Summer 2015 - Transfer Rumours, Speculation & Suggestions

[Steve kirk]

A mate of mine has been told by someone he knows who works at Bodymore that Sergi Darder is set to sign, might be bollocks but thought I would pass it on, surely him and Veretout aren't both coming.

[Summers]

Adebayor, one of Darder/Veretout/another similar midfielder and then I'm very happy with all out business and anything else is a big bonus.

[kiddylion]

As long as Tim doesn't do that salute again I'd be reasonably happy with Adebayor as a short term deal while we dig up the next Benteke

If it means he's notched a goal they can salute each other as much as they like & twice a game at least would be good

[ciggiesnbeer]

I have a feeling we will sign a new keeper before the start of the season as part of the Sherwood summer of shopping.

[mr underhill]

a few journalists so called ITK's etc. have been saying for a while that even if Adebayor came in we'd still be looking for another young forward with Oulare's name the most frequently mentioned

[RussellC]

Re: Baker, I think that Kevin Toner from the U21s is very highly rated within the club so wouldn't be surprised if he's being ear-marked for a step-up to the first team squad in the next 18 months.

We've also got Donacien on our books, although I wouldn't be surprised if he's off before the end of th window.

[eamonn]

Makes me a bit uncomfortable thinking how much we'll be paying him and N'Zogbia combined this season after finally getting Given and Bent off the wage-bill.
But I think Sherwood and the players will make him feel loved enough for him to be ''on it'' for this to be worthwhile.

I always enjoy Adebayor's interviews, he comes across as quite a decent guy. Then again, I always thought that of F. Delph too.

[onje_villa]

I think if all the players that we're being linked with do come in it will have been a SUPERB window not "OK". They'll have to bond and settle as a unit which may not see immediate results but bloody hell better than I was expecting.

[peter w]

I like Baker.

He definitely shows promise and isn't scared to throw himself around if he needs to. It is just a shame that he is stuck in a situation where he picks up a lot of injuries and never really gets the chance to stake a claim to be first choice.

If I were him, I'd see Burnley as a good option. Go somewhere like that where they will (with parachute money) be competitive, start long runs of games for the first time in his career, and then get back into the top flight, either with them or another club.

If you leave the injury record to one side, he's sort of too good to be fifth choice but not likely to get a chance to prove himself as a first choice.

Some of these players we are moving on, I don't really think have ever shown they have enough to become PL regulars, but I think Baker does have it.

I see where you're coming from but as someone who also is a fan of baker I'm not sure I'd want to see him leave just yet, He's still young (ish) and I don't think he's as bad as his detractors make out. His distribution isn't the best, clearly, but it's no worse than Gary Cahill's. moving him on to Burnley is also a similar mindset to moving cahill onto Bolton and he was allowed to amture to the point of Chelsea and England wanting him. i'm not entirely convinced that when cahill was our 4th choice centre-half he was head and shoulders above baker. cahill was being brought along steadily, ironically (yes, not irony) at Burnley, and then when he went to bolton he was young and confident. He played in a poor Villa team but only sporadically.

Baker has been thrown in at the deep end. Positionally i don't think he's as bad as is being mad eout, but when your learning curve is with a team that feared corners, where left-backs were useless, where the midfield cover was thin at best, you'd also be charging around trying to put out fires.

last season he looked very good in many games - West Ham away and Liverpool spring to mind - and I thought he was rushed back to quickly for the end of the season as we were struggling with injuries.

he may have reached his limit. But I'd like to keep him a little longer to be sure. He was ahead of Clark until he got injured at West Ham and then Clark to his chance excellently. I wouldn't put him that far behind him at the moment ad suggest they are going into the season on an equal footing. I hope that we keep him for at least 12 months more and so how things work out. What do we have to lose? What do we have to lose if he moves on and develops a la Cahill?

[Rudy Can't Fail]

A mate of mine has been told by someone he knows who works at Bodymore that Sergi Darder is set to sign, might be bollocks but thought I would pass it on, surely him and Veretout aren't both coming.

I hope he's wrong, Steve as Veretout seems to be twice the player Darder is. Darder seems to be basically a destroyer who runs around kicking players, getting tackles in and hoofing it; Veretout looks to be the complete midfielder, a real classy footballer.

[Toronto Villa]

A mate of mine has been told by someone he knows who works at Bodymore that Sergi Darder is set to sign, might be bollocks but thought I would pass it on, surely him and Veretout aren't both coming.

I hope he's wrong, Steve as Veretout seems to be twice the player Darder is. Darder seems to be basically a destroyer who runs around kicking players, getting tackles in and hoofing it; Veretout looks to be the complete midfielder, a real classy footballer.

can we not have both?

[Holte L2]

I'd love us to sign Cambiasso and Vertout.

God I'm actually excited!

[Rudy Can't Fail]

A mate of mine has been told by someone he knows who works at Bodymore that Sergi Darder is set to sign, might be bollocks but thought I would pass it on, surely him and Veretout aren't both coming.

I hope he's wrong, Steve as Veretout seems to be twice the player Darder is. Darder seems to be basically a destroyer who runs around kicking players, getting tackles in and hoofing it; Veretout looks to be the complete midfielder, a real classy footballer.

can we not have both?

We can do it 'the Spurs way' and sign hundreds of midfielders for all I care providing amongst them we have a few decent players.

[frank black]

To be fair, I have no idea whether this is a good window or not.

I've never heard of any of the players we have signed (but then I'm not as 'world of football' as I used to be), they've come from a lower standard league and Adebayor seems a bit Pires-Cole-Ginola (but could be a Merson).

I think we will have done enough to stay up, I hope we may do slightly better and it is certainly exciting stuff.

[Des Little]

Realistically, I reckon Veretout, another striker (Gestede?) and perhaps a keeper and the'll be it.  Which would be superb business IMO.