Idrissa Gueye - now gone

[mr underhill]

not unless he's outflanked every sports news outlet in the world. I think it was a reference to the fact that it was a given that he would go

[frank black]

Sorry I was alluding to it being possible its idrissa in and Delph out. If so then I hope we do the same with Benteke.

[godzvilla]

SSN are reporting that personal terms have been agreed and that he's currently undergoing a medical. Hopefully some positive news in the next few hours...

From Sky...................Godzvilla!
Midfielder Idrissa Gueye has agreed personal terms on a four-year contract at Aston Villa and will undergo a medical on Friday morning, according to Sky sources.

Sky sources reported on Thursday that Villa had agreed a £9m deal with Lille to sign the Senagalese and that he was on his way to Birmingham to finalise his transfer.

[nigel]

Copied from avillafan.com

Hi guys, I'm a fan of LOSC, I just give you some informations about Gueye.

Don't trust the ranking of the LOSC this season in the french league to judge this player. Lille this season had some second division level players and some Champions League level players, Gueye is one of these players.

He was really impressive in every single game during the past three seasons. His favorite position is in front of the defense, but he can also play "box to box" occasionaly. He can simply do everything: recover ball, pass cleanly and quickly forward, dribble ... He's not perfect of course: he takes very occasionaly risks in the rpass and he doesn't shot often on target.

To give you a comparison: most Lille fans think he is better than Cabaye and this is also my case. It is our Hazard for the recovery. If this guy was playing in Porto, he would be sold 30M, you're very lucky to have him.

[Matt Collins]

This interesting. I'd picked up he was more box to box but maybe he could play DCM. When I watched a clip he did look quite delph-like.

[MattW]

The Guardian's Stuart James on Twitter six mins ago:

Idrissa Gueye deal done with Villa - subject to work permit but should be a formality. Sherwood played a big part in convincing him to sign.

[Tom_Mc9?]

What do you reckon his buy-out clause is? #bantz

[Toronto Villa]

So apparently Sherwood has been instrumental in securing Richards and Gueye. I know it's way too early to be overly optimistic as we might lose two key players but I have growing confidence that even if we do we will replace them with good players.

[Tom_Mc9?]

Agreed Toronto. It's been a good start to the window for Sherwood.

[Monty]

You can imagine him sitting a player down, giving him the stare and being completely convincing about what he wants to do.

[passitsideways]

If the stuff we've been told is true, then this does seem like the sort of clear-cut upgrade we needed if we were going to get someone else in that position. Hopefully he and Delph are good enough to play as a midfield two and allow us to play with an extra attacker.

A LB and a right winger and keeping hold of Benteke and Delph and that's a good transfer window.

[Edvard Remberg]

Yes - but I bet he has a low release-clause.

[LukeJames]

Copied from avillafan.com

Hi guys, I'm a fan of LOSC, I just give you some informations about Gueye.

Don't trust the ranking of the LOSC this season in the french league to judge this player. Lille this season had some second division level players and some Champions League level players, Gueye is one of these players.

He was really impressive in every single game during the past three seasons. His favorite position is in front of the defense, but he can also play "box to box" occasionaly. He can simply do everything: recover ball, pass cleanly and quickly forward, dribble ... He's not perfect of course: he takes very occasionaly risks in the rpass and he doesn't shot often on target.

To give you a comparison: most Lille fans think he is better than Cabaye and this is also my case. It is our Hazard for the recovery. If this guy was playing in Porto, he would be sold 30M, you're very lucky to have him.

He'll fit in just fine with Grealish then, I joke of course.

[Ron Manager]

I wonder if Joe Cole has been involved in this proposed deal?

[aev]

I wonder if Joe Cole has been involved in this proposed deal?

Maybe he has made himself useful and picked him up from the airport?