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

[ozzjim]

He always looked quite good to me. Lively, quick and strong. Don't think he scored many though.

I thought he looked a real handful at times, and was there not somewhat mitigating circumstances of being a teenager, abroad, and playing for Phil Brown, in a truly awful Hull side?

[Percy McCarthy]

Possibly, but I don't think very deeply about other teams or their players.

[tomd2103]

We need 2 forwards IMO. A wide inside forward with a trick or two, and a Benteke alternative.

Would agree with that Ozz.  We need a wide forward in the January window and could do with N'Zogbia finding some form.  I would only look at buying a Benteke alternative in January if Bent leaves in the window. 

[ozzjim]

Looking at his wiki he has 2 things in his favour. He doesn't get on with Alan Hutton, and he pays for the side we got Holman from, so may fit in quite quickly. And tweets about Holman during Villa games.


Agree re Benetek back up if Bent leaves. NZogbia finding form is something I really do think will happen though. In our current set up he will get the ball int he sort of areas he can hurt sides, and could finally appear the player we thought we were signing.

[tomd2103]

Looking at his wiki he has 2 things in his favour. He doesn't get on with Alan Hutton, and he pays for the side we got Holman from, so may fit in quite quickly. And tweets about Holman during Villa games.


Agree re Benetek back up if Bent leaves. NZogbia finding form is something I really do think will happen though. In our current set up he will get the ball int he sort of areas he can hurt sides, and could finally appear the player we thought we were signing.

Let's hope so.  I wonder if we are still interested in Douglas, the defender who we were linked with in the summer.  I see that since the summer he gained Dutch citizenship and has been called up into the Dutch squad.   

[tepavilla]

Poor man's Emile Heskey.

Laws of physics say your hypothesis simply aint possible.

[Mazrim]

Well, me old mate Bill de Vall will be happy.

[Toronto Villa]

He's doing well in Holland but... I dont know. He was little more than a teenager when last in this league and playing for a shit team.
But I think we can do better.

AND, I think the link is utter bollocks because it's talksport.

They had Tommy Smyth on from ESPN over here, and he seemed to think that it was a done deal. It is still Talksport though.

Tommy Smyth is fucking annoying ringpiece. What are we discussing again?

[LeeB]

He always looked quite good to me. Lively, quick and strong. Don't think he scored many though.

Same here.

[nigel]

If we're going to look 'left field' how about Torres?
Doing nothing at Chelsea, we could certainly offer him something different 

[LeeB]

If we're going to look 'left field' how about Torres?
Doing nothing at Chelsea, we could certainly offer him something different 

He'd offer us absolutely fuck all.

[danlanza]

We need 2 forwards IMO. A wide inside forward with a trick or two, and a Benteke alternative.

Would agree with that Ozz.  We need a wide forward in the January window and could do with N'Zogbia finding some form.  I would only look at buying a Benteke alternative in January if Bent leaves in the window.

If you wait for Nzog to find form we will be in the bloody Conference ffs.

[SoccerHQ]

Interesting link to Riise. MON would've signed him if Liverpool had got Heinze in 2007 apparently.

He would do a decent 18 month type job imo.

Another one I've liked the look of recently is Llallana from Southampton, could be worth looking at if they get relegated.

[PeterWithesShin]

Not sure it's worth it's own thread so thought i'd stick it in here.

Total money spent on agents (Oct 2011-Sep 2012)

Manchester City £10,537,982
Liverpool £8,600,444
Queens Park Rangers £6,818,688
Tottenham Hotspur £6,595,905
Chelsea £6,490,382
Arsenal £5,580,873
West Ham United £4,436,992
Manchester United £3,681,580
Newcastle United £3,485,503
Everton £3,092,891
Aston Villa £2,730,539
Fulham £2,581,208
Sunderland £2,173,762
Reading £2,167,833
Wigan Athletic £1,974,305
Stoke City £1,717,266
West Bromwich Albion £1,341,301
Norwich City £1,248,725
Swansea City £1,100,845
Southampton £646,106

[VILLA MOLE]

Not sure it's worth it's own thread so thought i'd stick it in here.

Total money spent on agents (Oct 2011-Sep 2012)

Manchester City £10,537,982
Liverpool £8,600,444
Queens Park Rangers £6,818,688
Tottenham Hotspur £6,595,905
Chelsea £6,490,382
Arsenal £5,580,873
West Ham United £4,436,992
Manchester United £3,681,580
Newcastle United £3,485,503
Everton £3,092,891
Aston Villa £2,730,539
Fulham £2,581,208
Sunderland £2,173,762
Reading £2,167,833
Wigan Athletic £1,974,305
Stoke City £1,717,266
West Bromwich Albion £1,341,301
Norwich City £1,248,725
Swansea City £1,100,845
Southampton £646,106

over 70 million on agents , what a waste