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

[ozzjim]

Bielsa does carry a big draw, but 3 weeks from kick off Leeds have no real incomings and can't get White who was the cornerstone of their defence. I don't think they are going to spend the sort of money we did last summer, and may well do OK because of their style of play, but with their forward options and defensive ones, they could be an injury away from difficult times like we were. For us having stayed up we at least now have the draw of looking up, and potentially offering higher wages.

[ozzjim]

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.xxxx.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.

Bardhi is a decent winger for Levante so hopefully could get him in a swop.

Jota had a few decent games at start of the season but wasn't making the bench for months after that. If he's in the squad regularly next season that would suggest our transfer plans haven't gone well so yeah let him go somewhere to play more regularly.

Jota was never played in his best position as a deep lying No.10.

He was never a right winger. Tricky but way to slow.

Just too lightweight away from home and Smith wanted his rigid formation for defensive stabile post lockdown. There is a player in Jota, but not sure it's a lower half fighting type player.

[Ad@m]

I'm not sure about the higher wages argument.

Gregg Evans wrote an article on the Athletic yesterday about how the new management have installed a strict wage structure which made signings difficult last summer, but also meant we reduced our wage bill to £65m in the Prem, versus £93m in the Championship the year before.

I know the ownership at Leeds has changed several times over since the turn of the century but they do have a history as a club of throwing money around.

[Basher]

Fosun weren't rinsed when Thomas Cook collapsed. Fosun losses were US$45.8 million, not the billions that the media chose to report because hey why let the facts get in the way of a good story.

FFP is also a massive red herring. UEFA looked at the previous three years of accounts, which included two years in the Championship when Wolves spent big when revenue streams were low. They posted a £20 million profit that first season back in the Premier League. Villa would also have failed FFP if they had qualified for Europe this season but that doesn't equate to not having a pot to pee in.

[Lastfootstamper]

Maybe the wage reduction was necessary to ensure we fell within the parameters of UEFA FFP compliance, and the new season could bring higher spending within the 3-year rollover. Despite all our woes, we did come within a one-goal swing of competing in Europe this coming season. It's looking like their failure to address such a problem has slightly hamstrung our buttercup neighbours after one season, it'd be a pisser if the same happened to us.

[Ads]

Fosun weren't rinsed when Thomas Cook collapsed. Fosun losses were US$45.8 million, not the billions that the media chose to report because hey why let the facts get in the way of a good story.

FFP is also a massive red herring. UEFA looked at the previous three years of accounts, which included two years in the Championship when Wolves spent big when revenue streams were low. They posted a £20 million profit that first season back in the Premier League. Villa would also have failed FFP if they had qualified for Europe this season but that doesn't equate to not having a pot to pee in.

I don't think anybody is being overly serious fella. More a case of a gentle ribbing to the Wolves fans on social media who have crept out the woodwork to try and get a rivalry going.

[OzVilla]

We might even have one here.

[algy]

Maybe the wage reduction was necessary to ensure we fell within the parameters of UEFA FFP compliance, and the new season could bring higher spending within the 3-year rollover. Despite all our woes, we did come within a one-goal swing of competing in Europe this coming season. It's looking like their failure to address such a problem has slightly hamstrung our buttercup neighbours after one season, it'd be a pisser if the same happened to us.

We went up through the playoffs, having been mid table in the championship for most of the season. It's possibly as much of a precaution in case we went straight back down.

[kippaxvilla2]

Fosun weren't rinsed when Thomas Cook collapsed. Fosun losses were US$45.8 million, not the billions that the media chose to report because hey why let the facts get in the way of a good story.

FFP is also a massive red herring. UEFA looked at the previous three years of accounts, which included two years in the Championship when Wolves spent big when revenue streams were low. They posted a £20 million profit that first season back in the Premier League. Villa would also have failed FFP if they had qualified for Europe this season but that doesn't equate to not having a pot to pee in.

Yes and you made a £57m loss in the championship the year before.  Hence the concern.  But you’re not in Europe this season so I’m not sure it matters.

[ozzjim]

Amazes me with the side they have and the fact they are good for the first time in about 30 years, just how per-occupied dog heads are with Villa. When we were top 6 every season I don't think I thought about them once.

[Percy McCarthy]

What size are those shorts?

Barry

Gareth or Austin?

[Percy McCarthy]

Amazes me with the side they have and the fact they are good for the first time in about 30 years, just how per-occupied dog heads are with Villa. When we were top 6 every season I don't think I thought about them once.

Yes, some people seem to think that finishing as the highest placed Midlands club  sparks a rivalry with the biggest Midlands club, as if that title is somehow up for grabs. Never has been, never will be.

[rob_bridge]

Amazes me with the side they have and the fact they are good for the first time in about 30 years, just how per-occupied dog heads are with Villa. When we were top 6 every season I don't think I thought about them once.

40 years

[tomd2103]

Amazes me with the side they have and the fact they are good for the first time in about 30 years, just how per-occupied dog heads are with Villa. When we were top 6 every season I don't think I thought about them once.

Yes, some people seem to think that finishing as the highest placed Midlands club  sparks a rivalry with the biggest Midlands club, as if that title is somehow up for grabs. Never has been, never will be.

Do spare a thought for all those Albion fans who spent months working on their hilarious "Mind the Gap" memes though.

[Holy Trinity]

Did anybody notice the mail has run a story of how edouard will likely hold out for a better offer with no quotes and sound virtually the same as we were discussing yesterday!

These copy and paste journalists really grind my gears