Summer 2015 - Transfer Rumours, Speculation & Suggestions

[paul_e]

Shelvey, for me, is one of those players who looks really good when he plays for a team that you don't watch a lot of.  When you catch them on motd he's involved and he does decent stuff at other times but you don't really see the games where he does very little.

Personally I think Gueye and Veretout will both be as good or better than him and they're the players he be competing with so he's not worth the money it would cost to convince them to sell.

[john e]

Whilst not being top notch Shelvey would have walked into our midfield over the last few years

The only reason he got slagged on here was because  footyskills lumped him in with Atidore and some other useless player

[mr underhill]

Anderlecht have made Praet available for just £7m - sign him up Tim!

[Chris Jameson]

The only reason he got slagged on here was because  footyskills lumped him in with Atidore and some other useless player

To be fair to our resident Altidore fan club secretary I thought Shelvey was useless before he mentioned him. Went to an Under 21's England match once and had to ask somebody who the old bloke who kept giving the ball away was,it was Shelvey. He has definitely improved.

[ozzjim]

Anderlecht have made Praet available for just £7m - sign him up Tim!

7m for Praet looks a steal doesn't it, I really hope we go back in for him.

[ozzjim]

someone who claims to have a family member working at Villa has said on VT we are close to a deal for Traore.

Is that the one taking it from a post on reddit? If so, I think we can safely assume it is highly unlikely.

[paul_e]

I like the look of Praet but I can't help but think that anyone who signs him has picked the wrong Anderlecht midfielder, Tielemans looks like a superstar in the making to me.

[mr underhill]

even so, £7m would be good business I think

[Smirker]

I watched one of those scouting youtube things of Grealish yesterday and it is better than anything we have signed.
If we were buying him we would be very excited.  I think he and Gil should fight out the mercurial 'number 10' role and Sinclair/Ayew fight out the other pacy position.

Admittedly unproven but potentially very exciting.

Can you post the video please?

[Matt Collins]

You do wonder why they've made him available for such a low fee (praet)

Would prioritise other positions personally

[passitsideways]

I think a right winger is our priority for the final three weeks of the window: Ayew and Gabby can play there but they'll mostly be honing in on goal, Gil will drift centrally to link up play, but we don't really have someone who can stretch the defence, run at defenders and put in crosses. Bacuna can do that from right back, but obviously he's not going to be viable there every game.

Of our other holes, I'm reasonably comfortable with having Gestede and Ayew at CF (although if the right player becomes available...); Sanchez and Westwood battling it out for the third midfield spot; five CBs; and Bacuna/Hutton taking turns out at RB (though again, if we do have money and there's a RB with the sort of age/pedigree mix Amavi has...)

[Dante Lavelli]

Picture of Sanchez with Chelsea's Juan Cuadrado this weekend. Hope he's tapping him up!

Not a bad shout that.  I don't think Cuadrado is good enough for Chelsea, but he would be good enough for us.
That said he would arguably be competing with 2 new signings in Sinclair and Ayew, so probably best to get the most out of them first.

[ozzjim]

Cuardrado if you could get him playing is a bloody brilliant player. Would love him at Villa, but think it is pretty unlikely!

[Salsa Party Animal]

so from the feedback on this topic we need a

1. Right back version of  Jordan Amavi
2. A better goalkeeper with ball skills than Guzan (Arsenal Colombian Goalkeeper ?)
3. A Right Side Central half to compete with Richards, Okore, Baker and Clark (and Philippe
Senderos to leave)
4. A Winger with Pace probably Lennon/Townsend/Both
5. Dennis  Praet to increase choice in Midfield
6. A Central forward to play with Kozak/Rudy and replace Agbonlahor. Diego Rollan ?

[Quiet Lion]

so from the feedback on this topic we need a

4. A Winger with Pace probably Lennon/Townsend/Both

The only thing worse than signing Lennon or Townsend would be if we signed both