Summer transfer, gossip and speculation thread

[cdbearsfan]

Met her a couple of times in a previous job, she always had some players under her wing. Seemed like a valuable resource and a false economy in terms of a cutback. Nice lady, too.

[Damo70]

Personally I would like to see both Kodjia and Adomah stay.

[DB]

Personally I would like to see both Kodjia and Adomah stay.

Me too.

[Clark W Griswold]

And me. All this chopping and changing is getting us no where, we really need the team close to last seasons with a couple of slight improvements if possible. Obviously if Grealish goes it'll set that back a bit though.

[manic-road]

Villa linked to Negredo according to Brum Mail and other sites, at 32 he doesn't fit into the young player bracket.

[mrfuse]

Villa linked to Negredo according to Brum Mail and other sites, at 32 he doesn't fit into the young player bracket.

Hope that's not true, I don't rate him at all.

[auntiesledd]

If we sold Kodj and AA but kept Grealish, that would be an amazing result in the context of the recent financial challenges and FFP. McGinn, Bryan and Powell coming in would also be excellent.
Now, Richards, McCormack, Lansbury, Gardner … how can we offload?!

I love you're positivity, but unfortunately I don't think all that mob would bring in anything like the money Jack will go for. Of all the wasters still on the books - it's Kodja I'm most annoyed with atm. I appreciate he's come back from serious injury, but his current attitude stinks. At least Albert made a good contribution last season & doesn't look like he doesn't give a stuff. Sadly I'd imagine AA will be of far more interest to other clubs currently than the sulky Ivorian.

I wasn't suggesting that the projected sales would accrue as much as Grealish, but my interpretation of the current situation is that we no longer need to secure transfer fees at any cost because we have until March 2019 to address FFP. We need, for sure, to turn some players over in order to bring some in but it is not as desperate as it could have been now that we have new investors.

Again - I'd love to believe you're on the money regarding our FFP sitch Vs the possibility of keeping our biggest asset for this season, but I'm resigned to losing Jack imminently through necessity. Quite how the owners will manage to balance the books without further sales is a mystery to me, but I'm sure the financial meltdown that Xia created will be rectified by them over the coming months. I just hope to god that any players that replace those exiting will manage to fill the glaring gaps that'll be left.

[davidb]

If we sold Kodj and AA but kept Grealish, that would be an amazing result in the context of the recent financial challenges and FFP. McGinn, Bryan and Powell coming in would also be excellent.
Now, Richards, McCormack, Lansbury, Gardner … how can we offload?!

I love you're positivity, but unfortunately I don't think all that mob would bring in anything like the money Jack will go for. Of all the wasters still on the books - it's Kodja I'm most annoyed with atm. I appreciate he's come back from serious injury, but his current attitude stinks. At least Albert made a good contribution last season & doesn't look like he doesn't give a stuff. Sadly I'd imagine AA will be of far more interest to other clubs currently than the sulky Ivorian.

I wasn't suggesting that the projected sales would accrue as much as Grealish, but my interpretation of the current situation is that we no longer need to secure transfer fees at any cost because we have until March 2019 to address FFP. We need, for sure, to turn some players over in order to bring some in but it is not as desperate as it could have been now that we have new investors.

Again - I'd love to believe you're on the money regarding our FFP sitch Vs the possibility of keeping our biggest asset for this season, but I'm resigned to losing Jack imminently through necessity. Quite how the owners will manage to balance the books without further sales is a mystery to me, but I'm sure the financial meltdown that Xia created will be rectified by them over the coming months. I just hope to god that any players that replace those exiting will manage to fill the glaring gaps that'll be left.

I think for FFP it could be partly a case of kicking the can. If we sell Jack and cover the FFP gap plus a surplus of 10m we can then bring in some players with total outlay over the surplus because the player sale is realised immediately in the accounts while the player purchases are amortised over the lifetime of their contracts. Could be a case of us trying to do that....

[auntiesledd]

Villa linked to Negredo according to Brum Mail and other sites, at 32 he doesn't fit into the young player bracket.

Cue Bruce repeating the ol' "you can never have too much experience" chestnut. 

[auntiesledd]

If we sold Kodj and AA but kept Grealish, that would be an amazing result in the context of the recent financial challenges and FFP. McGinn, Bryan and Powell coming in would also be excellent.
Now, Richards, McCormack, Lansbury, Gardner … how can we offload?!

I love you're positivity, but unfortunately I don't think all that mob would bring in anything like the money Jack will go for. Of all the wasters still on the books - it's Kodja I'm most annoyed with atm. I appreciate he's come back from serious injury, but his current attitude stinks. At least Albert made a good contribution last season & doesn't look like he doesn't give a stuff. Sadly I'd imagine AA will be of far more interest to other clubs currently than the sulky Ivorian.

I wasn't suggesting that the projected sales would accrue as much as Grealish, but my interpretation of the current situation is that we no longer need to secure transfer fees at any cost because we have until March 2019 to address FFP. We need, for sure, to turn some players over in order to bring some in but it is not as desperate as it could have been now that we have new investors.

Again - I'd love to believe you're on the money regarding our FFP sitch Vs the possibility of keeping our biggest asset for this season, but I'm resigned to losing Jack imminently through necessity. Quite how the owners will manage to balance the books without further sales is a mystery to me, but I'm sure the financial meltdown that Xia created will be rectified by them over the coming months. I just hope to god that any players that replace those exiting will manage to fill the glaring gaps that'll be left.

I think for FFP it could be partly a case of kicking the can. If we sell Jack and cover the FFP gap plus a surplus of 10m we can then bring in some players with total outlay over the surplus because the player sale is realised immediately in the accounts while the player purchases are amortised over the lifetime of their contracts. Could be a case of us trying to do that....

Fair play to you, David. You evidently know a damned-sight more about FFP than I ever will!

[Clark W Griswold]

It's cack. Most probably.

[Clark W Griswold]

Not David, the Negredo rumour...

[olaftab]

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/aug/06/player-liaison-officer-aston-villa-lorna-mclelland

McClelland left Villa two years ago, after relegation from the Premier League. She continues to work with sportspeople as a co-founder of GCSportsCare, which provides advice, support and counselling to people with mental health issues or addictions. The former footballer Gary Charles is the managing director.

Once again SGT pioneered.

[tomd2103]

Personally I would like to see both Kodjia and Adomah stay.

No qualms with Adomah staying, but seeing as his contract is ticking down I guess offers will be listened to unless he signs a new one.  I am concerned about Kodjia though, as he just doesn't seem interested in the physical challenge of the game at this level and looks a shadow of the player we saw in his first season.  If a decent offer came in for him that would allow us to bring in a decent replacement, then I think it should be considered.   

[Clark W Griswold]

Ojo from Liverpool linked now, there seems to be a new link every 30 mins. I would have thought he'd come in if Kodjia goes, but as I say I'd sooner hang on to a player who scored 19 goals the season before last in a mid table team that didn't create much. I think he's just getting over his injury, a bit like Delph a few years back when it seemed to take him an age to find his best form.