Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread

[Londonvilla]

I think we'd probably be OK with just Douglas or equivalent coming in now, but to push a little further on i'd say a GK and another forward of some sort. I think much more at that point and you're looking at overkill, the guys we've got need to be given chances.

But what do we do if Wesley or Douglas gets injured?
and surely we need to start the season with four wide players?

[Clark W Griswold]

You could say that about the injuries at any club though. We do already have players that could come in for them, admittedly not brilliant ones but there is the window in Jan. I trust them to get it right but it's my opinion that there's probably a limit to how many we need for the reasons that i mentioned. We have 3 wide players, El Ghazi, Green and Trezeguet and then 2 more that could play wide in Kodjia and Jota.

[jwarry]

Next please 😎

[Brassneck]

I think we'd probably be OK with just Douglas or equivalent coming in now, but to push a little further on i'd say a GK and another forward of some sort. I think much more at that point and you're looking at overkill, the guys we've got need to be given chances.

But what do we do if Wesley or Douglas gets injured?
and surely we need to start the season with four wide players?

It depends how we line up regarding wide players.

We certainly need another striker.  Hogan needs to drop back down and (I say this with a heavy heart) Kodj should be 3rd choice if he wants to play that role.  Keenan needs to go out on loan as does Rush.

I agree we need something else in theDM/midfield.

[OCD]

Possibly the best thing we've done this summer is to have been to get the majority of our business done early. When you need to do such a big overhaul that's going to allow you to get people settled and used to working with eachother and gives us the chance to get 1-2 more in closer to the deadline that may take longer. Fulham did the opposite. In Guibert's case he had about 6 months to find a house, start English lessons etc. And obviously a few were already here and Jota would have already been living in the area I presume.

[sid1964]

How many players do we currently have in our squad, for me we need 2 more - Goal Keeper and a DM, and then we are done

There are going to be quite few of our squad players either sitting in the stands or pushing a shopping trolley around Waitrose every Saturday afternoon.

Our wage bill must be huge with all these new signings?

[Toronto Villa]

I fully appreciate a tiny piece me accepts this might all blow up on us (we are Aston Villa after all) but fuck me, I have never wanted a season to start as much as this. Three years in the wilderness and almost out of business to how £100m spent and more to come. Amazing

[taylorsworkrate]

I'd say we need 2 more midfielders, a GK and at least one (possibly 2) more forward.

[jwarry]

I fully appreciate a tiny piece me accepts this might all blow up on us (we are Aston Villa after all) but fuck me, I have never wanted a season to stray as much as this. Three years in the wilderness and almost out of business to how £100m spent and more to come. Amazing

Indeed it is, but we are Villans and still want more!

[ChicagoLion]

I fully appreciate a tiny piece me accepts this might all blow up on us (we are Aston Villa after all) but fuck me, I have never wanted a season to stray as much as this. Three years in the wilderness and almost out of business to how £100m spent and more to come. Amazing

Indeed it is, but we are Villans and still want more!

I thought we are Lions

[Londonvilla]

I fully appreciate a tiny piece me accepts this might all blow up on us (we are Aston Villa after all) but fuck me, I have never wanted a season to stray as much as this. Three years in the wilderness and almost out of business to how £100m spent and more to come. Amazing

Indeed it is, but we are Villans and still want more!

I thought we are Lions

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[frank black]

Butland and then we are done

[Hookeysmith]

I fully appreciate a tiny piece me accepts this might all blow up on us (we are Aston Villa after all) but fuck me, I have never wanted a season to stray as much as this. Three years in the wilderness and almost out of business to how £100m spent and more to come. Amazing

Is certainly a swing and a half.

If we can do ourselves proud this season and push on then imagine what these guys can spend on quality players instead of quantity at the moment. I don't mean anything is worng with what we have done, far from it, but once our base squad is settled then we will need less volume but higher quality acquisitions

exciting times indeed

I think we are going to surprise Spurs

[JJ-AV]

I think we're fine (assuming Luiz signs). A forward if the right one is available or the Maupay price drops sufficiently but we can make do until January if not.

Welbeck might not be a bad shout on the right contract. The closer it gets to the start of August the more reasonable his contract might be.

I've always loved Sturridge's style and but football isn't his main passion, he rarely declares himself fit and he's not been consistent for a long time.

Rhian Brewster on loan might be an option too.

[oldtimernow]

Trezeguet - the Real Deal?

no doubt someone to take the "diving accusations' off Jack's shoulders?