The January 2015 Transfer Rumour Thread

[Ozzjim]

We need 2 wide forwards. Swansea form Sinclair is miles better than Gabby or Weimann and actually plays that position. City form and it's pointless.

[PeterWithe]

Re the Vlaar report, wouldn't the wages reportedly offered constitute a drop in salary, hardly likely to go for that is he?

[Ads]

Plus the refuge collection leaves something to be desired.

[Steve67]

Benteke linked with Man City too. Swap shock on the cards? Good God I hope not!! Just as we are thinking of bringing in proper wingers we sell our best striker! Please no!

[Ads]

They want Bony.

[PaulWinch again]

If they genuinely want Benteke we should say it's £40 million or he's going nowhere.

[Ron Manager]

Cant think of a better club to be interested in Benteke than Man City They would pay well over the odds without a second thought. Benteke
isnt going to progress unless he moves on and we need the funds to buy two or three players to give us some kind of impetus.

[Ron Manager]

Benteke linked with Man City too. Swap shock on the cards? Good God I hope not!! Just as we are thinking of bringing in proper wingers we sell our best striker! Please no!

When you say 'we' I hope you don't mean Lambert. Because if you do I suggest you might be very wrong.

[silhillvilla]

Cant think of a better club to be interested in Benteke than Man City They would pay well over the odds without a second thought. Benteke
isnt going to progress unless he moves on and we need the funds to buy two or three players to give us some kind of impetus.

Sell in summer when we are safe . Not now.
Trying to spend £40m or whatever the fig is in January silly season would be painful.

[N'ZMAV]

Selling in January would be suicide. We should sell in the summer as it's a huge probability he'll want to leave then.

[PaulWinch again]

I think he'll definitely be gone in the summer along with Delph. That will leave us with a couple of massive holes to fill. That's on top of our captain leaving.

[walsall villain]

Benteke linked with Man City too. Swap shock on the cards? Good God I hope not!! Just as we are thinking of bringing in proper wingers we sell our best striker! Please no!

I ignore most the media transfers stories relating to comings and goings at Villa. I especially ignore the 'winger' coming stuff, since when has a Lambert shown any inclination to start with wide players? Albrighton was only picked because we had run out of available options.
I would love us to play with width or at least for our forwards to use the channels more but it doesn't seem to be the way they are setup to play.
Convinced Benteke won't be leaving in this window.

[Dave]

Re the Vlaar report, wouldn't the wages reportedly offered constitute a drop in salary, hardly likely to go for that is he?

I remember reading once upon a time that wages in the UK are always reported as pre-tax, but on the continent tend to be reported as net of tax.

[SoccerHQ]

We need 2 wide forwards. Swansea form Sinclair is miles better than Gabby or Weimann and actually plays that position. City form and it's pointless.

I was talking to a Swansea fan about him round the time we were linked end of last season with him.

He says Sinclair was excellent in their promotion winning season but was a bit overrated in the prem as was Dyer. Says their most consistant attacking player that year and since in the prem was Routledge! Never got a fair chance here and he'd walk into our team now.

[footyskillz]

Brian Ruiz and Matt Gervais would be alternative signings to the Sinclair move. I think Ruiz would move this window.