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

[pauliewalnuts]

You guys need to calm right down and judge Monchi on the outcome of the window when it closes. I'm pretty sure you were all lauding him when Villa 'won' the January transfer window when signing Rashford and Asensio. We are 3 players short of having a quality squad. Go and do something else and come back a week on Monday and see where we are then. And as for anyone that questions the best manager we've had since Ron Saunders, be very careful what you wish for.....

Never, ever question the manager.

*applauds*

[Jim Bradley]

No. What I said was wait until the transfer window closes before you question the strategy....

[villa for life]

No. What I said was wait until the transfer window closes before you question the strategy....

Well the bbc are questioning whether we have been mismanaged. It’s a question out there… just saying!

[kippaxvilla2]

No. What I said was wait until the transfer window closes before you question the strategy....

I’ve got to assume this is a club insider.

[VillaTim]

No. What I said was wait until the transfer window closes before you question the strategy....

We're two games in (2 ropey ones) on the back of a poor ending to last season. I think it's fair to ask a few questions given the amount of resources Emery has had .

[Richard E]

No. What I said was wait until the transfer window closes before you question the strategy....

We're two games in (2 ropey ones) on the back of a poor ending to last season. I think it's fair to ask a few questions given the amount of resources Emery has had .

We won 8 of our last 10 games last season.

[VinnieChase84]

The current feeling is a culmination of various points all coming to a head now

- poor displays - have been going on a while
- cup semi final debacle
- final day bottle job v United
- more pricing increases
- PSR/SCR boring us all
- Summer activity (or lack of)

Will see how we sit in a weeks time but do think it’s a very very fair point to question things.

For me the biggest Q is Monchi and I’m sure that may increase over the season. How we’ve used our (limited) funds has to be a question

For me spending money on PSR swaps, Ned, Garcia, Ozcan - all questionable
Then over £100m on Onana, Malen and Maatsen who all have been more “squad” players for us that first team starters (and for that money they should be in best 11)

Said for a while the club were playing it risky with the increasing fan costs all the time. It’s one thing getting “away with it” while sun is shining but as soon as a blip in road comes then things like that are going to cause friction

Side note - I’m looking forward to the cup draw end of the week

[RamboandBruno]

No. What I said was wait until the transfer window closes before you question the strategy....

We're two games in (2 ropey ones) on the back of a poor ending to last season. I think it's fair to ask a few questions given the amount of resources Emery has had .

7 of the 11 starters against Newcastle and Brentford were a combination of Bruce/Smith/Gerrard signings. In Emery 6 transfer windows as Villa manager we are £10.7 mill in the black.
Are you absolutely sure hechss had that much resource comparatively?

[VillaTim]

No. What I said was wait until the transfer window closes before you question the strategy....

We're two games in (2 ropey ones) on the back of a poor ending to last season. I think it's fair to ask a few questions given the amount of resources Emery has had .

We won 8 of our last 10 games last season.

We did but we lost the crucial ones , PSG , Palace, Man U

[kippaxvilla2]

No. What I said was wait until the transfer window closes before you question the strategy....

We're two games in (2 ropey ones) on the back of a poor ending to last season. I think it's fair to ask a few questions given the amount of resources Emery has had .

7 of the 11 starters against Newcastle and Brentford were a combination of Bruce/Smith/Gerrard signings. In Emery 6 transfer windows as Villa manager we are £10.7 mill in the black.
Are you absolutely sure hechss had that much resource comparatively?

That first line is an incredible statistic.

[villa for life]

The current feeling is a culmination of various points all coming to a head now

- poor displays - have been going on a while
- cup semi final debacle
- final day bottle job v United
- more pricing increases
- PSR/SCR boring us all
- Summer activity (or lack of)

Will see how we sit in a weeks time but do think it’s a very very fair point to question things.

For me the biggest Q is Monchi and I’m sure that may increase over the season. How we’ve used our (limited) funds has to be a question

For me spending money on PSR swaps, Ned, Garcia, Ozcan - all questionable
Then over £100m on Onana, Malen and Maatsen who all have been more “squad” players for us that first team starters (and for that money they should be in best 11)

Said for a while the club were playing it risky with the increasing fan costs all the time. It’s one thing getting “away with it” while sun is shining but as soon as a blip in road comes then things like that are going to cause friction

Side note - I’m looking forward to the cup draw end of the week


Exactly. Well put and what some of us have been saying all along. No joy in that. I think “monchi’s mistakes” may become more apparent in the weeks ahead.

[N'ZMAV]

No. What I said was wait until the transfer window closes before you question the strategy....

We're two games in (2 ropey ones) on the back of a poor ending to last season. I think it's fair to ask a few questions given the amount of resources Emery has had .

I’d be a lot more questioning if his net spend was higher - but it shows he’s had to wheel and deal to an extent.

[VillaTim]

No. What I said was wait until the transfer window closes before you question the strategy....

We're two games in (2 ropey ones) on the back of a poor ending to last season. I think it's fair to ask a few questions given the amount of resources Emery has had .

7 of the 11 starters against Newcastle and Brentford were a combination of Bruce/Smith/Gerrard signings. In Emery 6 transfer windows as Villa manager we are £10.7 mill in the black.
Are you absolutely sure hechss had that much resource comparatively?

We are due to Duran (deal effectively done pre Emery) , Diaby , Luiz, Ramsey, Chuck, and that other kid who went for £20m sales . That's a lot of income, replaced by the likes of Onana, Ian, Malen . Jury out I'd say .

[N'ZMAV]

I think that if we’ve been finishing top 6 in recent seasons with Bruce, Smith and Gerrard signings  taking up 7 of the starting 11 then Unai’s done an even better job than first thought.

[villa for life]

I think that if we’ve been finishing top 6 in recent seasons with Bruce, Smith and Gerrard signings  taking up 7 of the starting 11 then Unai’s done an even better job than first thought.

I think you may have inadvertently hilighted the problem.