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Author Topic: The January 2015 Transfer Rumour Thread  (Read 423949 times)

Offline ozzjim

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Re: The January 2015 Transfer Rumour Thread
« Reply #540 on: January 04, 2015, 09:47:54 AM »
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.

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Re: The January 2015 Transfer Rumour Thread
« Reply #541 on: January 04, 2015, 09:50:22 AM »
Re the Vlaar report, wouldn't the wages reportedly offered constitute a drop in salary, hardly likely to go for that is he?

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Re: The January 2015 Transfer Rumour Thread
« Reply #542 on: January 04, 2015, 10:02:23 AM »
Plus the refuge collection leaves something to be desired.

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Re: The January 2015 Transfer Rumour Thread
« Reply #543 on: January 04, 2015, 10:04:26 AM »
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!

Offline Ads

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Re: The January 2015 Transfer Rumour Thread
« Reply #544 on: January 04, 2015, 10:08:43 AM »
They want Bony.


Offline PaulWinch again

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Re: The January 2015 Transfer Rumour Thread
« Reply #545 on: January 04, 2015, 10:09:08 AM »
If they genuinely want Benteke we should say it's £40 million or he's going nowhere.

Offline Ron Manager

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Re: The January 2015 Transfer Rumour Thread
« Reply #546 on: January 04, 2015, 10:12:20 AM »
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.

Offline Ron Manager

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Re: The January 2015 Transfer Rumour Thread
« Reply #547 on: January 04, 2015, 10:15:17 AM »
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.

Offline silhillvilla

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Re: The January 2015 Transfer Rumour Thread
« Reply #548 on: January 04, 2015, 10:24:17 AM »
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.

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Re: The January 2015 Transfer Rumour Thread
« Reply #549 on: January 04, 2015, 10:31:35 AM »
Selling in January would be suicide. We should sell in the summer as it's a huge probability he'll want to leave then.

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Re: The January 2015 Transfer Rumour Thread
« Reply #550 on: January 04, 2015, 10:49:29 AM »
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.

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Re: The January 2015 Transfer Rumour Thread
« Reply #551 on: January 04, 2015, 11:01:54 AM »
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.

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Re: The January 2015 Transfer Rumour Thread
« Reply #552 on: January 04, 2015, 11:14:36 AM »
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.

Offline SoccerHQ

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Re: The January 2015 Transfer Rumour Thread
« Reply #553 on: January 04, 2015, 12:18:35 PM »
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.

Offline footyskillz

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Re: The January 2015 Transfer Rumour Thread
« Reply #554 on: January 04, 2015, 12:49:23 PM »
Brian Ruiz and Matt Gervais would be alternative signings to the Sinclair move. I think Ruiz would move this window.

 


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