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

[Rigadon]

I'm sure you're right.  I expect all clubs have worked out what each other's FFP position is by now too, and will act accordingly when setting prices for players (especially when not dictated by release clauses).

[AV84]

Reckon Brentford will be more than happy for Toney to stick around until the summer if nobody pays them stupid money for him.

Especially with Mbueno out injured and Wissa gone to AFCON. There's no way they'd willingly sell in this window if they're not offered massive money. There's been rumours for weeks now that Arsenal can't afford to buy anyone, although presumably that refers to players at the higher end of the market. And they've already got one player in on loan, so they're even restricted in what they can do there.

[LeeB]

That they can't buy Toney because they bought a lanky, German Stephen Ireland for no apparent reason is really funny.

[Risso]

Is the quietest ever transfer window for possible links for us? I mean, there could be lots going on behind the scenes, but there's been virtually nothing anywhere in the press at all so far.

[AV84]

Ngonge is the only one I've seen mentioned somewhat regularly since the window opened, but it doesn't sound very positive, and might not even be true.

[Bad English]

The window is indeed hypoactive so far. If only we had an excitable poster that dredged up tenuous transfer bollocks from the clickbait web to make it feel like we are doing something.

[Smithy]

Is the quietest ever transfer window for possible links for us? I mean, there could be lots going on behind the scenes, but there's been virtually nothing anywhere in the press at all so far.

It does feel like the press has seen "Villa don't have much this window because of FFP" and have decided to focus on other teams as a result.  The team in second place, with billionaire owners, SHOULD be getting linked to all sorts right now, which is why I think they "know" we don't have a lot to spend in Jan.

I'll be really disappointed if we don't bring in a backup for Ollie, at the VERY least.  Even a short-term, cheap, option. Whatever. He's proven himself to be carved from granite so far in his Villa career, but one bad tackle and our luck could change easily.

All that said, we have made it our modus operandi in recent years to stay well below the radar on transfers until it's a done deal (or very close to it).  It's entirely possible it'll be the same this month.  Fingers crossed, Monchi has a couple of surprises for us!

[Drummond]

Jonathan David linked again.

Emile Smith Rowe linked again.

Coutinho linked with Inter Miami.

[RamboandBruno]

Reckon Brentford will be more than happy for Toney to stick around until the summer if nobody pays them stupid money for him.

Yep they are in danger of going down this year, which longer term would be a lot more financially harmful that not selling Toney short term. They’ll need his goals, if he comes back the same player.

[OCD]

Jonathan David linked again.

Emile Smith Rowe linked again.

Coutinho linked with Inter Miami.

The ESR story is probably the Arsenal media trying to sell players so they can bring in Toney.

[Risso]

Smith Rowe was just a lazy link as a makeweight in the usual Luiz to Arsenal guff.

[DB]

Reckon Brentford will be more than happy for Toney to stick around until the summer if nobody pays them stupid money for him.

Yep they are in danger of going down this year, which longer term would be a lot more financially harmful that not selling Toney short term. They’ll need his goals, if he comes back the same player.

Toney has said he wants to repay the Manager and the fans for their support over last 8 months.

[pablo_picasso]

Ngonge is the only one I've seen mentioned somewhat regularly since the window opened, but it doesn't sound very positive, and might not even be true.

I have seen quite a few articles where Crysensio Summerville (sp?) & Leeds answer a question that nobody has asked in relation to Villa apparently being interested.

If we want him, we will have to pay big because he is happy at Leeds is the general consensus, despite no proof being supplied that we are interested in the first place...

[pablo_picasso]

Jonathan David linked again.

Emile Smith Rowe linked again.

Coutinho linked with Inter Miami.

The ESR story is probably the Arsenal media trying to sell players so they can bring in Toney.

Good.

Fuck them.

And fuck him.

They, & he, had their chance & they said no.

So let them all rot with the choices they made & we can look elsewhere...

[ChicagoLion]

Jonathan David linked again.

Emile Smith Rowe linked again.

Coutinho linked with Inter Miami.

The ESR story is probably the Arsenal media trying to sell players so they can bring in Toney.

Good.

Fuck them.

And fuck him.

They, & he, had their chance & they said no.

So let them all rot with the choices they made & we can look elsewhere...

We dodged a bullet. He has hardly kicked a ball since we were in for him.