Aston Villa's ludicrous £50m transfer spree ripped to shreds

[not3bad]

The Championship side spent around £50m on nine players during the window - more than Champions League winners Real Madrid - but the new arrivals have failed to impress.

Strikers Ross McCormack and Jonathan Kodjia were snapped up for fees that could reach £27m but they have scored just three goals between them while £4.25m Italian keeper Pierluigi Gollini has struggled between the sticks.

"They've so overspent on players," Murphy said.

"Some of the money they have spent on average players is ridiculous, absolutely ludicrous."

Villa are 19th in the Championship table after a woeful start to the season and owner Tony Xia is on the hunt for a new boss after giving Roberto Di Matteo the boot.

Steve Clarke is in caretaker charge and former Liverpool, Tottenham and Fulham midfielder Murphy believes he should be given the job on a permanent basis.

Murphy told talkSPORT: “I like him a lot. He would be a very solid choice, definitely.

"Steve Clarke was very well thought of at Liverpool – I spoke to the boys there and they really liked him.

"He was very unlucky at West Brom, and actually did a good job at Reading, and I think Villa will be doing well to get a someone in better than him."

http://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/551297/Aston-Villa-Transfer-News-Danny-Murphy-Quotes-Gossip

[Phil from the upper holte]

Saw that last night, the prick

[UK Redsox]

Hey! Psst PSST! Here she comes now

[AVH87]

To be honest, is he wrong?

Last season we kept saying 'the signings on the whole aren't bad', 'they'll come good', we changed manager and they didn't.

Gollini is too inexperienced, Elphick and Jedinak have been poor. McCormack is getting on a bit. That's half the budget there.

[PeterWithesShin]

Let's see what the players do with a competent manager and training.

[Rigadon]

Wonder if he said the same when kenny D spent all those dollars

[Dave P]

Wonder if he said the same when kenny D spent all those dollars

Not when he signed Suarez




Maybe when he signed Carroll & Downing.

[kippaxvilla2]

We have signed decent players.  We just decided that Ashley fcukin Westwood was still going to be the 'lynchpin' in midfield. 

[PeterWithe]

Not sure he's seen us play that much, the players with the big transfer fees have been pretty much as expected.

[TheMalandro]

I seem to remember a story about Murphy getting dumped and he tried to win the lass back with a Rolex.
He's a tit.

[Ad@m]

Surely the level of importance given to what Danny Murphy has to say is demonstrated by the fact this story is in the Daily Star?!

[garyfouroaks]

It hasn't exactly been value for money, has it?

[Boz]

These days pundits have an opinion on everything as if they're experts because they were players. You've got Sutton and Savage with views on whom our new manager should be and all they do is regurgitate the same old same old.

Murphy is just another one with an opinion. I'm just waiting on Hodgson being put forward by someone as our Messiah.

[JUAN PABLO]

Let's see what the players do with a competent manager and training.

exactly

and Murphy , maybe would have been better if Clarke would have told RDM to play Kodja in his best position up front.

[Zouch Villa]

When I started reading and only saw "...said Murphy", I assumed it was of the 'Pat' variety.  Having gone on further to see if was in fact the inferior 'Danny' model, I decided to file as 'ex-footballer inflated self-importance media guff'.