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29 Jan 2026 11:50:37
Apparently Real Madrid have spoken to Emery's agent about taking over come the summer!. Hope this isn't true I would rather we lose Rogers than Emery.
1.) 29 Jan 2026 15:34:57
Yes, read that earlier. It shouldn't be a surprise that he's linked to top jobs in Europe as he's one of the best in Europe.
Be gutted if he left. Fingers crossed it comes to nothing and is idle media gossip.
One thing is for sure, he wouldn't have PSR concerns there.
2.) 29 Jan 2026 19:57:44
It’s been said about Emery that he struggled at PSG because of the egos of the big players, would be the same at Real because it pretty much sounded like the players bombed the Lat guy out ??♂️
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12 Jan 2026 15:47:09
Really surprised we are prepared to let Malen go he is really unfortunate he has done nothing wrong and usually makes a difference whenever he comes on he is really unlucky in my view.
If he is going we must be confident that an established forward will be joining.
1.) 12 Jan 2026 16:03:35
I think your thoughts are echoed by many Villa fans.
It seems a strange decision to move a player on when he appears settled at the club and within the system and, as you say, does have a positive impact when he plays, particularly off the bench.
We'll see what the wise men at Villa have planned I guess.
2.) 12 Jan 2026 17:02:09
If true, I suspect this is at least partly motivated by the PSR and Uefa constraints following the ruling last year. I think most fans would agree that Malen has been a useful addition, but assessing him with finances in mind might mean we should be aiming for a greater return on such a significant earner. Building a squad is just as much an art as it is science, but in the current climate I don't think we can afford to have some of our top earners not genuinely competing for our first 11.
So I'd imagine players like Malen, Barkley, Elliott, Sancho and possibly even Buendia/Digne will all be the most likely to depart either in Jan or the summer, depending on who's available and how that salary allocation could be better used in the eyes of Emery.
3.) 12 Jan 2026 17:48:56
The issue for me is we’re selling a player who clearly has settled in. Fits the system and is useful either from the start or off the bench. Then realistically lacing him with an unknown quantity in terms of playing in this team.
A risk.
Not saying Gallagher isn’t a good player but will he fit in.
PSR is screwing is royally every transfer window from what I can see.
4.) 14 Jan 2026 12:41:50
Have you sat back and thought Malen wants to leave to gain minutes playing when there's a World Cup on the horizon?
03 Jan 2026 23:09:34
Every player has a price and according to the Spanish outlet Fichajes Chelsea are prepared to offer £130.6 million offer for Rogers. If it's true we have a decision to make it's a hell of a lot of money.
1.) 04 Jan 2026 10:06:15
They can offer what they want in the summer, till then they can do 1.
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2.) 04 Jan 2026 18:29:44
Why would he currently go to a team that are 12 points adrift of us, have no manager and are in turmoil with regard to their ownership/ management relationship? Obviously money is a factor but he strikes me as more intelligent than that. Also, who would you replace him with - and I mean someone of equal or better quality for less money (otherwise there’s no point in selling) who is available and immediately willing to come to VP (i.e.
not on someones fantasy wish-list) . I can’t think of a better midfielder that could replace him frankly.
3.) 04 Jan 2026 20:19:41
I get what your saying Menace but money talks, so if Chelsea offer him a salary of say £250k a week, we can’t match that given the SCR issues we currently face. Add to that the fact that allegedly Cole Palmer is his best mate, plus the bright lights of London it may sway him, and as I say if £130.6 million is an opening bid we will obviously look to push that figure to nearer £150 million and as I said in my previous post every player has a price and whether it’s £130 or £150 million that’s a hell of a lot of money to turn down.
Whether we like it or not Rogers will go at some point so the question is do we maximise his value at the end of the season when we could totally remould the squad with that type of money or do we wait for him to push to go when in all likelihood his value will be less? In an ideal world I would keep him all day long but we don’t live in an ideal world unfortunately.
4.) 04 Jan 2026 20:32:42
That’s serious cash Lotm, I’d imagine it would be very hard for the board to turn down, it would set us up for a few years I’d say, that said I couldn’t see us getting champions league without him so we would lose out on prize money and end up no better off in 2 years. I couldn’t see him wanting to go to Chelsea right now, like menace says they are in turmoil and not guaranteed any euro spot for next year.
if they want him that bad tell them Palmer and 100 million.
Hard to know who we could get to replace him at a reasonable price, there won’t be much value in the premier league at this time of year.
if we did have money to spend I’d imagine it would be a good time to try attract players considering our position and form and having the master at the helm.
5.) 04 Jan 2026 20:59:28
We don’t have a need to sell him (right now) and we have 2 shots at getting Champions League by finishing top 4 or winning the Europa League. He’s going to be a starter for England at the World Cup where we could go far which would add to his value, would make no sense at all to sell him now, personally I think he could do better than Chelsea, maybe even someone like Real would want him, and he’d go with my best wishes
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07 Dec 2025 17:25:31
Allegedly we have no money to spend in January we have to sell and/or free up salary space before we can add to the squad. If that's right then I hope we don't sell Martinez that would be a mistake in my view.
28 Jul 2025 10:08:34
Looks like Chelsea interest in Rogers is being stepped up, apparently they have offered Jackson, Aderabayo plus cash. I am sure we will reject the offer however as Palmer is allegedly one of his best mates I wonder if he will eventually have his head turned.
1.) 28 Jul 2025 11:02:06
Chelsea want £100M for Jackson, other guy I’m going to guess £30M+, and cash? Why don’t we make an offer for Palmer, we need a left footed attacking mid, and he’s mates with Rogers so even better, they can carpool to training too and save the planet ??
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30 Jan 2026 07:25:46
I see after the match Emery was asked about the Real Madrid links, he could have killed the rumours stone dead there and then but didn't, which says to me that he will at the very least be willing to listen to what Madrid have to say.
Given that's his position I hope we are drawing up a list of potential candidates to replace him should he decide to leave the club.
26 Jan 2026 13:40:55
Tielemans has an ankle injury not sure how bad it is, but one things for sure we need at least one more midfielder through the door before the window shuts
1.) 27 Jan 2026 11:15:53
Heard ‘out for longer than SJM’ ?
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25 Jan 2026 22:17:19
Harry Wilson on a free in the summer anyone?
1.) 25 Jan 2026 22:31:13
Definitely a great squad player and with better players around him he would improve even more
25 Jan 2026 14:57:42
A decent first half but we should be two or three ahead and I hope we don't rue our profligacy in front of goal. Ollie works hard but he is so short of confidence Abraham needs to come in sooner rather than later.
1.) 25 Jan 2026 16:25:39
What a great result - didn't see that coming after injuries and the away trip midweek, but shame on me for underestimating this group. Certainly weren't firing on all cylinders in the final third, but what a great battling performance. Credit to them all and the manager!
25 Jan 2026 14:04:08
1 minute in and that's why we shouldn't sell Martinez in this window.
1.) 25 Jan 2026 14:57:19
I don't think we should ever sell him. He is a once in a generation keeper and no amount of money we could feasibly get makes it worthwhile, even if we do occasionally concede from corners when he messes around trying to get fouled.
If he asks to leave to win guaranteed trophies and gets us a good deal like Jack did then I won't hold it against him, I don't think Inter are good enough for him though.
2.) 25 Jan 2026 14:59:03
Ref has lost control of this game. Not through Villa glasses but why didn’t VAR ask him to go look at the Joelinton challenge on Onana? £5 on him to pick up a 2nd yellow 2nd half ?
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22 Jan 2026 17:21:22
Having seen the teams I worry about tonight, particularly the Duran/Asensio link
22 Jan 2026 15:05:47
With Elliott I think he has only played for us 3 times so we can play him a further 6 times without triggering the obligation to buy. He can play anywhere across the frontline, surely we could make use of him particularly tonight as Onana, Kamara, and McGinn are all out I am really surprised Emery hasn’t been able to utilise him because in my view he’s a good player.
22 Jan 2026 11:30:47
At the moment we need bodies in the door and unfortunately bodies that are relatively cheap and I don’t think players that excite you come cheap. An ex England international for £15-20 million isn’t a bad deal in my view, as I said before my only concern would be fitness
21 Jan 2026 13:25:25
I liked him at Chelsea however he is a tad injury prone if memory serves me right
17 Jan 2026 19:17:48
Apparently Brentford don’t want to sell and if they did the price would be north of £50 million and we habitat that type of money at the moment. It’s just click bait I’m afraid.
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29 Jan 2026 22:11:46
Well he did make up for it somewhat. Watkins has done his hamstring that isn’t going to be a quick fix. We are definitely getting down to bare bones now.
29 Jan 2026 11:48:09
Decent player apparently shocking attitude so no.
28 Jan 2026 19:27:37
He’s on £300k a week we aren’t in a position to pay anywhere near that kind of money, and allegedly he doesn’t want to leave London.
24 Jan 2026 21:10:32
Nobody but nobody whinges like Fergie.
19 Jan 2026 07:45:42
We need to be realistic re managers and transfers, so no manager can get every transfer right, and some players take time to adjust not only to a new league but also a new country. On the face of it Guessand does at the moment look like a fish out of water but even if that transfer looks poor let’s not forget Emery also signed off on Tielemans, Duran, Diaby, and Rogers so I would argue he has got more right than wrong.