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

[Londonvilla]

Aston Villa’s €40m offer rejected – Sporting now ready to sell player for less

Aston Villa’s long-standing interest in Pedro Gonçalves has gained relevance after reports from Portugal claimed Sporting and the player have both decided the time has come for a summer exit.

More interestingly, the newspaper claims Sporting’s internal thinking is now centred around the €30m (£25.4m) mark. Nevertheless, market conditions could even force the final fee lower.

https://sportwitness.co.uk/aston-villas-e40m-offer-rejected-sporting-now-ready-to-sell-player-for-less/

The price may be right but has his time passed?

[Mister E]

I see RedManc have managed to get £43m out of Napoli for Hojlund; good money if you can get it!

[eamonn]

Fuck, really? While we got half for Malen. Well done lads.

[LeeS]

Fuck, really? While we got half for Malen. Well done lads.

The whole Malen fiasco really is one to forget. Terrible business

[Dogtanian]

Fuck, really? While we got half for Malen. Well done lads.

The whole Malen fiasco really is one to forget. Terrible business

Only in hindsight though, he could have gone there and been crap and we’d have been laughing. A bit like Luiz.

As it was, he wanted to go, we got our money back, and Emery got more funds to help try and undo some of the damage of the summer.

[cdbearsfan]

Yep.

In any case, you can't win every deal. We got sixty million pounds for Jhon Durán. Last spotted trying to hitch a lift to sign for Pyongyang Rovers. Probably.

[Ozzjim]

Shame if Newcastle get that Munoz. Looked ideal for Unai and a good age.

[cdbearsfan]

Newcastle spending while they're not in Europe, because they will be fucked over next year if they qualify again?

[Ozzjim]

Must be. The unfairness of the rules still amazes me.

[Villatillidie25]

Must be. The unfairness of the rules still amazes me.

It’s symptomatic of an industry that was neither prepared for the explosion of wealth nor had those in power willing to make decisions for the good of the game but were either purely self interested or just willing to buckle to the whims of the powerful.

[Beard82]

Must be. The unfairness of the rules still amazes me.

It’s symptomatic of an industry that was neither prepared for the explosion of wealth nor had those in power willing to make decisions for the good of the game but were either purely self interested or just willing to buckle to the whims of the powerful.

preach

[ajmant]

The rules are bizarre on one hand and almost understandable in another.

Soend spend soend to get it o Europe and then when you are in you hit further restrictions because theoretically you have more money from being in Europe. So it’s trying to level the playing field a little but takes away some of the incentive of getting into Europe and leaves those with a head start the head start.

In other words villa are shafted. And it stinks. Particularly when city, Chelsea and others live off the rules prior to change. It’s absolute……bollocks.

[ajmant]

Christ for a minute I almost convinced myself the rules had good intentions. Must the the excitement of three reds in the first game of the World Cup.