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

[Rudy Can't Fail]

I don't think there'd be problems on the Roma side, they hold his registration but are obliged to sell to Besiktas for €11m. Besiktas however want, either Guessand on an 18 month loan and/or €18m - if reports in Turkey are to be believed. We've told them the Guessand loan is too long. No mention of money.

18 months is fine, we will just have to suffer Evann's absence.

I wonder if we've offered Guessand to the Saudi team who wanted him last summer and were willing to more than match our offer?

[Steve67]

His stock isn’t going to be particularly high given how he’s started at Villa.

[jwarry]

Not panicking just yet, Abraham accords can be a tricky business.

Exactly, it must be done by the book and I am going to keep taking the tablets.

Let’s pray it goes through

[Chip Butty 111]

His stock isn’t going to be particularly high given how he’s started at Villa.

...it's the best for everyone if he gets on the Saudi gravy train....

[cdbearsfan]

No.

[algy]

We don't need to get to 70% but an agreed figure lower then the current one with the aim of getting to 70 within the three seasons. However paying Sancho £300k a week probably hasn't helped towards that and with Malen one of our top earners, it isn't a surprise he has been sacrificed.

Paying Sancho £300k a week definitely won’t help, but it would be pretty stupid considering we are supposed to pay him ‘only’ £160k a week.

I agree that paying Sancho £300k/week when we only have to pay him £160k/week would indeed be gross incompetence.

I do wonder though, with him being paid weekly, does he have to go to the cash desk or do they bring it round to him in a little envelope? And does he get it all as 3200 x £50 notes or do they break up some of it to tens and twenties, maybe a fiver and then five £1s so he can put them in the little slot they have on shopping trolleys? Cos it’d be a right pain in the arse if you got to the trolleys at Lidl and you only have a big pile of £50 notes … no danger of getting the cashier to break one of those for you!

Guess I’ll never understand the lives of footballers.

[kippaxvilla2]

His stock isn’t going to be particularly high given how he’s started at Villa.

...it's the best for everyone if he gets on the Saudi gravy train....

Oxoford United might be interested.

[Dante Lavelli]

Purely speculation but do we go for Hayden Hackney this window?  It just feels like we need a solid DCM to cover both Onana and Kamara.

Barkley could be dangled as a carrot to reduce the financial impact.  I reckon £20-25m plus Barkley would be about right.

[Ads]

£18m for Abraham apparently, 4.5 year deal.

[ozzjim]

Purely speculation but do we go for Hayden Hackney this window?  It just feels like we need a solid DCM to cover both Onana and Kamara.

Barkley could be dangled as a carrot to reduce the financial impact.  I reckon £20-25m plus Barkley would be about right.

Is he more of an 8/10 than a 6?

We need a presence in there for sure.

[Dante Lavelli]

£18m for Abraham apparently, 4.5 year deal.

Hmmmmm

Tammy and Ollie to rotate for the next few years whilst the big 17 year old grows up?

[ozzjim]

£18m for Abraham apparently, 4.5 year deal.

Hmmmmm

Tammy and Ollie to rotate for the next few years whilst the big 17 year old grows up?

It's not a huge fee really but still 4-5M more than I would pay for him.

[Dante Lavelli]

Purely speculation but do we go for Hayden Hackney this window?  It just feels like we need a solid DCM to cover both Onana and Kamara.

Barkley could be dangled as a carrot to reduce the financial impact.  I reckon £20-25m plus Barkley would be about right.

Is he more of an 8/10 than a 6?

We need a presence in there for sure.

Transfermarkt have him listed as a DCM and the show reel I saw - when we were linked in the summer - showed him as a deep CM.  More recently I’ve read he’s a bit lightweight/poor defensively, so who knows.   

[Beard82]

We don't need to get to 70% but an agreed figure lower then the current one with the aim of getting to 70 within the three seasons. However paying Sancho £300k a week probably hasn't helped towards that and with Malen one of our top earners, it isn't a surprise he has been sacrificed.

Paying Sancho £300k a week definitely won’t help, but it would be pretty stupid considering we are supposed to pay him ‘only’ £160k a week.

I agree that paying Sancho £300k/week when we only have to pay him £160k/week would indeed be gross incompetence.

I do wonder though, with him being paid weekly, does he have to go to the cash desk or do they bring it round to him in a little envelope? And does he get it all as 3200 x £50 notes or do they break up some of it to tens and twenties, maybe a fiver and then five £1s so he can put them in the little slot they have on shopping trolleys? Cos it’d be a right pain in the arse if you got to the trolleys at Lidl and you only have a big pile of £50 notes … no danger of getting the cashier to break one of those for you!

Guess I’ll never understand the lives of footballers.

My god - its not the 1980s.   

Hell get paid weekly by cheque.  Thats why he couldnt play on Sunday - the queue in the Nationwide was bloody massive. 

He's a doubt for Thursday, cos the cheque clears then and he'll need to go back in and get his rent out in cash, plus money for the meter.

[Dante Lavelli]

£18m for Abraham apparently, 4.5 year deal.

Hmmmmm

Tammy and Ollie to rotate for the next few years whilst the big 17 year old grows up?

It's not a huge fee really but still 4-5M more than I would pay for him.

If it locks down that position for a few years then it’s a great investment (think Welbeck).  If we are trying to shift both in the summer to create headroom for a new striker, then its a disaster because their vaoue will only decrease from here.