Summer 2013: Villa Transfers, Speculation, Suggestions and Rumours

[Miguelito]

Over the last two seasons at Spurs and Swansea he has proven that he is excellent on the ball, solid defender, good in the air and can pop up with a goal. He's also shown he can be a leader in his time with U21's. Also only 21 and with a couple of years development at Cardiff i'd be surprised if he's not an England regular and moving on to a top team like Cahill did.

You just have to see the response of the Spurs fans as an indication of what a good player he's been for them last year.

[Dante Lavelli]

Caulker did do well for Swansea the season before last on loan

To be honest I think that is the main difference between him and Clark/Baker.  After another season, they'll hopefully be as good.

[paul_e]

I've seen nothing of Shelvey to suggest he'll ever be a regular in a decent premier league team.

Hughes has the potential to be one of the top midfielders in europe in my opinion, he's got exceptional technique, balance and vision, is very strong (for a guy who's 18), has a burst of pace, has a decent shot on him and has a great engine.  He can be a bit 1 footed at times but as mentioned he's still very young and has improved hugely over the last year.

[TheSandman]

VK isn’t on his own with his love for Altidore, there’s an American correspondent on the BBC World Football Phone In who reckons that if he played the majority of league and cup games he’d get between 15-20 goals this coming season.

The next week, they had a guy on who had seen a lot of him in the Eredivise who reckoned he'd be unlikely to see double figures and that Fletcher was far, far better.

Shelvey is utterly shit.

[Steve R]

Caulker looks a very good prospect to me. £8 mill though, Jesus H.

[Toronto Villa]

Caulker looks a very good prospect to me. £8 mill though, Jesus H.

precisely. Prospect Jores Okore at £4m or Caulker at twice the price? I'm glad we looked abroad

[JUAN PABLO]

Darren Bent  does not fancy playing for Newcastle after speaking to Kinnear. No suprise there

[supertom]

Darren Bent  does not fancy playing for Newcastle after speaking to Kinnear. No suprise there

He probably got fed up of being called Marcus over and over again.

[Mister E]

Caulker looks a very good prospect to me. £8 mill though, Jesus H.

precisely. Prospect Jores Okore at £4m or Caulker at twice the price? I'm glad we looked abroad

Well, actually if you brought both together in one team you might have a really good CB partnership for £12m. Albeit a little expensively.

You have to grudgingly admire Spurrrrrrrrs' ability to sell players high - Hutton, JJ (loan) and Caulker have all brought in top dollar for them. And looks like Bale may do the same.

[Toronto Villa]

Caulker looks a very good prospect to me. £8 mill though, Jesus H.

precisely. Prospect Jores Okore at £4m or Caulker at twice the price? I'm glad we looked abroad

Well, actually if you brought both together in one team you might have a really good CB partnership for £12m. Albeit a little expensively.

You have to grudgingly admire Spurrrrrrrrs' ability to sell players high - Hutton, JJ (loan) and Caulker have all brought in top dollar for them. And looks like Bale may do the same.

the transfer market geniuses paid a combined £16m for Hutton and Jenas

Edit: and they have now agreed to pay £26m for Soldado who isn't a regular in the Spanish national side, is 28 and has never played in the PL instead of pulling the trigger (thankfully) on Benteke. Much younger, has a solid PL record in his first season and the starting CF for Belgium. Now we might have been asking for £35m but it's not like they are getting Soldado on the cheap.

[paul_e]

a lot of tottenham's ability to sell players comes from the press over exaggerating their ability.

[mrastonvilla]

Dont forget the transfer genius of signing David Bentley for £15M on a six year contract.

[TheSandman]

And I remember there being hell on here about us missing out on him and ending up with a certain James Milner for less coin.

[Mazrim]

I was a fan of getting Bentley, I'll hold my hands up.
I still maintain he a was fabulously talented player but never got over himself.
For whatever reason, going to Spurs finished him.

He also chose blues instead of seppuku. What a fool.

[Toronto Villa]

I was a fan of getting Bentley, I'll hold my hands up.
I still maintain he a was fabulously talented player but never got over himself.
For whatever reason, going to Spurs finished him.

He also chose blues instead of seppuku. What a fool.

he maxed out when he did that youtube thing kicking ball into a skip from a rooftop. He's been shit ever since. I'm guessing like Bendtner he just can't stop looking at himself in the mirror and his career just passed him by. I was a fan of his too. Brilliant at times at Blackburn. Like the story of many talented players who get way ahead of themselves, believe all of the hype and just fizzle out.