Summer 2015 - Transfer Rumours, Speculation & Suggestions

[peter w]

yeah we won't sell all of those but for me the one's we keep are a starting point of a good team. these need to be improved upon.

[Clampy]

OUT: if we stay up

Given
Guzan
Lowton
Hutton
Cissokho
Senderos
NZogbia
Weimann
Bent
Kozak

the last won't go because he's been injured but if truth be told I didn't think he'd do it for us anyway.

What makes you say that? He's not played that many games and when he did, he scored a couple.

[Londonvilla]

Report: Aston Villa will make offer for highly-rated Derby County midfielder Jeff Hendrick

http://hereisthecity.com/en-gb/2015/05/07/report-aston-villa-will-make-offer-for-highly-rated-derby-county/

Aston Villa are reportedly readying a move for highly-rated Derby County midfielder Jeff Hendrick following the Rams' failure to make the play-offs.

According to the Sun, as quoted by AOL, Aston Villa will offer Jeff Hendrick the chance to live his Premier League dream after missing out on the play-offs with Derby County.

The 23-year-old has been ever-present in the Rams' team this season, with seven goals from 41 appearances, but could now fly the nest after the club failed to win promotion to the Premier League despite being the early season favourites.

Tim Sherwood is set to ring the changes at Villa following a largely disappointing season and looks to have identified the box-to-box midfielder as a player he would like to see in claret and blue.

Would Jeff Hendrick be a good signing for Aston Villa?

Hendrick is a player with good pedigree but he does have a tendency to blow hot and cold during games.

He is technically a superb footballer and his skillset would allow him to make the jump up to the Premier League with ease. However, he is slightly prone to go missing during games and lacks the ability to play in a two-man midfield.


Nevertheless, should he sign, he certainly has potential Sherwood could work with in order to develop him into an established Premier League midfielder.

It would be a big blow to Derby if the midfielder goes and they will no doubt ask to be compensated well for his services.

Do you think Aston Villa will sign Jeff Hendrick this summer?

According to the Sun

[peter w]

OUT: if we stay up

Given
Guzan
Lowton
Hutton
Cissokho
Senderos
NZogbia
Weimann
Bent
Kozak

the last won't go because he's been injured but if truth be told I didn't think he'd do it for us anyway.

What makes you say that? He's not played that many games and when he did, he scored a couple.

Just don't fancy him. think we'd have to play a style of football that Sherwood wouldn't employ. he'd be our Savo without the meat footwork. he needs  slower build up to be really effective and although he's had his moments i've never really been convinced.

[Londonvilla]

Report: West Ham and Aston Villa want Rudy Gestede

http://hereisthecity.com/en-gb/2015/05/05/report-west-ham-aston-villa-want-rudy-gestede/

The 20-goal striker is reportedly interesting a number of Premier League clubs.
West Ham and Aston Villa are interested in Blackburn Rovers striker Rudy Gestede, according to the Daily Mail.

The 26-year-old is said to be wanted by a number of Premier League clubs, having had bids from top-flight sides rejected for him by Blackburn in January.

Gestede, say the Mail, is valued at £7 million and scored 20 league goals for Rovers, as well as impressing against Premier League sides in the FA Cup.

West Ham United have made contact over his availability and are considering him as an option as well as Javier Hernandez, the Manchester United striker currently on loan at Real Madrid. Aston Villa, too, are in for the Blackburn man, the Mail's report claims.

As Opta stats show, Gestede is the Championship's fourth-top scorer this season - and the divide between the second tier and the Premier League is debatable. Some strikers can't make the breakthrough but those with the talent and potential can branch the divide without problem.

Charlie Austin is the perfect example and Gestede's aerial prowess (359 headers won) is absolutely perfect for Tim Sherwood at Aston Villa, considering what he has done with Christian Benteke.

Should Sam Allardyce remain at West Ham, the 26-year-old would also fit the bill at Upton Park - like Andy Carroll only with the potential to stay fit longer. That, though, depends on Big Sam's future

according to the Daily Mail.

[john2710]

Hutton won't be going anywhere but the following will;
Lowton
Weimann
Hurd
Bennett
Bent
Benteke
Luna
Hellnius
Tonev
Cole

[Londonvilla]

Hutton won't be going anywhere but the following will;
Lowton
Weimann
Hurd
Bennett
Bent
Benteke
Luna
Hellnius
Tonev
Cole

Well one of them is not coming back

Nicklas Helenius not wanted back at Aston Villa, reveals agent

http://hereisthecity.com/en-gb/2015/05/06/nicklas-helenius-not-wanted-back-at-aston-villa-reveals-agent/

The Danish striker has spent this season on loan at Aalborg following a torrid 2013-14 campaign with Villa.

Aston Villa do not want loanee Nicklas Helenius back this summer, the Danish striker’s agent has confirmed to Ekstra Bladet.

Helenius, 23, sealed a £1.2 million move to Villa from childhood club Aalborg BK in June 2013, having netted an impressive 30 goals in 65 Danish Superliga games over the previous two seasons.

However, the two-time international would go on to endure a torrid campaign with the Midlands outfit, making just six substitute appearances for a total of 153 minutes, while scoring once in the shock 2-1 FA Cup defeat to Sheffield United.

Deemed surplus to requirements in the summer before returning to Aalborg on a season-long loan, the towering front man revealed in an interview with tv3Sport in September that he had contracted a bacterial infection during his time at Villa Park which left him in constant pain, addicted to sleeping pills, depressed and even fearing death.

He has since been making slow progress in his bid to recapture his past form but looks to have made a major breakthrough in recent weeks, bagging a first-half hat-trick in Friday’s 5-0 win over Hobro IK to make it five goals in only three games.

With his Villa deal not set to expire until 2016, some might have wondered whether new boss Tim Sherwood could hand the in-form forward a chance to revive his Premier League career, but agent Mads Bach Lund has now put paid to those hopes.

Speaking to the national newspaper, Lund said: “We have had an ongoing dialogue with Aston Villa the last three weeks and they have made it clear that they do not expect Nicklas back after the summer.

“Therefore, they have also informed us here in the spring to find a new club. But we do not hurry.”

Aalborg would be open to re-signing Helenius, who has now hit 12 goals in 41 games so far this season, but Lund stresses that he and his client are still assessing their options ahead of the summer transfer rush.

“He is not in a marriage with AaB,” added Lund. “We must look at the total package - what the best is for Nicklas. If AaB are interested in keeping him, we look at the options.

“But it may well also be another club. AaB is not in front of the queue compared to other clubs.”


After arriving at Villa with a great deal of promise, before never getting a real shot to prove his worth under the since-departed Paul Lambert, it’s somewhat disappointing to hear that the club will not be giving Helenius a second chance.

At 23 and with his health problems behind him, he could have been an intriguing candidate to backup star man Christian Benteke, or even serve as his future replacement, but it looks like his time with the claret and blues is now over for good.

[Villa in Denmark]

Hutton won't be going anywhere but the following will;
Lowton
Weimann
Hurd
Bennett
Bent
Benteke
Luna
Hellnius
Tonev
Cole

Well one of them is not coming back

Nicklas Helenius not wanted back at Aston Villa, reveals agent

http://hereisthecity.com/en-gb/2015/05/06/nicklas-helenius-not-wanted-back-at-aston-villa-reveals-agent/

The Danish striker has spent this season on loan at Aalborg following a torrid 2013-14 campaign with Villa.

Aston Villa do not want loanee Nicklas Helenius back this summer, the Danish striker’s agent has confirmed to Ekstra Bladet.

Helenius, 23, sealed a £1.2 million move to Villa from childhood club Aalborg BK in June 2013, having netted an impressive 30 goals in 65 Danish Superliga games over the previous two seasons.

However, the two-time international would go on to endure a torrid campaign with the Midlands outfit, making just six substitute appearances for a total of 153 minutes, while scoring once in the shock 2-1 FA Cup defeat to Sheffield United.

Deemed surplus to requirements in the summer before returning to Aalborg on a season-long loan, the towering front man revealed in an interview with tv3Sport in September that he had contracted a bacterial infection during his time at Villa Park which left him in constant pain, addicted to sleeping pills, depressed and even fearing death.

He has since been making slow progress in his bid to recapture his past form but looks to have made a major breakthrough in recent weeks, bagging a first-half hat-trick in Friday’s 5-0 win over Hobro IK to make it five goals in only three games.

With his Villa deal not set to expire until 2016, some might have wondered whether new boss Tim Sherwood could hand the in-form forward a chance to revive his Premier League career, but agent Mads Bach Lund has now put paid to those hopes.

Speaking to the national newspaper, Lund said: “We have had an ongoing dialogue with Aston Villa the last three weeks and they have made it clear that they do not expect Nicklas back after the summer.

“Therefore, they have also informed us here in the spring to find a new club. But we do not hurry.”

Aalborg would be open to re-signing Helenius, who has now hit 12 goals in 41 games so far this season, but Lund stresses that he and his client are still assessing their options ahead of the summer transfer rush.

“He is not in a marriage with AaB,” added Lund. “We must look at the total package - what the best is for Nicklas. If AaB are interested in keeping him, we look at the options.

“But it may well also be another club. AaB is not in front of the queue compared to other clubs.”


After arriving at Villa with a great deal of promise, before never getting a real shot to prove his worth under the since-departed Paul Lambert, it’s somewhat disappointing to hear that the club will not be giving Helenius a second chance.

At 23 and with his health problems behind him, he could have been an intriguing candidate to backup star man Christian Benteke, or even serve as his future replacement, but it looks like his time with the claret and blues is now over for good.

A bit of lost in translation (or Google translate) in a couple of places.
"they do not expect Nicklas back after the summer" is more, "they're not counting on Niklas returning after the summer."

“Therefore, they have also informed us here in the spring to find a new club. But we do not hurry.” It's not Villa who've told him to find a new club the correct translation is "Therefore, we've started to look around for a new club, but there's no rush."
“He is not in a marriage with AaB,” is a bit of a cock up as it's a literal translation of a peculiar turn of phrase that means something more along the lines of
"there's no long term commitment to AaB."

If it is all over for Helenius at B6, I'd be surprised if he ended up back in Aalborg.  He's only there because of how much we're subsidising his wages.  They've been in financial difficulties for a while and have finally got back on track after their CL og Europa League advantures this season, plus sales of players such as Helenius.

Kent Nielsen who have him his break is leaving for Odense in the summer, and AaB won't be looking to increase their wage bill, especially when they apparently have some promising youngsters coming through.

(The more I type here, the more I think they could be our Scandinavian department).

[Matt C]

I don't think we'll see any of that loaned quartet - Luna, Tonev, Sylla & Helenius - back at VP.

Try to hold back your tears.

[Seb_AVFC]

Weren't we linked with that Cresswel chap a few times when Lambert was here. Thank McGrath he bought Bennett and Luna instead.

[brontebilly]

Hendrick and Gestede are good players for sure with scope to improve. Hendrick is a bit leggy and not a playmaker but a decent box to box midfielder capable of scoring goals. Kind of player we should be considering if Cleverley goes. Gestede is a nasty big physical centre forward cable of bringing others into the play. More of a backup for Benteke rather than a partner. Expect he will go for 10m plus this summer.

On Kozak, thought he was very immobile pre broken leg. Good finisher but not sure like we saw with Bent if we can afford to carry such a player.

[tomd2103]

Weren't we linked with that Cresswel chap a few times when Lambert was here. Thank McGrath he bought Bennett and Luna instead.

We were and if I recall correctly Ipswich wanted something like £6m, only to sell him to West Ham for much less than that a season or so later.

[Clampy]

Weren't we linked with that Cresswel chap a few times when Lambert was here. Thank McGrath he bought Bennett and Luna instead.

In fairness to Lambert, his buys overall were ok.

[ADVILLAFAN]

My worry about Rudy Gestede is that he only seems to last for 60 minutes of a game.

[Phil from the upper holte]

I would not get rid of Kozak and there are rumours we are going to re-sign Darren Bent ?