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

[Dante Lavelli]

Fatawa at Leicester was a well regarded RW. Worth a gamble? Still only 20 I think.

[Londonvilla]

The new Super John McGinn

Why are there no links to him?

[ADVILLAFAN]

I thought that Vitor Muñoz looked like a faster version of McGinniesta.

[Holte L2]

On what dates are the João Felix links going to appear?

[paul_e]

As I've said a few times I'd like us to be looking at Dario Osorio. He's available for about £15m this summer and will almost certainly end up in the premier league.

Decent with both feet, plenty of pace (especially over the first 10 yards) decent shot, cross and pass and great technical ability. He's one I could see going to somewhere like Everton (as he's been linked to them recently) having a good 18months and then being back on the market for £50m+. For the sort of fee we'd be looking at it's well worth a gamble. His record in Europe is pretty good so his stats aren't just being padded by playing in Denmark.

[ASHTONVILLA]

Looking at the Villa tradition of buying from relegated teams

West Ham

I know Bowen is the obvious link, should have got him when he moved from Hull but 29 now. Would not mind us going for Wan Bissaka as competitio for Cash, would not be expensive and would suit Emerys system. Fernandes looks decent.

Wolves

Slim pickings. Joao Gomes might be good competition in midfield and only 25.

Burnley

Nothing really.

[PaulWinch again]

Wan Bissaka - good grief no.

[LeeS]

Looking at the Villa tradition of buying from relegated teams

West Ham

I know Bowen is the obvious link, should have got him when he moved from Hull but 29 now. Would not mind us going for Wan Bissaka as competitio for Cash, would not be expensive and would suit Emerys system. Fernandes looks decent.

Wolves

Slim pickings. Joao Gomes might be good competition in midfield and only 25.

Burnley

Nothing really.

Who is that 19 year old at wolves?  Looked shit hot during their good spell in Feb/Mar

[paul_e]

Wan-Bissaka is weirdly overrated, every time he has a decent game there's suddenly some weird collective amnesia where the 8-9 really average games get forgotten and he's suddenly being talked about for England again.

The biggest problem being that he can't pass, you'd expect pass completion stats of 80-90% for a full back (slightly lower for more attacking players) but Wan-Bissaka, as one of the most defensive fullbacks in the league, struggles to get 75%. He'd be an absolutely horrific fit for a team that plays the ball around baiting the press as much as we do.

Fernandes is decent but back-to-back relegations for teams who got overrun in midfield isn't a great look, I'd let someone else take that gamble.

Joao Gomes isn't good enough, probably decent as a midtable player but he's not at the level we should be shopping, same with all of the Wolves squad really. Mane is their best player but he probably needs a year or 2 in the championship anyway.

Burnleys best player is probably the Brazilian lad at left back but even he is a bottom-half of the league sort of player at best.

I wouldn't be looking at signing anyone from any of them.

[paul_e]

Who is that 19 year old at wolves?  Looked shit hot during their good spell in Feb/Mar

I assume you mean Mane who I mentioned, he's definitely the most interesting option there but he's nowhere near the level of players like Rogers, Buendia and McGinn he'd be coming in to compete with and won't be for a while. I think I'd rather take the gamble on one of our own kids making the jump than give them the sort of fee they'll be after.

[Dogtanian]

Looking at Transfermarkt’s contract dates, we will need to be busy this summer.

Players entering final 12 months:
Bizot, Lindelof, Mings, Buendia, Bailey, Barkley.

Players entering last 2 years:
Digne, McGinn, Tielemans, Watkins, Torres, Konsa, Bogarde.

I know there was some confusion around Barkley, but it currently shows 2027.

So that’s thirteen players potentially needing replacing, moved on, new contracts agreed, etc.

[Ian.]

Wan Bissaka - good grief no.

Ha ha, I agree. Whenever his name is mentioned I do wonder what they are seeing.

[paul_e]

New contracts for Buendia, Torres, Konsa, Tielemans and Watkins are highly likely in the next few months (but nothing will happen before the end of June). I suspect extensions for McGinn and Bogarde as well and probably Bizot. So that's 8 of them likely to be on new deals by Christmas. So 3 players to replace in the next 12 months and 2 more after that. This does highlight though that CB is the big area we need to look at because all of our central defenders are on that list and both Mings and Lindelof are old enough that we might not want to renew them.

[PaulWinch again]

Wan Bissaka - good grief no.

Ha ha, I agree. Whenever his name is mentioned I do wonder what they are seeing.

He’s just very limited. He can tackle well, but we need so much more from our full backs. He’s terrible going forward.

[Dante Lavelli]

The new Super John McGinn

Why are there no links to him?

Definitely looks like an Emery prospect.  I remember SJM saying that every manager until Emery told him to move the ball quickly.  This fella loves to get control and draw players in.