Transfer Speculation / Gossip

[Rudy Can't Fail]

I think Hernandez would definitely come under the category of a special case which has been hinted at when it comes to paying wages.

Agreed. He's a cracking player with a fantastic attitude that's been wasted at the Plastics. I'd love to see him playing for the Villa. My guess though is he'll be off to Spain.

[supertom]

No chance on any of them in the current regime to be honest.

I'd definitely like to see Holtby and Hernandez here. Both would improve us a great deal. Hernandez playing off Benteke would be potentially brilliant.

Don't think we'll see either, barring a takeover.

[mr underhill]

I thought Holtby was one of the players Mumbles said he wanted but couldn't afford? Even with a takeover, I can't see him coming, sounds like the sort of stuff Doug made his own just to keep fans on side and season ticket sales coming through.

[supertom]

I want to know more than anything else what the fuck is the problem over Helenius. We can't even judge the poor lad, all I know is I have no faith anymore in Holt, Weimann and Gabby. Why bother buying him?

It's bizarre. His last appearance was Sheff Utd in the cup. He came on, impressed (at least in comparison to his team mates that day) and more importantly scored a goal. That confidence would have been great to build on, but Lambert hasn't played the lad since. He's made 3 sub appearences in the league. Bowery's played more this season. It's ridiculous.
I mean at the end of the day, Bowery was a League 2 also-ran, Helenius scored regularly in the Danish top flight and has appeared for the national side.

[Dave]

N'Zogbia is definitely worth a place in our match day eighteen.

Even when he can't run?

[Damo70]

N'Zogbia is definitely worth a place in our match day eighteen.

Even when he can't run?

The obvious punchline to that is at the moment yes. What I meant was the signs were that he was going to be frozen out even before his injury.

[sid1964]

I just cannot see any of the 3 joining us, these players will be looking to play for clubs who are towards the top of the league, rather than fighting relegation

Reminds me of Ellis, saying just before season tickets went on sale....."you watch what we do in the summer" 

[ADVILLAFAN]

I just cannot see any of the 3 joining us, these players will be looking to play for clubs who are towards the top of the league, rather than fighting relegation

Reminds me of Ellis, saying just before season tickets went on sale....."you watch what we do in the summer" 

Exactly, it's just a ruse to encourage season ticket sales.

[Villain1874]

I usually enjoy reading our speculation threads but at this moment in time we have such big questions hanging over our heads I'm finding it difficult to even think about new players arriving at Villa Park...

The questions that need to be answered..

1: Is Aston Villa F.C up for sale?

1a: If Aston Villa is up for sale have new owners been found or how many interested parties are there?

1b: If Aston Villa F.C are not for sale what is Randy Lerner's plans for moving us forward and will he commit to investing more money into the playing staff?

2: Will Paul Lambert remain Aston Villa manager if we manage to stay in the Premier League and will he remain manager if there is a take over?

I want these questions answered before I think about anything else because the answers that we get could make a huge difference to who we sign and how the club moves forward...

[Dave]

N'Zogbia is definitely worth a place in our match day eighteen.

Even when he can't run?

The obvious punchline to that is at the moment yes. What I meant was the signs were that he was going to be frozen out even before his injury.

The only real sign that I can see is that he was given a shirt-number that didn't befit a first-team player. But I still feel that could be due to them knowing he wouldn't play this season.

Unlike Hutton and Bent there was no real sign of him being frozen out - he played 28 games last season and was part of the squad pretty much through the end, prior to his injury over the summer.

He doesn't seem to fit the M.O of the other players that it was clear we were trying to get rid out.

[Toronto Villa]

People aren't going to believe it until it happens. And rightly so. But much will depend on the ownership, and naturally all of this is hypothetical based on players the current manager might want. If ownership/manager changes all of the targets could change. But as for these kinds of players wanting to coming to us, I absolutely think they would. We're a big club in the PL with the potential to be a lot bigger. Perspectives are reset to a point when the season ends. If the money is right and the objectives are clear then you can attract very good players. The key piece will be what our objectives are once the season ends. It will pretty much dictate everything.

[Stu]

If we stay up and there isn't a significant spend on the squad (we need a new defence and midfield), then we'll go down next year after a season-long battering.

The squad is crap and that's all there is to it.

[Dave]

As F365 put it:

The Sun's resident Scot Graeme Bryce has long been a cheerleader for Aston Villa's resident (for now) Scot Paul Lambert.
 
In July Bryce wrote: 'NEVER mind Christian Benteke. If I was Aston Villa owner Randy Lerner I would be drawing up a lucrative new contract for Paul Lambert pronto.'
 
And in January he wrote a really quite preposterous column claiming that Lambert was doing a better job at Aston Villa than Mauricio Pochettino at Southampton.
 
You could say he is a fan.
 
So Mediawatch is not surprised to find that it is Bryce breaking the 'exclusive' news that Lambert wants to sign Javier Hernandez, Joleon Lescott and Lewis Holtby this summer. Where on earth could he have got that information? Who would possibly benefit from releasing an eye-catching but incredibly unlikely list of summer targets for Villa? Targets that will 'excite Villa fans', no less.

If Mediawatch were the cynical type we would think....oh sod it, we are the cynical type...

[Ron Manager]

1. Randy Lerner will not give Lambert a penny to buy new players if he intends to sell the club within a couple of months.
2. If he does sell ,the new owners will wish to give Lambert his P45 and install a new manager who will then ask for the finance to buy his own choice of players.

Simple really

[UK Redsox]

Yep, they're names that are just believable enough to get a few people exited.