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

[ozzjim]

This seems like the summer where the hopes of us, Newcastle and Forest actually infiltrating that top 6 regularly essentially got swatted with a large electric bat into the long grass.

Our hopes got swatted at Old Trafford.
It was a huge set back.

It's made it worse for certain, but we'd have been under the same rules with the wage bill. I think the UEFA model is even more anti competitive.

[OCD]

This might be a bit of stretch, but not making the CL last season might be a little like not getting promoted under Bruce/Xia. Gutting at the time, but had we got up who knows what kind of disaster we’d be in continuing with that team. In the end we binned Xia, got a new ownership team, ultimately dumped the cabbage and the rest is history. We went up in a much better state.

Not making the CL last season has forced us to get our house in order. The wages ratio was bonkers and we might have just continued more as we were if we made the CL. Hopefully now, as shit as this feels not to do any serious business, we might just be better off long term. Newcastle did fuck all last summer, stabilized, and ended up with a cup and CL. While they didn’t have Europe and we will, we can have a great season. We are more than capable of winning the Europa, and come out the other in a much more secure financial position that will allow us to invest again next summer.

Put another way, it gives the business side time to catch up with the football side which over-performed and put us ahead of schedule.

[tomd2103]

This might be a bit of stretch, but not making the CL last season might be a little like not getting promoted under Bruce/Xia. Gutting at the time, but had we got up who knows what kind of disaster we’d be in continuing with that team. In the end we binned Xia, got a new ownership team, ultimately dumped the cabbage and the rest is history. We went up in a much better state.

Not making the CL last season has forced us to get our house in order. The wages ratio was bonkers and we might have just continued more as we were if we made the CL. Hopefully now, as shit as this feels not to do any serious business, we might just be better off long term. Newcastle did fuck all last summer, stabilized, and ended up with a cup and CL. While they didn’t have Europe and we will, we can have a great season. We are more than capable of winning the Europa, and come out the other in a much more secure financial position that will allow us to invest again next summer.

It's a good point TV, but I think the landscape has changed even just from last season. The teams that finished in the top four have spent fairly heavily so far, which may make finishing in those spots a much more difficult proposition this coming season. 

I may be totally wrong, but it just feels at the moment like we are standing still while others are starting to pull away a bit.

[Duncan Shaw]

Apparently we have pulled out of the race for Dougie.

I saw that on the Beeb gossip, albeit from the S*n.  I was hoping he was waiting for us, which is why he hasn't moved anywhere else yet.

Like many others have said, it is a bit depressing and seriously feels like the Sky6 have decided that they want to teach those of us with aspirations a lesson to know our place and this is what their rules were for!

[Rigadon]

The monopoly in full swing.  The one thing that is relatively pleasing is that we haven’t had to sell one of our best players to the us suspects.  Yet.

[eamonn]

While part of me would like Dougie back, it makes no sense to invest so much time and money in Onana and hold him back. I'm not convinced by him yet but I think he needs to string 15 or 20 starts together (give or take) without any knocks to see if he's up to the job.

[Dick Edwards]

If money is tight, central midfield is not an area where we are short of good players. I loved Luiz bit we need to spend any available money on a speedy forward and/or a right sided defender.

[Somniloquism]

From the BEEB and shows that of the 19 other clubs, only Palace and Fulham have spent less (Fulham have signed no one, not even kids).

Premier League signings made during summer window so far
Initial fee with add-ons in brackets

Arsenal

Kepa Arrizabalaga - from Chelsea - £5m
Martin Zubimendi - from Real Sociedad - £60m
Christian Norgaard - from Brentford - £10m (£5m)
Noni Madueke - from Chelsea - £48.5m

Aston Villa

Yasin Ozcan - from Kasimpasa - £5.9m (£6.7m)
Zepiqueno Redmond - from Feyenoord - Free
Marco Bizot - from Brest - Undisclosed

Bournemouth

Adrien Truffert - from Rennes - £11.4m (£14.4m)
Djordje Petrovic - from Chelsea - £25m

Brentford

Michael Kayode - from Fiorentina - £14.8m
Caoimhin Kelleher - from Liverpool - £12.5m (£18m)
Romelle Donovan - from Birmingham City - £3m
Antoni Milambo - from Feyenoord - Undisclosed
Jordan Henderson - from Ajax - Free

Brighton

Charalampos Kostoulas - from Olympiakos - £29.8m (£31.5m)
Diego Coppola - from Hellas Verona - £8.5m
Olivier Boscagli - from PSV Eindhoven - Free
Maxim de Cuyper - from Club Brugge - Undisclosed

Burnley

Bashir Humphreys - from Chelsea - £12m (£14.7m)
Marcus Edwards - from Sporting - £8.5m
Jaidon Anthony - from Bournemouth - £7.5m
Zian Flemming - from Millwall - £7m
Max Weiss - from Karlsruher - £4.3m
Quilindschy Hartman - from Feyenoord - Undisclosed
Axel Tuanzebe - from Ipswich - Free
Loum Tchaouna - from Lazio - Undisclosed
Kyle Walker - from Manchester City - £5m
Jacob Bruun Larsen - from Stuttgart - Undisclosed

Chelsea

Liam Delap - from Ipswich - £30m
Estevao Willian - from Palmeiras - £29m (£48.5m)
Dario Essugo - from Sporting - £18.5
Mamadou Sarr - from Strasbourg - £12m
Kendry Paez - from Independiente del Valle - £8.3m (£16.6m)
Joao Pedro - from Brighton - £60m
Jamie Gittens - from Borussia Dortmund - £48.5m

Crystal Palace

Walter Benitez - from PSV Eindhoven - Free
Borna Sosa - from Ajax - Undisclosed

Everton

Charly Alcaraz - from Flamengo - £12.6m (£15.2m)
Thierno Barry - from Villarreal - £27m
Mark Travers - from Bournemouth - Undisclosed

Leeds

Jaka Bijol - from Udinese - £15m
Lukas Nmecha - from Wolfsburg - Free
Sebastiaan Bornauw - from Wolfsburg - £5.1m
Gabriel Gudmundsson - from Lille - £10m
Sean Longstaff - from Newcastle - £12m
Anton Stach - from Hoffenheim - £17m

Liverpool

Florian Wirtz - from Bayer Leverkusen - £100m (£116m)
Jeremie Frimpong - from Bayer Leverkusen - £29.5m
Armin Pecsi - from Puskas Akademia - £1.5m
Milos Kerkez - from Bournemouth - £40m
Hugo Ekitike -from Eintracht Frankfurt £69m (£79m)

Manchester City

Tijjani Reijnders - from AC Milan - £46.3m (£60m)
Rayan Ait-Nouri - from Wolves - £31m (£36.3m)
Rayan Cherki - from Lyon - £30.5m (£35.6m)
Marcus Bettinelli - from Chelsea - Nominal
Sverre Nypan - from Rosenborg - £12.5m

Manchester United

Matheus Cunha - from Wolves - £62.5m
Diego Leon - from Cerro Porteno - Undisclosed
Bryan Mbeumo - from Brentford - £65m (£6m)

Newcastle

Antonio Cordero - from Malaga - Free
Anthony Elanga - from Nottingham Forest - £55m

Nottingham Forest

Igor Jesus - from Botafogo - £10m
Jair Cunha - from Botafago - Undisclosed

Sunderland

Enzo le Fee - from Roma - £19.3m
Habib Diarra - from Strasbourg - £30m
Noah Sadiki - from Royale Union Saint-Gilloise - Reported £15m
Reinildo Mandava - from Atletico Madrid - Free
Chemsdine Talbi - from Club Brugge - Reported £18m (£2.5m)
Simon Adingra - from Brighton - £21m

Tottenham

Kevin Danso - Lens - £20.9m
Mathys Tel - from Bayern Munich - £29.8m (£34.1m)
Kota Takai - from Kawasaki Frontale - £5m
Mohammed Kudus - from West Ham - £55m

West Ham

Jean-Clair Todibo - from Nice - £36.3m
El Hadji Malick Diouf - from Slavia Prague - £19m
Kyle Walker-Peters - from Southampton - Free
Wolves

Fer Lopez - from Celta Vigo - £19.6m (£21.3m)
Jorgen Strand Larsen - from Celta Vigo - £23m

[Tuscans]

🚨 EXCL: Aston Villa submit offer to sign Jaydee Canvot from Toulouse. Proposal for 18yo #ToulouseFC centre-back not accepted but #AVFC pursuit continues. France youth int’l viewed as top prospect - interest from host of clubs. W/
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[Tuscans]

I've just heard a whisper we are lining up a loan for Felix.
I do really hope this is a wind up but if nothing else it's depth and experience. It supposedly will be a late loan potentially after the season starts.
He's normally quite reliable but I have a feeling he's pulling my pud on this one.
Vinnie have you heard anything similar?

Likely off to Benfica

[djbone]

Aston Villa make offer for Toulouse defender Jaydee Canvot

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6512569/2025/07/24/aston-villa-make-offer-for-toulouse-defender-jaydee-canvot/

By David Ornstein and Jacob Whitehead
July 24, 2025 10:04 am GMT+1

Aston Villa have made an offer to sign highly-rated centre-back Jaydee Canvot from Toulouse.

The Premier League club’s bid has not been accepted by their Ligue 1 counterparts but talks continue, amid interest from a host of suitors.

Canvot, who turns 19 next week, broke into the Toulouse team in the second half of last season, making his first senior start away to Lens in early January. He went on to make 18 appearances.

The France Under-19 international is also able to play as a holding midfielder and featured for his nation at the recent Maurice-Revello tournament, which they won in front of scouts from numerous European sides.

Villa have already recruited a teenager centre-half this summer after the arrival of Yasin Ozcan from Kasimpasa, who signed a pre-contract agreement in February and joined up with Unai Emery’s squad on July 1.

Last week, Villa announced the signing of Modou Keba Cisse, 19, from LASK on a pre-contract agreement. Another teenage centre-back, Cisse will spend the coming season on loan with the Austrian side before linking up with Villa next summer.

 

[Monty]

Man, we're going to have such a good defence in about 1000 years.

[wolfman999]

Aston Villa make offer for Toulouse defender Jaydee Canvot

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6512569/2025/07/24/aston-villa-make-offer-for-toulouse-defender-jaydee-canvot/

By David Ornstein and Jacob Whitehead
July 24, 2025 10:04 am GMT+1

Aston Villa have made an offer to sign highly-rated centre-back Jaydee Canvot from Toulouse.

The Premier League club’s bid has not been accepted by their Ligue 1 counterparts but talks continue, amid interest from a host of suitors.

Canvot, who turns 19 next week, broke into the Toulouse team in the second half of last season, making his first senior start away to Lens in early January. He went on to make 18 appearances.

The France Under-19 international is also able to play as a holding midfielder and featured for his nation at the recent Maurice-Revello tournament, which they won in front of scouts from numerous European sides.

Villa have already recruited a teenager centre-half this summer after the arrival of Yasin Ozcan from Kasimpasa, who signed a pre-contract agreement in February and joined up with Unai Emery’s squad on July 1.

Last week, Villa announced the signing of Modou Keba Cisse, 19, from LASK on a pre-contract agreement. Another teenage centre-back, Cisse will spend the coming season on loan with the Austrian side before linking up with Villa next summer.

 

Oh goodie. Another teenager probably no one has heard of who we can loan out straight away then sell for the same or less money next year.  This is beginning to get tiresome.

[LeeB]

Man, we're going to have such a good defence in about 1000 years.

This is my FM mobile approach, hoover up every promising 16-20, stick them out on loan for a few years then bring them into the team when they've matured, flogging an established player on. Fast forward 10 years and we've won everything, I've got a £500m transfer warchest and nothing to spend it on as I've already got the best players in the world.

[Duncan Shaw]

Aston Villa make offer for Toulouse defender Jaydee Canvot

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6512569/2025/07/24/aston-villa-make-offer-for-toulouse-defender-jaydee-canvot/

By David Ornstein and Jacob Whitehead
July 24, 2025 10:04 am GMT+1

Aston Villa have made an offer to sign highly-rated centre-back Jaydee Canvot from Toulouse.

The Premier League club’s bid has not been accepted by their Ligue 1 counterparts but talks continue, amid interest from a host of suitors.

Canvot, who turns 19 next week, broke into the Toulouse team in the second half of last season, making his first senior start away to Lens in early January. He went on to make 18 appearances.

The France Under-19 international is also able to play as a holding midfielder and featured for his nation at the recent Maurice-Revello tournament, which they won in front of scouts from numerous European sides.

Villa have already recruited a teenager centre-half this summer after the arrival of Yasin Ozcan from Kasimpasa, who signed a pre-contract agreement in February and joined up with Unai Emery’s squad on July 1.

Last week, Villa announced the signing of Modou Keba Cisse, 19, from LASK on a pre-contract agreement. Another teenage centre-back, Cisse will spend the coming season on loan with the Austrian side before linking up with Villa next summer.

 

Oh goodie. Another teenager probably no one has heard of who we can loan out straight away then sell for the same or less money next year.  This is beginning to get tiresome.

I get that it's tiresome, but it is the model we are going to have to follow to try and catch up the Sky6 and grow revenue.  Chelsea have been doing it for years.