Transfer Speculation / Gossip

[Mister E]

N'Zog is so flaky we'd be mad to bank on him.
Bendtner is crap and the idea that we're even thinking about him is baffling, astonishing and - frankly - mad.

[peter w]

thank fuck for that. Grant Holt's twice the footballer Bendtner will ever be.

well, twice the size anyway.

[silhillvilla]

Charles N'Zogbia has assumed a reputation during his lay off that I never saw any reason for when he was actually playing.   Likewise Marc Albrighton has had every aspect of his performances for us downgraded since he chose to leave.   One fan's opinion but I do not believe Charles N'Zogbia is much cop.

Thanks Brian, comments noted and filed.

[Steve67]

Charles N'Zogbia has assumed a reputation during his lay off that I never saw any reason for when he was actually playing.   Likewise Marc Albrighton has had every aspect of his performances for us downgraded since he chose to leave.   One fan's opinion but I do not believe Charles N'Zogbia is much cop.

Thanks Brian, comments noted and filed.

We do exactly the same thing with Jores Okore. He gets better and better having not played.

[Ads]

I don't see people overestimating N'Zogbia's abilities. I have seen plenty argue that he lacks vision and is frustratingly in and out in terms of contribution. But I have also seen people give credit where it is due and rightly suggest that he has more to offer our side than not.

[peter w]

it's amazing how well he plays when he's in the final year of his contract. See Wigan. I expect him to be well motivated next season.

[ozzjim]

Lets hope so eh. In fact, I hope the same with Gabby too. Nothing like the need to be brilliant to get someone to shell out fortunes for you to drive you on.

NZogbia runs down blind alleys, gives it away, frustrates and annoys. Still better than anything else we have creativity wise.

[Matt Collins]

N'zogbia has been a really big disappointment. But he played a pretty important role in the back end of the season before last. Think about the games against WBA, west ham, QPR, arsenal

He certainly contributed a lot more than albrighton has in the last two years.

[silhillvilla]

Lets hope so eh. In fact, I hope the same with Gabby too. Nothing like the need to be brilliant to get someone to shell out fortunes for you to drive you on.

NZogbia runs down blind alleys, gives it away, frustrates and annoys. Still better than anything else we have creativity wise.

Yeah but for every say 8 blind alleys or cul de sacs there comes an A road or autobahn. See west ham home game from season before last.

[pauliewalnuts]

N'zogbia has been a really big disappointment. But he played a pretty important role in the back end of the season before last. Think about the games against WBA, west ham, QPR, arsenal

He certainly contributed a lot more than albrighton has in the last two years.

There is far more hope of us getting something decent out of N'Zogbia than a lot of our players.

[ozzjim]

Lets hope so eh. In fact, I hope the same with Gabby too. Nothing like the need to be brilliant to get someone to shell out fortunes for you to drive you on.

NZogbia runs down blind alleys, gives it away, frustrates and annoys. Still better than anything else we have creativity wise.

Yeah but for every say 8 blind alleys or cul de sacs there comes an A road or autobahn. See west ham home game from season before last.

Exactly the point I am making and did on the previous page. At least he looks to try and make something happen.

[kippaxvilla2]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/aston-villa/10958016/Aston-Villa-manager-Paul-Lambert-ready-to-offload-seven-players-to-raise-transfer-funds.html

If they are wrong, then someone claiming to be ITK is seriously misleading them.

Paul Lambert has made seven players available for transfer as he bids to raise funds at Aston Villa.

Lambert will listen to offers for £3million defender Joe Bennett and Scotland international Alan Hutton, plus a number of last summer’s signings including Aleksandar Tonev and Antonio Luna.

Nicklas Helenius became the first departure on Wednesday after completing a return to Danish club Aalborg on a season-long loan, barely 12 months after arriving for £1.2million.

And Lambert is also keen to shift fringe players Yacouba Sylla, Chris Herd and Enda Stevens as he desperately attempts to shake up his squad.

The Villa manager met with owner Randy Lerner on Tuesday and emphasised once again that funds are sorely needed to strengthen the squad, despite the growing uncertainty over the club’s future direction.

Lerner will make some money available and has promised that all funds Lambert raises through player sales will go towards potential new recruits.

However, Villa are almost certain to face great difficulty offloading many of the players who have failed to make an impression over the past two seasons.

Bennett, signed from Middlesbrough in 2012, was effectively replaced last season by Spanish defender Luna but both left-backs have struggled, leading to the arrival of Chelsea’s Ryan Bertrand on loan in January.

West Bromwich Albion are interested in taking Hutton but the defender will have to take a pay cut in order to move across the West Midlands.

Darren Bent, the club’s £24million record signing, has attracted interest from Turkish clubs Fenerbahce and Trabzonspor but may earn a surprise reprieve under Lambert due to injuries to Christian Benteke and Libor Kozak.

Lambert has made another appointment to his back-room staff by bringing in Andy Marshall as goalkeeping coach.

[Des Little]

Who is going to give us a round coin for any of that lot?

[silhillvilla]

Wow that's depressing . And Andy Marshall is back.

[kippaxvilla2]

I am imagining a chain smoking Lambert in his office late at night with an add listing machine, with till rolls streaming out into the corridor.