Summer transfer, gossip and speculation thread

[brian green]

We bought a bot.

[brian green]

They call him Russ.

[andyh]

I am losing track of all the players we are now linked with.
Bryan
McGinn
Man City striker
Nyland the goalie
Abraham from Chelsea


Any one else?

[walsall villain]

They call him Russ.

Ah, Russ Abbot, welcome to Villa Park. Hope you like the ‘atmosphere’

[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....

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

haha not really, perhaps just hope that we'll find a way to bring in some quality before the deadline

[eric woolban woolban]

They call him Russ.

Ah, Russ Abbot, welcome to Villa Park. Hope you like the ‘atmosphere’

A rival to Hercules for Bella (embergs ) attention.

[PeterWithesShin]

We bought a bot.

Classic Faith No More.

[Clampy]

The Nyland deal is now official.

[Clampy]

We bought a bot.

Classic Faith No More.

Very good.

[eamonn]

Bryan at 4m initial and 25k per week wages is 2.3m per year on FFP.

McGinn at 2.1m initial and 15k per week is circa £1.3m.

Added together, it's less than the Traore income. Ergo not evidence that Jack is off.

Wicked work. Move to Finance, Bud, more versatile skill, none of that Tort shit.

[chrisw1]

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. 

Lets criticise for something he hasn't said about a player we are not buying...

[Villa Lew]

According to Sky Sports we're still interested in Ben Woodburn, despite the fact he signed a loan deal with Sheffield United on 31 July.

[VILLA MOLE]

According to Sky Sports we're still interested in Ben Woodburn, despite the fact he signed a loan deal with Sheffield United on 31 July.

On the ball as ever , as I understand from sources

[mr underhill]

AVTransfers guy saying 2 medicals booked for tomorrow

[Rudy Can't Fail]

AVTransfers guy saying 2 medicals booked for tomorrow

Joe Bryan and ?