Remi Garde - Departs Aston Villa

[sickbeggar]

Players stay. managers go. no club in our position is going to shift players on long well paid contracts to clubs who won't pay them the same or similar.  People should take off the claret and blue glasses for a moment and think if you were a player on 30k a week, would you go to a club offering 15K? Not a chance. We will obviously listen to offers for those that have maybe shown promise (Ayew etc..) but the rest....well the club aren't going to pay up their contracts, so its upto the manager to get something out of them, whether thats Garde or some other poor sap.

Aren't you ruling out the possibility that the players' contracts have relegation clauses?

Still not going to bring their wages down to the level of the clubs possibly interested. If the average wage in the championship is 6k a week, I can't see many clubs willing to match what they'd be on even with relegation clauses

[PeterWithesShin]

Sorry yes, I missed Gabby, which hard to do given the size of him!

[Dante Lavelli]

Lescott said he had the chance to go to the States in January, so I'd guess he (and Guzan) will end up there.
Richards will find a PL club.

[ASHTONVILLA]

Lescott said he had the chance to go to the States in January, so I'd guess he (and Guzan) will end up there.
Richards will find a PL club.

Agree.

I think we will take an offer for Gardner off forest as well. Can see Ayew and Gana getting a cut-price moves to a prem team, and Amavi leaving in the summer window once fit and starting to play well.

[Dante Lavelli]

Lescott said he had the chance to go to the States in January, so I'd guess he (and Guzan) will end up there.
Richards will find a PL club.

Agree.

I think we will take an offer for Gardner off forest as well. Can see Ayew and Gana getting a cut-price moves to a prem team, and Amavi leaving in the summer window once fit and starting to play well.

We'd be nuts to sell out better players on cut price deals when they have 3 years left on their deals.  If they leave it should be for a profit and then reinvested  ...then I remembered who is in charge.

[ASHTONVILLA]

Lescott said he had the chance to go to the States in January, so I'd guess he (and Guzan) will end up there.
Richards will find a PL club.

Agree.

I think we will take an offer for Gardner off forest as well. Can see Ayew and Gana getting a cut-price moves to a prem team, and Amavi leaving in the summer window once fit and starting to play well.

We'd be nuts to sell out better players on cut price deals when they have 3 years left on their deals.  If they leave it should be for a profit and then reinvested  ...then I remembered who is in charge.

The shower in charge of the club are nuts. I reckon they will take any offer for any player in order to get the wages down, and that they think all the dross that is left after the carcass has picked will look like Brazil in the Championship. Can't see us buying any players either.

Not what I want to happen, but my best prediction based on past record and the noises coming from Hollis.

[Ormy Droid]

I guess we're just going to have to wait to see what transpires, but we might have to sell someone like Ayew because he has a relegation clause in his contract, or just to fund the wage bill/paltry transfer spending budget, now that the board have told us that spending money isn't the answer, or even an option if Randy refuses to put in any more of his own money.

[john e]

Don't forget the French players didn't come cheap, they were all 7-9 mill touches
so anyone wanting them will have to cough up at least the fee

[ASHTONVILLA]

Don't forget the French players didn't come cheap, they were all 7-9 mill touches
so anyone wanting them will have to cough up at least the fee

I reckon Hollis would agree fees less than we paid. It isn't like he was responsible for the fee paid, and seems to have a clear agenda to cut the costs down. I can only guess, but for my money the club would accept cut price fees to shift players off the wage bill. I really don't think Hollis/Fox/Lerner give a toss which players they are, and will sell anyone an offer comes in for.

[aj2k77]

Don't forget the French players didn't come cheap, they were all 7-9 mill touches
so anyone wanting them will have to cough up at least the fee

We won't be getting anything like £7-9m for players who are going down and looked average.

[john e]

Don't forget the French players didn't come cheap, they were all 7-9 mill touches
so anyone wanting them will have to cough up at least the fee

We won't be getting anything like £7-9m for players who are going down and looked average.

we will be keeping them then

[Toronto Villa]

Exactly. Those players will look much better next season with a fresh start and not being trapped hopelessly at the bottom of the table. They will look different players with more confidence. Winning is enjoyable and none of our players are enjoying their football right now. When they do it will show in their attitude and desire.

[Boz]

Don't forget the French players didn't come cheap, they were all 7-9 mill touches
so anyone wanting them will have to cough up at least the fee

I reckon Hollis would agree fees less than we paid. It isn't like he was responsible for the fee paid, and seems to have a clear agenda to cut the costs down. I can only guess, but for my money the club would accept cut price fees to shift players off the wage bill. I really don't think Hollis/Fox/Lerner give a toss which players they are, and will sell anyone an offer comes in for.

The board need to realise we are primarily a football club, so selling our better players to get wages down is not a realistic policy if they want to remain in the Championship.

[Dave]

Don't forget the French players didn't come cheap, they were all 7-9 mill touches
so anyone wanting them will have to cough up at least the fee

I reckon Hollis would agree fees less than we paid. It isn't like he was responsible for the fee paid, and seems to have a clear agenda to cut the costs down. I can only guess, but for my money the club would accept cut price fees to shift players off the wage bill. I really don't think Hollis/Fox/Lerner give a toss which players they are, and will sell anyone an offer comes in for.

The board need to realise we are primarily a football club, so selling our better players to get wages down is not a realistic policy if they want to remain in the Championship.

Why would they want to remain in the Championship?

[aj2k77]

Don't forget the French players didn't come cheap, they were all 7-9 mill touches
so anyone wanting them will have to cough up at least the fee

We won't be getting anything like £7-9m for players who are going down and looked average.

we will be keeping them then

I expect so, can't see us ''losing'' many players this summer.