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?

[Skipper_The_Eyechild]

Well, I mean, it wasn't a great transfer window. Obvious gem in Rogers withstanding.

[Sexual Ealing]

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!

The club's hand is forced.

[eamonn]

I think our spine is pretty good - goalie, central defence, midfield and strikers. Albeit the average age isn't great.

Our flanks need improving. I would listen to offers for Maatsen and get someone in at LB who gives Digne proper competition/replaces him as first choice.
Mingueza from Celta on a Bosman is a no-brainer if we can persuade him to come as there is lots of interest. Proper competition for Cash and can cover RCB and LB.

Then two wingers with genuine pace and not afraid of a 5050. Sancho to go and realistically another loan for Bailey (or a sub £10m sale at best).

[KevinGage]

🚨 Villa have a long list of targets, one of them being Jonathan Rowe — he has been scouted by Villa since his time with Norwich City. Bologna are shrewd traders & will demand about £30/35m, which is the ballpark figure that Villa will be paying for new signings this summer.

Villa also want to sign a right-sided centre-back who can also play right-back, plus midfield cover. Jadon Sancho will not be extending his spell, with Leon Bailey also set to depart. There is no guarantee Emi Martínez will leave.
@JPercyTelegraph
 
New contracts for existing players will also be on the agenda. Youri Tielemans & Ezri Konsa both have two years left on their present deals & negotiations are expected to advance soon. It seems inconceivable that Villa will not reward Emi Buendia with new terms, too.

 Morgan Rogers is the star player most expected to leave, with the price at around £80m. Rogers is in line to start for England at the World Cup & his value could yet increase, but Villa accept they are unlikely to receive the £100m they had envisaged earlier in the season.
@JPercyTelegraph

 Aston Villa remain frustrated with the squad cost ratio (SCR) regulations, which limit them to spending only 70% of football revenue on their players. A big sale will be required this summer to stay within the parameters.
@JPercyTelegraph

I love these psuedo 'controls' that keep football so fair and interesting.

[Steve67]

Malen, Guessand, Dobbin, Barranechea, Elliot, Sancho, Luiz, Illing-Junior, Barry and Bailey all going will surely raise a few quid and positively effect SCR?  Selling Rogers now would be hugely disappointing.