Summer 26 Transfer Window - hopes, speculation, rumours etc.

[Smithy]

Bournemouth buy Rayan

We buy Alysson and Madjo for a similar amount.

People seem awfully quick to forget we bought a South American teenager for £15m and sold him for £60-odd two years later.  I imagine there are PLENTY of clubs who looked at us last year and thought, "Why do we keep buying dross for millions when Villa can find a star in the making in the MLS for relative peanuts".

We need to do more of it, obviously, but I do think we need to temper the way we look enviously at other clubs' success with relatively unknown players.  There are plenty of clubs who will go decades without buys as good as Rogers and Duran.

[cdbearsfan]

Good point, well made.

[Tokyo Sexwhale]

As I mentioned previously Bournemouth also could promise starts for the season where we couldn't.

Rayan would be starting for us.

[eamonn]

And if we hadn't sold Duran, presumably we'd have had to sell one of Kamara, Rogers or two of Watkins, Tielemans, Cash, Ginny etc.

[algy]

It is so hard to tell whether this squad is good enough. The final league position and a trophy is a very good indicator. But I can’t help feeling it might also be papering over some very large cracks.

Also, we don’t want to wait until the squad falls off a cliff before making those changes. We should act from a position of strength. So I’d advocate a major overhaul now, whilst there is still some debate.

How can a final league position and winning a trophy be papering over cracks?

You don’t win football matches just by scoring more goals than the other team, don’t you know?

[Somniloquism]

As I mentioned previously Bournemouth also could promise starts for the season where we couldn't.

Rayan would be starting for us.

We have a totally different style of play AND a manager who doesn't just play a player without about 3 weeks of training before hand. You might be right in that he might have started by now but any agent who has been asked by his player to ensure he gets starts over initial fame wouldn't be looking at our track record and Bournemouths and be going Villa is where you will get the most play this season.

[Tuscans]

AS Roma have officially activated €25m buy clause for Donyell Malen to join on permanent deal from Aston Villa.

[cdbearsfan]

I may as well unfollow him on Fotmob. Goodnight, sweet prince.

[ADVILLAFAN]

Bet Roma hate that they've officially qualified for Europe after Lazio lost the Coppa Italia Final.

[steamer]

Is Guessand (excuse spelling) still at palace, he was not in last nights team.

[Smithy]

Is Guessand (excuse spelling) still at palace, he was not in last nights team.

Yes, but he's been out for a month or so with knee injury, so no idea if he'll play again this season.  Fun fact (if not mentioned elsewhere).  If we win in Istanbul, and Palace with the Conference final, he'll be the first player to win two different European competitions in the same season.

[eamonn]

He won't get a medal for us, will he? Will Harvey? H&Vers deserve one more than that pair of wasters.

[JUAN PABLO]

He won't get a medal for us, will he? Will Harvey? H&Vers deserve one more than that pair of wasters.

Wouldnt say elliot has been a waster , he has turned up at every training session and be a model pro and well liked.

[paul_e]

He won't get a medal for us, will he? Will Harvey? H&Vers deserve one more than that pair of wasters.

Of course they both will, Guessand in particular did ok in Europe with 2 goals in 7 games and generally looked more like the player we hoped for when we signed him in those slightly less intense matches.