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

[Marton]

https://www.salarysport.com/football/player/alexander-isak/

This would be good business if Villa could get him away from La Liga. Guessing that they let him go for like 10-12M.
They paying him less then we pay Nyland ffs...and hes a striker that Sociedad is using as a backup despite him scoring against anyone.

At 19 he might have the strength to bully a defense alone but can play off someone like Davis or Samatta.

Hoping we do buy early if we losing Jack, so we dont do like with Milner and Delph play half season limping before panic shopping in january.

[SoccerHQ]

Isak is great. He'd go for about 30-40m. We missed a trick not getting him from Dortmund last summer who may have a buy back clause.

It's true he's in rotation with Willian Jose but that's just due to him developing, what we should've done with Wesley.

Real Sociedad had one of the best transfer windows from any team in last 12 months. Picked up Isak and Martin Odegaard. Odegaard goes back to Real Madrid and they just get in David Silva to replace him.

Edit: Squad players at premier league clubs are paid stupid amounts compared to their counterparts in europe.

[andyh]

Twitter talking about us and Kieran Trippier ?

[Monty]

Twitter talking about us and Kieran Trippier ?

Good player but not exactly a top priority position, no?

[Dante Lavelli]

According to the gossip on BBC today Wolves need to sell Traore. Reckon he would come back.

I saw that, seems strange they are reporting they have to sell to buy. I thought Wolves owners were absolutely minted.

Anyway, personally I wouldn’t take Traore back.
I still think he’s a bit like a circus act.

One trick show pony.

Haven’t watched him in a while I take it?

Yes I have, he was and still is an injury prone one trick pony.

Pretty decent trick though as it keeps working.

[Londonvilla]

Aston Villa keen to sign Kieran Trippier from Atletico Madrid to bolster defence

Trippier, 29, moved to Spain from Tottenham a year ago and has two years left on his contract at Wanda Metropolitano


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2020/08/23/aston-villa-keen-sign-kieran-trippier-atletico-madrid-bolster/


Good player who turn us down to go to spurs but would you give him a 3 year contract?

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Last thing I heard from Trippier was he's very happy there. Can't see it happening for us or any other PL club.

[Dante Lavelli]

Isak is great. He'd go for about 30-40m. We missed a trick not getting him from Dortmund last summer who may have a buy back clause.

It's true he's in rotation with Willian Jose but that's just due to him developing, what we should've done with Wesley.

Real Sociedad had one of the best transfer windows from any team in last 12 months. Picked up Isak and Martin Odegaard. Odegaard goes back to Real Madrid and they just get in David Silva to replace him.

Edit: Squad players at premier league clubs are paid stupid amounts compared to their counterparts in europe.

Odegaard and Luca Jovic would be a my dream team loan options. Unlikely to feature at RM and might fall in love with us whilst they’re here.

[Dave]

There is no plan B, because Rashica absolutely wants to play internationally in the next season, so Premier League club Aston Villa is not an issue.”

Basically, Milot Rashica wants to take the next step, Werder Bremen do not want to put any obstacles in his way if the replacement is right. The Kosovar has already decided to move to RB Leipzig, but the Champions League semi-finalist does not want to pay the €25 million transfer fee demanded by Werder. Aston Villa are said to be ready to go so deep for Rashica. But the striker is not playing along. For him, a move to the Premier League is quite interesting, but not to a club that, like Werder, has just managed to maintain its class. The national player also wants to shine with his club on the international stage.

If that stuff is true, we shouldn't be touching him with a barge pole.

I'm not sure I agree.

If we assume that there isn't a huge pool of promising footballers around the world who grew up with posters of James Collins and Marlon Harewood on their walls and are desperate to play only for us because it's the Villa, our potential targets are one of two types of player.

(1) those who are happy to sign for anyone because they are a Premier League club, with that shop window and level of wage and status.

(2) those who think they are better than a club scrabbling around 15th -18th in the league and believe that they are good enough to be playing at the top.

I'd rather be trying to convince player (2) why their initial feeling was wrong and that we are worth taking a punt on, than player (1) who isn't all that bothered whether it's a Villa, Burnley or Palace shirt they are pulling on.

The second group are likely to be the better players.

[gpbarr]

I can see this window being the quietest in a decade with very little activity - too many unknowns, and too many commercial concerns. We may have to consolidate with what we have got - generally the press are all over the place because nothing much is happening

[ChicagoLion]

Last thing I heard from Trippier was he's very happy there. Can't see it happening for us or any other PL club.

I heard he is concerned about regaining his England place.
He was a very good player and excellent free kick specialist.
No idea how good he is now.

[paul_e]

There is no plan B, because Rashica absolutely wants to play internationally in the next season, so Premier League club Aston Villa is not an issue.”

Basically, Milot Rashica wants to take the next step, Werder Bremen do not want to put any obstacles in his way if the replacement is right. The Kosovar has already decided to move to RB Leipzig, but the Champions League semi-finalist does not want to pay the €25 million transfer fee demanded by Werder. Aston Villa are said to be ready to go so deep for Rashica. But the striker is not playing along. For him, a move to the Premier League is quite interesting, but not to a club that, like Werder, has just managed to maintain its class. The national player also wants to shine with his club on the international stage.

If that stuff is true, we shouldn't be touching him with a barge pole.

I'm not sure I agree.

If we assume that there isn't a huge pool of promising footballers around the world who grew up with posters of James Collins and Marlon Harewood on their walls and are desperate to play only for us because it's the Villa, our potential targets are one of two types of player.

(1) those who are happy to sign for anyone because they are a Premier League club, with that shop window and level of wage and status.

(2) those who think they are better than a club scrabbling around 15th -18th in the league and believe that they are good enough to be playing at the top.

I'd rather be trying to convince player (2) why their initial feeling was wrong and that we are worth taking a punt on, than player (1) who isn't all that bothered whether it's a Villa, Burnley or Palace shirt they are pulling on.

The second group are likely to be the better players.

Agreed, if we want to sign players good enough to be challenging for the top 6 we need to accept that they might want to wait and see what options they have before joining a club that was in a relegation battle last year.

I think there's a very good chance that Rashica will end up with us and I doubt anyone will care that it took a few weeks to convince him if he does.

[Dave]

Last thing I heard from Trippier was he's very happy there. Can't see it happening for us or any other PL club.

I heard he is concerned about regaining his England place.

Given Alexander-Arnold's development, surely it doesn't really matter what he's doing?

[Dante Lavelli]

I can see this window being the quietest in a decade with very little activity - too many unknowns, and too many commercial concerns. We may have to consolidate with what we have got - generally the press are all over the place because nothing much is happening

I agree.  The pandemic will have hit all clubs and with no players moving there is very little cash sloshing about in the market.  It’s a huge opportunity if our owner have spare cash because players - such as Rashica - may have to consider us as there are no other easy pay rises available.

[AsTallAsLions]

Last thing I heard from Trippier was he's very happy there. Can't see it happening for us or any other PL club.

I heard he is concerned about regaining his England place.
He was a very good player and excellent free kick specialist.
No idea how good he is now.

Just sounds to me as if the press are getting desperate for links now