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

[Risso]

In some sense maybe we’ve learned our lesson and will not pay huge amounts of money on long term contracts and big transfer fees for players at the tail end of their career. We’ve been trying to shift players out of the club on these terms for the last decade. I just do hope they do have a plan, they must have surely!

But it seems pretty well accepted that we'd bid for him?

Probably for a way shorter contract on less money.

Well yes, we have bid for him but our terms may have been way off the mark as to what Newcastle offered.

One of my strengths is being able to offer perspectives which other people may not have yet considered whilst discussing subjects , issues and situations.
I like to think my contribution can generally add to discussion and debate.
So here's my contribution regards contracts of players.

All the Aston Villa first team players, first-team coaches and senior management have deferred 25 % on salary for the last 4 months.
This is the first month when the wages will all be paid in full or so the agreement was understood. If not at least to the 100% of all who deferred
Perhaps a reason to certain moves like Wilson and a big contract as an option.

There may even be some annoyance for players and their parties  about new signings coming in on full salary when they have deferred.
Who knows? but it's worth considering as to why both slow in the transfer window and being considerate in our bidding and contract negotiations with players.

The point hadn't been raised or made about the salary deferral at 25% for 4 months so I thought I make that part of this discussion

That almost certainly didn't happen though.  Not a chance.

[Steve67]

366 pages and 1 player signed. Predictions on the next? It's just a bit tedious isn't it?

[sickbeggar]

im glad we're better than buying a 4 times spanish and german league winner and 2 times champions league winner and concentrating on the real quality at brentford

[aj2k77]

Nevermind, Heaton and Wesley will be like new signings.

[kippaxvilla2]

Anyone remember crack Spanish striker No Juan?

[hilts_coolerking]

Nevermind, Heaton and Wesley will be like new signings.

Signing Wesley twice would be compounding the error.

[four fornicholl]

Anythings better than nowt, as my old man used to say.

[Rory]

Anythings better than nowt, as my old man used to say.

Ah but did he say that before or after we signed Ross McCormack?

[pauliewalnuts]

im glad we're better than buying a 4 times spanish and german league winner and 2 times champions league winner and concentrating on the real quality at brentford

Yeah, given the choice of someone who regularly puts them away against Rotherham and Barnsley or someone just off 14 in 32 starts at Bayern Munich and 29 in 64 at Real Madrid, and who has scored in World Cups, I know which I would plump for.

Wouldn't it be nice for us to do something exciting in the transfer market rather than the usual over priced Championship stuff we buy.

We'll probably pay more for Benhrahma than Everton did for James Rodriguez FFS.

Can't we do something that smells of ambition rather than hoping it is good enough to keep us up for a change?

10 years of this rubbish.

[Toronto Villa]

I said that about us signing Matt Targett who cost more than Alphonso Davies

[sickbeggar]

im glad we're better than buying a 4 times spanish and german league winner and 2 times champions league winner and concentrating on the real quality at brentford

Yeah, given the choice of someone who regularly puts them away against Rotherham and Barnsley or someone just off 14 in 32 starts at Bayern Munich and 29 in 64 at Real Madrid, and who has scored in World Cups, I know which I would plump for.

Wouldn't it be nice for us to do something exciting in the transfer market rather than the usual over priced Championship stuff we buy.

We'll probably pay more for Benhrahma than Everton did for James Rodriguez FFS.

Can't we do something that smells of ambition rather than hoping it is good enough to keep us up for a change?

10 years of this rubbish.

Yep. I don't think we would have got him - Everton are loaded, BUT if shows what you can get for 20m in that age range. 3 years of a top quality player creating chances and assists., pays for himself by keeping you up

[hilts_coolerking]

Yep. I don't think we would have got him - Everton are loaded, BUT if shows what you can get for 20m in that age range. 3 years of a top quality player creating chances and assists., pays for himself by keeping you up

I thought we were loaded.

[Toronto Villa]

We are loaded. Just that we can’t spend the same as a team that’s not left the PL. They don’t have the same restrictions as us.

[aev]

Yep. I don't think we would have got him - Everton are loaded, BUT if shows what you can get for 20m in that age range. 3 years of a top quality player creating chances and assists., pays for himself by keeping you up

I thought we were loaded.

It’s complicated.

[LeeB]

im glad we're better than buying a 4 times spanish and german league winner and 2 times champions league winner and concentrating on the real quality at brentford

Yeah, given the choice of someone who regularly puts them away against Rotherham and Barnsley or someone just off 14 in 32 starts at Bayern Munich and 29 in 64 at Real Madrid, and who has scored in World Cups, I know which I would plump for.

Wouldn't it be nice for us to do something exciting in the transfer market rather than the usual over priced Championship stuff we buy.

We'll probably pay more for Benhrahma than Everton did for James Rodriguez FFS.

Can't we do something that smells of ambition rather than hoping it is good enough to keep us up for a change?

10 years of this rubbish.

I know what you mean, but that deal in particular feels to me like Ancellotti having to justify the reason he was bought to the club, to attract big name players.

How many £20m+ attacking midfielders have they got on their books now?