Summer 2013: Villa Transfers, Speculation, Suggestions and Rumours

[Toronto Villa]

Don't know if it's been mentioned before and it's pure speculation, but another fan site is claiming that we have representatives in Morocco meeting with Belhanda.

Heard that yesterday, too.

It's Twitter speak and an Moroccan media (kooora.com), so maybe it should be taken with a pinch of salt

Do you think our "representatives" in order to maintain discretion each wore a fez and were asked to grow thick black moustaches with accompanying chest hair sticking out from the top their shirts? I also imagine we will be meeting the player and his agent at a busy bazaar acting as buyers of exotic hand weaved rugs.

[dave shelley]

"you want to see dirty peectures of my semester?" putting hand into kaftan.

[Small Rodent]

No they'll stick out like a sore thumb like Denholm Elliott in the Indiana Jones movies...

"Excuse me, excuse me! I say, we're looking for a Mr Belhanda old chap, but don't want to alert the media....what's that you say? B..E..L..H..A..N..D..A..."

[Malandro]

I've always disliked Bendtner, but he has it in him to be a really good player.

Probably daft even mentioning his name as his wages would be high, he's a bit of a billy-big-bollocks and we are well stocked (at the moment) in that postion

[pauliewalnuts]

Bendtner is wrongly convinced of his own brilliance.

Strikes me as an absolute bell-end, too. All that damaging cars in Newcastle thing, FFS, what a tool.

[Jarpie]

Bellend-Bendtner? No no no no no no no no no just no.

[Malandro]

Bendtner is wrongly convinced of his own brilliance.

Strikes me as an absolute bell-end, too. All that damaging cars in Newcastle thing, FFS, what a tool.

probably about on par with andy carroll and I don't want him either.

[ktvillan]

Okore looks a bloody good player but reading a few of the google links it seem Liverpool, Chelsea, and Man Yoo are all interested and Fulham were favourites to sign him in January after promising him immediate first team football.   With some of that lot sniffing around, and probably a few others,  I would be more than mildly surprised if we managed to land him.    Hope we do though.

[FatSam]

I do like having a manager who does not piss about or buy on reputation and kudos. Hope Tonev is as good value as his other buys from the "under 3m lambert bonanza bucket!"

what are the odds that we later find out we only paid a 1.5m or something like that and not the 2.5 being reported. Like you I do enjoy how Lambert quietly goes about his business and fair play to the Faulkner/Randy for supporting him in that.

Did you get the same smug satisfaction from learning that Lowton and Westwood were closer to a million than their 2.5m reported fees? It made me very pleased.

Is this the case, has it been confirmed somewhere? I had only heard the £2.5M figures being bandied about by the media last summer. Certainly good business if the fees were nearer £1M.

[eastie]

I do like having a manager who does not piss about or buy on reputation and kudos. Hope Tonev is as good value as his other buys from the "under 3m lambert bonanza bucket!"

what are the odds that we later find out we only paid a 1.5m or something like that and not the 2.5 being reported. Like you I do enjoy how Lambert quietly goes about his business and fair play to the Faulkner/Randy for supporting him in that.

Did you get the same smug satisfaction from learning that Lowton and Westwood were closer to a million than their 2.5m reported fees? It made me very pleased.

Is this the case, has it been confirmed somewhere? I had only heard the £2.5M figures being bandied about by the media last summer. Certainly good business if the fees were nearer £1M.

Lambert told Alan brazil that Lowton cost around a million on the radio earlier this week.

[PeterWithesShin]

No one signed today? Lambert out!

[danlanza]

No one signed today? Lambert out!

I agree. Lambert out. Lazy bastard.

[FatSam]

Lambert told Alan brazil that Lowton cost around a million on the radio earlier this week.

That's fantastic business. I was wondering the extent to which being a Premier League club distorts negotiations when we are after a player. The way it has turned out, £2.5M would still have been good value based on both of their performances last season.

Wages is another thing; I read somewhere that even though he will presumably be on relatively low wages by Villa (let alone Premier League) standards, Tonev's wages are being multiplied x10 by joining us. He was obviously in line for a better deal having performed well for two seasons in Poland, but the disparity is enormous. I wonder whether the package we were offering was similar to what might have been offered by Celtic/ Werder Bremen, or whether we would have just blown them out of the water?

[danlanza]

Lambert told Alan brazil that Lowton cost around a million on the radio earlier this week.

That's fantastic business. I was wondering the extent to which being a Premier League club distorts negotiations when we are after a player. The way it has turned out, £2.5M would still have been good value based on both of their performances last season.

Wages is another thing; I read somewhere that even though he will presumably be on relatively low wages by Villa (let alone Premier League) standards, Tonev's wages are being multiplied x10 by joining us. He was obviously in line for a better deal having performed well for two seasons in Poland, but the disparity is enormous. I wonder whether the package we were offering was similar to what might have been offered by Celtic/ Werder Bremen, or whether we would have just blown them out of the water?

Totally out of the water. Tonev was offered 17k a week by both Bremen and Celtic. He will be on around 25-27k a week with us and he will earn it. Just saying like.

[gervilla]

I've always disliked Bendtner, but he has it in him to be a really good player.

Probably daft even mentioning his name as his wages would be high, he's a bit of a billy-big-bollocks and we are well stocked (at the moment) in that postion

Never in a million years.