Summer 2013: Villa Transfers, Speculation, Suggestions and Rumours

[MoetVillan]

Ashley W is good at leading the back line, but a bit like JT(wat) himself, ie reads the game well, but is not fast enough.  thats fine if you are alongside a well regimented back line, but we dont have that today.  I dont think he would be great for us.  I have been a strong supporter of Shawcross in the past, but over the last few months think that he is almost being "trained" the stoke way, ie follow set plays in all situations.  I dont think he can "think" for himself anymore, and it shows.  Promising player gone.  No thanks to Curtis Davies.  Not good enough for us in a hoof ball team, so certainly not good enough for a football team. 

[Mister E]

I think Curtis Davies is quite capable of doing a job and will add to squad.

This is a wind-up, right?

[MoetVillan]

He would add to the cleaning squad?

[Concrete John]

Nothing wrong with that in principle.  But if he could throw in the odd Lescott, we'd appreciate it

True. However, someone mentioned the old Brian Clough principle - that you should only sign players for whom your club is a step up. I like that a lot.

What you have to remember is that coming to the Villa is a step up from ManC

Indeed.  Just look at all that money they had to pay Barry and Milner to convince them to take the step down.

[JUAN PABLO]

Éder Álvarez Balanta


sign this defender now !!

[Hoppo]

We've signed a highly rated Northern Irish striker from Cliftonville, Rory Hales he is around 16/17. Two year contract, the kid is overjoyed.

[Mazrim]

Whataboutya wee Rory!

[Hoppo]

He looks abit like one of Mrs Browns boys.

[eamonn]

Nothing wrong with that in principle.  But if he could throw in the odd Lescott, we'd appreciate it

True. However, someone mentioned the old Brian Clough principle - that you should only sign players for whom your club is a step up. I like that a lot.

What you have to remember is that coming to the Villa is a step up from ManC

Indeed.  Just look at all that money they had to pay Barry and Milner to convince them to take the step down.

Anyway, Joleon grew up a Villan so that's just as good as moving up in the world.

[DrGonzo]

I think that we have the Bent/Benteke replacement,  Weimann.He's a better central striker than wide man.Great self- confidence ,good striking ability and constantly makes intelligent runs.Very similar to Dean Saunders.
He lacks a bit in pace and dribbling skills and that's why I think we need another wide forward ,who could also replace Gabby if injured. Scott Sinclair would be ideal.
And a commanding central defender please.

I don't disagree with the sentiment, but the problem is that he is already a 1st team regular and not a replacement for Bent.  We need depth and Bent hasn't been deph this year he has been MIA.

[ozzjim]

I think that we have the Bent/Benteke replacement,  Weimann.He's a better central striker than wide man.Great self- confidence ,good striking ability and constantly makes intelligent runs.Very similar to Dean Saunders.
He lacks a bit in pace and dribbling skills and that's why I think we need another wide forward ,who could also replace Gabby if injured. Scott Sinclair would be ideal.
And a commanding central defender please.

I don't disagree with the sentiment, but the problem is that he is already a 1st team regular and not a replacement for Bent.  We need depth and Bent hasn't been deph this year he has been MIA.

I think a young player, with similar attributes to Benteke might be useful, although in the front 3 I would expect Gabby would go into the Benteke role were he injured at the moment. Don't rule out Bowery doing a job there either, as mad as it may sound he has done ok in his appearances, and may well be seen as the Benteke backup over short periods. If we sign forwards, I think pace and guile are more likely as they would add what we lack. Brawn and muscle we do have.

Interesting that Nursey thinks Lambert will have some money this summer. He has been right on quite a few things with Villa and seems to have a decent relationship, so lets hope he is right.

[Concrete John]

Interesting that Nursey thinks Lambert will have some money this summer. He has been right on quite a few things with Villa and seems to have a decent relationship, so lets hope he is right.

There are a few things that point to this being the case:-
1.  Rumours that he didn't spend all he had in Jan or last summer.
2.  The new TV deal.
3.  Dunne and a few other high earners likely to be off the wage bill.  Possibly even some decent incoming fees for some of them (mainly Bent).
4.  He's shown he can get value for money, meaning Randy is more likely to trust him with more.

I think it'll be a busy summer!

[ozzjim]

Interesting that Nursey thinks Lambert will have some money this summer. He has been right on quite a few things with Villa and seems to have a decent relationship, so lets hope he is right.

There are a few things that point to this being the case:-
1.  Rumours that he didn't spend all he had in Jan or last summer.
2.  The new TV deal.
3.  Dunne and a few other high earners likely to be off the wage bill.  Possibly even some decent incoming fees for some of them (mainly Bent).
4.  He's shown he can get value for money, meaning Randy is more likely to trust him with more.

I think it'll be a busy summer!

I hope so. As said on the Lambert thread, it will be interesting to see how many go.

Petrov and Dunne are gone - so around 100k a week already saved.
Bent, Ireland and Given go too that would be a further 150k. All maybe 10 million into the coffers.

Hutton? How are Mallorca getting on with the Scottish Cafu? Will they take him full time?

Makoun is signing for Rennes isn't he? It is undisclosed, but must be around a million or so?

Those 2 could well be another 70 ish a week. Bringing us somewhere between 3 and 350k a week saved on wages.

Contract renewals and pay increases I would bet will add 100k or close to it to the bill, Benteke, Guzan, Lowton, Westwood, Weimann, maybe Delph will all be looking at new deals.

Then there is the issue of Holman, Bannan, Albrighton and NZogbia and if we decide to cash in.

Busy, it could be a very fast revolving door!

[eamonn]

I have a sneaky feeling he'll offer Dunne a new deal, on vastly reduced terms you'd imagine. Whenever his name comes-up at press conferences Lambert always speaks glowingly of him.

[OCD]

I would advise caution regarding the "very fast revolving door" comment. By August 31st there could be a fair turnover of players but we've seen how slow summers are. Transfer dealings are so complicated these days that on the surface nothing appears to be happening for ages and then suddenly word of an impending transfer comes to the fore. Some of our big earners like N'Zogbia and Given might not be easy to offload either - and that's assuming that they're not in Lambert's plans.