Summer 2015 - Transfer Rumours, Speculation & Suggestions

[villadelph]

SSN reported £2m fee with Lescott on a 2 year contract.

silly signing imo for a 33yr old, reminiscent of the Habib Beye deal

what was the point in giving Baker particularly and even Clark new deals, three left sided centre backs on the books

Better than friggin Senderos.. not to mention an experienced leader that has an affinity for the club.

[Matt C]

Smart signing I reckon. Bit of extra experience and nous.

[saunders_heroes]

Good signing. An upgrade on Baker and even Clark in my opinion, and a Villa fan as well!

[D.boy]

Doesn't lescott pop up with the odd goal from corners too, with his square head?
That's a useful weapon to have.

Him and Gestede at corners = Mellberg + 1!!

and Richards

[brian green]

Good signing. He can bring the voice of experience and authority to or defence we have lacked for a long time and I include Ron Vlaar in that assessment.

[manic-road]

If Lescott signs I will be happy with that, he will certainly strengthen the defence and with his experience get it organised.

[DB]

Boggies look like they are signing Evans.

[Tuscans]

Every time I have watched MOTD, Lineker & co always bring up Lescotts poor concentration, poor passing, poor marking etc.

Never been a fan, never rated him...but if he puts the shirt on I can only support him. For how long though,  that's the question.

[CJ]

apparently we have agreed a fee for Lescott but he won't be allowed to leave until they have signed a replacement

That seemed a bit weird - we've agreed a fee but he can't leave until they've got a replacement. Apparently they've now agreed a fee for Evans so hopefully it'll get resolved pretty quickly. On face value he's 33 and is surplus to the Bitters' requirements so doesn't sound too clever, but I'm fairly OK with it - loads of experience, steady, and is better than Baker or Senderos. Richards, Clark, Okore and Lescott  as 4 CB options is fine by me

[mr underhill]

well it was obvious they had Evans lined up I would have thought, otherwise they  wouldn't have agreed to it? Presumably, Sadio whatshisname is off before the deadline to pay for the new boys.

[Tom_Mc9?]

Hardly one to get excited about, or disappointed about for that matter.

[tomd2103]

Smart signing I reckon. Bit of extra experience and nous.

Yep.  A partnership of Richards and Lescott looks infinitely better than some of combinations we've had back there over the past few seasons (a back three of Herd, Clark and Baker anyone?)

[john e]

I suspect we might be thinking about the Lescot of old, this is the one that can't get into the baggies team, that's 33 and isn't going to get any better

[PaulWinch again]

Lescott's alright and we do need centre half cover.

[Matt Collins]

He's better than baker though