Summer 2015 - Transfer Rumours, Speculation & Suggestions

[Toronto Villa]

Reported that A. Traore has a 6 million Euro released clause.

We should bid 8 million to make sure we get him instead of Liverpool & Stoke.

 

Whatever the actual price when you look at what has been spent on domestic players, it appears we have not only intelligently scouted but we are taking advantage of the weakened Euro in our spending plans.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

If Lambert is still the manager, we will probably get Djimi Traore, who has retired recently.

If Lambert was still manager he'd be looking to buy A Tractor.

[LeeB]

If Lambert is still the manager, we will probably get Djimi Traore, who has retired recently.

If Lambert was still manager he'd be looking to buy A Tractor.

"He gets up and down the pitch, he's what I like to call a 'tractor'."

[ExclDawg]

If Lambert is still the manager, we will probably get Djimi Traore, who has retired recently.

If Lambert was still manager he'd be looking to buy A Tractor.

Well in his defense ... everyone did tell him to sod off.

[ozzjim]

Have we ever been this adventurous in the transfer market before? I mean we have signed some good players at arguably their peak but I can't remember us ever being this genuinely gutsy in a summer. We have bought one player you could say is a sure thing in Richard and even then played him in what many would think is a gamblers role. But at the same time we have signed 4 or 5 players that from their scouting reports and reports from other fans could well go on to be genuinely to 4-6 players in a couple of years. Sherwood must have weighed up the potential reward and possible pitfall of the strategy and I admire him for have the guys to gamble on it in such a big way. This summer will define his time at Villa and possibly his managerial career. The easy thing would have been to sign some ex players and aim around 14th and claim it as successful. Ib really hope it works.

[Toronto Villa]

we've been this adventurous but I don't if we have ever done it all in one go. More than the adventurous bit is that at the start of this window and then certainly after Delph and Benteke departed in quick order none of us saw what was next. We'd signed Micah Richards and firmed up Sinclair but we all knew that was never going be enough. The fact that we had a plan, executed it almost perfectly with some young, talented players has been the most impressive piece to all of this. The manager, his staff and the board all seem to be on the same page, and what this has done has almost pushed the possible sale of the club to the back page. If Randy remained at the club and maintained his support like this, with Fox running  the show, would anyone really have an issue with his ownership going forward?

[Ron Manager]

Well so far he has bought Gueye and Amavi  both of whom have received excellent reviews from the sporting media. He has bought Veretout
who is very highly thought of in France as a future French international, and hopefully will be signing Traore who has fast skills in abundance.

If Ayew lives up ,in time, to his big fee we could have quite a team.

With Gil and Grealish to re appear as well!

[pauliewalnuts]

The manager, his staff and the board all seem to be on the same page, and what this has done has almost pushed the possible sale of the club to the back page. If Randy remained at the club and maintained his support like this, with Fox running  the show, would anyone really have an issue with his ownership going forward?

It is good thus far this summer, but let's not forget, we've spent - net - only a bit more than we've received in sales.

If we are going make a judgement on whether we feel good about going forward like this, it depends what happens between now and the end of the window, but also what happens in windows when we don't raise 45m - 50m from player sales.

[Salsa Party Animal]

I want Villa to get Embolo, Traore, Praet and Right Back over next few weeks then it should be fine for the season

[Toronto Villa]

The manager, his staff and the board all seem to be on the same page, and what this has done has almost pushed the possible sale of the club to the back page. If Randy remained at the club and maintained his support like this, with Fox running  the show, would anyone really have an issue with his ownership going forward?

It is good thus far this summer, but let's not forget, we've spent - net - only a bit more than we've received in sales.

If we are going make a judgement on whether we feel good about going forward like this, it depends what happens between now and the end of the window, but also what happens in windows when we don't raise 45m - 50m from player sales.

I don't see it as net spend. For me it's what you do with the money you have however you received it. Whether it is commercial revenue, prize money or player sales. If we buy good players and in 2 to 3 years we sell them for an enormous profit and then use that income intelligently to strengthen then we should get better all the time. Like this summer we look at least on paper to be a much better squad than last year and yet our net spend may not much more than 10-15m. It's when clubs spend what they don't have and don't really improve (QPR), or when they completely blow what they receive from sales on naff (Aston Villa in the past few years) that causes them to get into difficulties.

There are off course going to be years we don't have the sale windfall, but then the task as a club to keep up will be through intelligently spending a percentage of its revenues which one would hope will continue to grow as we get better.

[pauliewalnuts]

There are off course going to be years we don't have the sale windfall, but then the task as a club to keep up will be through intelligently spending a percentage of its revenues which one would hope will continue to grow as we get better.

My standpoint is that when we see evidence of that, that'll be the time to judge them. Until then, based on recent times, I'm remaining hopeful but at the same time sceptical.

You don't even get to do the right thing with money if you don't get it in the first place, so - if you are judging based on how we act in the transfer market - it is always going to be about how much of the money we have available at that point we opt to invest in the team.

The last few years, it hasn't been very much. This summer it is more impressive but again, we've had a windfall.

It would be like judging Tottenham's spending based on last summer, when they'd raked in £100m more from player sales than they normally get because they sold Bale and spent the money they got for him.

[Salsa Party Animal]

and we want to sell our player for 30+ million every 2 year as it mean we are doing well and our players are in strong demand. That would be great for club growth.

[mr underhill]

fuck me this could be another exciting few days; according to Foot Mercato we've made an approach for Monaco's Aymen Abdennour

[dave.woodhall]

I want Villa to get Embolo, Traore, Praet and Right Back over next few weeks then it should be fine for the season

Who does Right Back play for?

[pauliewalnuts]

fuck me this could be another exciting few days; according to Foot Mercato we've made an approach for Monaco's Aymen Abdennour

Every time someone posts something like this, about a player I've never heard of, I find myself slowly and carefully reading their name in case it is just someone resurrecting the annual "I've heard we are signing *insert word for nobody in a foreign language here*" game we have!