Summer 2013: Villa Transfers, Speculation, Suggestions and Rumours

[Damo70]

BBC saying Bannan to Palace could be on...

Palace and Newcastle are getting desperate. Not sure they will get to the stage of Stephen Ireland desperate, but we can hope. Let's face it, if Holloway or Kinnear won't sign him, nobody will.

[Big Dick Edwards]

Sako from Wolves could be a good signing at the right price.

[eamonn]

Nice that Lambert can focus fully on the window between now and when it finishes unlike every other club who have another game to distract them at the weekend.

[Small Rodent]

Nice that Lambert can focus fully on the window between now and when it finishes unlike every other club who have another game to distract them at the weekend.

Let us just cross our fingers and hope, hope, hope, that the fax machine has enough toner and paper before the window SLAMS SHUT!

[ciggiesnbeer]

Nice that Lambert can focus fully on the window between now and when it finishes unlike every other club who have another game to distract them at the weekend.

Let us just cross our fingers and hope, hope, hope, that the fax machine has enough toner and paper before the window SLAMS SHUT!

I want a ticker above it with a running total of the millions spent/sold. Lambert feverishly watching it go up and up as a helicopter makes its way from Heathrow containing the latest mega signing!

[supertom]

Palace is about the best move Bannan could hope for. Holloway was fond of him after his loan spell. He gets to stay in the Premiership (for a season at least) and it's basically a last stab at trying to establish himself as a Premier League quality player. I hope he gets the move.

[charlie659]

Shay Given linked with Liverpool this morning, a potential 50k per week freed up. Fingers crossed.

[Matt C]

The Guardian reporting the Given story: http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/aug/29/liverpool-brendan-rodgers-shay-given

[Des Little]

Let's get him gone ASAP.  Put Ireland in the boot and Bannan in the ashtray.

[pauliewalnuts]

Is Given going to want to go somewhere else he'll be sat on the bench?

[Clampy]

You'd have thought the stripeyfilth would have taken him until Foster was fit.

[Percy McCarthy]

Is Given going to want to go somewhere else he'll be sat on the bench?

I suppose it could be seen as a step up from his situation at the moment. He's not even first reserve with us, and is being treated as a bit of an outcast, training with the kids. At least he'll be wanted there in some capacity. He knows that in a couple of days he'll probably be stuck in his current unsatisfactory position for another four months at least, so that might be playing on his mind a bit. Throw in having his livelihood guaranteed for a bit longer without his employer paying him begrudgingly and it doesn't seem like such a bad move.

[silhillvilla]

Is Given going to want to go somewhere else he'll be sat on the bench?

Quite possibly yes. He's not even second choice with us.

[supertom]

Is Given going to want to go somewhere else he'll be sat on the bench?

Liverpool is a pretty huge club who look potentially like they're on an upward curve again. Second choice there with a keeper ahead of him who's had his share of erratic moments might seem like a good gamble for Shay to take. He'll not have to take a pay cut and he'll get 2-3 years there. He may fancy he could take his chance when he gets it. It seems like Rodgers wants an experienced back up in case of injury or perhaps in case Mignolet has another game akin to the 6-1 against us last season. He was all over the place.

In all honesty I don't know why Arsene doesn't get him for 1-2 years as his number 1. He's better than Szcezeny.

[Damo70]

Arsene was put off goalkeepers from these islands by Richard Wright. He prefers to have two or three foreign keepers competing for the number one slot. He keeps the competition fair by making sure none of them are particularly great.