Leandro Bacuna - Sold

[CT Villan]

What a twat...perhaps he should be reminded of this...

[Gareth]

Club should call his bluff and treat this as a transfer request and accept it

[VinnieChase84]

What a twat...perhaps he should be reminded of this...

😂😂😂😂 never seen this. Sums him up nicely

[LeeB]

Club should call his bluff and treat this as a transfer request and accept it

Actually that's not a bad shout.

[Big Dick Edwards]

You have to laugh at just how deluded some professional footballers actually are.

[Flamingo Lane]

Balaban, Gallagher, Ormsby and Bacuna. Total shit. Never fit for a Villa shirt. Diabolical excuse for a footballer and whoever gave him that five deal is also a complete tool.

A bit harsh on Gallagher and Ormsby who, as I recall, never gave less than their best.

[Steve R]

[PeterWithesShin]

Things like this always make me think how we as football fans often have double standards about players, and i'd imagine we're all guilty of it.

If he was happy to stay and just pick up his wages despite not playing like Zog, he'd be slated. He plays and isn't good enough, not his fault he was signed by Villa and given a new contract or isn't up to the standard we expect, he gets slated. He has belief he's better than we think he is, he gets slated. If he was as good as he thinks he is and was off like Benteke was, he'd be slated.

[Steve67]

Balaban, Gallagher, Ormsby and Bacuna. Total shit. Never fit for a Villa shirt. Diabolical excuse for a footballer and whoever gave him that five deal is also a complete tool.

A bit harsh on Gallagher and Ormsby who, as I recall, never gave less than their best.

Fair comment Ian. They were poor players but, yes, they never  just gave up like Bacuna has done, sever times.

[Dave P]

Clubs going through a relegation have inevitably have one or two players who publically plan their escape route. I'm glad it's someone saying this whom 99% of the fan base have mutual feelings about!

[Clark W Griswold]

True but there are degrees of slating. Trying to line himself up for a move to pretty unrealistic clubs after being utterly, utterly shite this season and appearing to not give a shite would line him up for a pretty heavy slating. I think as football fans we just want a player to sign, do their best, preferably contribute something, not talk to the media about transfers and only move on if the Villa accept a bid for them. Surely not too much to ask but sadly this happens less and less these days.

[supertom]

Balaban, Gallagher, Ormsby and Bacuna. Total shit. Never fit for a Villa shirt. Diabolical excuse for a footballer and whoever gave him that five deal is also a complete tool.

A bit harsh on Gallagher and Ormsby who, as I recall, never gave less than their best.

Fair comment Ian. They were poor players but, yes, they never  just gave up like Bacuna has done, sever times.

To be fair to Bosko too, he did alright after he left us and I'm fairly sure Bacuna won't do nearly half as well when he moves on. In addition Bacuna has had chance upon chance and persistently failed us. Bosko had a handful of games and never lived up to his potential.
But as we all know we've put ourselves in a position where a lot of players who'd in the past would not have got near our team, or done much more than made a couple of fleeting, unimpressive appearances, have ended up playing well over 50 games for the club despite quite obviously having nowhere near the talent required.

If we were signing someone like Bosko in the last couple of years he'd have had 50 games by now.

[Ian.]

I admire his self belief, if only he could live up to this and help lift the team off the bottom.

[edgysatsuma89]

Seriously, I'm seeing this as very good news.  I was fearful that much of the dead wood on long contracts would simply sit it out (a la N'Zog), however statements like these give me heart that they'll get themselves a move and we can begin to rebuild.

Exactly what I think. I read it and thought 'great... maybe he will actually f**k off'.

[Ivo Stas]

I've often heard it said on here that Westwood is the worst player to play over 100 games for Villa. Well, I've just read that Bacuna has reached 92 appearances...