January Transfer Speculation (or lack of) Thread

[Ryu]

Zaha is a skillful player with a lot of potential but if we signed him I wouldn't bank on him doing a job for our first team just yet.

[brontebilly]

think some of you are being very harsh on Cahill. isnt a worldbeater but put him next to someone like Dunne and he will be fine. Still quick and reads the game well. Was very impressed with him at the weekend to be honest. He was a distance their best player. He looks nailed on for Chelsea in Jan. Would love to see him back at Villa but wont happen.

No to any more loan deals too. Lets bite the bullet and buy players. Sickening seeing Kyle Walker this season. Nowhere near the Spurs team, comes on loan to us and suddenly he is straight in. It is so small time its ridiculous.

If we are as stony broke as we seem, then the likes of Delph, Ireland, Cuellar, Collins, Beye, Heskey should be offered up. No one will want Beye or Heskey though. Id say Cuellar will run down his contract too as he wont get anywhere near the wages we are paying him elsewhere.

Must keep Petrov until the end of the season whatever happens.

[Grande Pablo]

If there was a Blackburn fire sale I'd be happy with Olsen & Hoilet.

Not sure Zamora would give us anything different.

I don't think Delph offers much - I'd take a punt on Lallana from Southampton.

[Concrete John]

No to any more loan deals too. Lets bite the bullet and buy players. Sickening seeing Kyle Walker this season. Nowhere near the Spurs team, comes on loan to us and suddenly he is straight in. It is so small time its ridiculous.

For me there's two types of loans:-
1.  Sending a young player out to gain experience.  Walker to us and what we're doing with Gardner to Coventry right now.
2.  An established pro who isn't getting a game, so goes to put himself in the shop window.

If you mean the first type, then I agree, but I'd like the second type right now to get us through until Gardner is ready.

[Aston Manor]

Still cant believe we bought Hutton , when we could have probably got 20 year old Clyne for under half the price .     

Herd , Cuellar and Lichaj could have filled the spot until Clyne was back to fitness .

Regardless of the fact he wanted to move back to London, I still can't understand the selling of Luke Young from Villa's point of view.

You lose a reliable first team regular; you bring in a squad player new to the team; you pay £4 million from a diminished transfer budget!

All to save Villa £10 grand a week?

As I recall Houllier was going to let Young go so he bought a place down in London. When McLeish came in and had his move within 30 miles of Villa park edict that was clearly not going to sit well with Luke Young who had been told he could leave, and who had just bought a house in London.  So, Hutton it is.

[TheSandman]

Does anybody reckon we'd have a chance of getting Tiote from Newcastle?
Talk of Ashley might be willing to sell.

We should have had the good sense to sign him when he was available for a few million and we needed a defensive midfielder. Sadly, he now has bigger fish to fry.

[Ryu]

Crazy, unbelievable transfer story time!!!!

I can't link very effectively on my blackberry but according to the mail the spanish paper Marca are linking us with David Villa. They also call us on of the 'great' english clubs.

Obviously won't happen but that won't stop me spending the rest of the afternoon day dreaming about us signing him.

[Edvard Remberg]

Not sure if its old - but this is at least a rumour of a higher calibre

Villa to Villa

[PaulWinch again]

I will eat my shoes if we sign David Villa.

[Mazrim]

There is nobody who loves (Aston) Villa more than I and I can imagine most things are possible for this great club but that just isn't one of them. In fact its absolute bollocks of the most ludicrous nature and I can't believe it has made it to print.
I rate (David) Villa as one of the top 3 strikers in the world. And so will most of the largest, most ambitious, champions league playing clubs in the world.

Yes, I'm sure he wants to come and play for Big 'Eck in the freezing piss.

[Concrete John]

Not sure if its old - but this is at least a rumour of a higher calibre

Villa to Villa

In the comments bit, this made me giggle:-

5er says we'd still pick Emile Heskey ahead of him.

[The Laughing Policeman]

From the glimpse I had of today's B'ham Mail, the Fonz is not for sale and that he will be up front with Bent on Sunday.
So, reading between the lines, yes he is for sale but not at he silly offers made for him. "Go out on Sunday and make a name for yourself" and at the same time add a couple of million to the asking price.

[Steve kirk]

I think there will be a lot more activity in January that any of us would have thought but I hope that does not include Petrov and Dunne, probably in the summer for Petrov but not now, we need their steadying influence between now and the end of this season.   

[Concrete John]

From the glimpse I had of today's B'ham Mail, the Fonz is not for sale and that he will be up front with Bent on Sunday.
So, reading between the lines, yes he is for sale but not at he silly offers made for him. "Go out on Sunday and make a name for yourself" and at the same time add a couple of million to the asking price.

Just checked it online and that the general gist of it, but Peter grant is talking him up quite a lot.  Ultimately, he may need to go as I can't see him starting regularly while Gabby and Bent are here, both of whom are I hope and expect to stay.

And that's before he gets knocked further down the pecking order when Villa gets here!!   

[Toronto Villa]

regarding the David Villa rumour, I laughed so hard that I urinated a little.