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

[ozzjim]

If we loan Asensio and Nkuku (who appears to be able to take a penalty) do we have enough then to go and buy Canvot for the asking price?

[ADVILLAFAN]

Did see that Palace are supposedly interested in Canvot now.

[PaulWinch again]

I’d be delighted if one of the players we got in was Asensio, but not much other noise beyond the vlogger chap.

[Dante Lavelli]

If we loan Asensio and Nkuku (who appears to be able to take a penalty) do we have enough then to go and buy Canvot for the asking price?

One is enough surely.  We need to work out how to use both Malen and Guessand (arguably Buendia too) before we add more players to the mix.

[TelfordVilla]

I can't understand all this love for Asensio. He was garbage for most of his loan last season. A few goals early on and then nothing. Just like Coutinho before him. Why people hanker for fading stars is beyond me. I would rather we got an up and coming young future star to lift the gloom.

[aj2k77]

More tippy tappy passing, we need some direct threat.

[sid1964]

Not sure that Asensio is what we need currently- hope I am wrong and he is brilliant for us

[Steve67]

The guy was probably as knackered as the rest of the players baring in mind he comes from a less robust league and hadn’t really played a great deal. His movement and running off the ball will help, although I’d rather not see Rogers stuck out wide to make way. Asensio will help bring craft to the side and that’s what we are missing, alongside a bit of pace, which Malen and Guessand both have.

[PaulWinch again]

More tippy tappy passing, we need some direct threat.

He’s not really “tippy tappy” at all.

[PaulWinch again]

The guy was probably as knackered as the rest of the players baring in mind he comes from a less robust league and hadn’t really played a great deal. His movement and running off the ball will help, although I’d rather not see Rogers stuck out wide to make way. Asensio will help bring craft to the side and that’s what we are missing, alongside a bit of pace, which Malen and Guessand both have.

Yup exactly that. His ability to create space through his movement is critical and something we badly lack.

[RamboandBruno]

I can't understand all this love for Asensio. He was garbage for most of his loan last season. A few goals early on and then nothing. Just like Coutinho before him. Why people hanker for fading stars is beyond me. I would rather we got an up and coming young future star to lift the gloom.

He faded towards the end, but generally the games he went missing were the games everyone else did as well.
He’s got so much skill on the ball, movement off the ball, vision, he absolutely only improves us.
Comparisons to Coutinho are just lazy. This bloke has won the lot with the best teams, he may not be what he was, but he’s still an excellent player.

[Mister E]

Did see that Palace are supposedly interested in Canvot now.

They're expecting guehi to go so it's an obvious link.

[Mister E]

I can't understand all this love for Asensio. He was garbage for most of his loan last season. A few goals early on and then nothing. Just like Coutinho before him. Why people hanker for fading stars is beyond me. I would rather we got an up and coming young future star to lift the gloom.

He faded towards the end, but generally the ganes he we t missing were the games everyone else did as well.
He’s got so much skill on the ball, movement off the ball, vision, he absolutely only improves us.
Conparisons to Coutinho are just lazy. This bloke has won the lot with the best teams, he may not be what he was, but he’s still an excellent player.

Rumours of him being the Messiah are somewhat exaggerated, however.
I'm very much in two minds about him: maybe we'll get his 'world-class' game; maybe it gives us the flexibility to take £100m off someone for Morgan; maybe his penalty-taking has improved!
Whatever: I know we need something to change, to give the current squad a lift in terms of quality and motivation.

[RamboandBruno]

I can't understand all this love for Asensio. He was garbage for most of his loan last season. A few goals early on and then nothing. Just like Coutinho before him. Why people hanker for fading stars is beyond me. I would rather we got an up and coming young future star to lift the gloom.

He faded towards the end, but generally the ganes he we t missing were the games everyone else did as well.
He’s got so much skill on the ball, movement off the ball, vision, he absolutely only improves us.
Conparisons to Coutinho are just lazy. This bloke has won the lot with the best teams, he may not be what he was, but he’s still an excellent player.

Rumours of him being the Messiah are somewhat exaggerated, however.
I'm very much in two minds about him: maybe we'll get his 'world-class' game; maybe it gives us the flexibility to take £100m off someone for Morgan; maybe his penalty-taking has improved!
Whatever: I know we need something to change, to give the current squad a lift in terms of quality and motivation.

I don’t think anyone has said he’s the messiah, just a really good player.

[ROBBO]

Before the start of trading I doubted Asensio because of the drop off in form, but as things are now would pick him up myself to get him in. In retrospect perhaps we should have tried to get Grealish back.