Concrete Ron deal done

[jeowje]

Apparently according to Matt Kendrick, we will resume talks with CR when we return... (guess we probably assumed this may happen anyway?)

[PaulWinch again]

Aren't we back already?

[paul_e]

Think they were due back sometimes in the silly hours of the morning (can't remember where i read that but seemed fairly legit), so no real business today, tomorrow things might start moving again.

[Toronto Villa]

Aren't we back already?

They would have returned yesterday so I'm guessing they will all be back properly on Monday. It's a long way from Portland and they would have stopped at least once along the way because they flew out of Seattle. It will have taken it's toll on all of them. It's a long way, a lot of travel and airport waiting around, the training, the games and for thr most part it was unbearably hot.

As for the Concrete One, I can still see him being a Villa player with James Collins being sold. We wouldn't have brought him over otherwise. Unfortunately Feyenoord shit themselves and ended up trying to pressure us in to getting the deal done when we were never going to while we were on tour.

[Brend'Watkins]

Oh good.  This thread title will need excavating in the near future.

[Arsey]

According to the oh so reliable twitter, we have agreed a 4mil fee for Vlaar

[l_mckay]

It's on there website apparantly,medical on Monday.

[The Left Side]

Is twitter a reliable source... you could say is it a foundation to build on?

[tom jennings III]

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OFFICIAL: Aston Villa have completed the signing of Feyenoord defender Ron Vlaar for a fee in the region of €4 million. #AVFC

http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2896/premier-league/2012/07/27/3269685/aston-villa-complete-signing-of-vlaar-on-three-year-deal?source=breakingnews

[SashasGrandad]

Wat een held die Vlaar. Je transfer naar Aston Villa is je gegund!

I don't understand Dutch but this looks promising! Google translate gives this

What a hero who Vlaar. You transfer to Aston Villa is your award!

[citizenDJ]

It is indeed on Feyonoord's website that a fee has been agreed, along with a three year contract, so that's good news*.


*I think, as I've only seen him play once.

[pauliewalnuts]

Feyenoord's web site is saying we've reached agreement with them on the fee (release clause), he's agreed terms, and he's having his medical on Monday.

[dave.woodhall]

Does this mean we were, indeed, intending to sort it all out once we were back?

[olaftab]

So the deal was never off.

[Mister E]

Does this mean we were, indeed, intending to sort it all out once we were back?

Seems that we could only cement the deal post-tour. Until then it was in the mix but not solid.