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

[Dick Edwards]

Yes, replace the weakest links, ie, Bailey and Guessand, and the loan players. No major surgery required.

[ADVILLAFAN]

I did like the headline that Arsenal would like to sign Rogers, if the price is reasonable.

That's good of them.

[Beard82]

With Unai and Nas we’re not often bullied on or off the pitch.

[Dante Lavelli]

With Unai and Nas we’re not often bullied on or off the pitch.

I also think the players are sensible enough to realise that they’re on a good thing, so shouldnt agitate for a move.

[aev]

Tanswell suggesting we have a strong interest in Bowen.

Good player, but 29. A pretty uninspiring (and expensive) signing i'd have thought.

[frank black]

We could have him on loan for a season, whilst they battle for promotion. No way we are paying £50 mil for him

[Mellin]

I'd be (more) concerned about the age profile, but if he's the only genuine quality right side we can get then I think you just have to do it.

Agree that a loan would be brilliant. They do need to cut way back. Might suit them too.

[Sexual Ealing]

It'd be like signing Ginola.

[caster troy]

Bowen would be such a Martin O'Neill signing, no thanks.

[Beard82]

I think a lot depends on who else we sign - one jmmediate impact player is fine but could do with a mix of future and now

[Dogtanian]

How much extra would we have to pay to get Bully?

[LeeB]

We should have signed when we first saw him, our first game in the Championship, given how we were throwing money around with abandon.

[Dogtanian]

We should have signed when we first saw him, our first game in the Championship, given how we were throwing money around with abandon.

He'd have just ended up getting trapped in his kitchen garden by a particularly tricky gooseberry bush if we'd spent money on him.

[Dogtanian]

Update from The Athletic;

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7382724/2026/06/23/aston-villa-transfer-market-summer-2026-restrictions/

"Club sources, speaking on the condition of anonymity... insist that while they have to sell to balance the squad, they are not beholden to the June 30 deadline."

"Martinez... Villa want to keep him and Emery believes he remains the world’s best goalkeeper, yet an offer upwards of £15m would be considered."

"Rogers... Villa are adamant they will not sell the 23-year-old but accept that every player has a price. They are determined not to be lowballed but in the eyes of rivals, Villa’s tussle with UEFA makes them vulnerable."

[SamTheMouse]

World's best goalkeeper. Worth 15 million.

Only one of those propositions can be true.

And it isn't the second.