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

[Marlon From Bearwood]

Sarr
Barkley (on loan)
Sessignon (on loan)
Back up striker (on loan)

Good to go.

Also impossible, can only have 2 loans - https://www.premierleague.com/news/464747

Ok. We’ll sign a striker permanently then.

[OCD]

Not sure how realistic Sarr is. I thought Liverpool was his likely destination. Hopefully Rashica still happens though I wonder whether we're starting to look at other things.

Reading about Traore, it seems like his transition to winger is still relatively recent and he was a striker before so he may well tick both boxes and support the argument that we don't need another striker.

[SheffieldVillain]

Loftus-Cheek or equivalent big but mobile unit from abroad
Rashica or Sessegnon - Sessegnon also has the benefit of covering LB too so beginning to lean towards him
Eduoard or Brewster - Brewster probably more realistic in accepting first back-up role for Watkins

Get three signings like that done, say tara to Nyland, Kalinic, Jota and Lansbury, and it really will have been a very impressive summer's work.

[Monty]

Is Sessegnon even an option?

[SheffieldVillain]

Is Sessegnon even an option?

Not seen him linked. But Bale coming in has pushed him even further down the pecking order so would be worth asking the question.

[Damo70]

The problem with Wesley is that he looked absolutely shit for long periods of last season. I'm sure he can improve and there is a player there, but maybe Smith just doesn't rate him. If so then Brewster is worth pursuing.

His shitness was as much to do with the poor service and lack of runners around him. Watkins and Traore will make him much more effective.

I totally agree he will look a lot better alongside Watkins and/or Traore.

[ChicagoLion]

The weak links are midfield and left back and the priority has to be midfield or we are starting with Hourihane or Nakamba.
SJM is still not there yet that leaves Luiz, if he gets injured we are in deep shit.

I've been saying CM was a priority since the end of last season, we just haven't got any depth in there which means any drop in form from Luiz or, more appropriately, McGinn means we're scraping the barrel. I just find it strange that we're 1 injury away from Lansbury playing and people appear to be more concerned with getting a 4th striker.

Yes it’s a bit odd

[eamonn]

How much would you sell El Ghazi for? We seem to over-pay a lot more than selling high, ourselves.

[itbrvilla]

How much would you sell El Ghazi for? We seem to over-pay a lot more than selling high, ourselves.

It's the Villa way.

[brontebilly]

Is Sessegnon even an option?

Not seen him linked. But Bale coming in has pushed him even further down the pecking order so would be worth asking the question.

Sessegnon is a very talented player as he demonstrated in the championship. Hasn't happened for him at Spurs but is more than good enough to get back on track. Would cover LB/LM. Kind of player we should be looking to loan with an option to buy or buy outright.

[Dave]

How much would you sell El Ghazi for? We seem to over-pay a lot more than selling high, ourselves.

I think we agreed £8m if we went up. So we probably thought that if we went up it probably wouldn't matter all that much.

In the current climate, you'd think around £5m.

[DB]

The problem with Wesley is that he looked absolutely shit for long periods of last season. I'm sure he can improve and there is a player there, but maybe Smith just doesn't rate him. If so then Brewster is worth pursuing.

His shitness was as much to do with the poor service and lack of runners around him. Watkins and Traore will make him much more effective.

Not sure about that, his positioning and movement was poor and control worse.

[paul_e]

How much would you sell El Ghazi for? We seem to over-pay a lot more than selling high, ourselves.

I think we agreed £8m if we went up. So we probably thought that if we went up it probably wouldn't matter all that much.

In the current climate, you'd think around £5m.

Sounds cheap to me. For all his faults he got 6 goals and 7 assists in 40 games so he was involved in a goal roughly 1 game in 3. In the current market, and at his age, selling for less than we paid would mean someone getting a bargain. £8-10m would be more reasonable in my opinion.

[eamonn]

Maybe a lower base fee with a sell-on. There's something in him that suggests he could go on to have a very good career at a decent level, just not sure we can be too patient with his inconsistency.

[Big Ming]

Ndidi is going to be a big miss for Leicester.

Hopefully out when we get to play them.