Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread

[Sexual Ealing]

Neither Kalinic or Nyland were brought in by Dean Smith either.  He wants his own man between the sticks and I expect the owners and Christina Purslow to back him.

She's fit.

[Clampy]

Let's just see how things pan out shall we? The lack of patience is unbelievable sometimes.

I thought the 'speculation' in the title was an encouragement to speculate. It doesn't mean I expect anything to happen for a while. The key players are on the beach or playing mind games at this stage.

The speculation is fine. It's just when you read things like 'I'm dismayed' a fortnight after getting promoted. I'm surprised we've bought in two as soon as we have to be honest.

[Villafirst]

I'd like to see us bid for Tomori. A good quick mobile defender who fits the bill.

[cheltenhamlion]

I'd like to see us bid for Tomori. A good quick mobile defender who fits the bill.

Not strong enough for my liking.

[PaulWinch again]

If people are basing their assessment of Kalinic’s ability on his time at Villa it seems very premature. I don’t know if he’s good or not, but I definitely think he needs more time before a judgement is made.

[hilts_coolerking]

If people are basing their assessment of Kalinic’s ability on his time at Villa it seems very premature. I don’t know if he’s good or not, but I definitely think he needs more time before a judgement is made.

I doubt he'll get it.

[Steve67]

I'd like to see us bid for Tomori. A good quick mobile defender who fits the bill.

Not strong enough for my liking.

No doubt a talent, but I agree. Some potential there though.

[KevinGage]

Neither Kalinic or Nyland were brought in by Dean Smith either.  He wants his own man between the sticks and I expect the owners and Christina Purslow to back him.

She's fit.

She's like Marina Granovskaia.  Only posher.

[paul_e]

I'd like to see us bid for Tomori. A good quick mobile defender who fits the bill.

Not strong enough for my liking.

I agree, looks at least 12 months away from being ready for the premier league to me so I don't think we'll be interested.

The coaching team see what Kalinic, Nyland and Steer are capable of every day in training. If they feel we need to sign a new No.1 then it's fair to say that neither of them are good enough or don't fit in with the squad.

The If is very important here. If a keeper comes in and we then start pushing 1-2 of ours away then it will suggest that Smith isn't happy with them but until it happens it's all just paper talk.

We end up signing a tiny percentage of the players that get linked and, if the club is running how I'd like, we'll have a list of starter/backup/youth options that we've scouted for every position and just picking names from those lists (because a scout was seen at a game for example) doesn't mean they're going to sign, it just means we're keeping tabs on them if we need a signing.

I believe a huge amount of the press rumours come from this sort of scenario where the press hear of a player that's been looked at and they just make a story from it. At some clubs it's probably done on purpose to see how the fans react and then they push on if they think the signing will be a boost, I'd put money on Ellis having done that for a while.

[john e]

Neither Kalinic or Nyland were brought in by Dean Smith either.  He wants his own man between the sticks and I expect the owners and Christina Purslow to back him.

I don’t think that matters really

Grealish and McGinn were not bought in by Smith but I bet he still wants to keep hold of them
if they are good enough (keepers) he will play them if he has doubts he will look for a replacement

it looks as though he has some doubts by the number and amount of times we are being linked with keepers

for what it’s worth I think the goalkeeper is right up there with a striker as the most important position on the pitch

Look at what Man City and Liverpool have done spent as much money on a keeper than they did on there star players
If we were going to spend big money on one player a goalkeeper is not a bad place to spend it if you spend it right

[Steve67]

It does make a difference if you have faith in those players, because you WILL want to keep them.  I am guessing that Cutler and/or Smith lack faith in Kalinic and/or Hyland. Which is why we want a new keeper. I totally agree with you about the importance of the position though.  Personally, I'd like us to go for Butland and it's something of a statement.  Current England international and will be desperate to move.  We may need to bring him in before we sign Mings as we don't want to finance any Bournemouth move for Butland.

[Tony Boucher]

Stoke apparently not interested in Kalinic or Nyland (don’t blame them!), but not because they don’t want to sell - they just want cash. Supposedly they’ve already bought Davies from Barnsley as a replacement, so fully expecting to sell Butland somewhere

[Richard E]

I'd like to see us bid for Tomori. A good quick mobile defender who fits the bill.

I can’t see him arriving. Tomori never comes.

[kipeye]

Just seen this on twitter from Villa report.
Aston Villa are interested in Cordoba’s Andres Martin. Jesús García Pitarch has visited Cordoba personally to watch.

[SoccerHQ]

They've just been relegated from Segunda division in Spain is all I know of them.