There have been some wild takes on this sub post Arsenal. From the man that knows Unai best, here is a reality check and also a rallying call.

Support the players, support the manager, support the club.

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Most money made in a single transfer window ever. There's been a lot of sales concentrated in a few teams this season as the table shows.

If Enzo fernandes goes to city for 140m then chelsea will easily take the top spot.

On top of this we have got

MADJO

buendia

alysson

garnacho

mings

lindelof

ruggeri

wan bissaka

joao gomes

bogarde

ITS LOOKING VERY GOOD LADS....

From the outside this looks like Villa have 'had the heart ripped out of them'. But I actually think our business has been spectacular this summer.

- Rogers out; Manzambi in

- Tielemens out; Goretzka in

- Onana out (inj); Gomes in

- Konsa out; Harwood-Bellis in

- Watkins out; Jackson in

- Martinez out; Suzuki in

- Digne out; Ruggeri in

- Wan-Bissaka in

*Edit* Forgot to add:

• Bailey out (hopefully); Mbaye in

• Sancho out; Garnacho in

Wage bill right down and now UEFA compliant (I think)

Age of squad right down.

Maximum value received for all our players.

Watkins aside, zero fuss across the board.

This might be the best summer window of my lifetime. I genuinely feel that good about it. So just props to the leadership team for executing this summer like they have. 👏 Genuinely excited for the season.

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Reading his comments about Abraham, saying he’s decided to stay but he’s going to be demanding more from him to improve because he just wasn’t good enough last year.

Really respect Abraham too for not just leaving and saying he wants to fight.

Hope he becomes good, he seems to love this club.

Aston Villa are in talks to extend Ian Maatsen’s contract.

Maatsen, who joined Villa in a deal worth £37.5million from Chelsea in July 2024, has become Unai Emery’s first choice left-back following the departure of Lucas Digne to Paris Saint-Germain earlier this summer.

Yeah honestly

Sounds crazy to say it, but I can’t stress how giddy yesterday’s loss made me feel about the season. We held ground for 60 mins with little to no prep from 2 new players (Wan-Bisaka & Jackson) + most of the new signings not on the pitch yet (Goretzka, Mbaye, Madjo, Gomes, Harwood-Bellis).

Once everyone gels (2-3 games max hopefully I think after seeing today’s performance)…I feel like we’ll have a strong case for 4th - 6th place at end of season (zero chance we defeat Man City, Arsenal, and Chelsea’s rank this year).

Feel like Emery’s Villa 2.0 is going to be a fun one.

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So guys I was at Universal Studios this Saturday and I wore my Aston Villa Slim Fit Replica to the park with black Shorts and Winter Sea Asics for Comfort over my Bruno Marcs and tbh loved it. Add to that a teen saying Arsenal is the best and another guy wearing a GOT/Harry Potter type Jersey appreciating the jersey and saying Why do you support them? I replied that, always love supporting the underdogs over the Giants.
P.S: Saw a man wearing the Jordan Brazil Away jersey, some Adidas Mexico jerseys, An Adidas Newcastle Jersey, a few Real Madrid and Barcelona ones, an Olympique Lyonnais, a Seattle Sounders and a few Liga MX jerseys such as America and Guadalajara as well, what a day.

I haven't seen enough over the past few days, and I'm very keen to see every sub members starting 11

My report from last night

For me it was a lesson in moving on. I did a lap of VP before kick-off and counted mainly McGinn shirts. I thought the Konsa applause was a touch of class as much as it hurt fans. And the "new" song for Zion Suzuki made me laugh. Why not use humour to process all this change? Football moves on.

Villa fans have been through thick and thin and if this really is a "tumultuous period", then how exciting it means a Champions League season with new players to get excited by

I was watching the game with my dad yesterday. At full time I turned to him and said - "You know what, that was really promising".

My old man, who doesn't really watch too much football, thought I was mad.

But I saw the vision. And with the recent signing and current young talent i.e. Alysson a.k.a Morgan Rogers skin walker - not only will we be fine - I'm going to make a bold prediction:

Emery's building the greatest Aston Villa team of our generation. Possibly of the 21st century.

Anyone still unsure, I encourage to you relax. The attacking cohesion will come. This crop of players will bond into a team. Manzambi hasn't even made his debut yet. Alysson hasn't started a game yet. We've got Leon Grotezka to come in. We've got Mbaye waiting in the wings and Harwood-Bellis, a brilliant signing and replacement for an aging Konsa, coming shortly.

Genuinely never been more excited as a Villa fan. Just give it time.

If we keep Unai we win the league in the 28/29 season

Looking forward to the game on Saturday.

It's been a while since we've played Hull, the last time was in 18/19 and it was a 2-2 draw at Villa Park. Goals from Tammy and Chester, Bowen also got on the scoresheet for Hull that day.

We could probably do with a prime James Chester right now tbh.

Crazy what can happen in a couple of years, glad to see Hull back in the Premier League. They don't look scared at all, I think it'll be a tough match but hoping we can bump start our campaign at the MKM Stadium.

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Wednesday, September 2

• Netherlands (Eredivisie)
• United States & Canada (MLS – Secondary Window)

Thursday, September 3

• Scotland (Scottish Premiership)
• Belgium (Pro League)
• Austria (Austrian Bundesliga)

Friday, September 4

• Turkey (Süper Lig)

Sunday, September 6

• Saudi Arabia (Saudi Pro League)

Friday, September 11

• Mexico (Liga MX)

Monday, September 15

• Portugal (Primeira Liga)

Edit - English Window, not UK window

I’m from Italy, I’m tired of the declining football and the constantly shuffle of the same 5 coaches with outdated tactics.

I’ve been following Premier for a few years and decided to pick a team, through a random draw I got Villa, and honestly the more I read about the team, the more glad i am that the universe selected Villa.

Anyways, does anyone know cool Villa podcasts, videos about the history of the team and the city?

The game has been moved to 8pm on halloween.
Was planning on taking the kids trick or treating, guess it will be an earlier one this year.

So, do you think we'll have a different set up for the Hull game? Given the fact we have a bunch of new signings with nearly a week of training with the team.

Firstly; forgive the ranting post - I was just thinking about how good a window we’ve had; and it got me thinking…

One thing thats not been spoken about much is that we seem to be doing some sneaky long term planning for our UEFA squad building:

In the next 2-3 years; our club trained players could become:
- Bogarde
- Hemmings
- Madjo
- Mbaye

This meets the 4 slots.

Home grown includes the above plus:
- Mings (retiring)
- Barkley (retiring)
- Cash
- Maatsen
- Garnacho (possibly)
- THB
- Abraham
- AWB
- Wright

Unfortunately our homegrown could quickly start reducing as most seem to be the older players; or those perhaps not quite good enough.

I think cash, Maatsen, THB, and Wright probably means we hit the 4 required regardless?

I could see us continuing to pick up 17/18 year olds with a view to getting them classed as club trained players for us going forwards (plus this increases sale value within the Premier League).

Rowe could sensibly replace AWB as RB2 as he heads towards retirement?

We probably need another young CM - could JJA, Borland or Boyd step up? What about the under the radar signing of Kane Taylor?

We probably need to buy another young Winger - particularly if garnacho doesn’t cut it.

I think this could definitely start to impact our next 2/3 transfer windows - and if we can carry on picking up the likes of Mbaye, that’ll be amazing!

Otherwise; looking at players like Garner, Branthwaite and others we were linked with do make a lot of sense…

If you’ve made it this far - fair play to you - UTFV

Now that our transfer window is all but over, i figure it’s time to come up with a few chants/songs for the new signings. What we currently have by my count:

Manzambi - Zombie by The Cranberries

Suzuki - His name is a car / His name is a caaar / Zion Suzuki, his name is a car AND Iron Lion Zion by Bob Marley

Goretzka - None

Jackson - None

Mbaye - None (near “maybe” so lots of possibilities)

Cisse - None

Gomes - None

Ruggeri - None

Garnacho - None

Madjo - Magic by Pilot? (tenuous)

Wan-Bissaka - None

Hardwood-Bellis - None

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