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

[Dave]

Which bit of that do you think wasn't fully public knowledge at the beginning of February?

[Drummond]

Well I think you know I feel about name calling but will move on.

Nope, sorry, you can't always have the last word before saying we 'move on'. You were wrong to accuse me. It wasn't 'name calling'.

I know you're sensitive about it FootyWooty-VillyBilly but get over it. People will pull you up if you post shit or inaccurate information, as they pull up others doing the same. They'll also pull you up about your posting style if it irritates, annoys or pleases them as other people get pulled up or commented on too. You just happen to be pulled up more because your style happens to rub people up the wrong way more than others do, and you won't adapt your style and expect others to change for you. In this case, I wasn't pulling you up or calling you names. So stop.

[Demitri_C]

Well I think you know I feel about name calling but will move on.
Back to transfers :

TEAMtalk understands that Villa have the option to make Rashford’s loan deal permanent in the summer transfer window for £40million.

Sources have told TEAMtalk that Villa have not yet decided whether or not they will trigger that option.

The Villans are still evaluating Rashford and want to see him enjoy a run of sustained good form and high-level performances up to the end of the season.

We understand that the forward also has plenty of opportunities elsewhere, and sources suggest a move abroad is still something that is of interest to Rashford.

Barcelona are among the sides keeping tabs on the Englishman’s situation and will make a move if they feel a deal is there to be done.

Sources say that the 27-year-old will not make any final calls on his future until the summer and wants to evaluate all the opportunities on the table.

Unless he goes on a unbelievable  goal scoring run i dont think we will take the option up due to FFP. If FFP wasnt a factor then we would  be signing him

[LeeB]

Well I think you know I feel about name calling but will move on.
Back to transfers :

TEAMtalk understands that Villa have the option to make Rashford’s loan deal permanent in the summer transfer window for £40million.

Sources have told TEAMtalk that Villa have not yet decided whether or not they will trigger that option.

The Villans are still evaluating Rashford and want to see him enjoy a run of sustained good form and high-level performances up to the end of the season.

We understand that the forward also has plenty of opportunities elsewhere, and sources suggest a move abroad is still something that is of interest to Rashford.

Barcelona are among the sides keeping tabs on the Englishman’s situation and will make a move if they feel a deal is there to be done.

Sources say that the 27-year-old will not make any final calls on his future until the summer and wants to evaluate all the opportunities on the table.

Unless he goes on a unbelievable  goal scoring run i dont think we will take the option up due to FFP. If FFP wasnt a factor then we would  be signing him

I think we will move on others and sign him.

[nigel]

I think the key to signing Rashford will be keeping hold of Asensio and vice versa.
They seem to have struck up an understanding between each other and if one stays for the ride the other one will, too.

[Olneythelonely]

I agree with LeeB. We’ll be doing everything to keep Rashford and Asensio, including moving on others. Unai has introduced a next level of player and that’s the way we’ll be trying to head.

I think Ramsey and Watkins will definitely go.

[PaulWinch again]

I would be very surprised if they both go.

[AV84]

I think Asensio will be the priority, mainly because he seems to be someone Emery pursued, and he wants to be here. Rashford seems like a signing that just came up and suited both parties at the time. Our situation, and his, could change drastically in the next few months, so it's not as simple as just making a thing permanent.

[London Villan]

Our level of European involvement will obviously dictate our signings.

[Footy-Vill]

Barcelona would be willing to sell Spain forward Ferran Torres, 25, for about £30m with Aston Villa, Liverpool and Manchester United interested in the former Manchester City attacker. (Fichajes - in Spanish)

[Footy-Vill]

There's going to be the inevitable Grealish talk especially with possibility he actually will leave Man City in the summer.

The rumours and speculation will just keep happening from now till he moves on from Man City this summer and there’s a recent i news article by Micheal Hinks titled :It’s time for Grealish to leave Man City - five moves that could save his career.

“So… where next for Jack Grealish?
A return to Villa? They have arguably moved on since his departure and Unai Emery may struggle to find a place for the club’s former captain in his starting XI.

This transfer would though have a sprinkle of romance, providing there is room for repentance given a sizeable chunk of Villa supporters have jeered Grealish upon his returns to Villa Park, but finances will be a concern for Villa.

They have walked a Profitability and Sustainability Rules (PSR) tightrope of late, Emery admitting the rules have forced Villa to find “different ways” to be resourceful, although Jhon Duran’s departure did at least pave the way for Rashford to arrive on loan.

Villa have an option to buy Rashford in the summer for £40m, but should that not materialise there is a place out on the left wing available that Grealish could look to reclaim”

[pauliewalnuts]

Not having a pop at you, F-V, but it's incredible that anyone might genuinely think Radio WM's Mick Taylor's idea on transfer plans is any more informed or likely to be accurate than asking, say, a random person on the street, a dead person or a cat the same question.

“Not having a pop” is like starting a conversation “…no disrespect” to someone followed by every word being disrespectful.

I don't that works at all in this case, it's questioning the validity of the article itself rather than the poster sharing g it.

Indeed. I have no concerns at suggesting I am not having a pop at the F-V team when I actually do have a pop, but in this case, I was raising concerns about the actual 'news' knowledge of a WM journalist.

[paul_e]

Barcelona would be willing to sell Spain forward Ferran Torres, 25, for about £30m with Aston Villa, Liverpool and Manchester United interested in the former Manchester City attacker. (Fichajes - in Spanish)

I could see him being an alternative if Rashford doesn't stay. Very good player who is only available because Yamal is special.

[ADVILLAFAN]

Posters will be so confused if we have Scottish strikers Rory and James Wilson.

[Somniloquism]

Nottingham Forest will revive their interest in Juventus' Douglas Luiz this summer, after failing with a January bid for 26-year-old Brazil midfielder. (Tuttosport - in Italian)