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

[SaddVillan]

This is a translation of a piece on the Twitter feed of  Norwegian broadcaster TV2

Ive translated the article

ON THE WAY TO NORWAY: Ethan Amundsen-Day is on his way back to Norwegian football. Photo: AVFC.CO.UK


HamKam agrees with Premier League club

He signed for Aston Villa last summer. Now the 20-year-old Norwegian is on his way to the Eliteserien.
The player in question is Ethan Amundsen-Day.

He spent his youth years in Fredrikstad, but was sold to FC Copenhagen in Denmark in 2021.

Last summer, the trip went to Premier League club Aston Villa for the great talent.

– We are very pleased with the signing. He is a player with a great mentality and is technically very gifted, said the club's academy director Mark Harrison in a statement to his own website.

But now the center-back is on his way back to Norwegian football.

Permanent transfer
TV 2 has been informed that Amundsen-Day is close to signing for the eliteserien club HamKam.

The clubs have agreed on the details of the transfer, while the player is expected to head to Norway in a short time to complete the whole thing.

 Ethan Amundsen-Day has played a number of age-specific international matches for Norway, most recently the U21 international match against the Czech Republic earlier this year.

His agent, Morten Tandberg of the agency company Keypass, did not respond to TV 2's inquiries on Tuesday. Nor has sports director Jørgen Bjørn at HamKam.

Amundsen-Day will be Thomas Myhre's second signing as Kamma manager. Over the weekend, U20 international player Mats Pedersen signed for the club.

[brontebilly]

🚨 Aston Villa are expected to try to find an understudy to Ollie Watkins in the remaining weeks of the window & have been sounded out over a potential move for free agent Dominic Calvert-Lewin, but Villa are only likely to look seriously at him if they cannot find anything else nearer to the end of the transfer window.
@Matt_Law_DT

Depressing state of affairs for DCL, he would be a poor signing for a newly promoted club.

[frank black]

Can’t say I’d blame Ollie for being open to a move. We don’t win anything and also drop him for some of the big games.

[PaulWinch again]

I don’t really see that as a back-up striker. If he were first choice absolutely, but as a sub if his wage demands were realistic can’t really see the problem.

[brontebilly]

Ollie won’t kick up a fuss (like he didn’t in Jan with Arsenal). However, he has made it know internally that he would be up for a fresh challenge elsewhere if the right club and bid came in.

Could I see him wanting and joining United? Unfortunately yes.
Can I see them paying what we want? Not so sure

All this stuff is why it boils my piss the window doesn’t close before a balls even kicked. Given how we’ve struggled so far to shift some of the deadwood like Bailey, morneo (although Moreno is now close to gone) it’s just gearing up for a potentially chaotic last couple of weeks of the window

Bit disappointing with Ollie. Thought with Duran and Rashford gone, he would be settled. If a circus of a Man United are deemed more attractive to likes of Martinez or Watkins rather than staying with us, that's a big problem.

Newcastle are going to be flush with cash from selling Isak soon, wouldn't be surprised if they bid a bit over the odds for Watkins. Bailey after last season is going to be harder to shift than we fear.

I get why Watkins might not feel loved by Emery though.

Emery's coaching made Watkins a far better forward, he might do well to remember that. So what he dropped him for some games, that top level football.

Moving to Man United, after the Arsenal deal fell through in Jan, would be a move of desperation.

[pauliewalnuts]

Arsenal deal fell through last January?

What deal is that, then?

[Ian.]

There’s a whole load of speculation regarding Ollie in those conversations.

[PaulWinch again]

To be fair though, if you’re an ambitious player our summer to date (accepting/hoping it might change) doesn’t scream this a club that is going to push on again.

Now, clearly that doesn’t explain interest in Man Utd, but I can see why it might make players consider their options.

Clearly that’s all assumption and internally it might feel very different - Kamara signing is hopefully a sign that there’s still a lot of confidence in direction of travel. But it does feel pretty static at the moment.

[caster troy]

We won't be needing those extra seats if the plan is to replace Ollie with DCL.

It's a pretty sad state of affairs when two of our most important players want out and are prepared to go to a team who aren't even in Europe.

[Clampy]

We won't be needing those extra seats if the plan is to replace Ollie with DCL.

It's a pretty sad state of affairs when two of our most important players want out and are prepared to go to a team who aren't even in Europe.

Where has it been said that Martinez and Watkins both want out and where has it been said we would replace Ollie with DCL?

[Beard82]

Well unfortunately - are hands are tided it appears.  We cant buy without selling - and no one seems to be interested in the players we would happily see go.  So we either sell a "crown jewels" and back overselves to use that money to improve the squad.  Or we stay as is, maybe add a loan or two, and hope one or two or two pleasent surprises - like Bailey having a better season, Ramsay back to his best, or one of the youth players showing a Rogers type rise.

With Unai - we always have a chance.  If he didnt think progress was possible he wouldnt still be here.  We came very close last season - an awful performance, gk decision and referee away from Champions Leagues. 

We might go in slightly weaker - but we dont have Champions League to worry about.  Hopefully Europa will allow for more rotation.  I trying to stay possitive - because otherwise - whats the alternative

[London Villan]

Bare minimum we need some pace in the squad. Surely we can shift buendia and bailey ti bring someone in.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

For £40m I'd let Watkins go to Man U.. next summer.

[eamonn]

🚨 Aston Villa are expected to try to find an understudy to Ollie Watkins in the remaining weeks of the window & have been sounded out over a potential move for free agent Dominic Calvert-Lewin, but Villa are only likely to look seriously at him if they cannot find anything else nearer to the end of the transfer window.
@Matt_Law_DT

Depressing state of affairs for DCL, he would be a poor signing for a newly promoted club.

He's rejected Leeds due to wage demands according to yer man Crooke, on Talksport.

[Toronto Villa]

I had to unfollow and block Romano on Twitter. He once offered some value. But fuck me he literally posts every 5 minutes on the granularity of every deal. The absolute minutiae. He's given his "Here we go" to some kid joining Liverpool from Salford. Like fuck off already. I'll just wait on more measured sources to offer information because he's become the king of reporting nothing at all.