The January 2015 Transfer Rumour Thread

[kippaxvilla2]

Can't believe they've let him go.  He's never been given a chance.

[wolfman999]

Can't believe they've let him go.  He's never been given a chance.

I guess you can't stand in the way of a player looking to play a higher standard of football.

[Steve67]

It probably pays off the F A fine.

[DrGonzo]

Considering we have (supposedly) some of the best youth training facilities in the country, and our lately abandoned focus on youth policy, our recent output of young players has been underwhelming to say the least.  Wherein does the fault lie? 

[PeterWithesShin]

Aston Villa have tied Easah Suliman down to a two-year professional deal in order to ward off interest from Bayern Munich and Liverpool.

The 16-year-old signed scholarship forms with Villa in the summer but had still been courted by a selection of Europe's biggest clubs.

However Suliman, who has captained England's Under 17 side, has agreed to commit his future to the Premier League outfit.

Aston Villa academy director Sean Kimberley said: 'We're delighted that Easah has signed his first professional contract with the club.

'Easah has been at the club through his foundation years at junior school and he's a Birmingham lad who's come through the local recruitment process.

'We've been able to develop young, local players over the years and it's great that we can continue to do that with Easah.
'He's going away with England U17s next month and he's continuing to make good progress both with them and here at Villa.

'He's at the start of his career now and everything is in front of him.

'The key for him now is to continue to work hard, to maintain the same excellent attitude he has displayed so far and to continue to learn from his coaches.

'Having fought off competition from home and abroad for his signature, everyone here at Villa will help him get the most out of his abilities and we're excited to work with him in the coming years.'

[ozzjim]

Strange but Johnson seems to be doing better than most on loan. Hope he goes on to fulfil his potential and have a good career.

[edgysatsuma89]

Do the opposite of whatever he tells you mate.

[PeterWithesShin]

Strange but Johnson seems to be doing better than most on loan. Hope he goes on to fulfil his potential and have a good career.

I assume with Johnson it's a case of he's now 22, if we don't think he's close to the first team there's no point keeping him. I wish him well but he's probably another promising youngster who couldn't make the step up.

[pauliewalnuts]

"Teams know it can go up a few more pounds because people are desparate to get people in."

Everyone understand what he's talking about?  He talks as if he's having a moan to his mates in the pub.

I find myself not wanting to hear him say anything these days.

I haven't watched a single interview, press piece, segment on SSN, anything whatsoever featuring him talking for at least two months now, and I am much happier for it.

It's not that I buy into that "ho ho ho, he's mumbling, I can't understand what he's saying!!!111!!" thing.

It is because every single thing he says falls into one, or both, of two categories - incredibly depressing or blatantly not true.

Life's too short to listen to that sort of thing. It's like having your bank manager sat in your living room going on about how you should have sorted a pension twenty years ago, how how you're looking at 40 years of penury and then dying in the streets, while your Mrs simultaneously bangs on about the state of the garden.

No thanks.

[dave.woodhall]

Strange but Johnson seems to be doing better than most on loan. Hope he goes on to fulfil his potential and have a good career.

I assume with Johnson it's a case of he's now 22, if we don't think he's close to the first team there's no point keeping him. I wish him well but he's probably another promising youngster who couldn't make the step up.

I didn't realise he was that age. A 22 year old striker probably isn't going to improve much.

[pauliewalnuts]

Strange but Johnson seems to be doing better than most on loan. Hope he goes on to fulfil his potential and have a good career.

I assume with Johnson it's a case of he's now 22, if we don't think he's close to the first team there's no point keeping him. I wish him well but he's probably another promising youngster who couldn't make the step up.

I didn't realise he was that age. A 22 year old striker probably isn't going to improve much.

Said someone to Ian Wright once.








i know, i know

[Malandro]

Strange but Johnson seems to be doing better than most on loan. Hope he goes on to fulfil his potential and have a good career.

I assume with Johnson it's a case of he's now 22, if we don't think he's close to the first team there's no point keeping him. I wish him well but he's probably another promising youngster who couldn't make the step up.

I didn't realise he was that age. A 22 year old striker probably isn't going to improve much.

Said someone to Ian Wright once.








i know, i know

I think I might troll through you tube this weekend - I'm sure the league in that era was so much better than now

[PeterWithesShin]

Can you imagine a player like Ian Wright being missed by every pro club for so long these days? Scary to think it was nearly 30 years ago! Not that I remember him signing for Palace or anything but you know what I mean.

[ozzjim]

He is a central midfielder isn't he?


Anyhow, he has gone, and time will tell if he goes on to better things.


I am still trying to work out how, after years of cutting back the wages, and a 30 million cash increase from TV funding, we are still that skint we can't look to get another player in attacking wise when we have only scored 11 times this season. If we were 4-5 points better off and creating and scoring even with the lower end I would understand. And I don't mean just get Sinclair, I mean have an alternative that we have scouted etc. It is obvious to every man and his dog that Gabby is not up to it and does very little with his pace any more, yet there seems no coherent plan to get someone else in that will.

I just feel like everything that happens at the moment is all very shitty with Villa, with 20 minutes from Gil in a 2-0 defeat being the only bright spot.

[PeterWithesShin]

Considering some of the players we do sign under Lambert are players we often know little about, it does seem strange not to have other options considering the scouting that must go on to find Benteke, Gill, Sylla etc.

It's like Hoolihan again, don't get the player you want and give up. I know it's not that simplistic but it's a bit disheartening.