Winter transfer, gossip, speculation and usual butter ollocks thread

[brontebilly]

Gedson going to Spurs.  Is Wanyama any good? Has Prem experience.

No, his legs are totally gone.

[Des Little]

Perfect. Get him in

[PeterWithe]

Dean's post match comments don't make me overly optimistic we're signing anyone.

I know. Just listened. Now incredibly concerned.

I thought the same, and even worse, he was clearly labelling Suso as the man recruiting.....I think he’s a bit pissed off he’s not got whole say on transfers anyway...... maybe it wasn’t him who wanted Wesley and some others either ?

When he came in it was reported that one of his attributes was that he was used to working under a sporting director at Brentford. I like this way of doing transfers, just not the ones done so far.

[PeterWithesShin]

Perfect. Get him in

Welcome to the site Mr Madeley.

[SoccerHQ]

Dean's post match comments don't make me overly optimistic we're signing anyone.

I know. Just listened. Now incredibly concerned.

I thought the same, and even worse, he was clearly labelling Suso as the man recruiting.....I think he’s a bit pissed off he’s not got whole say on transfers anyway...... maybe it wasn’t him who wanted Wesley and some others either ?

Well the Brentford boys were certainly his as was heaton and Mings (and probably El Ghazi) so that's still a decent core to work with.

If he wants to sign half the Brentford team fair enough but it's a big old transfer world out there.

In any case his title is head coach. In other countries that means you solely train the team and the transfers are left to the DOF.

[Bent Neilsens Screamer]

We need to bring in two new strikers and hope at least one of them hits the ground running. I wouldn't mind Benteke being one of them as I think he would gel with Wesley, but we couldn't put all our hopes on him given that he has scored a ratio of one goal every five games at Palace. Press rumours suggest we are after Benteke but that may well be just be a lazy guess.

I read a report that Sheff Wednesday wanted Wickham on loan, if there’s any truth to that Benteke might not be available.

[hilts_coolerking]

From the BBC Sport gossip page:

"Aston Villa and Norwich City are fighting with Bristol City to sign 20-year-old striker Eddie Nketiah on loan from Arsenal."

[PeterWithesShin]

Current wages according to Spotrac.
https://www.spotrac.com/epl/aston-villa-f.c/payroll/

Tom Heaton - (£2.184m/£42k)
Henri Lansbury - (£2.08m/£40k)
Jack Grealish - (£1.82m/£35k)
Jonathan Kodija - (£1.82m/£35k)
Matt Targett - (£1.82m/£35k)
Neil Taylor - (£1.664m/£32k)
Anwar El Ghazi - (£1.61m/£30.9k)
James Chester - (£1.56m/£30k)
Conor Hourihane - (£1.56m/£30k)
Ahmed Elmohamady - (£1.3m/£25k)
Jota - (£1.3m/£25k)
John McGinn - (£1.3m/£25k)
Tyrone Mings - (£1.3m/£25k)
Orjan Nyland - (£1.04m/£20k)
Scott Hogan - (£910k guaranteed salary) - on loan at Stoke City
Lovre Kalinic - (£817k/£15.7k)
James Bree - (£520k guaranteed salary) - on loan at Luton Town
Kortney Hause - (£416k/£8k)
Ezri Konsa - (£416k/£8k)
Jed Steer - (£416k/£8k)
Andre Green - (£312k guaranteed salary) - on loan at Charlton Athletic
Keinan Davis - (£260k/£5k)
Total wage bill - (£25.983m/£499.67k)
No data for: Bjorn Engels, Frederic Guilbert, Trezeguet, Douglas Luiz, Wesley, Marvelous Nakamba, Rushian Hepburn-Murphy.

[hilts_coolerking]

If that's in any way accurate...  Our top earning outfield player is, ladies and gentlemen, Henri Lansbury.  Joint second, Jonathan Kodjia.

[Sexual Ealing]

Current wages according to Spotrac.
https://www.spotrac.com/epl/aston-villa-f.c/payroll/

Tom Heaton - (£2.184m/£42k)
Henri Lansbury - (£2.08m/£40k)
Jack Grealish - (£1.82m/£35k)
Jonathan Kodija - (£1.82m/£35k)
Matt Targett - (£1.82m/£35k)
Neil Taylor - (£1.664m/£32k)
Anwar El Ghazi - (£1.61m/£30.9k)
James Chester - (£1.56m/£30k)
Conor Hourihane - (£1.56m/£30k)
Ahmed Elmohamady - (£1.3m/£25k)
Jota - (£1.3m/£25k)
John McGinn - (£1.3m/£25k)
Tyrone Mings - (£1.3m/£25k)
Orjan Nyland - (£1.04m/£20k)
Scott Hogan - (£910k guaranteed salary) - on loan at Stoke City
Lovre Kalinic - (£817k/£15.7k)
James Bree - (£520k guaranteed salary) - on loan at Luton Town
Kortney Hause - (£416k/£8k)
Ezri Konsa - (£416k/£8k)
Jed Steer - (£416k/£8k)
Andre Green - (£312k guaranteed salary) - on loan at Charlton Athletic
Keinan Davis - (£260k/£5k)
Total wage bill - (£25.983m/£499.67k)
No data for: Bjorn Engels, Frederic Guilbert, Trezeguet, Douglas Luiz, Wesley, Marvelous Nakamba, Rushian Hepburn-Murphy.

I think there's zero chance that Lansbury's making more than Grealish.

[Bent Neilsens Screamer]

£40k p/w for Lansbury...Jesus Christ!!

[Malandro]

That is nonsense. As if Tyrone is on 25k after his transfer!

[PeterWithesShin]

I thought a few looked dubious when I saw it but a quick Google seemed to indicate Spotrac are fairly reliable.

[hilts_coolerking]

I thought a few looked dubious when I saw it but a quick Google seemed to indicate Spotrac are fairly reliable.

How long has Lansbury got on his contract?

[PeterWithesShin]

I thought a few looked dubious when I saw it but a quick Google seemed to indicate Spotrac are fairly reliable.

How long has Lansbury got on his contract?

Summer 2021