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

[andyh]

If he is going to Leeds I suspect we were never in for him.

It’s taken him to the age of 29 to have a flash in the pan season. My abiding memory of him is being shit in the playoff final and his face like a slapped arse when the final whistle went.

Leeds is his level.

[PaulWinch again]

I’m not sure I’d be trading Fulham for Leeds.

[Clark W Griswold]

Yeah, he's shit.

[ChicagoLion]

I never understood why we would be in for him except maybe a squad filler.
Sure he could do a job but I think wears past that now.

[Ozzjim]

Wilson would have been useful as a squad player. Ten times the player Bailey now is, more use than Guessand, Sancho and always had decent numbers, decent pace and works hard. We could spend ,£40m and get a lot less output. We need 2 good wise options, he'd have done well.

Bergvall would be a good buy. Emery can coach him into using his attributes and can play holding mid.

Watching the USA you can see why Emery likes Mckennie

[Dogtanian]

The only thing I’ve ever seen him be good in was when he was next to Tom Hanks.

[ldavfc4eva]

Brandt linked to Leeds too, decent player there on a free

[eamonn]

I was bang up for it in December. Less so now.

How fickle we are with those we fancy.

[Dante Lavelli]

Bergvall v Wilson.  Hints that reducing the average age is a priority.

[Ads]

We can and hopefully will do a lot better than Wilson. Too slow and too old.

Bergvall seems to only get my attention as he runs around kicking lumps out of everybody. Proper team of cloggers Spurs, hence 17th twice I suppose.

[jwarry]

I'm not sure where that quote comes from, but we signed him when he was nineteen.

https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2024/june/18/amundsen-day-joins-villa-academy/

We signed him in June and he was playing for our under-21s in August so no delay there.

No 3 in white in this video.  Doesn’t look up to much but I guess he’s only 19 https://youtu.be/vKyORadpRDA?is=txGYDZCX1lCkYFjb

[Dave]

Brandt linked to Leeds too, decent player there on a free

Apart from coming from Dortmund rather than Fulham, I don't really see what he would do for us that Wilson wouldn't. Older then Wilson, with a similar record, but in a league that seems very good at making attacking midfielders appear better than they actually are.

Or as another comparison, Sancho was miles better than him when they were in the same team, is five years younger, and also available on a free transfer. And we don't appear to want Sancho...

[Smithy]

Wilson might have been on our list as a "if we don't get Champions League" signing.  I would have been happy adding him to the squad for free, given we've not had huge luck with right-sided wingers/forwards in recent years - so he was a low-risk signing for a couple of seasons.

I am hoping, however, that his move to Leeds has come about as much because of us deciding to look higher up the food chain, than anything else.

[Dave]

Wilson might have been on our list as a "if we don't get Champions League" signing.  I would have been happy adding him to the squad for free, given we've not had huge luck with right-sided wingers/forwards in recent years - so he was a low-risk signing for a couple of seasons.

I am hoping, however, that his move to Leeds has come about as much because of us deciding to look higher up the food chain, than anything else.

Agreed. But I'm not sure I'd take Bet365 not taking bets on it as cast-iron evidence that he'd definitely moving to Leeds.

We've had "betting suspeded" on various players joining us who then didn't. As paulie frequently reminds us, these markets are so small that pretty much anybody betting it is going to move the odds.

Hopefully he's odd to Leeds and we're about to bring in someone better and younger. But I'd still be very unsurprised to see him with us in August.

[aj2k77]

A good sign that were not in for lazy signings on huge wages like Wilson.