Transfer Speculation / Gossip

[Toronto Villa]

I'd like to see a battle royale between villa kicks and John Blackwell of utterly bollocks transfer suggestions. It would be beyond bizarre

[rob_bridge]

Have we had Villa Kick's war and peace length list of players yet who  would slot right in at VP? Wasn't his always headed by Altidore?

Yes. and Ronaldinho wasn't a realistic option.

I think the lad/youth/teenager/kidplayed far far too much Championship Manager - probably the 2008-09 version.

[Dave]

Jay Spearing for central midfield alongside Shelvey.

[RussellC]

If we are looking for forward options, how about Altidore?

I've been toying with suggesting this for about an hour, but, here goes...

How about Wellbeck?

Van Gaal wants to let him go, but not to a rival. Would surely be a better option than Weimann or Agbonlahor...

**Dives for cover**

I'll pretend that you never suggested that even in jest.

blimey get that quote right so it doesn't look like I'm suggesting Wellbeck

Sorry - you were my cover!

I'm serious though - I think he'd be a really good addition for us, and a different option to the strikers we have in the squad at the moment.

[rob_bridge]

Doubt Wellbeck would be in our wage range. He must be on 50-60k at Yooo-niiited.

I think he plays well for England on the whole but not sure he would be good for us.

[PeterWithesShin]

Mirror.

Danny Welbeck has been told he can leave Manchester United - but not for one of their Premier League rivals.

Louis van Gaal has told the England striker he can leave United, with Wayne Rooney and Robin van Persie his first-choice strike partnership.

But United have told Welbeck and his representatives the forward cannot join a top-six club, despite interest from Arsenal and Tottenham.

United do not want Welbeck to sign for a club that could potentially deny them a return to the top four and the Champions League.

Welbeck is valued at around £15million by United, and the 23-year-old has already been the subject of interest from Hull boss Steve Bruce.

Under former United boss David Moyes, Welbeck became disillusioned at being marginalised, and it is a similar situation under van Gaal.

[paul_e]

I see Welbeck as a modern version of Heskey, he'll always work hard and his teammates will appreciate it but he'll never score many, he just doesn't have that instinct around the box.  Not a bad player but not one I'd be looking to bring it to help out our creative/goal-scoring requirements.

[Toronto Villa]

If we are looking for forward options, how about Altidore?

I've been toying with suggesting this for about an hour, but, here goes...

How about Wellbeck?

Van Gaal wants to let him go, but not to a rival. Would surely be a better option than Weimann or Agbonlahor...

**Dives for cover**

I'll pretend that you never suggested that even in jest.

blimey get that quote right so it doesn't look like I'm suggesting Wellbeck

Sorry - you were my cover!

I'm serious though - I think he'd be a really good addition for us, and a different option to the strikers we have in the squad at the moment.

I just think we should wait on Kozak and Benteke returning as opposed to spending anything on a player that might end up in a similar position to the one he finds himself in now. I'd like to see if Weimann can come through after last week, and we ultimately need more goals from our midfield and defence as opposed to just relying on the forwards.

[Richard E]

Mirror.

Danny Welbeck has been told he can leave Manchester United - but not for one of their Premier League rivals.

Louis van Gaal has told the England striker he can leave United, with Wayne Rooney and Robin van Persie his first-choice strike partnership.

But United have told Welbeck and his representatives the forward cannot join a top-six club, despite interest from Arsenal and Tottenham.

United do not want Welbeck to sign for a club that could potentially deny them a return to the top four and the Champions League.

Welbeck is valued at around £15million by United, and the 23-year-old has already been the subject of interest from Hull boss Steve Bruce.

Under former United boss David Moyes, Welbeck became disillusioned at being marginalised, and it is a similar situation under van Gaal.

So they don't think he's good enough to get them back into the Champions League, but he might be good enough to get one of their rivals into it. Interesting logic.

[damon loves JT]

If we are looking for forward options, how about Altidore?

Only if we can partner him with Jermaine Beckford

[RussellC]

I see Welbeck as a modern version of Heskey, he'll always work hard and his teammates will appreciate it but he'll never score many, he just doesn't have that instinct around the box.  Not a bad player but not one I'd be looking to bring it to help out our creative/goal-scoring requirements.

I can see what you mean, but Welbeck’s got a much better touch and awareness than Heskey ever did, which makes him much more of asset in the formation that we rend to play, with 2 guys playing either side of a central striker. Granted, he's not prolific, but I think he'd weigh-in with his fair share of assists in that position.

I wouldn't be keen to spend £15m on him (nor, I’m sure, would Randy), but as a loan option I think he’d be a massive upgrade on Weimann or Agbonlahor.

[LeeB]

Mirror.

Danny Welbeck has been told he can leave Manchester United - but not for one of their Premier League rivals.

Louis van Gaal has told the England striker he can leave United, with Wayne Rooney and Robin van Persie his first-choice strike partnership.

But United have told Welbeck and his representatives the forward cannot join a top-six club, despite interest from Arsenal and Tottenham.

United do not want Welbeck to sign for a club that could potentially deny them a return to the top four and the Champions League.

Welbeck is valued at around £15million by United, and the 23-year-old has already been the subject of interest from Hull boss Steve Bruce.

Under former United boss David Moyes, Welbeck became disillusioned at being marginalised, and it is a similar situation under van Gaal.

That's us out then.

[Mellin]

Heskey was a better player at the same age. Wasn't he about 23 when he scored 20 plus goals in a season for Liverpool? Bit of a beast before he had it all trained out of him.

[Phil from the upper holte]

I think Wellbeck is one of the most overrated players I've seen in quite some time..Alongside Wilshire

[kippaxvilla2]

I really do not rate Wellbeck at all.  Happy to let Bruce continue his single handed bankrupting of Hull with average cast offs.