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

[ozzjim]

Same agent as Zaniolo. I'd take him in a heartbeat.

[chrisw1]

Same agent as Zaniolo. I'd take him in a heartbeat.

Yes looks like a very good prospect at the right price.  I really don't like players who strike to force a move, but am hypocritical to welcome them if we're the ones benefiting and they're good enough.

[AV84]

Same agent as Zaniolo. I'd take him in a heartbeat.

Yes looks like a very good prospect at the right price.  I really don't like players who strike to force a move, but am hypocritical to welcome them if we're the ones benefiting and they're good enough.

I'm the same and said as much about Gnonto when he went on strike, but I see he's back playing for them so I guess we can chalk it up to being young and dumb? Only if we sign him though, otherwise it's just terrible behaviour and who'd want someone like that at the club?!

[Des Little]

Who uses cash these days?

The programme sellers at Villa Park. Even at Bournemouth they had a card reader.

'I can see you going on a long journey...back to Birmingham'

[olaftab]

Who uses cash these days?

Germans.

And people who buy drugs.

Not true. I have just bought drugs at Boots and paid by card.

[Ger Regan]

Romano suggesting Betis and Besiktas also in for Coutinho.

[AV84]

Romano suggesting Betis and Besiktas also in for Coutinho.

I think Besiktas were interested earlier in the window but couldn't agree personal terms, or wouldn't pay his wages, to put it more bluntly.

[AV84]

Some Spanish sites suggesting we're interested in Ez Abde from Barca. They want £17mil for him. Both us and Leverkusen interested in him but not at that price, apparently.

21 year old Moroccan. The article I'm reading says he's a forward, but he's listed as a winger everywhere else. Was on loan at Osasuna last season, scored 6 in 34 appearances.

[curiousorange]

Some Spanish sites suggesting we're interested in Ez Abde from Barca. They want £17mil for him. Both us and Leverkusen interested in him but not at that price, apparently.

21 year old Moroccan. The article I'm reading says he's a forward, but he's listed as a winger everywhere else. Was on loan at Osasuna last season, scored 6 in 34 appearances.

I'm hoping he's a winger with those stats.

[Ger Regan]

Left wing, apparently

[pablo_picasso]

Some Spanish sites suggesting we're interested in Ez Abde from Barca. They want £17mil for him. Both us and Leverkusen interested in him but not at that price, apparently.

21 year old Moroccan. The article I'm reading says he's a forward, but he's listed as a winger everywhere else. Was on loan at Osasuna last season, scored 6 in 34 appearances.

Fast, good on the ball, inconsistent end product.

Haven't we just flogged one of those?

[Toronto Villa]

I do wonder if we are still waiting on Tammy Abraham. It was strongly suggested we had agreed a fee with Roma and then got injured. A risk obviously but do we go with what we have and add him in January? And instead as we’ve done add support and flexible options all across our midfield and attacking options now.

[AV84]

We've scored something like 13 goals in 4 games and only 3 of them have come from Watkins. Obviously the opposition matters when looking at that, but if goals are coming from elsewhere then I think we're alright.

[olaftab]

No we are not. We need our out and out striker to convert more otherwise we will not realise our full potential this season.

[PaulWinch again]

No we are not. We need our out and out striker to convert more otherwise we will not realise our full potential this season.

Across the season we do, the fact he hasn’t over the first few league games doesn’t really matter.