Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread

[West Derby Villan]

Agreed re Percy and Kristof Terreur - both are pretty much never wrong.

Seconded

[bjfoster]

he broke it, saying we'd agreed to the fee they wanted.

Think he broke the Wesley one as well, which came from absolutely nowhere.

[paul_e]

The current twittering is pushing for us to sign Walter Benitez.

No idea where it started but it kicked on because he liked a tweet which was tagged with #avfc #freebenitez

[rob_bridge]

The current twittering is pushing for us to sign Walter Benitez.

No idea where it started but it kicked on because he liked a tweet which was tagged with #avfc #freebenitez

Probably well past his best. Great fights v Hearns and Leonard to be fair

[Steve67]

Looks like we might be making a 'Marvellous' signing in the next 48 hours then!

[UK Redsox]

Via Da Beeb

Aston Villa's hopes of signing 26-year-old Stoke City and England goalkeeper Jack Butland have been hit by a sell-on clause that would give West Midlands rivals Birmingham about 20% of the fee. (Sun)

Premier League newcomers Villa have been given encouragement in their pursuit of Cardiff City goalkeeper Neil Etheridge, 29, after Bluebirds boss Neil Warnock said the Championship club would be willing to listen to offers for the Philippines international. (Wales Online)

However, Villa are not willing to meet Burnley's £10m asking price for England keeper Tom Heaton, 33. (Birmingham Mail)

Butland - Looks like The S*n has finally spotted something everyone else has known all along

Etheridge - This is probably the one that'll happen

Heaton - Backup plan

[UK Redsox]

Is Walter Benitiz a real person ? The Wiki page is a bit sparse to say the least

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Daniel_Ben%C3%ADtez

[cdbearsfan]

There's a bit more info if you go for the Spanish language version of his Wiki page.

I'm slightly confused by the "He trained as an archer in the minor divisions of Quilmes." line though. Not sure if this is a bad back-translation or if he actually is a budding Argentine Robin Hood.

[andyh]

If the rags are entitled to 20% sell on clause for Butland, it’s time to look elsewhere.

[cdbearsfan]

Just pay the fee in installments. By the time we have finished paying, they'll have already gone bust.

[avldfc]

Via Da Beeb

Aston Villa's hopes of signing 26-year-old Stoke City and England goalkeeper Jack Butland have been hit by a sell-on clause that would give West Midlands rivals Birmingham about 20% of the fee. (Sun)

Premier League newcomers Villa have been given encouragement in their pursuit of Cardiff City goalkeeper Neil Etheridge, 29, after Bluebirds boss Neil Warnock said the Championship club would be willing to listen to offers for the Philippines international. (Wales Online)

However, Villa are not willing to meet Burnley's £10m asking price for England keeper Tom Heaton, 33. (Birmingham Mail)

Butland - Looks like The S*n has finally spotted something everyone else has known all along

Etheridge - This is probably the one that'll happen

Heaton - Backup plan

My opinion is Etheridge is the keeper I would want, took to the Premier league well last year with a sub par cardiff team

[UK Redsox]

If the rags are entitled to 20% sell on clause for Butland, it’s time to look elsewhere.

Why?

Would you really want a deal to be rejected just because another team gets part of the fee ?

[andyh]

If the rags are entitled to 20% sell on clause for Butland, it’s time to look elsewhere.

Why?

Would you really want a deal to be rejected just because another team gets part of the fee ?

If it’s those fuckers then yes.
I’d rather have Heaton anyway.

[Lescottstweets]

If the rags are entitled to 20% sell on clause for Butland, it’s time to look elsewhere.

Why?

Would you really want a deal to be rejected just because another team gets part of the fee ?

Exactly, makes no difference to any deal for us, it’s Stokes problem

[Clampy]

If the rags are entitled to 20% sell on clause for Butland, it’s time to look elsewhere.

Why?

Would you really want a deal to be rejected just because another team gets part of the fee ?

If it’s those fuckers then yes.
I’d rather have Heaton anyway.

And we call them obsessed. Besides, we've already given them money for Jota or maybe we shouldn't have because it was Blues?