January Transfer Window

[PaulWinch again]

If - if - we were to lose Johnstone to Albion for the want of 4m that should set every alarm bell within ten miles of villa park ringing.

Not if it's FFP that is hampering us rather than Tony's lack of cash.

Would have thought Amavi's departure would free up funds.

[eamonn]

Wasn't there a suggestion the full amount would not he paid nor on the books til the end of the season?

[Villafirst]

Can't see Johnstone going to that ragbag outfit. Would he be first choice for them over Foster?? I doubt it. He would be soon back in the Championship come May! Bruce hinted at freeing up funds during this transfer window with some possible departures.

[Clark W Griswold]

I would say it's FFP that's the problem. We did spend over £40m on 3 strikers since being relegated plus all the rest and don't recall recouping a huge amount.
2 points on Johnstone. 1, Would he really go and sit on the bench for bottom placed WBA?
2, He may want to move to a premier league club in the summer if (when) we don't go up which is understandable but could surely play first choice for anyone outside the top 4-6 as he's certainly good enough.

[chrisw1]

I would say it's FFP that's the problem. We did spend over £40m on 3 strikers since being relegated plus all the rest and don't recall recouping a huge amount.
2 points on Johnstone. 1, Would he really go and sit on the bench for bottom placed WBA?
2, He may want to move to a premier league club in the summer if (when) we don't go up which is understandable but could surely play first choice for anyone outside the top 4-6 as he's certainly good enough.

What, you seriously think he’d be the 7th best keeper in the PL?   Maybe one day but I don’t think he’s anywhere near that level.

[tomd2103]

Can't see Johnstone going to that ragbag outfit. Would he be first choice for them over Foster?? I doubt it. He would be soon back in the Championship come May! Bruce hinted at freeing up funds during this transfer window with some possible departures.

Foster seems to have his peaks and troughs there and I remember Pulis leaving him out for quite sometime after he made some mistakes when we beat them in the first game when we beat them twice in a week.

[Clark W Griswold]

I would say it's FFP that's the problem. We did spend over £40m on 3 strikers since being relegated plus all the rest and don't recall recouping a huge amount.
2 points on Johnstone. 1, Would he really go and sit on the bench for bottom placed WBA?
2, He may want to move to a premier league club in the summer if (when) we don't go up which is understandable but could surely play first choice for anyone outside the top 4-6 as he's certainly good enough.

What, you seriously think he’d be the 7th best keeper in the PL?   Maybe one day but I don’t think he’s anywhere near that level.

What I'm saying is he'd be a good punt for anyone outside the top 6 that needs a new keeper.

[Dave]

I would say it's FFP that's the problem. We did spend over £40m on 3 strikers since being relegated plus all the rest and don't recall recouping a huge amount.
2 points on Johnstone. 1, Would he really go and sit on the bench for bottom placed WBA?
2, He may want to move to a premier league club in the summer if (when) we don't go up which is understandable but could surely play first choice for anyone outside the top 4-6 as he's certainly good enough.

What, you seriously think he’d be the 7th best keeper in the PL?   Maybe one day but I don’t think he’s anywhere near that level.

What I'm saying is he'd be a good punt for anyone outside the top 6 that needs a new keeper.

He's been pretty solid for us this season, but I'm struggling to think of anybody in the Premier League he would be starting for.

Maybe Newcastle. Or Palace. But I think that would be about it.

[kippaxvilla2]

Bruce has said there is no money for a permanent forward signing.

[Whiney MacWhineface]

If - if - we were to lose Johnstone to Albion for the want of 4m that should set every alarm bell within ten miles of villa park ringing.

Not if it's FFP that is hampering us rather than Tony's lack of cash.

And if it’s FFP that’s hampering us it’s because the accounts, plus prediction for the current season, indicate we’ll lose more than allowed over three seasons, even with the allowance for our Premier League season. If we’re still losing a bundle then maybe it’s due to issues we have no visibility of...

Say, interest on a loan we know the club have had since October 2016 of an unspecified amount...

[ChicagoLion]

We dont know what is in the loan agreement, if there is a break clause there maybe nothing we can do about it.

[Steve67]

When we play like we did tonight, it's difficult to say what we need in the window!

[tomd2103]

Bruce has said there is no money for a permanent forward signing.

In his post match interview he said that there wasn't anything currently lined up and if any business is to be done, it will likely be towards the end of the window.

[SoccerHQ]

Bruce has said there is no money for a permanent forward signing.

Depends how much.

I can fully understand why the club wouldn't be in a hurry to give him another 12m to spend on a forward when it's taken a year for last year's edition to finally start looking the part.

There are plenty who aren't playing at premier league clubs who could do a job for us on loan, many of the names been linked.

Given SB's comments about probably having to wait until the end of the window that's the route we're obviously going down.

[ozzjim]

See Wolves are about to sign a 20 year old striker from Valences that Real Madrid were looking at this season. Prolific in their youth setup. Interesting to see how that works out.