Concrete Ron

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That's because their forums are talking about it as if they already have signed him based on Koeman mentioning Vlaar's name in an interview in Holland.

[sirlordbaltimore]

Vlaar is decent. Nothing special. Had more good games at the World Cup than he ever has at Villa. Not all his fault. Poor tactics and defensive partners don't help.

I'm pretty much in this camp. I like him, but he's no defensive great. If we got offered 10m then i'd be tempted to sell. But ONLY on the understanding that all of that could be spent on a replacement and not used to bring in another 3-4 cheap options to plug gaps

You only sell/replace your captain with someone better or there's not much point in selling him IMHO

[Surrey Villain]

If Southampton have sold Lovren for £20m or whatever they will be desperate to replace him so we should demand the same for Vlaar! Even more from Man Utd.

[ozzjim]

I agree. We should be holding out for at the least 12 with ad ons this summer. Sell him and go down, and we will look very silly.

[Bottom Right 89]

I think someone needs to sit Koeman down and explain the order of things over here - they would be better off looking at our value range, Alan Hutton for example. The only thing they could offer RV over us are good ferry links with Holland.

[Clampy]

If Southampton have sold Lovren for £20m or whatever they will be desperate to replace him so we should demand the same for Vlaar! Even more from Man Utd.

They need to replace several.

[PaulWinch again]

Keeping Vlaar and losing his next year for nothing, is much more important to us than selling for £4-5 million.

[Brend'Watkins]

Southampton will struggle next year with or without Vlaar. 

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Southampton will struggle next year

I hope so.

[paul_e]

Keeping Vlaar and losing his next year for nothing, is much more important to us than selling for £4-5 million.

Of course it is, that's what makes the stories like the QPR one so pathetic.  If someone offers silly money then fair enough but otherwise there just isn't the incentive for us to sell.

[Gregorys Boy]

I am not against selling him, should we get a decent size offer, and if we have enough time to find a replacement before the start of the season.  But another thing you have to think off is that over the last two years he has been settling at Villa, and at least does know the other players in the back four or five?  If you replace him with someone else right before the start of the season then it may take a bit of time for them to build an understanding.

Either way, right now it looks like we have a better chance of staying up with Vlaar, so I say get one more year out of him at least.

[silhillvilla]

If a weasel like club such as QPR or indeed anyone throw big wages at Ron and we refuse to sell, we may have one pissed off player on our hands . All hypothetical of course but under these circumstances I would not expect the player to be pulling up too many trees over the coming season.

[Gregorys Boy]

If a weasel like club such as QPR or indeed anyone throw big wages at Ron and we refuse to sell, we may have one pissed off player on our hands . All hypothetical of course but under these circumstances I would not expect the player to be pulling up too many trees over the coming season.

First of all it depends on the player, because some players such as Barry when he didn't get the move to Liverpool don't sulk, but just get on with their game.  Besides, Vlaar can leave in a year in any case, so I don't see the big deal.  Also, if he is looking for a move during his last year then it may motivate him more to impress other clubs.

[pauliewalnuts]

With Vlaar, worth remembering that he is 29 now, if he gets a four year deal, whever it be, it is going to be his last big one, which is going to make him stop and think about what he does.

[sirlordbaltimore]

Keeping Vlaar and losing his next year for nothing, is much more important to us than selling for £4-5 million.

You say that, but how are we going to replace him next summer if he walks on a free ?

It'd be a damn sight easier to replace him now for 8-10m than then for nothing if you ask me