Summer transfer fund.

[Rip Van We Go Again]

How much do you reckon?

I'll say £25m, £15m of which we'll recoup from Ashley's sale.

[Matthius]

I heard £35m. Cant remeber where i heard it but i definately did.

[Greg N'Ash]

15m from Young + other sales + 6m on top. roughly 25m

[Rick_avfc]

i think £25m - £30. cant see it being more than that.  (thats including funds generated from player sales)

[JJ-AV]

I reckon Dowing and Ashley will go and we'll break even.

[UsualSuspect]

How much do you reckon?

I'll say £25m, £15m of which we'll recoup from Ashley's sale.

I'll go with that

cant see RL putting much more in

[Merv]

McLeish said the other day he's not sure he'll get all the Young money. I'd totally gestimate whatever we generate from selling players, plus £15-£20m this summer.

[Dave P]

£15m from Young and an extra £20 million from his pocket to back McLeish so £35 million.  I also think Downing will stay.

[Concrete John]

£15m from Young and an extra £20 million from his pocket to back McLeish so £35 million.  I also think Downing will stay.

I'd go along with £20m plus sales.

[Rick_avfc]

£15m from Young and an extra £20 million from his pocket to back McLeish so £35 million.  I also think Downing will stay.

I have a feeling Downing is off and if villa were tempted by a £20m offer, they would accept it.

[Lambert and Payne]

£15m from Young and an extra £20 million from his pocket to back McLeish so £35 million.  I also think Downing will stay.

This for me, even if Downing was to go replace straight away with N'zogbia
Its not transfers thats the trouble, its the wage bill

[DB]

£15m from Young and an extra £20 million from his pocket to back McLeish so £35 million.  I also think Downing will stay.

This for me, even if Downing was to go replace straight away with N'zogbia
Its not transfers thats the trouble, its the wage bill

We have to be looking a better than N'zogbia (see some of the names on the transfer speculation thread), he's OK, but there is a reason why he was at Newcastle and now Wigan.

[Chris Smith]

I didn't think we'd find £18m+ for Darren Bent and I didn't think we'd appoint Alex McLeish as manager so it could be anywhere from -£30M to +£30m.

[Mazrim]

Depends on sales plus whatever sponsorship deal is on the table, but I think it will be a fair whack.
£20m plus sales is reasonable.

As I said before, if they dont back McLeish with a sizeable budget he will struggle.
The fans might tolerate him in time but not if he's scratching around the market too.
It would be too much negativity.

[Lambert and Payne]

£15m from Young and an extra £20 million from his pocket to back McLeish so £35 million.  I also think Downing will stay.

This for me, even if Downing was to go replace straight away with N'zogbia
Its not transfers thats the trouble, its the wage bill

We have to be looking a better than N'zogbia (see some of the names on the transfer speculation thread), he's OK, but there is a reason why he was at Newcastle and now Wigan.

I think he's a good player, left because the manager didn't know his name. Didn't alot say Downing wasn't the player we should be looking for. He's a good creative player