Summer Transfer Thread and Gustavo Cisneros Type Rumours.

[chrisw1]

I agree Bobby.

[Risso]

The Lingard who burst on the scene for his first 10 games or so at West Ham certainly would be.  The one who was shit for a few seasons before that and seemingly finished the season at West Ham notsomuch.

He's clearly a very talented player, but not one I'd risk £30m ish on.

Lingard did well at West Ham because he was given freedom to play provided by the platform given to him by Soucek and Rice.

We don't need a Lingard or a Damsgaard or a Cantwell. We have this type of player aplenty.

We badly need a Soucek, a Rice, a Ndidi, a Kante, a Fernandinho type then all of our existing creative players will flourish. No doubt about it.

Get it done.

Exactly right. It’s so eye-bleedingly obvious, you do have to wonder why it hasn’t been addressed before now. Neither Luiz or McGinn are that sort of player, so most of the time they’re not looking as good as they should do.

[garyellis]

My take on it is we will buy if the right player at the right price is available. FFP is no longer an issue getting value is.
Regarding the signing of Ings, we now have two of the outstanding strikers in the Premier League only at Villa could this be seen as a problem!

[ROBBO]

But how do fit the two on the pitch together is the problem.

[WarszaVillan]

"Those who featured in the 4-1 defeat at Anfield include Jed Steer, Axel Tuanzebe, Kortney Hause, Matt Targett, Conor Hourihane, Carney Chukwuemeka, Jaden Philogene-Bidace, Jacob Ramsey, Frederic Guilbert, Wesley, Tyreik Wright and Bertrand Traore, the latter scoring before hobbling off with French outlet Foot Mercato reporting that Traore's now facing between three to four weeks out with a hamstring injury. Foot Mercato were the first and only newspaper to report on Traore's groin operation back in June with Villa not discussing injuries or team news until Friday's press conference"

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/aston-villa-liverpool-traore-newcastle-21329285

[JUAN PABLO]

Regarding the signing of Ings, we now have two of the outstanding strikers in the Premier League only at Villa could this be seen as a problem!

My thoughts exactly.


and If one more signing. Please a big beast in the middle with more bollocks than the  dirty dozen .

[dicedlam]

Throw a load of dosh at Ajax for the young kid Gravenberch. Aready at aged just 19 he has played over 60 1st team games for them and also played in the champions league. This is the type of DM we should be looking to bring in.

[ozzjim]

Preece now reporting that we are done for the summer. If true, 15th - 10th I reckon. No way is that midfield either creative or solid enough to get us top 6-8.

[Monty]

Isn't Preece always wrong?

[ozzjim]

We can but hope

[Risso]

Well he’s only backing up what Smith said.

[eamonn]

Indeed. But it is possible to buy players who are good enough to qualify and play in the Champions League without being in it. You don’t seem to think so, despite tge examples of Martinez and Leicester City.                                                                        I agree it is possible to recruit some champions league quality players but they wont satisfy the clamour for a statement signing because they wont have 'done it yet' in the champions league or world cup final etc

I think the other side is the manager. The pull of, and ability. Rodgers has taken Leicester on to another level of consistency, built the squad and put them into a really good place, and been imaginative in the market.

It's a good point. I'm not sure how much of a pull playing for Dean Smith is to a player coming from abroad when they've likely never heard of him.

I bet if you did a poll of neutral fans as to how many PL managers they could name, Dean would be pretty low down.

Basically, until we either over-achieve or he's been impersonated by Darren Farley or Conor thingy - the annoying Irish impressionist, we'll struggle to raise our profile nationally and internationally.

[Marlon From Bearwood]

Isn't Preece always wrong?

Yes. Very much so.

[Monty]

Well he’s only backing up what Smith said.

Sure, but Smith lies. Gre Gevans or especially Percy have more credibility I think, and last I checked they still though we were in the market for a midfielder. But we'll see I guess.

[PeterWithe]

Lens were on the TV over the weekend, I cant say Doucore particularly stood out. One who did was Gael Kakuta who used to play for Chelsea I think.