Summer 2016: Transfer rumours and suggestions

[Risso]

Elphick seems like a brilliant bit of business to me. Reads like an exceptional character, good leader and immediately solves our issue of needing a centre half and leader that knows that league. One of those where his influence off the pitch might well be as vital as his performances on.

Good start. If we can shift Richards and Lescott, keep Amavi and Clark, we might have a decent back 4 to come up. Keeper next please!

Agree totally Ozz.

[preston28]

Steven Fletcher released by Sunderland.  Worth a punt? He may be good for us in the championship?

[mr underhill]

we should be aiming higher

[Ron Manager]

we should be aiming higher

Crouchy then.He's 6ft 7"!

[mr underhill]

higher!

[Ads]

There should be quite a bit of wiggle room in the wage budget too now N'Zogbia has gone. If Richards and Lescott follow suit then you're probably talking about 160k per week there.

[Steve67]

There should be quite a bit of wiggle room in the wage budget too now N'Zogbia has gone. If Richards and Lescott follow suit then you're probably talking about 160k per week there.

Lescott, Agbonlahor and Richards, Zog, Richardson probably somewhere near to 260k a week. Randy will be rubbing his hands, oh, no, he won't Will he!

[Matt C]

Pat Murphy suggesting we'll be 'active' in the market this week and nobody will be sold until he's seen them all at pre-season training in Austria.

[Toronto Villa]

In all likelihood wewon't sell all the pricks so if we don't and the likes of Gabby or Richards are still at the club we need to get behind them. There will no point at all holding grudges and we will have to trust the managers judgement. It will be counter productive to the team to boo them for last year if they actually come back in shape and determined to make amends. A big IF I grant you.

[KevinGage]

I think it's perfectly fine to hold a grudge against a player that has barely turned up for the past five seasons and took the piss to the extent he did last year.

So even if he is difficult to move on, keeping Gabby around is more likely to be counterproductive. After a bright start, Richards has never really looked like he fancied it, but he should still have takers in the topflight given his age. So I don't reckon we'll be lumbered with him for long.

Lescott did at times look like the experienced head we need at the back last year, but he's too easy to outpace now.  With a more organised defence and shape in general under RDM, that might not be so apparent. So there might be a way back for him. But if he's dead set on going, I reckon we'll get over it.

[garyshawsknee]

I think he'll get a goalie in early doors with a new centre back. God knows who though.

[Toronto Villa]

Kev, I agree in principle with everything you said. I hope all of those players are sold so this a moot discussion. However if the manager decides after everything he sees, and with the possibility some simply won't attract a buyer we may as well get behind them. I don't mean forget, but if they are here what we don't need is a bomb squad situation and we cannot afford negative distractions. Those dark clouds need to be lifted if we are to have any chance of going up.

[CJ]

There should be quite a bit of wiggle room in the wage budget too now N'Zogbia has gone. If Richards and Lescott follow suit then you're probably talking about 160k per week there.

Lescott, Agbonlahor and Richards, Zog, Richardson probably somewhere near to 260k a week. Randy will be rubbing his hands, oh, no, he won't Will he!

Not far off if you include Guzan as well, if these figures in The Star are to be believed. I'd be happy to see none of those 6 in a Villa shirt again, but as a minimum we need to add Richards and Agbonlahor to N'zogbia and Richardson at the door marked 'Exit'. As others have said, Richards may find another mug club, but we won't shift Agbonlahor, so I'd wait until any relegation clause kicks in then pay off his contract. He's treated the club and us fans with utter contempt and disdain and he needs to be got rid of at any cost as far as I'm concerned

[Ian.]

Elphick seems like a brilliant bit of business to me. Reads like an exceptional character, good leader and immediately solves our issue of needing a centre half and leader that knows that league. One of those where his influence off the pitch might well be as vital as his performances on.

Good start. If we can shift Richards and Lescott, keep Amavi and Clark, we might have a decent back 4 to come up. Keeper next please!

Agree totally Ozz.

Yes that's great if true. That can only be a good influence on Clark too.

[Steve67]

Meaning evil 'understands' that Elphick not coming as Howe doesn't want to sell. We'll see.