2024 January transfer window - hopes, needs, expectations and rumours.

[Dave]

Along with everything else, arent Arsenal full of midfielders already?

It definitely feels like if they were about to throw another £100m at a player, then Luiz should be less of a priority than having more strikers than just Nketiah and Gabriel Jesus.

[AV84]

Along with everything else, arent Arsenal full of midfielders already?

It definitely feels like if they were about to throw another £100m at a player, then Luiz should be less of a priority than having more strikers than just Nketiah and Gabriel Jesus.

They're after Watkins then.

[Flamingo Lane]

Hoping to goodness that Mings and Buendia will recover fully from their long term injuries, and assuming that Ramsey and Moreno will similarly be back before much longer, it's some squad we now have assembled. And I wouldn't be at all surprised if whatever targets we do have for January are pretty much in the bag already.

[Dave]

Along with everything else, arent Arsenal full of midfielders already?

It definitely feels like if they were about to throw another £100m at a player, then Luiz should be less of a priority than having more strikers than just Nketiah and Gabriel Jesus.

They're after Watkins then.

I think there are definitely more reasons that they'd try to sign Watkins than try to sign DL.

Obviously I don't think they'll sign either.

[LeeB]

On recent form they're more likely to sell us someone like Smith Rowe for buttons, watch him turn World class, then spend shitloads on inferior replacements.

[cdward]

Out of interest would Watkins, (or any of our other players), have had a release clause included in his latest contract?
If so, it must be £100m at least

[LeeB]

I doubt it in our position.

[Clark W Griswold]

If we can, i'd still like to get a decent reserve keeper, ideally a very good young understudy for Martinez that could step up if (dare i say it) Martinez does decide he wants to join Real Madrid or similar. Failing that an older but reliable player that will be content with playing occasionally.

Also a specialist right back to compete with Cash, as good as he is he's the only one we have.

Otherwise nothing really for Jan.

[john e]

In the past when we’ve lost our best players they’ve gone because they want to win things

Hopefully that might be changing and players will want to come to Villa to win things

[Drummond]

Players do move amongst top clubs, and we're going to be seen as one of them soon. We need to start winning trophies though, because that's the differentiator still.

We have a top set-up now, and are likely to be far more attractive to players, I think Emery can do the business with whoever though, and that all bodes well.

[VinnieChase84]

We are heavily interested in Molina from Madrid

[Drummond]

We are heavily interested in Molina from Madrid

Maybe a swap is in the offing, weren't Atletico interested in Cash before they bought him?

[AV84]

We are heavily interested in Molina from Madrid

Maybe a swap is in the offing, weren't Atletico interested in Cash before they bought him?

Would seem kind of pointless on our end, given we really need 2 people in that position.

[Toronto Villa]

Quality experienced, international RB, Argentine connection, right age at 25. Big, strong and quick.

[OCD]

He's got a market value of 50m Euro's on Transfermarkt.