Summer transfer fund.

[cheltenhamlion]

Ten million plus what we generate in 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.

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

I think Nzogbia has improved alot since his time at Newcastle.  Sometimes players have to take a backward step to then move forward. Moving to Villa could be his forward step to bigger and better things.

[SoccerHQ]

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

If Downing goes that will be another 15m coming in right there.

[Chris Smith]

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

If Downing goes that will be another 15m coming in right there.

If we sell him for £15m then we want shooting given prices being paid elsewhere.

[Diablo]

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.

I hope this is the case. It makes complete sense, very logical but logical seems to have gone out the window of late. Fingers crossed...

[SoccerHQ]

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

If Downing goes that will be another 15m coming in right there.

If we sell him for £15m then we want shooting given prices being paid elsewhere.

That's true.

I don't want him to go anyway.

[Rick_avfc]

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.

I hope this is the case. It makes complete sense, very logical but logical seems to have gone out the window of late. Fingers crossed...

I hope its true aswell considering what the general said about how would mcleish do with an owener that backed him!  Lets see if its true.

[Rip Van We Go Again]

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

If Downing goes that will be another 15m coming in right there.

If we sell him for £15m then we want shooting given prices being paid elsewhere.

I wouldn't back against it with this unpredictable board.

[Greg N'Ash]

i'd take 25m for Downing if anyone was barmy enough to offer that. Give us 50m to buy 6-7, 6-8m players and totally rebuild the squad. Lovely jubbly. Only problem is the ginga ninja is the man spending it!

[Lambert and Payne]

I can't see Randy taking a gamble as big as this and not backing him, getting fans back in his side (for the record i still have complete faith in him) he will need to do it by spending money. Lets hope Mcleish can attract some good players. Attracting Pleb and Foster to the likes of Small Heath is no mean feat

[Mister E]

It's all about the quality that he uses the money. At the Sty, he spent £8m on two centre backs that are now coveted by other clubs. If he can repeat this with his first couple of signings, I'd be pretty happy, and he'd still have a sizeable amount from the AY plus other sales for a DMF and a winger.
But the key - first and foremost - is  to get a decent keeper. This could cost him £5-8m off the top.

[ozzjim]

27 million

Keeper, Adam, N'Zogbia, couple of freebies. Maybe a loan.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

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

If Downing goes that will be another 15m coming in right there.

If we sell him for £15m then we want shooting given prices being paid elsewhere.

That's true.

I don't want him to go anyway.

Downing will be 27 when the season starts. Anything over £18m and snap their hands off.

Budget (not including Downing money): £35m

[Toronto Villa]

the transfer market will be slow to get going again this summer because Liverpool have fucked things by paying £20m for Henderson. It now sets the bar for every other transfer deal and essentially inflates the value of every player. Spurs paid around 8m for a world renowned player like VDV last summer, Henderson is worth £20m this summer. Clubs will be trying flog any old shoe for more than market value which brings the entire market, especially the domestic market to a grinding halt. For us, if we are selling him, it makes Downing at a minimum £20m and probably more.

[Loxton01]

So if I was Big Eck this is what Id do:-

Goalkeepers
I have seen MCgregor and he is a very good keeper much better than Green or Foster. Be expensive but key position - 10m

Sell Guzan for 500K

So net spend 9.5m

Defenders

Sell Cuellar Sell Dunne - 7m Sell Beye 500K
Buy Roger Johnson - 7m and another Utility Defender
Get Bertrand on loan from Chelsea for a season
Get a right back - Walker wont come [shame]

Net Spend say 7-8m

Midfield

Sell Young 15m Sell Downing 20m Sell Petrov 2m

Buy NZogbia -8m Adam - 10m Tarrabt -8m Resign NRC

Give Ireland another shot

Net Save 11m


Attack

Sell Heskey

Loan - Sturridge from Chelsea

So should be a break even situation

Starting X1 [4-3-3 or 4-5-1]

McGregor

RB or L.Young

Bertrand

Johnson and Collins[Clark]

2 of NRC/ Delph/Makoun [Holding]

Adam

NZogbia or Taraabt

Bent

Sturridge


Subs - Marshall Gabby Albrighton Clark Tarrabt Makoun Ireland

Squad - Fonz, Bannan, RB Cover, Baker, Hogg etc