Summer 2015 - Transfer Rumours, Speculation & Suggestions

[ozzjim]

This Moreno guy is going to PSV isn't he?

Interesting to see what the trip was for though. A day trip to Barcelona in Timmy's current transfer flurry could result in all sorts of madness.

[silhillvilla]

I think I have a valid point. Whilst I'm happy with what Sherwood is doing here in terms of a long overdue overhaul of players and playing matters , if we end on net £0 spend I will be disappointed and I feel I can justify this .
The squad is bereft of quality and depth, we scraped over the line closer than ever last season.
A net spend of +£20-25m should be the bare minimum IMHO . We still need more quality at the back and in the centre of the park.

[kippaxvilla2]

Has anyone signed for us yet since Monday?

[Stirchley Villain]

Leicester going for defensive midfielder N'Golo Kante from Caen. I think we should hijack the deal.

[Ron Manager]

I think I have a valid point. Whilst I'm happy with what Sherwood is doing here in terms of a long overdue overhaul of players and playing matters , if we end on net £0 spend I will be disappointed and I feel I can justify this .
The squad is bereft of quality and depth, we scraped over the line closer than ever last season.
A net spend of +£20-25m should be the bare minimum IMHO . We still need more quality at the back and in the centre of the park.

Dont you mean the squad is bereft of quality and Delph!

[Villa in Denmark]

My guess at the wages version (p/w)

Players Sold   Fee   
Yacouba Sylla      £10k   
Matthew Lowton           £20k   
Andreas Weimann   £25k   
Darren Bent      £60k          
Enda Stevens      £5k   
Graham Burke       £5k   
Chris Herd              £15k   
Shay Given      £50k   
Fabian Delph      £80k
Christian Benteke   £65k
Vlaar                         £45k

Total:          £380k


Players Purchased   Fee                              
Micah Richards      £45k           
Scott Sinclair      £40k               
Mark Bunn              £15k           
Idrissa Gueye      £40k           
Jordan Amavi      £40k              
Jordan Ayew      £40k               
José Ángel Crespo   £20k               
Gestede                    £30k
French Fella               £40k
Adebeyor                  £ 100k
                  
Sum:       £410k
              
Net Diff:       +£30k   

£30k a week equals about £1.5m a year, or one place in the league (based on the old terms).

You can add Helenius to the outgoing players. £15K p/w according to the press over here when he signed.

[Lastfootstamper]

I think I have a valid point. Whilst I'm happy with what Sherwood is doing here in terms of a long overdue overhaul of players and playing matters , if we end on net £0 spend I will be disappointed and I feel I can justify this .
The squad is bereft of quality and depth, we scraped over the line closer than ever last season.
A net spend of +£20-25m should be the bare minimum IMHO . We still need more quality at the back and in the centre of the park.

I see what you're saying. IF Benteke had stayed, how much would we have spent? Enough to overhaul the rest of the side, where it was desperately needed? A moot point now he's gone, so we can only speculate. His money should be treated as a bonus windfall atop of whatever we'd have spent anyway.

[Dante Lavelli]

My guess at the wages version (p/w)

Players Sold   Fee   
Yacouba Sylla      £10k   
Matthew Lowton           £20k   
Andreas Weimann   £25k   
Darren Bent      £60k          
Enda Stevens      £5k   
Graham Burke       £5k   
Chris Herd              £15k   
Shay Given      £50k   
Fabian Delph      £80k
Christian Benteke   £65k
Vlaar                         £45k
Helenius                    £15k

Total:          £395k


Players Purchased   Fee                              
Micah Richards      £45k           
Scott Sinclair      £40k               
Mark Bunn              £15k           
Idrissa Gueye      £40k           
Jordan Amavi      £40k              
Jordan Ayew      £40k               
José Ángel Crespo   £20k               
Gestede                    £30k
French Fella               £40k
Adebeyor                  £ 100k
                  
Sum:       £410k
              
Net Diff:       +£15k   

£15k a week equals about £1m a year, so less than one place in the league (based on the old terms).

[Clampy]

I think I have a valid point. Whilst I'm happy with what Sherwood is doing here in terms of a long overdue overhaul of players and playing matters , if we end on net £0 spend I will be disappointed and I feel I can justify this .
The squad is bereft of quality and depth, we scraped over the line closer than ever last season.
A net spend of +£20-25m should be the bare minimum IMHO . We still need more quality at the back and in the centre of the park.

I think another centre half as well as who comes in tomorrow and that would be a decent enough window. I'm not going to worry about us not spending another £25m if we don't need to.

[Des Little]

I'm probably on my own but I'd swap Benteke for our transfer business so far. Yes he was great but we have now completely rebuilt a failing mob with seemingly exciting emerging talent. It's re-energised the club and fans, and banished for good all the tired old players and perceptions bestiwed upon us by Lambert. We should thank Lambert for giving us this opportunity by signing Benteke in the first place. This really could be the bright future we hoped for all those years ago.

[Clark W Griswold]

This Moreno guy is going to PSV isn't he?

Interesting to see what the trip was for though. A day trip to Barcelona in Timmy's current transfer flurry could result in all sorts of madness.

Pedro. You heard it here first.

[SamTheMouse]

It's not about how much we spend. That's too arbitary. It's about whether the players we buy are any good. And thus far, the signs are promising.

[aj2k77]

I think I have a valid point. Whilst I'm happy with what Sherwood is doing here in terms of a long overdue overhaul of players and playing matters , if we end on net £0 spend I will be disappointed and I feel I can justify this .
The squad is bereft of quality and depth, we scraped over the line closer than ever last season.
A net spend of +£20-25m should be the bare minimum IMHO . We still need more quality at the back and in the centre of the park.

We are already looking at signing 10+ players, I think there's probably a limit to how many it's wise to incorporate all at once. With this summers business nearly done (I do think there will be another defender bought in though) I think we can sit back happy with our work, we haven't spent a shitload, we've rebuilt the team and maybe have a bit of money in the bank for January should we need it.

[Clark W Griswold]

I think I have a valid point. Whilst I'm happy with what Sherwood is doing here in terms of a long overdue overhaul of players and playing matters , if we end on net £0 spend I will be disappointed and I feel I can justify this .
The squad is bereft of quality and depth, we scraped over the line closer than ever last season.
A net spend of +£20-25m should be the bare minimum IMHO . We still need more quality at the back and in the centre of the park.

I think another centre half as well as who comes in tomorrow and that would be a decent enough window. I'm not going to worry about us not spending another £25m if we don't need to.

Seriously though, yes i agree. On top of the players signed so far, Veretout, Berbatov, Gestede and a new centre back with some experience and we will have done extremely well and i would be very optimistic about the new season, we could even sneak just into the top half. If we sign those i wouldn't be bothered about Adebayor.

[aj2k77]

All in all, credit where it's due, well done Villa and Sherwood. We've obviously had our targets thought out and not gone down the route a fair few people thought ''tactics Tim'' would, English, Spursy, over priced QPR style signings.