Andreas Weimann

[martin o`who??]

Unless he signs a new contract, I think he'll be gone in the summer.

Unfortunately it's all about money at Villa, so if we get £4-5 million for him instead of losing him for free next summer, I'm scared  Villa would take it :-(

No doubt if we stay up he will stay as will benteke I hope.

i hope you are right, but i seriously doubt it.

[SoccerHQ]

Unless we get a really big say 20m + bid for Benteke, I reckon he'll stay another year and leave after the world cup.

[olaftab]

Andi makes the  Garth Crook team of the week alonge with Brad.  However that cheat Jay Rodriguez is also in it.

[Astral Weeks]

That was a fantastic goal today.

Defensive or goalkeeper frailties, my fucking arse, brilliant skill to turn and score like that.

Yes it was, and he hit it hard too. As I've said before, he hits the ball hard, and he usually hits the target.

[Caiphus]

He reminds me of Thomas Mueller from Bayern.  Workrate, football brain, finishing ability and makes the most of what some would call 'limited' technical ability.

If the team started taking more risks in the final third he would be amazingly prolific.

I never thought he could work in a phone both like he did against QPR.

Rapidly becoming my favourite Villan.

[martin o`who??]

Talk in todays Daily Mail (20th March) that Norwich are after him, if we start selling promising young players to the likes of Norwich, it really is the end.

[VillaAlways]

Talk in todays Daily Mail (20th March) that Norwich are after him, if we start selling promising young players to the likes of Norwich, it really is the end.

Like hell would he go to Norwich

[Dave]

Talk in todays Daily Mail (20th March) that Norwich are after him, if we start selling promising young players to the likes of Norwich, it really is the end.

Like hell would he go to Norwich

Quite. Players (and managers) that we want go from Norwich to us, not the other way around.

[PaulWinch again]

He's not going to bloody Norwich.

[PaulWinch again]

One of our big priorities should be signing Andi up asap. He's fully earned a good wage and has been excellent.

[N'ZMAV]

I'm pretty certain he'll get a guarentee of first team Football at Villa next season and a nice healthy wage packet to go with it for a good 3 or 4 years.

[MonsXI]

He's not going to bloody Norwich.

More chance of Hutton getting signed by Barca in the summer!

[peter w]

Don't forget that stories coming out of Villa Park are that he is not happy with the terms currently being offered, not that he is waiting to see what happens.

[fredm]

I think this cutting the wage bill effort is maybe being taken a bit too far.  Yes we have to trim it down as it is scandulous(sp?) that we have Dunne, Ireland, Given and Bent taking home about £200K a week and not kicking a ball.  (OK I know Dunne is injured but would he have been picked if not, judging how others have been treated?)

However, the core players for the future, and I would imagine Andi is definitely one of those, need to be signed up on decent deals.  If needs be then the money received selling Bent this summer should be used to pay off Ireland and Given which would free up all 4 wages.  That money could then be utilised in upgrading those we wish to and paying the 2 or 3 incoming players a reasonable wage. It would still maybe be less than the wages being saved, especially if the new contracts are incentive based - appearances/points gained/league position, etc.

[Ads]

He knows that if he scores another five goals this season then his bargaining position is further increased and he might pop another £5k a week on his pay cheque.