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

[Stu82]

I wonder whether Asencio will be on our shopping list. He loved his time at Villa and was hanging on last season hoping for a move to us.
He would add to quality of the squad.

[frank black]

I wonder whether Asencio will be on our shopping list. He loved his time at Villa and was hanging on last season hoping for a move to us.
He would add to quality of the squad.

Although he did tail off after a great start. I was starting to get Coutinho flashbacks

[Stu82]

I wonder whether Asencio will be on our shopping list. He loved his time at Villa and was hanging on last season hoping for a move to us.
He would add to quality of the squad.

Although he did tail off after a great start. I was starting to get Coutinho flashbacks

He did tail off a bit, but certainly not a coutinho, probably adjusting to Emery’s plans.

[ADVILLAFAN]

Although at least once a game he'd do something to make you go "oooo".

[Sexual Ealing]

We're interested in Serhou Guirassy, according to Bild. Seems unlikely given he's 30 and has just scored buckets for Dortmund.

[cdbearsfan]

Ooh, Guinea. New country, get him in.

[paul_e]

It was more just that his start was so good that no one could have stayed at that level.

[PeterWithesShin]

I wouldn't take Asensio on a permanent.

[kippaxvilla2]

I have this nagging feeling that Rashford still sees Villa as some sort of step down from where he thinks he should be.  I saw Spurs being linked with him and for some reason they are still seen as a big draw even being out of the CL and nowhere near the last few seasons.  Through the latter Doug years and latter Lerner years there was some serious reputational damage done to Villa in terms of both their ambition and status in the league.  We are starting to get that back finally.

[kippaxvilla2]

We're interested in Serhou Guirassy, according to Bild. Seems unlikely given he's 30 and has just scored buckets for Dortmund.

Serhou Guirassy looks like a Countdown during the break conundrum.

[Dick Edwards]

Rashford had a very good relationship with Unai, and Villa are in the Champions League. If he has a choice between us and Tottenham, and he chooses them then he's going for the London draw and more money, same as Gallagher. We don't want players like that.

[Dogtanian]

There have been several reports saying that Rashford would prefer not to go to a London club.

[LeeB]

I'm sure I read in some piece he doesn't want to move to London.

[PeterWithe]

I'm not convinced that up to now, Spurs do pay more money than us.

[Dogtanian]

I'm not sure if they do, as it's always been a bone of contention they won't spend on wages.

These chaps are certainly unhappy about it all;

https://www.spurs-web.com/spurs-news/breaking-tottenham-wage-bill-comparison-spurs-fall-behind-aston-villa-in-premier-league-table/

"Overall, the Lilywhites’ current wage bill is the seventh highest in the Premier League, behind the other five members of the ‘big six’ as well as Aston Villa (£268m), while Newcastle United are not too far behind the Lilywhites in eighth place (£243m)."