Summer 2024 Transfer Window - hopes, speculation, rumours etc.

[brontebilly]

Fulham are interested in signing Diego Carlos from Aston Villa. (Source:@MailSport)

Diego Carlos is attracting interest from Fulham as well as other clubs [@SamiMokbel81_DM]


I would take £25m before the sending off now, I would take £20m

What would be a fair price?

Probably half, if even. He's 31, had a serious injury and only 2 years left on his deal. No European club will be paying crazy money for him anyway.

Moreno, Mings, Digne, all the same age with contracts expiring that summer. Moreno likely to move this summer I think. Donk, KKH and Buendia contracts expiring in 2026 too, first two will move on this summer and a big season in Buendia's career ahead.

[Toronto Villa]

About fucking time we signed him

https://x.com/avfcofficial/status/1819157221474717855?s=46

[eamonn]

God, imagine him in his pomp at the Villa...

[Rory]

About fucking time we signed him

https://x.com/avfcofficial/status/1819157221474717855?s=46

That shirt looks rather small.

[Garyth]

I just think we'll see a recalibration, with two deep midfielders really staying deep more often.

Alternatively, playing Maatsen at LB could mean in possession he moves into the 'Luiz' position, vacated by Tielemans/Barkley as they advance. 

If Konsa starts out nominally as the RB, it would leave a defensive structure of Konsa/Mings/Pau behind Maatsen & Onana/Kamara.

That would mean picking a left winger who stays wider though, whic would mean Iling-Junior or Philogene rather than Rogers or Ramsey.

Well, yes, but I can’t help but feel Emery is prioritising tactical flexibility as we move into the next phase where he’s had more opportunity to influence over the type of players we bring in.

I’m not saying it’s what will happen all the time, but I think at 60 min he wants at least 3 different tactical options available to him in order to change a game. Last season we were really limited (by injuries as much as anything) in this.

[Toronto Villa]

About fucking time we signed him

https://x.com/avfcofficial/status/1819157221474717855?s=46

That shirt looks rather small.

Club shop ran out of medium. Decent stretch.

[OCD]

About fucking time we signed him

https://x.com/avfcofficial/status/1819157221474717855?s=46

There's still a twat in the comments who has to say 'Good Ebening'.

[OCD]

I just think we'll see a recalibration, with two deep midfielders really staying deep more often.

Alternatively, playing Maatsen at LB could mean in possession he moves into the 'Luiz' position, vacated by Tielemans/Barkley as they advance. 

If Konsa starts out nominally as the RB, it would leave a defensive structure of Konsa/Mings/Pau behind Maatsen & Onana/Kamara.

That would mean picking a left winger who stays wider though, whic would mean Iling-Junior or Philogene rather than Rogers or Ramsey.

Well, yes, but I can’t help but feel Emery is prioritising tactical flexibility as we move into the next phase where he’s had more opportunity to influence over the type of players we bring in.

I’m not saying it’s what will happen all the time, but I think at 60 min he wants at least 3 different tactical options available to him in order to change a game. Last season we were really limited (by injuries as much as anything) in this.

Interesting thought that we finished 4th last season without Emery having much on the bench to be able to change the way games were going, certainly second half of the season.

[Dante Lavelli]

Is Diego Carlos throwing a Duran-style strop now n all?

I kinda hope so because he is taking up a spot in the squad/team where I think we could easily improve.  Him seeking to move would be a good thing.

[PeterWithe]

About fucking time we signed him

https://x.com/avfcofficial/status/1819157221474717855?s=46

That grouting is terrible, all over the shop. 'Cowboys Ted, they're cowboys'

[Ads]

Players with different attributes that are hard to compare. Dougie brings a metronomic quality to the midfield passing, creating time and space (and with it, control). Tielemans brings more vertical penetration in his passing. Neither can tackle.

Tielemans can't run either. The world's oldest 26 year old I recall a poster calling him, well into last season too. I remember him playing next to Luiz, Kamara must have been injured, at Bournemouth back in December. We might aswell have had a traffic cone in midfield next to Luiz. When he played in the Ramsey role on the left, he was a disaster too. Emery eventually found him a role up next to Watkins and that's fine when we have lots of possession. But out of possession even there he was a liability, struggles to press from the front. A good option to have further up the pitch, don't get me wrong, but replacing Luiz as a second 6, no chance for me.

Im really struggling to see how any combination of our new midfield options replaces the quality and stability Luiz/Kamara brought to our midfield. Barkley, given his history with us alone, must be our strangest signing since maybe Heskey? It's going to be some jump from starting with Luton, under little pressure as they were expected to be relegated anyway, to playing PL and CL football with us. Every performance scrutinised, dealing with rotation, he couldn't cope with it before. If Emery can get Barkley performing to the level Luiz was, football coaching is wasted on him, it's in the UN he should be.

Tielemans highest average match rating came from playing at his deepest. 7.23, compared to 7.11 as an attacking midfielder.

He scored 2 goals as the defensive pivot, created 1, with the stats the opposite way round in attack.

If we read everything you'd wrote last season, without knowing the context of how we'd got on, I'd be looking up pubs to drink in for Bristol City, rather than hoping we get somewhere warm to go to for our first Champions League away game.

A polite suggestion, but have you ever considered trying to enjoy your hobby? Maybe think about it.

[Brazilian Villain]

God, imagine him in his pomp at the Villa...

He'd have been the ultimate DVB.

[Clark W Griswold]

As I’ve said before I agree with the sentiment regarding Barkley but even if you take him out of it I think the midfield will be slightly stronger next season than last, much stronger than in the last few months. Onana is a cracking signing and on the face of it the type of proper defensive midfielder we’ve needed for the years, Barrenechea looks like a similar player and a good punt. Ramsey will hopefully get over the injuries, I expect a big season from Tielemans now he looks to be fully settled and Kamara will be back at some stage. And we’ve still got McGinn. We’ll be fine.

[Drummond]

We now appear to have strength in depth, options to change the system with players who are suited to it.

I do wonder if the likes of our captain will see less game time now. The pressure is on for them all.

[Somniloquism]

We now appear to have strength in depth, options to change the system with players who are suited to it.

I do wonder if the likes of our captain will see less game time now. The pressure is on for them all.

I disagree slightly. We are overloaded for options on the left wing and centre mid, but the right is quite bereft with Bailey and Cash being the main first teamers in that role, with Cash having either a kid or a CB as replacement (and for all Percy's stats, I would prefer Konsa in the centre instead of Carlos). Also with Diaby gone, no obvious cover for Bailey. We also have no viable cover for Watkins either and Left CB doesn't have cover until at least Sept/Oct.