SSN: "Downing won't commit to Villa"

[pauliewalnuts]

I would take £18m to be fair, only if we get Charlie N'Zog though.

Would that make N'Zogbia the Young replacement or the Downing replacement?

[cdbearsfan]

I'd take £18 million if we get N'Zogbia too. Only if the c*** requests a transfer though so we don't have to pay him a loyalty fee.

[cdbearsfan]

I would take £18m to be fair, only if we get Charlie N'Zog though.

Would that make N'Zogbia the Young replacement or the Downing replacement?

Don't mind so long as he's not the Callaghan replacement!

[Karl Bridges]

I would take £18m to be fair, only if we get Charlie N'Zog though.

Would that make N'Zogbia the Young replacement or the Downing replacement?

Young's replacement because Albrighton will be playing on the right instead of Downing. Still need another wide man to fill out the squad though.

[KevinGage]

In fairness to Barton, his modus operandi is usually to target younger or weaker people, people  who have most likely shown him no ill will at all. So in a weird way he probably thinks he's consistent with the above, the little shit.

[willywombat]

I'd take £18 million if we get N'Zogbia too. Only if the c*** requests a transfer though so we don't have to pay him a loyalty fee.

LOYALTY FEE!!! C*nt should be made to pay us one ffs!

[JJ-AV]

Christ this is shite.

[hawkeye]

If we can get above £15mil for Downing we should take it. He will have one good game in 4 for liverpool. He is over rated by many.

[hilts_coolerking]

If we can get above £15mil for Downing we should take it. He will have one good game in 4 for liverpool. He is over rated by many.

Maybe but who gives a fuck what he does or doesn't do for Liverpool?  It's how we'll miss his assists and goals that worries me.  Not to mention Ashley's.  Or Milner's, for that matter, who we haven't yet replaced properly.

[Big Dick Edwards]

If we can get above £15mil for Downing we should take it. He will have one good game in 4 for liverpool. He is over rated by many.

If Downing wants to leave, and Liverpool offer us what a current England winger in his prime years is worth in the crazy English transfer market, I'd let him go. With two years left on his contract, Villa are in the position of control, not Downing. Liverpool need to start the bidding at £20m or they can forget about it. As has been said already, if Liverpool can pay the money they have for unproven players like Carroll and Henderson, they can at least pay market value for Downing.

[Matt Collins]

I suspect it'll go through eventually. We really need replacements to supply bent, two of them. We really need to push the boat out for n'zogbia as I can't think of another winger of his calibre we could get. I'd be more tempted to get a creative wide midfielder than another winger on top of that. A benayoun or kranjcar type player to give us some balance, especially if we revert to 2 up top. We might even find such a player abroad!

The fans need some good news relatively soon tho. It feels like a long hard season already.

[Matt Collins]

Plus, not really interested in N'Gog being part of the deal. He's on £40k per week and not that good

[Legion]

Bid rejected

[TimTheVillain]

but it doesnt wirk like that .

Spelled how my dad pronounced it.

Ha ha - the iPhone way isn't always the best !!

He's not gone yet, back in training on Friday ..... who knows, Liverpool not bidding enough (£15 mill) so maybe we can get £18 mill if he does go and replace quickly and maybe with an even better player ( OPTIMISM ON A RAINY WEDNESDAY :0)

[Phil from the upper holte]

If the ****** is that desperate to go tell him to pay us £2m from his own pocket