According to RMC, Lille defensive midfielder Idrissa Gueye will be in Birmingham today for contract talks with Premier League side Aston Villa.Marseille (€8m + €1m bonus), West Ham (€10m + bonus) and Crystal Palace (unknown) have all made offers but none of these sides have reached Lille’s €12.5m evaluation for the player, unlike Aston Villa whose offer totals at €12.7m.Southampton are also very interested and had previously made offers for the player, time will tell whether this piece of news will trigger other Premier League sides into a bidding war. The player’s two core ambitions are to play in the Premier League and in the Champions League. Entering English airspace, who knows what might happen. Villa lead, but a deal is not done.
Struggling to get excited purely because of our previous record of signing players from the French league or with a history in the French league. Berson, Djemba, makoun, n'zogbia, Sylla all spring to mind, hopefully this one will buck the trend.
I was thinking of it from a culture point of view, they didn't settle although many of those were good players. John Carew had been about and is somewhat different to the players mentioned. He may do well, personally I'm just looking at it cautiously.
There is a valid concern that European midfielders have struggled with the physicality and pace of the EPL but our failures Kea, Berson, Makoun were also down to the fact that they were... eh... a little bit sh*t to put it kindly
Quote from: brontebilly on July 02, 2015, 12:21:28 PM There is a valid concern that European midfielders have struggled with the physicality and pace of the EPL but our failures Kea, Berson, Makoun were also down to the fact that they were... eh... a little bit sh*t to put it kindly Not wanting to divert the argument elsewhere, but I never thought Makoun got much of a chance, really.re European midfielders struggling with the physicality and pace, true, lots of them have struggled, but equally, lots of them have managed superbly.just not for us :-(