Summer Transfer Thread: Speculation, Lies, Absolute Cr*p and Bosman Rumours

[dave.woodhall]

He's maybe got two seasons maximum at this level? And he'd be on big wages, £3m a year maybe. So we'd essentially be paying £13m for two good seasons. Maybe. Is that worth it? Are there really not better deals outside of the Engflation Premier League?

How many places up the league is that? Six a year maybe?

Look, I've always been a fan of Dempsey, but he on his own is certainly not worth six Premier League places. That's nonsense.

How many did Darren Bent take us?

[Steve67]

I hope Villa have lots of other players lined up.  Dempsey wants to go to 'The Mighty Reds YNWA'.  I wonder if we might go in for Mark Davies of Bolton if Spearing has joined.  We really do need midfield reinforcements. I hate Dempsey now any way.  He wears eye liner!  Bastard.

[Olneythelonely]

According to Colley we've ended our interest in Dempsey because he wants Liverpool. Ahh well, let's go and sign some more cheap kids and foreigners we've never heard of.

Damn foreigners.

[Monty]

He's maybe got two seasons maximum at this level? And he'd be on big wages, £3m a year maybe. So we'd essentially be paying £13m for two good seasons. Maybe. Is that worth it? Are there really not better deals outside of the Engflation Premier League?

How many places up the league is that? Six a year maybe?

Look, I've always been a fan of Dempsey, but he on his own is certainly not worth six Premier League places. That's nonsense.

How many did Darren Bent take us?

Bent was always going to improve that Villa team by a particularly huge amount, just for sheer chance finishing. Dempsey, good as he is, is not going to do that to our team.

[pauliewalnuts]

If Dempsey really, really wants to go to Liverpool, then we're right to drop our interest.

[Chipsticks]

'Aston Villa have cooled their interest in Clint Dempsey as they believe the player wants a move to Liverpool #skydeadlineday'

[onje_villa]

Just gone from imagining us signing never-heard-of Conference players to one of the league's top players.
Inevitably it will all end in tears but don't know whether to get myself excited for it as excitement has sadly been lacking for us Villa fans lately or just avoid disappointment later by not getting my hopes up.

Edit: just read about us ending our interest. Well that was good PR for the club wasn't it? How depressing, would have rather not known!

[PaulWinch again]

Oh well gutted on Dempsey.

[saunders_heroes]

He's maybe got two seasons maximum at this level? And he'd be on big wages, £3m a year maybe. So we'd essentially be paying £13m for two good seasons. Maybe. Is that worth it? Are there really not better deals outside of the Engflation Premier League?

How many places up the league is that? Six a year maybe?

Look, I've always been a fan of Dempsey, but he on his own is certainly not worth six Premier League places. That's nonsense.

How many did Darren Bent take us?

Bent was always going to improve that Villa team by a particularly huge amount, just for sheer chance finishing. Dempsey, good as he is, is not going to do that to our team.

Dream on. Dempsey is better than anything we've got in our midfield.

[David_Nab]

Absolutely balls to him..especially as they have stiched him up by doing a Barry and offering piss poor amounts and unwanted players in part ex ...

[KRS]

Doesn't really make sense unless Liverpool want Dempsey too and are actually in a position to sign him.

[The Situation]

let's go and sign some more cheap kids 

That just sounds so wrong.

[dave.woodhall]

He's maybe got two seasons maximum at this level? And he'd be on big wages, £3m a year maybe. So we'd essentially be paying £13m for two good seasons. Maybe. Is that worth it? Are there really not better deals outside of the Engflation Premier League?

How many places up the league is that? Six a year maybe?

Look, I've always been a fan of Dempsey, but he on his own is certainly not worth six Premier League places. That's nonsense.

How many did Darren Bent take us?

Bent was always going to improve that Villa team by a particularly huge amount, just for sheer chance finishing. Dempsey, good as he is, is not going to do that to our team.

But the fact remains that £13 million over two years is not a massive amount in the Premier League.

[onje_villa]

Surely you sound a player out before putting in an offer? Otherwise you just end up looking like a bit of a pisspoor club.
Unless this was to appease the fans by saying, look we tried but inevitably he didn't want to come to us (as we're a bit crap at the moment)

[Chipsticks]

Well, he could still sign for us if Liverpool don't come in for him. Not sure I'd even want him now as he's made us look pretty small time.