Summer 2015 - Transfer Rumours, Speculation & Suggestions

[peter w]

I think if we got in the likes of Austin or Remy, or maybe both, Praet - who I want despite never having heard of him up until about 2 weeks ago - Amarvi (sp?) the left back, Townsend, I think that will be a decent return to replace those that have left/seem to be leaving. Its also a chance to rebuild from sort of scratch and to move away from the rigid team of seemingly having to always pass through Delph to Benteke.

Totally agree Peter. Although they are now reporting on Sky Sports that Red Scouse are no longer interested in Benteke.   

Hopefully. But that could also be the age old trick of saying publicly that a club is not interested hoping that the player puts pressure on his club to move. If there has been a lot of contact between Liverpool and Benteke's agent then this may just be the first stage in attempting to unsettle and spoiling the hitherto decent relationship between Benteke and Villa.

[brontebilly]

Losing vlaar, cleverley and delph for £8m is a problem. We have cleared a lot of the wage bill though.

It would be great if grealish and Gardner could really step up and we could make the right choice in replacing benteke. Much easier said than done though.

I wonder what proportion of last season's goals were scored by players who won't be at the club this year? Since Sherwood arrived that will be even higher

Given, Bent, Weimann off the wage bill too this summer with only Gueye and Richards coming in so far

we should have plenty of cash to bring in players

Benteke might be running out of potential suitors at this stage, unfortunately he would be ideal for Spurs especially if this Townsend story has legs....

[ozzjim]

Townsend Walker and a fully subsidised Adebayor and they can have him.

[peter w]

Yeah, I'd take that.

[JD]

Townsend Walker and a fully subsidised Adebayor and they can have him.

Plus around £8m as well.

[Damo70]

Townsend Walker and a fully subsidised Adebayor and they can have him.

Townsend and Walker on permanent deals and Adebayor on a season long loan. Whenever he has a change of club or manager he seems to respond well in the short term but then it goes tits up so I wouldn't want to be stuck with him in the long term.

[john2710]

Qpr went down with Austin and a shit team around him
That's the concern

We missed it by a whisper, with Benteke and a shit team around him.

We need a big influx of quality additions, right through the team. We'll loose most of our quality & a sizeable chuck of the shite. If Benteke goes, we should have £60m to spend & the wage bill should have already dropped by £300k / week.

Out: Given £60k, Vlar £30k, Stephens £10k, Lowton £25k, Luna £10k, Delph £50k, Cleverley £40k, Weimann £30k, Bent £60k, Hellnius £10k. Total £325k

With Benteke £50k, Herd £20k, Bennett £15k, Tonev £15k & maybe Cole £30k, Gil £25k, Senderos £25k, Cissokko £30k to follow. Total £210k

In: Richards £60k, Sinclair £40k & Gueye £40k Total £140k

It needs to be a very busy few weeks & I'm confident that it will be. We've needed a revolution, the mentality of Lamberts squad was defeatist. We'll see 6 new first team players & a couple of loans before the window closes. Then we need tohope it all gels.

[Clampy]

I reckon we need another left back, a centre half to replace Ron who's sat waiting for the phone to ring, another midfielder and a striker. 

[brontebilly]

Townsend Walker and a fully subsidised Adebayor and they can have him.

Think Dembele could be an ideal replacement for Delph, hasnt happened for him at Spurs but lots of ability

Walker, Dembele and Fazio instead would be better.

Ben Davies too if the Amavi deal falls through

[Steve R]

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I wonder what proportion of last season's goals were scored by players who won't be at the club this year? Since Sherwood arrived that will be even higher

Interesting one.

31 league goals last season, 6 scored by players who have now left the club. Weimann got 3 and Cleverley 3 which I am guessing represents an even split under Lambert and Sherwood too. Neither Vlaar nor Delph scored in the league.

We had just the 10 league scorers, Benteke (13), Agbnlahor (6), Weimann, Cleverley and then Sinclair, Okore, Clark, Hutton, Cole and Sanchez with 1 each.

We did score 9 in the FA cup, with 3 from departees (Weimann  and Delph (2)). Nobody scored the the League Cup.

(I think) we lost a total of 18 first teamers with injury at one time or other. According to Wiki, Vlaar was out for a total of 22 weeks injured and one week suspended - which is staggering, Delph missed 9 or 10 weeks injured and 2 or 3 suspended, which I had completely forgotten.

Of the players who are still here, we had one voted player of the month, Benteke in April, and one found asleep in the road, which deserved some kind of award.

What a fuck awful season it really was; statistically at least we have not lost a great deal.

[Clampy]

Townsend Walker and a fully subsidised Adebayor and they can have him.

Think Dembele could be an ideal replacement for Delph, hasnt happened for him at Spurs but lots of ability

Walker, Dembele and Fazio instead would be better.

Ben Davies too if the Amavi deal falls through

Dembele is a good shout and i've always liked Ben Davis, he looked great at Swansea.

[silhillvilla]

Townsend, walker, Dembele , Rose and Adebayour (loan subsidised) and they get Benteke.

[Dante Lavelli]

Townsend Walker and a fully subsidised Adebayor and they can have him.

Think Dembele could be an ideal replacement for Delph, hasnt happened for him at Spurs but lots of ability

Dembele would be a great replacement for Delph.  From what I have read he flatters to deceive a bit, but does have quality and is left footed so would slot in easily.  I think it was on the guardian podcast where they explained that as a kid he played football in a cage or something with no goals and the objective was to simply keep the ball for as long as possible, as a consequence - the theory goes - that he lacks direction and a killer instinct.

The spurs factor puts me off though as I cannot imagine them selling him at a 'reserve' level price.

[saunders_heroes]

Been linked with Mason Holgate from Barnsley. Never heard of him, is he any good?

[SoccerHQ]

Actually saw him play live for Barnsley v Walsall last season, he actually impressed as he was quick and strong with the ball.

Still he'd be in the development signing category than the signed with instant impact to help us climb the league which are signings we need a lot more of.