Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread

[Hairbandinho]

My only worry is is Wesley doesn't produce and we find ourselves desperate for another striker to try and stay up in January, that will be far more of a rip off financially than it will be in this window.

[old man villa fan]

Steady progress is what we need from now.  Final pieces seem to be difficult to get in so loans may be the better option.  It could be that with the window closing later outside of UK, this is adding to the difficulty.  We still have space in the squad for loans and this may in the end be the best route to getting in the calibre of player that could push us on.

[Clark W Griswold]

Couple of points;
Spending enormous amounts on individual players is not exclusive to success (although it increases the odds)
We haven't been struggling for goals in pre-season, albeit against largely weaker opposition. We did put 3 in past a champions league team. The team is set up to score and touch wood it's been working.

[Drummond]

Not to be greedy or negative but if we don't sign another striker we are going to struggle for goals and struggle full stop. Wesley won't be prolific and Kodjia and Davis aren't good enough.

And then the crowds will drop...

[Clark W Griswold]

Villa Park will be 'just like being in church'.

[TonyD]

Heskey has been seen at the Belfry. 

[SoccerHQ]

Talksport linked us to Marcos Rojo randomly. 25m so I'd pass on that one, Everton favourites. Would be bizarre if we signed another CB for that ahead of a striker anyway.

[Three Spires Villa]

Talksport linked us to Marcos Rojo randomly. 25m so I'd pass on that one, Everton favourites. Would be bizarre if we signed another CB for that ahead of a striker anyway.

I was going to mention this. Really cant see this happening. I do hope we get another striker in, a few of our buys are unknowns, well to me anyway!! I do trust the club and Dean at the moment, but dont think Kodja, if needed would be good enough in the Prem.

[JUAN PABLO]

Suprised we still have certain players on the books like Bree , BB , Lourve and Tish for example.

[Brassneck]

Suprised we still have certain players on the books like Bree , BB , Lourve and Tish for example.

They would all need to take a drop in wages unless we subsidise them as we've no doubt done with Hogan.  It's not so easy to offload them in that situation.

[Hairbandinho]

Exactly you can only sell of there is a willing buyer who will meet the transfer and wage demands

[JUAN PABLO]

SJM live on Sky

[SoccerHQ]

Suprised we still have certain players on the books like Bree , BB , Lourve and Tish for example.

The european and league one transfer window is open until September so we have a few more weeks to unload those four.

[cdbearsfan]

Seems odd that League One has a different transfer window to the Championship. Can someone talk me through the logic of that?

[Damo70]

Heskey has been seen at the Belfry.

Being interviewed for the job of assistant greenkeeper?