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Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: dave.woodhall on January 12, 2011, 07:53:09 PM
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He's looking the likeliest imminent signing. Apparently.
May as well have a new thread about him.
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yesssssss !!!!!!
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sorry got excited ;-D
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Good stuff. A few more of that calibre required.
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Jean II Makoun is an attacking midfielder who is never shy in getting forward, but he does so with good rewards. Having played in 30 games for Cameroon prior to the 2010 African Cup of Nations the 26-year-old has scored nine goals which is a great return for a midfielder.
His skill and commitment to the team is in no doubt and he certainly is an asset to the Indomitable Lions.
Makoun began his career in his native Cameroon at Cotonsport Garoua, where he was part of the team's youth setup. Following that, he spent time at other Cameroonian sides like Jeunesse Star and Tonnerre Yaoundé, before moving to France, to join Ligue 1 side OSC Lille.
The then young superstar became a firm fixture in the Lille side, making more than 150 appearances for the team in the league, and also playing in the UEFA Champions League. His performances attracted interest from clubs around Europe, including English Premier League sides Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur, as well as Serie A giants Juventus.
But in the end he signed for the seven time French champions Olympique Lyonnais on a four year contract where he remains at present.
Makoun certainly has African Nations Cup experience having participated for his country in the 2004, 2006 and 2008 events. This experience will come in hand in the 2010 African Cup of Nations tournament.
A bit out of date but interesting
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Makoun began his career in his native Cameroon at Cotonsport Garoua, where he was part of the team's youth setup. Following this, he spent time at other Cameroonian sides Jeunesse Star and Tonnerre Yaoundé, before moving to France, to join Ligue 1 side OSC Lille.
Makoun became a firm fixture in the Lille side, making more than 150 appearances for the side in the league, and playing UEFA Champions League football. His performances attracted interest from clubs around Europe, including English Premier League sides Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur, as well as Serie A giants Juventus, and French outfits AS Monaco, Olympique de Marseille, and Olympique Lyonnais.[2]
On 16 June 2008, Makoun signed with seven time French champions Olympique Lyonnais on a four year contract.[3] The fee is worth €14 million with Lille set to receive another €1 million based on incentives.[3] Makoun wears the number 17 kit, which was retired in 2003 after the death of Cameroonian midfielder Marc-Vivien Foé.[4] Makoun, also from Cameroon and a native of Yaoundé, stated on wearing the number: "In memory of Marc, for me and for the whole Cameroon, this will be for something."
On 16 February 2010, Makoun scored the only goal in Lyon's first leg UEFA Champions League knockout round win over Real Madrid at Stade Gerland by hitting a looping shot from 25 yards out over the head of goalkeeper Iker Casillas and into the top corner of the net in the 47th minute.
In the month of January 2011, he signed for the greatest team on the planet Aston Villa , with Makoun saying " I think I have found heaven "
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will that mean we will still try to get Adam?
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will that mean we will still try to get Adam?
Don't see why not. They're completely different types of players. And it's not as if any of our current (experienced) central midfielders are worth sticking with long-term.
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Let's hope he joins we need some quality in centre mid and not just potential quality.
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Have we signed him?
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I admit to knowing nothing about him, any one describe his attributes?
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I admit to knowing nothing about him, any one describe his attributes?
Nigel Reo-Coker but a competent footballer to go with it.
Or Michael Essien-lite.
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Wow! He might even be as good as Dejeba x 2 or even Salifou!
At lease with Houllier, we've got some idea who we might be signing. Good or bad, we're not kept in the dark like under MO'N
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Has he definitely signed? Until he has I will not get excited cos this has happened to often with us!
Bah Humbug
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Has he definitely signed?
No
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not yet...yet to agree a price apparently?
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I used to sign him on football manager a couple of years ago and he was a beast, praise does'nt get any higher than that
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true ;)
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Has he definitely signed?
No
but it's very close by all accounts. Mind you we thought that about Fofana and Milner - part 2. Don't count yer chickens, but it is promising.
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Gerard Houllier admits the £7million price tag on Jean Makoun is likely to put the Lyon midfielder out of Aston Villa's reach.
Villa manager Houllier is keen to sign the 27-year-old Cameroon international but the Frenchman is standing his ground over a fee.
He said: 'There is dialogue going on at the moment. But the price is too high and we'll do what is right for the club.'
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1346067/Jean-Makoun-priced-Aston-Villa-Lyon.html#ixzz1Ar2caxYc
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Gerard Houllier admits the £7million price tag on Jean Makoun is likely to put the Lyon midfielder out of Aston Villa's reach.
Villa manager Houllier is keen to sign the 27-year-old Cameroon international but the Frenchman is standing his ground over a fee.
He said: 'There is dialogue going on at the moment. But the price is too high and we'll do what is right for the club.'
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1346067/Jean-Makoun-priced-Aston-Villa-Lyon.html#ixzz1Ar2caxYc
That's taken from an old interview. Things have moved on since then.
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In by Friday according to Mysteryman
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Certainly appear to have.
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I just hope this thread isn't a jinx
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Welcome Jean...or is that too early?
For me if DW starts a thread than it's a done deal!
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This news pleases me greatly
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I just hope this thread isn't a jinx
Not to put a downer on it but it has a "Juninho or Les Ferdinand" feel about it, ITSABH!
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Gerard Houllier admits the £7million price tag on Jean Makoun is likely to put the Lyon midfielder out of Aston Villa's reach.
Villa manager Houllier is keen to sign the 27-year-old Cameroon international but the Frenchman is standing his ground over a fee.
He said: 'There is dialogue going on at the moment. But the price is too high and we'll do what is right for the club.'
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1346067/Jean-Makoun-priced-Aston-Villa-Lyon.html#ixzz1Ar2caxYc
That's taken from an old interview. Things have moved on since then.
soz??
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Jean II Makoun, ra da da da da, play encore.
Here in my heart, ra da da da da, more and more.
Manhattan Transfer! There's one for the youths!
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I'll believe it when he's holding our shirt with a big cheesie grin on him.
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Would certainly add a bit of solidity to our midfield. Believe when see.
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Page last updated at 19:02 GMT, Wednesday, 12 January 2011
GH quoted "All I can say at the moment is that there is dialogue going on."
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Best central midfielder we will have signed in 5 years maybe? Milner was bought as a winger, and Makoun is better than the rest so chuffed IF he signs, always thought he looked a good player. Fair play to Houllier, he is clearly pro active in the market from early form. Get his men on the pitch and we can start to judge, good start with Walker, lets hope Makoun can come and give the central midfield some like, god knows it needs it.
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Really good signing this one, an upgrade on NRC.
I've always thought of him as a defensive midfielder but he can play more attacking aswell apparently. Has scored away to Real Madrid and Barca in recent seasons.
Obviously question if he can adapt to the pace here but most Africans seem to without much trouble.
A good start to the window if this is imminent.
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Houllier has gone to France has he not? I assume to deal with this. It's fairly likely if he has gone over.
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Really good signing this one, an upgrade on NRC.
and cheaper maybe ?
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Official Lyon website says:
"The Olympic Lyonese confirms to have opened discussions with the English club d' Aston Villa for the transfer of international Cameronian Jean II MAKOUN. President Jean-Michel AULAS thus met Gerard HOULLIER this morning in Paris. L' advance of the discussions remain in particular subjected to l' agreement of the player and his various councils, which n' is still not formalized "
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Is he the next Viera, like Osbourne is going to be ?
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Is he the next Viera, like Osbourne is going to be ?
No, nothing like him.
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He sounds like the type of player we have been needing for over 3 years. If Mr Woodhall reckons it's happening, it almost certainly will. Very pleased. If we can sign the goalscorer we have needed for 3 years as well, i might just start to have a bit of faith in Houllier, because at least he will have started to address the major holes in the team that MON couldn't seem to.
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Best central midfielder we will have signed in 5 years maybe? Milner was bought as a winger, and Makoun is better than the rest so chuffed IF he signs, always thought he looked a good player. Fair play to Houllier, he is clearly pro active in the market from early form. Get his men on the pitch and we can start to judge, good start with Walker, lets hope Makoun can come and give the central midfield some like, god knows it needs it.
In fairness Houllier seems to be decent at identifying the weaknesses in the squad.
We need more pace at full back position so Walker has been signed and Figueroa is being apparently purusued.
For different reasons, Petrov (age) and NRC (contract) are coming to the end of their spells here so Houllier will replace the composure and bit each offer with Makoun and Adam being targeted.
But ultimately you can do all the decent squad building you like, we need results on the pitch a.s.a.p.
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According to L'Equipe, he cost 14m€ two and a half years ago but will join us for 6m€, plus 3m€ performance related. Why would they accept a loss on a 27 year old?
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If we do sign him i will so pleased he seem's to be just the sort of player we are looking for i hope we are able to pull this transfer off.
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According to L'Equipe, he cost 14m€ two and a half years ago but will join us for 6m€, plus 3m€ performance related. Why would they accept a loss on a 27 year old?
Contract runs out soon?
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According to L'Equipe, he cost 14m€ two and a half years ago but will join us for 6m€, plus 3m€ performance related. Why would they accept a loss on a 27 year old?
Only 18 months on his contract, and maybe he has said he wants to come and play for Houllier. Player power and all that.
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According to L'Equipe, he cost 14m€ two and a half years ago but will join us for 6m€, plus 3m€ performance related. Why would they accept a loss on a 27 year old?
May be like few other clubs around Europe they have overspent and now need to make budget ajustments.
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I will be very happy if Houllier pulls Makoun in ;D Now all we need is a Goalscorer upfront easier said than done though !
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According to L'Equipe, he cost 14m€ two and a half years ago but will join us for 6m€, plus 3m€ performance related. Why would they accept a loss on a 27 year old?
18 months left on his deal, same as Young.
Played in France for years so probably decided he now wants to test himself in the prem, like so many of his African buddies.
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Why did we pay 10 million for Davies? And now we are trying to sell him for 3 million!
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This is the sort of signing that will hopefully convince some to give houllier a chance- another 3 quality signings and we will soon move up the table!
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According to L'Equipe, he cost 14m€ two and a half years ago but will join us for 6m€, plus 3m€ performance related. Why would they accept a loss on a 27 year old?
Contract runs out soon?
Good point.
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Encouraging looks like fee agreed but not personal terms. The way this season is going plenty of opportunity for it to still go tits up.
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Makoun deciding weather to join AVFC or not according to Lyon.
http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12874_6660052,00.html (http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12874_6660052,00.html)
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Iv'e never heard of him. I'm a bit like our old manager I have no idea outside of England but not like our old manager I will trust in those who say that players from abroad know how to play football. Bring him in if he's good.
I'm quite excited about Houllier having a chance to mould the team to suit his brand of football.
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Why did we pay 10 million for Davies? And now we are trying to sell him for 3 million!
ask MON
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Last transfer thread Dave started was Heskey was it not?
I'm happy with this signing anyway. Right age, wealth of experience and has the attributes we require. Think he and Adam would be a very capable partnership in the middle (providing we get them both) and with Petrov offering an experienced alternative and Bannan, Delph, Hogg and Gardner waiting in the wings.
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Adam outstanding apparently in blackpools win over Liverpool tonight!
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Come on Jean Two Makoun, the West Midlands is just like Southern Central France!
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Makoun deciding weather to join AVFC or not according to Lyon.
http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12874_6660052,00.html (http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12874_6660052,00.html)
A 'bit part player' ?
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Makoun deciding weather to join AVFC or not according to Lyon.
http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12874_6660052,00.html (http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12874_6660052,00.html)
A 'bit part player' ?
Started 11 of 19 games this season. Definitely not one of Lyon's essentials.
If he was, we wouldn't be buying him.
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Come on Jean Two Makoun, the West Midlands is just like Southern Central France!
I've been to Lyon, I'll bet he didn't join them for the scenery.
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Makoun deciding weather to join AVFC or not according to Lyon.
http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12874_6660052,00.html (http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12874_6660052,00.html)
So will the outcome be grey and miserable or warm and sunny?
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Hurry up and get things done. We need another new face in for Sunday.
What's the cut off for this?
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Fingers crossed, if it's going to happen it looks like it will be tomorrow, subject to a medical of course.
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Why did we pay 10 million for Davies? And now we are trying to sell him for 3 million!
£10m? - £7-8m I thought.
Ask MON why we are happy to take a $4-5m hit.
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I'm more than a bit cynical about footballers, I can see this dragging out for another couple of days whilst he waits to see if anyone else comes in for him.
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Why did we pay 10 million for Davies? And now we are trying to sell him for 3 million!
£10m? - £7-8m I thought.
Ask MON why we are happy to take a $4-5m hit.
£8m transfer, £1.5m to loan him for the season?
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Not done and dusted yet, but if completed would be an excellent signing I think. Transfers could well be Houllier's saving, if he gets them spot on.
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Why did we pay 10 million for Davies? And now we are trying to sell him for 3 million!
£10m? - £7-8m I thought.
Ask MON why we are happy to take a $4-5m hit.
£8m transfer, £1.5m to loan him for the season?
The loan was only to help West Brom's tax situation. It was something they instigated.
I'd be very surprised if we paid anything for the pleasure of lowering their tax liability.
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Why did we pay 10 million for Davies? And now we are trying to sell him for 3 million!
Because he's shit.
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Why did we pay 10 million for Davies? And now we are trying to sell him for 3 million!
Because he's shit.
Is the correct answer.
What a waste of money.
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Jean II Makoun était arrivé en 2008 à l'OL, où une partie du public de Gerland l'a rapidement pris en grippe, en l'associant à Claude Puel, son ancien entraîneur à Lille. Face à l'intransigeance des sifflets, le Camerounais avait obtenu l'accord de ses dirigeants pour quitter l'OL si une offre venait à satisfaire les trois parties. C'est apparemment le cas de l'offre de Villa.
Jean Makoun had happened in 2008 in Lyon, where part of the public Gerland quickly took a dislike, by associating it with Claude Puel, Lille's former coach. Faced with the intransigence of whistles, Cameroon had secured the agreement of their leaders to leave if an offer came to Lyon to meet the three parties. This is apparently the case of the offer from Villa.
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Ooh, it's terrible being faced by the intransigence of whistles.
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Don't mock until you have had it Damon. Took me weeks of therapy to get over, and now when I so much as hear a train peep I have flashback. Damned whis..... I can't say it.
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All over the world, disgruntled players blame the fans for not liking them enough.
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You should know that the barman in the café where I usually have a shot or two of espresso before work says "He's 'alright', that Jean II Makoun is"
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Firstly, why the "II" in Jean Makoun?
Secondly, while he does seem quite an exciting signing I do fear he could end up being anywhere on the spectrum between Djemba Djemba and Essien. Seems to have been very good at times in France and not so much other times. Maybe people are getting carried away because we are signing an overseas international for the first time in a while. Maybe I am just being too pessimistic.
Either way, if we get him by tomorrow, would it be the right thing to just throw him into the derby? I could see him taking the rest of this season to get to grips with the PL. From memory, Essien signed in January for Chelsea and didnt pull up any trees until the nest season.
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Firstly, why the "II" in Jean Makoun?
Secondly, while he does seem quite an exciting signing I do fear he could end up being anywhere on the spectrum between Djemba Djemba and Essien. Seems to have been very good at times in France and not so much other times. Maybe people are getting carried away because we are signing an overseas international for the first time in a while. Maybe I am just being too pessimistic.
Either way, if we get him by tomorrow, would it be the right thing to just throw him into the derby? I could see him taking the rest of this season to get to grips with the PL. From memory, Essien signed in January for Chelsea and didnt pull up any trees until the nest season.
There is a lot of the unknown about him, and players costing above £5m will always be big news at Villa, but I tend to agree with the analogy here.
He may help turn our season around - let's hope so, but I am looking for some more inspirational signings, especially a striker as GH doesn't appear to get on with JC.
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Is the "II" similar to the European "the Second"?
Or is it more sci-fi than that and he is a second generation Makoun?
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Always worries me that if too much is spent on a player in January it takes until May for them to get up to speed, as they don't have a pre season to adjust.
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Always worries me that if too much is spent on a player in January it takes until May for them to get up to speed, as they don't have a pre season to adjust.
It is always a worry, but there are always exceptions.
Arshavin was great for Arsenal when he first signed. Young and Carew looked very decent for us as soon as they started as well.
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Is the "II" similar to the European "the Second"?
Or is it more sci-fi than that and he is a second generation Makoun?
His father was a big Boyz II Men fan and so that's why he has that middle name.
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His dad was called Jean Makoun.
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Always worries me that if too much is spent on a player in January it takes until May for them to get up to speed, as they don't have a pre season to adjust.
It is always a worry, but there are always exceptions.
Arshavin was great for Arsenal when he first signed. Young and Carew looked very decent for us as soon as they started as well.
Although he scored on his debut (away at Newcastle from memory?) I though Ash was relatively poor in that first half a season and didn't really kick in until 07/08. Carew I grant you did hit the ground running.
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His dad was called Jean Makoun.
Spoilsport!
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Young and Carew were brilliant January signings for villa. Hopefully we can get him in and straight into the team for the derby game...it'd give us a lift I reckon.
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Start next season with centre mid of Adam and Makoun with Delph, Bannan, Hogg, Herd and G Gardner in reserve would be excellent imo. Lose Petrov, Reo Coker, Salifou, Pires and Osbourne on top of C Gardner and Sidwell in that area of the team, so a decent net saving on wages and transfer fees overall too.
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Let's hope he brings a lift; not wishing to piss on the frites, I just hope Houllier's not continuing his less than spectacular record of signing overpriced and less than effective France based players which he was known for at Liverpool. I'm more excited at the thought Charlie Adam might be heading this way.
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Let's hope he's as good as former Cameroon star Djemba-Djemba ;)
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Matt Kendrick is saying it's £5m with add ons possibly rising to £6.5m. I doubt the international clearance will be through in time for Sunday.
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Lyon boss Claude Puel speaking on John Makoun’s transfer to Villa:
“We all know what Jean brought to the team. It was important, it is important.
“There are considerations that a club must take into account including financial ones, and I take them into account.
“For the moment, Jean has not left. If he is still here on Saturday I would see in which frame of mind he is in.
“I do not see why I would deprive myself of him – he has always been reliable.”
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I just hope Houllier's not continuing his less than spectacular record of signing overpriced and less than effective France based players which he was known for at Liverpool.
You mean like Sinama Pongolle and Anthony Le Tallec for example?
No, apparently this guy can play...........when he wants to.
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Hopefully if he joins, this is exactly the kind of midfielder we need in the middle of the park. Someone who can move the ball forward but also win it back.
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Salifou will have to give up his squad number if Makoun signs. Makoun wears 17 in honour of his close friend, the late Marc-Vivien Foe.
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Salifou will have to give up his squad number if Makoun signs. Makoun wears 17 in honour of his close friend, the late Marc-Vivien Foe.
Salifou has a squad number? A bit like Stephen Hawking having a skipping rope.
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Salifou will have to give up his squad number if Makoun signs. Makoun wears 17 in honour of his close friend, the late Marc-Vivien Foe.
Salifou has a squad number? A bit like Stephen Hawking having a skipping rope.
I don't drink coffee, but if I did it would have been all over my computer when I read that!
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Salifou will have to give up his squad number if Makoun signs. Makoun wears 17 in honour of his close friend, the late Marc-Vivien Foe.
Salifou has a squad number? A bit like Stephen Hawking having a skipping rope.
Thats funniest post of the day award right there !!
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Has he bloody signed yet?
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5 million quid is a damned good deal from the look of him.
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Matt Kendrick is saying it's £5m with add ons possibly rising to £6.5m. I doubt the international clearance will be through in time for Sunday.
In some ways i'm glad, I wouldn't want him to have a debut against that shower of shit.
They'd probably kick him up in the air and injure him.
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Salifou will have to give up his squad number if Makoun signs. Makoun wears 17 in honour of his close friend, the late Marc-Vivien Foe.
Salifou has a squad number? A bit like Stephen Hawking having a skipping rope.
Thats funniest post of the day award right there !!
Seconded!
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Salifou will have to give up his squad number if Makoun signs. Makoun wears 17 in honour of his close friend, the late Marc-Vivien Foe.
Salifou has a squad number? A bit like Stephen Hawking having a skipping rope.
Its like the Blose badge having the globe on it.
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If he's so good then why are Lyon prepared to let him go when they've qualified for the knockout stages of the Champions League?
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The fans don't like the manager, who paid a lot for him and he is seen as the favourite, so they don't like him, and now he wants out. Is the way it has been hashed in the papers anyway.
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If he's so good then why are Lyon prepared to let him go when they've qualified for the knockout stages of the Champions League?
As I unerstand it he was a favourite of the previous coach who signed him, but their new gaffer doesn't want to use him as much. Whether that's a tactical or personality thing, or if he just doesn't rate him, I don't know.
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John M, wish you'd do research before making statments which are not true. Claude Puel was his previous coach at Lille and is the one who purchased him. Lyon want to sell because of financial constraints. I posted his quotes about the impending departure on the previous page.
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Read today a comment from the Lyon coach hinting that they need the cash.
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John M, wish you'd research your Claude Puel was his previous coach at Lille and is the one who purchased him. Lyon want to sell because of financial
constraints. I posted his quotes about the impending departure on the previous page.
Yeah John, you shouldn't have anything better to do than research prospective Villa signings.
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You have to when people get the wrong end of the stick. Anyway forget all that COME ON VILLA GET HIM SIGNED!!!!
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Read today a comment from the Lyon coach hinting that they need the cash.
I saw the same comment and thought it was pretty odd considering that they are CL knockout stage regulars. Cynical old me is concerned there may be more to it than balance sheets. I just hope he's not another Mattieu Berson.
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John M, wish you'd do research before making statments which are not true. Claude Puel was his previous coach at Lille and is the one who purchased him. Lyon want to sell because of financial constraints. I posted his quotes about the impending departure on the previous page.
Normally I'd apologise when I got something wrong, but I don't like your patronising tone so I won't.
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Read today a comment from the Lyon coach hinting that they need the cash.
I saw the same comment and thought it was pretty odd considering that they are CL knockout stage regulars. Cynical old me is concerned there may be more to it than balance sheets. I just hope he's not another Mattieu Berson.
I remember that saga. It was all will he/won't he for what seemed like months, then we signed him and he hardly ever played. Seems quite funny now actually, we were a bit desperate at the time.
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Sorry mate i didn't mean to offend you (John M)
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Sorry mate i didn't mean to offend you!
Fair enough - no harm done!
And sorry I picked it up wrong.
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Sorry mate i didn't mean to offend you!
Fair enough - no harm done!
And sorry I picked it up wrong.
Bless
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Salifou will have to give up his squad number if Makoun signs. Makoun wears 17 in honour of his close friend, the late Marc-Vivien Foe.
Salifou has a squad number? A bit like Stephen Hawking having a skipping rope.
brilliant sir.
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Salifou will have to give up his squad number if Makoun signs. Makoun wears 17 in honour of his close friend, the late Marc-Vivien Foe.
Aye, probably won't be able to do that until next season though. Maybe he'll wear 71 until then?
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The last player we got from Lyon went on to be our top scorer over the next 3 years, Makoun is a quality player, he is like Petrov and NRC put together!
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The last player we got from Lyon went on to be our top scorer over the next 3 years, Makoun is a quality player, he is like Petrov and NRC put together!
Are you his agent ??? If he is that good why are there not a queue of clubs after him ?? (there might be of course)
Have u ever seen him play (not on the TV), last question how many international caps has he got ?? Thank you
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Makoun is a quality player, he is like Petrov and NRC put together!
Can't run, can't pass?
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Makoun is a quality player, he is like Petrov and NRC put together!
Can't run, can't pass?
Can't shoot
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Not signed yet then?
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I think signing Adam and Makoun would improve our midfield. Neither are exactly top quality, but combined will make up for the loss of Milner finally. They'd also make a good pair in CM.
We've got quality in midfield, we just need a solid base to get the best out of Downing, Ash and Albrighton.
Where I think we need a bit of luck in getting some top quality, is up front. We're seriously lacking in a top class forward. That'll be a hard task sadly.
A couple of decent defenders to solidify the backline would be good too. Then I think we could get back to where we were last season, with or without Houllier.
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Makoun is a quality player, he is like Petrov and NRC put together!
Can't run, can't pass?
Can't shoot
he didnt shoot that in the net sat for sure???
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Looks like he's decided to stay in Lyon
http://www.lyoncapitale.fr/lyoncapitale/journal/univers/Sport/Football/Makoun-voudrait-rester-a-Lyon
first paragraph
According to our information, while Jean Makoun was on the verge of leaving Lyon on Wednesday, the Cameroonians have finally decided to stay at Lyon until at least the end of the season (Article updated 18:30).
Would it still be a turnaround unique transfer market and his incredible antics? While the transfer of Jean II Makoun appeared to act, it seems that all is far from being tied. If Lyon and Aston Villa, as we announced on Wednesday, are agreed on the amount of the transaction, Cameroonian, he, according to our information, would no longer necessarily inclined to leave the club to that of Rhone the city of Birmingham. Indeed, the formation led by Gerard Houllier in the depths of the Premier League standings (18th), does not sport the same guarantees that Claude Puel.
fcuk fcuk fcuk >:(
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Can't say I blame him.
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Hope it is not true but you do have to wonder why it is taking so long, not suprised I guess.
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Oh bloody hell.
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More pressure on the boss. No signings and a tonking on Sunday, then it's goodbye Gerard. No point backing him if his list say NON!
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Let's hope this is not true, but being 1 point off the bottom, we don't exactly look a very attractive proposition at the moment.
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ne relegation fight pas ?
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Fantastique...
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Now considering the window has been open for nearly two weeks (or a good week of business days) i'd had hoped we would have had more signings by now, especially when GH went to Lyon to speak to him. Maybe I am way out of it but I thought we would have got a decent French signing from the former TD of the FFF. I know these things take time and January isn't the best month to get players in, not to worry though, still 17.5 more days to go!
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If the guy is too myopic to factor in where we have been for the last three seasons and how bright a future we have with some of the quality players we have at the club, then i wouldn't want him anyway. Form is temporary, class is permanent.
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Bollocks that is all.
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This would be catastrophic for GH if he gets snubbed by Makoun. On top of Bridge deciding to go to the Hammers you have to ask what is putting players off. Is it money (most likely) or is it when they meet GH?
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Feck, I hope it is not true, can anyone of a french disposition - re Bad English, tell us how reputable that site it?
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ok, Plan B, anyone got Carlton Palmers nr ?
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TO be fair to both Houllier and Makoun, January is not the best time to buy players/move clubs anyway. Its no coincidence that the vast majority of transfers are made in the Summer.
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It is a huge blow for him to lose out on his top midfield target though isn't it.
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Sky Sports reporting we're on the verge of signing Makoun...
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Probably his agent playing games to get his wages higher
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This would be catastrophic for GH if he gets snubbed by Makoun. On top of Bridge deciding to go to the Hammers you have to ask what is putting players off. Is it money (most likely) or is it when they meet GH?
Well judging by the performances of some of the players who already play for him, he probably couldn't motivate Barry Austin to have a biscuit.
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Having read the whole of that article in "Lyon Capitale", it appears that Lyon could really do with €8m in the bank but Claude Puel is worried that his system will be unbalanced if he sells him. Meanwhile, Houllier is said to have given J2M a deadline of this evening to make up his mind. However, J2 appears to think that it's too risky coming to a club which is languishing in the relegation zone. AND WHOSE FUCKING FAULT IS THAT?
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While I disagree with the sentiment in its entirety, the analogy is brilliant Percy.
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Just bloody great.
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Just bloody great.
Quick way to put you in a bad mood isn't it!?
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It's not looking good is it
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FUUUUUU
We really need to get some players in, I know it's only been 2 weeks but it's 2 weeks of no signings and our main target won't join us now. Hope we're still able to get a defenfer, midfielder and striker... now is not the time to be complacent in the transfer window. I know it's the January transfer window but in the position we're in we need the players in.
Lets hope we can sign Adam now...
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I agreed with Houllier that the midfield was the biggest issue, we have no creativity and no steel in there, and Makoun alongside Adam seemed like quite a good solution to me. I do hope he has 2-3 other targets in there, even if they are more expensive and I hope he is backed to get them.
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Well, well. It seems that neither Bridge nor Makoun wants to join us and Holloway thinks that Adam leaving Blackpool for Villa would be a step down. Surprising that Houllier's charisma didn't sway the deal. Hmmm. Whatever anyone says about MON or Houllier, this is an absolute fuck up of a season and GH needs to pull something out of the bag soon. What has happened to our club? Even Blues seem to have more appeal to players than we do at the moment. Disappointing stuff.
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Houllier has missed out on this fella after flying out to France to meet up with him? Must of been an inspiring sales pitch.
A lost this weekend will be the final nail in the coffin.
'Don't let the door hit your arse on the way out.xx'
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jesus wept
someone i was genuinely looking forward to seeing come to villa
and someone of far higher quality than the types of players we seem to be linked with lately
f*ck sake
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Houllier has missed out on this fella after flying out to France to meet up with him? Must of been an inspiring sales pitch.
A lost this weekend will be the final nail in the coffin.
I wouldn't bet on it. The complacency high up in the club is very worrying.
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So lets recap.
We can't sign a 19 year old from Le Havre.
We can't sign a midfielder from Blackpool (who 5 years ago were in League One).
Wayne Bridge chooses West Ham and Avram Grant over us.
A player who's at a club thats trying to force him out to free up money looks like he doesn't want to join.
Do you think Houllier's in touch with the modern game and in this instance showing good knowledge of how the transfer market works?
Is this another example of his apparent inability to connect with players in the modern game ? (I think so - who's the last one of our squad to come out in praise and support of the manager?).
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Nobody has confirmed he isn't coming,until they do I am still hoping (blind faith more like).
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Thought this thread was tempting fate a tad. Hope it still goes through mind.
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So lets recap.
We can't sign a 19 year old from Le Havre.
We can't sign a midfielder from Blackpool (who 5 years ago were in League One).
Wayne Bridge chooses West Ham and Avram Grant over us.
A player who's at a club thats trying to force him out to free up money looks like he doesn't want to join.
Do you think Houllier's in touch with the modern game and in this instance showing good knowledge of how the transfer market works?
Is this another example of his apparent inability to connect with players in the modern game ? (I think so - who's the last one of our squad to come out in praise and support of the manager?).
19 year old failed a medical
Adam from Blackpool has gone nowhere yet
Wayne Bridge moved to be closer to his child
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How recent is the SSN thing about us being on the verge of signing him? Hopefully it's still on. Sadly, it looks like he'd rather be at a settled club, and not in a relegation dog fight.
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Only a newspaper report so far so let's not panic- we would have had keane, Barton, lewis, samba, Adam, rodellega, van bommel, and a whole load more if the newspapers had been right.
Let's hope makoun at least comes over and sees the ground and he will hopefully be swayed .
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How recent is the SSN thing about us being on the verge of signing him? Hopefully it's still on.
It's still on.
Here's hoping.
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Is it just a newspaper report?
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A story broke on a French site at half five our time.
Who knows what is happening yet. Brinkmanship on his part for an extra wedge?
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MM on villatalk has just posted its close but not sorted yet. make of that what you will :-\
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MM on VT says initialisms are in and that Makoun is close.
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If he does'nt want to come here then I'd move on, last thing we need is another Ireland situation
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Initialisms? So the whole ''II'' thing in his name is what's holding things up?
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cannot believe some of the comments on here, unbelievably defeatist!
There are many that i would not like to be in the trenches with, let alone supporting our boys on sunday with.
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I knew this was a jinx, he isn't going to sign is he!
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Stick in a relegation clause if that's what he's worried about (wonder if we've ever had to do that before?).
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It seems mad how desperate we all are for him to sign. Says more about where we are than the ability of the player imo. Even so, hopefully we can get him in, even if it does involve a few clauses.
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Stick in a relegation clause if that's what he's worried about (wonder if we've ever had to do that before?).
I'd hope that all of our contracts have relegation clauses in anyway. For both parties.
I'd expect he'll sign. We'll certainly be making it worth his while financially.
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Having read the whole of that article in "Lyon Capitale", it appears that Lyon could really do with €8m in the bank but Claude Puel is worried that his system will be unbalanced if he sells him. Meanwhile, Houllier is said to have given J2M a deadline of this evening to make up his mind. However, J2 appears to think that it's too risky coming to a club which is languishing in the relegation zone. AND WHOSE FUCKING FAULT IS THAT?
give them Salifou then
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I've no idea as to what sort of player he is, but this is starting to have the feeling of the JPA signing. Please, Villa, sign someone. Anyone. And if the aforementioned Columbian is anything to go by, we end up with someone who is never quite as good a player as we though we were getting.
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It seems mad how desperate we all are for him to sign. Says more about where we are than the ability of the player imo. Even so, hopefully we can get him in, even if it does involve a few clauses.
It was like this when we were after Berson. Crude translations of French websites and everything.
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If he does'nt want to come here then I'd move on, last thing we need is another Ireland situation
While it will be a disappointment if he doesn't sign I don't think it will bring about armed insurrection, perhaps just a touch of virtual sectarian violence.
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Jesus, some of us do really like to wine on here. When GH flew out yesterday did we all expect him to bring Makoun back with him in his hand luggage.
None of us really know how deals are done,Lyon wanna squeeze out as much money as they can get,the player and his agent may want some more money from Lyon and or get as much as they can from us. And as its been said before,if we need to beg to get him and if he doesnt really wanna come,then fuck him,we want players who cant wait to get and play for the club.
We've still got enough to win on Sun,with or without him. UTV.
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Stick in a relegation clause if that's what he's worried about (wonder if we've ever had to do that before?).
I'd hope that all of our contracts have relegation clauses in anyway. For both parties.
I'd expect he'll sign. We'll certainly be making it worth his while financially.
I would hope that there are two clauses like these in everyone's contracts:
"If we get relegated you can leave for £2m"
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"If we get relegated, and you stay, then you have to take a 60% pay cut"
Does anyone know what such clauses actually look like?
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Stick in a relegation clause if that's what he's worried about (wonder if we've ever had to do that before?).
I'd hope that all of our contracts have relegation clauses in anyway. For both parties.
I'd expect he'll sign. We'll certainly be making it worth his while financially.
I would hope that there are two clauses like these in everyone's contracts:
"If we get relegated you can leave for £2m"
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"If we get relegated, and you stay, then you have to take a 60% pay cut"
^ exactly like that.
It's just sensible business acumen from both sides.
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It seems mad how desperate we all are for him to sign. Says more about where we are than the ability of the player imo. Even so, hopefully we can get him in, even if it does involve a few clauses.
It was like this when we were after Berson. Crude translations of French websites and everything.
Bit harsh on Bad English.
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To be fair, it's hard to translate the tone of vapid, pseudo-intellectual pomposity that characterises most French sports journalism. Everything is written in the style of David Frost's memoirs, if you can imagine that.
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Of course, they have the same problem in France when they have to contend with Oscar Wilde, William Shakespeare, James Joyce and John Donne, all of whom appear to be alive and well and living in Wapping and giving us "Hou, go on! Mak my day", "I only have eyes for Hou", "Hou ate my muff"...
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It seems mad how desperate we all are for him to sign. Says more about where we are than the ability of the player imo. Even so, hopefully we can get him in, even if it does involve a few clauses.
It was like this when we were after Berson. Crude translations of French websites and everything.
Bit harsh on Bad English.
Harsh but fair. Where's James Toner when you need him?
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Wanker emoticon. He knows I'll be spitting feathers.
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Snigger.
What was it James Toner said to you, BE... "You're French ain't bad for an English teacher"?
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Kendrick on Talksport has said that he has spoken to high level Villa officials and there has been no hitch. Villa still confident.
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He might have. But, of course, we've never met...
I always remember him asking us to detail our experiences of anal sex in the OT section but he didn't seem to want to start us off.
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"Give Houllier the transfer window"
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Of course, they have the same problem in France when they have to contend with Oscar Wilde, William Shakespeare, James Joyce and John Donne, all of whom appear to be alive and well and living in Wapping and giving us "Hou, go on! Mak my day", "I only have eyes for Hou", "Hou ate my muff"...
Clearly the shit non-pun pun is a poor substitute for la gloire.
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Houllier needs to get this tied up quickly now just to breathe a bit of confidence into the place.
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Matt Kendrick has confirmed with a Villa source that the deal is still on and there has been no hitch. Fee agreed, now I imagine its wrangling about bonuses and image rights.
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Is it right image right are a tax scam as in the player claims it as worldwide earnings so the UK taxman can't get his hands on the money?
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Matt Kendrick has confirmed with a Villa source that the deal is still on and there has been no hitch. Fee agreed, now I imagine its wrangling about bonuses and image rights.
Blame rights and scapegoat bonuses
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Is it right image right are a tax scam as in the player claims it as worldwide earnings so the UK taxman can't get his hands on the money?
If you looked at the Pompey creditors there were lots of non Uk companys which were obviously set up to do this, and this is one of the reasons that HMRC were disagreeing with the club regarding thier liability.
It is a tax scam but not a leagal one
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So lets recap.
We can't sign a 19 year old from Le Havre.
We can't sign a midfielder from Blackpool (who 5 years ago were in League One).
Wayne Bridge chooses West Ham and Avram Grant over us.
A player who's at a club thats trying to force him out to free up money looks like he doesn't want to join.
Do you think Houllier's in touch with the modern game and in this instance showing good knowledge of how the transfer market works?
Is this another example of his apparent inability to connect with players in the modern game ? (I think so - who's the last one of our squad to come out in praise and support of the manager?).
19 year old failed a medical
Adam from Blackpool has gone nowhere yet
Wayne Bridge moved to be closer to his child
How do you know about the failed medical? quotes were all about failing to agree wages?
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Clearly the shit non-pun pun is a poor substitute for la gloire.
I'm probably too used to reading the written press in France to take much notice. However, it must be said that sports journalists on French television are the worst. It's like a YTS version of That's Life, without the tomatoes that have grown bollocks.
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Apparently he is demanding £25,000 for every time he misplaces a pass and Villa fans mutter "Djemba fucking Djemba" under their breath.
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MM on VT says initialisms are in and that Makoun is close.
Does this Mystery Man have a direct line to Houllier's phone? Does he post on here? Should we take any notice? Just asking like.
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I'm probably too used to reading the written press in France to take much notice. However, it must be said that sports journalists on French television are the worst. It's like a YTS version of That's Life, without the tomatoes that have grown bollocks.
......Darren.
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"Give Houllier the transfer window"
preferably so he can jump right the f**k out of it...
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MM on VT says initialisms are in and that Makoun is close.
Does this Mystery Man have a direct line to Houllier's phone? Does he post on here? Should we take any notice? Just asking like.
MysteryMan has his own special phone. Whenever Commissioner Houllier needs him he sends out a giant 'M' into the sky, as the MysteryMan signal.
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......Darren.
I am nonplussed.
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So lets recap.
We can't sign a 19 year old from Le Havre.
We can't sign a midfielder from Blackpool (who 5 years ago were in League One).
Wayne Bridge chooses West Ham and Avram Grant over us.
A player who's at a club thats trying to force him out to free up money looks like he doesn't want to join.
Do you think Houllier's in touch with the modern game and in this instance showing good knowledge of how the transfer market works?
Is this another example of his apparent inability to connect with players in the modern game ? (I think so - who's the last one of our squad to come out in praise and support of the manager?).
19 year old failed a medical
Adam from Blackpool has gone nowhere yet
Wayne Bridge moved to be closer to his child
How do you know about the failed medical? quotes were all about failing to agree wages?
No they weren't. The very first place I read it, on the day, was the Evening Mail, and it was all about him failing the medical with a back problem. Money was mentioned in the context of "We'll look at him again in the summer when he's a free agent, but we're not risking nearly a million on a player with a suspect back"
The nationals picked up on the idea that we didn't want to pay that much for him, and conveniently left out the rest because it suited their "crisis club" agenda.
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Strange, but it looks to me this Wholier chap is neither so knowledgeable about players on the market and even worse at motivating them to sign/play...
I pray for him to prove me wrong, as I'm full of disbelieve...
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So lets recap.
We can't sign a 19 year old from Le Havre.
We can't sign a midfielder from Blackpool (who 5 years ago were in League One).
Wayne Bridge chooses West Ham and Avram Grant over us.
A player who's at a club thats trying to force him out to free up money looks like he doesn't want to join.
Do you think Houllier's in touch with the modern game and in this instance showing good knowledge of how the transfer market works?
Is this another example of his apparent inability to connect with players in the modern game ? (I think so - who's the last one of our squad to come out in praise and support of the manager?).
19 year old failed a medical
Adam from Blackpool has gone nowhere yet
Wayne Bridge moved to be closer to his child
How do you know about the failed medical? quotes were all about failing to agree wages?
No they weren't. The very first place I read it, on the day, was the Evening Mail, and it was all about him failing the medical with a back problem. Money was mentioned in the context of "We'll look at him again in the summer when he's a free agent, but we're not risking nearly a million on a player with a suspect back"
The nationals picked up on the idea that we didn't want to pay that much for him, and conveniently left out the rest because it suited their "crisis club" agenda.
Thanks for clearing that one up for me Amfy. It is amazing how little people seem to believe if it is not their agenda to do so though.
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The longer this goes on, the less likely it's going to happen.
But if it does it will defiantly help persuade the likes of Adam if he has any doubts.
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So lets recap.
We can't sign a 19 year old from Le Havre.
We can't sign a midfielder from Blackpool (who 5 years ago were in League One).
Wayne Bridge chooses West Ham and Avram Grant over us.
A player who's at a club thats trying to force him out to free up money looks like he doesn't want to join.
Do you think Houllier's in touch with the modern game and in this instance showing good knowledge of how the transfer market works?
Is this another example of his apparent inability to connect with players in the modern game ? (I think so - who's the last one of our squad to come out in praise and support of the manager?).
19 year old failed a medical
Adam from Blackpool has gone nowhere yet
Wayne Bridge moved to be closer to his child
How do you know about the failed medical? quotes were all about failing to agree wages?
No they weren't. The very first place I read it, on the day, was the Evening Mail, and it was all about him failing the medical with a back problem. Money was mentioned in the context of "We'll look at him again in the summer when he's a free agent, but we're not risking nearly a million on a player with a suspect back"
The nationals picked up on the idea that we didn't want to pay that much for him, and conveniently left out the rest because it suited their "crisis club" agenda.
Thanks for clearing that one up for me Amfy. It is amazing how little people seem to believe if it is not their agenda to do so though.
Isn't it just. It's a bit pathetic, really
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I didn't know about the failed medical until a couple of days later when it was mentioned on here and most people still don't as the widely reported reason is that he wanted more than we were prepared to pay. The club have done nothing to correct this story so it's not surprising that is how it is seen.
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I didn't know about the failed medical until a couple of days later when it was mentioned on here and most people still don't as the widely reported reason is that he wanted more than we were prepared to pay. The club have done nothing to correct this story so it's not surprising that is how it is seen.
Exactly how I see it, hopefully we can sign him on a pre contract for free in the summer.
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MM on VT says initialisms are in and that Makoun is close.
Does this Mystery Man have a direct line to Houllier's phone? Does he post on here? Should we take any notice? Just asking like.
To be fair, he has had some accuracy in the past. I think he genuinely gets info from someone who is at the club, but i suspect that it's only someone low key. He does like to give the impression he's 'the man' most of the time, but he's a lot more of a serious source than 95% of the wafflers and bullshit merchants that you get on both sites.
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So lets recap.
We can't sign a 19 year old from Le Havre.
We can't sign a midfielder from Blackpool (who 5 years ago were in League One).
Wayne Bridge chooses West Ham and Avram Grant over us.
A player who's at a club thats trying to force him out to free up money looks like he doesn't want to join.
Do you think Houllier's in touch with the modern game and in this instance showing good knowledge of how the transfer market works?
Is this another example of his apparent inability to connect with players in the modern game ? (I think so - who's the last one of our squad to come out in praise and support of the manager?).
19 year old failed a medical
Adam from Blackpool has gone nowhere yet
Wayne Bridge moved to be closer to his child
How do you know about the failed medical? quotes were all about failing to agree wages?
No they weren't. The very first place I read it, on the day, was the Evening Mail, and it was all about him failing the medical with a back problem. Money was mentioned in the context of "We'll look at him again in the summer when he's a free agent, but we're not risking nearly a million on a player with a suspect back"
The nationals picked up on the idea that we didn't want to pay that much for him, and conveniently left out the rest because it suited their "crisis club" agenda.
Thanks for clearing that one up for me Amfy. It is amazing how little people seem to believe if it is not their agenda to do so though.
Its amazing how accusatory some people can get when asked for clarification.
"“The Fofana deal is not done and I doubt it will be done,” said Houllier.
“For the moment an agreement has not been reached. He’s got potential, he’s a 19-year-old player, very mature with a strong personality.
“He’s the captain of the under-19s that won the European Championships but I’ve also young players here already and you’ve got to have a balance in terms of wages and abilities.
“It’s more likely not to happen.”
is ozzjim a spoonerism for jism by the way? just asking.
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Yawn Adam. Any need for it? Just asking... The comment I made was aimed at the discussion from Amfy about the national press and how they ignore things if it does not suit their agenda, but keep believing your self importance.
This medical thing has been discussed time and again throughout this thread and others. The mail and a couple of other places released the medical info early on. Houllier is not going to come out and tell the world a 19 year old kid he rates and wants is a crock that can't play is he, that would be highly disrespectful to a kid he has seen coming through the French system for a while.
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To many assumptions there
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Anymore news on makoun today?
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why cant things just be simple this year?!?
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Anymore news on makoun today?
he definetely wants to join Vila , now hes heard Benzema wants to come ;-D * winky smile*
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Although he has said he'd not be interested in playing with Kloseor van Bommel, so it's all up in the air again.
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L'Equipe suggesting it's off?
http://www.lequipe.fr/Football/20110114_110914_makoun-loin-d-aston-villa.html
I hope not.
Reading the article again, are they merely haggling over salaries?
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That article is suggesting Villa have offered him less than he earns at Lyon.
Article also states that the fee would be 6M euros with add-ons totalling a further 3M euros.
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This whole saga illustrates just how damaging MON's actions have been. I'm sure that if Houllier (or another manager) had a full summer and transfer window to sign players, it would have been more of an attractive proposition to join a team pushing for Top 4 rather than fighting against relegation. I'm sure that Makoun would have jumped at the opportunity in the summer before things went pear shaped.
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True enough Jembob - Houllier with a full summer straight after MON I think would have a completely different outlook to the one we have now. If he manages to get 5 players in one January window, even with loans, then it is brilliant work. I get the feeling if mad martin had gone in May we would have had Hughes as manager though, but still.
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All this constant reference back to MON smacks of making excuses. The question is has Houllier done the best job that he possibly could? Even given the circumstances of his appointment and the injuries etc that he's had to deal with even the most optimistic of us would be hard pressed to answer yes.
He might well turn it round, I hope he does, but we should judge him on his own terms.
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IF and i know it is a big IF that report is correct why would we offer less than he is earning at Lyon - maybe I am missing something but that would be just stupid and I hope we are not that stupid to be honest
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All this constant reference back to MON smacks of making excuses. The question is has Houllier done the best job that he possibly could? Even given the circumstances of his appointment and the injuries etc that he's had to deal with even the most optimistic of us would be hard pressed to answer yes.
He might well turn it round, I hope he does, but we should judge him on his own terms.
Crikey Chris, I agree !
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IF and i know it is a big IF that report is correct why would we offer less than he is earning at Lyon - maybe I am missing something but that would be just stupid and I hope we are not that stupid to be honest
Maybe he's already on silly money. Or maybe Houllier thinks he's worth only x amount. Or, perhaps more likely, Lerner has set a budget on transfer fees and wages for players signed this January.
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To many assumptions there
And not enough o's there. ;-)
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IF and i know it is a big IF that report is correct why would we offer less than he is earning at Lyon - maybe I am missing something but that would be just stupid and I hope we are not that stupid to be honest
Maybe he's already on silly money. Or maybe Houllier thinks he's worth only x amount. Or, perhaps more likely, Lerner has set a budget on transfer fees and wages for players signed this January.
I wouldn't have thought wages in French football were that high compared to English.
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If Makoun was on, or was expecting, silly money, wouldn't we have clarified that with his agent first?
Isn't that what clubs do these days, rather than going through the "can we agree a transfer figure" then "can we now speak to him" process?
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I wouldn't have thought wages in French football were that high compared to English.
Well I am speculating. Maybe a club that's regularly in the CL can afford comparable wages? Who knows?
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Mat Kendrick is saying it's a "done deal" on Twitter.
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Yes, we've probably upped his wages a bit
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The more this transfer drags on, the more I can't help thinking it has "Berson" written all over it.
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Looks like it's done. Thank fuck for that if it is! ;D
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The more this transfer drags on, the more I can't help thinking it has "Berson" written all over it.
It hasn't really dragged on for long at all though has it?
It just seems like it has because of the speculation that we might be interested which go back months.
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If it has been done, it's been fairly swift. Only a concrete link about two weeks ago. GH in France Tues/Weds to speak to the player, today's Friday.
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If it is done, get him in the team on Sunday.
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So anything to confirm its done?
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http://www.eatsleepsport.com/aston-villa/villa-eye-transfer-alternative-1149195.html (http://www.eatsleepsport.com/aston-villa/villa-eye-transfer-alternative-1149195.html)
Maybe we're going for someone else...
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Mat Kendrick is saying it's a "done deal" on Twitter.
Any one know precisely what he twattered?
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GH press conference in half hour
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Ive had a text saying its all sorted but I'll wait for official confirmation before I give a huzzah!
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I think Houlier will open a suitcase there and out will pop Benzema,Makoun and Sissoko ...
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farken hell - is it done yet or what?
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I think Houlier will open a suitcase there and out will pop Benzema,Makoun and Sissoko ...
And then out of nowhere, Van Bommel runs out and puts his studs into Woodwank's groin to announce his arrival.
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I think Houlier will open a suitcase there and out will pop Benzema,Makoun and Sissoko ...
Subbuteo players ?
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Don't you love media spin. From SKY
Aston Villa will complete the signing of Lyon midfielder Jean II Makoun once personal terms with the Cameroon international can be agreed.
The Premier League side have finalised a €6million (£5m) fee with the Ligue 1 outfit with €3million (£2.5m) in add-ons.
However, Villa are yet to agree personal terms with the 27-year-old, the same reason they reportedly failed to land Le Havre starlet Gueida Fofana.
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Don't you love media spin. From SKY
Aston Villa will complete the signing of Lyon midfielder Jean II Makoun once personal terms with the Cameroon international can be agreed.
The Premier League side have finalised a €6million (£5m) fee with the Ligue 1 outfit with €3million (£2.5m) in add-ons.
However, Villa are yet to agree personal terms with the 27-year-old, the same reason they reportedly failed to land Le Havre starlet Gueida Fofana.
what, and they havent mentioned David Beckham..
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Abraham tweeted nothing further on GH deal but is confident it will go through.He also refered to Barry Fry as Barry Fly
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Don't you love media spin. From SKY
Aston Villa will complete the signing of Lyon midfielder Jean II Makoun once personal terms with the Cameroon international can be agreed.
The Premier League side have finalised a €6million (£5m) fee with the Ligue 1 outfit with €3million (£2.5m) in add-ons.
However, Villa are yet to agree personal terms with the 27-year-old, the same reason they reportedly failed to land Le Havre starlet Gueida Fofana.
To be fair though, that was reported in many places. Doesn't stop it from being wrong though.
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Don't you love media spin. From SKY
Aston Villa will complete the signing of Lyon midfielder Jean II Makoun once personal terms with the Cameroon international can be agreed.
The Premier League side have finalised a €6million (£5m) fee with the Ligue 1 outfit with €3million (£2.5m) in add-ons.
However, Villa are yet to agree personal terms with the 27-year-old, the same reason they reportedly failed to land Le Havre starlet Gueida Fofana.
To be fair though, that was reported in many places. Doesn't stop it from being wrong though.
well they have bent over backwards for Pires , so the lad must have wanted something stupid like escargots rubbed over his body by Ash Young before he goes on the pitch....
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Apperantly we have offered him less than he is on now and that he is having a medical today in Birmingham then will return to France and many in the squad this weekend for them(yeah right!)
Sorry I haven't got enough signal to paste link.
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£5 million fee agreed according to SSN
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all been done .... ;-)
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welcome Jean II Makoun .. excellent addition to our team
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SSN are now saying "almost"....
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As for the Houllier press conference isn't that just what every manager is obliged to do before the weekend's games?
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just show him with the XXXXXLLLLLLL Vila shirt ;-D
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Surely the fee agreed news has only been "released" because we have the deal done ??
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Don't you love media spin. From SKY
Aston Villa will complete the signing of Lyon midfielder Jean II Makoun once personal terms with the Cameroon international can be agreed.
The Premier League side have finalised a €6million (£5m) fee with the Ligue 1 outfit with €3million (£2.5m) in add-ons.
However, Villa are yet to agree personal terms with the 27-year-old, the same reason they reportedly failed to land Le Havre starlet Gueida Fofana.
what, and they havent mentioned David Beckham..
I think I saw somewhere that he might be training with spuds, or was it a dream, I am sure SSN would have mentioned something about it by now!!!
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I thought we had agreed a few two days ago
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/clips/p00d849d/spout_beckham_and_spurs_the_leaked_texts/
sorry can't do small links.
UTV
The Doc
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This would be an excellent signing imo.
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I thought we had agreed a few two days ago
Me too, is it a signing or an agreement of price ??
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Anyone know what Houllier has said in his press conference about Makoun?
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Waiting for this to go through is like chronic constipation.
The tortoise has been rearing its ugly head for the last 48 hours, now someone wants to coax it out with a lettuce leaf.
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SSN
Has to have a medical and to discuss personal terms.
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Nothing has changed then. I think somebody must have showed him a picture of Habib Beye's Ferrari.
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I like the transfers where you only hear about it after it's happened. When was the last one like that?
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Never mind all this.
How is Beckham doing?
We need the latest 10 times an hour update.
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I like the transfers where you only hear about it after it's happened. When was the last one like that?
1994 the eve of the internet.
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yes...the long drawn out affairs never seem to work either...i.e. Baros...nobody really wanted him till we realised we weren't going to get anyone else and then everyone was obsessed with him in the run up to signing him till we realised he was crap...bit like our current manager
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I like the transfers where you only hear about it after it's happened. When was the last one like that?
David Hunt ;-(
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/clips/p00d849d/spout_beckham_and_spurs_the_leaked_texts/
sorry can't do small links.
UTV
The Doc
i almost wet myself at the rio bit lmao
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From the L'Equipe website
Jean II Makoun devait s'envoler pour l'Angleterre vers 15h afin de passer la traditionnelle visite médicale puis signer un contrat de trois ans et demi à Aston Villa. Le club de Birmingham, entraîné par Gérard Houllier, et le Camerounais ont finalement trouvé un accord sur ses conditions salariales. Le montant du transfert est de 6 millions d'euros, assortis d'un bonus d'une somme maximum de 3 millions d'euros.
Jean Makoun was due to fly out for England at around 3pm in order to undergo the traditional medical before signing a three-and-a-half-year contract at Aston Villa [the world's greatest football club]. The Birmingham club, coached by Tha G-Dogg, has finally agreed personal terms with the Cameroon national. The transfer fee is 6 million Euros, rising to a maximum of 9 million.
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From the L'Equipe website
Jean II Makoun devait s'envoler pour l'Angleterre vers 15h afin de passer la traditionnelle visite médicale puis signer un contrat de trois ans et demi à Aston Villa. Le club de Birmingham, entraîné par Gérard Houllier, et le Camerounais ont finalement trouvé un accord sur ses conditions salariales. Le montant du transfert est de 6 millions d'euros, assortis d'un bonus d'une somme maximum de 3 millions d'euros.
Jean Makoun was due to fly out for England at around 3pm in order to undergo the traditional medical before signing a three-and-a-half-year contract at Aston Villa [the world's greatest football club]. The Birmingham club, coached by Tha G-Dogg, has finally agreed personal terms with the Cameroon national. The transfer fee is 6 million Euros, rising to a maximum of 9 million.
Well that is a little bit better, let's hope he is registered in time for Sunday.
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From the L'Equipe website
Jean II Makoun devait s'envoler pour l'Angleterre vers 15h afin de passer la traditionnelle visite médicale puis signer un contrat de trois ans et demi à Aston Villa. Le club de Birmingham, entraîné par Gérard Houllier, et le Camerounais ont finalement trouvé un accord sur ses conditions salariales. Le montant du transfert est de 6 millions d'euros, assortis d'un bonus d'une somme maximum de 3 millions d'euros.
Jean Makoun was due to fly out for England at around 3pm in order to undergo the traditional medical before signing a three-and-a-half-year contract at Aston Villa [the world's greatest football club]. The Birmingham club, coached by Tha G-Dogg, has finally agreed personal terms with the Cameroon national. The transfer fee is 6 million Euros, rising to a maximum of 9 million.
Well that is a little bit better, let's hope he is registered in time for Sunday.
Deadline was noon today.
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I'm sure it'll all be signed and sealed tonight.
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From the L'Equipe website
Jean II Makoun devait s'envoler pour l'Angleterre vers 15h afin de passer la traditionnelle visite médicale puis signer un contrat de trois ans et demi à Aston Villa. Le club de Birmingham, entraîné par Gérard Houllier, et le Camerounais ont finalement trouvé un accord sur ses conditions salariales. Le montant du transfert est de 6 millions d'euros, assortis d'un bonus d'une somme maximum de 3 millions d'euros.
Jean Makoun was due to fly out for England at around 3pm in order to undergo the traditional medical before signing a three-and-a-half-year contract at Aston Villa [the world's greatest football club]. The Birmingham club, coached by Tha G-Dogg, has finally agreed personal terms with the Cameroon national. The transfer fee is 6 million Euros, rising to a maximum of 9 million.
Well that is a little bit better, let's hope he is registered in time for Sunday.
Deadline was noon today.
Cheers Dave
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From the L'Equipe website
Jean II Makoun devait s'envoler pour l'Angleterre vers 15h afin de passer la traditionnelle visite médicale puis signer un contrat de trois ans et demi à Aston Villa. Le club de Birmingham, entraîné par Gérard Houllier, et le Camerounais ont finalement trouvé un accord sur ses conditions salariales. Le montant du transfert est de 6 millions d'euros, assortis d'un bonus d'une somme maximum de 3 millions d'euros.
Jean Makoun was due to fly out for England at around 3pm in order to undergo the traditional medical before signing a three-and-a-half-year contract at Aston Villa [the world's greatest football club]. The Birmingham club, coached by Tha G-Dogg, has finally agreed personal terms with the Cameroon national. The transfer fee is 6 million Euros, rising to a maximum of 9 million.
I wonder what the £3m add-ons are.
Avoid relegation?
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I wonder what the £3m add-ons are.
Avoid relegation?
European qualification, hopefully.
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I wonder what the £3m add-ons are.
Avoid relegation?
European qualification, hopefully.
I will settle for avoid relegation
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1. Oscar nomination
2. Capped by Scotland
3. Accidentally runs over Clive Tyldesley in the Villa car park
4. Capped in goal by Scotland
5. Able to name every post-war Derby winner
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I like the transfers where you only hear about it after it's happened. When was the last one like that?
1994 the eve of the internet.
Yep, before the internet it was mostly baseless promises on Teamtalk adverts on teletext.
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5. Able to name every post-war Derby winner
Aston Villa, Aston Villa, Aston Villa..........
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I like the transfers where you only hear about it after it's happened. When was the last one like that?
1994 the eve of the internet.
Yep, before the internet it was mostly baseless promises on Teamtalk adverts on teletext.
Oh yeah I remember those, went something like:
*VILLA TO SIGN SUPERSTAR???*
Then you realised that having flicked through all the other teams pages it said exactly the same thing on theirs!
I think they might have been fibbing.....
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I like the transfers where you only hear about it after it's happened. When was the last one like that?
1994 the eve of the internet.
Yep, before the internet it was mostly baseless promises on Teamtalk adverts on teletext.
Oh yeah I remember those, went something like:
*VILLA TO SIGN SUPERSTAR???*
Then you realised that having flicked through all the other teams pages it said exactly the same thing on theirs!
I think they might have been fibbing.....
I remember walking down New Street and one of the Meaning Evil stalls had "READ ABOUT VILLA"S NEW SIGNING", turns out we had just signed Sid for the 3rd time in his career.
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I remember similar headlines when John Fashanu signed.
I was like, WTF!!!
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That's annoyed me mow, I thought that you could register a player upto 24 hours before you play.
But now I read the deadline was noon today, ow well NRC and Petrov it is.
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Martin Laursen only became public on the day, didn't it?
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That's annoyed me mow, I thought that you could register a player upto 24 hours before you play.
But now I read the deadline was noon today, ow well NRC and Petrov it is.
Can't we just do a Spurs/Arsenal and sayvthe fax was fucked.
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I like the transfers where you only hear about it after it's happened. When was the last one like that?
1994 the eve of the internet.
Yep, before the internet it was mostly baseless promises on Teamtalk adverts on teletext.
Oh yeah I remember those, went something like:
*VILLA TO SIGN SUPERSTAR???*
Then you realised that having flicked through all the other teams pages it said exactly the same thing on theirs!
I think they might have been fibbing.....
I remember walking down New Street and one of the Meaning Evil stalls had "READ ABOUT VILLA"S NEW SIGNING", turns out we had just signed Sid for the 3rd time in his career.
Never as bad as
VILLA SIGN WORLD CUP STAR
I ran to get a paper whilst semi engorged.
It was Colin Calderwood.
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saw the headline "WRIGHT JOINS VILLA"was gutted when i realised it was alan & not ian,he turned out to be a good un though
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I like the transfers where you only hear about it after it's happened. When was the last one like that?
1994 the eve of the internet.
Yep, before the internet it was mostly baseless promises on Teamtalk adverts on teletext.
Oh yeah I remember those, went something like:
*VILLA TO SIGN SUPERSTAR???*
Then you realised that having flicked through all the other teams pages it said exactly the same thing on theirs!
I think they might have been fibbing.....
I remember walking down New Street and one of the Meaning Evil stalls had "READ ABOUT VILLA"S NEW SIGNING", turns out we had just signed Sid for the 3rd time in his career.
Never as bad as
VILLA SIGN WORLD CUP STAR
I ran to get a paper whilst semi engorged.
It was Colin Calderwood.
Worse still I remember seeing the headline 'VILLA SIGN ENGLAND INTERNATIONAL STRIKER' and it turned out to be John Fashanu!
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Now remember everyone. Once he in flies in, there will nothing whatsover on the OS. Then about 7pm (your time off course) there will be a picture of him stretching the shirt clearly taken 5 hours before next to a goalpost. Inevitably, this delay will cause mass panic and consternation, shortly followed by a massive collective exhale.
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saw the headline "WRIGHT JOINS VILLA"was gutted when i realised it was alan & not ian,he turned out to be a good un though
the one i remeber was on ceedax IN 2003 , VILLA SIGN GUDJOHNSEN and it was JOEY and not EIDUR
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MatKendrick
#avfc Have it on good authority that Makoun is at Bodymoor Heath now for his medical. It's getting closer
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God, this is dragging on a bit.
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Nothing on the OS at 9pm, will they leave it late or will the press conference and standard photo of JM standing next to goalpost happen tomorrow or Monday?
Come on lets get this done and we can move onto the next signing!
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Jean Makoun, Makoun, he comes from Cameroon, he's gonna sign sometime soon, Jean Makoun, Makoun
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Jean Makoun, Makoun, he comes from Cameroon, he's gonna sign sometime soon, Jean Makoun, Makoun
Very funny
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Schmeichel was a pretty well kept secret was it not?
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Schmeichel was a pretty well kept secret was it not?
T'was I was at VP when he signed and the first I knew was his jersey being behind the counter with his name and number on it, I thought it was a joke at first.
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I can confirm he has signed :)
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I can confirm he has signed :)
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I can confirm he has signed :)
Source?
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I can confirm he has signed :)
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Been told by a very, very reliable source at the club that he has signed. No reason whatsoever to doubt the info, been right every other time.
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I can confirm he has signed :)
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Been told by a very, very reliable source at the club that he has signed. No reason whatsoever to doubt the info, been right every other time.
Calling Dave Woodhall to the thread........
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Well we can stop talking about him, who else are we getting. At least with Houllier we are being associated with a better class of rumour.
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I can confirm he has signed :)
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Been told by a very, very reliable source at the club that he has signed. No reason whatsoever to doubt the info, been right every other time.
Calling Dave Woodhall to the thread........
Was also told that he seems a nice enough fella but has an unusually large head for his stature, make of that what you will. I've not seen the chap with his pen & contract myself, but then I don't work at Bodymoor Heath. Guessing it will be officially confirmed over the weekend.
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Strange isn't it. Bottom 3 but linked with better players than MON. Just need him to get it right on the pitch. Chuffed with Makoun, he has looked good in the CL games I have seen, their coach clearly wants him to stay and is 27, which is a good age for our midfield.
Now, left back, another centre mid and a striker please Gerard if you have a moment. I want Lord Frodsham, scoring for fun in Greece and has the best hair do in the game. Could be a real Hotle End hero.
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I can confirm he has signed :)
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Been told by a very, very reliable source at the club that he has signed. No reason whatsoever to doubt the info, been right every other time.
Calling Dave Woodhall to the thread........
Was also told that he seems a nice enough fella but has an unusually large head for his stature, make of that what you will. I've not seen the chap with his pen & contract myself, but then I don't work at Bodymoor Heath. Guessing it will be officially confirmed over the weekend.
I thought Frank Sidebottom was dead.
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Was also told that he seems a nice enough fella but has an unusually large head for his stature, make of that what you will. I've not seen the chap with his pen & contract myself, but then I don't work at Bodymoor Heath. Guessing it will be officially confirmed over the weekend.
Great. We've signed Sam Allardyce.
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great news if its in the bag. Hopefully it will give the whole club a boost and bring some much needed competition into the side
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Was also told that he seems a nice enough fella but has an unusually large head for his stature, make of that what you will. I've not seen the chap with his pen & contract myself, but then I don't work at Bodymoor Heath. Guessing it will be officially confirmed over the weekend.
Great. We've signed Sam Allardyce.
Any word from your source on Makoun?
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Was also told that he seems a nice enough fella but has an unusually large head for his stature, make of that what you will. I've not seen the chap with his pen & contract myself, but then I don't work at Bodymoor Heath. Guessing it will be officially confirmed over the weekend.
Great. We've signed Sam Allardyce.
Any word from your source on Makoun?
Everybody seems to be saying the same, and it's all public.
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Was also told that he seems a nice enough fella but has an unusually large head for his stature, make of that what you will. I've not seen the chap with his pen & contract myself, but then I don't work at Bodymoor Heath. Guessing it will be officially confirmed over the weekend.
Great. We've signed Sam Allardyce.
Any word from your source on Makoun?
Everybody seems to be saying the same, and it's all public.
Excellent stuff. Cheers Dave
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If/when he does sign, won't he also need a work permit too?
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Probably has French citizenship.
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That ITK about the size of his head has really fucking freaked me out. I will have to sleep with the light on
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but is it a dinosaur sized head? Would explain why we let Marlon go if it is.
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That ITK about the size of his head has really fucking freaked me out. I will have to sleep with the light on
That ITK about the size of his head has really fucking freaked me out. I will have to sleep with the light on
is he the white Joe Royle ?
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L'Equipe quoting him as saying 'i'm ecstatic, Aston Villa was always my priority' or words to that effect.
http://tinyurl.com/4nnawlf
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If the transfer of Jean II Makoun is not official yet, this is only a matter of hours, minutes. While waiting to sign his contract for three and a half, the middle Cameroonian told her happiness to join England, Saturday at Progress. "Aston Villa was my priority, "said future ex-Lyonnais. I'm ecstatic. " According to L'Equipe the day, Makoun should not be able to play with his new teammates in Sunday's derby against Birmingham City, but rather the week next face Manchester City
Google Translation
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'As a child on the streets of Cameroon, I always pretended to be Mark Lillis during the street football games, its a dream come true and I cant wait to start moaning about the food everytime I speak to a member of the French press'
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Villa will today finally complete the signing Lyon midfielder Jean Makoun after the player arrived in Birmingham last night to undergo a medical.
With an initial fee of £5m agreed, there had been a slight concern the deal might collapse because of a difference in opinion of wages.
But the Cameroon international’s agent and Villa’s representatives finally reached agreement over personal terms and he is set to put pen to paper on a three-and-a-half year contract.
Makoun will not be registered in time to face Blues tomorrow but he should receive clearance in time to face Manchester City next weekend.
And Houllier believes the 27-year-old will prove to be a valuable asset to the claret and blues.
“He is exactly what we need in an area where we are not blessed with numbers,” said Houllier.
“Because he can win the ball back, he can sit in front of the defence and he can also be a box-to-box player – he is a versatile player.
“He is not the biggest in size but he is very good in the air when he leaps. He is a very experienced player and has played in the Champions League with Lille and Lyon on a regular basis.
“I was afraid (Villa might not get him) because since he came back into the team Lyon have moved from 18th position to fourth.”
Houllier also hit back at claims by Peterborough United director of football Barry Fry that Villa had made an “insulting offer” for goalkeeper Joe Lewis.
Villa denied making a formal bid for the player and Houllier confessed he had not even heard of the former England Under-21 shot-,stopper.
“I was in France so I just got to hear about that and without disrespect to the player, the only Joe Lewis that I knew before Barry Fry had this outburst was the boxer Joe Louis!” said Houllier.
“I have never bid or made an enquiry with the club.”
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Yup, he's signed according to the AVFC Twitter...signed 'till 2014.
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Ah! And there he is! http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/NewsIndex (http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/NewsIndex)
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Get in there! Well done Houllier and Aston Villa
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He comes from Cameroon, he's ??????????? ???????? ??????(inspiration needed) Jean Makoun Makoun,
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Says he will be eligible once he has a work permit which could take 2 weeks
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with XXXXXXLLLLLL shirt again
welcome JM , a fantastic signing.... well done GH , more like this please.....
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Get in there! Well done Houllier and Aston Villa
Agreed. Welcome and get stuck in Jean!
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Good news, welcome aboard Jean!
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Excellent!
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great news , now on to the next target!
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fook Sidwell out , the quality of JM in ... this is a great start ...
It like we have got our own Essien in the team
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welcome to villa son. nice quick work all round from GH and the club. Hopefully he's half decent.
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Fantastic. Up there with Bouma, Laursen, Carew and Ireland in terms of quality we've signed over the last few years.
Just hope he's like the first three as opposed to the last one.
Well done Ged, hopefully this is the start of something beautiful and after adding a player of his quality the dressing room start to give you a bit more of a chance.
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He comes from Cameroon, he's ??? ??? ??? ?? ??? ??? ?? ??? ??? (inspiration needed) Jean Makoun Makoun,
He drinks at Wetherspoon's?
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Signed good lad.
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Looks liked a cross between Djemba Djemba & mikkel
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I don't know a thing about him, i've never seen him play, but welcome aboard Jean.
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Looks liked a cross between Djemba Djemba & mikkel
That's a bit harsh, he's looked good when I see him the Champions League.
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Looks liked a cross between Djemba Djemba & mikkel
That's a bit harsh, he's looked good when I see him the Champions League.
I expect he meant features wise.
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Cant say I know much about the lad. But it looks positive. Lets get the season going!
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Looks liked a cross between Djemba Djemba & mikkel
That's a bit harsh, he's looked good when I see him the Champions League.
that made me smile
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Welcome.
Surely the work permit can be sorted within 2 weeks? No other club gets this problem...... Do they?
I hope he monsters our midfield.
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Ah! And there he is! http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/NewsIndex (http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/NewsIndex)
Shit, that's a bad jumper.
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Welcome aboard Jean,shame it was too late for him to play tomorrow,wouldve been good to see him crunch into that tool Bentley.
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I like that jumper!
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It good to have a JM back in the team as well ;-)
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Welcome Jean, hope your passing is better than your taste in jumpers.
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Jean II Makoun (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ dœ̃ mɑkun]; born 29 May 1983) is a Cameroonian football player who plays for Aston Villa as a dynamic midfielder.
love that on wiki, dynamic.. ;-)
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Ah! And there he is! http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/NewsIndex (http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/NewsIndex)
Shit, that's a bad jumper.
I like the combination of that and the little bit of green t-shirt you can see.
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He looks a bit older than 27.
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Ah! And there he is! http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/NewsIndex (http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/NewsIndex)
Shit, that's a bad jumper.
That's immediately what I thought!
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good thing about this signing, other potential targets will take note..... you buy quality , you attract more of it..
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I had a jumper like that when i was about 14 in the early 1970s.
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heh. looks more like a 70's golfer than a footballer. his head doesn't look that big, i must say
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Jean II Makoun (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ dœ̃ mɑkun]
Thats one hek of a pronunciation
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He looks a bit older than 27.
Quite a bit
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Hang on 3 and half year deal, shouldn't we start renegotiating better terms now?
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fantastic.
great to make a high calibre signing like this, i'm happy as larry an all of that
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Welcome Jean.
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His musical tastes are a bit naff, apparently a big fan of Cliff Richard who he sees as an inspiriation.
I'd like to ask him
'Why Cliff Jean?'
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His musical tastes are a bit naff, apparently a big fan of Cliff Richard who he sees as an inspiriation.
I'd like to ask him
'Why Cliff Jean?'
I must admit, that I quite like Wired for sound. Can't help but tap me toes to that sucker!
Anyway. This is a decent signing. Is it earth shatteringly brilliant? No. Is it better than anything O Neill did? Not really. But certainly, it's a decent player in an area where we've looked decidedly shit this season.
Now we need a left back, another CM, and a striker. Bish, bash, bosh, roberts yer uncle, fanny's your aunt!
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If I were one of the players who had reportedly been undermining Ged I'd be very worried if this was the calibre of player the manager was capable of signing when we were in 18th.
Infact it might push me to get my act together.
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I've only ever seen him play in Champions League games and he looked very good. Better than what we have in centre mid definitely.
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I did note GH's earlier comment. Lyon have gone from 18th to 4th since Makoun was back in the team.
Heres hoping.
The initials JM are a good omen as well.
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Hang on 3 and half year deal, shouldn't we start renegotiating better terms now?
Ah, the voice of reason. Give him a pay rise when he gets his work permit.
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I'm not sure if this is a good signing. If we had kept our nerve until the 31st, maybe we could have got Jenas for £13m.
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He has the look, large head and pullover of a lean and hungry Billy Ocean
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He has the look, large head and pullover of a lean and hungry Billy Ocean
When the going gets tough...we sign Wigan & Blackpool players.
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Watching the interview on AVTV, the interpreter seems to be that Lorna Languages, the foreign players liaison officer.
Must be a shock for her, having something to do. She looks well chuffed.
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Can he speak English? If not then having Pires here can only be a good thing for the immediate future
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Jean II Makoun, WTF does the II stand for? How we gonna get that into a song?
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Can he speak English? If not then having Pires here can only be a good thing for the immediate future
And Gerrard and the fitness coach fella!
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His musical tastes are a bit naff, apparently a big fan of Cliff Richard who he sees as an inspiriation.
I'd like to ask him
'Why Cliff Jean?'
Post of the day!
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Jean II Makoun, WTF does the II stand for? How we gonna get that into a song?
Named after his Dad?
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Chuffed. Proper good player from the clips. Get in that midfield and give it some steel MR Makoun!!!
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Looks a great player. Evidently doesnt speak English. I wonder how many of our players speak French? Pires, Carew? Anymore? Worries me a little that. Still, give him time to bed in and I think we may have just got ourselves a bargain.
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Chuffed. Proper good player from the clips. Get in that midfield and give it some steel MR Makoun!!!
The clip on BBC showed him missing a goal!
Thanks a lot...
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Jean II Makoun, WTF does the II stand for? How we gonna get that into a song?
whever Houllier was talking about him it sounded like he was saying Jean deux Makoun. It's possible he's named after his old man like they do in the States. Just that they put the II or III or whatever after the entire name e.g golfer Davis Love III
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just read this
, his move to a Villa side struggling in the Premier League represents something of a coup for the Midlands team, and should reflect well on Houllier’s ability to attract big name signings
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Good work Villa, now carry on and get a few more in, there's plenty time left to spend,spend,spend.
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Watching the interview on AVTV, the interpreter seems to be that Lorna Languages, the foreign players liaison officer.
Must be a shock for her, having something to do. She looks well chuffed.
What would be funny if we were to sign a Russian and Korean player and they roll her out there yet she's fluent in both languages. Good old Doug squeezing everything out of everyone again.
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Perhaps the II is a reference to his speed and his nickname is Mach2.
Norm..
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Did he play in the World Cup?
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Yeah he did play in the world cup!
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Did he play in the World Cup?
he did. He started the first and last games and came on in the second. Cameroon were terrible at the World Cup. Lot of politics and in fighting. They didn't look prepared at all.
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Welcome to Villa, Jean aye aye Makoun.
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Welcome to Villa, Jean aye aye Makoun.
It will interesting to see how he's introduced at Villa Park by our Brunnie announcer on the PA system. I'm expecting the full John da Makoooooooooooon....
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Looks a great player. Evidently doesnt speak English. I wonder how many of our players speak French? Pires, Carew? Anymore? Worries me a little that.
There's some old bloke at the club who speaks French a bit as well. Can't remember his name, Gerard something. ;)
Glad that the deal is done. I just hope he's as good as well all hope he is.
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Ah! And there he is! http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/NewsIndex (http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/NewsIndex)
He likes golf, then?
Shit, that's a bad jumper.
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Think they need to keep Pires away from him. He will be telling him there is lots of problems in the dressing room etc etc ......
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Ah! And there he is! http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/NewsIndex (http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/NewsIndex)
He likes golf, then?
Shit, that's a bad jumper.
I like it. Woodhall's just out of touch with modern fashion.
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Needs a denim jacket over it!
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He comes from Cameroon, he's ??? ??? ??? ?? ??? ??? ?? ??? ??? (inspiration needed) Jean Makoun Makoun,
He drinks at Wetherspoon's?
Jean Makoun, Makoun
He comes from Cameroon
He's gonna score one soon
Jean Makoun, Makoun
I'll get me coat
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Jean Makoun, Makoun, He comes from Cameroon, his jumpers fucking shit, Jean, Makoun, Makoun
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Not wanting to upset the positivity but is it just me that thinks, from the pics, that he looks more a Nigerian 27 old than an English 27?
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Jean Makoun, Makoun
He comes from Cameroon
He'll be our scapegoat soon
Jean Makoun, Makoun
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Not wanting to upset the positivity but is it just me that thinks, from the pics, that he looks more a Nigerian 27 old than an English 27?
He looks like I feel.
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Sidwell out and Makoun in can only be viewed as a positive. He comes very highly recommended and hopefully can give us a boost. Though it will probably be next season before he is at his best.
I'm surprised there have been no bids for Reo Coker or Petrov this month. I cant see either player staying at the club past the summer.
We could let Hogg go out on loan now. Herd, Osbourne, Salifou may aswell get gametime somewhere too.
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Don't much like my earlier effort, so....................
Jean Makoun, Makoun
He comes from Cameroon
He loves a Cliff Richard tune
Jean Makoun, Makoun
on second thoughts :-)
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Says he will be eligible once he has a work permit which could take 2 weeks
What with the PM, Royalty and the Guv. of BoE, surely not. Time to show they are real fans.
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Oh, we love Jean Deux Makoun,
He wears the Villa shirt.
He wears cor-blimey jumpers
And his tackling really hurts.
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Just chant
Jean, Jean, Jean to the tune Arrow's hot hot hot.
Easy to remember.
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Cor blimey! These fancy lyrics...
Just sing "one Jean Makoun, there's only one..."
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Cor blimey! These fancy lyrics...
Just sing "one Jean Makoun, there's only one..."
Apparently, there are II.
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Ah! And there he is! http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/NewsIndex (http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/NewsIndex)
Shit, that's a bad jumper.
That's a bad £350 Pringle cashmere jumper I suspect.
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Jean,
The low-life has lost its appeal,
And I'm tired of walking these streets,
To a room with its cupboards bare.
Jean,
I'm not sure what fashion sense means,
But I look into your wardrobe,
And I know that it isn't there.
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good experienced signing,i hope the other bad apples wont contaminate him.
the last time i saw a smile like his Dwight york, heres hoping?
Song for Jean two macoon Manhattan Transfer, Chanson D'Amour.
Jean two Macoon rat tat tat tat tat
score a goal
jean two Macoon Rat tat tat tat tat
jean two jean two Macoon
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He comes from Cameroon, he's ??? ??? ??? ?? ??? ??? ?? ??? ??? (inspiration needed) Jean Makoun Makoun,
He drinks at Wetherspoon's?
Jean Makoun, Makoun
He comes from Cameroon
He's gonna score one soon
Jean Makoun, Makoun
I'll get me coat
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That sounds good to me , keeps a quality song going when the inevitable happens and carew moves on.
Jean makoun , makoun,
He comes from cameroon,
He's gonna score one soon !
Jean Makoun Makoun.
Quality signing, lets hope a striker follows shortly.
oh and who the f--ck does HOLLOWAY think he is. Thats the team talk for the Blackpool
game sorted, just pin up newspaper article and provide the DARTS !
Then turn em over big time and watch him squirm.
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How about "
Don't much like my earlier effort, so....................
Jean Makoun, Makoun
He comes from Cameroon
He loves a Cliff Richard tune
Jean Makoun, Makoun
on second thoughts :-)
How about "We've given him Big John's tune" for the third line of that song?
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Only just heard he'd signed! Welcome to the club Jean!!
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Welcome to Villa, Jean aye aye Makoun.
You are Tim Lovejoy and I claim my five pounds.
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To the tune of Bad Moon Rising:
I saw Jean Deux Makoun scoring
I saw him setting up a goal
I saw Jean Deux Makoun scoring
Wonder if we'll play him "in the hole"?
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Not wanting to upset the positivity but is it just me that thinks, from the pics, that he looks more a Nigerian 27 old than an English 27?
when they're born they are given the age -4 to -6 based on the position of Jupiter.
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Looks liked a cross between Djemba Djemba & mikkel
That's a bit harsh, he's looked good when I see him the Champions League.
I expect he meant features wise.
I did :) I ain't seen him play so I can't comment
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Finally, welcome Jean II Makoun it took a while but i'm sure you'll be worth it... although I said that about Stephen Ireland as well!
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Cor blimey! These fancy lyrics...
Just sing "one Jean Makoun, there's only one..."
Apparently, there are II.
We used to have the Djemba brothers but neither was any good.
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Finally, welcome Jean II Makoun it took a while but i'm sure you'll be worth it... although I said that about Stephen Ireland as well!
I'd forgot about Ireland, if only he could sort his head out, we'd have a fantasticly balanced midfield 3 of Makoun, Ireland and Delph
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Finally, welcome Jean II Makoun it took a while but i'm sure you'll be worth it... although I said that about Stephen Ireland as well!
I'd forgot about Ireland, if only he could sort his head out, we'd have a fantasticly balanced midfield 3 of Makoun, Ireland and Delph
According to Sky sports, Ireland has been injured for the last 2 weeks and will continue to be for at least 1 more, hence the absence from the first team.
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How about "We've given him Big John's tune" for the third line of that song?
Brilliant, that has to be the winner.
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Finally, welcome Jean II Makoun it took a while but i'm sure you'll be worth it... although I said that about Stephen Ireland as well!
I'd forgot about Ireland, if only he could sort his head out, we'd have a fantasticly balanced midfield 3 of Makoun, Ireland and Delph
According to Sky sports, Ireland has been injured for the last 2 weeks and will continue to be for at least 1 more, hence the absence from the first team.
Ya, I think he has a serious brain injury. I wouldn't expect it to clear up any time soon.
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Jean Makoun Makoun
He comes from Cameroon
He'll wipe away the doom.
Jean Makoun Makoun
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Jean, Jean, Jean, Jean, Jean ect.
to the tune of....
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I enjoyed the interview with him on AVTV. He seems a mature and intelligent guy.
Houllier has been given at least the window and presumably the rest of the year and I think that's the right move. His transfer moves are promising. It's been a comparatively decent week or so for the club: beating Sheffield United signing Walker and Makoun. It would be fantastic to continue that skerrick of momentum with a win later on.
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To the tune of Daddy cool...
He comes from Cameroon
He's our Jean Makoun
Jeanny, Jean Makoun
Jeanny, Jean Makoun
i'll keep taking the tablets!
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Don't usurp Salifou's choon. It's all he has left.
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Welcome Jean Makoun to Aston Villa i hope we have a long and successful partnership together.
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If I ever signed for the Villa, I hope I would have the balls to wear a jumper like that.
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If I ever signed for the Villa, I hope I would have the balls to wear a jumper like that.
It's fashion you know!
Mind you, apparently at 32 i'm too old to be giving fashion advice to my young apprentice at work!
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Pringle is it?
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Jean Makoun
Rhymes with:
Moon
Loon
Prune
Soon
Tune
Hmmmmmmmmmmmm
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Pringle is it?
Derek Pringle, maybe
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Pringle is it?
He bought 3 for the price of two :-)
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Jean Makoun
Rhymes with:
Moon
Loon
Prune
Soon
Tune
Hmmmmmmmmmmmm
Raccoon,
lagoon,
bassoon,
any help?
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baboon? i'll get my coat
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Cameroon...?
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Poon?
Boon, croon, goon, hewn, rune, swoon, strewn, toon, June, dune
buffoon, typhoon, lampoon...
Picayune, innopportune...
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Jean Makoun Makoun
He comes from Cameroon
(insert verse 2)
Jean Makoun Makoun
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Lagoon, Sassoon, Rigatoon, Balloon, Geoff Hoon, The Moon, Pantaloon...
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Jean Makoun Makoun
He comes from Cameroon
He was almost born in june
Jean Makoun Makoun
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this is a quick report i had from a french lad whos views i trust, who has seen lots of jean II makoun...
Looked the complete player at Lille but as the seasons went by he got complacent and lazy. A very good holding midfielder who doesn't mind going forward (scored the goal at home to Real Madrid last season). Good with the ball at his feet which I reckon is what you are looking for. Strong, powerful when defending. I reckon he'll do a good job for you.