Summer 2015 - Transfer Rumours, Speculation & Suggestions

[brontebilly]

I doubt Nixon has the inside scoop on what our boardroom team are thinking/doing.

Our manager was very close to certain media organs during his time at Spurs, certainly it was reported he was behind a lot of the leaks undermining AVB

I think all our business this summer is going to be well flagged....

[brontebilly]

To clarify - I'm not for a second suggesting that we sign Kevin Nolan, but can player in that mold. A midfielder who will chip-in with 8 or 9 goals a season. Delph and Cleverley both provided excellent energy in the midfield last season but neither contributed anywhere near enough goals or assists.

If you compare those two to, say, Ki and Shelvey at Swansea, I would back Delph & Cleverley to have covered a lot more distance last season but been nowhere near as effective. Fitness and energy levels are obviously key to being a Premiership midfielder, but if we're going to play a 4-3-3 next season, we really need one of those 3 to be able to provide a few goals.

Fellaini on loan would be ideal, no doubt he will have better offers but he will get goals in the BPL

If our squad stays as-is we will be gone by Xmas simple as

[exigo]

Bacuna had a 100% penalty scoring record at Groningen... not sure how many he actually took in total though.

I have never missed a penalty for Aston Villa

I've never missed a penalty at Villa Park. And I've genuinely taken one. Watching the ball hit the net in front of the Holte is an incredible feeling.

[Clark W Griswold]

I like Townsend and I think £12m or less would be fair enough for a young England international in the current market. I do however think that we are covered for wide/flair players with Gill, Sinclair, Bacuna, J Cole, Grealish, and even maybe Gabby and N Zog already here.
I think the money would be better spent elsewhere and I propose £15m for Austin, Cambiasso for free and another £10m for another CB and RB.

[Toronto Villa]

I know clause etc etc, but if we pay more for Townsend than we got for Delph I might cry a little bit.

[Clark W Griswold]

I know clause etc etc, but if we pay more for Townsend than we got for Delph I might cry a little bit.

I know what you mean, but there was a clause :-)

[OCD]

I doubt Nixon has the inside scoop on what our boardroom team are thinking/doing.

Our manager was very close to certain media organs during his time at Spurs, certainly it was reported he was behind a lot of the leaks undermining AVB

I think all our business this summer is going to be well flagged....

Even if true (I'm saying it is), there was motive to undermine AVB. What would his motive be for letting the media know what the budget is? There might not even be a definite figure - before now Lerner has just given the ok to certain moves near the end of a window (Benteke, Kozak).

[Richard E]

I know clause etc etc, but if we pay more for Townsend than we got for Delph I might cry a little bit.

I know what you mean, but there was a clause :-)

Yeah, but we could still have sparked a bidding war, couldn't we? ;-)

[peter w]

I know clause etc etc, but if we pay more for Townsend than we got for Delph I might cry a little bit.

I know what you mean, but there was a clause :-)

Yeah, but we could still have sparked a bidding war, couldn't we? ;-)

Would it still have been a clause if we had have done a player exchange? So, Townsend for Delph (yes I now I know). But bear with me...just using Townsend as an example...the clause is £8m but it takes someone to bis it. So we could have just had Townsend for Delph. Of course Tottenham would have said 8m in cash and then give us 7m. I'd have taken that.

[Ads]

The only motive for telling people you have £25 million, is when you've actually got £40 odd million.

That said, if we spent another £25 million, that would be an outlay of £44 million, exactly what has come in or will come in.

If you can't sign three or four good players with that money then your name is Martin O'Neill.

[Clark W Griswold]

                        Guzan
Hutton       Richards     Okore       Amavi

                 Cambiasso  Sanchez
                             Gueye
Gill                                             Grealish
                             Austin

With everyone playing to their full potential and some good management/coaching from Sherwood and Wilkins, that team should improve on last season by 3-4 places and if we got a better right back and centre back to replace Okore we could do better still.
We would also have some half decent players in reserve, and if central midfield needs work in January spend a bit more then.

[asgpaul]

I'd like to see us go for not only Austin but Matt Phillips too from QPR - maybe we could get them in a buy one get one free deal...!

[Concrete John]

I like Townsend and I think £12m or less would be fair enough for a young England international in the current market. I do however think that we are covered for wide/flair players with Gill, Sinclair, Bacuna, J Cole, Grealish, and even maybe Gabby and N Zog already here.
I think the money would be better spent elsewhere and I propose £15m for Austin, Cambiasso for free and another £10m for another CB and RB.

I think Bacuna is seen as a RB and Cole and N'Zog are probably in our new bomb squad.  If you play with width like Sinclair, you need balance the other side and that could be Townsend, with Gil and Grealish behind a striker in a 4-2-3-1 or a bench option if we go 4-3-3. 

[PaulWinch again]

Depends how you spend it;
Tom Carroll - £3m
Adebayor - loan
Wilson or Obbi - £7m
Townsend - £14m
In my opinion that would leave us stronger than having Delph and Benteke

Christ I think that would be a horrible spend.

£25m spend maximum, who would you choose (realistically)?

I'm not sure, but I wouldn't go near Townsend at that sort of figure and we need a better and more established player than Carroll. Adebayor on loan would be ok. I have no idea about the other two!

[FatSam]

No feckin Spuds cast offs!

Well put.