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

[KingstandingVilla]

At this point, in Emi and Bizot we have brilliant options. If a good keeper comes along and wants to stick around and wait for Emi’s contract to expire then fine. But I wouldn’t be pushing Emi out. Getting £15-£20M and wages of our books helps of course but I’d rather keep him for the immense tangible and intangible value he continues to provide us.

Zych is apparently turning into a very reliable keeper and Proctor looks a great prospect. Given their respective ages I'm not against letting the current 2 stay until the ends of their contracts and see if we have options in house ready to replace them over that time.

I know it's not really done in football but I'm a fan of Northampton in the rugby and I love to see Villa get to a similar point where the academy is driving who we are and how we play and transfers are used to augment that rather than the approach being that transfer are always the answer. I know it's difficult and we'll never really get there but I'd like us to at least give the young players room to try, where we can.

That's the dream, pull that off and our 'rivals' can have three mega stadiums with Coldplay in residence and it won't make a blind bit of difference.

It’s worth adding that Northampton’s aggregate salary is one of the lowest in the league (8/10) yet they won the league this year and lost in the equivalent of the champions league final last season, all whilst losing their best players along the way.

Did you know that Northampton were owned by a well known Villa fan Mack The Sock? He's a proper character, in his 80s now.. He was brawling on Wembley Way with Man U in 2010 in his 70s.

[tony scott]

Having listened to Dan Bardel on the subject of Villas ability to spend in the transfer window, I’m surprised that Unai wants to carry on,

[algy]

Who’s Dan Bardell?

[Rigadon]

One of the many things about the age of AI / social media that is detestable are the mocked up images of our players in Arsenal kits.  This whole “£130m is a joke / too little / the going rate” alongside Rogers in their hideous shirt is really quite annoying. 

[PaulWinch again]

Having listened to Dan Bardel on the subject of Villas ability to spend in the transfer window, I’m surprised that Unai wants to carry on,

What did he say?

[Ian.]

Having listened to Dan Bardel on the subject of Villas ability to spend in the transfer window, I’m surprised that Unai wants to carry on,

What did he say?

I think Emery said the same as algy. “Who’s Dan Bardell?”

[ADVILLAFAN]

One of the many things about the age of AI / social media that is detestable are the mocked up images of our players in Arsenal kits.  This whole “£130m is a joke / too little / the going rate” alongside Rogers in their hideous shirt is really quite annoying. 

Console yourself that they did it with Tielemans, who ended up joining us instead.

[Holte Antipode]

Trossard to Turkey seems a bit of a waste. Although his weird binoculars/goggles celebration gets on my nerves, he has talent and assists from the bench. Wonder if Olabe should throw in a cheeky punt to try to hijack that one?

[PaulWinch again]

I suspect the move to Turkey means big wages, so given age profile doesn’t really work for us.

[KevinGage]

Who’s Dan Bardell?

He's the bloke Emery and Olabe call up first when they're thinking of making a bid for a player.

[Mellin]

Having listened to Dan Bardel on the subject of Villas ability to spend in the transfer window, I’m surprised that Unai wants to carry on,

Does anyone know the detail on this? I'm completely oblivious this year. Can we spend or not? Any decent articles or audios available on it?

[pauliewalnuts]

I like Dan Bardell, but am not sure how he's got the inside track on what we can do this summer.

[PaulWinch again]

I like Dan Bardell, but am not sure how he's got the inside track on what we can do this summer.

Yeah he always seems decent enough.