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

[Tuscans]

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.

City too. The amount of money they have raised over the last 3-4 seasons through selling academy/youth players goes unnoticed. It's a vital income stream for all clubs now.

[LeeB]

Yeah, let's not bother and give up as we can't just go and spunk a huge wedge on an off-the-shelf player.

[cdward]

Let's not forget our U18s have just done the League and FA Cup double, so it wouldn't be a bad decision to join our under age set up, in the interests of developing a career.

It is not a bad strategy when you consider we have sold the likes of Chukuwemeka, Philogene, Aaron Ramsey, Kellyman, and Archer for around £90M.

[AV84]

I haven't done the maths on it but when we missed out on CL this season we lost a huge amount of money for next season. If we had 4 or 5 young players we could have sold for 100mil between them, it might have gone some way to easing the financial pain of that. Not to say we should plan for failure, but we can't make up the lost revenue through sales this summer unless we sell several of our key players, disrupting the team and needing the cash to be spent on replacements rather than additions. It's frustrating, but it's long term planning, and a necessary part of the game now.

[Brazilian Villain]

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.

Liverpool fans are still miffed that they never got to see Rhian Brewster play for them in the Premier League, and instead sold him for £23.5m.

[brontebilly]

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.

Piss Onana off and bring Luiz back would be my preference. Onana would be a better fit for the Seria A than Luiz I think. If finances are so tight that we can't even get Luiz back and a Spurs or even West Ham get him instead, then we are in serious trouble.

If Tielemans got injured, the drop off to Barkley or Onana is huge. We saw that at Old Trafford and Man City. He can't be expected to play another 50+ games next season, same for Rogers.

[pauliewalnuts]

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.

It doesn’t make sense though, because for the business side to catch up they’re going to need CL football.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

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

Deal almost done. Fee of €27m agreed but Chelsea want an additional €13m add-ons which Benfica have told them to do one and rightly so. Chelsea want the full value they paid Atletico 12 months ago who in that time flopped in both England and Italy.

[kippaxvilla2]

Wrong thread

[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

Deal almost done. Fee of €27m agreed but Chelsea want an additional €13m add-ons which Benfica have told them to do one and rightly so. Chelsea want the full value they paid Atletico 12 months ago who in that time flopped in both England and Italy.

And this is where I hope Chelsea fuck up at some point in thinking they're going to get their money back and some on every player they bring in.

[Tuscans]

Issak has told Newcastle he wants to move.

[brontebilly]

Let's not forget our U18s have just done the League and FA Cup double, so it wouldn't be a bad decision to join our under age set up, in the interests of developing a career.

It is not a bad strategy when you consider we have sold the likes of Chukuwemeka, Philogene, Aaron Ramsey, Kellyman, and Archer for around £90M.

It's terrible for the game generally I would say and player/club development. Who's interests are best served by Louis Barry, Enzo or Dobbin going out on loan again? Kellyman and Chucky are wealthy young men I guess but have achieved zero in the game. It's been going on for years but doesn't make it right.

I read an interview with the Donk recently which was somewhat sad for players on the other end of the scale. Just I guess the depressing reality of going from loan to loan for players with families. Not being wanted by the club that gave them a contract and priced out of moves elsewhere. I guess they could rip up their contracts (like I think Willian did with Arsenal?) but very few of us would do that.

[Somniloquism]

Issak has told Newcastle he wants to move.

Well Liverpool is no longer a destination, who else would want / could afford him now?

[VILLA MOLE]

Issak has told Newcastle he wants to move.

where though??

[VancouverLion]

Issak has told Newcastle he wants to move.

And left out of their pre season tour with "slight thigh strain" hmmm I wonder where he'll end up now since 'The Mighty Reds YNWA' just signed a striker..