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Offline eastie

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Re: Summer 2013: Villa Transfers, Speculation, Suggestions and Rumours
« Reply #8430 on: August 22, 2013, 03:53:25 PM »
Right, quiet day at work so I’ve come up with a list of players who I think will move before the deadline and who would also be useful signings for us, assuming we’re still looking for a ‘Number 10’ (given our ‘interest’ in Kiyotake);

Scott Sinclair – looks to be on his way to either WBA or Southampton. Would surely see us a better-bet. Reminds me a lot of Ashley Young, although his celebrity lifestyle might put Lambert off.
Tom Ince – Heard him interviewed on TalkSport the other day and actually seems very level-headed. Going to be a very good player for someone and I’m sure he would see Villa as better for his development that somewhere like Cardiff.
Georginio Wijnaldum – We’ve been (very) tentatively linked to him so I watched him for PSV against AC Milan this week. Looks really, really quick, but quite raw still. Given that PSV are still in with a shout of qualifying for the CL I don’t they’d look to sell before the 2nd leg, but if they go out they may look to cash-in.
Ryad Boudebouz – I know next to nothing about him, but the Daily Mail claims our scouts have watched him play for Sochaux. Plus, Wikipedia confirms that he is literally (in the literal-sense of the word) a Number 10.
Shaun Maloney – I know he still divides opinion but I think he’d be a more-than-useful addition to the squad and probably a cheap one too. We’d know exactly what we’d get from him too, would be completely risk-free.
Nick Powell – Played with Ashley Westwood at Crewe and has always impressed me when I’ve seen him. Stagnating in United’s reserves and would be a great fit for us, IMO. Maybe more of a holding midfielder than a Number 10, but would be a good signing regardless.


Some really good options on that list - very well thought out indeed and any of those would add a bit extra to our squad  , not too costly either.

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Re: Summer 2013: Villa Transfers, Speculation, Suggestions and Rumours
« Reply #8431 on: August 22, 2013, 04:08:38 PM »
Thanks eastie. I await my call to join the scouting team...!

Offline alan_clarke

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Re: Summer 2013: Villa Transfers, Speculation, Suggestions and Rumours
« Reply #8432 on: August 22, 2013, 06:05:03 PM »
If someone else had £100m to spend on Bale the viability of that much is quite different to any other club and Madrid. They will shift so many shirts and other merchandise with his name on it they'll already be well on their way to recouping it back. Not many other clubs would be able to do that even if they had the cash to spend.

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Re: Summer 2013: Villa Transfers, Speculation, Suggestions and Rumours
« Reply #8433 on: August 22, 2013, 06:13:47 PM »
Will Real recoup their money by selling Ronaldo to Man U? Wouldn't surprise me to see Man U letting Rooney go and trying to get him.

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Re: Summer 2013: Villa Transfers, Speculation, Suggestions and Rumours
« Reply #8434 on: August 22, 2013, 06:30:22 PM »
Madrid's whole philosophy is predicated on being viewed as the biggest football in world football. They will spend stupid money just to continue that and when Neymar chose Barcelona over them and with the style of football Barca have been playing over the last few years, they're scared of losing that image and need the Bale deal just to try and keep up their image.

Real are negotiating a new deal with Ronaldo and with the kind of salary a £90m player is going to command, Ronaldo will use that to get the best deal. He'll probably sign a new contract and be on something like £400k/wk.

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Re: Summer 2013: Villa Transfers, Speculation, Suggestions and Rumours
« Reply #8435 on: August 22, 2013, 06:33:37 PM »
Will Real recoup their money by selling Ronaldo to Man U? Wouldn't surprise me to see Man U letting Rooney go and trying to get him.

Well they've kept his #7 shirt available so I can see both of those moves happening late in the window.

I will definitely be avoiding Sky Sports on that day.

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Re: Summer 2013: Villa Transfers, Speculation, Suggestions and Rumours
« Reply #8436 on: August 22, 2013, 07:35:57 PM »
I think Bales on a bit of hiding to nothing. He'll never be able to live up to that tag. That tag puts an expectation on him to be up there with Ronaldo and Messi. As bloody good a player as Bale is, he's a country mile from those two. He's stepping up to a better league, a better team, sharing the spotlight with a group of galactico's. He's got to try and steal limelight off Ronaldo, either playing in the same time, or filling the void if Ron is moved on (which would be insanity to be honest).

I think if Bale stayed at Spurs, they'd have the potential to win the league. He could win a title with them, looking at the other elements they've added to their squad and a good young manager. That said they may now need to sell.

If he goes to Madrid he'll be in the CL but he'll likely finish 2nd to Barca, probably won't win the CL. Plus there's little patience there. If he doesn't hit the ground running, he could find himself coming back to England in a year or two in a cut price deal to one of the Manc's, or Chelsea. Hell maybe back to Spurs if they've moved up a level.

Online eric woolban woolban

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Re: Summer 2013: Villa Transfers, Speculation, Suggestions and Rumours
« Reply #8437 on: August 22, 2013, 08:06:57 PM »
Or to the newbies of the champions league. Aston Villa.

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Re: Summer 2013: Villa Transfers, Speculation, Suggestions and Rumours
« Reply #8438 on: August 22, 2013, 08:12:59 PM »
Or to the newbies of the champions league. Aston Villa.

Bale plus £50m, summer after next.

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Re: Summer 2013: Villa Transfers, Speculation, Suggestions and Rumours
« Reply #8439 on: August 22, 2013, 09:33:41 PM »
Financial Fair Play my arse. Spain's economy's in the toilet, Real must owe their biggest banks billions...like that loan will ever be called in this side of hell freezing over. Utterly ridiculous amount of money to pay for Bale. He's kept Spurs near to the top four on his own the last two seasons, but he'll never be as effective again either in Spain or when he comes back to Britain in approximately eighteen months.

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Re: Summer 2013: Villa Transfers, Speculation, Suggestions and Rumours
« Reply #8440 on: August 22, 2013, 10:14:12 PM »
Will Real recoup their money by selling Ronaldo to Man U? Wouldn't surprise me to see Man U letting Rooney go and trying to get him.


No chance this summer. Madrid are actually very light on strikers in their squad, it's basically Benzema (strongly linked with Arsenal) and a couple of YTS lads in reserve.

I assume with Bale signing the plan will be to move Ronaldo centrally which he's played plenty of times in the past.

That said he could well leave next summer as he doesn't seem to want to sign a new deal.

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Re: Summer 2013: Villa Transfers, Speculation, Suggestions and Rumours
« Reply #8441 on: August 22, 2013, 10:16:35 PM »
Back to Villa, more tentative links to Fischer today.

He does look very much like he would fit into the system well.

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Re: Summer 2013: Villa Transfers, Speculation, Suggestions and Rumours
« Reply #8442 on: August 22, 2013, 10:40:42 PM »
Back to Villa, more tentative links to Fischer today.

He does look very much like he would fit into the system well.

Is he Czech, mate?

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Re: Summer 2013: Villa Transfers, Speculation, Suggestions and Rumours
« Reply #8443 on: August 23, 2013, 07:02:27 AM »
No, he's a Great Dane...

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Re: Summer 2013: Villa Transfers, Speculation, Suggestions and Rumours
« Reply #8444 on: August 23, 2013, 07:21:49 AM »
Back to Villa, more tentative links to Fischer today.

He does look very much like he would fit into the system well.

No, but he's excellent en passant the ball

Is he Czech, mate?

 


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