Concrete Ron deal done

[Chipsticks]

Fugsake...Milner isn't even that good. Let him be a workhorse winger on the bench half the time for twice the money.

Agree - love the bloke and was a decent player but where folk liken him to a deity i have never got to be honest

He was getting better and better every game he played in central midfield tho. Just look back to the second half of 09/10, he was carrying us at times, just look to Wigan away.

And that we've been crap in central midfield ever since, it's been a massive weak point in our team.

You've given me a terrific memory of the Wigan away game, where we were holding the lead late in the game and under a fair bit of pressure from them. So Milner gets the ball and embarks on what must've been a 70 yard run; relieving all pressure.

I'm not quite sure why I remember that one particular moment so well, but it was bloody ace.

[SoccerHQ]

This is just the same as us telling Liverpool to do one if they didn't sign Barry before that europe game we had a few summers back.

They didn't, Barry played against FH Hjawhateverthefcuktheywerecalled and he played out the season with us.

Be interesting to see what the alternative centre back targets are. I assume we're after some as I can't stomach another season of Collins-Dunne tbh.

[SoccerHQ]

Fugsake...Milner isn't even that good. Let him be a workhorse winger on the bench half the time for twice the money.

Agree - love the bloke and was a decent player but where folk liken him to a deity i have never got to be honest

He was getting better and better every game he played in central midfield tho. Just look back to the second half of 09/10, he was carrying us at times, just look to Wigan away.

And that we've been crap in central midfield ever since, it's been a massive weak point in our team.

You've given me a terrific memory of the Wigan away game, where we were holding the lead late in the game and under a fair bit of pressure from them. So Milner gets the ball and embarks on what must've been a 70 yard run; relieving all pressure.

I'm not quite sure why I remember that one particular moment so well, but it was bloody ace.

It was. He also scored the winner in that game.

[Chipsticks]

Fugsake...Milner isn't even that good. Let him be a workhorse winger on the bench half the time for twice the money.

Agree - love the bloke and was a decent player but where folk liken him to a deity i have never got to be honest

He was getting better and better every game he played in central midfield tho. Just look back to the second half of 09/10, he was carrying us at times, just look to Wigan away.

And that we've been crap in central midfield ever since, it's been a massive weak point in our team.

You've given me a terrific memory of the Wigan away game, where we were holding the lead late in the game and under a fair bit of pressure from them. So Milner gets the ball and embarks on what must've been a 70 yard run; relieving all pressure.

I'm not quite sure why I remember that one particular moment so well, but it was bloody ace.

It was. He also scored the winner in that game.

I want to buy that man a pint.

[peter w]

Whatever has or hasn't been said to Feyenoord, after Koeman's words there's likely to be dialogue. One way or another. So, expect something 'concrete(eh? eh?) this week.

[olaftab]

I guess we are not prepared to pay the price Koeman is after and gap is too big.

Koeman said yesterday that the clause in vlaars contract set the fee at £3.2m so i cant see that being a problem- i really hope this deal goes through.

Well tht figure is no brainer. FFS tht s much less than we paid for Harewood and I am sure Ron will score more goals!

[adrenachrome]

The sidewalks in the street
The concrete and the clay beneath my feet
Begins to crumble

I still think we will sign him if PL wants it badly enough.

[villadelph]

Villa clearly stated that they're going to be holding off any business until they get back from the States. Feyenoord needs to practice some patience, what's the rush? It's almost more disrespectful to force a cash move than to prolong it and make sure everything is absolutely right. It makes me angry that Koeman came out and gave us an ultimatum, who do you think you are?

[rutski]

sky sports news saying the deal is off! Vlaar quoted as saying "i will not be kept on a leash"

[Marlon From Bearwood]

It's all off according to the Express:


ANGRY Holland international Ron Vlaar has pulled out of a £3.2million move to Aston Villa and accused the club of messing him about.


Vlaar met new Villa manager Paul Lambert in Birmingham a week ago for talks, but claims he has heard nothing since.

Feyenoord manager Ronald Koeman had demanded Villa get on with the deal because he has a Champions League qualifying game coming up and needed to know for sure if one of his top players was staying or not. But yesterday Vlaar pulled the plug himself. He had already been shown around Villa Park and believed it was all a done deal.

“The chance that I will now sign for Aston Villa is almost zero. I don’t like to be messed about. You can write down that this transfer is now off,” said Vlaar, 26.

He is one of the few Dutch players who did well at Euro 2012.

He is rated at more than £8m on the open market, but a clause in his contract makes him available for £3.2m.


 The chance that I will now sign for Aston Villa is almost zero. I don’t like to be messed about 
Ron Vlaar
 

His current wages are about £15,000 a week and he could have expected to double that at Villa and still be within their salary structure.

Feyenoord managing director Eric Gudde also slammed Villa.

“The transfer of Ron Vlaar to Aston Villa is definitely off,” said Gudde.

“The way he has been treated is not very good.

“Vlaar is a player of big calibre and we will be very happy to keep him.”

[Irish villain]

That's all very disappointing. We must have other targets. Here's hoping we didn't mess him about because we had to shift players first. It'll be hard to bring in players of that calibre if we have to shift the likes off Collins and Warnock first.

[Percy McCarthy]

Bollocks.

[PaulWinch again]

That does not sound good.

[Risso]

Sigh.  Just when everything seemed to be going swimmingly, another PR breakdown.

[Chipsticks]

We've really fucked up on that one, let's just hope he was a plan B.