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

[Ian.]

Was just looking at our goals against this year. 9 teams have let in fewer goals. I know we've tightened up lately and I know we hardly had a fit centre back about midway through the season but that's pretty poor.

I'm struggling to think of a consistent reason for that excess of goals conceded

A different centre back pairing and lack of fit right back for large chunks, missing Kamara. Not that hard to work out, especially when you mentioned it.

[Toronto Villa]

🚨 Aston Villa are on a ‘huge’ offensive for RC Strasbourg midfielder Habib Diarra.
@MohamedTERParis

What does that even mean? Are we using bad language and being offensive. Or has Monchi employed the SAS and some other black opps to take out this player?

[AV84]

Sounds Trumpish.

We're going to sign this guy, it's a big offensive, HUGE offensive. People are saying it's the biggest offensive they've ever seen.

[cdbearsfan]

🚨 Aston Villa are on a ‘huge’ offensive for RC Strasbourg midfielder Habib Diarra.
@MohamedTERParis

What does that even mean? Are they using bad language and being offensive. Or have they employed the SAS and some other black opps to take out this player?

We've sent the offer in a really massive envelope.

[Toronto Villa]

Sounds Trumpish.

We're going to sign this guy, it's a big offensive, HUGE offensive. People are saying it's the biggest offensive they've ever seen.

Uuuuuuuuge

[Gareth]

Aren’t Strasbourg the club ‘owned’ by Chelsea? Would have thought they would have first dibs on anyone who of any quality from there unless it’s all part of the PSR merry go round

[kippaxvilla2]

https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1924387552754053485?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet

[Somniloquism]

Type in his name in Google and he is linked to everyone.

[kippaxvilla2]

Look how the last Habib turned out.

[cdbearsfan]

Good tune, though.

[kippaxvilla2]

Was the Aceeed one? 

[cdbearsfan]

I think it was

Sunday Monday Habib Beye
Tuesday Wednesday Habib Beye
Thursday Friday Habib Beye
Saturday, what a day, working all week with you.

Though I'm not sure we ever actually sang it, it was mentioned on here as his Newcastle chant when we signed him.

[kippaxvilla2]

Oh yeh remember now.  Funny.  We hardly ever sang it as for his then £42k per week he hardly ever played.

[pauliewalnuts]

I think it was

Sunday Monday Habib Beye
Tuesday Wednesday Habib Beye
Thursday Friday Habib Beye
Saturday, what a day, working all week with you.

Though I'm not sure we ever actually sang it, it was mentioned on here as his Newcastle chant when we signed him.

That triggered a memory of this brilliant letter in Letterbocks in Viz.

[cdbearsfan]

😁