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Author Topic: January Transfer Window  (Read 172479 times)

Offline TelfordVilla

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Re: January Transfer Window
« Reply #930 on: January 19, 2021, 02:34:54 PM »
Imagine two John Mcginns in the same Villa team.....

Offline DrGonzo

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Re: January Transfer Window
« Reply #931 on: January 19, 2021, 02:35:40 PM »
We'd need to get Barry's shorts back out of retirement.

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Re: January Transfer Window
« Reply #932 on: January 19, 2021, 02:45:26 PM »
Really quite excited by the Sanson stuff.  Sounds like a few other PL teams have asked about him in the past, but Marseille have been asking for the big bucks.  Now they need the cash, we've popped in and potentially got him for (relatively) some money we found down the back of the sofa.

Offline LeeB

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Re: January Transfer Window
« Reply #933 on: January 19, 2021, 03:00:06 PM »
Really quite excited by the Sanson stuff.  Sounds like a few other PL teams have asked about him in the past, but Marseille have been asking for the big bucks.  Now they need the cash, we've popped in and potentially got him for (relatively) some money we found down the back of the sofa.

This, the Martinez deal and Doug the summer before point towards a club that's got it's finger on the pulse when it comes to recruitment, being inventive and taking advantage of problems that arise for other teams.

I still find it hard to believe it's us operating this way, but there you go.


Offline sid1964

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Re: January Transfer Window
« Reply #934 on: January 19, 2021, 04:22:55 PM »
i have never heard of him so will wait to see him play for us before getting too excited at this signing

Offline eamonn

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Re: January Transfer Window
« Reply #935 on: January 19, 2021, 05:21:56 PM »
The kinda signings I would have expected from Monsieur Houllier.

Offline Percy McCarthy

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Re: January Transfer Window
« Reply #936 on: January 19, 2021, 05:25:31 PM »
i have never heard of him so will wait to see him play for us before getting too excited at this signing

Seems to me that Smith invariably improves players (polar opposite of our last few managers) so even if your excited when you see him play, you will probably be even more excited in a few months.

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Re: January Transfer Window
« Reply #937 on: January 19, 2021, 05:28:43 PM »
€18m offer submitted according to a local journalist, Mohamed Bouhsfsi.

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Re: January Transfer Window
« Reply #938 on: January 19, 2021, 05:57:50 PM »
I hope we sign him.

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Re: January Transfer Window
« Reply #939 on: January 19, 2021, 05:58:06 PM »
Really quite excited by the Sanson stuff.  Sounds like a few other PL teams have asked about him in the past, but Marseille have been asking for the big bucks.  Now they need the cash, we've popped in and potentially got him for (relatively) some money we found down the back of the sofa.

This, the Martinez deal and Doug the summer before point towards a club that's got it's finger on the pulse when it comes to recruitment, being inventive and taking advantage of problems that arise for other teams.

I still find it hard to believe it's us operating this way, but there you go.


Quite, it is hard to believe afters years of chaos with one clusterfuck to another. While watching with envy models like Swansea (a few years ago), Southampton and of course Leicester City. When a club is run well they can play attractive and competitive football and also seem to face set-backs without too much fuss. I know Swansea are now back in the Championship, but a club of their size to come up like they did and for a while they held their heads up well in the Premier League.

We now have a plan with lots of people hand picked to fulfil it and hopefully build upon it. It's all very exciting.

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Re: January Transfer Window
« Reply #940 on: January 19, 2021, 06:00:39 PM »
€18m offer submitted according to a local journalist, Mohamed Bouhsfsi.

Bouhfasi?
Bouhafsi?

Yeah Bouhafsi, did you mean?

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Re: January Transfer Window
« Reply #941 on: January 19, 2021, 07:09:33 PM »
He is in the Marseille squad for their game tomorrow so perhaps not as close as thought.

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Re: January Transfer Window
« Reply #942 on: January 19, 2021, 08:47:05 PM »
The kinda signings I would have expected from Monsieur Houllier.

Christ, I hope he's not as bad as most of Houllier's signings.

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Re: January Transfer Window
« Reply #943 on: January 19, 2021, 10:09:16 PM »
Ha, well the type he had lined-up for summer '11 (Cabaye, Fofana, someone else fancy sounding and possibly French).

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Re: January Transfer Window
« Reply #944 on: January 19, 2021, 10:12:52 PM »
Ha, well the type he had lined-up for summer '11 (Cabaye, Fofana, someone else fancy sounding and possibly French).

Gervinho was one that Houllier had said was going to sign.

 


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