Summer 2016: Transfer rumours and suggestions

[UK Redsox]

Veretout is still around. I'd prefer to see him playing ahead of Gardner

[Percy McCarthy]

Veretout is still around. I'd prefer to see him playing ahead of Gardner

Me too.

[sid1964]

Make that 3

[Rudy65]

Ashley Young would be brilliant for us as a wide option now.  Works hard but good going forward too. Pace up front is a huge worry.  We need another midfielder after Jedinak too. Nowhere near enough depth.

Good call. But I doubt he would come

[Ron Manager]

Make that 3

Add  me into the equation and make it four.

[Richard E]

I think Veretout might be in danger of morphing into another one of those players who gets better the longer he is not in the team here.

[Clampy]

He looked like an attacking midfielder on his youtube highlights and we haven't played him there yet. He'd be a good option from the bench for the likes of Grealish or maybe McCormack if we wanted to see games or give players a breather without totally losing our shape.

[avfcpg]

Ashley Young would be ideal...but not a chance he would come here and maybe we need to move on as a club anyway.
Vertoute, whilst not everyone's favorite always looked like he could play to me. Certainly a better option than what we have now. I'm assuming he wants off though or RDM rates Westwood and Gardner higher than him...which seems odd.

[RussellC]

We're still quite heavily linked to Ravel Morrison by a lot of the more reliable Twitter sources, with most of them saying that a deal's in place but he's waiting to see if a Premiership move materialises first.

Him and Bamford would certainly make a difference, if not immediately to the starting XI then definitely as options from the bench.

The squads still badly missing a winger too. With Sinclair gone and Traore MIA we need a new face, particularly if we want to get the best from Gestede.  Callum McManaman was linked earlier in the window and would be a good signing IMO. Looked a real handful at this level previsouly, and another one who doesn't quite meet the West Brom Fairground height restriction.

[Ads]

Veretout doesn't want to play for the club in this league.

[JUAN PABLO]

We're still quite heavily linked to Ravel Morrison by a lot of the more reliable Twitter sources, with most of them saying that a deal's in place but he's waiting to see if a Premiership move materialises first.

I dont want a player who thinks Villa are second best .  I want a player like Chester who couldnt wait to sign for us.

[JUAN PABLO]

Villa's former assistant and caretaker manager Eric Black says Rangers will have a good professional on their hands if Lescott does sign.


Always knew Black was hopeless

[RussellC]

We're still quite heavily linked to Ravel Morrison by a lot of the more reliable Twitter sources, with most of them saying that a deal's in place but he's waiting to see if a Premiership move materialises first.

I dont want a player who thinks Villa are second best .  I want a player like Chester who couldnt wait to sign for us.

I agree with the sentiment, but it's not always that straight forward. At this stage, I just want the best players we can get to play for us.

[PaulWinch again]

We're still quite heavily linked to Ravel Morrison by a lot of the more reliable Twitter sources, with most of them saying that a deal's in place but he's waiting to see if a Premiership move materialises first.

I dont want a player who thinks Villa are second best .  I want a player like Chester who couldnt wait to sign for us.

Agreed.

[themossman]

Agreed (edit - with Russell). We're a mid table championship team as it stands. We can't expect due deference from players with no connection to the club based on our distant past.

Benteke openly used us as a stepping stone but then he kept us up a couple of times single handedly. If there is another prodigiously gifted mercenary out there that gets us promoted I'm all for it.