Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread

[Monty]

The Brazil u-23 captain defensive midfielder liked by Pep who beat Barca? Well it sounds better than Whelan and Jedi.

[Ads]

Based purely on the following facts;

He's Brazlian
He's their u23 skipper
Pep likes him
His name is Douglas

I say this sounds good to me.

[OCD]

Don’t like the bit about Citeh putting in a buy-back clause though.

[andyh]

Great ‘big picture’ thinking by the club.
Another Brazilian at the club increases the chances of both him and Wesley settling in better.
Happy players = goals & wins.

[Monty]

Don’t like the bit about Citeh putting in a buy-back clause though.

It's what it has to be I guess. We could well end up making much less profit on him than we'd have liked, but if he helps us stay in the division then that's a bigger profit-booster than any fee.

[GarTomas]

Or dependant on the clause they effectively pay us to loan him for 2-3 seasons.

[Villatillidie25]

Pep really rates him. He’s had major work permit issues and been on loan at Girona for past couple of seasons, who got relegated last year. He’s probably not quite up to speed yet to be our first choice defensive mid but seems to have big potential - captains u23, won the Toulon tournament and was named player of the tournament. I think it’s this that is giving people a bit of hope he’ll get a work permit this year.
£15m seems a lot for a squad player as I’m not sure we can rest our hopes on him yet.

[Ads]

Don’t like the bit about Citeh putting in a buy-back clause though.

Double edged sword. If they activate it, then it's only because one of our players is good enough to play for one of the best footballing sides of the last 30 years. Plus they'll give us £50m for the pleasure or something saft like that.

[OCD]

Don’t like the bit about Citeh putting in a buy-back clause though.

Double edged sword. If they activate it, then it's only because one of our players is good enough to play for one of the best footballing sides of the last 30 years. Plus they'll give us £50m for the pleasure or something saft like that.

The clause could state £15m for all we know, doesn’t mean we would be able to make a profit. As others have said, that may be the real price to the deal. If he does go on to be a star, I’m sure people will say we should never have agreed to the clause but we may not have a choice.

[Monty]

Don’t like the bit about Citeh putting in a buy-back clause though.

Double edged sword. If they activate it, then it's only because one of our players is good enough to play for one of the best footballing sides of the last 30 years. Plus they'll give us £50m for the pleasure or something saft like that.

The clause could state £15m for all we know, doesn’t mean we would be able to make a profit. As others have said, that may be the real price to the deal. If he does go on to be a star, I’m sure people will say we should never have agreed to the clause but we may not have a choice.

If it's as low as a no-profit-made sort of fee (which I think is unlikely, but if) then it's no worse than a loan deal for an excellent player - excellent because, as Ads points out, if City exercise the clause then he'll have turned out super well.

[kippaxvilla2]

We are signing Doug?

[phantom limb]

This is hilarious. I expected us to spend a bit of cash but this is far beyond what I’d hoped for.

[frank black]

Buy back.....they could buy him back and then sell him on for profit, even if they don’t want him, Could they? I guess he will have the final say if he doesn’t want to go back?

Don’t like the sound of that at all.

[Smirker]

This is hilarious. I expected us to spend a bit of cash but this is far beyond what I’d hoped for.

My thoughts exactly. I'm enjoying this 😎👍

[Mister E]

John Percy reporting we’re close to signing Douglas Luiz from Man City

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2019/07/12/aston-villa-poised-complete-15m-signing-douglas-luiz-manchester/

Well, I'd say - 'kin bring it on!!
This would be a fantasitc signingand - along with Engels as cover for CB or DMF - would make our squad very credible
Just need another striker and Trezeguet.

This is getting to be better than the summer of 1991.