Aston Villa Transfer Rumours

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!!

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.

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.

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.

19 Jul 2026 15:14:21
Hull City in for Leon Bailey.
Be nice to get him moved on.
Time will tell but this window is appearing to be one of our more successful ones in recent times for incomings and outgoings with the big money we're receiving helping us massively.

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.

19 Jul 2026 09:26:03
Fingers crossed Olabe can identify the right players, unlike Monchi. 🙄

18 Jul 2026 19:10:07
Rogers gone for 117m.

18 Jul 2026 20:42:49
I'm excited to see what our team will look like. Some real quality coming in, with lots of potential to get better. Manzambi looks a better player than Morgan looked when we bought him, and it didn't take Emery too long to get him to the top of his game.

Youri and Digne are bigger losses in my book. Gomes looks good. The boys on the Wolves page think we got a bargain. I think he buys a winger next, either Summerville or Rowe. LB and RB and another CM are also needed. We need to go to SA and find a striker prospect, imo.

18 Jul 2026 22:31:33
The 2 strikers that have caught my eye are Franculino Dju from the Danish league & 'Flaco' Lopez, an Argentinian playing in Brazil & banging them in. The dream striker would've been Goncalo Ramos, who went from PSG to Milan.

He's an assassin of a No9. He was 'cheap' at £60M for the player he is. Still think Nicolas Jackson might happen, though should Ollie go.

UTV.

19 Jul 2026 17:26:59
Jackson at 25 yrs, not for me. He hasn't really produced anywhere he went. Younger with potential is the way forward. We have experience with Ollie and Tammy, gotta keep finding those gems. We need a big profit sale like Roger's or Duran every 2 years, so they have no choice but to reinvest, and attacking players is where the money is.

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.

18 Jul 2026 19:42:44
Well, they've got at least £117M going spare now. 😂😂😂

UTV.

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.
🤞🏼

17 Jul 2026 18:47:15
Manzambi deal done, big fee... Exciting one though.

18 Jul 2026 00:01:21
I hope we did our due diligence and not base our decision purely on his WC performance, which, in fairness, was good, but countering that, he was virtually anonymous against us in the Europa League final. Most experts seem to think it's a good deal, so fair enough, but it's a sizeable fee for one so young and with no PL experience.

17 Jul 2026 10:55:57
Pervis Ecudarian agreed personal terms to replace Digne.

17 Jul 2026 13:42:15
Rogers agreed the same terms with Arsenal a month ago. I don't see any deal done. I wouldn't be surprised if we bought him, but these personal terms agreed rumours are all Bs.

16 Jul 2026 13:47:25
Rumours of two medicals happening, hope it’s correct UTV.

16 Jul 2026 15:58:35
Manzambi and Gomes, I presume. 🤞

15 Jul 2026 16:48:54
Heard that Manzambi will be having medical on Thursday and hopefully signing announced Thursday or Friday.
Bouba is taking the number 8 now. Youri has gone and Manzambi taking his preferred 44.

15 Jul 2026 19:54:40
Just checked out Gabriel Sara, who we've been linked with for a while. He's your similar to YT player, 27 & around £30M.

UTV.

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.

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 !!!

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.

15 Jul 2026 15:08:10
Why don't you hand your season tickets back if this bothers you that much, just saying. 🤷🏼‍♂️

UTV.

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!

15 Jul 2026 19:51:12
Fair play, Trinity. 👍🏻

UTV.

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.

14 Jul 2026 16:28:26
Looks like vist Rwanda is gonna be Villa new front shirt sponsor worth 20mil a season never herd of them but it looks like a good deal if its true.

14 Jul 2026 17:22:16
Will not be buying a shirt with that on the front of the shirt. Disappointed, but money talks.

14 Jul 2026 17:38:03
Doesn't bother me. I'll buy it. Wot do people want? We've got the biggest shirt sponsor in the Club's history. Who cares about everything else. Money talks, I'm afraid. There is too much politics coming into football as well.

{Ed001's Note - moral vacuum.}

14 Jul 2026 18:57:07
100% Jonny. Without saying what the issue is with Rwanda, anyone who uses a mobile phone or PC that is made in a certain place, or its battery, can't take any higher moral ground.

🤷🏼‍♂️ Always remember that rant Ricky Gervais had at The Golden Globes when he said 'if ISIS started a streaming service, you (actors) would be calling your agent', & he's 100% right.

UTV.

14 Jul 2026 19:11:48
Mate, I couldn't care less. I don't live there, not my problem. Sorry. Yes, it's bad, it's the sponsor. People need to get a grip, wot do they want, Villa to accept a lower offer?

{Ed001's Note - exactly, moral vacuum. You need to get a grip, it could so easily be you and yours but no one would give a crap if it was because it would just be karma in your case quite clearly. You really are a vile person. Selfish to the extreme.}

14 Jul 2026 19:39:16
Every1 gotta go sometime. If I died id die happy and im not vile. Why should I care? Its not my fault, stuff happend there. Get over urselfs and get a grip, Jesus. Its about football, not about anything. Think eot u want about me. I couldnt give a flying f***.

{Ed001's Note - why should you care? Omg You really are a self-entitled child. Constantly throw strops when you don't get what you want but don't care about anyone else. So sad.}

14 Jul 2026 20:04:38
Maybe it's the price you have to pay with the odds of you achieving anything while the 'big 6' are stopping you? Blame the system.

UTV.

{Ed001's Note - now that I would agree with.}

14 Jul 2026 19:41:09
That's harsh Ed? Jonny has a pretty mainstream view, genocide is wrong, but selecting which genocide to care about is a bit shallow, it's going on all over, would you be kicking off if (for example) China or 'billionaires' from China invested or sponsored anything to do with your club (which they probably do) because of the treatment of the Uyghur Muslims?

UTV

{Ed001's Note - I am not kicking off about that, you clearly are unable to read that my problem is with the vile one not caring, rather than what is happening.}

14 Jul 2026 19:41:26
I'm not sure who you are venting at ed?
But everyone is entitled to their opinion and stance.

14 Jul 2026 22:28:11
Nothing going on in Rwanda that didn't happen in every country that fell under the boot of the British empire, genocide everywhere they went. but guess what this is a football page so probably best to leave the politics out of it. visit Rwanda is or has sponsored some of the biggest clubs in world football I don't see why there's any issue just because they now sponsor the villa.
you can't be sponsored by tobacco, can't have gambling but if your in the sky 6 you can cheat, buy and bribe your way to success and as city have proven with their 115 charges.

people on here talking about morals?? There's no morals in football anymore, week in week out we see and support players who do absolutely anything just to get a win be it cheating, diving for penalties, feigning injury and that's just players.

16 Jul 2026 23:37:07
Suppose everyone would be fine if Israel wanted to sponsor Villa and it'd be called the IDF stadium. Selective outrage at its finest.

17 Jul 2026 13:40:14
Not surprised to see your a United fan. Laughable.

17 Jul 2026 13:27:20
Fuser, if this page bothers you, best to go back to you own teams page, you only showed up on here to try stir the pot. visit Rwanda sponsor multiple world class teams, it's only a problem now because bitter, small minded idiots from small clubs like yourself are eating themselves with jealousy over Villa flourishing.


if you want to blame someone blame the law makers that put the restrictions in place that force clubs to deal with companies that they probably rather not be involved with in the first place.

14 Jul 2026 15:55:53
Damian Vidagany saying Emi Martinez going nowhere this summer. Wait and see if it's true. Might as well keep him for rest of contract and let him go on a free if they are only receiving offers of less than 10 million Euros for him now which is virtually nothing even though he is still a class keeper.

14 Jul 2026 16:44:25
Gk can play until they're 40, I say, give him a new contract, but try and take his wages dwn abit.

14 Jul 2026 19:13:31
I saw a video where Emi said to Manzambi after their match, 'are you coming to Villa' not 'are you going to Villa' so maybe there's something in it?

UTV.

I can't see anyone else that we don't want to sell being sold. We were in a much worse position last year, and we only had to sell Ramsey. Even at that, we spent as much as we made on sales. We have way more money this year from the Champions League, player sales, and a new shirt sponsor.

It's going to cost anywhere from 20 to 50 million to get in a keeper good enough for the Premier and Champions League. Let him run his contract down; it's not worth selling him for 10 million.

13 Jul 2026 19:09:12
Pervis Estupinan, will he be Digne's replacement?
Played well for Brighton and I for one will be happy with this signing.

13 Jul 2026 20:12:34
When I've watched us play against him, I don't know what it was, but I feared him, thought we wouldn't get past him, & looked dangerous going forward, shade of Bouma about him, 1 tough bloke, could see him being a cult player should we sign him. 🤔

UTV.

13 Jul 2026 21:12:27
Yep he's a good player. I rate him.