Aaron Tshibola

[Des Little]

balls are rolling

...tonight's machine is Arthur, chosen by Douglas Ellis from Four Oaks

[Stirchley Villain]

Sign why don't ya..?

[not3bad]

My Reading supporter mate just posted on Facebook that he is gutted to be losing this guy and that he could be the next Pogba.

[Toronto Villa]

My Reading supporter mate just posted on Facebook that he is gutted to be losing this guy and that he could be the next Pogba.

Would be nice but let's not get too carried away.

[Dave P]

So we are signing the next Pogba and next Buffon in the same week?

[Mister E]

Hope he is a bit like Matuidi who impressed me in most of the France games.

He just waltzed past players.

[Villafirst]

Some people are suggesting we're paying over the odds at £5M for this guy. Just take a look at the Gossip column on the BBC Football site. Transfer prices of £15 to £40M are rife. £5M is indeed peanuts these days. Also, it's interesting to see our profile on the Gossip column no longer exists, a result of being in the Second tier. I just hope we can get back to the PL at the first attempt, otherwise we run the risk of being left cut adrift of the rest for years. Crazy money in the PL with the new TV deal.

[Mister E]

Some people are suggesting we're paying over the odds at £5M for this guy. Just take a look at the Gossip column on the BBC Football site. Transfer prices of £15 to £40M are rife. £5M is indeed peanuts these days. Also, it's interesting to see our profile on the Gossip column no longer exists, a result of being in the Second tier. I just hope we can get back to the PL at the first attempt, otherwise we run the risk of being left cut adrift of the rest for years. Crazy money in the PL with the new TV deal.

Crazy money - yes.
Wasted by many - probably.
Leaving us - in a great place. If RdM / Clarke spend the dosh wisely and build a coherent and committed squad we can not only go back at the first time of asking but also be well-placed in the following season.

What Eddie Howe is doing at Bournemouth bears learning from.

[in exile]

Bournemouth bears

I thought they were the Cherries

[Steve67]

Bournemouth bears

I thought they were the Cherries

Like.

[old man villa fan]

Some people are suggesting we're paying over the odds at £5M for this guy. Just take a look at the Gossip column on the BBC Football site. Transfer prices of £15 to £40M are rife. £5M is indeed peanuts these days. Also, it's interesting to see our profile on the Gossip column no longer exists, a result of being in the Second tier. I just hope we can get back to the PL at the first attempt, otherwise we run the risk of being left cut adrift of the rest for years. Crazy money in the PL with the new TV deal.

The crazy money in the PL is generally being spent on the same players, either in transfers or wages i.e. money in is generally equalling money out.  This means that the clubs are not getting much stronger, only if they are strengthening from overseas.  The wise clubs are saving some of the 'new' income for a later day but I do not see much of that at the moment.

I do not see the future being much different for promoted clubs catching up in that, if you have money to spend when you are promoted and you already have a well balanced attack minded team, you generally survive and build from there.  The bigger the club, the easier it is.

[footyskillz]

My Reading supporter mate just posted on Facebook that he is gutted to be losing this guy and that he could be the next Pogba.

He didnt say salifiou was the Togolese Zidane did he?

[Villafirst]

Update: B'ham Mail saying Villa are just waiting on the medical results for the deal to be completed.

[darren woolley]

Lets hope we can get him signed up asap.

[andyh]

Loads of Twitter stuff saying just completed!