Summer 2015 - Transfer Rumours, Speculation & Suggestions

[Mister E]

Agreed. Top 4 sides fair enough but not developing a player for a club of the same level.

I'd even question that, TBH

[Malandro]

Not transfer news but just as exciting for some - north stand is being jet washed.
I imagine there will be a few acts of self-flagellation tonight.

[pauliewalnuts]

Not transfer news but just as exciting for some - north stand is being jet washed.
I imagine there will be a few acts of self-flagellation tonight.

Jet washes are great for washing away moss, stains or grime, but here's hoping they're good at shifting years of accumulated despair too.

[OCD]

I've read reports that Sherwood wants to build the development squad as well as the first team and that Holgate would be for the future. If we did sign him, it would be interesting to see if we loan him back out somewhere.

I do like the idea of having a 2-track approach where we're buying both for now and in the future.

[olaftab]

Not transfer news but just as exciting for some - north stand is being jet washed.
I imagine there will be a few acts of self-flagellation tonight.

That's the best bit of news I have heard in ages. I think it's expected from the kit launch Big Club mantra that we should do something of this magnitude. I look forward to taking my seat in the sparkling  stand come August.

[VILLA MOLE]

Not transfer news but just as exciting for some - north stand is being jet washed.
I imagine there will be a few acts of self-flagellation tonight.

That's the best bit of news I have heard in ages. I think it's expected from the kit launch Big Club mantra that we should do something of this magnitude. I look forward to taking my seat in the sparkling  stand come August.

I think they have replaced the lower blue seats as well ,  arghhhhhhhhhh mmmmmmmm

[frank]

Coming back to Robbo's comment about Bruce Rioch,

Seldom mentioned but in my opinion one of the best players seen in a Villa shirt in the last sixty years.

Agreed. Richard Whitehead has him at number 48 in his list of Villa greats and writes:

It was an accident of timing that meant that Bruce Rrioch never played in the top flight for Villa but if he had he would almost certainly have featured much higher in this list. Rioch was a masterful midfield player, strong (sometimes reckless) in the tackle, energetic in his running, commanding in his leadership. He could also hit long, raking passes of great vision and ambition, although it is for the sheer ferocity of his long-range shooting that he is now principally remembered. The sight of Rioch with the ball anywhere within 30 yards of the opposing goal send a frisson of excitement around Villa Park.

He was sold when Villa were still in the old Second Division to give Vic Crowe the cash to buy more players, which prompted Peter Morris to write:

Leeds got out [of the 2nd Division] and so did Derby and what they did, Villa can do and when they reach this rung of the ladder - as they will again one day - they will never need to sell another player to raise money.

[cdbearsfan]

When my Dad came down from Scotland he toyed with Second Division Villa and First Division Small Heath before making the correct decision. Bruce Rioch was his favourite, Scottish, and, I reckon, what swung my Dad to choose Villa.

So if it hadn't been for him... I might have been posting on Small Heath Alliance instead.

[ADVILLAFAN]

When my Dad came down from Scotland he toyed with Second Division Villa and First Division Small Heath before making the correct decision. Bruce Rioch was his favourite, Scottish, and, I reckon, what swung my Dad to choose Villa.

So if it hadn't been for him... I might have been posting on Small Heath Alliance instead.

So either way we'd have been posting about Villa....

[Dr Butler]

When my Dad came down from Scotland he toyed with Second Division Villa and First Division Small Heath before making the correct decision. Bruce Rioch was his favourite, Scottish, and, I reckon, what swung my Dad to choose Villa.

So if it hadn't been for him... I might have been posting on Small Heath Alliance instead.

So either way we'd have been posting about Villa....

very good

just a small snippet about Bruce Rioch is that he went to my school here in Cambridge although a few years before me though....

UTV
The Doc

[Ron Manager]

When my Dad came down from Scotland he toyed with Second Division Villa and First Division Small Heath before making the correct decision. Bruce Rioch was his favourite, Scottish, and, I reckon, what swung my Dad to choose Villa.

So if it hadn't been for him... I might have been posting on Small Heath Alliance instead.

Born in Aldershot though. Could have played for England.

and should have!!

[godzvilla]

This ones been on the back burner for quite a while,but now perhaps, its got some legs....Godzvilla!

Aston Villa home in on Jordan Amavi as Nice accept £9million offer for left-back
Aston Villa are close to agreeing terms with £9m defender Jordan Amavi
The Nice left-back was previously a target for Arsenal
Amavi is a member of the France Under 21 squad and is expected to step up into the senior team for Euro 2016 next summer
Aston Villa are getting closer to the £9million signing of French left-back Jordan Amavi.
Tim Sherwood has had a bid accepted by Nice for the 21-year-old and it is understood personal terms will not present an issue.
Amavi, a target for Arsenal previously, is believed to have needed convincing by Villa but the club are growing confident a transfer can be completed.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3161019/Aston-Villa-home-Jordan-Amavi-Nice-accept-9million-offer-left-back.html#ixzz3fsmVCR00
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[ozzjim]

Sherwood said yesterday he expects there to be a few more coming in. The takeover did not die yesterday, so I would imagine he has 2-3 more targets. They may well be Chery who seems fairly cheap in comparison to others and maybe the centre half at Besiktas and Holgate from Barnsley. That would be about our normal 20m spend for a new manager. Not sure what the books say, but I would happen a guess that with FFP there is enough wiggle room for 1 more decent signing after that if Benteke stays. And of course loans.

[Salsa Party Animal]

Any news on other strikers moving to Villa Park apart from 18 years old Swiss wonderkid and Charlie Austin and Abeyador.

[mr underhill]

yes Jordan Ayew