Aston Villa Transfer Rumours

23 Aug 2026 20:00:03
We are after Joel Ordonez of Bruge Ecudoarian defender and Jackson if we get rid of Watkins for 45 million.

23 Aug 2026 14:36:40
I can see Emery walking before the end of the transfer window. Who could blame him?

23 Aug 2026 15:44:28
If Emery was going, he would have gone before now. With the upheaval we have suffered, this was always going to be a difficult season. We need 3-4 in before the window closes, and give Emery time to work his magic on the training ground. Ok, so we get hammered today. It's one game, it's not the end of the world.

23 Aug 2026 14:22:44
Get Marco Asensio back now! And someone like Diaby!

23 Aug 2026 08:09:47
Remember my post a few weeks back about Emi to Spuds? …. 😉

UTV.

22 Aug 2026 14:36:52
Leon Goretzka to Villa on a free, great experience, should be a great addition to the club.

22 Aug 2026 15:37:14.
Looks like agreement in place for Goretzka. He will be a magnificent addition to the team with his Champions League experience, and he will help with all the younger signings we've been making.
Signing him may also help Villa attract other big signings.

20 Aug 2026 18:42:45
Bid in but turned down for Harwood Bellis, I’d have him all day long.

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20 Aug 2026 20:29:50
I think, if we could get him for £30m, I might cheer up a little bit and perhaps start to look forward to the new season, no guarantee though.

20 Aug 2026 20:45:31
I think we'll get him. I think he's very much like (potentially) John Terry.

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20 Aug 2026 22:12:13
Hope so, young and under Emery he will improve.

21 Aug 2026 12:34:43
Roy may have something good to say about us, if his son-in-law joins. Right age group, seems to have the right attitude. UTV.

21 Aug 2026 14:46:40
The amount of people on Twitter going mad about bidding for Taylor Harwood Bellis is unreal. I think we should buy him, because he is already a solid player, and once Unai has got hold of him for a bit, I think he will become a great player.


Don't forget he was the U21s captain when England won the Euros in '23, so he has good leadership skills and could even possibly be a future Villa captain once legendary SJM decides to hang up his boots.

21 Aug 2026 17:45:27
We need Tosin Adarabioyo. We cannot compromise when it comes to such an important position. A prime player with top club experience to replace Konsa. Not someone we can build over two years or more - such a buy would be as backup.

21 Aug 2026 18:02:57
If he's so prime, why don't Chelsea want him, and why was Chelsea's defence so bad with him in it? Don't want anymore Chelsea rejects, bad enough signing Garnacho.

20 Aug 2026 00:39:20
Some people keep writing about how it will take 2 years to rebuild and refresh the team, causing lackluster rankings in the meantime. Keep in mind though: if we don’t qualify for Champions League again this season, players will leave the club again. We will then have lost the advantages and improvements we’d just achieved and will have entered a vicious circle!

20 Aug 2026 19:49:23
You are right in a way in saying we need CL football, but getting any European football is a must, albeit the Conference League. We are now below SCR regs, which is a good thing, and was needed badly, otherwise we would have been in the right dodo.

NWSE, DV and Emery are doing wonders on this. We have been spoilt over the last few seasons, so, if anyone has a moan about our transfer dealings, truly know nothing about football.

19 Aug 2026 20:03:32
Seen rumours of Tosin from Chelsea, must admit wasn’t that keen, until my lad showed me his stats. Defensively he’s on a par with Konsa, certainly makes more tackles and %94 accuracy passing. Best of all he’s English, that’s needed for our quota in Europe, so overall stats and all he perhaps looks the part. UTV.

19 Aug 2026 21:14:46
He's 28 & they want £30-£35M for him & they don't want him, it's a no for me. 🤷🏼‍♂️

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19 Aug 2026 21:37:47
I'd prefer Tomori from AC Milan, aggressive tackler and quick, plus his price is circa £20 million.

19 Aug 2026 21:51:37
There's a Belgian lad called Debast who plays for Sporting that the big guns have been sniffing round. Might be worth a look at. 🤷🏼‍♂️

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20 Aug 2026 00:25:30
We'd better make sure we don't pick up all the s**** players that the top clubs are trying to unload to us as part of their plan to keep us down! Beware!

20 Aug 2026 08:33:57
Looking at Tosin's stats and profile though, he appears attractive. Apparently he just doesn't fit Alonso's tactical vision?

20 Aug 2026 14:00:24
Tomori is in the last year of his contract, so they're saying EUR10-15M for him.

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20 Aug 2026 14:40:33
Even if we sign Tomori, I think we would need another centre half, as Mings is 33 and a tad injury prone.

20 Aug 2026 15:22:16
Mings must be unloaded! Makes me nervous every time.

21 Aug 2026 08:51:30
Does the rule that we can't trade with Chelsea until 42 days have elapsed since we sold Rogers to them, otherwise we don't get full value for the £117m on the BS as far as UEFA are concerned, not apply anymore?

19 Aug 2026 17:52:47
Every team out there know that we are short of players in key areas and are cash rich with all if our outgoings, the price of players we now look to purchase will inevitably go up, surely you know who is leaving, so why not make your purchases when you are in more control of the prices. Our transfer dealings over the last two seasons can never in my opinion be regarded as top class.

Time will tell if the current crop will fall in to a similar class. I still just can't believe how many of the cup winning team are no longer going be in the first game of the season, I can't see how our great successful season last term can possibly be replicated, hope I'm wrong and have to eat humble pie, but I'm worried what we are in for.

19 Aug 2026 19:07:05
We will pay more than we have to for players but we've sold players way above what they're (actually) worth, but by the end of the window we'll have a net spend of -£0 & a lower wage bill, I think they're playing a blinder with the FFP or PSR etc crap. 🤷🏼‍♂️

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19 Aug 2026 20:08:45
They're all rats; better off without them if they don't want to be here. I hope Konsa rots on the bench once Saliba comes back. Never liked the arrogant little p****.

19 Aug 2026 20:39:32
Not just sour grapes, but he made a few mistakes last season. Some on here would crucify Cash for it, but I don't remember him getting stick for it. West Ham away was a bad 1, but we've got £51M for him. 😂 tbf he's quality for England, shame he'll lose his place for club & country in 6 months time.

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20 Aug 2026 00:28:28
Let's place him as a Trojan horse within Arsenal's ranks. Haha.

19 Aug 2026 17:05:31
So Sky is reporting that we’re interested in Tosin of Chelski who’s 28 to replace Konsa who is 28, & not taking into account the UEFA 45 day rule about if we sign anyone from Chelsea it affects the profit we made on Rogers. Jog on 🙄

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18 Aug 2026 21:44:23
The irony of football, the one player who couldn't go quick enough for me, Bailey, and he is still here and we possibly lose/lost Rogers, Digne, Konsa, Watkins, Tielemans.

19 Aug 2026 05:38:29
& £250M+ in fees to replace them

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19 Aug 2026 20:09:41
Not much time left though, I hope it's not a big panic on deadline day.

18 Aug 2026 18:45:38
Wan-Bissaka signed. Loan, obligation to buy.
Strange that this has happened apparently so quickly and ahead of Suzuki and Ruggeri.

19 Aug 2026 20:14:30
Definitely better than Nedelkovic though. It's the one position we will be genuinely stronger in. Might be a risky statement to make, but I think Suzuki might be stronger as well. I loved Martinez, and he makes some great saves, but he also makes plenty of mistakes and cost us big time in 2025 against United, followed up by his transfer antics ever since.

For me, it's a slightly hesitant good riddance.

18 Aug 2026 14:09:44
Ed001 wondering if there's any truth to the rumour of Watkins to Saudi? Seems strange a rumour to suddenly pop out of what seems like nowhere so close to the season start.

{Ed001's Note - they have been trying to sign him for a few years, Watkins has never been interested. Maybe they are just trying again after seeing how good that youngster is and thinking Watkins might be more amenable if his place is no longer certain.}

18 Aug 2026 15:48:52
Thanks for the reply Ed! So chances are he won't be leaving? Feels like if he did we'd be severely underprepared with just Abraham

{Ed001's Note - it would be a big surprise if he left to go there.

18 Aug 2026 17:10:56
Can't honestly see Ollie wanting to move his young family to Saudi, obviously it's one last big move for him. UTV.

18 Aug 2026 19:01:39
I think if Unai can get Jackson and circa £40 million for Watkins then he'll let him go. Otherwise I can't see it happening.

18 Aug 2026 22:10:51
I think if he wanted Jackson he would have signed him by now, and would have prioritised him over Garnacho.
People say "oh Emery loves him." He scored something like 3 goals under him when he managed him previously. He's rubbish, nobody wants him.

19 Aug 2026 08:43:16
Thanks for the reply Ed, Romano reporting Watkins wants the moves do we take any notice of what he says?

{Ed001's Note - I don't know mate, normally I ignore what he says as he will pump out every different variation over the next few days for clicks so often, but he might actually have info this time. If Watkins is not first choice, he probably would want to leave, that has never been the case before. This season though, his minutes will be shared and he knows that, so maybe he has decided this is the time to move.}

19 Aug 2026 11:19:26
Watkins has one big move in him. I don’t see one of the so-called big six moving in for him. Will staying in the PL cement him in England's starting XI? No. Does he have anything left to prove in the PL? Not really.

Will moving to Saudi for a couple of years set him up for the rest of his days? Yes. Then, from his perspective, a move to Saudi makes absolute sense. Whether it does from the club's perspective is a totally different question.

19 Aug 2026 20:16:13
Rumours say we offered Watkins a new contract. If true, I can't see us wanting to sell.