Winter 25-26 Transfer Window - hopes, speculation, rumours etc.

[Holy Trinity]

Anybody else think Tammy's imminent return is partly sponsored by how many balls have roll straight across the goal line this season?
Tammy is a finisher, and those balls that keep rolling across the box with no villa player within 10 yards could be behind the decision to pivot to Tammy.

I certainly think we would have scored more with him in the team than we have without even if he ends up being a 10 goal a season bench striker.

My memory of him despite all his goals was him missing sitters.

Yeah he did but the main point i was making is he won't be 10 yards away from the ball rolling across an open goal like everyone else has been this season.
Was it arsenal at villa park 3 rolled across an open goal without a villa shirt in sight? Tammy would be there weather he missed or not he would be in the raffle

[Mister E]

I remember him being interviewed early in that season with us and when asked what he thought his best position was, he said wide on the left hand side forward. Whether he's been playing there since much or whether Emery will see him there is another thing.

I think if he's the bod in the door to replace Elliott, who Emery clearly doesn't fancy, then that's fine, provided we sign a top forward to replace Malen as well.

Nah, I think Alyson and Brian will provide the alternative options off the bench.

[JUAN PABLO]

Dani Ceballos whispers appearing again in the Spanish media.

Unai might have signed him at Arse , then was sacked shortly after.

[Villatillidie25]

I know the noise sounds good about Brian but I can’t see him being anywhere near ready. He’s so young and was hardly playing every minute in France.
Alysson might be closer but even he would be expected to make a huge step up.

[aj2k77]

There's no way a 16 year old will be on the bench for Everton. He looks rough playing against other children.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Yikes.

Indeed. Wait until you see how much he'll be earning to sit on the bench.

[Monty]

Nothing would make me happier than Tammy getting the Emery Benediction and turning into our top-of-the-range goal hound. I think he'll probably be a sub though. Hopefully an effective one, like Callum Wilson was for ages a time.

[brontebilly]

I wonder who the rivals were.

Seems a short term signing but he does fit the system and it will allow us to rotate Ollie as he gets older.

Personally I’d have targetted a loan this window and looked to upgrade Ollie in the summer. That could still happen but we’ve burnt £15m (?) in the process.

We still need two forwards for European football and a 50+ game season. We will do remarkably well to get a forward as resilient as Ollie Watkins again.

[Rudy65]

Whilst the stories about Alysson and Madjo seem very positive, are people seriously thinking that a couple of kids with no experience at this level are going to have a inpact on our charge for the top of the premier league or late stages of a European competition.

It’s good the news is positive, but let’s have some realistic expectations for them.

I give you Wayne Rooney

[eamonn]

There's no way a 16 year old will be on the bench for Everton. He looks rough playing against other children.

Dunno, Arsenal have pair of 16 year olds getting time off the bench, don't they ?

[Smithy]

I wonder who the rivals were.

Seems a short term signing but he does fit the system and it will allow us to rotate Ollie as he gets older.

Personally I’d have targetted a loan this window and looked to upgrade Ollie in the summer. That could still happen but we’ve burnt £15m (?) in the process.

15m though over 4 years is very small money in terms of FFP

It is.  It's not that much of a gamble.  He's not likely to turn up and bang them in while fighting his way into the England reckoning ahead of the World Cup (I'd love to be proven wrong), he's also not going to turn up and immediately look out of place in the Premier League.  We're getting a reasonably solid first-team squad member, who knows the club, and who has played at the level we're currently at.  And he's only 28.   

Not particularly inspiring, but given the restrictions we're under, I think it's pretty good.  Sentimentally speaking, it will also be nice to see him back.

[Toronto Villa]

Nothing would make me happier than Tammy getting the Emery Benediction and turning into our top-of-the-range goal hound. I think he'll probably be a sub though. Hopefully an effective one, like Callum Wilson was for ages a time.

I'd like him to do what Danny Wellbeck is still doing for Brighton. And Wellbeck is 7 years older than Tammy. We need a proper option to rest Ollie and it isn't Malen. We have all seen that as much as well like him for what he does bring.

[Villatillidie25]

Do you mean Nwaneri and Dowman? Nwaneri is 18 and Dowman is 16. Dowman has played 5 games and Nwaneri about 10 although most of their minutes have been in the cups. So no. Not really

[Rudy Can't Fail]

I wonder who the rivals were.

Seems a short term signing but he does fit the system and it will allow us to rotate Ollie as he gets older.

I doubt very much there was any interest in teams in the top half of the PL table. *

I see we're offering Besiktas Guessand on a 18 month loan to try and get the deal done but are we going to have to pay Roma as well as he is still officially their player though Besiktas have activated the option to buy?

It appears to be a messy and tough deal to negotiate.

EDIT: * Just checked; Everton, West Ham, and Tottenham.

[Pat Mustard]

When has signing a late 20s, journeyman English CF ever worked for us?