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

[Dick Edwards]

Even the spurious rumours seem to have died a death now. Going to need every ounce of Emery magic this season.

Our results for the last few months of the season made us one of the top three performing clubs in the league. As things stand we've lost no players of significance other than our three loans. I have no doubt we will bring in a defender and a striker before the end of the window. If we still have Emi and Ollie come August 16th the team that starts our season will be very competitive.

[Rigadon]

I’m more in the optimism camp, but those loan signings made a massive impact in the run in.  I’m not sure we’d have finished as high as 6th without those players.

I don’t think Martinez will be at villa come August, but I’m not too fussed about it (I know others are and understand why).  So, we need a GK, a right sided proper defender, a winger and maybe a CF if Watkins is sold too. 

[Steve67]

Hoping for a left or right winger with genuine pace.  I feel we are undercooked with attacking players currently.

[andyh]

No but they have legitimate financial issues - they’re run appallingly badly.

Clearly not.

Despite their financial troubles, they still bring in top,top players and pay them.

[PaulWinch again]

Well no, they’re mortgaging their future to try and cling on to the present.

[PaulWinch again]

I’m more in the optimism camp, but those loan signings made a massive impact in the run in.  I’m not sure we’d have finished as high as 6th without those players.

I don’t think Martinez will be at villa come August, but I’m not too fussed about it (I know others are and understand why).  So, we need a GK, a right sided proper defender, a winger and maybe a CF if Watkins is sold too. 

I think that first paragraph is key - without those loanees there’s no way we do as well as we did in the second half of the season. Obviously it won’t be the same players, but if we don’t at least try and plug that gap I think we’ll struggle to keep pace. I think we’re quite light out wide and in central defence.

[LeeS]

I must admit, this is now getting a bit boring. The one positive is that we do seem to be picking up some promising youngsters.

If we can get Bouba signed up and keep everyone else then, who knows, we could push top 6 again.

[PaulWinch again]

I think we’d struggle, we’re very light in terms of attacking options and pace.

[RamboandBruno]

Reality is, we had injuries which didn’t help, but even so, before Rashford, Asensio and to a lesser extent Malen came in, we were just above mid table, albeit doing well in the champions league.
There are numerous reasons why we were struggling before xmas. Injuries as said, but as much as he went off the boil, we missed Diaby’s pace, we missed Dougie, Tielemans is a great player, but we were better with him, Dougie and Kamara in the same team, we also missed Bailey’s form.
Rashford & Asensio helped plug those gaps in differing ways.
We need different threats attacking wise, particularly away from home, if we are going to trouble the top 6 let alone the top 4.

[andyh]

It’s a little disconcerting to keep reading the football gossip on the beeb seeing every club mentioned, but not a single rumour about us signing anyone of significance.

[LeeB]

99% of rumours are total bullshit either made up by some sad little man in a Hertfordshire bedroom for attention or to generate clicks to a site, so I'm fairly relaxed.

[Steve67]

I wonder if we are waiting for those clubs we are negotiating with to get their business done first, we just have to wait our turn.  There are a few players that I'd have wanted us to be interested in, we may have been to be fair, such as Madueke and Elanga.  It's good that we don't do our business through the media but even Percy from the Telegraph is quiet at the moment.

[Dante Lavelli]

99% of rumours are total bullshit either made up by some sad little man in a Hertfordshire bedroom for attention or to generate clicks to a site, so I'm fairly relaxed.

I wonder what its like support Bilbao during the off season?  There can’t be much speculation.  Scouting involves searching birth certificates to see where players are born.  It’s incredible they’ve never been relegated, let alone qualifying for the champions league.

[Bent Neilsens Screamer]

It’s a little disconcerting to keep reading the football gossip on the beeb seeing every club mentioned, but not a single rumour about us signing anyone of significance.

In the past you don’t really hear of a Villa signing before they’ve virtually signed. We tend to do our business silently.

I like discussing the rumours, when there are some but they mostly amount to nothing.

[PeterWithe]

I had a feeling, based on absolutely fuck all, that Rashford would be back here again. Shame that.