Jacob Ramsey

[aldridgeboy]

Gutted he’s going. With Jack, and where we were at the time , it was inevitable he was going to go to a “ big club”. This just  doesn’t feel the same at all. I wanted him to become great, with us.

[Monty]

Thing is though he’s made a choice hasn’t he, assuming what we’re told is true? It’s not like he’s being forced to go, he’s been offered terms - he could have stayed but he’s chosen not to.

I do get the frustration of home grown players being sold, but he’s making that choice by the sounds of it.

And to quote Catch-22, how's that meant to make me feel better?

Well I suppose the point is if he were so minded he’d be staying - so for whatever the issues are with modern football we’re not actively pursuing the sale of key homegrown talent. The option is there for them to pursue their career with Villa.

So we're a less attractive prospect to our own born and bred than a proxy outfit whose best player's on strike, whose idea of a midfielder is Joelinton, who only finished one Old Trafford refereeing special ahead of us anyway, and who only exist as a cultural beachhead for the House of Saud.

I think he's likely to do very well there. He'll probably score at the weekend, and that soulless goon Howe and his Nazi assistant will punch the air with delight.

Soz for the lugubrious ranting. I just hate this with every fibre.

[AV82EC]

A good deal for us. Running down his contract is not an option we can allow to happen so take the money now seems the best course of action. He had in the later stages of last season started to regain some of the form he’d shown pre and post Unai arriving so it’s a shame but Unai is now starting to reshape the squad he inherited and the front six is starting to look different.

[kippaxvilla2]

Good point, I didn’t point out that the house (Ramsey) is slowly falling apart (running down a contract) and will decrease in value each year.

This is about the Ramsey situation. My house isn’t falling apart. Promise. Anyone want to buy a house?

Is it on Ramsey Street?

[kippaxvilla2]

He might be a Villa fan but I’ve always felt he’s been a bit of a sullen bugger the last couple of years.  And he made that ‘it’s only the conference’ comment that Ezri pulled him up on.

[rob_bridge]

He could be worth a lot more, on the flip side a 3rd consecutive stop start season with 1 league goal and only 12 months left he'd be worth a lot less.

That's my view too. £40m may end up being cheap if he stays injury-free, but I'd be more upset if it were Rogers or Ollie leaving.

Agree - I like Jacob as a footballer but he is one of the very few who hasn't improved much under Emery, mainly due to injuries.

It was always going to be on of him, Ollie, Kamara or Emi going this window for the PSR bollocks. So probably least worst result.

Newcastle maybe a strange pick mind as they have Barnes and Gordon though latter is rumoured to be off

[eamonn]

I don't think he's spent two years regressing. He's been really good at times, admittedly in patches, mostly last season but also left out of big games. We finished 4th without much contribution from him in 23/24.

His partnership with Moreno was a joy to behold but since the injuries, he hasn't blossomed in the way his mate Rogers has or anywhere close to it. I wonder if Morgan's ascent and Rashford coming in and taking his place at times, made his mind up. I'm also surprised that we haven't been presented any articles from Tanswell or Percy over the past few months about his reluctance to sign a new deal and that it's only being mentioned now.

One abiding memory of 23/24, our best season since the mid-90s, was when Ramsey came on as a sub at home to Brighton and scored an absolute peach as we hammered them 6-1. The goal just exuded class. He has that in his locker and we, frustratingly, haven't seen enough of it. He's dynamic, strong, very comfortable with the ball at his feet and it's going to be a pisser seeing him deliver the goods in a black and white shirt. I just hope he doesn't do it too often, per the last couple of years. The dream of three Ramsey boys in the same Villa team was alw ays pretty unlikely but hopefully Cole at least gets to emulate his brothers.

[caster troy]

It's disappointing that we'll have no home grown academy players in the team this season. 40m is a decent fee but the fact is I'd rather see his name on the team sheet than Bailey or Buendia. Maybe it's the best business we can do, but I'm not going to be happy about it.

[Brend'Watkins]

Not at all happy about this. His injury record is poor and I’m sure that must have had some bearing on the decision to offload.

[PeterWithesShin]

We could be seeing new academy players making the step up to the first team squad this season. There's a few that don't seem far off.

[jwarry]

It's disappointing that we'll have no home grown academy players in the team this season. 40m is a decent fee but the fact is I'd rather see his name on the team sheet than Bailey or Buendia. Maybe it's the best business we can do, but I'm not going to be happy about it.

Im sure Unai doesn’t want him to go but if he refuses to sign a contract now is the time to get rid rather than having a player on your books winding down a contract and not 100% committed

[Duncan Shaw]

Not at all happy about this. His injury record is poor and I’m sure that must have had some bearing on the decision to offload.

I'd imagine the fact he won't sign a contract and we'd get half as much for him next year is probably the biggest factor!

[Mister E]

We shouldn't conclude the deal before the weekend; no way he should be involved.
I think he has real class in his receipt and dispatch of the ball, and he ahs loads of energy. However, his output over the last couple of years has been indifferent and I suspect he lacks the intelligence to fully get with the Emery programme. If he goes, I hope he follows the Archer path rather than the Albrighton path.
How the Jawdies will fit him into their already-congested midfield / winger cohort is a mystery to me.
I hope we sign a decent RCB with the proceeds and use Hemmings. Jimoh-Aloba and Borland to supplement our midfield when required.

[brontebilly]

Many were saying the same when we sold Archer, best finisher at the club etc, he's spent 2 years struggling to hold down a starting place in the worst sides in the division. We were going to regret selling Aaron, whose done fuck all. Luiz, gone backwards. The list of players we regret selling in this set up is tiny compared to the list of the ones that showed we were right to move on.

Luiz? We replaced him effectively with Onana in the squad for the same money.

We were under no pressure to sell JJ and he was under no pressure to sign a new contract. He got a raw deal on a few occasions last year from Emery, Man City away comes to mind. So makes sense for him to hold off. 40m is pathetic really for a player with his potential. Particularly if it's used to fund a showpony like Asensio.

[Duncan Shaw]

It's made it onto the BBC now, so obviously happening, but it sounds like there will be some to-ing and fro-ing still , presumably to delay it until after the weekend.