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

[VillaAlways]

Is it possible we can get this player while the manager and team are in Hong Kong? 

McLeish hasn't flown out yet

[Surrey Villain]

Is it possible we can get this player while the manager and team are in Hong Kong? 

McLeish hasn't flown out yet

The manager need not be here to finalise the deal.  That is likely to be Faulkner's job as it is only a question of money!

[Risso]

Is it possible we can get this player while the manager and team are in Hong Kong? 

McLeish hasn't flown out yet

The manager need not be here to finalise the deal.  That is likely to be Faulkner's job as it is only a question of money!

Oh god.

[TimTheVillain]

Is it possible we can get this player while the manager and team are in Hong Kong? 

McLeish hasn't flown out yet

The manager need not be here to finalise the deal.  That is likely to be Faulkner's job as it is only a question of money!

Oh god.

On a Sunday too .....

[KevinGage]

Guys - back to the main thread!....N'Zogbia agreed fee will be announced tomorrow - John Richardson of the Express is usually fairly accurate - he's a senior journo for the Express. I'll probably get blasted for this, but (I'm usually ultra pessimistic!) I believe it'll all unfold on Monday!

I believe you Villafirst, but if you -or John Richardson for that matter- turn out to be wrong, I'll have you stuffed and mounted on the BT tower. With no company save the crows, who'll peck your insides out.

Let's hope it's nearing conclusion. No doubt about the players ability (though I will admit to being a tad concerned about some of his past behaviour). Lets get this one done and move on.

[dl9]

Yep, be good to see him line up for us against Fulham. Aug 13th can't come quick enough, pub route ready up the Hammersmith Palace Rd whilst indulging in Michael Jackson statue piss taking with the locals before we go top of the Prem with a healthy away win.

eeee heee, sha'mon.........oww!

[KevinGage]

Pretty certain we'll lose to Fulham. Our record there is generally dire and they've had the (initial) advantage of starting the season earlier than us. Our good start in 2008 was due in no small part to our involvement in the intertoto.

Sides in that comp (or the early stages in Europe) tend to start well in the league -before having mid season dip. I'd far rather face Fulham in Nov/ Dec.

[Toronto Villa]

Pretty certain we'll lose to Fulham. Our record there is generally dire and they've had the (initial) advantage of starting the season earlier than us. Our good start in 2008 was due in no small part to our involvement in the intertoto.

Sides in that comp (or the early stages in Europe) tend to start well in the league -before having mid season dip. I'd far rather face Fulham in Nov/ Dec.

Oh, I don't know. The last two games we've done quite well. We should have won last season but for the last header of the game, and we won the year before that. We generally draw there if anything looking back over the past 10 games, so opening day, two new managers, 1-1 seems a good bet.

[darren woolley]

Hope the deal is sealed early this week I will be a happy man then when he as signed for us.

[Dante Lavelli]

Is it possible we can get this player while the manager and team are in Hong Kong? 

McLeish hasn't flown out yet

I'd guess that the managers of Chelsea and Man City have rarely met the players they sign before they turn up at training - as they have such little input in who they buy.

[Tom Stewart]

Matt Kendrick seems to think a deal is very, very close:

http://twitter.com/#!/MatKendrick

Good news. Excited about this signing.

[N'ZMAV]

All expected to be wrapped up in the next 24-48 hours, isn't it? but, remember, this is Aston Villa. It could fall through at any point...

[Mazrim]

I keep hearing that, but how often do our deals fall through at an advanced stage? I can't think of too many recently.

[Greg N'Ash]

Just hope we're not gonna have whelan crowing about how he got 10m from us as i don't see how he could  back down after publicly stating how much he wanted. Which begs the question, what was the point of wasting all this time when you're gonna pay in the end?

[Mazrim]

Is that today's angle, greg?

In all honesty, I dont care what Whelan says and if he joins today or tomorrow all he'll miss is one match against Walsall and one of 34 games against Blackburn perhaps. No harm done.
But I wouldn't be suprised if Whelan hasn't got his wish but the fee will be undisclosed anyway so his pride will be intact, at least in public.
He'll flap his gums in the press and spin it to his advantage as all petty men seem to do.