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

[kippaxvilla2]

Has that Redmond been involved in the first two games?

[Olneythelonely]

Has that Redmond been involved in the first two games?

No. Presumably he was a late arrival because of internationals.

[paul_e]

It’s still a big ask. I’m happy enough for them to dip in for a few mins here and there, unless they’ve developed exceptionally quickly. But reality is that gives you very little actual cover, we need two/three players in to enhance the first team.

No one is asking for these players to become fundamental to the squad in the next 12 months though. All I was getting at is that there are a handful of youngsters (set Ozcan aside for a moment though) that I can see taking spots on th4e bench fairly regularly. If they get 20 appearances between then next season then that will be great. If we can, by the end of the season, have some of them be safely regarded as 3rd choice in their position and/or as cover for 2-3 positions it means 2 senior players in every position is enough depth and we're 2 players away from that now.

Ozcan is different because I get the feeling he'll get a fair amount of game time this season. I could see it being more at left back than CB though.

[PaulWinch again]

I don’t think we’re saying materially different things. I think we agree that we still need at least a couple of proper first team players in. I don’t think that’s unrealistic, but without it I think we’ll find it difficult as I think flexibility in attack is an issue as is pace.

[brontebilly]

Manure are going to be a lot better than they were last season.
If you are honest you realise they they’re bestX1 is ahead than ours right now.
I know it’s uncomfortable but they tore us apart on the last day of the season and have improved since then.

I’m less than thrilled with where the squad is at the moment. But I’d be very surprised if Man Utd completely flip where they’ve been. They’ve made a couple of decent signings, but don’t confuse our hoodoo against them with that being indicative of them recovering. That game was a real outlier, they might be a bit better, but they’ve got a load of problems. I’d be very surprised if they finished top 10.

Agree. They’ll just be slightly less shite than last season. We always make them look massively better than they actually are.

I am hoping you are all right, Amorin will have the luxury of a pre season to bed in his system and they have improved their attack.
If they can get the defence working then they will improve significantly.
We are down 2 significant players.
Digne SJM Mings Watkins have probably seen their best days.
I do not think our defence is good enough when we are  relying on Maatsen Cash and Torres.

Just a reminder, we finished 24 points ahead of them last season and 8 points ahead the previous season. There was a lot more optimism this time last year after they won the FA Cup that they would kick on in the PL primarily on the basis that they couldn't be as bad again.

Amorim is just off the back of a humiliating defeat in the EL final, he's on even weaker ground than EtH was 12 months ago. If we think we have problems moving on players, how do they get rid of Onana, Maguire, Casemiro, Garnacho, Antony, Hojlund and Sancho easily?

Id be more worried about Spurs. Huge budget, CL football and a new coach.

[PaulWinch again]

Spurs are far more likely to turn it round than Man Utd - Ange was massively underperforming with that squad.

[VillaTim]

I honestly think if we started the season with this squad until Jan even without rashford and asencio we would finish pretty much in the exact position. Newcastle will struggle again, forest will be back down the bottom of the league. Us, Spurs, Chelsea and city battling for 4th/5th. We are not as desperate as people are making out, malen will be used this season. Kids will get games in the europa vs lesser opposition and we will get one or two in on loan if we don't manage to sell the deadwood. It's not time to panic until a starter leaves, if we had lost EM1 already and still were passive in the market I would be a lot more worried than I am now. Also if we need 1 more season with lower spend but competing for 7th then so be it  if it means the following season we can launch a balls to the wall assault on the top 3.

I admire the optimism but I can’t see it. Rashford and Asensio filled very obvious gaps, which is why we improved so much. We are really light on pace and depth up top. If we don’t at least cover that we’ll have problems, and centre-back is very reliant on Ozcan being able to step up at the moment.

Factor in the inevitable injuries which will come along and we'd be looking light

[brontebilly]

The right side of our team is not strong enough. Last season, an injury to Cash & we were down to Bogarde, Konsa & it was Carlos, Bailey & we're moving players to fill the role. As frustrating as Cash is at times, the alternative aren't there if he gets injured.

We need a centre back who can fill in at right back & a replacement for Bailey. We then need another option for the No 10 role.

I guess the hope is that Garcia can step up to properly compete with Cash but I'm not sure Emery is all that convinced. Hooked him at half time v Forest and we hardly saw him again. Looked a tidy player on the ball but definitely needed to get a lot fitter. Big pre season for him and plenty of cup football at a minimum ahead to get him used to what Emery wants at RB.

I don't see any genuine competition for likes of Konsa, Kamara, Tielemans, Watkins as it stands either. Maybe we could get away with starting likes of Bogarde, Barkley and Malen up front regularly in the EL but not in the PL.

[Sexual Ealing]

An account called AVFCScout on BlueSky is doing a stat comparison between Bailey and Maghnes Akliouche, who plays for Monaco. I assume we must have been linked somewhere.
https://bsky.app/profile/avfcscout.bsky.social/post/3lumsmutmck2k

[Somniloquism]

He states no to the same question, just that he would target him as a replacement. Looks like he posted that reply just after you posted here.

[Sexual Ealing]

Ah!

[PaulWinch again]

It’s slim pickings isn’t it.

[ozzjim]

Oooh some tumbleweeds.

Our owners must be so frustrated.

[Dante Lavelli]

Spurs are far more likely to turn it round than Man Utd - Ange was massively underperforming with that squad.

Yep.  Spurs are not rotten like Man U too.  A good start and they could be pushing for Top 4.   

Regardless of who Man U sign, the club will be held back by the stink of redundancies, cost cutting, weird ownership, crumbling stadium, and a bomb squad undermining the manager.  All multiplied by the media's unhealthy obsession.

[OCD]

Cunha and Mbeumo have both said they were Man Utd fans when they grew up. That and the fact that they overpay are the only reasons they've gone there.