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

[Skipper_The_Eyechild]

Yup. Roma fans did warn us, and wasn't his second spell at Sevilla a bit of a shit show? Vague recollection, I don't know owt about it, though.

Hard to tell with Sevilla, as they were busy being inventively shit in every other department as well.

Ah right, ok.

[cdbearsfan]

I think Monchi is doing the job he has been told to do. Don't blame him for us having to sell players. I blame Martinez for whoring himself out to Man U when they can't even be bothered to provide us a decent fee or decide if he is first choice ahead of some unknown bloke from the Belgian League, and for waiting until a match day one day before the end of a transfer window to act up.

[PeterWithe]

Yup, whilst I hate the sales of JJ and Emi (?) I think calls for Monchi's head are a little premature. He's operating in very challenging conditions and I assume with UE's approval. I still say we tell ManYoo to get fucked though.

[Paul.S]

Monchi needs to go tomorrow night at 7.01pm.

Agreed

Can’t post exactly everything cause it would expose a couple of relationships I value.

Monchi and his “recruitment” plan was totally dependent on freeing up cash (from sales and wages) to then act

Things happened far far slower than expected. They expected emi and Bailey to be gone by early July!

Since then they’ve scrambled around to try and act still. Which in turn resulted in JJ.

JJ did not want to leave. He was basically forced out by Monchi.

A number of the squad have been pissed about it

Frankly, I don’t want the bloke anywhere near us moving forwards. I’ll take a wager with anyone right now. Either him or Unai won’t be at Villa this time next year

If the trigger needs pulling then we have the owners that would do it, without hesitation.
Is the relationship between Monchi and Emery a good one still?

[Drummond]

Let's see what happens tomorrow/today.

We can't sell players if we don't get an offer. Martinez has clearly been whoring himself about but we got no offers. Now they've decided they want to pay up we're affected.

We could force him to stay, and ruin squad harmony, or sell him for the cash. ManU tried to do it on the cheap by requesting a loan which we rightly refused.

ManU have two keepers they're dangling and playing off against each other. Which is weird. We should tell Martinez he can go to ManU for £100m or Saudi for £50m or stay and be our Number 2.

We knew we had to raise money, no other bids were coming in but there was noise about someone having to go months ago. Hence Ramsey.

We will get sorted tomorrow and know what we have. Emery will improve us.