Aston Villa Transfer Rumours

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.

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

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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.

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. 🤔

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

13 Jul 2026 11:54:52
United after Youri tell them 50 million or no deal.

13 Jul 2026 15:47:50
He has a release clause of £36m. Why would they pay over that amount. 😂

13 Jul 2026 11:18:21
Yt gone good money 45mil.

13 Jul 2026 12:32:14
Allegedly it's £35 million, and that's chicken feed for a player who's at the peak of his powers and a current international. If he had no clause in his contract, then I don't think we would be considering any bids less than £50 million. It also seems like PSG are interested in Digne as well, so it looks like plenty are heading for the exit door.

If these rumours are true, then maybe, just maybe, Rogers stays. Not sure who is the easier player to replace though; Tielemans' ability on the ball is second to none, and I don't see too many in the PL with the same skill set playing for teams not in the top six, the one exception maybe is Wharton at Palace.

13 Jul 2026 12:40:54
And there's our big signing gone.

13 Jul 2026 13:24:18
This could be a masterstroke, obviously he'll be missed, but £35M for a 29 y/o we paid £0 for, business. 👍🏻

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13 Jul 2026 13:29:57
Came to Villa on a free. Sold for £35m.
With Digne looking like he's going back to France, does this now take pressure off re: SCR/PSR?
Not really the way we want to do business, but until we get the stadium up to 55k plus, and the commercial side is bringing in regular massive amounts of revenue, it's the only way.

13 Jul 2026 14:57:52
So, it more than balances the books, based on our purchases to date, probably gives us £20 million or so to play with, but that isn't going to get us very far. If we want to make other signings, we are going to have to shift others out the door, but hopefully squad players, not from the starting XI.

13 Jul 2026 15:06:10
The funny thing is, if he had that £35M clause from when he signed the last contract extension, then, while we were qualifying for Europe & winning a cup = 💰, the rest of the football world missed out for £35M when he was worth more during that period, close to double for how important a player he is/was for us.

My glass is half full on this 1, & if, from what I've heard, Digne is off for £8M & his £150k pw gone, it's more than half full.

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13 Jul 2026 18:03:44
We could have a problem very soon, and I'm normally fairly relaxed on these things.
We already needed a midfielder with Onana injured, and now there is a £15m shortfall between Tielemans and Manzambi, whilst still needing the Onana cover.
If Digne leaves for such a small amount, we need extra funds to replace him. Maatsen can't handle the full load himself (and he's rubbish).

Trying to use Pau or Mings as cover over there spells disaster.
If Martinez does leave fairly cheaply as well, then I think we are stuffed unless we sell Rogers to fund the shortfalls and his own replacement.
We already had a pretty thin squad. Selling 3-4 fringe players to cover one purchase is difficult; trying that multiple times is impossible.

13 Jul 2026 20:24:38
Rk, we are looking good financially. I think we got around 25 million for Malen, then Enzo possibly 10-15 million, Youri 36 million, Digne 8 million. Dobbin looks like he's out the door for 9 million plus add ons, that's almost 100 million in incomings. Then you have all their wages gone, plus the wages of the loan players. As it stands, we are well in the clear.

We also have Gussand to sell. I'd offer Palace Gussand and 40 million for Adam Wharton.
Remember, incomings are divided up over the length of the contract, but outgoings come off straight away. Add in the Champions League money, and it could be a very exciting season if we spend well.
I am gutted Youri is leaving though, and especially to that lot.

13 Jul 2026 21:21:18
Whack, the spread of the cost works for SCR, but not the player registration restrictions we were given for failing SCR the season before last. The restrictions also don't care about the wages either.
Assuming Manzambi is £50m and Estupinan is £20m, then we have £30m left if we don't sell more to replace Digne, and find another midfielder to allow all the new signings to be registered for Champions League.


We could find loans, but we also still need to replace the holes left by Elliott and Sancho leaving.
Assuming we effectively recoup the £35m for Guessand, we then have roughly £65m to replace 3 players plus 2 loans, 3 of those 5 players needing to be attacking players who tend to cost more.

13 Jul 2026 21:22:33
Agree, but I think we should look abroad for proven talent, Whack, cos prem prices are insane and overpriced.

14 Jul 2026 11:21:39
I think Wharton would be ideal to replace Tielemans, given Anderson sets the benchmark in terms of size of fee. We won't get him for Guessand plus £40 million. I'm not sure we would get him for Guessand plus £60 million, particularly as Palace don't want to sell, and the player seems happy where he is.

14 Jul 2026 12:53:48
Unfortunately, it seems likely that we are going to end up selling Rogers to fund 2-3 additional signings, given that most of the wide players we are being linked with seem to be north of £35 million. I can't help but wonder whether the Arsenal option of £100 million plus loans for Nwaneri and Lewis Skelly might be attractive, as it addresses 2 positions, albeit temporarily, but allows us to spend big on a Tielemans replacement.



Whatever happens next season will be a big test for Unai. He is going to have to begin the transition from an ageing, Dean Smith-heavy squad to one that's of his own making. To achieve that transition, and remain competitive with the financial restrictions we are operating under, will be an absolutely massive challenge.

13 Jul 2026 10:29:14
€60m seems a lot of money to spend on this lad.
Whilst he was touted as a real threat to Villa before the Final, the reality didn’t quite live up to the hype.
Time will tell and I sincerely hope he lives up to the price tag.
UTV.

13 Jul 2026 10:26:21
Fee agreed for Dobbin, £9m+ to Southampton.
You really do have to wonder what’s gone on with the recruitment over the past 4 years.

I’ve also read about Louie Barry’s contract and salary. £35k a week !!!!

Which idiot(s) drew up that contract?

These are the sort of deals that have caused us to be in the PSR/SCR problem we’re in.

There will be many more good.

I hope we can sort out these contracts and don’t make these mistakes this summer. We really can’t afford to.

12 Jul 2026 20:08:26
Well, well, well. Dave Ornstein said Villa agreed fee with Friberg for Manzambe, who 20 yrs old plays on wing and also as a 10. He's a baller. Will be a great signing, patience is all we needed.

12 Jul 2026 21:26:01
Not really that impressed with him to be honest. Decent enough, but the fee is high, which says to me that Rogers will be off sooner rather than later.

12 Jul 2026 21:43:08
Gotta agree with Mings, but if it means Rogers is off, then we got some decent wedge to spend.

UTV.

12 Jul 2026 21:59:44
Simple Math:

£59.6m (70m)
/
5 years (amortisation)
=
£11.9m per season.

(Wages are a non-issue, given who's off the books already: Sancho, Luiz, Elliott, Barry, Malen, Barrenechea).

This transfer has effectively cost Villa (#avfc) £11.9m p/a + £3-5m p/a in wages.

12 Jul 2026 22:00:33
Villa have already made nigh on £35m in sales since Jan 1st, which is the beginning of the UEFA accounting period, so the £35m profit banked already / 3 (prorated over 3 years) = an £11.7m effective boost to the allowance this period.



That basically cancels out the £11.9m annual amortisation hit from the Manzambi deal, and, let's be frank, there's still a whole window to go, so it's a non-issue.

12 Jul 2026 22:13:06
Just had a look at his isolated performance against us in the final. He also has a long throw on him, something we haven't had since the other Andy Gray back in GT times. Could be good. From what I've seen, he's more of a Rogers replacement for me. 🤷🏼‍♂️

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12 Jul 2026 23:00:36
No, it's not ridgers replacement. Rodgers will stay, he's contracted until 2031, plus I don't think he will kick up a fuss and be a baby if he doesn't get his move.

13 Jul 2026 00:22:02
Put this another way, would you keep Rodgers or have a potential behind the No9 3 or something like Manzambi, Soule & Mbaye, all covered by selling Rodgers?

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13 Jul 2026 00:48:11
I'd keep him and add Mbaye, a cm and striker and rb, then we're sorted.

13 Jul 2026 02:47:05
Given the sanction UEFA handed Villa, part of the settlement was that Cilla needed a positive transfer balance in order to register new players for the CL. Which means several players will need to leave in order to buy others.

13 Jul 2026 07:09:49
Daz, you can't spread profit on a sale like you can a purchase price.
To cover £12m a year over five years, you need to make at least that £12m in income each and every year.
The UEFA sanctions also require us to sell players whose value is equal to or above the value of an incoming player, in order to register them for the Champions League.


If we don't make £60m in sales, then a £60m player can only play domestically.

13 Jul 2026 09:57:40
That's spot on, rk, so I think it's fairly clear Rogers is on his way. I've been told Arsenal are trying to do a deal for £100 million and include Nwaneri and Lewis-Skelly on season-long loan deals.

13 Jul 2026 10:38:25
We've made 35 million in sales so far, Dobbin to Southampton for 9 million, and I expect a few fringe players to leave to generate the 60 million.

12 Jul 2026 20:02:04
Villa set to sign Johan Manzambi feom Frielberg. A very good signing in my opinion.

12 Jul 2026 20:10:01
Yep, he's a very good player. Daz gonna be a baller.

08 Jul 2026 09:18:53
I tell them 150 million plus Nwareni or no deal.

12 Jul 2026 16:48:29
Never want to lose top players, but if we are not being allowed to progress by PSR / SCR, then our best players will want to go.

80Mil + Skelly and Nwanyeri would be a great deal for us.



I'm really concerned that we'll struggle to be top 10 next season. Players are aging, and we have very few assets who will most likely be sold this summer or next summer.

08 Jul 2026 09:18:00
Romaro transfer expert says Rodgers has agreed personal terms with Arse.