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

[VillaTim]

🚨 Louie Barry is expected to join Sheffield United on a season-long loan.
@SkySportsLyall

Why do we keep doing them Neanderthals favours

Its done out of sense of guilt for THAT game where we only stayed up because of faulty goal line technology and they only went down because of it. Everyone knows that's how the universe works.

Good point. I'd forgotten about that .

[Richard]

🚨 Louie Barry is expected to join Sheffield United on a season-long loan.
@SkySportsLyall

Why do we keep doing them Neanderthals favours

Its done out of sense of guilt for THAT game where we only stayed up because of faulty goal line technology and they only went down because of it. Everyone knows that's how the universe works.

Except that they finished 20 points above the relegation zone that season.....

[AV84]

Sheffield United have never looked a particularly exciting or attacking team anytime I've seen them. Granted, that was mainly when they were getting their arses handed to them in the Premier League. I see they finished 3rd last season, so it could be a decent move for him. Injury free I'd imagine this is the last loan for him? If he's not knocking on the first team door by next summer he'll probably be off.

[cdbearsfan]

🚨 Louie Barry is expected to join Sheffield United on a season-long loan.
@SkySportsLyall

Why do we keep doing them Neanderthals favours

Its done out of sense of guilt for THAT game where we only stayed up because of faulty goal line technology and they only went down because of it. Everyone knows that's how the universe works.

Except that they finished 20 points above the relegation zone that season.....

Went down the season after though, still traumatised by their electronic injustice.

[Rigadon]

The rumours from the last 24 hours are that our entire first team is being sold then.

[Gareth]

Sheffield United have never looked a particularly exciting or attacking team anytime I've seen them. Granted, that was mainly when they were getting their arses handed to them in the Premier League. I see they finished 3rd last season, so it could be a decent move for him. Injury free I'd imagine this is the last loan for him? If he's not knocking on the first team door by next summer he'll probably be off.

They were managed by the effective but decidedly limited Chris Wilder!

If they keep Hamer & O’Hare there then Barry could be playing in a very attacking front line

[N'ZMAV]

JUST IN: Manchester United have made a move for Emi Martinez with negotiations already underway with Aston Villa!

[@gastonedul] #MUFC

And so it begins. I want £60m I will take £35m.

Monchi and Vidagany are an absolute joke.  Constantly selling our best players for peanuts and pissing about in Spain during a crucial transfer window. Get rid of the pair of them

This is a bit dramatic, not sure if it was sarcastic... I think they've got a tough gig, which, could be partly their own doing, did they do enough last summer to give us a realistic chance of getting into the Champions League again? Rashford and Asensio in Jan suggested not - however, dips in form by Martinez, Bailey etc was slightly unexpected, especially Emi - which meant January was important to do more than we may have forecast. I think they need a better summer this time around. But, with no CL, and a wage bill that needs trimming, they've certainly got to do better.

[N'ZMAV]

The rumours from the last 24 hours are that our entire first team is being sold then.

We should have signed Duran on loan

[ADVILLAFAN]

Sheffield United have never played good football, they always just lump it up to the big men.

They're the epitome of dour.

[Rigadon]

Sheffield United have never played good football, they always just lump it up to the big men.

They're the epitome of dour.

Especially since the Sean Bean era.

[The Edge]

JUST IN: Manchester United have made a move for Emi Martinez with negotiations already underway with Aston Villa!

[@gastonedul] #MUFC

And so it begins. I want £60m I will take £35m.

Monchi and Vidagany are an absolute joke.  Constantly selling our best players for peanuts and pissing about in Spain during a crucial transfer window. Get rid of the pair of them

This is a bit dramatic, not sure if it was sarcastic... I think they've got a tough gig, which, could be partly their own doing, did they do enough last summer to give us a realistic chance of getting into the Champions League again? Rashford and Asensio in Jan suggested not - however, dips in form by Martinez, Bailey etc was slightly unexpected, especially Emi - which meant January was important to do more than we may have forecast. I think they need a better summer this time around. But, with no CL, and a wage bill that needs trimming, they've certainly got to do better.

BCVillian is a boring troll. I think we all know what BC stands for and then there's his hilarious word twist where he calls himself a Villain when us villa fans are usually known as Villans.

[Dave]

Not necessarily, I'd read the latter as usual looking for someone to cover Konsa rather than compete for the spot, which was the aim in January when we were chasing another year in the CL.

I'd hope that this isn't the case - Konsa's good, but there are very few places in the team where someone shouldn't be worried about another player being able to come in and take their place. On pedigree, Diego Carlos should have been pushing Konsa hard to be our first-choice RCB so if we go into this season with Konsa having no threat to his place it feels like a big step backwards and that situation isn't going to help him or us.

Monchi's (probable) biggest success in his second stint at Sevilla was picking Koundé up from Bordeaux when he was 20. That's why Monchi's here, and he should be finding us that centre-back who is good enough now to at least challenge Konsa, and in five years is either one of the best in the world and in our defence or we're fighting off bids of £100m from Bayern for him.

[kippaxvilla2]

Going into the season having Konsa and Mings fighting for two spots along with Torres doesn't fill me with excitement to be honest. 

[eamonn]

We have fine youths too right?

[Brazilian Villain]

Going into the season having Konsa and Mings fighting for two spots along with Torres doesn't fill me with excitement to be honest.

Yeah, another season of Torres v Mings stats on here does concern me.