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23 Jul 2026 09:30:51
I think we all agreed come the end of the season the squad needed strengthening, however maybe not in the way it has transpired, i.e. Tielemans going and Onana’s ACL injury. Gomes can replace Onana’s bite in the midfield. Garnacho will provide pace out wide and Manzambi will be the box-to-box midfielder, so that’s all fine.
However, both Tielemans and Rogers had the ability to take a ball in tight spaces, on the half turn and drive onto the opposition’s back four. I’m not sure any of the signings to date tick that box, nor do any of the players we are being linked with. I wonder if Emery is going to tinker with how we play next season?
1.) 25 Jul 2026 04:35:23
I'm thinking a bit more positive about it all now. We haven't replaced 'like for like', imo, we've replaced for the (potentially) better. I think Onana would've been gone if it wasn't for his injury & been replaced with someone that ain't made of glass. Manzambi has more to his game than Rogers. Not sour grapes cos he's left, he's just more versatile & seems more energetic. It'll just be different next season & different could mean finishing higher, winning another trophy.
Lots of talk about Watkins & Konsa going. Don't think we've heard the last of Martinez leaving either. Going on the prices quoted, if they went for north of £100M, they will get replaced with younger players. & we have our loaned out players back that could do a job too, Madjo & Allyson could be in & around the 1st team too, all positives. ??
UTV
20 Jul 2026 12:30:45
Spoke to my Chelsea mates yesterday who were absolutely loving the fact they had landed Rogers. A couple of rumours linking us with a couple of their players. I assumed it was Jackson and Garnacho; however, whilst we are interested in Garnacho, we won’t be pursuing Jackson because we won’t pay north of £60 million which is the fee Chelsea are looking for. Re: Garnacho apparently we are pushing hard to land him and have offered him more money than he is on at Chelsea, but he is keeping his options open as he would rather play in Spain/Italy.
The other player we are allegedly interested in is Trevoh Chalobah and my mates think this is a more likely deal as the fee is circa £30 million. I think we have been linked with Chalobah before. I wonder if this is insurance if either Mings or Konsa is sold. It will be interesting to see if they are as right on this one. With regards Garnacho, I sincerely hope not!!
1.) 20 Jul 2026 13:56:49
I find it hard to believe we would sell either Konsa or Watkins after making the sales we have. I think, after Roger's big fee, we will only sell if it's players Emery wants to move. It wouldn't make sense gutting the team any more than we need to.
The Garnacho story doesn't make much sense either, overpaying a player with a bad attitude that doesn't want to go to Villa, who hasn't been great anywhere he's been, while player wages are our biggest pain point? To me it feels like a huge mistake, just like some of the decisions made by Monchi that got him sacked.
Chelsea have overspent, I reckon, they will be desperate to move some wages off their books. Now is the time to pull their pants down and not blow big chunks of our profit on below average players who haven't cut it anywhere they went.
Garnacho, Jackson, Chalobah, I have to say I'd be disgusted if we sign any of them and it'll take the shine off the good business we have already done.
2.) 20 Jul 2026 15:05:42
Re Garnacho, I think he is a talented player, but as you say his attitude is poor. Emery must believe he can change that side of him if he is pushing for him, but like you, I'd be disappointed if we sign him, as better options are available to us than Garnacho.
Emery has worked with Jackson before, and we have been linked consistently with him for the past 3 windows, so he obviously rates him. But if the fee is as being suggested I'd rather go for someone like Balogun, who would be cheaper. For me, I wouldn't be too disappointed with Chalobah.
He would be decent cover if Mings goes, and at £30 million for an England international the price isn't too shabby either in the current market.
Re Chelsea's financial position, certainly my friends aren't at all concerned. They have already banked circa £60 million for Cucurella. They have been in the same position re Enzo Fernandez as we have with Rogers. He is apparently going to Real Madrid for a fee larger than Rogers, so that, with other departures, they will be fine allegedly.
3.) 20 Jul 2026 17:58:42
To me it's just lazy journalism. They need to sell players, we need to buy players, all guess work. Where were all these in the know internet sites when we were in talks for Manzambi and Gomes? Nobody knew a thing until we had our offers accepted. We are linked with a lot of the same players every window, but we never buy any of them or even bid on them. Gabriel Sara is another one guaranteed every window. Romano said Emery wasn't interested in Jackson. Emery was asked about Jackson one day before we played Chelsea, as in, did he fear him? How was he going to stop him, knowing how he plays from your past working together? Emery, like any other manager, gave the politically correct answer about how he was a top player and professional.
What else is Emery going to say? You can't say "no he's rubbish we're not worried about him at all."
Did you see anything about Mingueza? I'm surprised we're not all over him. We need a rb and I'm fairly sure I seen somewhere he's a free agent? Maybe just speculation. I think we will most likely be surprised by the players we end up buying. I'd imagine it will be full steam ahead with our business as soon as Rogers signs his deal.
4.) 20 Jul 2026 22:48:52
Fairly sure Mingueza signed for Palace already, but agree thought he'd have been ideal for us.
5.) 21 Jul 2026 17:37:03
Looks like my Chelsea mates might be right again re Garnacho. ?
18 Jul 2026 19:13:50
Looks like my Chelsea mates were right all along, as I posted a while ago, Chelsea were confident they were getting Rogers. The only sticking point was the fee and that’s been resolved. Big test for the recruitment team now in how to replace the goal contributions of Tielemans and Rogers. Big big challenge.
1.) 19 Jul 2026 09:26:03
Fingers crossed Olabe can identify the right players, unlike Monchi. ?
17 Jul 2026 23:11:58
I see Arsenal want Konsa. If they want him and are prepared to pay the asking price £60 million, then we should let him go and go for Dean Huijsen or Joel Ordonez to replace him. Both strong defenders will further reduce both the age profile and wage bill.
1.) 18 Jul 2026 19:42:44
Well, they've got at least £117M going spare now. ???
UTV.
2.) 19 Jul 2026 09:28:48
Like most Villa fans, I'm hopeful Olabe and Emery will be given the majority of the Rogers money. This is another opportunity to really make a significant upgrade to the squad.
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15 Jul 2026 12:11:44
Whilst a number on here don’t mind the deal the club has struck with Visit Rwanda, it seems our potential new signing Johan Manzambi, or more particularly his father, does, and consequently our deal to sign him is now in doubt. Fair play to him.
1.) 15 Jul 2026 12:45:12
Just been reading about this Lord.
You really do have to question whether it's all really worth it?
UEFA and FA have driven clubs outside of the protected few to make financial decisions that I'm sure they would rather not have to.
For me, I won't buy a shirt with that as main sponsor on the front. That's my decision and I stand by it. I won't criticise anyone who decides differently, that's up to them.
UTV !!!
2.) 15 Jul 2026 13:05:30
Agree, Trinity. I won't buy one either. It's a personal choice at the end of the day, but I'm uncomfortable with the club promoting this type of regime.
3.) 15 Jul 2026 15:08:10
Why don't you hand your season tickets back if this bothers you that much, just saying. ??♂️
UTV.
4.) 15 Jul 2026 19:42:58
Funnily enough I haven't renewed this year. Not because of the sponsorship deal, to be honest, but because the journey up from the SW was getting too much with the varying kick off times.
I support Aston Villa, but that doesn't mean I agree with everything they do off the pitch.
Bit like 'some' bitching about the price increases.
At the end of the day we all have our own decisions to make.
UTV!
5.) 15 Jul 2026 19:51:12
Fair play, Trinity. ??
UTV.
6.) 16 Jul 2026 11:39:11
You do all realise that article about his father was written by a Newcastle blogger desperately hoping Manzambi changes his mind and goes to Newcastle. Absolute nonsense is all it is.
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24 Jul 2026 19:39:10
Now Austin McPhee’s off! And to Chelsea as well, who would have thought after last season’s successes that it would all unravel so quickly. ?
1.) 24 Jul 2026 23:50:03
We'll be doing well to be in the top 10 this season.
2.) 25 Jul 2026 00:10:46
The amount of supposedly in the know pundits who have mocked set piece coaches is ridiculous. Villa scored more set piece goals than most Euro teams, so it shows it works. McPhee will be a big miss, hopefully we have someone else lined up. Chelsea must have made him a can't refuse offer. I hate these London clubs. UTV
3.) 25 Jul 2026 00:55:49
Or we've let them have him as part of a trade for one of their players.
4.) 25 Jul 2026 08:27:09
We stood still in 82 when we should have evolved. We are not making that mistake again, as long as Unai is at the helm, we have nothing to fear.
5.) 25 Jul 2026 09:17:10
I hope to God you are right, Daz. I read that Unai was fine re the sale of Rogers as the club had discussed the issue well in advance and had an approach to his sale that everyone was happy with. However, he was really pissed off about the release clauses in the Tielemans and Digne contracts as allegedly he knew nothing about them.
I hope we don't get to the stage where he thinks he can't kick on from where we are and he jumps ship as well.
24 Jul 2026 18:55:21.
Just read an interesting article which covered restrictive practices in business. One of the elements that needs to be considered by any business is whether any action the business takes limits fair competition. It seems to me that the spending cap that is PSR/SCR fits that categorisation.
Clearly there must be some reason why that doesn’t apply, otherwise I’m sure some of the clubs, like ourselves and Newcastle, would have tried to go down that road previously, but surely something needs to be done to even the playing field.
1.) 25 Jul 2026 00:37:04
I'd send them an Email on it anyways, you never know, anything is better than seeing the squad get torn apart. I'm afraid to go online at this point for fear of more departures.
18 Jul 2026 23:19:50
I wonder what odds you would have got on a French win at half time?
18 Jul 2026 21:23:28
Marcus Rashford anyone?
1.) 18 Jul 2026 21:54:46
If we buy Rashford, then United will buy Summerville. We need to buy Summerville, in my opinion. Rashford is getting on and has big wages, no resale value, and that's what we need.
2.) 18 Jul 2026 23:09:46
I'd take Rashford all day long. With Digne, Tielemans, Rogers, plus Barry and Dobbin, we have saved over half a million a week in terms of salary costs. Rashford won't command anything like the £325,000 a week that he's currently on.
He is quality, and we need to replace Tielemans and Rogers' goal contributions. He knows the League, and we know Emery can get the best out of him.
10 Jul 2026 19:47:10
Tielemans a last minute withdrawal from the match against Spain. I hope to God it’s not another serious injury or our midfield is well and truly screwed.
1.) 11 Jul 2026 00:58:26
Must have felt something bad enough to miss the Spain game. Fingers crossed. ? It was a precaution. He needs a rest.
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27 Jul 2026 12:29:00
I wonder if Unai is going to totally revamp the forward line, and bring in Espi and Jackson, and sell Watkins and Abraham?
21 Jul 2026 23:52:55
I do. I'm not sure Emery sees Abraham giving him the same workrate as Watkins or having the same ability to hold onto the ball and bring others into play. So I wouldn't be at all surprised if he was sold during the window.
21 Jul 2026 22:28:56
I think we are going to have to accept the Garnacho deal, even though most of us on here would rather we looked elsewhere, but Unai must see something the rest of us don't. In terms of a forward, it looks like we favour Jackson, but are balking at the fee, which, if as quoted, is £60 million, then absolutely we should look elsewhere.
I quite liked the look of Balogun at the WC, and I'm sure he would be available at a lower price.
21 Jul 2026 17:37:03
Looks like my Chelsea mates might be right again re Garnacho. ?
20 Jul 2026 15:05:42
Re Garnacho, I think he is a talented player, but as you say his attitude is poor. Emery must believe he can change that side of him if he is pushing for him, but like you, I'd be disappointed if we sign him, as better options are available to us than Garnacho.
Emery has worked with Jackson before, and we have been linked consistently with him for the past 3 windows, so he obviously rates him. But if the fee is as being suggested I'd rather go for someone like Balogun, who would be cheaper. For me, I wouldn't be too disappointed with Chalobah.
He would be decent cover if Mings goes, and at £30 million for an England international the price isn't too shabby either in the current market.
Re Chelsea's financial position, certainly my friends aren't at all concerned. They have already banked circa £60 million for Cucurella. They have been in the same position re Enzo Fernandez as we have with Rogers. He is apparently going to Real Madrid for a fee larger than Rogers, so that, with other departures, they will be fine allegedly.
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28 Jul 2026 21:15:50
Apparently in Argentina, the players got a heroes' welcome, and, as far as the population are concerned, all the shenanigans after the final whistle are fair enough. In fact, they have started a petition to have the final replayed as the referee was biased, and I think they have over 10,000 signatures. ??
25 Jul 2026 09:17:10
I hope to God you are right, Daz. I read that Unai was fine re the sale of Rogers as the club had discussed the issue well in advance and had an approach to his sale that everyone was happy with. However, he was really pissed off about the release clauses in the Tielemans and Digne contracts as allegedly he knew nothing about them.
I hope we don't get to the stage where he thinks he can't kick on from where we are and he jumps ship as well.
19 Jul 2026 19:19:29
For me, if we could land Rashford, Ferran Torres, and an out and out centre forward, Thiago at Brentford would be my choice, but I think he is probably out of our price range, and I think Jackson is probably more realistic.
I think it's a decent window, particularly if we could add a couple of loan signings as well. The key thing will be to get the signings in early, so Unai has time to work with the squad before the season starts.
18 Jul 2026 23:09:46
I'd take Rashford all day long. With Digne, Tielemans, Rogers, plus Barry and Dobbin, we have saved over half a million a week in terms of salary costs. Rashford won't command anything like the £325,000 a week that he's currently on.
He is quality, and we need to replace Tielemans and Rogers' goal contributions. He knows the League, and we know Emery can get the best out of him.
13 Jul 2026 15:39:05
Apparently, according to reports, whilst Rogers' representatives have been talking to Arsenal, he won't push for a move, so it will be down to Unai whether we take the cash and move on, or hold on to him.