Transfer Speculation / Gossip

[silhillvilla]

How reliable is the Telegraph? I hope this happens.

Whatever goes in that paper is Nailed on. That's a proper paper that, the big sheets of paper you see people in the Home Counties wrestling with.

[PaulWinch again]

Ki's a good player.

[pauliewalnuts]

OMG! Look! He's got it as "breaking"!

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BREAKING: Ki deal DONE #avfc

[RussellC]

I'd be very happy with Ki. Would certainly improve my outlook on the summer. Not only is he a very effective deep-lying midfielder, he's also pretty handy going forward. I've always wondered why Swansea don't seem to want him.

[saunders_heroes]

Can't say I know anything about Ki. Is he any good?

[ozzjim]

Very good player. Very, very pleased if we get this one done.

[David_Nab]

John Percy from the Telegraph is generally spot on with his Villa stories.

Ki is a good player IMO was one of Sunderlands best players last season, TBH surprised Swansea can't find a place for him.

[Matt Collins]

Very very pleasantly surprised if we pull this off

Still leaves us lightweight. But he can sit in front of the back four and he can pass it

Wonder how lambert sees that working? Alongside Westwood and Delph, or instead of Westwood?

Could see Delph slightly further forward of the three?

[walsall villain]

Can't say I know anything about Ki. Is he any good?

I thought he looked good when he played against us at Villa Park last year (I know, so did loads of other players). Pleased if this is true though.

[SoccerHQ]

Really surprised Swansea are letting him go and also Sunderland don't want him full time as he did really well there I thought.

Be interested to see what the fee is...you'd think it would be in the 4-5m range.

[SoccerHQ]

How reliable is the Telegraph? I hope this happens.

Whatever goes in that paper is Nailed on. That's a proper paper that, the big sheets of paper you see people in the Home Counties wrestling with.

Always amusing when I see posts like this. Yes the tabloids are rags but the Sun for example have called the Tonev and Vlaar deals before anyone else in the previous two summers.

Didn't the Telegraph have some bogus takeover story a few weeks back.

[dave.woodhall]

"closing in on" does seem a lot more specific that the usual idle talk, and our transfers are usually done on the quiet.

[WALTERS WARRIORS]

Would be very happy with Ki. He is a massive improvement to what we have ......

[Matt Collins]

I just remembered cattermole played quite a lot last year. So Ki must be capable of playing wider / more advanced, or as a pair.

I know others don't like him bit I could see ki and Westwood working well together and getting a hold on games

Hopefully we'll see some more passing this season

[SoccerHQ]

Well Lambert is signing premier league experience players at least which is what was called for.

Our actually 11 doesn't look that bad BUT it's dependant on no injuries which obviously won't happen and Benteke getting back as quickly as possible as we looked very toothless after he got injured given the unreliability of Gabby and Weimann and kozak still a bit off returning.