Jordan Ayew - sold to Swansea

[villan from luton]

Ozzjim, you may be right re Carroll. Have to say on the few occasions I have seen him not been massively impressed, but apparently Tim rates him, will accept that even though I know more :-) . Not seen this Blackburn striker at all, another French bloke isn't he?

[villan from luton]

Seems they have agreed a fee re Ayew

[wozwebs]

They'll be selling claret and blue beret's at the club shop soon. Zut Alore

[villan from luton]

They'll be selling claret and blue beret's at the club shop soon. Zut Alore

Rather that than the white handkerchiefs

[paul_e]

Our current squad is bereft of quality and goals. It's all well and good sitting tight at an auction but we are not in a position to do this and we aren't at an auction.
Our targets should have been identified weeks if not months ago. Why it's taking so long to sort is a very risky policy .
Am I concerned ? Yes, I am.

You concerned. Do you have any other settings? We could sign Messi and you'd be shitting it he might trip on the way out to the pitch.

The last 4 years has been one concern ride. We should have a ride at Alton Towers called "Aston Villa", a montage of close up facial pics adorning the carriages - DOL, GED, ECK, MON, GMAC, Kiraly, Agathe, Berger, Bakke, Pires, Holt, Cole, Jenas, Senderos .
People get off the ride looking pale, shaken and confused with a sense of no direction.

Do you not see though that in part that's down to everything being a bit of a panic rather than us following a thought-out measured plan?  Your personal brand of arm-waving panicked posting generally calls for us to just do whatever deals we can to make the squad as strong as possible for the first match rather than doing what right for the club for the season, or even the next 2-3 seasons.  Just because Benteke left a few days ago and we haven't replaced him yet it doesn't mean that we're not going to or that we hadn't already done a lot of work identifying options to replace him.

[Toronto Villa]

Our current squad is bereft of quality and goals. It's all well and good sitting tight at an auction but we are not in a position to do this and we aren't at an auction.
Our targets should have been identified weeks if not months ago. Why it's taking so long to sort is a very risky policy .
Am I concerned ? Yes, I am.

You concerned. Do you have any other settings? We could sign Messi and you'd be shitting it he might trip on the way out to the pitch.

The last 4 years has been one concern ride. We should have a ride at Alton Towers called "Aston Villa", a montage of close up facial pics adorning the carriages - DOL, GED, ECK, MON, GMAC, Kiraly, Agathe, Berger, Bakke, Pires, Holt, Cole, Jenas, Senderos .
People get off the ride looking pale, shaken and confused with a sense of no direction.

Do you not see though that in part that's down to everything being a bit of a panic rather than us following a thought-out measured plan?  Your personal brand of arm-waving panicked posting generally calls for us to just do whatever deals we can to make the squad as strong as possible for the first match rather than doing what right for the club for the season, or even the next 2-3 seasons.  Just because Benteke left a few days ago and we haven't replaced him yet it doesn't mean that we're not going to or that we hadn't already done a lot of work identifying options to replace him.

Paul, hate to break this to you but you've just completely wasted a few moments of your valuable life trying to explain that to him.

[Ron Manager]

Didn't Christian Benteke threaten to go on strike as Jordon Ayeye is reported to be considering?His club are trying to rip us off and Tom Fox has to stay firm .We have quite a few options so Ayeye is not the only target worth chasing. We need to get a move on with the new season looming.
Plenty of other fish in the footballing sea.

[mr underhill]

deal done according to French media. £8.5 million, five year contract.

[Steve67]

Claret and blue berets is actually a really good idea! Where's the General when you need him?

[Matt Collins]

For those on Twitter Sam Tighe has posted three pretty sexy Ayew goals, about 1 day ago. None on that YouTube reel for whatever reason

Consensus seems to be that he's best playing with a bigger striker, and presumably that would be double true in the more physical English league. Not sure what that means formation wise. Possibly right of a three?

[mr underhill]

Him Gestede and Ntep up front would be pretty tasty

[Villafirst]

I think he'd work well with Adebayor. Tim should be able to get Adebayor firing again - he's a real handful and a proven PL goalscorer.

[paul_e]

Our current squad is bereft of quality and goals. It's all well and good sitting tight at an auction but we are not in a position to do this and we aren't at an auction.
Our targets should have been identified weeks if not months ago. Why it's taking so long to sort is a very risky policy .
Am I concerned ? Yes, I am.

You concerned. Do you have any other settings? We could sign Messi and you'd be shitting it he might trip on the way out to the pitch.

The last 4 years has been one concern ride. We should have a ride at Alton Towers called "Aston Villa", a montage of close up facial pics adorning the carriages - DOL, GED, ECK, MON, GMAC, Kiraly, Agathe, Berger, Bakke, Pires, Holt, Cole, Jenas, Senderos .
People get off the ride looking pale, shaken and confused with a sense of no direction.

Do you not see though that in part that's down to everything being a bit of a panic rather than us following a thought-out measured plan?  Your personal brand of arm-waving panicked posting generally calls for us to just do whatever deals we can to make the squad as strong as possible for the first match rather than doing what right for the club for the season, or even the next 2-3 seasons.  Just because Benteke left a few days ago and we haven't replaced him yet it doesn't mean that we're not going to or that we hadn't already done a lot of work identifying options to replace him.

Paul, hate to break this to you but you've just completely wasted a few moments of your valuable life trying to explain that to him.

It was worth it for the very slight chance he may read it

[olaftab]

I was discussing some of these players with colleagues in France this week. Ayew is now well rated after being a prominent scorer last season for Lorient. The general feeling was that we are paying too much if anything above 8 million euros! However these are French Lige rates PL brings in it's own inflation factor. Based on that 8M pounds would be more than enough so I hope we will/have not paid more than that.

[Bad English]

Lorient: J. Ayew vers Aston Villa


Which basically means :

J. Ayew to Aston Villa

Jordan Ayew's sulking tactics have paid off. French sports daily L'équipe say the player will be transferred this Sunday, after agreement reached between clubs.

After refusing to train in order to force his club to consent to the move, the Ghana international will be leaving Brittany for a  fee which the French paper estimates to be €12M (plus bonuses).

He came to Lorient from Marseilles in summer 2014 for €5M. The younger of the Ayew brothers scored 16 goals last season, and the goals he scored against the club that brought him through and PSG brought him to the attention of foreign scouts.

If the transfer goes through, the Birmingham club, 17th in the PL last season, will have three recruits from the French League (Ayew, Amavi, Gueye).

So, first l'équipe says it's a deal, then  at 8am BeinSports read l'équipe and say it's a deal and SkySports read them too and at 9am they say that "Sky Sources" say it's a deal. So it's a deal, yes?