The January 2015 Transfer Rumour Thread

[Clampy]

Aston Villa face a battle to keep defender Aly Cissokho, 27, with Spurs and Napoli showing interest in the Frenchman. (Daily Mirror)

Well, that's a bit out of left-field. Ben Davies and a few million then Spurs and he's all yours.

It's one of James Nursey's efforts so it's probably bollocks.

[Richard E]

James Nursey is definitely of the "even a stopped clock is right twice a day" school of transfer speculation. If you recall Ki Sung Yeung was nailed on signing for us in the summer.

[Ron Manager]

Austin has 11 goals and 3 assists in 15 appearances, including goals against Chavski, Man Citeh. It might be a purple patch he's having, but it's a long one as he has an average of more than a goal a game in his pro career so far. 31 in 54 for Swindon in Division 3, 58 in 113 in Division 2 for Burnley and QPR and now that 11 in 15 in the top flight.

Were we not linked strongly with Austin a couple of seasons ago when he was at Burnley? Didn't he have a medical problem or something like that and it all fizzled out?

[Billy Walker]

James Nursey is clearly on a one man mission to wind up Villa fans as he seems to be linking every Villa player under the sun to the terminally shite Tottenham Hotspur.  Come to think of it, the Mirror have been keen to link our players to Spurs ever since they came up with the Benteke story - maybe they have learnt this type of winding up Villa guff generates a lot of page clicks.

[Richard E]

Austin has 11 goals and 3 assists in 15 appearances, including goals against Chavski, Man Citeh. It might be a purple patch he's having, but it's a long one as he has an average of more than a goal a game in his pro career so far. 31 in 54 for Swindon in Division 3, 58 in 113 in Division 2 for Burnley and QPR and now that 11 in 15 in the top flight.

Were we not linked strongly with Austin a couple of seasons ago when he was at Burnley? Didn't he have a medical problem or something like that and it all fizzled out?

His dad Steve was a superb player - incredibly quick, incredibly strong, could out-jump anyone for headers, absolutely unstoppable shot on him, eagle eye for the pass. He cost 6 million dollars, and that was in the 70s.

[BoskoDjembaSalifou]

Cissokho isn't even good enough to be linked with a move away. Strange rumour.

[Dave]

Cissokho isn't even good enough to be linked with a move away.

Well he clearly is, because he has been.

[PaulWinch again]

Disagree I think he's been a bargain at a couple of million.

[Clampy]

Cissokho isn't even good enough to be linked with a move away. Strange rumour.

If that's the case, 6 different clubs wouldn't have signed him. He'd still be at his first one.

[RussellC]

A bit of a tangent, but I'm still undecided as to whether I rate Cissokho or not. I can't remember at any stage of a match thinking that he's done anything particularly well, or particularly badly.  I suppose for a full-back that's not a bad thing, although I do think we need to see more form him with the ball if we continue to deploy him as a wing-back.

[Clampy]

Cissokho started really well, had a bit of a dip in form but overall I think he's been a good buy.

[tomd2103]

A bit of a tangent, but I'm still undecided as to whether I rate Cissokho or not. I can't remember at any stage of a match thinking that he's done anything particularly well, or particularly badly.  I suppose for a full-back that's not a bad thing, although I do think we need to see more form him with the ball if we continue to deploy him as a wing-back.

He is solid defensively and is capable of putting the odd decent cross in.  He is not particularly good in possession, but when you consider what we paid for him and what had before (Bennett, Luna and Stevens) I think he's been a decent bit of business. 

[Toronto Villa]

Cissokho isn't even good enough to be linked with a move away. Strange rumour.

If that's the case, 6 different clubs wouldn't have signed him. He'd still be at his first one.

Clamps, you missed the bit where everyone at Villa is shit so how could any player have any kind of value at all?

[brontebilly]

A bit of a tangent, but I'm still undecided as to whether I rate Cissokho or not. I can't remember at any stage of a match thinking that he's done anything particularly well, or particularly badly.  I suppose for a full-back that's not a bad thing, although I do think we need to see more form him with the ball if we continue to deploy him as a wing-back.

He is solid defensively and is capable of putting the odd decent cross in.  He is not particularly good in possession, but when you consider what we paid for him and what had before (Bennett, Luna and Stevens) I think he's been a decent bit of business.

Cissokho is definitely better than the trio you have mentioned.

Unfortunately, the more games he plays the worse he is getting. Decent athlete certainly which but an incredibly limited footballer.

Defensively he is ok but does give away some really stupid freekicks.

He also is patently unsuited to what we need from our full backs coming forward.

With Vlaar back, it has been interesting that Lambert has preferred Clark going to left back/wing back rather than keeping Cissokho on.

[BoskoDjembaSalifou]

Cissokho isn't even good enough to be linked with a move away.

Well he clearly is, because he has been.

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