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

[DrGonzo]

We are maintaining our position within the UEFA "glide path" ensuring our wages come in line with their regulations, whilst expanding our income through alternative business revenue streams that will allow us to increase our wage spending over time.  In the meantime we are snapping up young talent that will offset any unforseen spending/be the long term future of the squad.  I believe it is called a period of retrenchement. 

I'd love to see another striker and RW come in, though.

[Holy Trinity]

Have a look at the top 20 transfers of all time, most of them have been absolute disasters, it's guarantee of anything.

Those transfers i mentioned in the top 50 include loans and free transfers, its just biggest moves this summer.

If nobody leaves now I think we need at least 1 winger, fast and direct and if we can wrangle another younger player as under study great.
a 3rd or 4th choice center back unless we have the money in the bank to sign the next Maldini which we all know we don't have this summer signing a player in the Disasi mold will have to do.
Either a truly world class striker who we also cant afford or take a punt on someone with bags of promise like we did with Duran.

If we could some how upgrade cash I would also be happy to sell him, replace with a new body and have them and Garcia fight it out for the next 12 months.

I'm curious as to what everyone else thinks we need this summer and who we are selling to make room for them in the squad.

[brontebilly]

Whatever about our struggles, Newcastle must be fuming that Isak wants out after they qualified for the CL. He's flaky enough I think. Mings demolished him in that game at Villa Park.

[PaulWinch again]

Whatever about our struggles, Newcastle must be fuming that Isak wants out after they qualified for the CL. He's flaky enough I think. Mings demolished him in that game at Villa Park.

I mean he’s exceptionally high quality, the odd ropey game doesn’t change that.

[LeeB]

Whatever about our struggles, Newcastle must be fuming that Isak wants out after they qualified for the CL. He's flaky enough I think. Mings demolished him in that game at Villa Park.

I mean he’s exceptionally high quality, the odd ropey game doesn’t change that.

Yeah I think he's top class, probably the most gifted centre forward around as it stands and any deal will reflect that.

[pauliewalnuts]

Isak is a superb player. With tons of potential still to realise.

[kippaxvilla2]

Gabbys been on the wind up again.  Saying he wants out as Newcastle are only big in Newcastle.

[ozzjim]

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

What info is that based on?  Direct line to Monchi?

The UEFA ruling that suggests that we cannot add players to our submitted squad of (as it turned out to be, less than) 25 from last season unless we bring in more than we spend on "A" list players this summer.

What's a A list player? As in what is the criteria?

[paul_e]

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

What info is that based on?  Direct line to Monchi?

The UEFA ruling that suggests that we cannot add players to our submitted squad of (as it turned out to be, less than) 25 from last season unless we bring in more than we spend on "A" list players this summer.

What's a A list player? As in what is the criteria?

A list is just the main named squad of up to 25, the b list is then for U21 players but has some restrictions.

[KevinGage]

Man United cannot dump Onana because he is injured and pretty crap.  Therefore, they tried to sign Emi on loan purely and simply because they cannot afford to buy him until that situation changes.  And of course thought we would just do our old thing of bowing down to them which we didn't.  So in summary, fcuk them.

If this is legit, it's so insulting it should put the kybosh on any deal between the two clubs for the next 50 years at least.

[john e]

Man United cannot dump Onana because he is injured and pretty crap.  Therefore, they tried to sign Emi on loan purely and simply because they cannot afford to buy him until that situation changes.  And of course thought we would just do our old thing of bowing down to them which we didn't.  So in summary, fcuk them.

If this is legit, it's so insulting it should put the kybosh on any deal between the two clubs for the next 50 years at least.

They did it to try and unsettle him

[markeeeebeeee2005]

They did it because they haven’t got a plan and they’re going down the toilet.

[AGRIPPA]

They did it because they haven’t got a plan and they’re going down the toilet.

A club in terminal decline….

[IFWaters]

I'm in the thoroughly disillusioned camp, for the following reasons :

1. The rules are rigged to protect the cartel of the big 6. Despite Chelsea being given a much bigger fine they have been spending like crazy this summer. The massive commercial incomes from merchandise and sponsorships tilts the playing field in their favour.

2. The wages for top players are obscene and then when you see someone like Isak manoeuvring for even more money after his club just qualified for Champions League the word 'mercenary' doesn't do it justice. Yet when it suits them a player like Coutinho can sit on a fat contract for years producing nothing.

3. The combination of the 2 factors above means that the only way a club like Villa can grow is soaking it's fans for even more cash at every opportunity.

As a result I'd be relieved if we can just shift a bit more deadwood and hold on to our best players this year and consolidate. Anything worse than that and you just begin to think 'whats the point' if you're playing in rigged competitions with a bunch of entitled money grabbing mercenaries with no values but their own enrichment and glory.

Always look on the bright side eh?

[N'ZMAV]

I'm more disilliousioned at the state of the modern game than specifically with Villa. But, as soon as it starts going downhill on the pitch then the fans may start turning on the board, as well as they have done - they can't keep smashing fans in the wallet.