum or the other - either an aging Cyril Regis type player who would probably be more of an impact sub *or* a youngster, a bit like Duran, who'd be OK making a couple of dozen subs appearances. I'd absolutely be looking at Watkins + Archer as the main strike partnership, because "a couple of dozen subs appearances" isn't enough for Cam right now IMO and we'd risk losing a fantastically talented player.

[Monty]

Arsenal, Newcastle and Aston Villa all scouted Real Valladolid right-back Ivan Fresneda, 18, in Thursday's 2-1 defeat by Valencia. (90min.com)

Literally invented by Championship Manager.

[brontebilly]

In response to Mister E

Yes I see as Cam being the man to be our back up next season, and probably saving us £30m on a backup striker who would be no better.

A class winger I would say is a Sancho or Williams from Bilbao, that level of player is needed.

Sorry probably didn’t word my comment the right way about Cam, I see him as a very promising player who knows how to score and is quick too and is good in the air - can’t ask for more really and he deserves to be Ollies backup next season IMO

I think Cameron Archer will only tolerate perhaps one season on the bench at most.  He's ready and deserves first team football on a regular basis and if he wanted to move on I wouldn't blame him one bit.  It depends on just how much game time he gets.  Just my opinion.

Only one way to find out...European football would be great, more games means more opportunities for players. Watkins is unbelievably resilient but he can hardly keep playing 35+ games a season. I think Archer could push him hard anyway. Is Archer playing in a 1 or 2 up front at Boro?

[OCD]

Digne got frustrated at a lack of games for Everton under Benitez before we signed him. And say Moreno was used in Premier League games and Digne was played against weaker sides in Europe, he would still be playing but maybe not to the standard he wants to.

The point about him being a similar case to Ings is a good one. I can see someone coming in for him and us accepting.

[nigel]

Arsenal, Newcastle and Aston Villa all scouted Real Valladolid right-back Ivan Fresneda, 18, in Thursday's 2-1 defeat by Valencia. (90min.com)

Literally invented by Championship Manager.

Still a rumour, mate 😂

[Monty]

I could see Digne wanting to be definite first choice somewhere, and fair enough if so.

Arsenal, Newcastle and Aston Villa all scouted Real Valladolid right-back Ivan Fresneda, 18, in Thursday's 2-1 defeat by Valencia. (90min.com)

Literally invented by Championship Manager.

Still a rumour, mate 😂

I meant the player name! They're all called video game generated names these days. Taylor Fotheringham-Diaz or what have you.

[nigel]

I could see Digne wanting to be definite first choice somewhere, and fair enough if so.

Arsenal, Newcastle and Aston Villa all scouted Real Valladolid right-back Ivan Fresneda, 18, in Thursday's 2-1 defeat by Valencia. (90min.com)

Literally invented by Championship Manager.

Still a rumour, mate 😂

I meant the player name! They're all called video game generated names these days. Taylor Fotheringham-Diaz or what have you.

Ahh, at least you now know my level of knowledge regarding foreign players 😂

[Monty]

All players, honestly. I look at the teamsheets these days and make the same face Jack Grealish would make looking at a blackboard full of equations.

[Brazilian Villain]

All players, honestly. I look at the teamsheets these days and make the same face Jack Grealish would make looking at a blackboard full of equations.

Speaking of which, Deniz Undav has scored for Brighton.

[Mister E]

In response to Mister E

Yes I see as Cam being the man to be our back up next season, and probably saving us £30m on a backup striker who would be no better.

A class winger I would say is a Sancho or Williams from Bilbao, that level of player is needed.

Sorry probably didn’t word my comment the right way about Cam, I see him as a very promising player who knows how to score and is quick too and is good in the air - can’t ask for more really and he deserves to be Ollies backup next season IMO

I think Cameron Archer will only tolerate perhaps one season on the bench at most.  He's ready and deserves first team football on a regular basis and if he wanted to move on I wouldn't blame him one bit.  It depends on just how much game time he gets.  Just my opinion.

Cheers, ldavfc4eva.
I wonder whether Archer might be played in the Bailey role and another striker is brought in to cover for Watkins, next season. The reason I say this is that - watching him play for Boro - he seems to be quick, clever and tenacious and is capable of switching with Akpom when required; i.e. he's very versatile as well as being a very smart finisher.

[Toronto Villa]

Add Orkun Kökçü, the Turkish playing for Feyenoord to the rumours list