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

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Sounds like they do want to sell Rogers then but realise the market isn't out there for £100mil to be spent on him.

Plus we'd have to give Boro a massive sell-on percentage rumoured to be 20%. We have to keep him and surround him by better players.

[DrGonzo]

Onana is a DM.

Not in the way kamara and lindelof are, he can’t step into the back line and operate as a centre back, which is what allows cash and digne to get on the front foot.

[eye digress]

I’d be looking at the Swiss bloke wearing 44 for Freebird

Who was that mate, as I can honestly say non of them really stood out

I thought he did stand out but it was a low bar

Thought he was tidy but a bit lightweight, so were able to bully him. He was given the ball at every opportunity, which shows how his team mates rate him. Nice cross from the left at one point, and a decent shot on target - not bad given how we pummelled them.

[Steve67]

Would like Wharton and Gibbs-White given they are not in the England Squad, if we can afford them, hope their price might have dipped a little because of their omission, who knows?  Several players likely to leave, bring in some additional class.   

[PaulWinch again]

Would like Wharton and Gibbs-White given they are not in the England Squad, if we can afford them, hope their price might have dipped a little because of their omission, who knows?  Several players likely to leave, bring in some additional class.   

There’s not a chance we’re affording both of them sadly.

[eye digress]

The Athletic article mentioned that Unai persuading Morgan to give us one more season. So it seems the whisperings have been happening for awhile.

Yes, it’s doing the rounds that Rogers is very much part of next season plans.
I think the fact that he has just bagged his first medal could play a big part.
It would be interesting to think what Emerys priority will be next season.

The story was for last summer that he persuaded that extra season which has just finished. Hopefully Morgz decides he likes it here now we have won something AND we are back in the CL but who knows.

Nope, this is about next season.

Morgan Rogers, considered by those close to Emery as Villa’s best player, received strong interest but knew he was the one player the club were insistent on keeping. Emery spoke with Rogers, asking him to stay another year, with the 23-year-old happily accepting.

My reading is also that it was last year - which chimes with those persistent Chelsea rumours at that time.

I’d be thinking that if he has a good WC, then he’ll be away to the extent that we have an acceptable offer.

But he won’t be going to Chelsea.

[Villan82]

Unless the club's hand is forced, why would a player want to leave right now?

We have finished top 5 and won a major trophy. We managed to win a big European trophy without giving up on the league like certain other clubs. We are going to soon have a 50,000 seater stadium.

You can achieve with this club and we already know we pay big wages - the atrocious financials every year show that!

[Brazilian Villain]

Unless the club's hand is forced, why would a player want to leave right now?

We have finished top 5 and won a major trophy. We managed to win a big European trophy without giving up on the league like certain other clubs. We are going to soon have a 50,000 seater stadium.

You can achieve with this club and we already know we pay big wages - the atrocious financials every year show that!

Plus you're playing and improving under the best manager in the business.

[Skipper_The_Eyechild]

Onana is a DM.

Not in the way kamara and lindelof are, he can’t step into the back line and operate as a centre back, which is what allows cash and digne to get on the front foot.

No, not in the same way, but I'd still say he's a DM.

[Percy McCarthy]

The Athletic article mentioned that Unai persuading Morgan to give us one more season. So it seems the whisperings have been happening for awhile.

Yes, it’s doing the rounds that Rogers is very much part of next season plans.
I think the fact that he has just bagged his first medal could play a big part.
It would be interesting to think what Emerys priority will be next season.

The story was for last summer that he persuaded that extra season which has just finished. Hopefully Morgz decides he likes it here now we have won something AND we are back in the CL but who knows.

Nope, this is about next season.

You sure? This was published at the end of last summer’s transfer window*.

*Which I marked 8.5/10 in the relevant thread, much to the merriment of other posters. Who’s laughing now?