Summer 2013: Villa Transfers, Speculation, Suggestions and Rumours

[villa kicks]

Hooper 1-0 !! Celtic !is he a player that would he cut it in prem?? scores alot ... Hibs have been better team unlucky

[olaftab]

Is Dwight Gayle a combo of  Marcus Gayle and Dwight Yorke?

He s their first born!

[PeterWithesShin]

From the Telegraph.

Lambert will not be renewing the contract of the Republic of Ireland international after an injury-ravaged 12 months.
Dunne, 33, a £5million signing from Manchester City by Martin O’Neill in 2009, has not made a single appearance under Lambert after struggling with persistent hip and groin problems.
His £50,000-a-week contract will expire at the end of next month and the former captain has been told he can look for a new club.
Lambert is set to meet other highly paid fringe players, including Darren Bent, Shay Given and Stephen Ireland, to thrash out their futures. The trio all earn more than £3million a year but have barely played under the Scottish manager and Villa are keen to lower their wage bill by offloading them.
Ireland has only 12 months left on his deal and is keen to discover his fate after failing to make the 18-man match-day squad since the home defeat by Newcastle in January. Bent and Given have more than two years left on their contracts, so Lambert and chairman Randy Lerner will find them harder to shift.

[danlanza]

http://www.teamtalk.com/fanzone/15164/8732764/Villa-need-to-continue-revolution

[Mister E]

http://www.teamtalk.com/fanzone/15164/8732764/Villa-need-to-continue-revolution

It's Middlesbrough.
And, maybe Joe Bennett's poor performances last season were as much due to the presence of an inexperienced left CB as his own inadequacies. He certainly improved in the second half of the season, consistent with the stability of having Baker as the first-choice left CB. He'd have been even better alongside a more seasonsed CB.

[dave.woodhall]

I  wonder how many Villa supporters describe themselves as 'bloggers'?

[TheSandman]

Too many.

Also Charlie Mulgrew and  Izaguirre  for Celtic could do a job

Mulgrew is a quality player for me. He's versatile (can play across the back four and in midfield) and has a cracking left foot. My worry would be how he'd handle the step up and how he'd cope playing for a team who are not comfortably the best in a league. At Aberdeen he could be suspect defensively at times, but at Celtic he has developed into what seems to be a superb defender. Is that down to becoming a better player or just playing for a better side? Izaguirre was locked upon as a hot property two years ago but suffered from injury last year and hasn't been as strong since. Kayal was the Celtic player I had the highest hopes for but in the past two years he has struggled a lot from injury and we have Westwood now.

[OCD]

Wanyama has looked good whenever I've seen him but I would expect him to go to a Champions League side.

[SoccerHQ]

Adam Matthews worth a look? Was highly rated at Cardiff and can play both full back positions I think?

[villa kicks]

Liverpools Skrtel is open to offers

[cdbearsfan]

He has the face of a killer.

[Concrete John]

Liverpools Skrtel is open to offers

Can't see him being of interest to Lambert.

[PeterWithesShin]

Martin Skrtel has confirmed he would consider leaving Liverpool this summer having endured "one of the worst seasons in my career".

Brendan Rodgers is looking to sign two central defenders having lost Jamie Carragher to retirement and been unconvinced by Sebastián Coates. The Liverpool manager has stated that Skrtel remains in his plans but, following a testing campaign when he lost his first-team place and attracted criticism from Rodgers, the Slovakia international has admitted his Anfield future is in doubt.

Skrtel said: "I have not had any specific offers but if some should come and they interest me, I would probably consider it seriously. The club has the biggest say in this in any case, because they have the right for it with me being contracted. I am not saying that I want to leave at any cost. I feel sorry for what happened in this season. But I have been here for five and a half years and I have built a position here."

The 28-year-old was dropped following the Premier League defeat at Manchester United in January and suffered a miserable recall in the FA Cup exit at League One Oldham Athletic a fortnight later.

Skrtel added: "It was one of the worst seasons in my career and certainly the worst during my time at Liverpool. After the game at Manchester United, the coach decided he wanted to change the team and justified to me that we lacked the organisation and defensive leadership personality. That was Carragher.

"Obviously I was not happy, it bugged me. On the other hand, I realise that only 11 can play and the 11 the coach chooses now is without me. I decided to add even more in training, so I was ready for a chance to show that I belong on the field, and not on the pitch."

Rodgers has lined up Kolo Touré as a free signing once his contract expires at Manchester City this summer while Schalke's Greece international Kyriakos Papadopoulos is Liverpool's leading defensive target.

The defender Danny Wilson has signed a three-year contract with Hearts, where he spent the second half of last season on loan, following his release at Anfield.

[villa kicks]

Yes i could see that buggin skrtel being told he doesn't have the ability. And then having carra replacing him. Regarding rogers perception in his  lack of leadership and presence then he would nt be the right defender to have in at villa as a commanding defender is needed. That said Liverpool want k toure who must be a vocal leader and experienced as he can be as error prone as skrtel. To be fair skrtel had some shocking play in basic passing but without managers backing he probably struggled for confidence when all of Liverpool want carra in. I feel his defensive capabilities and attacking threat at set pieces would offer something villa dont have. But think Lambert just would nt go with him.

So it also looks like we need a reserve GK as Marshall and given are leaving. Maybe promote one and bring in experienced reserve. Keep brad at number 1. I suspect it wouldnt be Ross turnbull whose available on a free... And as valdes is off to Monaco not him either.     

[Greg N'Ash]

Skrtel certainly doesn't fit in with Lambert's supposed template for signings imo. I can't see us buying a centre half from the premier league unless they're on a free or very cheap wages wise.