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

[Jon Crofts]

They've not seen Guessand in a Villa shirt, we've unearthed an gem of a player, we should all just keep schtum.

[LeeB]

If there's any viable mechanism by which they take Guessand for a reasonable price we have to take it, fuck me it's a gift from the Gods.

[LeeS]

If there's any viable mechanism by which they take Guessand for a reasonable price we have to take it, fuck me it's a gift from the Gods.

I’d take £20m and write the rest off.

[Ozzjim]

This would be the biggest get out of jail free ever if we got Guessand gone with Mateta in.

Bailey being back would make perfect sense of Guessand is off too

It's all a bit too much like something I'd want to see

[Monty]

If we pulled off that deal I would howl with wild delirium - and Glasner would as well.

[LeeS]

If the world finds out Guessand is available we may have a bidding war on our hands.

[andyh]

Can someone start a Tammy thread and then we get Mateta under the radar ?

[TheToffnar]

Can someone start a Tammy thread and then we get Mateta under the radar ?

This one made me howl

[Dave]

I'd be amazed if Palace let Mateta go this month after selling Guehi. Their fans would be in uproar.

I'd be amazed if Mateta chose to leave Palace now, with a starting spot in the French World Cup team up for grabs and then only a year left on his deal.

You'd imagine he'd have much more attractive options at that point, than fighting Watkins for minutes with us.

Yeah I can’t really see how it makes sense to him.

Which big club can he go to where he won’t have competition for his place?  It’s what happens when you join the elite.

There isn't one. But if I were him, I'd be thinking about how I'd likely be a more attractive signing for clubs after a good World Cup and with 12 months left on my deal, rather than having recently broken into the French squad and with 18 months left.

If none of that goes to plan, I imagine we'd still be interested in the summer. But if it does go to plan, he might find that Bayern or Barcelona want to pay him a big fortune to play for them instead of the small fortune we'd pay him now.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

If there's any viable mechanism by which they take Guessand for a reasonable price we have to take it, fuck me it's a gift from the Gods.

Indeed and there was I thinking get Diaby sold with a profit was a miracle. This would be another level. Unfortunately I get the idea this story has been planted to speed up the Abraham deal. I guess we'll soon find out what with everybody in Istanbul today/tomorrow.

[andyh]

Mateta - a decent player - would force us to change the way we play totally. He's not mobile, just a big strong target man. I just can't see it.

Wharton on the other hand would be a great signing.

Mateta strongly linked with Juventus - and Man City after after Wharton.

Wharton to Man City is an absolute shoe in.
He is one if the best in the league, so those fuckers will hoover him up and he’ll probably play 2 dozen games off and before disappearing like Phillips.

[Drummond]

I think that Mateta might be tempted by us, Europa League, brilliant manager and Champs League on offer next season.

[Rigadon]

29 in June apparently.  I’m not sure he’s all that great either, but it’d be better than keeping Guessand for sure and if it pissed their drummers off, well that’s an added bonus. 

We need a midfielder now more than anything else, and one that is more than likely to immediately be ready for PL action.  That’s going to be so hard to pull out the hat with the restrictions on us. 

Wharton would be ideal but obviously we won’t be able to spend out money on him.

[enigma]

I'd be amazed if Palace let Mateta go this month after selling Guehi. Their fans would be in uproar.

And we care because?

I don't.

[enigma]

Feels like vapors, but man alive that announcement would be a real tonic. Think he's a brilliant forward and if I had to pick one from the league outside of the obvious, it'd be him.

Igor Thiago for me.