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

[Dave]

I'm not sure how many times I have to say we can't make additions unless we sell...

Is it not a case of "any additions that we choose to make can't be added to our Europa League squad unless we sell, assuming our interpretation of the UEFA ruling is correct"?

Which isn't quite the same thing. And it's not like we don't have recent history of spending a load of cash on players that we then don't bother using in Europe.

I imagine we're going to play it as squeaky-clean as we can, but we could go the other way if we wanted to.

[cdbearsfan]

I think we misunderstood the rules with Malen, he was expecting to play in the Champions League. It's true we can sign players if we don't choose them for our European squad, but we probably aren't going to be attracting megastars on a permanent deal on that basis.

I do wonder if we might be able to get around it by selling a few more KKH type bits and bobs and then loaning a big name, like Garnacho or Grealish.

[Somniloquism]

Would KKH types of been list A or list B as it is only the former that counts for being a positive. Chelsea still need to sell £150 mil of players at the moment to break even, although I'm almost positive that not all their signings can be added to List A anyway.

[cdbearsfan]

Ah had forgotten the list A/B thing. Sell Bailey and loan someone in should do it, then.

[Dave]

I think we misunderstood the rules with Malen, he was expecting to play in the Champions League. It's true we can sign players if we don't choose them for our European squad, but we probably aren't going to be attracting megastars on a permanent deal on that basis.

I'd hope that's not the case, as it suggests that the megastar football administrators running the show are slightly less capable than a bunch of wastrels pissing about on the internet who managed to understand the rules just fine.

I think it's more likely that we signed him fully expecting him to be in the Champions League squad, then we unexpectedly found out later in the window that both Rashford and Asensio were possibilities and his spot went to one of them instead.

[cdbearsfan]

There were a lot of conflicting stories including some journalists pretty close to the club who suggested we were intending to name Rashford, Asensio, Disasi and Malen in the European squad right up until a day or so before the deadline. The way the rule was worded was a bit ambiguous so doesn’t seem impossible that it could have, initially, been misinterpreted.

Doesn't ultimately make much difference as Malen clearly signed under the understanding he'd be playing in Europe and you would expext any big name signing to expect similar this summer.

[Tuscans]

@Romano
🚨 Aston Villa have rejected an approach from Man United for Dibu Martínez on a loan deal.

Man United still deciding internally with experienced GK and young GK as options.

[cdbearsfan]

A fucking loan deal, do fuck off.

[AV82EC]

Ha, its hilarious watching Manure and their media lickspittles desperately trying to appear relevant, the games moved on lads.

[PaulWinch again]

Well they can have him on loan….if they pay a £60m loan fee and all his wages.

[Duncan Shaw]

@Romano
🚨 Aston Villa have rejected an approach from Man United for Dibu Martínez on a loan deal.

Man United still deciding internally with experienced GK and young GK as options.

We had that on here days ago, is Romano losing his touch?

[LeeB]

Ha, its hilarious watching Manure and their media lickspittles desperately trying to appear relevant, the games moved on lads.

Only absolutey useless fuckwits loan their best players to Premier League rivals, why would we do that?

[kippaxvilla2]

Didn't our own tap in merchant confirm this yesterday?

[Chris_Jephcott]

Tap in merchant has also mentioned the Watkins deal from Man Utd just now too.

Honestly, I’m not sure if it’s just me or not, but I’m incredibly disillusioned with football this close season. It seems like Man Utd want to sign everybody they can do, especially from us. Chelsea seem to want to spend £1 billion on everybody. And yet teams like us, Newcastle and others are basically being fleeced over and having key players snapped up everywhere. Including Man Utd who had one bad season and are remedying it by being linked with every single one of our key players.

2 good seasons, 3 years in Europe including 1 in the CL and a narrow miss on this last year, and we’ve now just seemingly a feeder club.

I might be missing the nuances but this close season feels like the reason I fell out of love with football several years ago (before we were relegated of course!).

We will have a plan for this close season, I know this. But where on earth is balance in any of this?

[Richard]

Tap in merchant has also mentioned the Watkins deal from Man Utd just now too.

Honestly, I’m not sure if it’s just me or not, but I’m incredibly disillusioned with football this close season. It seems like Man Utd want to sign everybody they can do, especially from us. Chelsea seem to want to spend £1 billion on everybody. And yet teams like us, Newcastle and others are basically being fleeced over and having key players snapped up everywhere. Including Man Utd who had one bad season and are remedying it by being linked with every single one of our key players.

2 good seasons, 3 years in Europe including 1 in the CL and a narrow miss on this last year, and we’ve now just seemingly a feeder club.

I might be missing the nuances but this close season feels like the reason I fell out of love with football several years ago (before we were relegated of course!).

We will have a plan for this close season, I know this. But where on earth is balance in any of this?

I agree Chris. Not helped either by the fact football has been relentless this summer and I'd prefer if there was a complete break from it for a month or so.