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

[London Villan]

Good job we've got some many other proven wingers...

[TheSandman]

I think we are going to get gazumped on this one...Appy Arry, Golum, King Kenny and Potatoface Bruce will all be looking at what is happening. Villa are doing the donkeywork on this and could get caught out at the last minute .

None of them are interested. Everton and Sunderland have been explicit in the fact they aren't interested due to wages/fees and as things stand Spurs and Liverpool already have Bale and Downing respectively. The only way I can see things changing is if Everton sell Jagielka and have money or Spurs sell Bale and both of these things don't seem likely in the immediate future as things stand. I can probably see us just bidding the £10million before either of these things happen.

Whelan is never out of the media the last few days underlining his desperation to sell. He's starting to piss me off now. We should bid for another good winger like Johnson, Verhoek, Shaqiri or Vargas.

I also don't trust him when he says there is only a million in it.

[Dante Lavelli]

Just sign Adam Johnson instead.
Hoilet is also in the last year of his contract (I think) so there could be good value to be had there too.

[UsualSuspect]

Something doesnt add up with this whole story.  Why wont we match the £10m quoted by DW?  I personally now think that that there maybe a series of add ons after the £10m fee that Villa dont agree on.  The noise seems to be generated from one end and that end is Wigan. 

being the cynic I am I have a bad feeling that we don't really want Nzogbia for 10 million and 60k per week hence the stand off. If we had really wanted him something would have given this week IMO.

I still think Nzogbia was the smokescreen for the other targets - namely lesser players.

I hope it isn't the truth

[Rick_avfc]

Just sign Adam Johnson instead.
Hoilet is also in the last year of his contract (I think) so there could be good value to be had there too.

Adam Johnson?  Really?  You think he wants to leave city?  Whould cost us a lot more than Nzogbia.
I just read about Hoillet and him being in his final year of his contract.  Thats one that could be a realistic target and a reasonable price.

[myf]

don't think he's worth 10m personally. 9m is pushing it. Looking at his 1 good game in 10 record i wouldn't be particualry perturbed if he turned up at spurs

By my reckoning, those 1 in 10s must have been something special to get to 9 goals and 8 assists in the PL last term.  Considering 90% of the games he was crap, of course.

I'm now of the opinion that it's decision time for us; either pay £10m or move on.  Granted, we could already have moved on, but the longer it drags the more it a) has the potential to go tits up and b) messes about our pre-season plans.

Shit or get off the pot time. 

Exactly

Whelan is doing nothing different to us with Downing.

Let's not forget that we have had to pay Small Heath compensation for nicking their manager. people in glass houses etc

Whelan has been touting NZog to the market for weeks now, as he knows he has to sell him in this window.  Very different scenario to Downing.

[maidstonevillain]

If it was anyone else but Whelan, I reckon Villa would have paid the £10m and it would all be sorted by now.

Randy is probably still smarting from the "points", at least in the media's eyes, that Whelan scored in the Martinez fiasco, and is not prepared to get upstaged again.

I know Villa seem to be drawing in the purse strings, and N'Zogbia appears to be the ideal cost-effective solution to replace Young/Downing. But I am sure that, on a point of principal, Villa/Randy still have the financial resources to effectively tell Whelan to get stuffed. Even if they do then have to pay twice as much to get someone else in instead.

[sg]

Absolutely you cant get a mars for that £££

If I go to a shop and want a Mars bar and it has a price of 50p clearly labelled do I offer the shopkeeper 45p and hold out until he accepts my price because the sell by date is in 12 months time?

Crappest analogy ever?

Yes it is you would never get a mars bar for 50p

I remember when a Mars bar cost 30p! 

[TimTheVillain]

Everton are the team to worry about if Arsenal bid 15 odd million for Jagielka, Nzogbia will be off like a shot

That's my analysis too.

[Mazrim]

If Everton sell Jagielka then clearly they have to replace Jagielka.

I cant see N'Zogbia pulling up any trees at centre half and there's no chance they'd pay the wages we do.
I can't honestly see us allowing Everton to outbid us either even if Everton were that desperate for him, which I dont believe they are.

[Maradona10]

Martinez denies he's on strike, like I said don't think this will happen unless we pay up!

[Dazvillain]

Tell Wigan to get stuffed villa... go get Jimmy Milner back. That'll be like signing 3 players, the way he attacks, crosses, defends, takes pens

[sg]

Mcleish just on SSN when asked about Nzogbia directly, said nothings likely to happen before they fly out for the asia tour on the weekend.

The wait continues...

[The Situation]

I can understand transfers take some time to sort out but this is getting beyond a joke now.

[les spragg]

I remember when a Mars bar cost 30p! I remember when they cost 6d (2.5p) those were the days