Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread

[SoccerHQ]

Presuming he was on the list....

We know we are looking to spend as do agents / journalists who are either trying to drum up interest / create click bait, our name will be used a lot in both scenarios.

Sounds a good player but if he is going to Juve we were never in a realistic option

Premier league tax also coming into play. We were linked to him for 25m. Juventus have option to sign him for 15m next summer.

[kippaxvilla2]

Apparently Brentford played Canos, Jansson, Pinnock, Mbeumo etc.

[Villafirst]

This is starting to mirror last January's window.....and look who we ended up with: Drinkwater, Samatta (jury's still out) & Borja Baston! Villa just about scraped it, but not even a bid put in yet, seemingly?

[Drummond]

This is starting to mirror last January's window.....and look who we ended up with: Drinkwater, Samatta (jury's still out) & Borja Baston! Villa just about scraped it, but not even a bid put in yet, seemingly?

Don't believe the hype.

[ozzjim]

It doesn't look good at the moment does it. The season is less than 3 weeks away, and we have not appeared to have done a huge amount yet. Very concerning.

[OCD]

We don't play the first week so it's more than 3 weeks away for us.

[Drummond]

It doesn't look good at the moment does it. The season is less than 3 weeks away, and we have not appeared to have done a huge amount yet. Very concerning.

No it's not.

[Clampy]

This is starting to mirror last January's window.....and look who we ended up with: Drinkwater, Samatta (jury's still out) & Borja Baston! Villa just about scraped it, but not even a bid put in yet, seemingly?

No, it's not at all. You don't have a clue what is going on behind the scenes, none of us do. We could have bids in for several, we might not.

[wolfman999]

I have complete faith that we know what we are doing, and when it suits us, we'll get the players we need.  All will be fine.

Yes, because that really worked well last season...how many strikers?

It’s  amazing how the four good performances that saved us from the drop last season have given folks full confidence in our recruitment strategy, manager and coaching team.

This is starting to mirror last January's window.....and look who we ended up with: Drinkwater, Samatta (jury's still out) & Borja Baston! Villa just about scraped it, but not even a bid put in yet, seemingly?

We always seem to talk about shopping at Harrods and end up rummaging around in the bargain bin at Primark. Maybe this year will be different but I remain to be convinced.

[Clampy]

Just under 6 weeks until the transfer window closes and fans are coming out with 'It's not looking good'. Unbelieveable.

[paul_e]

This is starting to mirror last January's window.....and look who we ended up with: Drinkwater, Samatta (jury's still out) & Borja Baston! Villa just about scraped it, but not even a bid put in yet, seemingly?

It really isn't, there are 4 big differences.

1. we haven't just lost 2 key players for the next 8-10 months in the same game.
2. we're not right on the limit of what we can spend under FFP in this window.
3. we hadn't just replaced our director of football in January.
4. We've only known which league we'd be playing in for a month.

I suspect what's happened over the last few weeks is Lange has reviewed the players we've been scouting, specifically the ones we were looking at if we stayed up, and has been deciding, with smith, purslow, etc which are worth following up on and where there are gaps we need to look for other options for. We'll then have contacted clubs and agents to get an idea of interest from the player and club and the costs so we can use that to work out the priority of targets. If we hadn't been in the relegation fight this could've happened sooner and in a normal season we'd have had most of May and early june to do it (which is about the same time we've taken any way)

[ozzjim]

Just under 6 weeks until the transfer window closes and fans are coming out with 'It's not looking good'. Unbelieveable.

Our manager said he doesn't want another Douglas Luiz situation with him only arriving 2 days before the first game literally 3 days ago. Hardly a shock that fans are a little concerned. Mind you we finished last season a good 15 points clear didn't we so we will be fine.

[Clampy]

Just under 6 weeks until the transfer window closes and fans are coming out with 'It's not looking good'. Unbelieveable.

Our manager said he doesn't want another Douglas Luiz situation with him only arriving 2 days before the first game literally 3 days ago. Hardly a shock that fans are a little concerned. Mind you we finished last season a good 15 points clear didn't we so we will be fine.

Just because we struggled last season doesn't mean we will this time. We had 10-11 players to replace last time, this time we don't, we have a squad who have had a full season together. Let's just try and get who we want rather than anybody just so we start the season with new names.

[villa for life]

We’ve already got lots of players who are ok or quite good, but very few who are very good. We need game changers not squad fillers. Quite happy to wait for a while longer to hopefully get the right players.

[AV82EC]

We’ve already got lots of players who are ok or quite good, but very few who are very good. We need game changers not squad fillers. Quite happy to wait for a while longer to hopefully get the right players.

Is the right answer.