Summer 2016: Transfer rumours and suggestions

[placeforparks]

nigel reo-coker is a rumour.

i've just made it up.

[willenhall villa]

I've got a feeling that Karl Henry might be one for us. There's also a lad at Brentford that is doing the business and is from near Cannock. A midfielder if I'm correct.

[PaulWinch again]

Karl Henry, absolutely not.

[paul_e]

Aston Villa trail Bosnian midfielder Tino-Sven Susic as they begin preparations for life in the Championship

Aston Villa scouts have been watching 24-year-old Tino-Sven Susic
The Bosnian is a creative midfielder at Croatian club side Hajduk Split
Nigel Pearson attempted to sign the player for Leicester City in 2015
The former Foxes boss is reported to be Villa's No 1 choice to take over

By JOE BERNSTEIN FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 09:22 GMT, 9 May 2016 | UPDATED: 09:47 GMT, 9 May 2016

Aston Villa are trailing £4million Bosnian midfielder Tino-Sven Susic - who Nigel Pearson once tried to sign for Leicester City.
Villa scouts were in the crowd on Sunday night as Susic's Croatian club side Hajduk Split were beaten 2-0 by Inter Zapresa.
Susic is a creative midfielder who has attracted the attention of several English clubs including Stoke City before.

I would assume if we are being linked with players linked to Pearson that might be another step to knowing our manager?

More likely they've heard that we had scouts there and realised that one of them was linked with Leicester whilst Pearson was there and they've joined the dots. If our scouting network is still running then them being at a game really doesn't mean anything right now, it's just a case of us keeping an eye on players that we think might be a good fit if needed, that's just how a scouting network should work.

[mr underhill]

was there a stream accessible from Australia?

[aj2k77]

Bradley Dack. I've scouted him myself, well watched him against Wigan for Gillingham once, which is probably more than most of our other signings were scouted. He looks a tidy little play maker at lower levels.

[Steve67]

There are some interesting bosman's about this summer. If, if, if, we have the manager and owners in place we might not need bosman transfers but it would be daft not to have a look.

[ldavfc4eva]

QPR have let quite a few go or will do so, Green and Clint Hill, Diakite,Armand Traore and Faurlin.

Someone on here did mention green as number one but he's another over paid hast it player we would well to avoid.

Would like Button from Brentford or Marshall from Cardiff in goal but both will cost big money I imagine.

That's the sort of player we need though experienced in the championship but eager to get into the prem and have a crack at the big time, not has beens or mercenaries.

[Grande Pablo]

We've not a good track record in acquiring work permits for obsure Eastern Europeans.

[KevinGage]

Wasn't there some odd story about a chairman or someone senior at a relegation rival using his contacts in the Home Office to get the permit for the Croatian goalie blocked?

Would normally describe that type of thing as 100% manure, but it has been that kind of season.

[ozzjim]

Kalinic - All done, work permit agreed apart from a ratification through some panel, one of which was Margaret Byrne, she who had the morale fibre to allow Johnson to keep playing for Sunderland, voted that he was not of the right quality. Or something like that. But the league isn't at all murky. Not at all.

[cdbearsfan]

We've not a good track record in acquiring work permits for obsure Eastern Europeans.

He's got a Belgian passport according to Transfermarkt.

[VancouverLion]

Dwight Gayle he'd score 15-20 and would make a tremendous partner for Gestede.
6m would get him I reckon

[cdbearsfan]

If Ayew leaves, Nicky Ajose from Swindon might be a cheaper alternative to Gayle as someone to play alongside Gestede.

[aj2k77]

Just from wiki, with never having seen him play, it says he's tiny 5ft 6 and has had 1 good season in 5 years.