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

[brontebilly]

I'm not that gone on Mateta. Great last season but I'm wondering is there a hint of the Chris Wood about him. We don't really go direct to play to his strengths. Suspect it's a bit of a smokescreen to close on Tammy.

[Olneythelonely]

Yes please to Mateta.

If we got Mateta I think that would  cause an interesting reaction from people who were aghast at losing Malen.

You’d get the same from me. We need pace and Mateta doesn’t have any. I’d prefer Mateta to Abraham but it’s still insane to sell Malen.

[Ads]

I don't rate him.

[Tony Daleys Shorts]

Mateta in and Guessand out? Arrr gooo on then arrr kid.

[Keeno]

Ornstein doesn't usually report on a transfer unless there's genuinely something in it... only really trust him and Tanswell to call things properly.

If it's simply a rumour to ramp up pressure on the Tammy deal, he probably wouldn't be writing it up...

[aev]

Who is going to be cheaper?

[LeonW]

Could be: Beskitas messing us around over Tammy. Kamara injury means we need the cash for a midfielder. Guessand swap deal with Mateta potentially saves some outright cash. Bailey is Guessand’s replacement?

[Drummond]

There's no value in Guessand for us either SCR or PSR wise.

[LeonW]

Wharton is the one we really want. He could cover for Kamara to the level.

[Matt C]

Lots of spinning plates as seems customary with Villa transfer windows nowadays. No wonder it destabilizes the squad a bit .

[Skipper_The_Eyechild]

I don’t really think Mateta is all that, but if it got rid of Guessand as well…

His conversion rate this season has been virtually the same as Ollie's and was only .7% better last season.

Do you know what, I'm not even interested in that, I'm here for the way nobody gets the ball off the big bastard. It's the coughing up the ball under no pressure, leaving us open to the counter that pisses me off more than any missed chances.

Oh don't get me wrong, I'm aware being a striker is more than just your conversion rate and his all round game may currently be better than Watkins (I have no idea), I just don't think it's necessarily this big jump that people may think.

[Keeno]

Could be: Beskitas messing us around over Tammy. Kamara injury means we need the cash for a midfielder. Guessand swap deal with Mateta potentially saves some outright cash. Bailey is Guessand’s replacement?

I think this is it yeah. It all makes sense - and Bailey even on a bad day we know is better than anything we've seen from Guessand thus far.

We'll probably bring forward any of the money we had earmarked for a midfielder in the summer to now for Kamara cover.

[Skipper_The_Eyechild]

And saying that, I would much rather have Mateta over Abraham. Sorry Tammy.

[Sexual Ealing]

Yep.

[TheToffnar]

Wharton is the one we really want. He could cover for Kamara to the level.

Even if we had the money we wouldn't get him sadly. Too many clubs in for him it seems and his agent will be putting sly words in his ear no doubt.