Summer Transfer Thread and Gustavo Cisneros Type Rumours.

[Footy-Vill]

Philip Billings who is at Bournemouth I've always found a solid and neat and tidy player.Danish 25 years old. Played for Huddersfield and Bournemouth previously in Prem. 6'6. Central to defensive midfield
Has a lot of physicality. Does get cautioned a lot but that's nature of his play and position.
Perhaps some one of this to be a competitive squad option who has played premier league experience. Offers a different dimensions to anything we have in the engine room and defensively screening midfield slot.
Would say £15m

Not exactly Dean Smiths type size wise he likes a different style of footballer however think he would be open if player was right and Billings has played in footballing teams of Huddersfield and Bournemouth though tailed off a bit

[LeeB]

Neat and tidy? He's a big dirty carthorse.

[ozzjim]

Not sure Gueye is a huge amount better with the ball than Nakamba is either. We need the original snake at the top of his game.

[old man villa fan]

Where it worked last season was when we had an attacking three of a wide player, Watkins and Grealish, who would naturally drift.  When Grealish was out of the side we had two wide players and Watkins with the two wide players playing too wide with little inclination to move inside.  We have to have a front three with movement into any of the areas across the pitch.  Doing this means you can create space and bring your fullbacks into play as the wide player.

[aj2k77]

Billings is a shit championship level donkey.

[ozzjim]

Which is why Cantwell is a good fit. That drift into the middle, deep to get the ball in tight spaces etc.

[Big Ming]

Romeu from Southampton would be my choice for a defensive DM, if he could be prised away.

[Footy-Vill]

From marking one individual to stifle our creativity, we now have three players that will all be in different positions and will hurt any team if not marshalled properly.
Add in Olly and that's four players that will be looking to score and assist the others.
A dead ball specialist, (if not brought in immediately, then probably Ashley), gives a mouthwatering line up on paper; time will tell if it all clicks.

I like. Great summary
(Don't forget Traroe and AEG too)

[mallo]

I'd take Cantwell - good player and knows Buendia obviously.

[Sexual Ealing]

I'd take Cantwell - good player and knows Buendia obviously.

Buendia probably thinks he's a twat. I know I do.

[sickbeggar]

Romeu from Southampton would be my choice for a defensive DM, if he could be prised away.

I was sort of "meh", but i'm warming to him. Can't see it now with the Ings transfers though.

[Footy-Vill]

Hearing Purslow state that Villa planned to find Jack Grealish qualities in 3 forward players not one as a replacement leads me to think that in attacking areas our business is certainly done there and maybe totally done outside of Tuanzebe and a goal keeper.

Buendia 38m
Bailey 35m
Danny Ings 30m
That's over 100m
(Plus Ashley Young)

Purslow states:
We believe we have achieved this key objective
And in doing so have reduced an overdependency on one brilliant footballer..
Last year's outstanding signings who have settled brilliantly as well as the academy players in and around the first team

I think we don't want to get too greedy with all this and let our players settle and the squad we have develop.

The one intesrting thing is that these moves were for replacing Grealish and strength the squad. But what were the intentions otherwise outside of that ?

[eamonn]

Agreed, I can't see another attack-minded player coming (i.e Cantwell) unless it's a long-term, leftfield choice like Gary Shaw of River Plate.

A base midfielder a bit better than Reo-Coker and Dunga; and Axel T returning, I think that will be it. I wonder if Guilbert will leave, that might necessitate a cheap right-back understudy option too.

[mallo]

Hearing Purslow state that Villa planned to find Jack Grealish qualities in 3 forward players not one as a replacement leads me to think that in attacking areas our business is certainly done there and maybe totally done outside of Tuanzebe and a goal keeper.

Buendia 38m
Bailey 35m
Danny Ings 30m
That's over 100m
(Plus Ashley Young)

Purslow states:
We believe we have achieved this key objective
And in doing so have reduced an overdependency on one brilliant footballer..
Last year's outstanding signings who have settled brilliantly as well as the academy players in and around the first team

I think we don't want to get too greedy with all this and let our players settle and the squad we have develop.

The one intesrting thing is that these moves were for replacing Grealish and strength the squad. But what were the intentions otherwise outside of that ?

We've just had £100M in though so thats net nearly zero - plenty left for another player in. If Douggie is staying that gives us marvelous, DL and SJM defensively - a cracker there would mean 4 DMs - is that too many or would we ship one? It does seem we're after another AM though as we're talking to Norwich apparently.

[markeeeebeeee2005]

Nakamba is the only natural DM we have. McGinn and Luiz have tried it but the role doesn’t suit them.