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Summer Transfer Window 2025 | Official Thread

Posted: 26 May 2025, 20:02
by stubbo-admin

May as well get going with this since with Sullivan at the helm, season ticket renewals slow, and the football vacuum to commence, this will soon be all the "news" there is.

Can Potter and MacCauley pull multiple rabbits out of the hat, or will Sullivan 'try really hard' with all of them before grabbing a few aging bargains from Big Willie Salthouse?

Window this close season comes in two parts:

Part 1: 1st June to 10th June
Part 2: 16th June to 1st September

Rumoured Outs...most of the squad

Let the "Rumoured In's" commence. 

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Player | Position | Club | Fee (GBP)

Rumoured In
  1. Daniel Cummings | ST | Celtic
  2. Koni De Winter | CB | Genoa
  3. Morten Frendrup | DM | Genoa
  4. Richard Kone | ST | Wycombe
  5. Aaron Ramsdale | GK | Southampton
  6. Caiomin Kelleher | GK | Liverpool
  7. James Trafford | GK | Burnley
  8. Kyle Walker-Peters | FB | Free Agent
  9. Taylor Harwood-Bellis | CB | Southampton
  10. CJ Egan-Riley | CB | Free Agent
  11. Josh Brownhill | CM | Free Agent
  12. Albian Hajdari | CB | Lugano
  13. Lucas Høgsberg | CB | FC Nordsjælland
  14. Ardon Jashari | CM | Brugge
  15. Raphael Onyedika | CM | Brugge
  16. James McAtee | AM | Man City
  17. Mario Struykens | AM | Anderlecht
  18. Mathias Kvistgaarden | ST | Brondby
  19. Clement Bischoff | LB | Brondby
  20. Mika Biereth | FW | Monaco
  21. Barış Alper Yılmaz | AM | Galatasaray
  22. Evann Guessand | ST | Nice
  23. Lucas Stassin | ST | Saint Etienne
  24. Marcus Taverner | FW | Bournemouth
  25. Soungoutoo Magassa | CDM | Monaco
  26. Valentin Atangana | CM | Stade Reims
  27. Mads Hermansen | GK | Leicester City
  28. Hamza Igamane | ST | Rangers
  29. Yeremay | FW | Deportivo La Coruna
  30. Adama Bojang | ST | Reims
  31. Rocco Reitz | MF | Borussia Moenchengladbach
  32. Dominic Calvert-Lewin | ST | Free Agent
  33. El Hadji Malick Diouf | LB | SK Slavia Prague
  34. Oscar Mingueza | RB/MF | Celta Vigo
  35. Tyler Morton | CM | Liverpool
  36. Harvey Elliott | AM | Liverpool
  37. Zion Suzuki | GK | Parma
  38. John Victor | GK | Botofogo 
  39. Jacob Ramsey | MF | Villa
  40. Mateus Fernandes | CM | Southampton
  41. Nga Makou | CM | Lille
  42. Quinten Timber | CM
  43. Hayden Hackney | CM | Boro
  44. Yves Bissouma | CM | Spurs
Rumoured Out
  1. Nayef Aguerd | CB | Leverkusen, Marseile
  2. Maxel Cornet | FW | Genoa/Others
  3. Guido Rodriguez | DM | Betis/Espanyol
  4. Tomas Soucek | CM | Everton
  5. Michail Antonio | ST | Free Agent
  6. Mo Kudus | FW | Chelsea/Newcastle/Arsenal
  7. Lucas Paqueta | AM | Man City
  8. Andy Irving | CM | Celtic/Wrexham
  9. Emerson | LB | Marseille
Confirmed In
  1. Jean Clair Todibo | CB | Loan To Perm (32m)
  2. Daniel Cummings | ST | Celtic (Free Agent...Tribunal)
  3. El Hadji Malick Diouf | LWB | Slavia Prahia | 20m
  4. Kyle Walker-Peters | RWB | Free Agent
  5. C****m Wilson | ST | Free Agent
  6. Mads Hermansen | GK | Leicester (18m)
  7. Mateus Fernandes | CM | Southampton (38m + 4m)
  8. Soungoutoo Magassa | CDM | Monaco (17m)
  9. Igor Julio | CB | Brighton (Loan)

Confirmed Out
  1. Aaron Cresswell | LB | Free Agent | 0m
  2. Danny Ings | ST | Free Agent | 0m
  3. Vladimir Coufal | RB | Free Agent | 0m
  4. Lukusz Fabianski | GK | Free Agent | 0m
  5. Kamari Swyer | AM | Free Agent | 0m
  6. Kurt Zouma | CB | Free Agent | 0m
  7. Carlos Soler | CM | PSG | End of Loan
  8. Evan Ferguson | ST | Brighton | End of Loan
  9. Brad Dolaghan | Released
  10. Dondre Abraham | Released
  11. Mehmet Halim | Released
  12. Muhammed Judus |stroppy| sp*rs| £55m
  13. Michail Antonio | Released
  14. Kieran Casey | Swansea | Loan
  15. Edson Alvarez | Fenerbache | Loan with Option
  16. Emerson | Marseille | £1m
  17. Aguerd | Marseille | £20m
  18. Max Cornet | Genoa | Loan

Re: Summer Transfer Window 2025 | Official Thread

Posted: 30 Aug 2025, 19:17
by goose
RBshorty wrote: 30 Aug 2025, 19:04 Hopefully you're right mate. We see.?
They just paid out £35m on Todibo, £20m on Diouf, £20m on a keeper, £38m on Fernandes and £17m on this new French kid.
They are investing in the squad.
Are they spending that money wisely? History suggests probably not but let’s be clear, they’re spending now because they fear relegation.

Re: Summer Transfer Window 2025 | Official Thread

Posted: 30 Aug 2025, 19:07
by Mr Anon
stubbo-admin wrote: 30 Aug 2025, 17:45 Apparently Sullivan is desperate to get a deal done for Paqueta who has not asked for a move. Been a big wage bill reduction exercise this Summer. He's looking at Vieira to replace Paqueta....150k off the bill, 50k on...saves 100k per week.

Fucking Sullivan.


 
Would be typical Sullivan to "leak" he doesn't want to play to turn the fans against him, don't believe it

Re: Summer Transfer Window 2025 | Official Thread

Posted: 30 Aug 2025, 19:04
by RBshorty
Hopefully you're right mate. We see.?

Re: Summer Transfer Window 2025 | Official Thread

Posted: 30 Aug 2025, 19:01
by goose
It’s not costing Sullivan a penny to run the club btw.

Re: Summer Transfer Window 2025 | Official Thread

Posted: 30 Aug 2025, 18:48
by goose
RBshorty wrote: 30 Aug 2025, 18:33
goose wrote: 30 Aug 2025, 17:59
RBshorty wrote: 30 Aug 2025, 17:52 Stub. We're being primed for the drop. Then the sale. It shit. But it's start of the exit for Sullivan.
COYI.
Makes no sense.
relegate a club and reduce its value so you can then sell it??
 
Goose what do they own.? A training ground and a brand name at best. They ain't getting the OS. Nobody in their right mind is buying a Premiership club with no Stadium. (Let alone invest in a League where the richest owners on the planet are unable to put money into their club.) Can't get anybody to buy the Gold shares. The other owners have told him. They ain't putting another bean into the club. Just for him to spunk it away.

Sullivan has always been in the property business. And running us. Was the price of that business. Buy us. Move us. Sell the old ground. Buy the new ground. (When the price is right.) Sell us. Move on. Now that hasn't gone exactly to plan. We have become a burden to him. And every season he keeps us. It's costing him. But fear not. Look who his fellow co-owners are. People who have made their fortunes buying and selling Distressed Assets. And after 15 year. When (Not if.) we drop. Sullivan will still walk away from us. Quids in.
Sorry but that ridiculous. The value is the club and its registration to the PL. That gives access to hundreds of millions in revenue as we’ve seen. The club has one of the highest turnovers in world football.

relegation likely devalues his asset by more than half.

it hasn’t sold because of a combination of Sullivan over valuation and nobody making a serious offer at his price.

On the lower side the club is worth £600m, walking away from £300m because you don’t own the ground or you’ve had enough just doesn’t make sense. 
it also makes the thing you’re trying to sell less attractive to buyers.


this is nothing more than Aguerd wanting to leave and Paqueta being made available at the right price because we don’t have the budget for the players Sullivan wants to bring in.

Re: Summer Transfer Window 2025 | Official Thread

Posted: 30 Aug 2025, 18:33
by RBshorty
goose wrote: 30 Aug 2025, 17:59
RBshorty wrote: 30 Aug 2025, 17:52 Stub. We're being primed for the drop. Then the sale. It shit. But it's start of the exit for Sullivan.
COYI.
Makes no sense.
relegate a club and reduce its value so you can then sell it??
 
 
Goose what do they own.? A training ground and a brand name at best. They ain't getting the OS. Nobody in their right mind is buying a Premiership club with no Stadium. (Let alone invest in a League where the richest owners on the planet are unable to put money into their club.) Can't get anybody to buy the Gold shares. The other owners have told him. They ain't putting another bean into the club. Just for him to spunk it away.

Sullivan has always been in the property business. And running us. Was the price of that business. Buy us. Move us. Sell the old ground. Buy the new ground. (When the price is right.) Sell us. Move on. Now that hasn't gone exactly to plan. We have become a burden to him. And every season he keeps us. It's costing him. But fear not. Look who his fellow co-owners are. People who have made their fortunes buying and selling Distressed Assets. And after 15 year. When (Not if.) we drop. Sullivan will still walk away from us. Quids in.

Re: Summer Transfer Window 2025 | Official Thread

Posted: 30 Aug 2025, 18:30
by Massive Attack
Portuguese speaking Mourinho would be ideal to breathe confidence and passion back in to Paquetas game. 

Re: Summer Transfer Window 2025 | Official Thread

Posted: 30 Aug 2025, 18:24
by Ron Eff
I just don’t know with Paqueta. He just doesn’t seem the character to force a move to Villa of all clubs. He has left all previous clubs on good terms, and seems genuinely passionate when good things happen at the club. 

I probably don’t mind selling him at the right price if he is replaced, but while he isn’t perfect, we are devoid of players who can do something special like he can. I think our new look midfield can bring the best out of him. 

It’ll be a shame for him to go in such circumstances but feels more like the board finding an angle to blame the player. 

Aguerd can fuck off. Proper flakey melt. 

 

Re: Summer Transfer Window 2025 | Official Thread

Posted: 30 Aug 2025, 18:09
by Haz
Aguerd?  I fuckin hate that French-speaking surrender MONKEY.

I never rated the cսnt from day 1.  I'd have shoved his fucking backbone right up his arse, if he had one.  Put me in a room with him for 5 minutes, I beg you!  Slimy rat  faced vermin.

FUCK OFF OUT OF THIS CLUB.  And take Tobido with you on the way out.  

Re: Summer Transfer Window 2025 | Official Thread

Posted: 30 Aug 2025, 18:04
by fraser
mallard wrote: 30 Aug 2025, 17:57 So is it Aguerd NOT Pacqueta having a strop?
Aguerd apparently having a strop and Paqueta apparently we want to sell? 

Re: Summer Transfer Window 2025 | Official Thread

Posted: 30 Aug 2025, 17:59
by goose
RBshorty wrote: 30 Aug 2025, 17:52 Stub. We're being primed for the drop. Then the sale. It shit. But it's start of the exit for Sullivan.
COYI.
Makes no sense.
relegate a club and reduce its value so you can then sell it??

Re: Summer Transfer Window 2025 | Official Thread

Posted: 30 Aug 2025, 17:57
by mallard
So is it Aguerd NOT Pacqueta having a strop?

Re: Summer Transfer Window 2025 | Official Thread

Posted: 30 Aug 2025, 17:52
by RBshorty
Stub. We're being primed for the drop. Then the sale. It shit. But it's start of the exit for Sullivan.
COYI.

Re: Summer Transfer Window 2025 | Official Thread

Posted: 30 Aug 2025, 17:50
by fraser
stubbo-admin wrote: 30 Aug 2025, 17:47
Alfs wrote: 30 Aug 2025, 17:44 I'm hearing £50 million for Paq.  I wouldn't sniff at that.  For every moment of brilliance he delivers there are half a dozen instances of crapness.
Trouble is he is a very versatile and talismanic player in a squad bereft of personality. Plays 8, 9, 10, LW.

Would take at least two very talented players to replace the role he plays in the squad. He's also been our best player this year so far and scored 2 in 2.
He also made the most recoveries in our team last season, so while he does give it away he wins it back the most, oh and Viera of Arsenal ffs! 

Re: Summer Transfer Window 2025 | Official Thread

Posted: 30 Aug 2025, 17:47
by stubbo-admin
Alfs wrote: 30 Aug 2025, 17:44 I'm hearing £50 million for Paq.  I wouldn't sniff at that.  For every moment of brilliance he delivers there are half a dozen instances of crapness.
Trouble is he is a very versatile and talismanic player in a squad bereft of personality. Plays 8, 9, 10, LW.

Would take at least two very talented players to replace the role he plays in the squad. He's also been our best player this year so far and scored 2 in 2.

Re: Summer Transfer Window 2025 | Official Thread

Posted: 30 Aug 2025, 17:45
by stubbo-admin
Apparently Sullivan is desperate to get a deal done for Paqueta who has not asked for a move. Been a big wage bill reduction exercise this Summer. He's looking at Vieira to replace Paqueta....150k off the bill, 50k on...saves 100k per week.

Fucking Sullivan.
 

Re: Summer Transfer Window 2025 | Official Thread

Posted: 30 Aug 2025, 17:44
by Alfs
I'm hearing £50 million for Paq.  I wouldn't sniff at that.  For every moment of brilliance he delivers there are half a dozen instances of crapness.

Re: Summer Transfer Window 2025 | Official Thread

Posted: 30 Aug 2025, 17:35
by cheesebgt
nychammer wrote: 30 Aug 2025, 16:20 how would selling Paqueta now impact any potential case we have against the FA? City were going to pay double what Villa are offering before this scandal blew up.......
 
What case do we have against the FA? They investigated the claims, as they're meant to. If you're talking about the time it took, well they had to wait until the Brazilian FA did their trial first and then once that finished it was Paqueta's lawyers that asked for 3-6 months delay whilst they got their defence ready. If you mean the time it took to release the verdict, well that was at least 6 weeks ago, so we've had plenty of time if we wanted to sell him to get the price up.

 

Re: Summer Transfer Window 2025 | Official Thread

Posted: 30 Aug 2025, 17:28
by Fauxstralian
Supppsedly interested in Charlie Cresswell of Toulouse
They are playing PSG tonight

Fine Aguerd 2 weeks wages & get the rat out
Might mean a back 4 tomorrow… with Chris Wood might actually be one game Mavropanos is suited for and we need full backs to deal with their wide players

Re: Summer Transfer Window 2025 | Official Thread

Posted: 30 Aug 2025, 17:26
by fraser
The cynic in me can't help but wonder if a board that will get abuse could be saved by multiple players agitating for a move 🤔 

Re: Summer Transfer Window 2025 | Official Thread

Posted: 30 Aug 2025, 17:22
by Massive Attack
But the culture and togetherness has never been better with stability back at the Club again thanks to Partridge, according to himself. 🤷‍♂️

*Looks directly at Paqueta/Aguerd as the latest to act up*

Re: Summer Transfer Window 2025 | Official Thread

Posted: 30 Aug 2025, 17:19
by goose
Good riddance.
Fella is a massive pussy & didn’t wanna be here.

can we please sign a centre back with some leadership qualities.

Re: Summer Transfer Window 2025 | Official Thread

Posted: 30 Aug 2025, 17:12
by RBshorty
Aguerd has obviously never been to Marseille.!

Re: Summer Transfer Window 2025 | Official Thread

Posted: 30 Aug 2025, 17:05
by stubbo-admin
Aguerd now playing the role of King Kunt and has refused to travel as wants to go to Marseille.

Re: Summer Transfer Window 2025 | Official Thread

Posted: 30 Aug 2025, 16:20
by nychammer
how would selling Paqueta now impact any potential case we have against the FA? City were going to pay double what Villa are offering before this scandal blew up.......