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Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: Percy McCarthy on January 31, 2024, 01:25:34 PM
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According to Fab:
https://x.com/fabrizioromano/status/1752681329072701596?s=46&t=GdM6cpVxe5IloByNCRheWA
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Is he any good ?
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Another West Brom academy fella. 18 yo left back
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Is he any good ?
Of course he is, he's from Lisbon. ;)
I think he now completes the set of every West Brom academy player who played for them since time began. Talk about a stepping stone club.
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Seems a very good prospect and thought of well by Arsenal fans who’ve got some knowledge of him.
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A left back. Hmmm.
Wonder if we're going to see the back of Digne in the summer. Be a shame, he has been excellent this season.
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Is he any good ?
He's useful on the floor.
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Any leads of the fee?
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Presumably one more likely to be involved in the u21's for now than the first team.
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Any leads of the fee?
Priced by the square metre, I think.
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I know nothing about him, but a couple of Arsenal fans I know say that he is a good little prospect & they are disappointed that he is being let go...
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He is 19 i think he will be involved in forst team picture
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Any leads of the fee?
Haven't heard how much we're paying Kirkcaldy FC.
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He is 19 i think he will be involved in forst team picture
I don't think he has ever played first team football
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This one does sound interesting
From that there Twatter
"Wtf! Are we @Arsenal doing letting Lino go?! Like seriously?! The kid is one of our best academy talents ffs! This screams Omari Hutchinson level of mistake.
Villa (#avfc) picking up a very talented FB here for sure and a unit of a player.
He's a tall, ball carrying, athletic FB very comfortable on the ball and very good eye for a pass.
When Zinchenko & Timber were both out most Arsenal fans expected he'd see gametime but it looks like Arteta didn't trust him and I'd suspect that's cos we we've been in and around the top of the league."
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He is 19 i think he will be involved in forst team picture
I don't think he has ever played first team football
Might depend on how long Digne is out for. We're basically working with one RB and one LB at the moment, and neither of them are in spectacular form.
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I'm very surprised Arsenal were willing to part with him - great for us. This is exactly the type of signing we need.
Sousa on the left, KKH/Nedeljkovic on the right - future's bright!
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I’m very happy we are planning for the future and scouting players. You don’t have to spend 10’s of millions.
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What would make this better is if his surname was Leum.
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What would make this better is if his surname was Leum.
or Richie..
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What would make this better is if his surname was Leum.
or Richie..
I think he prefers Assistant referee.
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Looking at an Arsenal forum they seem pretty surprised they're letting him go.
Nice one Edu, let one of our most promising younger go to Villa
Sousa is talented to be fair. Proper modern full back but with good athleticism. Expect him to debut within the next 6-12 months and we'll hear gooners crying on twitter for weeks when it happens.
Bit odd this one. Can't work out why we are selling him when we have nothing in that position elsewhere in the youth set up. I guess this means Villa think the very highly Ben Chrisene hasn't recovered from the bad knee injury he got. Villa have 2 very good left backs but both are 30, and if Chrisene is finished they have no others over the age of 17.
But unless its a contract issue or the player is homesick to return to the midlands, I'm not sure what the thinking is here.
Never heard of him, personally.
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We'll probably get more favourable offside decisions if we're chanting 'we love you Lino, we do".
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Great to see The Athletic were all over this one , well worth the subs.
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@villareport
🚨 Aston Villa intend to loan Lino Sousa to a Championship club.
@jeorgebird
#avfc
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Looking at an Arsenal forum they seem pretty surprised they're letting him go.
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Never heard of him, personally.
Heres one from Twitter,
Shocked to see we’re selling Lino Sousa to Aston Villa. He’s considered one of the best players at the academy and has already made our bench quite a few times. If we aren’t receiving a decent fee and a hefty sell-on clause this feels like it could be a mistake…
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I wonder if we'll send on loan him to Plymouth.
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Surprised that Sousa didn't sign for Leeds........'marching on together'
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I wonder if we'll send on loan him to Plymouth.
Apparently so.
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What would make this better is if his surname was Leum.
or Richie..
There's a guy in Dublin does carpets and vinyl flooring
(https://img2.thejournal.ie/inline/2333969/original/?width=469&version=2333969)
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According to some site called 'arseblog', the kids contract expires in the summer, so if he costs us anything, it will be a nominal fee...
And 'football insider' (I know, I know) reckon that he is going straight back out on loan to Plymouth Argyle...
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A left back. Hmmm.
Wonder if we're going to see the back of Digne in the summer. Be a shame, he has been excellent this season.
30 now though, which in footballer years makes him 76.
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And 'football insider' (I know, I know) reckon that he is going straight back out on loan to Plymouth Argyle...
We seem to have a good relationship with Plymouth, even though we might have annoyed them this window. It seems like we trust them with our young players and they get game time and develop well while there.
Feels a bit anticlimactic that we may sign 4 players this window but we've only maybe added 1 player to the squad for the rest of the season.
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According to some site called 'arseblog', the kids contract expires in the summer, so if he costs us anything, it will be a nominal fee...
And 'football insider' (I know, I know) reckon that he is going straight back out on loan to Plymouth Argyle...
Would be odd to loan him out whilst Digne is injured.
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According to some site called 'arseblog', the kids contract expires in the summer, so if he costs us anything, it will be a nominal fee...
And 'football insider' (I know, I know) reckon that he is going straight back out on loan to Plymouth Argyle...
Would be odd to loan him out whilst Digne is injured.
Are we allowed to have an 'instant recall' in a loan deal?
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According to some site called 'arseblog', the kids contract expires in the summer, so if he costs us anything, it will be a nominal fee...
And 'football insider' (I know, I know) reckon that he is going straight back out on loan to Plymouth Argyle...
Would be odd to loan him out whilst Digne is injured.
Are we allowed to have an 'instant recall' in a loan deal?
He wouldn't be registered with us, so even if he came back (like some injured players do) it would be too late to register him.
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Lino...a left back who joined Arsenal from WBA academy. He featured in the WBA team Villa beat in the FAYC semi a few years ago, despite being an u16.
He's a great kid with a really good attitude, WBA were gutted to let him go, but Arsenal offered too much compo.
Athletic & quick, can play left wingback or fullback. Was in and around England as a schoolboy.
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And 'football insider' (I know, I know) reckon that he is going straight back out on loan to Plymouth Argyle...
We seem to have a good relationship with Plymouth, even though we might have annoyed them this window. It seems like we trust them with our young players and they get game time and develop well while there.
Feels a bit anticlimactic that we may sign 4 players this window but we've only maybe added 1 player to the squad for the rest of the season.
Yea, I would say that our relationship with Plymouth has born fruit for all parties involved.
It's a nice little club, a reasonably nice area with little chance of getting into trouble (a beautiful area if you're prepared to travel a bit).
I am delighted that we are signing players for the future, especially with high potential, for reasonable prices, not just for FFP/PSR reasons, but because I love to see young players develop at Villa.
Would have been nice to get in another first teamer, but it is what it is & all clubs appear to be suffering from the same issue.
I do wonder if this is what will bring prices back down to earth. Relatively speaking, of course...
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Looking at an Arsenal forum they seem pretty surprised they're letting him go.
Nice one Edu, let one of our most promising younger go to Villa
Sousa is talented to be fair. Proper modern full back but with good athleticism. Expect him to debut within the next 6-12 months and we'll hear gooners crying on twitter for weeks when it happens.
Bit odd this one. Can't work out why we are selling him when we have nothing in that position elsewhere in the youth set up. I guess this means Villa think the very highly Ben Chrisene hasn't recovered from the bad knee injury he got. Villa have 2 very good left backs but both are 30, and if Chrisene is finished they have no others over the age of 17.
But unless its a contract issue or the player is homesick to return to the midlands, I'm not sure what the thinking is here.
Never heard of him, personally.
Impressed that an Arsenal fan has knowledge of Chrisene.
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Lino...a left back who joined Arsenal from WBA academy. He featured in the WBA team Villa beat in the FAYC semi a few years ago, despite being an u16.
He's a great kid with a really good attitude, WBA were gutted to let him go, but Arsenal offered too much compo.
Athletic & quick, can play left wingback or fullback. Was in and around England as a schoolboy.
Nice one. Cheers for the update.. 👌👍
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Lino...a left back who joined Arsenal from WBA academy. He featured in the WBA team Villa beat in the FAYC semi a few years ago, despite being an u16.
He's a great kid with a really good attitude, WBA were gutted to let him go, but Arsenal offered too much compo.
Athletic & quick, can play left wingback or fullback. Was in and around England as a schoolboy.
Nice one. Cheers for the update.. 👌👍
Yes, your insight is much appreciated Rotters.
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Lino...a left back who joined Arsenal from WBA academy. He featured in the WBA team Villa beat in the FAYC semi a few years ago, despite being an u16.
He's a great kid with a really good attitude, WBA were gutted to let him go, but Arsenal offered too much compo.
Athletic & quick, can play left wingback or fullback. Was in and around England as a schoolboy.
Nice one. Cheers for the update.. 👌👍
Gone on to play for England at U19 level apparently.
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Lino...a left back who joined Arsenal from WBA academy. He featured in the WBA team Villa beat in the FAYC semi a few years ago, despite being an u16.
He's a great kid with a really good attitude, WBA were gutted to let him go, but Arsenal offered too much compo.
Athletic & quick, can play left wingback or fullback. Was in and around England as a schoolboy.
Nice one. Cheers for the update.. 👌👍
Gone on to play for England at U19 level apparently.
He's been selected at every level for England from U15 to U19s. He also joined the Portugal U18 squad in a training camp last April.
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Should be able to cover a lot of ground over 90 minutes.
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He was late joining Arse as a scholar due to 'issues' with his registration and a suggestion Villa may have been involved. Allegedly. Lino is, as usual, well known to Mark Harrison and Steve Hopcroft.
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According to some site called 'arseblog', the kids contract expires in the summer, so if he costs us anything, it will be a nominal fee...
And 'football insider' (I know, I know) reckon that he is going straight back out on loan to Plymouth Argyle...
Would be odd to loan him out whilst Digne is injured.
It would be nice to.sihn a player who is actually going to play for us and we don't just loan out straight away!!
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This was the West Brom side we beat in the Youth Cup
Boruc; Ingram, Taylor (C), Ashworth, Sousa (Faal 68'); Teixeira (Hall 68'), Iroegbunam; Fellows, Andrews, Richards; Malcolm.
I seem to remember Fellows was the pick of them.
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Feels a bit anticlimactic that we may sign 4 players this window but we've only maybe added 1 player to the squad for the rest of the season.
I know how you feel. It is like when I put my last bonus straight into my pension. I kept thinking that I could have had a nice holiday this year. But when I'm retired and sat on the beach I'll be glad I did it.
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Anyone seen the price for this lad? Sounds promising.
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Straight off to Plymouth on loan.
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Confirmed by Plymouth.
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Confirmed by Plymouth.
I am pleased about this.
Argyle were pretty covered at RB when Kesler-Hayden was there & he sometimes found himself at LB.
So after recalling Kesler-Hayden, its good to help with the relationship we have with Plymouth by sending them this kid.
Arsenal fans seem pretty gutted that they are losing him.
Argyle seem pretty excited about getting him.
He should be getting the number 3 jersey at Argyle.
https://www.pafc.co.uk/news/argyle-sign-lino-sousa (https://www.pafc.co.uk/news/argyle-sign-lino-sousa)
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Lino...a left back who joined Arsenal from WBA academy. He featured in the WBA team Villa beat in the FAYC semi a few years ago, despite being an u16.
He's a great kid with a really good attitude, WBA were gutted to let him go, but Arsenal offered too much compo.
Athletic & quick, can play left wingback or fullback. Was in and around England as a schoolboy.
Cheers for that Rotters, always good to get some proper insight on an incoming player.
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Confirmed on Villa official site now. 👍
https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2024/february/01/sousa-joins-villa-academy/ (https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2024/february/01/sousa-joins-villa-academy/)
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Any idea on fee? Closer to 1m or 10m ?
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I haven't seen anything concrete anywhere other than info about his contract expiring in the summer, so it will be nominal, if anything.
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Any idea on fee? Closer to 1m or 10m ?
200k according to a source at work. The price influenced the speed of the transfer.
Plymouth covering his wages.
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Aston Villa can confirm that Lino Sousa has joined Bristol Rovers on loan. 🟣
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Aston Villa can confirm that Lino Sousa has joined Bristol Rovers on loan. 🟣
Interesting that there are clearly clubs that Villa like to do loans to - Bogarde was at BRFC last season. PNE have taken players from us (Archer was there; now, it's KKH).
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I just have a feeling he wont kick a ball for us. Hope i am wrong
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This was the West Brom side we beat in the Youth Cup
Boruc; Ingram, Taylor (C), Ashworth, Sousa (Faal 68'); Teixeira (Hall 68'), Iroegbunam; Fellows, Andrews, Richards; Malcolm.
I seem to remember Fellows was the pick of them.
It's interesting how football pathways merge or deviate...
Boruc now number 4 at Celtic; Ingram now Dundee, Taylor (C) still at WBA and signed a 4 year extension, Ashworth at Blackpool, Sousa VILLA Faal at WBA; Teixeira at Hereford, Iroegbunam sold to Everton by Villa; Fellows at WBA, Andrews at Woking, Richards still at Villa; Malcolm no club.
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I just have a feeling he wont kick a ball for us. Hope i am wrong
If he doesn't - it doesn't matter, these are still our glory days.
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I just have a feeling he wont kick a ball for us. Hope i am wrong
Went down a rabbit hole of arsenal chat rooms when he joined and they were gutted he’d left and rated him higher than we probably do.
Considering where they are I thought he’d be a star, given enough time.
It’s low risk, whoever is right.
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And how our youth team have fared from the final that year:
Marschall (Crewe on loan)
Kesler (Preston on loan)
Bogarde
Swinkels
S.Revan (Wrexham)
Lindley (last seen at Pontefract)
Raikhy (Leicester but only 1 game)
Chukwuemeka (Chelsea)
Chrisene (Norwich on loan)
Barry (Stockport on loan)
Young (The New Saints)
Substitutes:
Zych
Appiah (no club)
Sewell (no club)
O'Reilly (Shrewsbury on loan)
Reddin (Altrincham)
Sylla (no club)
A Ramsey (Burnley)
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Chrisene was a permanent deal.