Andreas Weimann

[DrGonzo]

Another example of player's agents ruining the game.  A lad who is clearly happy at the club but his agent is aggitating for a transfer/bumper contract so he can have his cut.  Arsehole.  Makes my blood boil.  I hope he signs, stays and cements himself as one of the Villa greats.

[PaulWinch again]

Hope he stays.

[ozzjim]

Another example of player's agents ruining the game.  A lad who is clearly happy at the club but his agent is aggitating for a transfer/bumper contract so he can have his cut.  Arsehole.  Makes my blood boil.  I hope he signs, stays and cements himself as one of the Villa greats.

Me too. Something clearly needs to be done, world wide, about it.

[PaulWinch again]

Today's performance shows why he definitely needs to stay and develop his game.

[supertom]

Today was totally baffling by Lambert. I think it's been clear that Andy has struggled in recent weeks. He's looked burnt out. He was poor today again and very jaded. Not sure why he wasn't taken off today.
But yes, he's far from the finished article yet. A move at this stage would probably ruin him. I'd like to see a quality signing to come in and really push him and Gabby next season. I'm not entirely sure Wiemann should play quite as much as he has done this season.

[pbavfckuwait]

Its all down to him, not what his agent thinks he is worth, what he is really worth, one half a good season, if he thinks he is better than AVFC bye bye, but talk to some people who have thought that before to become bench warmers, he is not yet top half material never mind top 6

[Toronto Villa]

Another example of player's agents ruining the game.  A lad who is clearly happy at the club but his agent is aggitating for a transfer/bumper contract so he can have his cut.  Arsehole.  Makes my blood boil.  I hope he signs, stays and cements himself as one of the Villa greats.

Me too. Something clearly needs to be done, world wide, about it.

Thing is though he works for the player. The player can always tell the agent don't discuss his business in public. I don't think Andi is completely oblvious to what his agent has said.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Am I the only one that thought we'd have got Weimann signed up with a new deal by now?

[SoccerHQ]

Like Benteke he's away with his national team for the next few weeks and then will probably go on holiday so yeah another one that will probably run to July and the start of pre season!

[frank black]

Lambert was on the footballer football show, explaining his move from Motherwell to Dortmund.

An agent called him, took him for a trial at PSV( I think or maybe Ajax). He then went to Dortmund and played a couple of matches in a pre season tournament. All this without Motherwell being told.

I don't think he's going to be preaching to Weiman and Benteke.

[UK Redsox]

From the interview I saw with PL before the CL Final, I was under the impression that he was without a club when his agent got him the trial at Dortmund.

[frank black]

Nah....he mentioned that Motherwell didn't know about it. Dortmunds manager told him not to worry they would sort it out.

[Dante Lavelli]

But he was out of contract so effectively a free agent. McLeish was the Motherwell manager at the time.

[frank black]

I stand corrected...I did wonder why he was so open about it....

[VillaAlways]

By Mat Kendrick  |  27 May 2013 09:50
Villa will put Christian Benteke ’s future on the back-burner this week while they attempt to thrash out a new deal for their other sought-after striker, Andi Weimann .

The 21-year-old Austrian has just one year left on his contract and the claret and blues are keen to tie him down for longer after an impressive season.

Both parties agreed to put discussions on hold until Villa’s Premier League status was secured, but the player’s advisor will fly over tomorrow to resume negotiations.

Villa are prepared to give the Bodymoor Heath academy graduate a significant pay rise and are optimistic that a compromise over his improved terms can be reached. Weimann is happy at Villa and is believed to be keen to stay and continue his development at the club he joined as a 16-year-old from hometown side Rapid Vienna in 2008.

He scored 12 league and cup goals during his first campaign as a first-team regular and impressed manager Paul Lambert with his energy and work ethic.

Although Villa have not received any enquiries about Weimann, his agent Robert Groener insists there are other Premier League clubs interested in signing him.

“There is a meeting planned and we hope we can come to a successful conclusion,” said Groener.

“Andi will stay in the Premier League, but at which club I do not know at this moment. There are offers, but we will first meet Villa and listen to them.”

Weimann recently expressed his enjoyment at breaking through into the first XI at Villa and hinted at his willingness to remain part of Lambert’s exciting project.

“What the gaffer is building here we all ­believe in and we just have to continue working hard for him and each other,” said Weimann.

“I think that’s what Aston Villa is about. It’s a family club.

“We’re growing and getting better all the time, and I think there’s a lot of potential in the team right now because, as players, we’re only going to get better.

“It’s really exciting for everyone. The club is very tight-knit. I’ve been here for years now and I’ve loved every minute of it.”

As for Benteke, his comments on international duty have not affected Villa’s stance on the top scorer’s future and they are happy to let him ponder over his improved offer during the next few weeks.

Meanwhile, Villa’s award-winning groundsman Jonathan Calderwood is leaving the club after being head-hunted by French giants Paris Saint-Germain.

Calderwood has regularly won accolades for the quality of work at Villa Park and Bodymoor Heath where he was responsible for 12 pitches.

His role will be filled jointly by long-standing Villa employees Paul Mytton and Graeme Farmer, who have been appointed grounds manager at the stadium and training ground respectively.