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

[Exeter 77]

Bardell appeared to have access to the club under Tony Xia but NSWE started to run things properly.

[Percy McCarthy]

They didn’t tell him the Generator was going in 🤔😀

Haha yes, I saw that. They actually told everybody but Justin missed that.

[Dogtanian]

A piece in the Athletic about our new guy, Modou Keba Cisse;

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7405245/2026/07/06/modou-keba-cisse-aston-villa/

"Cisse made 30 appearances in a LASK side which went from a seventh-placed finish in the 2024-25 campaign to league and cup winners. Cisse held the best points-per-match average of any player in the Austrian first division (2.08), with his own game immeasurably developing in that time."

"Cisse came to Bodymoor Heath on December 16 last year, spending a week training with manager Unai Emery and his side."

"When Villa were learning about his personality, they asked if he played PlayStation. He responded that he preferred to either focus on the next game, practise English or sleep instead."

[eamonn]

What a bullshitter.

[Dogtanian]

What a bullshitter.

Xbox man.

[jwarry]

A piece in the Athletic about our new guy, Modou Keba Cisse;

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7405245/2026/07/06/modou-keba-cisse-aston-villa/

"Cisse made 30 appearances in a LASK side which went from a seventh-placed finish in the 2024-25 campaign to league and cup winners. Cisse held the best points-per-match average of any player in the Austrian first division (2.08), with his own game immeasurably developing in that time."

"Cisse came to Bodymoor Heath on December 16 last year, spending a week training with manager Unai Emery and his side."

"When Villa were learning about his personality, they asked if he played PlayStation. He responded that he preferred to either focus on the next game, practise English or sleep instead."

Forgotten all about him.  Looks like he could be Konsas deputy next season?

[Dogtanian]

Hopefully he's going to have a good opportunity in pre-season to show what he is made of, especially with Konsa scheduled to return later due to the World Corrupt.