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

[SaddVillan]

From L'Equipe

FOUR YEARS AFTER ARRIVING IN BREST, DUTCH KEEPER MARCO BIZOT WILL LEAVE TO JOIN ASTON VILLA.

Courted by several contenders, such as Leeds, Saudi clubs and even a Ligue 1 club from the northern third of France, Marco Bizot will be well involved in Aston Villa, the club that has engaged in discussions with Brest this week, as revealed in our columns. The Birmingham club will even send a plane to Brest airport at 4pm on Sunday to pick up the 34-year-old Dutch goalkeeper and then have him sign his contract, the terms of which were still to be discussed.

While there is one year left on Bizot's contract, it is still a transfer, with the idea of being a double, but perhaps not that of Emiliano Martinez, the incumbent, because the Argentinean world champion is announced on the start.

He had won the hearts of the Pirates
For Brest, this departure is not a surprise. Bizot had shown his desires as early as last summer, and the Breton club began to plan for this situation in January, in anticipation.

The fans understood this and the Dutchman was happily celebrated by the fans in Brest's last home game against Lille (2-0 on May 10). Bizot had won the hearts of the Pirates, his jersey was one of the most in demand at the shop behind those of Brendan Chardonnet and Pierre Lees-Melou.

Since his arrival in 2021, he has played 148 matches with Brest, for 213 goals conceded and 40 clean sheets. He was a major architect of Brest's historic qualification in the Champions League. Although his last season may have seemed less successful, he still had a stand out performance against PSV Eindhoven (1-0, on December 10 in Guingamp), which earned him a 9/10 in our columns and should remain in Brest's memory.

A Cessna Citation flew from Brest to BHX today.

Left Brest at 1603 French time  (3pm UK time) landed at 1555.

[Matt C]

Airplane tracking. Now it’s a proper summer.

[eamonn]

TheTrees rules ok

[Gareth]

We should get to see him for 45 mins on Wednesday night then

[Rudy Can't Fail]

🚨 NEW: Benfica are moving forward to sign Enzo Barrenechea on a permanent deal.
@CLMerlo

Saw the rumour the other day and Benfica want him on the cheap, basically the £8m we paid for him. They can piss off.

Which would be weird, it’s entirely against our interests to do that.

Too much noise for too long about our financial issues have everybody trying to take advantage. That said, the Spurs motto comes to mind, 'if you don't ask the answer is always no'.

UPDATE: It's been reported here Benfica are looking to offer us €10m for him though we want €12m, apparently we bought him last summer for €7m. There's no other offer on the table despite interest from Valencia and Porto. If it's true I hope we have a 50% sell on clause.

[Mister E]

🚨 NEW: Benfica are moving forward to sign Enzo Barrenechea on a permanent deal.
@CLMerlo

Saw the rumour the other day and Benfica want him on the cheap, basically the £8m we paid for him. They can piss off.

Which would be weird, it’s entirely against our interests to do that.

Too much noise for too long about our financial issues have everybody trying to take advantage. That said, the Spurs motto comes to mind, 'if you don't ask the answer is always no'.

UPDATE: It's been reported here Benfica are looking to offer us €10m for him though we want €12m, apparently we bought him last summer for €7m. There's no other offer on the table despite interest from Valencia and Porto. If it's true I hope we have a 50% sell on clause. Maybe we should give him a chance to succeed in a Villa shirt, given that we're only talking about €12m for a kid who is on the verge of the Argentinian full squad

Here's the alternative line-to-take.

[Hookeysmith]

It's a shame but it looks like we have already made our minds up about Enzo and he is to be a PSR pawn only.

Shame I hoped we had unearthed a gem

[Somniloquism]

UPDATE: It's been reported here Benfica are looking to offer us €10m for him though we want €12m, apparently we bought him last summer for €7m. There's no other offer on the table despite interest from Valencia and Porto. If it's true I hope we have a 50% sell on clause.

Probably what he was put down as worth being as he was part of a player swap.

[PaulWinch again]

I just don’t see why a deal of that nature is that beneficial from a PSR perspective to make it worthwhile for us. If it was £20m odd I get it, but we’d be better to hang onto him if it’s a negligible profit.

[cdbearsfan]

We don't just have to worry about PSR we need to make a profit this transfer window.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

We have plenty of deadwood to get rid of that should bring in some cash for the balance sheet.

[Mister E]

I just don’t see why a deal of that nature is that beneficial from a PSR perspective to make it worthwhile for us. If it was £20m odd I get it, but we’d be better to hang onto him if it’s a negligible profit.

correct

[john2710]

We don't just have to worry about PSR we need to make a profit this transfer window.

We won't bring anyone in, until we move someone out. We can't take the risk of signing players only to find out we can't shift the ones we don't want.

[PaulWinch again]

We don't just have to worry about PSR we need to make a profit this transfer window.

And I still maintain the same position on that. It’s a daft deal for that purpose too at the quoted figures.

[cdbearsfan]

We've already signed two players, albeit one on a free, and looks like another will be joining shortly. Not sure if signing-on fees etc count. We have only sold KKH unless I have forgotten anyone.