Summer 2013: Villa Transfers, Speculation, Suggestions and Rumours

[WALTERS WARRIORS]

Newcastle are trying to get us to pay the 1408% APR on the loan they have got to buy Bent. Apparently we won't even meet them halfway. They have until payday to pay it back.

Nice touch Pig. Made me chuckle ........

[DrGonzo]

It's not going to happen.  He is neither young nor hungry enough, and his wages well exceed anything we are prepared to pay.  Can we stop now?

[olaftab]

But he is Young!

[Michel Sibble]

Hollywood Bannan to Blackburn for an undisclosed fee (£750,000)

[saunders_heroes]

Hollywood Bannan to Blackburn for an undisclosed fee (£750,000)

Where you heard that?

[PeterWithesShin]

Hollywood Bannan to Blackburn for an undisclosed fee (£750,000)

Where you heard that?

Eve Mail

Barry Bannan is set to kickstart his career at Blackburn after falling out of favour at Villa.

Bannan, who has one year left on his contract, was ideally hoping to stay in the Premier League, but the Championship club have registered a strong interest in the 23-year-old midfielder.

Villa had high hopes for Bannan when he came through the Bodymoor Heath academy ranks and made his debut as a substitute in a UEFA Cup defeat at Hamburg in December 2008.

But after 50 league and cup starts and 33 sub appearances, scoring two goals, he has been deemed surplus to requirements by Paul Lambert and has been training away from the first team squad.

[richard moore]

Hollywood Bannan to Blackburn for an undisclosed fee (£750,000)

About right it seems to me. Club and fee. I never really rated him and he's ugly too

[saunders_heroes]

Championship is about his level. Thank god we won't ever have to suffer another of his awful floated corners again.

[gervilla]

£750,000 doesn't seem like much for a 23 year old full international with 64 Premier League appearances.

[UK Redsox]

£750,000 doesn't seem like much for a 23 year old full international with 64 Premier League starts.

They're paying by the foot

[Irish villain]

£750,000 doesn't seem like much for a 23 year old full international with 64 Premier League starts.

One year left on his contract?

[PeterWithesShin]

Hopefully we put in a sell-on clause. Just in case he does end up decent.

[Malandro]

Hopefully we put in a sell-on clause. Just in case he does end up decent.

I'd be putting in a 'no come back' clause

[Steve67]

750k is probably about 400k too much.  He will never make it in the Premier Division and I think this move is the start of the slippery, downward spiral for little Barry.  No doubts, he'll end up at Walsall and be a superstar for them.

[dave shelley]

Whatever peoples opinions of BB, he is part of our club's history and goes on the role of honour as a Scottish International.  To my knowledge (others may know better) he has never publicly criticised the club.  For all of the foregoing he deserves our thanks and I for one wish him well wherever his future takes him.