Club Statement

[spangley1812]

I suppose it's a good thing if it means we can have a decent go at buying Dann or Foster.

AM already said at the fanforum that Dann would be too expensive

We dont need anymore centre-halves anyway.............

[bertlambshank]

Ridiculous state of affairs.

Your right,I am finding it hard to believe what the club is telling us at the moment.
The next time the General comes on here and tells us Randy will back the manager when the manager himself says something different he will get an Internet pistol whipping.

[Jimbo]

This whole fiasco would have been unthinkable just two months ago.

[curiousorange]

Aaaargh! Why does it always seem like Villa get taken for mugs?!

[Toronto Villa]

Disappointing but it's what I expected. It won't be anything close to what they wanted I'll bet. It avoids the issue being dragged on for ever and possibly to court where everything gets a lot more expensive.

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

I suppose it's a good thing if it means we can have a decent go at buying Dann or Foster.

AM already said at the fanforum that Dann would be too expensive

We dont need anymore centre-halves anyway.............

We do if Dunne and Collins play like they did last season!

[Villa'Zawg]

Disappointing but it's what I expected. It won't be anything close to what they wanted I'll bet. It avoids the issue being dragged on for ever and possibly to court where everything gets a lot more expensive.

What grounds do you have for thinking they won't have gotten exactly what their contractual position entitled them to?

[King of the Nørth]

 Folks may be annoyed at paying compo but this was always likely to happen for McLeish to get his backroom staff in. As someone has said at least this means we can start to think about pushing through transfers. Suprised the cheif scout didnt come aswell as he's supposed to be highly rated and well connected.

[Eigentor]

Villa rejected a manager prospect (probably Benitez) because he wanted to "hold the club to ransom". Apparently that's a job better left to Birmingham City. 

[Salsa Party Animal]

I am sure Alex will be able to sort out Dunne and Collins and get them performing under O'Neill era. It can't be that hard.

[pauliewalnuts]

How much do we reckon the total is for:

Paying off MON
+
Paying off GH
+
Acquiring AM
+
Acquiring his backroom team?

I'm going to go for: 3 + 5 + 3 + 4 = 15m.

If only we had 15m pounds or so lying around somewhere to fill that hole.


_{Terms: please note this post does not contain anything presented as fact, it merely expresses the uninformed guess of the poster responsible.}

[Ger Regan]

4m for acquiring the backroom team? I find that VERY hard to believe.

[Diablo]

Glad this is sorted out. I believe we will begin our transfer plans now!

Why would that make any difference?

It might in that the club now know the funds available for any transfers.

[Clampy]

I presume we had to pay Sheff Weds and Leicester some kind of compensation for Big Ron and Brian so there's no reason why this should be any different.

I'm just glad it's over and done with now. Time to move forward and all that.

[Summers]

Fucking hell. We wanted his backroom staff - and maybe he wants to consider a couple of his former players - for those things to happen we HAD to end the rift with them.

We were never gonna get the guys McLeish wanted on his staff - or any players from them - if we didn't come to a total settlement. No way will we have paid any of the originally expected figures - we will have paid enough to get his staff and a bit more to shut them up about Eck.