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

[Brazilian Villain]

There's a lot of over the top silliness on here. Let's just calm down and see what happens shall we?

That would seem a sensible approach.

[Ozzjim]

There's a lot of over the top silliness on here. Let's just calm down and see what happens shall we?

That would seem a sensible approach.

And very boring for a transfer speculation thread. There are plenty of other threads to be entirely sensible on, indeed boring as can be, but the very nature of this one is surely to run about in a mad panic and suggest players to buy... Sorry borrow.... in our current predicament.

What happened to Jozy Altidore in the end?

Under the radar we were linked with Luiz this morning in a couple of places. If fit I wonder if Emery will see it as the lowest risk option.

[Chip Butty 111]

How much would we get for Martínez ?

Around £20M ? In a slow decline and getting flaky injury wise? Never understood the fuss with him as he makes too many daft blunders in amongst his good performances. Inter would be perfect for him, and he'll be gone in the summer.

[aj2k77]

Sick of him anyway, he looks like he's checked out mentally and isn't the man and part of the group that he was.

[Tuscans]

How much would we get for Martínez ?

Around £20M ? In a slow decline and getting flaky injury wise? Never understood the fuss with him as he makes too many daft blunders in amongst his good performances. Inter would be perfect for him, and he'll be gone in the summer.

Double that at least. 3.5 years left on a highly paid contract, World cup winner, multiple Copa Americas and in his prime years for a goalie. Could sign a 5 years deal somewhere else quite easily I reckon.

[Skipper_The_Eyechild]

How much would we get for Martínez ?

Around £20M ? In a slow decline and getting flaky injury wise? Never understood the fuss with him as he makes too many daft blunders in amongst his good performances. Inter would be perfect for him, and he'll be gone in the summer.

I think his best days are behind him but 'never understood the fuss with him' as a back-to-back Yashin award winner is a bit wild.

[Chip Butty 111]

How much would we get for Martínez ?

Around £20M ? In a slow decline and getting flaky injury wise? Never understood the fuss with him as he makes too many daft blunders in amongst his good performances. Inter would be perfect for him, and he'll be gone in the summer.

I think his best days are behind him but 'never understood the fuss with him' as a back-to-back Yashin award winner is a bit wild.

...not for his performances in the premier league, consistently around 7th to 9th best keeper in the league according to the stats. If he played for Uruguay and not Argentina his profile would be way lower, and no Yashin awards.

[eamonn]

We were dumb enough to give Shay Given a five year deal when he was on the decline and before long was counting his money on the bench while Guzan took over. On that basis, £100m seems reasonable.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

How much would we get for Martínez ?

Around £20M ? In a slow decline and getting flaky injury wise? Never understood the fuss with him as he makes too many daft blunders in amongst his good performances. Inter would be perfect for him, and he'll be gone in the summer.

He's 33 not 43.  There's still a few good seasons left in him. He's been our best player even before Unai arrived and saved us a ridiculous amount of points over the years.  If strikers were judged on their errors, there wouldn't be any. Even Messi misses penalties.

[villadelph]

How much would we get for Martínez ?

Around £20M ? In a slow decline and getting flaky injury wise? Never understood the fuss with him as he makes too many daft blunders in amongst his good performances. Inter would be perfect for him, and he'll be gone in the summer.

My goodness, we've reached new levels of ungrateful.

[TelfordVilla]

It's like saying "he's not a 'United' player". We are turning into a bunch of entitled prices. Villa fans - the new United fans.

[Steve67]

If Martinez has mentally checked out, there is no point keeping him as it will disrupt the club. At 33, we take what we can get and move on. Great keeper but on the decline, arguably due to him being unsettled.

[Rigadon]

It's like saying "he's not a 'United' player". We are turning into a bunch of entitled prices. Villa fans - the new United fans.

Huh? 

[London Villan]

+£30m for a player that wants a move, on this season’s figures, would be very handy. I am sure we have a list of replacements lined up.

[PaulWinch again]

The “mentally checked out” stuff might be true, but it’s entirely assumptive. He’s made some ropey mistakes, but in the round I think he’s been better than he was last year and made a lot of very good saves.

That’s also not looking at the wider picture - there’s not much left of the transfer window. We’ve got a massive gap in midfield, we still haven’t addressed the gap left by Malen (or at least not really). Losing our first choice keeper as well would be nuts, especially given our hit rate on transfers of late.