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

[Brend'Watkins]

TNT  headline ‘ Cherki snapped up for only 34 million ‘. Only !!  .  just awful sycophants .   What about all the others ?!.  i think i hate the media more than other clubs 🤔😃

We’re all meant to be excited by this sort of shit. Obscene amounts of money paid out for prize Bulls. As someone pointed out on another thread. TNT and all media outlets are only interested in advertising revenues. and subscribers.

[ChicagoLion]

TNT  headline ‘ Cherki snapped up for only 34 million ‘. Only !!  .  just awful sycophants .   What about all the others ?!.  i think i hate the media more than other clubs 🤔😃

We’re all meant to be excited by this sort of shit. Obscene amounts of money paid out for prize Bulls. As someone pointed out on another thread. TNT and all media outlets are only interested in advertising revenues. and subscribers.

It’s the fact that they are prepared to sell out the integrity of the game is the bigger problem.

[jwarry]

Some Dodgy feed linking us with Kean

🚨 Aston Villa have begun to make a decisive move for Fiorentina striker, Moise Kean 🇮🇹

[Mister E]

We'd still need a pact forward option. Malen is literally our only forward that can run. Watkins waking up for a few games has been useful but we need options. Rashford was so useful because of his pace.

If Malen leaves - which seems likely - I wonder whether Emery sees Alysson and Brian as possible impact subs? - particularly if he has Abraham into the squad as well. Those 2 might obviate the need for one of Guessand or Sancho ...

[Pete3206]

Guessand gets such a hard time , i think it is really harsh for a lad in his first season. here

Perhaps if he tried to look like he's playing in football boots not roller skates, I might be a bit more understanding.

[algy]

I really hate the transfer windows. An obscene cattle mart. Players fattened-up and fucked off to their next stop on the gravy train.

Sounds like some bizarre crossover between a Toby carvery and Yo Sushi

[Dante Lavelli]

With Malen almost departed, I suspect we will soon reveal our hand on his replacement. 

They wouldn’t take this risk unless they have a notable replacement lined up imo.  The finances cannot be that bad.

[Villatillidie25]

With Malen almost departed I suspect we will soon reveal our hand onhis replacement is. 

They wouldn’t take this risk unless they have a notable replacement lined up.  The finances cannot be that bad.

Aren’t we still stuffed by the same punishment we were under over the summer though (ie net nil spend). So the finances might slowly be getting better (& it will be very slow given the way they’re accounted for) but the sanction still restricts what we can do.

[lovejoy]

It also means we cannot be agile in our dealings, having to sell before we can buy.

[aev]

With Malen almost departed I suspect we will soon reveal our hand onhis replacement is. 

They wouldn’t take this risk unless they have a notable replacement lined up.  The finances cannot be that bad.

Aren’t we still stuffed by the same punishment we were under over the summer though (ie net nil spend). So the finances might slowly be getting better (& it will be very slow given the way they’re accounted for) but the sanction still restricts what we can do.

I think that is the case too.

[Dave]

With Malen almost departed I suspect we will soon reveal our hand onhis replacement is. 

They wouldn’t take this risk unless they have a notable replacement lined up.  The finances cannot be that bad.

Aren’t we still stuffed by the same punishment we were under over the summer though (ie net nil spend). So the finances might slowly be getting better (& it will be very slow given the way they’re accounted for) but the sanction still restricts what we can do.

I think that is the case too.

I think so too, but if the only sanction is that we can't add them to our Europa League squad, you'd think that potential signings are going to be more interested in the "top three in the Premier League" bit of our season.

UEFA might however decide that we're being cheeky and the suspended bit of the punishment is enforced next summer as well. Which would be annoying.

[Sexual Ealing]

You’d imagine we’d run it past UEFA if that’s what we want to do.

[frank black]

You’d imagine we’d run it past UEFA if that’s what we want to do.

More likely they’ll get the legal team to run the rule over it all and find a loop hole. We won’t get anywhere going cap in hand to that lot.

[KevinGage]

Some Dodgy feed linking us with Kean

🚨 Aston Villa have begun to make a decisive move for Fiorentina striker, Moise Kean 🇮🇹

The Don out and Kean in would be a curious type of sabotage, alright.


Hopefully just his agent trying to get him a better deal with whatever unfortunates he’s with at the moment.

[VILLA MOLE]

wasn’t he a non entity at Everton ?