Winter transfer, gossip, speculation and usual butter ollocks thread

[Damo70]

We've also enquired about Pepe Reina, also at Milan, according to plenty of media sources on Twitter. What a double deal that would be. But this is the Villa and we'll probably end up with Joe Hart and Glenn Murray.

Reina is 37 now but could probably do a short term job for us.

[Risso]

No idea who he is (well I have wiki'd him) £30m strikers do make you a bit fizzy in the crotch area.

I nearly crashed my car on the M58 on slow moving traffic when we signed Bent.

Traffic on the M58, I refuse to believe such a thing.

[SoccerHQ]

We've also enquired about Pepe Reina, also at Milan, according to plenty of media sources on Twitter. What a double deal that would be. But this is the Villa and we'll probably end up with Joe Hart and Glenn Murray.

Reina would be good actually and one I hadn't thought of as a quick fix keeper for six months.

Not played much at Milan as he's behind their 19 year old wonder kid (who actually isn't that good) but he was a regular at Napoli and of course good at Liverpool so we could do much worse e.g. Joe Hart.

[Risso]

On the Piątek link, I've just checked that he hasn't just scored in the Europa League, and he hasn't, so that's OK, but:

"In Milan, he became a lone striker in a 4–3–3 formation, supported by wingers on each side of the pitch."

Hope we get an upgrade on El Ghazi and Trezeguet then.

[cdbearsfan]

I think Sky In Italy are, if you can imagine such a thing, far less reputable than Sky in the UK. I'll try not to get too excited just yet.

[PeterWithe]

He likes playing 4-3-3 and the club have scouted a player suited to that system, all good. He looks promising although he’s no Glenn Murray.

[Ian.]

I hope this isn’t like the scenario when we were linked with Christian Vieri, I think under Gregory and we ended up with someone not quite as good.

[cdbearsfan]

Or like when Karen Brady berated Blose fans for their lack of excitement at the arrival of Paul Furlong, having spent all summer trying to convince them that Jean-Pierre Papin was on his way.

[PeterWithe]

Not wanting to piss on chips but if we were signing Kozac again he’d cost this kind of money.

[LukeJames]

Piatek? That one came out of the blue. An absolute finisher, loves a header, has a shit celebration and an even worse penalty style. Get it done!

[Holy Trinity]

Barry is s formality according to my mate (the villa youth coach) straight buy with a 25% sell on clause and first refusal clause. Being brought in for next season and will not be thrown in at the deep end unless he really shines in training.

[cdbearsfan]

I take it there is definitely no Luiz style buy back clause?

[Risso]

Piatek? That one came out of the blue. An absolute finisher, loves a header, has a shit celebration and an even worse penalty style. Get it done!

Just looked online, and that celebration is truly rubbish. Hope we see it in action very soon, and frequently.

[Footy-Vill]

I swear if we somehow pull off Piatek then that would be the 2020 version of Darren Bent!
And I would say he make a Benetke to Abraham like impact.

I hope he and his family decide on moving here as seems down to the player.

[villadelph]

Piatek? That one came out of the blue. An absolute finisher, loves a header, has a shit celebration and an even worse penalty style. Get it done!

Just looked online, and that celebration is truly rubbish. Hope we see it in action very soon, and frequently.

His nickname is El Pistolero.

He makes me nervous for 30m. He’s been pretty poor this season and Milan would be selling low. Apparently he’s got quite the ego and doesn’t always mesh well with others. I don’t think he’d get on with the current wingers we have.

He thrives in a 4-3-3 with good service.. hopefully if we get him in we also go out and get him some support because Trez doesn’t look the part.