Aston Villa sign Charles N'Zogbia (Reply#1151)

[GJH]

Same under Doug Ellis- went after Robbie Keane-offered 5.5m, Wolves wanted 6m ended up losing him to Coventry!

A few weeks late sold Micheal Oakes to Wolves for 500k!

[curiousorange]

Shades of Robbie Keane all those years ago..."We offered eleven twelfths of what they wanted"

[cheltenhamlion]

It'll get done. Stop carping and see what happens.

[sidcowans10]

That photo really annoys me. They ve charged a service charge and gratuity. Very cheeky ! Same happened to me in Vegas I complained like mad !! Double charging !!


Oh and I hope we sign him soon

[GJH]

Are you a mind reader Curiousorange?

[curiousorange]

Are you a mind reader Curiousorange?

If I was, I wouldn't be such a regular contributor to the 'Conundrum' thread in the Off Topic.

[Nirog72]

Maybe the whole N'Zogbia thing is a smokescreen for our Vargas bid

[charleeco7]

The problem as I see it is that AM's probably only got about £12-13 million to spend in total. So if we pay £10 million rather than £9 million fir nzogbia then it makes a big difference in the quality of who he can then buy.

[pauliewalnuts]

Every Villa fan I communicate with is saying the same ' just a million more ?'

Tedium personified.

I've heard that too.

Bored moderator.

[Klaus Katt]

Maybe the whole N'Zogbia thing is a smokescreen for our Vargas bid

He better not come sneaking, or he will get a harpoon through his chest.

[Compass]

Maybe the whole N'Zogbia thing is a smokescreen for our Vargas bid

Maybe the smokescreen is a smokescreen. 

[KevinGage]

The problem as I see it is that AM's probably only got about £12-13 million to spend in total. So if we pay £10 million rather than £9 million fir nzogbia then it makes a big difference in the quality of who he can then buy.

I'm not sure of that, but if the £3/4 million extra paid out for Given and N'Zog (based on initial asking prices) came out of the transfer pot and prevented us landing some of our other targets, would the people who are saying 'come on Villa, just pay the extra x amount' still be so keen to fritter it away?

In isolation, yes I would pay the extra just to get it done. But it's clear we need reinforcements in other areas too (despite Big Ecks spin yesterday), so the money has to stretch accordingly.

[gerags]

Same under Doug Ellis- went after Robbie Keane-offered 5.5m, Wolves wanted 6m ended up losing him to Coventry!

A few weeks late sold Micheal Oakes to Wolves for 500k!

Wasn't it John G that said he'd seen him miss a coupl of one-on-one's when he'd gone to watch him the week before and said he wasn't worth the extra £500k ?

[Irish villain]

John G said a lot of things.

[Ross]

Like "Bosco Balaban is worth £6M"