Deano’s wishlist - the Jan transfer speculation/guaranteed nonsense thread

[Toronto Villa]

Dean needs to unearth the next Maupay. They paid around 3m for him and he'll go for 15-20m. no more paying top top dollar please.

I agree. It’s the trap this club and management constantly falls into. I’d like to have our budget and at times shop where Brentford has. That and build up and USE the academy. We shouldn’t have to pay £5m-10m just because we are Aston Villa. That’s a card we use when we absolutely have to. I don’t mind Maupay but we shouldn’t be lashing out top money for him.

[brian green]

Ollie Watkins would have been a much buy than Scott Hogan IMO.

[OCD]

Maupay is a nasty f**ker yes, but also a feisty competitor and a damn good player. At 22 years of age, this would be a real coup for me if we could get him, because this lad is going places.

Prick? Bell-end? Who gives a shit? I see him as a striker who causes defenders problems and scores goals.

How many times have we said we're too nice and we need to be a little nastier?

[mr underhill]

I'm sall for being a little edgier but not if it costs us 15 million quid. The only winners from that are Brentford, just as the only winners for McCormack and Kodjia were Fulham and Bristol City. We pay too much for players generally, I'd love that to change.

[Clampy]

I think Kodjia has been a decent signing for us overall and worth what we paid.

[Zouch Villa]

If the lad is as good as they say, I have no problem us spendng £10-£12mill plus add ons.  At 22 years, that could represent a very good investment rather than splurging big money on players at the other end of their careers.

[Ads]

We don't need him.

[Zouch Villa]

Maupay can play up front, out wide or as a number 10.  Would represent some useful options for those key positions, particularly if Grealish remains out injured.

[SheffieldVillain]

Why on earth would we spend £15m, which let's face it would be the majority of our budget if not all, on another striker when we have gaping holes in both full back positions, centre half, defensive midfield and a back-up for Jack?

Tammy with Kodija and Davis as back-up and Hogan if we are really desperate, with RHM if he's ever fit is more than enough in that position for this year.

[Risso]

Why on earth would we spend £15m, which let's face it would be the majority of our budget if not all, on another striker when we have gaping holes in both full back positions, centre half, defensive midfield and a back-up for Jack?

Tammy with Kodija and Davis as back-up and Hogan if we are really desperate, with RHM if he's ever fit is more than enough in that position for this year.

Nobody knows what our budget is.  Regarding the forward department, perhaps there are doubts over whether or not Tammy will be recalled.  Kodjia is inconsistent, Davis is a kid coming back from a bad injury who has scored two senior goals in his career, and Hogan is utterly dreadful in every single way.  If we really want to build for the future, then not waiting until the summer when all our loan signings go back, would be a good idea.

[Toronto Villa]

I don’t think goalscoring is as much the problem we have as creating chances and maintaining possession and tempo since Jack got injured. We need a creative midfielder who either actually creates chances or like Jack did opened up space by his touch and movement for all of the other creative players in our squad. I’d rather we invested there and defence.

[PeterWithe]

If we’ve got £15m to spend I’d rather try and buy Tammy. Or at least put it toward the bill.

[Risso]

I'm hoping that they'll be able to strengthen the whole squad.

[Toronto Villa]

If we’ve got £15m to spend I’d rather try and buy Tammy. Or at least put it toward the bill.

With so many other pressing needs why would we blow so much of our money on a player we have anyway? And I can’t see Tammy committing to us if we remain a Championship club. I do think there is a good chance he would stay if we went up and it would likely cost in the region of £30m.

[sickbeggar]

Can't see us signing Abraham. Even if we went up there would be premiership clubs interested now who would look a better bet to stay up at than us, especially when our budget would take a sizeable knock anyway from trying to build some sort of squad that could stay up. The whole loaning premiership players thing was a good short-term Plan A for Bruce, but of the ones who've been a success here, they've all returned to their original clubs to benefit them or been sold on, and the only thing we've got to show for it was the loan fee and the wages we've paid. Time to look a bit further than the end of the season i think.