Douglas Luiz - back home on loan

[Demitri_C]

20m for me is   a good deal. He is still only 27 and he is trying.  He cares.

That for me is a key ingredient why we should.  If ollie wasnt so shit with his chance he would have had a amazing assist yesterday

[Garyth]

Obviously it would be price and wage dependent, but…

I imagine an ideal squad set up would be 2 players for each pivot role:

- Tielemans/Luiz for the progressive passing role
- Kamara/Onana for the interception/link role

Pick one from each of the roles to mix/match as form and injury permit. Ideally there would be a young player for each role as cover and development (eg Bogarde as cover and to develop into Kamara replacement over the season.)

The real question for me is whether the money for Luiz could be *better* spent on someone else, but considering our recent track record I’d be hesitant to risk it.

[Mister E]

Obviously it would be price and wage dependent, but…

I imagine an ideal squad set up would be 2 players for each pivot role:
- Tielemans/Luiz for the progressive passing role
- Kamara/Onana for the interception/link role

Pick one from each of the roles to mix/match as form and injury permit. Ideally there would be a young player for each role as cover and development (eg Bogarde as cover and to develop into Kamara replacement over the season.)
The real question for me is whether the money for Luiz could be *better* spent on someone else, but considering our recent track record I’d be hesitant to risk it.

In theory you're right: it's the drop-off between first-pick players and the back-up that is the current problem. Hemmings, Barkley, Bogarde don't quite have the ability to step in / same impact when required (a little harsh on Barkley and Bogarde, but neither add quite the same magic as the first-pick four). It's a problem for all clubs without the endless dosh of the Scab6 have; hence the big step-up when challenging for European as well as domestic success.

[algy]

Obviously it would be price and wage dependent, but…

I imagine an ideal squad set up would be 2 players for each pivot role:

- Tielemans/Luiz for the progressive passing role
- Kamara/Onana for the interception/link role

Pick one from each of the roles to mix/match as form and injury permit. Ideally there would be a young player for each role as cover and development (eg Bogarde as cover and to develop into Kamara replacement over the season.)

The real question for me is whether the money for Luiz could be *better* spent on someone else, but considering our recent track record I’d be hesitant to risk it.

£20m gets you a squad player nowadays. I think he’d be an absolute steal

[eamonn]

Yes and he will always give his best to Mister and to the fans. Villa are the love of his life and he won't let us get away this time.

[Mellin]

Yeah, sign him. Played his way back into form, loads of quality and hungry. 20m is nothing. Also helps at 10 and wide left by moving one forward, probably Tielemans, and Rogers out wide.

Like eamonn says, he knows he's Villa too.

[Beard82]

I would 100% sign him.  I love him - he knows were the best club in the world for him and its a pleasure to have him back.

[PaulWinch again]

I would 100% sign him.  I love him - he knows were the best club in the world for him and its a pleasure to have him back.

Exactly.

[Dave]

Big fan, like him, would sign him.

But he's starting to feel a lot like the 2026 Axel Disasi. Brought in because we needed a warm body to fix a crisis, and as soon as the crisis is over then he's not really needed anymore.

Still hope he stays. Feels increasingly unlikely that he will.

[Rudy65]

Big fan, like him, would sign him.

But he's starting to feel a lot like the 2026 Axel Disasi. Brought in because we needed a warm body to fix a crisis, and as soon as the crisis is over then he's not really needed anymore.

Still hope he stays. Feeling increasinly unlikely that he will.

We need to move on and sign better players.

[cdbearsfan]

He's a perfectly acceptable backup midfielder IMO.

[Toronto Villa]

I’d definitely want to keep him. Juventus are not going to want to retain him so I imagine he’ll be available for a reasonable price. He fits what we do. He knows the club, he knows Emery and vice versa. He’s a good fill in for the starting players and a starter when called upon.

[tomd2103]

Big fan, like him, would sign him.

But he's starting to feel a lot like the 2026 Axel Disasi. Brought in because we needed a warm body to fix a crisis, and as soon as the crisis is over then he's not really needed anymore.

Still hope he stays. Feels increasingly unlikely that he will.

He's a similar player to Tielemans, but I would say that Youri is better.  If we are going to.sign a central midfielder this summer then I think a back-up to Kamara is the priority.

[OzVilla]

I'd be keeping hoim too.  We know theres a terrific footballer in there once his confidence is back.  Perfect squad player for us imo.