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

[kippaxvilla2]

Alan Nixon
@reluctantnicko
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16m
Villa. Traore. Offer to Lyon up to 20m all in. French club likely to accept. Wages not an issue. Talk of medical in France start of week. Fulham has been looking.

[Chris_Jephcott]

I can see Grealish getting a more creative role, behind the forward three, bringing him into more a central position - which he much prefers.

That would be a seriously pacy front 3 though.

[ozzjim]

In fairness Traore is as much a centre forward as winger, so is probably an alternative to King. Rashica is the likely out and out wing option, Watkins 9 and Traore can play both. Jack is not affected at all, he fits where he fits.

[Chris_Jephcott]

If we got Traore and Rashica to go with Watkins I would be over the moon. Our biggest weakness was the ability to break at pace. All 3 are rapid. Transforms us, gives us options and would also be good with Wesley when he comes back.

A bloody good number 8 too would be dreamland.

Where would Jack play?

Old Trafford.

I’m more worried that something was done at the friendly match today - and that the reason we’re waiting until 10pm is that we can announce Rashica and they can announce Grealish at the same time.

It just feels like we’re starting to build something a bit more special here now and for Grealish to leave would be a massive downer.

That’s Villa-based paranoia - a bred into characteristic of most Villa fans. That when things are looking really good, a giant arse appears above you and drops a turd that Glenn Peen would have been proud of, right onto the team.

In actual fact, I strongly suspect that Jack is staying though - just as I know a bit through some mutual friends. And we would be under no pressure to sell him at the moment, not on the eve of a new season.

But it doesn’t stop me feeling slightly worried!

[Sexual Ealing]

Do we know that we're waiting till 10pm to make an announcement (not being arsey, just missed it if we do)?

[Chris_Jephcott]

It just seems a bit “odd” to have had a press embargo at the friendly today, and to deny the full match rerun until 10pm.

Is there a logic that I’ve missed somewhere on this?

[Toronto Villa]

Jack has to be excited at what is being built around him. And to the other players, even including players like SJM, it’s an announcement that no spot in the midfield or up front are safe and they have to work to keep a starting place.

[VillaBoy_23]

It just seems a bit “odd” to have had a press embargo at the friendly today, and to deny the full match rerun until 10pm.

Is there a logic that I’ve missed somewhere on this?

Apparently the reason we have to charge for it is because MUTV is also behind a paywall and we can’t show it any earlier than they do.

[paul_e]

It just seems a bit “odd” to have had a press embargo at the friendly today, and to deny the full match rerun until 10pm.

Is there a logic that I’ve missed somewhere on this?

Apparently the reason we have to charge for it is because MUTV is also behind a paywall and we can’t show it any earlier than they do.

and they can't show it until 10pm because of some technicality in the agreement between the PL and Sky (I suspect).

[Eckybloke]

So hypothetically...had we said at the start of the summer that we might sell Jack and get Cash, Rashica, Traore and Watkins in, would people think that was good business?

I‘m not saying I would. I think maybe, but if we do this AND keep Jack then I would be over the moon.

I think back to Young and Downing did they not swap sides and attack in different ways?  Would that not be on the cards with these guys making the attacking really quite dynamic.

[johnny from donny]

So, if the deals being spoken about at the moment come through,  we will be looking at:
                        Martinez
Cash  Konsa  Mings   Targett
  McGinn    Luiz   Grealish
Rashica   Watkins  Traore
As our starting line up against Sheffield United  (subject to maybe shuffling the front line for the exact positions).
I guess that's ok to hopefully win a few more games than last season. 

[Lsvilla]

Jacks going nowhere. Relax everyone he’s leading us to top 6 this season

[Ian.]

Jacks going nowhere. Relax everyone he’s leading us to top 6 this season

Too right he’s going nowhere.

[paul_e]

I agree, I think it's too late in the window for us to sell him now and I don't think he'll force through a move in these circumstances. I certainly don't think he'd have played in the last friendly of the summer against the team that want him if he was halfway out the door.

[danno]

If he's a Villa supporter, shouldn't he hate them anyway?
( I'm only partly joking )