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

[Tokyo Sexwhale]

Selling Rogers would be ridiculous.

Don't think or want it to happen, just saying we are in a good position to trade well even if we did. The one player I do not think we could replace is Kamara, as he is so specialised in the position he plays in for Emery.

It wouldn't make much sense because any profit you make on Rogers will be more than swallowed up by the fees and wages of players like Eze and De Bruyne - who would want a minimum of 200k a week.

Yeah, it helps us in the short term financially with PSR, but doesn't help us with wage:turnover requirements.

[Tuscans]

🚨 Aston Villa have had two offers rejected for Marseille right-back Michael Amir Murillo — they want €25m.
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[cdbearsfan]

Ooh, Panama, new country! Get him signed.

[brontebilly]

I agree with that, so I wonder why he started playing Rashford up top? The pace of Rashford (which we desperately need) worked well with Asensio in the middle, but then we started playing him as a number 9.

It worked well against weak teams or when we needed to chase it like v Chelsea. But less so against likes of Liverpool where we got overran in midfield. Rashford's back to goal play as a 9 is pretty average but he still put a fair old shift in when he was played there. Wound up poor Ollie something rotten though.

[Brazilian Villain]

🚨 Aston Villa have had two offers rejected for Marseille right-back Michael Amir Murillo — they want €25m.
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Has anyone seen him play? I don't have Canal+.

[Richard]

🚨 Aston Villa have had two offers rejected for Marseille right-back Michael Amir Murillo — they want €25m.
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Has anyone seen him play? I don't have Canal+.

30 next year, doesn't seem like a 25 million euros target to me.

[caster troy]

🚨 Aston Villa have had two offers rejected for Marseille right-back Michael Amir Murillo — they want €25m.
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Looking at his highlights reel you can see exactly why he'd be a target for us. It's all defending and progressive passes from a defensive position, not bombing forward. Quick and strong too.

[paul_e]

I agree with that, so I wonder why he started playing Rashford up top? The pace of Rashford (which we desperately need) worked well with Asensio in the middle, but then we started playing him as a number 9.

Watkins got injured (he missed the internationals with it) so he had no choice but to ease him back in and split the workload with Rashford and then just as things were settling again Rashford got injured and that hurt us, especially away from home.

[algy]

By my calculations we have added zero new nationalities since Emery took over. It's not good enough. I DEMAND a Uruguayan, Mexican, Korean and someone from somewhere mad like Tajikistan or Belize and I DEMAND them NOW!

I'd really like a Mexican winger (or full back would be fine, as long as he's one of the attacking type ones).  One that does loads of clever little jinks and tricks and stuff like that ...  a proper tricksy player who is a bit mental but everyone loves him cos he's ridiculously talented.  Ideally he'd wear a bandana, like Savo didn't.

Come on, Monchi and the boffins in the scouting department.  Time to earn your wages.

[Rigadon]

Selling Rogers would be ridiculous.

Don't think or want it to happen, just saying we are in a good position to trade well even if we did. The one player I do not think we could replace is Kamara, as he is so specialised in the position he plays in for Emery.

It wouldn't make much sense because any profit you make on Rogers will be more than swallowed up by the fees and wages of players like Eze and De Bruyne - who would want a minimum of 200k a week.

Yeah, it helps us in the short term financially with PSR, but doesn't help us with wage:turnover requirements.

Agree with most of your original post Ashton.  But selling Rogers to Chelsea would be the equivalent of waving the white flag in respect of progressing as a club.  Martinez, yes.  Bailey, yes.  Watkins, reluctantly yes.  All 3 have peaked in terms of form and this the last chance we can trade at market value given their age.  But Rogers, one of 3 players who have been absolutely fantastic this season, after one full season, to a direct competitor?  I think I'd probably give up a bit on believing we were serious about wining stuff.

[AV82EC]

I love all these rumours that come from foreign news sources as it just proves to my mind anyway that Monchi and Vidaganay are master bullshitters when it comes to dropping titbits to journos. It leads everyone up the garden path while we get on with the real target.

[algy]

Selling Rogers would be ridiculous.

Don't think or want it to happen, just saying we are in a good position to trade well even if we did. The one player I do not think we could replace is Kamara, as he is so specialised in the position he plays in for Emery.

It wouldn't make much sense because any profit you make on Rogers will be more than swallowed up by the fees and wages of players like Eze and De Bruyne - who would want a minimum of 200k a week.

Yeah, it helps us in the short term financially with PSR, but doesn't help us with wage:turnover requirements.

Agree with most of your original post Ashton.  But selling Rogers to Chelsea would be the equivalent of waving the white flag in respect of progressing as a club.  Martinez, yes.  Bailey, yes.  Watkins, reluctantly yes.  All 3 have peaked in terms of form and this the last chance we can trade at market value given their age.  But Rogers, one of 3 players who have been absolutely fantastic this season, after one full season, to a direct competitor?  I think I'd probably give up a bit on believing we were serious about wining stuff.

Agree with this - it would send out entirely the wrong message.

I don't mind us selling players if they go on to not be as good at other clubs, e.g. Joe.  I don't really want them hitting the heights elsewhere, though.  Not through malice towards the players - it's just we should be getting the best years out of them, then sell them on just before their slow but inevitable decline.

[Rigadon]

And, if we would've qualified instead of Chelseas, would any commentator be running stories about us 'admiring' Palmer?  Nah.  And it is THAT perception that needs to change and will never change if sell our best players to teams competing for try same league positions.  It might never change actually, but it definitely won't if we 'accept our place in the pecking order' as we have done since I can remember.

I can live with Europa league, but I wouldn't accept us flogging our best players to rivals (the clubs finishing 1-6 and potentially now Spurs again if they change their manager effectively).   

[Dave]

I love all these rumours that come from foreign news sources as it just proves to my mind anyway that Monchi and Vidaganay are master bullshitters when it comes to dropping titbits to journos. It leads everyone up the garden path while we get on with the real target.

This feels a lot more to me like an agent trying to get his 29 year old client slightly improved contract terms now that's he's (pretty late in his career) made himself first-choice at a big club.

Rather than anything we're leaking.

[PeterWithe]

Ooh, Panama, new country! Get him signed.

Close, but no cigar.