Summer 2015 - Transfer Rumours, Speculation & Suggestions

[pauliewalnuts]

I am starting - just starting - to worry about the fact we have so much to do in the window, and that was assuming Delph and Benteke staying.

Whatever happens, we have got to buy some really good players this window. Not get linked with them, actually buy them.

[mr underhill]

but  let's be honest Benteke was never going to stay. I have never felt so pissed off as I am today with football.

[JUAN PABLO]

ok to appease me with CB and FD going

spend most the money on


Amavi
Destro
Ljajic
Embolo
Milosevic
dardar

Id be happy with this and would be an exciting season for me wondering how the Villa will turn out with these signing.

[Villatillidie25]

Chances of getting that lot....
I was mildly optimistic before today. I'm trying not to jump on the I hate Delph band wagon and will wait to see it unfold but there is almost zero chance of a relegation threatened team replacing 2 and arguably 3 of their best players in one summer and making progress. Given the limited wiggle room with relegation we have, that would only mean one thing...
We could probably have coped with losing Benteke if we replaced him with one striker and an attacking mid with a goal threat but you can't replace Delph as well when you add to that the fact that we need a left back and probably at least two others. Nobody buys 5 players of better quality than they already have in 2 weeks, certainly not small minded Lerner

[JUAN PABLO]

Chances of getting that lot....
I was mildly optimistic before today. I'm trying not to jump on the I hate Delph band wagon and will wait to see it unfold but there is almost zero chance of a relegation threatened team replacing 2 and arguably 3 of their best players in one summer and making progress. Given the limited wiggle room with relegation we have, that would only mean one thing...
We could probably have coped with losing Benteke if we replaced him with one striker and an attacking mid with a goal threat but you can't replace Delph as well when you add to that the fact that we need a left back and probably at least two others. Nobody buys 5 players of better quality than they already have in 2 weeks, certainly not small minded Lerner

but he could have 40 million now ?

[gervilla]

Now would be a very good time for the club to announce a new signing or two.

[saunders_heroes]

Chances of getting that lot....
I was mildly optimistic before today. I'm trying not to jump on the I hate Delph band wagon and will wait to see it unfold but there is almost zero chance of a relegation threatened team replacing 2 and arguably 3 of their best players in one summer and making progress. Given the limited wiggle room with relegation we have, that would only mean one thing...
We could probably have coped with losing Benteke if we replaced him with one striker and an attacking mid with a goal threat but you can't replace Delph as well when you add to that the fact that we need a left back and probably at least two others. Nobody buys 5 players of better quality than they already have in 2 weeks, certainly not small minded Lerner

but he could have 40 million now ?

I think we've got to give Genk £5m of the Benteke fee, but that's still a lot of money in our wallet. I'd be disappointed if we don't spend another £10m on top of that though. The squad needs some serious work done to it and that takes money.

[saunders_heroes]

Now would be a very good time for the club to announce a new signing or two.

I think they'll rush to announce the Amavi signing now.

[ozzjim]

Fuck Delph. So long Benteke, who is the real reason we stayed up for 3 seasons. Let's build a new Astom Villa, with new heroes that want to be part of the new regime. Get Darder in, get Praet in and Amavi. Get a new creative wide man and a couple of strikers to replace the big man. Then prove everyone wrong next season. And break that fecker in two when they come to VP. We are Aston Villa. We deserve better. I hope Sherwood can find it.

[Villatillidie25]

15% of Benteke goes to Gene. So that's a total of £35m in the pot, which everyone else knows we have. Add that to the fact of our desperate need for signings, limited time and the fact that we are less appealing without Benteke and Delph I can't see us being able to get the quantity or quality through the door.
We would have to get one or two in otherwise I think there would be a serious fan  backlash but would it be enough? I personally think we would struggle.
The saving grace is that I don't think the current squad would be as bad under TS as they were under TSM2 so there's an immediate improvement for nothing. Who knows if it's enough though?

[KevinGage]

We had started to look something approximating a team with Delph, Cleverley and Benteke firing towards the end of the season.

Over the past three years, Vlaar was one of our more consistent players too.

Vlaar had his injury problems, and Cleverley was never really ours in the true sense of the word.  But that's four big players we'll need to replace just to stand still.

Even with money (and none of us know how much of that income Lerner will free up)  we have a manager who has never actually bought his own players before.

Worried is underplaying it.

[SoccerHQ]

We need to sign some players now, no messing about otherwise the doom and gloom will continue to engulf the club.

If we are in for Amavi, Praet and Darder, get them signed A.S.A.P.

[Malandro]

Might put a bit of life in the old club getting rid of these snake bastards

[Richard E]

15% of Benteke goes to Gene. So that's a total of £35m in the pot, which everyone else knows we have. Add that to the fact of our desperate need for signings, limited time and the fact that we are less appealing without Benteke and Delph I can't see us being able to get the quantity or quality through the door.
We would have to get one or two in otherwise I think there would be a serious fan  backlash but would it be enough? I personally think we would struggle.
The saving grace is that I don't think the current squad would be as bad under TS as they were under TSM2 so there's an immediate improvement for nothing. Who knows if it's enough though?

Why are we paying Martin Rossiter's Smiths tribute act 15% of the Benteke money?

[KRS]

Is it too late for us to hijack the Tjaronn Chery deal or has he completed his move to QPR?