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

[Sexual Ealing]

I'm not a fan at all.

Yeah, can we not just bring JJ home instead?

Like the stains on the names of the lives of the young
He's gone, and it feels like the words to a song


But yeah, he's not coming back and nor should he.

[Astnor]

For £25m I'd snap his cock off.

Get it done Unai.

Not sure that would make him want to join.

Also would make him less of a player IMO.

[Rigadon]

Nice that Man City are allowed to spend another £65m on a forward.  They’re just not that well stocked up front. 

[eamonn]

I'm not a fan at all.

Yeah, can we not just bring JJ home instead?

Like the stains on the names of the lives of the young
He's gone, and it feels like the words to a song


But yeah, he's not coming back and nor should he.

Feels like he's just another no one to you.

[SamTheMouse]

I'm not a fan at all.

Yeah, can we not just bring JJ home instead?

Like the stains on the names of the lives of the young
He's gone, and it feels like the words to a song


But yeah, he's not coming back and nor should he.

Feels like he's just another no one to you.

He belongs to a world that's gone, sadly.

[Gareth]

I'm not a fan at all.

Yeah, can we not just bring JJ home instead?

Like the stains on the names of the lives of the young
He's gone, and it feels like the words to a song


But yeah, he's not coming back and nor should he.

Feels like he's just another no one to you.

He belongs to a world that's gone, sadly.

And he still goes down every game holding that foot, as gutting as it was to see him go we shouldn’t go back

[Sexual Ealing]

Took me a while, STM!

[tomd2103]

Wouldn’t be keen on Gallagher at all. Certainly not a position we need. Maybe we’ve got someone on the way out, given Unai’s comments in his press conference, and he’s an option for a replacement.

The most obvious replacement I can see is for Barkley really.

[Drummond]

Or Buendia.

[Smithy]

Or Buendia.

They might technically both be 'midfielders', but they feel like VERY different players, surely?  I'm not averse to Gallagher, I thought he was very good at Palace, and decent enough at Chelsea - no idea how he's got on in Spain, but it's not like he's lacking playing time.  He has 27 appearances this season already, for the team 4th in Spain (and for a very demanding manager), so he must be doing something okay, even if he's not setting the world alight.

I'd take him on loan with an OPTION to buy, if it was possible.  Particularly while Barkley still looks some way off and Onana keeps having niggles.  Longer term (he's only 25), he could be McGinn's replacement.

[Olneythelonely]

Wouldn’t be keen on Gallagher at all. Certainly not a position we need. Maybe we’ve got someone on the way out, given Unai’s comments in his press conference, and he’s an option for a replacement.

If Elliott leaves we will need to add someone. Given Onana's injury record, Kamara and Youri have both missed time. Who knows wherer Ross is right now. SJM isn't getting younger he often comes off in games.

We need players, but not to replace Elliott. He’s not featured for 3 months. I don’t think Gallagher replaces any of those players other than McGinn, and I REALLY hope we’re not thinking of him as McGinn’s replacement.

[cdbearsfan]

I think if we were considering getting rid of SJM, we wouldn't keep subbing him all the time, perverse though that may sound. I believe Emery wants him to play on well into his mid-thirties and maybe beyond and that's why he is conserving his minutes.

[Brazilian Villain]

No idea of the veracity of it, but the word on the mean streets of Clwyd is that Wrexham have accepted a bid from Villa for Max Cleworth (23yo central defender).

He's not playing tonight, and isn't on the bench. We might have a new ITK maestro.

[Toronto Villa]

Wouldn’t be keen on Gallagher at all. Certainly not a position we need. Maybe we’ve got someone on the way out, given Unai’s comments in his press conference, and he’s an option for a replacement.

If Elliott leaves we will need to add someone. Given Onana's injury record, Kamara and Youri have both missed time. Who knows wherer Ross is right now. SJM isn't getting younger he often comes off in games.

We need players, but not to replace Elliott. He’s not featured for 3 months. I don’t think Gallagher replaces any of those players other than McGinn, and I REALLY hope we’re not thinking of him as McGinn’s replacement.

My inclusion of Elliott is that if he was a player Emery wanted to keep he'd have played already. So having a valuable contributing player is important than the invisible squad player that is Elliott.

[garyellis]

No idea of the veracity of it, but the word on the mean streets of Clwyd is that Wrexham have accepted a bid from Villa for Max Cleworth (23yo central defender).

He's not playing tonight, and isn't on the bench. We might have a new ITK maestro.

Wrexham team sheet was late posting on BBC football and I am sure Cleworth was included when it was initially put up.
Ps I don’t do conspiracies so maybe just a cock up