Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread

[Risso]

Just out of curiosity how are our nose and dog head cousins doing this morning? It has to be suicide watch over there down at the sty

I think the knuckle scrapers at SHA have admitted defeat.  There hasn't been a 'Vile' thread started for a few days now.

[rob_bridge]

Just out of curiosity how are our nose and dog head cousins doing this morning? It has to be suicide watch over there down at the sty

I think the knuckle scrapers at SHA have admitted defeat.  There hasn't been a 'Vile' thread started for a few days now.

Probably in rapture.as the Hinduja Brothers taking over soon.

[cdbearsfan]

Yep just heard. How much have we spent now assuming these deals go through? £120m?

£93.1 million before any signings today. Only Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund have spent more (nett) and we will likely go ahead of Dortmund fairly soon.

https://www.transfermarkt.com/statistik/einnahmenausgaben

That's in euros. Same site has it down to £83 million in pounds.

Oophs!

Still, being the second biggest spending club in the world is still quite exciting!

Just a bit annoying that we couldn't pip Real to the Hazard signing and be top.

[Monty]

Yep just heard. How much have we spent now assuming these deals go through? £120m?

£93.1 million before any signings today. Only Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund have spent more (nett) and we will likely go ahead of Dortmund fairly soon.

https://www.transfermarkt.com/statistik/einnahmenausgaben

That's in euros. Same site has it down to £83 million in pounds.

Oophs!

Still, being the second biggest spending club in the world is still quite exciting!

Just a bit annoying that we couldn't pip Real to the Hazard signing and be top.

Agreed, would've been decent cover for Jack.

[Colhint]

I think we need our own Percy involved now. So many new players. Perce is well into his music, so I suggest he hires a studio get his pals involved to produce an album of new songs for all these players. And he's only got a month to do it. I suggest he calls it

Now that's what I call a transfer window vol 1

[jwarry]

Would love it if we nicked Sessegnon from under Levy’s nose. That would be the icing on the cake

[Tuscans]

Looks like we just missed out on Griezmann.

[OCD]

Hasn't had a mention with so much going on but we've been linked with a young Coventry player too. I wonder whether we would sign that type of player with a view to loaning them out to further their development with the view that they'll be worth a lot more and may be one for the future.

[Damo70]

Like the sound of Engels - a working class hero in the making.

I used to love Robbie Williams.

Now I'm loving Engels instead.

[UK Redsox]

Looks like we just missed out on Griezmann.

It's OK, Neymar is still available

[Damo70]

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 😎👍

I have to admit I am ambivalent. Yes, these are interesting and exciting times to be a Villa fan but I have to admit to a certain amount of "ring twitch" at the money we are spending. Maybe it's my innate brummie miseryarsedness and I am highly confident that Smith is not Harry "Meltyface" Redknapp but I would hate for us to "do a Portsmouth"

Redknapp didn't bankrupt Spurs when he got them into the Champions League because they could afford the transfer fees and wages he and Levy were paying. The problem at Portsmouth, QPR and Small Heath was he was splashing out amounts of money the clubs couldn't afford.

[Damo70]

This time last year we were facing a bloody winding up order !!

it is mad isn't it , proves you should never give up on things or be too despondent

Typical jammy Vilers innit? Always come up spelling of roses. 

[VILLA MOLE]

This time last year we were facing a bloody winding up order !!

it is mad isn't it , proves you should never give up on things or be too despondent

Typical jammy Vilers innit? Always come up spelling of roses. 

well without patronizing those little blue nose fellows  , don't despair this time next your you might still be solvent and errrrr shit   

[Damo70]

Are we living in some sort of future simulation of Football Manager where the guy playing has given himself a billion quid to play with?

This!
Except we've downloaded the database editor and have spent hours trawling through the hidden gems!

Bids in for Niclas Alexanderson and Tonton Zola Moukoko, Millwall holding out for £1m for Cherno Samba.

Championship Manager 2000/2001. Buy a young Tonton Zola Mokouko (and play him in midfield or attack) and a young Richard Paquette (striker) from QPR and they will score shed loads of goals for about ten seasons.

[cdbearsfan]

Looks like we just missed out on Griezmann.

Not neceaarily. Atletico are challenging it, saying that Barca only paid €120 million and his release clause was €200 million.

We should swoop in. I think €10 million plus Hogan would be pretty much €200 million?