Summer 2016: Transfer rumours and suggestions

[achilles]

Looking at the accounts there will be little choice.  The squad needs totally ripping apart to start again. If wages were 74m last season they are likely higher this so will need to come down about half quickly you would think.  Richards Ayew Lescott Gabby Nzogbia Guzan I reckon all on upwards of 50k a week will need to be shed fast.

Richards, N'Zogbia, probably Gabby - yes. But I'd be amazed if the others were on anything close to that.

At Lorient, Ayew earned a shade over £20k per week - I can't imagine it would have taken a 150% increase on his wages to persuade him to join us.

Even that is too much for the championship, so he won't be here!

[PeterWithe]

Troy Deeley was on £40k a week in the Championship, and the goalie.

[achilles]

But all our players are on too much for the championship (even with relegation clauses), not just the odd one or two!

[Dave]

Looking at the accounts there will be little choice.  The squad needs totally ripping apart to start again. If wages were 74m last season they are likely higher this so will need to come down about half quickly you would think.  Richards Ayew Lescott Gabby Nzogbia Guzan I reckon all on upwards of 50k a week will need to be shed fast.

Richards, N'Zogbia, probably Gabby - yes. But I'd be amazed if the others were on anything close to that.

At Lorient, Ayew earned a shade over £20k per week - I can't imagine it would have taken a 150% increase on his wages to persuade him to join us.

Even that is too much for the championship, so he won't be here!

Is it?

Blackburn were paying Jordan Rhodes £42,000 per week and I can't imagine he took a paycut to join Middlesbrough. Boro are also paying Stewart Downing £35,000 per week.

Why would £20k per week (and I expect that even in the Championship we'd be paying him more than that) be too much?

[PeterWithe]

I know a couple of players in the Championship and they are both on pushing £20k at clubs with little serious chance of promotion this season, or last.

If we seriously cant afford £20k a week then we had better get used to us being there for a few years.

[Ads]

We need to focus on the malignant core, who are coincidentally by and large our top earners.

Richardson and N'Zogbia will probably save us the best part of £4.5m a season, bu the likes of Richards, Lescott, Guzan, Agbonlahor, Clark, Westwood and Bacuna need to be moved this summer.

[mr underhill]

but as ever, who will buy those still on a contract? Payoffs might have to be the order of business.

[Chris Jameson]

Troy Deeley was on £40k a week in the Championship, and the goalie.

Deeney and Gomes? Where do people get these figures from? There was somebody last year claiming Huddestone was on £80,000 a week at Hull which is just nonsense.

[Dave]

but as ever, who will buy those still on a contract?

Why does it matter? Those who are wanted by other clubs will be sold if the buyer meets our valuation or the value stipulated by the player's contract.

Those who aren't wanted by other clubs will see their income drop in line with our reduced income.

[mr underhill]

sorry,my point was relating specifically to players like Gabflab. no matter how hard I try I can't see anyone buying him or Bacuna etc.

[AVH87]

We need to focus on the malignant core, who are coincidentally by and large our top earners.

Richardson and N'Zogbia will probably save us the best part of £4.5m a season, bu the likes of Richards, Lescott, Guzan, Agbonlahor, Clark, Westwood and Bacuna need to be moved this summer.

Surely Clark and Westwood could be decent players at that level, and after relegation clauses should be on <20k p/wk. I'd even be tempted to keep Lescott for a year at that level, should be a class above.

There will be interest in Richards, and I hope to god I never see Guzan, Gabby or Bacuna in a Villa shirt ever again.

[in exile]

Interest in Richards?
Seriously, who would want him after looking at his performances for us this season?

[AVH87]

Interest in Richards?
Seriously, who would want him after looking at his performances for us this season?

He'll be available for cheap as he's on big wages and we got him on a free, I don't think one bad season will ruin his reputation. I'm confident bottom half PL clubs will still go for him.

[tomd2103]

Interest in Richards?
Seriously, who would want him after looking at his performances for us this season?

I'm sure there will be a mug punter out there.  Probably Big Sam if Sunderland stay up.

[in exile]

I hope you are both right