Summer Transfer Thread and Gustavo Cisneros Type Rumours.

[WarszaVillan]

I agree. But £40m on this chap seems a bit iffy to me.

As everyone knows we have cash, we'll be spending over the odds sometimes I imagine. Buying a club's best player, who have just been promoted, is going to be costly. No idea if he's the answer, but a creative player of this type is definitely needed.

[TonyD]

Sign him.  But don’t forget we need a defensive midfielder too who can kick ass.   

[TonyD]

Do you think much business will be done until after the Euros? 

[Mister E]

Aston Villa are rivalling Arsenal in the race for Norwich City playmaker Emiliano Buendia, with the Midlands club understood to be preparing an offer.
Buendia, the Championship player of the season, could ultimately cost up to £40 million this summer after a campaign in which he scored 15 goals and registered 16 assists.
Villa signed Ollie Watkins and Matty Cash from the Championship last summer and are focusing on recruiting players who have already played in English football, with a creative midfielder - or a No 10 - emerging as a priority.
Norwich, who sealed a return to the top flight by winning the Championship, will resist any offers that do not come near their valuation but are understood to accept that Buendia could move on this summer. The 24 year-old joined the club from Getafe for £1.5m in 2018 and was recently called up to the Argentina squad.

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Arsenal are also on the hunt for a creative playmaker but are yet to make a formal approach to Norwich for Buendia. The involvement of Villa, who hope to complete their business early in this window, could force Arsenal into action.
Arsenal’s pursuit of Buendia is likely to depend on the future of Martin Odegaard, who has made a huge impression since joining on loan from Real Madrid in January.
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has made no secret of his desire to keep Odegaard at the club, saying this weekend: “We have tried to make everything that we could to get Martin performing for the team, which I think he has done.
“He has adapted really well to our way of playing and to our football club. Hopefully we have given him the hope and the feeling that this could be a good place for him.”
The difficulty will be reaching an agreement with Real, who look set to go through their own rebuilding process this summer. Odegaard will be an expensive addition but Arsenal could try to sign him on another loan.

Maybe we should put in a bid for Odegaard, just to put off the Arse bidding for Buendia.
Buendia's season in the Premier yielded similarly impressive stats, even if Naaaarichh went down.

[Drummond]

Edit: apparently John Percy actually co-wrote the article, so seems kosher.

Apparently we also want to get our business done early because We Don't Fuck Around anymore.

It's so funny, we don't fuck around anymore......

[Drummond]

I think he's good to potentially fantastic. I know why Paul would be concerned about his lightweightness last time he was in the league, but I think that was more of a team problem than an individual one necessarily. Him and Grealish together would be frightening.

Yep, agreed. And with Martinez, his compatriot, enjoying life here, we are surely in pole position with our warchest.....

[Steve67]

Martinez tapping up Buendia?  surely not :-)

[eamonn]

I agree. But £40m on this chap seems a bit iffy to me.

As everyone knows we have cash, we'll be spending over the odds sometimes I imagine. Buying a club's best player, who have just been promoted, is going to be costly. No idea if he's the answer, but a creative player of this type is definitely needed.

True. £40m can also get you an Iwobi or a Haller so....it could be a lot worse.

[cdbearsfan]

You can't really get bargains from abroad anymore, post-Brexit. Well, with the exception of established internationals available on a Bosman.

[Toronto Villa]

I like us having a war chest. Versus a plastic bag with some coins in it to go and buy Jordan Bowery or loan some duffer like Dawkins from Colorado while a PL club.

[jwarry]

I like us having a war chest. Versus a plastic bag with some coins in it to go and buy Jordan Bowery or loan some duffer like Dawkins from Colorado while a PL club.

😩

[Toronto Villa]

Some “sources” are suggesting we have made a bid for Rashica again. For less than before because he got relegated.

That or it’s May 2020 and not 2021

[VILLA MOLE]

dam it Marty !

[Des Little]

Some “sources” are suggesting we have made a bid for Rashica again. For less than before because he got relegated.

That or it’s May 2020 and not 2021

That cheeky chap should be walking here to play for us.

[Steve67]

Some “sources” are suggesting we have made a bid for Rashica again. For less than before because he got relegated.

That or it’s May 2020 and not 2021

That cheeky chap should be walking here to play for us.

And pay half of his own transfer fee!