The January 2015 Transfer Rumour Thread

[olaftab]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2881190/Fabian-Delph-Ron-Vlaar-NO-CHANCE-leaving-Aston-Villa-January-insists-Paul-Lambert.html

Fabian Delph and Ron Vlaar have 'NO CHANCE' of leaving Aston Villa in January, insists Paul Lambert

Aston Villa boss Paul Lambert says star players will not leave in January
England star Fabian Delph has been linked with Tottenham and Liverpool
Dutch defender Ron Vlaar has been tracked by Arsenal and Man United
By Laurie Whitwell for the Daily Mail

Published: 22:31, 19 December 2014 | Updated: 10:52, 20 December 2014

Paul Lambert has insisted there is ‘no chance’ of Fabian Delph or Ron Vlaar leaving Aston Villa in the January transfer window.

Even though Delph and Vlaar could leave for free next summer, Lambert is adamant no amount of money will tempt him — and he will have the final say.

Delph has interested Tottenham and Liverpool while Manchester United and Arsenal have been linked with Vlaar.

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Good good.

[tomd2103]

Good good.

Yep, just hope both can stay off the treatment table for the rest of the season.  If we can field a team like the one below on a consistent basis, then hopefully we can put a good run of results together. 

                                    Guzan

            Okore               Vlaar           Clark

Hutton            Sanchez           Delph           Cissokho

                                  Cleverley

                      Benteke              Agbonlahor


Subs:  Given, Senderos, Bacuna, Richardson, Westwood, Grealish, Weimann

That squad looks pretty solid.  A real creative type of player where Cleverley is positioned and a more instinctive striker partnering Benteke (oh for the version of Darren Bent under Houllier) and I think we would be able to kick on. 

[edgysatsuma89]

Good good.

Yep, just hope both can stay off the treatment table for the rest of the season.  If we can field a team like the one below on a consistent basis, then hopefully we can put a good run of results together. 

                                    Guzan

            Okore               Vlaar           Clark

Hutton            Sanchez           Delph           Cissokho

                                  Cleverley

                      Benteke              Agbonlahor


Subs:  Given, Senderos, Bacuna, Richardson, Westwood, Grealish, Weimann

That squad looks pretty solid.  A real creative type of player where Cleverley is positioned and a more instinctive striker partnering Benteke (oh for the version of Darren Bent under Houllier) and I think we would be able to kick on.

No N'zogbia? I know that's what we all want, but Paul keeps on persisting with him.

Personally I think Weimann works better off the Beast, but eitherway an upgrade is needed there. I'd have Grealish in the Clev role, but age etc.

[exigo]

Lambert looking to sign Cleverley.

BBC linky

[DrGonzo]

#underwhelmed.

[tomd2103]

Good good.

Yep, just hope both can stay off the treatment table for the rest of the season.  If we can field a team like the one below on a consistent basis, then hopefully we can put a good run of results together. 

                                    Guzan

            Okore               Vlaar           Clark

Hutton            Sanchez           Delph           Cissokho

                                  Cleverley

                      Benteke              Agbonlahor


Subs:  Given, Senderos, Bacuna, Richardson, Westwood, Grealish, Weimann

That squad looks pretty solid.  A real creative type of player where Cleverley is positioned and a more instinctive striker partnering Benteke (oh for the version of Darren Bent under Houllier) and I think we would be able to kick on.

No N'zogbia? I know that's what we all want, but Paul keeps on persisting with him.

Personally I think Weimann works better off the Beast, but eitherway an upgrade is needed there. I'd have Grealish in the Clev role, but age etc.

I think that's more to do with the fact that we don't have many other options to play wide when we use the 4-3-3 formation.  In a 3-5-2, N'Zogbia could only really play in the advanced midfield role and I just don't think he would offer  enough in that position. 

[PeterWithesShin]

It's now £120m that Manure are supposedly ready to offer for Bale. Should we still try and gazump them?

[GordonCowansisthegreatest]

It's now £120m that Manure are supposedly ready to offer for Bale. Should we still try and gazump them?

No, But they can have Vlaar for £20m.

[Toronto Villa]

I was listening to some idiot reporter on Talksport (invariably which is why I was listening to some idiot), proclaiming how completely super ace LVG is because he has taken Man U into the top four. It was his "sheer will to win" apparently and how they should now have 7 straight wins because they could have "easily" won at Villa. At no point was it mentioned that this apparent "sheer will to win" had been combined with a two year spend at the club of around £200m. I wish Villa had that level of "sheer will to win".

[Goldie.7]

If Lambert wants to spend £7.5m on Cleverley which is a joke because that's between £3-4m way too much from what i've seen, he isn't any better than KEA IMO. I'd prefer we made those funds available for a quality player like Mohamed Salah who isn't exactly playing at Chelsea, a loan deal wouldn't be too shabby either.

[supertom]

There's potentially a player there in TC. But any more than 3-4 mill is too much. Could we need get him to sign a pre-contract to join when he's released from Utd?
We need to push him further forward. With a base two of Sanchez and Delph, you can push TC up, see if he can stand out more in a play-making role. He's spent too much time this season lost in games, or doing the same thing as Westwood. He should be getting closer to Benteke, playing in that role Joe Cole would be if his legs weren't made of candy floss.

[tomd2103]

There's potentially a player there in TC. But any more than 3-4 mill is too much. Could we need get him to sign a pre-contract to join when he's released from Utd?
We need to push him further forward. With a base two of Sanchez and Delph, you can push TC up, see if he can stand out more in a play-making role. He's spent too much time this season lost in games, or doing the same thing as Westwood. He should be getting closer to Benteke, playing in that role Joe Cole would be if his legs weren't made of candy floss.

Totally agree with this ST, but not entirely sure Cleverley is that type of player from what I have seen of him.  Personally, I think that is the natural position for Jack Grealish and would like to see him given a chance at some point. 

[tomd2103]

I was listening to some idiot reporter on Talksport (invariably which is why I was listening to some idiot), proclaiming how completely super ace LVG is because he has taken Man U into the top four. It was his "sheer will to win" apparently and how they should now have 7 straight wins because they could have "easily" won at Villa. At no point was it mentioned that this apparent "sheer will to win" had been combined with a two year spend at the club of around £200m. I wish Villa had that level of "sheer will to win".

Yep, funny isn't it how the spending of Chelsea and Man City is decried in the media, yet their (and to some extent Liverpool's) spending is never mentioned.  Ferguson was a great manager, but it is very rarely mentioned that for most of his tenure at Old Trafford, they were the biggest spenders in the league. 

[Goldie.7]

You could try that, he did bang in lots of goals for Watford playing further up, would Lambert ever try it though.....probably not. Judging by we've only been leading by 2 goals once so far this season (17 games in) shows how Lambert sets up the team.