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

[PaulWinch again]

Yes and the fact he’d be more from a club in the top flight.

[mr underhill]

his brother has got in on the act now

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The fee would need to be within the top 50% and his wages would need to be around the same at Man City to qualify, as he gains a point having played for us. It's not a certainty given the fee is market dependent and wages are likely astronomical at Man City.

I'll trust in John Percy anyway and nae worry about it.

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his brother has got in on the act now

That was yesterday.

[john2710]

his brother has got in on the act now

His brother's Instagram comment is barely anything of note but it's being peddled as being 'cryptic'.
Luiz won't improve the Citeh team or close the gap on Liverpool, they'll be looking for players to go straight into the first 11.
On the basis that he played less than a dozen decent games for a struggling team I can't see why Citeh would want him now.

[GordonCowansisthegreatest]

Does his price rise if we keep him for another season?

[Dave P]

Does his price rise if we keep him for another season?

I think the clause expires by then.  I could be wrong.

[GordonCowansisthegreatest]

No. Pretty sure they have two years.

[usav]

Not gossip, more of a plea.  Could we please make more of an effort to get players in before the last minute, so they have time to acclimate to the rest of the squad in pre-season, rather than the first few games of the actual season where results matter.  Ta.

[Sexual Ealing]

Does his price rise if we keep him for another season?

I think I read somewhere that the price rises if they buy him at the end of year 2.

Edit: here it is https://www.expressandstar.com/sport/football/aston-villa/2020/08/18/aston-villa-confident-of-keeping-douglas-luiz/

[AsTallAsLions]

Not gossip, more of a plea.  Could we please make more of an effort to get players in before the last minute, so they have time to acclimate to the rest of the squad in pre-season, rather than the first few games of the actual season where results matter.  Ta.

This. No need to panic yet by any means but it's telling that we can't seem to do any early business, ever. (Unless it's to get shot of Gary Gardner as quickly as possible for whatever we're offered).

[john2710]

No. Pretty sure they have two years.

I understand that the release clause was for 2 years, with the price being £25m after 1 year & £35m after year 2.

[SoccerHQ]

Not gossip, more of a plea.  Could we please make more of an effort to get players in before the last minute, so they have time to acclimate to the rest of the squad in pre-season, rather than the first few games of the actual season where results matter.  Ta.

We signed no one on August 31st last yet. Indeed we signed most of our summer signings by mid July. I remember watching the Walsall friendly around that time and Gulibert, Konsa, Jota, Wesley and Konsa were all playing so that was a decent chunk of our summer business.

Not really sure where this idea we always sign players last minute comes from, only saga that dragged last summer was Douglas Luiz and that was just because it took ages for the work permit to come through. Even then he was involved at Spurs in the first game ahead of some other summer signings.

This year is completely different due to the quick turnaround between seasons so I reckon every single prem club will sign at least one player after the first game of the season.

[Hookeysmith]

Nothing of note is happening at present with any clubs for a number of factors i would imagine:

Players on holiday / only recently stopped playing

Not a great of cash around and clubs will be asking for silly money to stave off potential buyers / vultures around their star assets

To move players on (as they are seemingly not great for us) will have contracts and pretty large wages - if we assume they will fall downward on the pyramid then there are not many championship clubs able to start spending big on wages etc

I'm as impatient as the next fan but i'm sure the powers that be, including the new set up back room team, know what and who they want and deals are being worked on as we panickily write.

The owners / chief exec know weaknesses when they see it - hence Suso binned almost immediately and replacements bought in super quick - these people do not make such huge fortunes by leaving anything to chance so they will have had 2 plans - one to go down and one to stay up and push on

Anyway anyone got any ITK as i have a severe itch i cannot seem to scratch 

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