Winter 2025 Transfer Window - hopes, speculation, rumours etc.

[cdbearsfan]

Ta.

[jwarry]

Why were Monchi and Vidigny at Seville vs Valencia last night? Just noticed Nyland plays for Seville!

Aston Villa have enquired about Sevilla defender Loďc Badé.
@Tanziloic
 

Just read he was as Forest a couple of years a go and never make a single appearance

[OCD]

Yasin Özcan will have his medical at Aston Villa tomorrow — he will spend the rest of the season on loan at Kasımpaşa. Fee is €7m + €1m in add-ons.
@yakupcinar

Sounds like yet a other left footed centre back?

Probably Mings' long-term replacement, like how the French lad from Caen might be McGinn's long-term replacement.

[OCD]

Another one for the future, but apparently we are looking at Nathan Lowe, who has been scoring at Walsall, who is owned by Stoke.

Good goals record for his age. Stoke have recalled him.

[Somniloquism]

Just read he was as Forest a couple of years a go and never make a single appearance

Wouldn't read too much into it. He was 22 and Forest bought in 23 players that summer including three other central defenders.

[Tuscans]

Aston Villa have rejected a bid from West Ham for Jhon Durán.
@SportsPeteO

If they have I imagine Sullivan has come in with a lower offer than last summers offer...or a straight swap for Antonio, knowing him.

[paul_e]

Not quite, we could make a 4th change if we sell/loan out 5 players who were named in our original a squad but I don't see any reason we'd go that extreme in this window.

[paul_e]

Just read he was as Forest a couple of years a go and never make a single appearance

Wouldn't read too much into it. He was 22 and Forest bought in 23 players that summer including three other central defenders.

I don't think they could register him in the premier league squad so he only joined their reserves, I'm sure I saw a story about it at some point because he went on to have a really good 2nd half of the season at Seville and some Foest fans were upset about it.

[AV84]

Aston Villa have rejected a bid from West Ham for Jhon Durán.
@SportsPeteO

If they have I imagine Sullivan has come in with a lower offer than last summers offer...or a straight swap for Antonio, knowing him.

I was just thinking about them last night when I read the donkey they signed instead of Duran is out for a couple of months. Is Ings their only striker now?

[paul_e]

It wouldn't surprise me if Sullivan made some pisstake offer like that. Him and Levy seem to have borrowed the Ellis trick of making bids they know won't be accepted so they can pretend they were trying to make something happen without actually having to pay for it.

[Tuscans]

Aston Villa have rejected a bid from West Ham for Jhon Durán.
@SportsPeteO

If they have I imagine Sullivan has come in with a lower offer than last summers offer...or a straight swap for Antonio, knowing him.

I was just thinking about them last night when I read the donkey they signed instead of Duran is out for a couple of months. Is Ings their only striker now?

Right now, Fullkrug, Antonio and I suppose Bowen too

[Somniloquism]

They still have Kudus who is decent, but they appear to have been playing him as a second striker / 10 position recently. But they are missing Antonio, Bowen and now Fulkreg so they are desperate. Don't think they can meet our new valuation anymore though and the links are mostly laziness.

[paul_e]

Aston Villa have rejected a bid from West Ham for Jhon Durán.
@SportsPeteO

If they have I imagine Sullivan has come in with a lower offer than last summers offer...or a straight swap for Antonio, knowing him.

I was just thinking about them last night when I read the donkey they signed instead of Duran is out for a couple of months. Is Ings their only striker now?

Right now, Fullkrug, Antonio and I suppose Bowen too

Yes, but Fullkrug limped off and who knows when Antonio will be back given he's lucky if he ever plays again.

[Hookeysmith]

Would it not be a bit of a gamble having only two goalies in Europe, or are we allowed to just put a kid on the bench in emergencies?

We only need a minimum of two GK on list A, we have three others listed on list B (Proctor, Zych and Lewis).

What happened to Emery Jr?  Or do they have to be home grown?

[paul_e]

Would it not be a bit of a gamble having only two goalies in Europe, or are we allowed to just put a kid on the bench in emergencies?

We only need a minimum of two GK on list A, we have three others listed on list B (Proctor, Zych and Lewis).

What happened to Emery Jr?  Or do they have to be home grown?

They need to spend 2 years at the club at U21 level to be eligible for list 'b', so he's not been here long enough.