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

[andyh]

Was Barkley involved in the last 2 friendlies ? I don’t recall seeing him

[cdbearsfan]

Injured, I think.

[Clampy]

I see we are being linked with someone called Shakeandvac.

[Villatillidie25]

Sounds good. Wonder if he sweeps everything up or just mops up other peoples mistakes

[PeterWithesShin]

I see we are being linked with someone called Shakeandvac.

We're waiting until the Jan window so as he can help put the freshness back in the squad.

[Brazilian Villain]

Even if he wasn't any good, we'd still be singing his song in 40 years' time.

[brontebilly]

To be honest since we have come back up most of our signings have been at least ok.  Only really Wes, Coutihno and Donk spring to mind as disasters for differing reaosns.

Engels, Jota, Nakamba, Samatta, Drinky, Sanson, Carlos, Ings, Guilbert were all very poor too. Bailey and Buendia particularly have delivered nowhere near the level they should have either.

[PeterWithesShin]

Harsh to include loans, and even someone like Samatta that was an amergency signing that scored in a cup final. Jota was cack though.

[cdbearsfan]

But we got rid of a rubbish player to bring him in, so no great loss. He might be the richest former Villa player.

[Ads]

So what are the SCR rules then, broadly. For those too lazy to Google.

[Brazilian Villain]

But we got rid of a rubbish player to bring him in, so no great loss.

I see we're still doing the cleaning puns.

[Villatillidie25]

So what are the SCR rules then, broadly. For those too lazy to Google.

Spend can’t exceed income for the UEFA squad last season. Spend includes amortised transfer etc. UEFA squad budget will include 6 months of rashford etc but not include Malen. Basically we’re sell to buy.

[cdbearsfan]

But we got rid of a rubbish player to bring him in, so no great loss.

I see we're still doing the cleaning puns.

Curses.

[Somniloquism]

The Club agrees to be subject to a sporting restriction and, as a consequence, may not
register any new player on its List A to UEFA club competitions unless the List A Transfer
Balance is positive.
• The List A Transfer Balance is defined as the difference between the cost savings from
outgoing players (“Cost savings”) and the new costs from incoming players (“New costs”) at
any applicable deadline for the Club’s submission of its List A

That was on the punishment statement, but I haven't seen anything mentioning how UEFA are working out "costs". If you have a link VTID let me know. (Preferrably UEFA directly as external people have interpreted UEFA rules wrong before, eg the amount of players allowed to be swapped in Jan).

[aev]

Asensio, Trossard. Who next, Morley?