Summer 2013: Villa Transfers, Speculation, Suggestions and Rumours

[eamonn]

Good to have tsvet back. Feel free to spout Bulgarian and stop the Francophiles, mate.

[Percy McCarthy]

Crikey, check out Plastic Bertrand.

Wasn't he Belgian?

Alright then, hark at Pepe le Pew.

[Mazrim]

He went after Dempsey, Coutinho and god knows who else. He's clearly after a playmaker of some quality so I can buy we're after Belhanda. And why not. Fees aren't the issue and there will be enough wiggle room in the salary area now to ge a few relatively high earners.

Yes, we're apparently up against some heavy hitters but it doesn't mean we haven't got a chance. The PL is a big draw to some players and maybe being pretty much guaranteed a place in our starting XI is attractive too.
We're not so easily dismissed as the press would have you believe.
I understand he turned down some of the biggest teams in France to move to Montpellier so maybe his next move will be a surprise too.

Of course it would be a coup. I'm just excited that we're in for players like this.

[Steve R]

Mange tout, mange tout.

Not if you're Michael Douglas

[neo_Villan]

Belhanda would be a real coup. Out of interest, which previous Villa signings were considered a coup at the time?

[Malandro]

Belhanda would be a real coup. Out of interest, which previous Villa signings were considered a coup at the time?

Brian Little claimed we pipped Man utd to Mark Draper.

[N'ZMAV]

Belhanda would be a real coup. Out of interest, which previous Villa signings were considered a coup at the time?

Brian Little claimed we pipped Man utd to Mark Draper.

This the same Brian Little that turned down the chance to sign Roberto Carlos?

[danlanza]

Belhanda would be a real coup. Out of interest, which previous Villa signings were considered a coup at the time?

We will get him if we give a Bakhanda

[Toronto Villa]

He went after Dempsey, Coutinho and god knows who else. He's clearly after a playmaker of some quality so I can buy we're after Belhanda. And why not. Fees aren't the issue and there will be enough wiggle room in the salary area now to ge a few relatively high earners.

Yes, we're apparently up against some heavy hitters but it doesn't mean we haven't got a chance. The PL is a big draw to some players and maybe being pretty much guaranteed a place in our starting XI is attractive too.
We're not so easily dismissed as the press would have you believe.
I understand he turned down some of the biggest teams in France to move to Montpellier so maybe his next move will be a surprise too.

Of course it would be a coup. I'm just excited that we're in for players like this.

agree Maz. I think in many respects some people on here have battered wife syndrome. The club so often gives us a good kicking that the trust isn't always as it should be. Yet we love the club and keep coming back for more. We can be so quick to put ourselves down and it ends up being a downward spiral of misery, especially when our players get linked away, or good players get linked to us. No way can we ever hang on to good players and we'll never sign good players again. Yet the manager doesn't need to share in this. Why shouldn't Paul Lambert go after good players? The club have said that we need to get the finances in control and as much as anyone I trust Lambert to pay the right amount in fees and wages for good players. Not every player demands stupid money, and with good scouting we can attract both known and unknown players who actually want to play in the PL for a big English club. Aston Villa's history isn't 3 years old. It is much richer than that and unfortunately given our recent performances it is hard to think back to better times. But I believe better times are ahead and we need to sell that to new players. There are lots of great reasons to come to Aston Villa.

[Malandro]

Belhanda would be a real coup. Out of interest, which previous Villa signings were considered a coup at the time?

Brian Little claimed we pipped Man utd to Mark Draper.

This the same Brian Little that turned down the chance to sign Roberto Carlos?

Why would we need him when we had Alan Wright

[gervilla]

I was chatting with a Lech Poznan supporter in work today who reckons Tonev will be a good signing for us.
He said is is already too good to be playing in the Polish League and his game has come on leaps and bounds in the past two seasons. With better players around him he will only get better.

[Mister E]

I was chatting with a Lech Poznan supporter in work today who reckons Tonev will be a good signing for us.
He said is is already too good to be playing in the Polish League and his game has come on leaps and bounds in the past two seasons. With better players around him he will only get better.

So, we just need to find a few more playes to bring in then! 

[Olneythelonely]

If we sign Belhanda I will get his name tatooed on my bellend....a

[villa kicks]

I think villa may well be in for players mentioned like last season but need one more progressive season for players like dempsy, coutinho to move here. Great to be linked with belandha and any players of this ilk. Villa and premier league are attractions its just where we are at moment established players will have several options.

Alex pearce would be a good signing reading centre half on a free. Offers a threat at set pieces and readings best defender last season. Newcastle and Liverpool interested. 

[danlanza]

If we sign Belhanda I will get his name tatooed on my bellend....a

His full name, with each letter an inch apart ?