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

[Somniloquism]

Aston Villa are interested in Barcelona forward Ferran Torres, 25, and prepared to offer around 50m euros (£42m) for the Spain international. (Mundo Deportivo - in Spanish)

Atletico Madrid are among several clubs interested in Aston Villa's Argentine midfielder Enzo Barrenechea, 23, who is on loan at Valencia. (Birmingham Mail)

[kippaxvilla2]

I think the problem is no recruitment is perfect - and gk are difficult to replace.

When you see the difference in the team when Olsen is in goal v emi you can see the risk. 

Monchi recruited Olsen at Roma. Just saying, like.

To be fair that was to replace Allison who was never heard of again.

[UK Redsox]

I once met a “Sibohan’’ in a school.

I checked and she pronounced it as Siobhan, but I wondered why someone hadn’t spellchecked her birth certificate at the time…and sorry, there isn’t a fada on my keyboard!

That has just reminded me of a girl Mrs. Exeter taught whose name was Danellia because her parents couldn't spell Daniella. She also taught a Joop! (complete with the exclamation mark and her mother got arsey when her daughter's name was spelled without it).

What a let down #hmhb

[SaddVillan]

https://onefootball.com/en/news/aston-villa-make-ambitious-move-for-barcelona-forward-this-summer-41133268

A measured article.

The click bait clowns are putting Barca forward as a possible destination for Dibu.

If that were to be true, then might a player plus cash swap  deal be considered?

And do Barca have another economic lever they can pull to rustle up the €30-35m to make up the deal?

[AV84]

^ there's been several reports linking us with a swap deal for Feran Torres.

[cdbearsfan]

So far as I know, you can't play for three different clubs in a season but it's fine if you sign for one and don't play.

With that in mind, is there any rule that stops us: selling Rogers to Chelsea for £500 million, buying him back for same price. Buying Palmer from Chelsea for £500 million, selling him back for the same price?

No actual cash changes hands but we've both sorted our PSR issues for the next five years.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

^ there's been several reports linking us with a swap deal for Feran Torres.

The only positive I can see from that deal is at least it's not a swap deal for another of Unai's favourites, João Felix.
IIRC Barca couldn't get rid of Torres last season despite telling him he wasn't wanted, his feet smell and he's ugly. Credit where it's due, he turned it around and has managed to deliver the goods this season but I do wonder if he's better suited to La Liga than the PL.

[Tokyo Sexwhale]

So far as I know, you can't play for three different clubs in a season but it's fine if you sign for one and don't play.

With that in mind, is there any rule that stops us: selling Rogers to Chelsea for £500 million, buying him back for same price. Buying Palmer from Chelsea for £500 million, selling him back for the same price?

No actual cash changes hands but we've both sorted our PSR issues for the next five years.

No, because you still have £100m a year for the next 5 years on the books; plus Palmer's wages, plus all the agents fees, taxes etc on the transfer.

All you're doing with these deals is kicking the can down the road and hoping something will turn up to smother the costs  - like increasing revenue, selling other players, more TV money, competing in CL etc.

[cdbearsfan]

Bugger. I thought I'd discovered the magic money tree that politicians are always talking about.

[olaftab]

^ there's been several reports linking us with a swap deal for Feran Torres.

It's all they know and the most obvious thing so they report it. If Emi does end up there we don't want  Barca reservers. Our team is far better than that now.

Anyway having two Torres in the team would be a disaster of armageddon proportion with some people on here as they can't deal with one Torres.

[cdbearsfan]

According to Google, Torres means "towers", meaning it is already plural. I can't see us being allowed to sign another one.

[thick_mike]

^ there's been several reports linking us with a swap deal for Feran Torres.

It's all they know and the most obvious thing so they report it. If Emi does end up there we don't want  Barca reservers. Our team is far better than that now.

Anyway having two Torres in the team would be a disaster of armageddon proportion with some people on here as they can't deal with one Torres.

It’s the second book of El Señor de los Anillos.

[LeeB]

According to Google, Torres means "towers", meaning it is already plural. I can't see us being allowed to sign another one.

He's the illegitimate son of former Midlands Today sports anchor Alan.

[algy]

According to Google, Torres means "towers", meaning it is already plural. I can't see us being allowed to sign another one.

Two Towers is the best Lord of the Rings book/movie though. And JRR Tolkien was probably a Villa supporter given he must’ve got the inspiration for Mordor from *somewhere* - probably Sandwell - and the orcs are quite obviously based on Small Heath supporters.

So i reckon he’d be in favour of it.

[AV84]

A second plane has hit the Torres