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

[Skipper_The_Eyechild]

Yep. I've never understood it, either. 5 goal involvements in 28 in Serie A. 6 goal involvements in 28 in Ligue 1. You never know, I guess. Maybe his all round game is decent 🤷‍♂️.

[Dante Lavelli]

I think Rowe has the talent, I’m more concerned by his attitude. 

Got kicked out of Marseille for being more bonkers than Rabiot.  He raised his game to an exceptional level in his audition for a payday back in the PL (v us), but seems to struggle from week-to-week according to Seria A fans on here.

[Dante Lavelli]

Off topic but transfer related; Eliot has been linked with a £25m move to Leeds.  Nice to see Liverpool’s stubbornness has cost them £10m.

[paul_e]

He had a good run just around the time we played them with 4 goals and 2 assists in 6 games. His record other than that little patch has been poor for 2 years. Aside from that he's just got nothing special about him whenever i've seen him. He's got a turn of pace that caught Cash out a bit and, like most top flight players, he's capable of scoring from the edge of the box if you give him enough chances but when you have a plan to handle him (like we did in the 2nd leg) he's invisible.

Soule is a significantly better player in pretty much every way I can think of who, weirdly, seemed to lose his form as soon as Malen got there, I guess because they both like to move into that inside right channel and Soule ended up having to play wider/deeper once Malen was in the team.

[Dave]

Off topic but transfer related; Eliot has been linked with a £25m move to Leeds.  Nice to see Liverpool’s stubbornness has cost them £10m.

How so?

[pauliewalnuts]

He had a good run just around the time we played them with 4 goals and 2 assists in 6 games. His record other than that little patch has been poor for 2 years. Aside from that he's just got nothing special about him whenever i've seen him. He's got a turn of pace that caught Cash out a bit and, like most top flight players, he's capable of scoring from the edge of the box if you give him enough chances but when you have a plan to handle him (like we did in the 2nd leg) he's invisible.

Soule is a significantly better player in pretty much every way I can think of who, weirdly, seemed to lose his form as soon as Malen got there, I guess because they both like to move into that inside right channel and Soule ended up having to play wider/deeper once Malen was in the team.

Maybe there's a deal to be done re the 25m they now owe us for Malen.

[Dante Lavelli]

Off topic but transfer related; Eliot has been linked with a £25m move to Leeds.  Nice to see Liverpool’s stubbornness has cost them £10m.

How so?

Didn’t we have a £35m deal agreed once the conditions were met?

[Dave]

Off topic but transfer related; Eliot has been linked with a £25m move to Leeds.  Nice to see Liverpool’s stubbornness has cost them £10m.

How so?

Didn’t we have a £35m deal agreed once the conditions were met?

£30m according to people on our side, but we only decided not to meet the conditions because we didn't want to spent that money on him.

So they still don't end up with the money.

[Bent Neilsens Screamer]

I think Rowe has the talent, I’m more concerned by his attitude. 

Got kicked out of Marseille for being more bonkers than Rabiot.  He raised his game to an exceptional level in his audition for a payday back in the PL (v us), but seems to struggle from week-to-week according to Seria A fans on here.

Being more bonkers than Rabiot, didn’t they have a fight and they were both moved on?

[paul_e]

We did, and if they'd been willing to remove the clause to let him play more it might have seen them get more this window (or less if we'd done it and then he didn't play anyway or has been shit) but "cost them £10m" is stretching it.

[SamTheMouse]

I think Rowe has the talent, I’m more concerned by his attitude. 

Got kicked out of Marseille for being more bonkers than Rabiot.  He raised his game to an exceptional level in his audition for a payday back in the PL (v us), but seems to struggle from week-to-week according to Seria A fans on here.

Being more bonkers than Rabiot, didn’t they have a fight and they were both moved on?

Yep, but there were mitigating circumstances. Specifically, Rabiot is a massive twat.

[Dave]

We did, and if they'd been willing to remove the clause to let him play more it might have seen them get more this window (or less if we'd done it and then he didn't play anyway or has been shit) but "cost them £10m" is stretching it.

Indeed, which is every bit as likely.

Maybe if Liverpool give in and say that he can play as much as we want him to, his potential suitors notice that he's still just the guy that is third choice behind an at-best-mediocre Bailey and Sancho and think they might as well look to spend their £25m elsewhere.

Nothing in his Villa career suggests that if we could have played him more, then we would have.

[Dante Lavelli]

Fair enough I remembered wrong at £35m. My understanding was they refused to negotiate the games condition meaning we wouldn’t/couldn’t play him and hence his value dropped.  As proven, my memory may not be reliable.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Off topic but transfer related; Eliot has been linked with a £25m move to Leeds.  Nice to see Liverpool’s stubbornness has cost them £10m.

Do they want Tammy as well? I'm trying to raise funds to bring in Gonçalo Ramos from PSG, prices mentioned anything between €30m and €50m, wages are fine, less than Watkins. For me he's just a younger, technically more gifted Ollie Watkins, he'd fit our style of play to perfection. I'd keep Watkins for another season, loads of games, let them share the load. Watkins is getting no younger and he's also very feast or famine, never had an injury (touch wood) and his value after this window will mean it's best to keep him than sell for peanuts. Ramos hasn't had regular minutes at PSG so may take some time or need a breather in his first season. He also may have an extended time at the World Cup where he'll hopefully be ahead of Ronaldo when that idiot Martinez picks the team.

The old chestnut of 'oh but who do you replace Ollie with' and 'oh it would cost £70-£80m to replace him', well we have a chance to get in a bargain, there's obviously interest from other clubs, Milan and Juventus in Italy but they want him dirt cheap as they don't have the money; Chelsea (to replace Delap), Newcastle (already wasted their Isak cash) and cheeky fuckers Man U (on loan).

Come on, Villa! It would be rude not to.

[Brazilian Villain]

I'm happy to trust RCF's judgement on this.

BTW, do you rate Jaden Umeh as a prospect?