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

[Max Villan]

Got a feeling we will be in for a showpiece attacking midfielder (as we have every year so far but not got one over the line!). Marmoush or Gibbs-White in, Wilson on a free, Mingueza on a free and a couple of clever signings to replace Mings and Kamara (Hackey maybe in midfield) would be a great window for me. Maybe a better winger than Wilson if funds allow.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

maybe he could get some form out of Calvin Phillips? We need cover at DM and he was excellent at Leeds.

Good God man! Have you lost your mind?

Ha! I can't remember the last time I heard Calvin Phillips' name mentioned, if fact I've probably heard David Batty's more recently and he's living on a farm as a recluse somewhere in the middle of the Yorkshire Dales.

I’m only chucking it out there as a cheap back up option. I got pelters for suggesting Clavert-Lewin last year, but he has proven a decent signing for Leeds. Obviously we also need more exciting signings too.

Thing is even with Champs league things will be tight on wages. We have two excellent DMs in Kanara and Onana but neither seems capable of staying available for more than half a season. We already have top drawer first teamers, Phillips under Emerys tutelage could be good cover.

Just yanking your chain, Ashton and he's not the worst suggestion I've read on here though I have been on here far longer than I care to remember.

[paul_e]

Calvert-Lewin isn't a terrible striker but he would have been an awful fit for us.

Philips is a terrible midfielder, he was always overrated, a DM who didn't actually do very much defensively but could play a decent long pass, he wasn't fit enough and  couldn't read the game well enough to ever be a regular in a good team. Bielsa briefly made him look good by building an entire team that did his running for him but I've never seen the appeal even when plenty of people were desperate for us to sign him.

Whilst we're on the subject of massively overrated English players I'll add Gordon to the list who would be a pub league player if he didn't have his pace and who has been sussed out completely this season.

[oldtimernow]

Bowen’s too old now for the kind of money we’d need to pay.  I think we could realistically  somebody younger, as good (maybe better) for less money.

Summerville or Mateus Fernandez 🤔

[Smirker]

I don't think we'd have to pay much for Bowen.

Bailey out, Bowen in would be a great upgrade. Wouldn't cost much I don't think.

We simply have to get a top striker. If we get a 30 goals striker we are going to win the league.

[Brazilian Villain]

We simply have to get a top striker. If we get a 30 goals striker we are going to win the league.

But which one? There's so many of them about.

[rougegorge]

Not sure if this has been mentioned already, but there are suggestions around Jesús Rodríguez at Como - young 'pacy' winger.

[The Man With A Stick]

Bowen stinks of a Gregory/MON type signing, five years ago fine but no thanks right now.

[steamer]

Bowen stinks of a Gregory/MON type signing, five years ago fine but no thanks right now.

Agree

[cdbearsfan]

We simply have to get a top striker. If we get a 30 goals striker we are going to win the league.

But which one? There's so many of them about.

If we only sign one of Kane or Haaland I'm going to be pretty unimpressed by the club's so-called "ambition".

[Mister E]

Bowen, C-Phillips ... blimey, no thanks.
Hackney: overpriced by Boro.
Wham's Fernandes - has looked flaky recently.
Marmoush: unproven in the Premier League and probably on big wages.

A couple of freebies and a commitment to 2-3 of our youth players; plus 1 or 2 big signings: that's the summer business unless we lose Rogers or Martinez. If the former,goes, I'd love to see MGW come to Villa. If the latter goes, I think we'll see a foreign purchase (i e. not Trafford or Henderson).

[Dave]

Marmoush: unproven in the Premier League and probably on big wages.

Just the £275k per week.

[paul_e]

Agree, Bowen is too old (same for Wilson as well).

26/27 is about as old as I'd be happy with this summer and I'd prefer a couple even younger than that because we do need to start thinking about the team after this one.

As I've said I think we need:

RB
CB
2 Wingers/10
Probably a midfielder.

Mingueza would be great and covers the first 2 meaning we can let Cisse have a year to see if he's ready to step up as well ( I like the look of him so I hope we give him a chance).

For the wings I liked the look of Víctor Muñoz who was linked last week, he looks like he could develop into the role McGinn plays really well and I'd love us to go for Osorio at Midtjylland who looks like he'd fit in really well int he premier league. Between them the fees would be about £50m which i think would be in our range this summer.

That leaves whatever we can scrape together to look for another option in midfield who will slowly replace Barkley. There's a few decent options about but it will be tough to get someone ready to step straight in unless we can free up £40-50m.

[steamer]

Marmoush: unproven in the Premier League and probably on big wages.

Just the £275k per week.
Unbelievable !!!

[Smirker]

Bowen is 29 guys.

Come on.

He is absolutely not too old at all.

West Ham will be financially struggling.

He's not going to break the bank.

It would be an improvement over Bailey, that's all.

As for striker, Igor Thiago at Brentford would be an option. Pannichelli in the French league is 23 and just broke into the Argentina squad, Kaio Jorge in Brazil. Kroupi at Bournemouth. There are certainly options to look at. Don't bother replying with some shit reasoning about how Kroupi has only scored 13 when I said 30 because you're smart enough to understand that in a different team he could possibly score a lot more and he's only 19.

Point being, just because it might be hard to find, doesn't mean there's no point trying.