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

[kippaxvilla2]

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.

Wolves breached FFP recently plus their owners took a massive bath when Thomas cook went down.

[Dante Lavelli]

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.

Whilst the Luiz situation is annoying, we managed to sign him due to the befuddled contract terms.  Whilst we are where we are, we should be exploiting the loan market and entertain buy-back clauses.  The gap between us and the top clubs is huge.  Not doing so, whilst other clubs do, will just keep us near the bottom.

We May have to compromise our principles for a few more years yet before we are sufficiently established to attract the players on merit.

[Dante Lavelli]

If Wolves are skint they have that young midfielder that looks decent, Gibbs-White?
He seems to get selected for the bench but rarely gets a full game from my limited viewing of Wolves’ matches.

[LukeJames]

If Wolves are skint they have that young midfielder that looks decent, Gibbs-White?
He seems to get selected for the bench but rarely gets a full game from my limited viewing of Wolves’ matches.

My mate (Rare decent loyal Wolves fan) thinks he's awful.

[Londonvilla]

Aston Villa winger gathering transfer interest ahead of new season

Levante, Granada and Real Valladolid are three such sides would be interested in taking Jota between now and the closure of the transfer window

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/aston-villa-winger-gathering-transfer-18816815

Squad getting smaller...............but could be a good move for all parties
He needed a run of games to show if he was up to the PL but was never going to get it in a struggling team.

[algy]

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.

That's the thing with (very) wealthy people innit, if they're in a position to weather a crisis, they can take advantage of the ones who aren't. I see this as potentially a massive window for us, being able to snap up players who other clubs are forced to sell and we're one of only a few options they have. I'd be looking at seeing whose available in the German, Italian & Spanish leagues, and the Champions League qualifiers in the other leagues. i suspect we might be able to bring in 4 or 5 players for the money that would've normally only stretched to 2 or 3 of them.

[Toronto Villa]

If there is any truth to Trippier he’d be a huge upgrade to anyone we currently have at the club.

[AsTallAsLions]

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.

Wolves breached FFP recently plus their owners took a massive bath when Thomas cook went down.

Didn't fucking mind the gap in their own finances then did they??

[Ads]

Levels.

Maybe they should have hid their FFP breach from UEFA. Perhaps the deep, dark, hole they've been hiding in for the past 40 years?

[oldtimernow]

 Fosun might be experiencing similar problems shifting cash around the world as other Chinese companies experienced 

[Richard E]

If Wolves are skint they have that young midfielder that looks decent, Gibbs-White?
He seems to get selected for the bench but rarely gets a full game from my limited viewing of Wolves’ matches.

My mate (Rare decent loyal Wolves fan) thinks he's awful.

He’s off to Swansea on loan.

[kippaxvilla2]

They still expect to get over £100m for Traore and Jimenez.  They would need decent replacements though.  They already have a small squad.

[N'ZMAV]

if Edouard is as good as you all say; then surely there's options in a better position than us?

You could say that about any player then?

I'm not the one saying it

[N'ZMAV]

They still expect to get over £100m for Traore and Jimenez.  They would need decent replacements though.  They already have a small squad.

If they got £100mil then they could strengthen their small squad - but I don't think they'd improve their first eleven a great deal. They're two of the best players outside the top 6 to be fair

[Richard E]

I hope their open top bus parade tomorrow night to celebrate winning the Europa League doesn’t interfere with my commute.