Ross Barkley

[VillaTim]

Don't understand, why the deal hasn't been confrmed, the verbal agreement with Luton was a few weeks ago, what is causing the hold up?

He's in Marbs on holiday.

[Tuscans]

Fabrizio tweeted,

⤵️🟣🔵 #AVFC

🟣🔵🤝🏻 Aston Villa are prepared to enter into formal stages of Ross Barkley deal after agreement with Luton Town.

Fee around £5m, contract details already agreed and now waiting on medical.

Here we go, soon 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[Ian.]

I hope he’s the Barkley from last season, he maybe the player to fill in for Kamara. He’s got the ability, I’m not convinced he’s got the discipline to not want to bomb forward, which is his natural role.

[edgysatsuma89]

He won't be the Kamara replacement, I imagine. He played alongside a more defensive player at Luton.

[jwarry]

He won't be the Kamara replacement, I imagine. He played alongside a more defensive player at Luton.

Definitely a Doug replacement

[Percy McCarthy]

He won't be the Kamara replacement, I imagine. He played alongside a more defensive player at Luton.

Definitely a Doug replacement

I think Tielemans is the Dougie replacement, and Ross his understudy/rotation.

Emery said last season that Dougie & Youri are basically the same player.

Unless Enzo is more ready than we think, we need a Kamara replacement for the first half of the season. Fofana, come on down!

[AV84]

If Tielemans becomes the Dougie in terms of place in starting line up, then it's a good advertisement for the club in terms of opportunities to get playing time. By all accounts he wanted to play more than he was early last season, but he knuckled down and did what was asked of him, and is now potentially a nailed on starter.

We hopefully won't be selling a Dougie every summer, but if someone is willing to commit to a season of being in and out of the squad, the chances will come. (Or at worst they'll get a nice move to another club in a mutually beneficial trade)

[OCD]

I wonder whether one of the thoughts when we signed Tielemans last summer was to give him a season to get used to the system and then we would move Doug on this summer. Sure, we needed someone else because we couldn't rely so much on one player, but I do wonder whether this was the plan all along. It wouldn't surprise me with Emery tbh.

[Dante Lavelli]

I wonder whether one of the thoughts when we signed Tielemans last summer was to give him a season to get used to the system and then we would move Doug on this summer. Sure, we needed someone else because we couldn't rely so much on one player, but I do wonder whether this was the plan all along. It wouldn't surprise me with Emery tbh.

I’m convinced that he was signed in anticipation of Doug leaving. Part of monchi’s success at Seville was selling players for big bucks and already having their replacement in the squad.

[AV84]

It's a good way to do things, especially if players are on board. We're bringing in 2 young midfielders from Juve who should have plenty of time to adapt and bed in, peessure off, and by next summer we may sell a Bailey, or a Diaby, (I know they're not like for like) and have a replacement all ready to go.

We saw several times this season how injury to a key player could really derail out entire system. I'd assume the long term goal would be to have minimal drop off in quality for all positions.

[Monty]

I think we'll see Tielemans as one of the deep two a lot more, with Buendia back and presumably others in attacking midfield coming in. Which, in a roundabout way, kind of means that Iling Jr. is the Doug replacement.

[Dante Lavelli]

It's a good way to do things, especially if players are on board. We're bringing in 2 young midfielders from Juve who should have plenty of time to adapt and bed in, peessure off, and by next summer we may sell a Bailey, or a Diaby, (I know they're not like for like) and have a replacement all ready to go.

We saw several times this season how injury to a key player could really derail out entire system. I'd assume the long term goal would be to have minimal drop off in quality for all positions.

Hypothetically we might need to sacrifice Ramsey next summer in order to comply with FFP\PSR but there’s a good chance Rogers and Illing will be established PL/CL players by that point.

[Brazilian Villain]

Hypothetically we might need to sacrifice Ramsey next summer in order to comply with FFP\PSR but there’s a good chance Rogers and Illing will be established PL/CL players by that point.

I doubt that will be the case, I'm more concerned about JJ coming back 100% at the start of the season.

[AV84]

I'd assume everything we're doing now is with the idea that we continue to qualify for CL, or Europa at the very least. Complying with FFP or whatever will be a lot easier if we can stay at the top, and hopefully we won't be forced into selling anyone for those reasons.

[VillaTim]

If we sign Barkley, he has a massive opportunity to achieve what he couldn't at Chelsea. He's a very good player, all down to mindset and application now plus working with the best coach of his career now.