Summer 2013: Villa Transfers, Speculation, Suggestions and Rumours

[Virgil Caine]

How the Commercial Dept must have wept when we missed out on Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink.

[midnite]

Looking forward to us signing Jakub Blaszczykowski then

[OCD]

I don't suppose there's any chance of signing Robert Lewandowski?

[not3bad]

The Mirror reckon Arsenal are after Matt Lowton:

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/arsenal-monitoring-aston-villa-youngster-1844711

[Clampy]

The Mirror reckon Arsenal are after Matt Lowton:

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/arsenal-monitoring-aston-villa-youngster-1844711

The Mirror make it up as they go along. I would'nt worry too much.

[tomd2103]

Apparently reported in The Sun yesterday that we are interested in Russell Martin from Norwich.

[SoccerHQ]

Can see that being an option if Lambert is allowed to sign players from Norwich now.

Martin is steady, can play both full back positions and also centre half. Reminds me a bit of Aaron Hughes.

[not3bad]

The Mirror reckon Arsenal are after Matt Lowton:

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/arsenal-monitoring-aston-villa-youngster-1844711

The Mirror make it up as they go along. I would'nt worry too much.

They also reckon Newcastle are after Andi Weimann!

[Dante Lavelli]

It's small consolation if we're relegated but it's kinda nice to see clubs linked to our freebies and bargain buys rather than talking about amortisation and accounting principles.  whilst it's not fool proof - we still could get relegated - it shows the club has finally started moving in the right direction.

[eamonn]

Can see that being an option if Lambert is allowed to sign players from Norwich now.

Martin is steady, can play both full back positions and also centre half. Reminds me a bit of Aaron Hughes.

What an endorsement! Aaron was/is solid though I guess.

[neo_Villan]

I didn't mind Aaron Hughes. Nothing spectacular but did the job. Still don't get why we sold him really.

[Concrete John]

Can see that being an option if Lambert is allowed to sign players from Norwich now.

Martin is steady, can play both full back positions and also centre half. Reminds me a bit of Aaron Hughes.

What an endorsement! Aaron was/is solid though I guess.

I like the idea of a FB coming in that has some more experience and can cover both sides, so at 27 I guess Martin fits that bill, even though I don't know an awful lot about him. 

[Summers]

I didn't mind Aaron Hughes. Nothing spectacular but did the job. Still don't get why we sold him really.

Agreed with this. Was solid and dependable.

[cdbearsfan]

I didn't mind Aaron Hughes. Nothing spectacular but did the job. Still don't get why we sold him really.

Agreed with this. Was solid and dependable.

I thought he was pretty rubbish. That's mainly because we tended to play him out of position at right-back. Throughout his career he has been a decent centre-half though.

[rob_bridge]

I didn't mind Aaron Hughes. Nothing spectacular but did the job. Still don't get why we sold him really.

Agreed with this. Was solid and dependable.

I thought he was pretty rubbish. That's mainly because we tended to play him out of position at right-back. Throughout his career he has been a decent centre-half though.

Yep O Dreary played him at right back and Delaney at centre back at one stage. Tool!

O'Neill didn't fancy him at all

I remeber that game v England at Windsor Park he was superb - Owen and Rooney hardly got a kick