Summer 2015 - Transfer Rumours, Speculation & Suggestions

[Matt Collins]

Don't know him but by reputation I'd have thought he'd be looking at a better side than us.

[Do u want 2bet against us]

Agreed LP.   Those late unseen runs past centre backs marking Withe and Shaw ... ooh what memories

[ozzjim]

No need for a separate thread on Dennis yet, especially as it's fairly unlikely we will get him.

[aj2k77]

At least we are in the hat for some decent players again. Another summer of Sheff Utd, Crewe and Chesterfield links and I'd be depressed.

[CJ]

At least we are in the hat for some decent players again. Another summer of Sheff Utd, Crewe and Chesterfield links and I'd be depressed.

Likewise. Lambert's 'young and hungry' mostly turned out to be 'cheap and not really good enough' (with the odd exception of course). Much more encouraged by the players we seem to be going for in this window.

[Phil from the upper holte]

Not sure where to put it but Helenius has joined AaB on a two year deal on a free transfer! Money wasted there

[Ads]

The Belgian journalist who seems to know what's what has tweeted that Anderlecht have offered Praet to us.

[RussellC]

On a complete tangent, it's all gone very quiet on Bakary Sako. There were some murmurings on Twitter last week that his agent had relaxed his salary demands and that he wanted to stay in the Midlands. On a free transfer, i think he'd be well worth a shot. Certainly a cheaper alternative to Andros Townsend.

[BoskoDjembaSalifou]

Interesting article on the Guardian website about how each club buys players. Here's our one:

Aston Villa

The club have created an informal committee to oversee transfers that includes Tom Fox, the chief executive, Patrick Reilly, the director of recruitment, Sharon Barnhurst, the club secretary, and Tim Sherwood, the manager. With the backing of Randy Lerner, Villa’s owner, Fox gets the financial framework of any transfer deal approved but is not involved in negotiating with the agent, which he leaves to Barnhurst and Reilly. Sherwood is not keen on working within a continental structure – Villa never filled the director of football operations position that was advertised at the start of the year – and likes full control of transfers.

[exigo]

deft editing could have made Eddie the Eagle look dead good too.

There's a four minute film of me playing left back at Villa Park that makes me look unplayable. The fact that I had to edit it from an hour and a half of general shite is neither here nor there.

[godzvilla]

Goodbye and good luck, Nicklas......."we hardly knew ye ".................Godzvilla!

Nicklas Helenius Departs Aston Villa
No official confirmation at the moment but reports are just filtering out saying that Nicklas Helenius has re-joined AaB Aalborg on a free transfer.

The 24-year-old striker cost Villa £1.2million in 2013, but seldom featured (played 6 times).

Read more: http://www.astonvilla.vitalfootball.co.uk/article.asp?a=7519073#ixzz3epOxldza

[nigel]

Any news ??

Val Doonican's died.

And Ken Dodd.

I hope that's either a joke or a mistake

[eric woolban woolban]

Ken Dodd died.

Did he?

No, Doddy.

[Percy McCarthy]

Ken Dodd died.

Did he?

No, Doddy.

Cheers, just did that one at work. Bloke in the smoking hut set me up perfect with the 'did he' bit.😀

[supertom]

An added rumour for today. I thought I see Herbert in a Weatherspoons in Slough. It looked like Deadly. Then I considered for a second and came to the conclusion that Herberts probably a bit too tight fisted to fork out for a Spoons fish supper. So it probably wasn't him.

As you were gents.