January Transfer Speculation (or lack of) Thread

[PaulWinch again]

Yeung's going to be desperate for cash very shortly. A cheeky but not insulting offer for him might go down a treat.

Well he has something in common with Villa then....

[VWBelgian]

M'vila anyone?

[ozzjim]

M'Vila would be going somewhere significantly better than us I would imagine.

[TheSandman]

Indeed, at the moment we seem to be shopping in the bargain bin looking at things that are either broken or past their sell-by-date. If we're lucky we might be able to pick up something from the own brand simply value line.

[ozzjim]

Not even in Sainsburys basics, we are firmly in Lidl (pronounced Leeedl by the way, as I was told repeatedly in Berlin) at the moment.

Kranjcar, Pienaar, Keane lovely.


I see that Butterfield lad has been ruled out for the season, good luck to him and hope he recovers his touch when he is back. Harsh for a 21 year old who must have been eyeing a big move.

[pauliewalnuts]

Back on to Keane, i think we can all agree that his best days are behind him, but it's not as if we're not paying £6m for him like we might have done a year or two ago. For two months, i can't see what harm it can do.

As for Collins, i'd rather keep him until the summer then sell him, but if the fee is £8m (which i doubt) it would be hard to turn down.

I love to see us put an offer in for Redmond personally. For his age, he looks a hell of a player.

Christ, for 8 million pounds we should be prepared to form a human chain to pass him all the way up to Sunderland, hand to hand.

[luke25]

Back on to Keane, i think we can all agree that his best days are behind him, but it's not as if we're not paying £6m for him like we might have done a year or two ago. For two months, i can't see what harm it can do.

As for Collins, i'd rather keep him until the summer then sell him, but if the fee is £8m (which i doubt) it would be hard to turn down.

I love to see us put an offer in for Redmond personally. For his age, he looks a hell of a player.

Christ, for 8 million pounds we should be prepared to form a human chain to pass him all the way up to Sunderland, hand to hand.

For 8 million pounds i'd be willing to create a human centipede and let him walk over us.

[Lobsterboy]

If we get offered anything like £8million for Collins we need to snap their hands off!

Robbie Keane may be about ten seasons too late but for two months he is a better proposition coming off the bench than Heskey or Delfouneso. I haven't seen enough of Weimann to say if he's a better option than him but Keane will be hungry to play and make an impact so nothing to lose in signing him for me

Craig Gardner? No thanks, would rather have Craig Revel Horwood

[pauliewalnuts]

If we get offered anything like £8million for Collins we need to snap their hands off!

Robbie Keane may be about ten seasons too late but for two months he is a better proposition coming off the bench than Heskey or Delfouneso. I haven't seen enough of Weimann to say if he's a better option than him but Keane will be hungry to play and make an impact so nothing to lose in signing him for me

Craig Gardner? No thanks, would rather have Craig Revel Horwood

I'd happily take Robbie Keane if the other side of it was never having to see that useless lump Heskey toiling around for us again.

[ROBBO]

Mcleish has stated the Villa dressing room is the quietist he's ever been involved in, Keane has got a big mouth it fits. Like another poster i have a dream of Samba playing along side Dunne, this would cut out the set piece drama's. Gardner is an interesting one as i think he is a better full back than the idiots we have at the moment but as a midfielder no thanks. I think we will see a lot of players coming and going in January, Eck has had a fair amount of time to look at the players and decide which ones he'll keep.

[KevinGage]

If we get offered anything like £8million for Collins we need to snap their hands off!

Robbie Keane may be about ten seasons too late but for two months he is a better proposition coming off the bench than Heskey or Delfouneso. I haven't seen enough of Weimann to say if he's a better option than him but Keane will be hungry to play and make an impact so nothing to lose in signing him for me

Craig Gardner? No thanks, would rather have Craig Revel Horwood

I'd happily take Robbie Keane if the other side of it was never having to see that useless lump Heskey toiling around for us again.

That's the only thing that is mildly appealing about the idea.

But -on balance-  I think if he comes to sit on our bench and come on for 15/20 minutes occasionally, for the wages he'd no doubt command, it's a further waste of resources.  Following so soon after the Jenas fiasco, I'd say we can do without that.  Keane too has increasingly picked up a fair rake of injuries in recent years and been out for long stretches.

If he was to come in, stay injury free and things actually 'clicked,'  well he's gone again in a few months anyway.  So we'd be just tormented with what could have been.

If we had an injury crisis ourselves, I could understand it.  But it smacks of short-termism and desperation really, the kind of move a club with limited scouting and limited imagination might pull.

[Dave]

...the kind of move a club with limited scouting and limited imagination might pull.

Check. Check.

I was hugely against the idea when it was mooted a while back for £6m and a three year contract.

But a two-month loan where he plays instead of Heskey? Fine by me.

[Greg N'Ash]

Keane is pish. Yes, he's better than Heskey  but then so are 99% of the strikers outside of the conference. I'm better as well and i'd be gutted if AM tried to sign me

[pauliewalnuts]

Keane is pish. Yes, he's better than Heskey  but then so are 99% of the strikers outside of the conference. I'm better as well and i'd be gutted if AM tried to sign me

Because you'd have to show your face at Villa Park?

You walked into that one.

[Risso]

...the kind of move a club with limited scouting and limited imagination might pull.

Check. Check.

I was hugely against the idea when it was mooted a while back for £6m and a three year contract.

But a two-month loan where he plays instead of Heskey? Fine by me.

Just wait for Keane up front, with Heskey behind him and Gabby on the wing.  Shudder.