Summer Transfer Thread and Gustavo Cisneros Type Rumours.

[cdbearsfan]

To an extent, but he really chose to leave Arsenal's bench for our first team, which isn't the same comparison here unless people think Buendia would struggle to get a game if they signed him, which seems unlikely.

[Hockley Lion]

Added to that, we can certainly outbid Arsenal on the fee. They do have a tendency to offer daft wages though, and for a young Argentinian you'd imagine that they'd have a much greater pull than we do. I have a feeling that agents and players' overriding priories when making these decisions are the value of the contract and (a distant second) the prestige of the club, rather than the long-term health of the organisation. I'd make them favourites.

He shares the same agent as Emi Martinez. His agent knows how happy Martinez is. He knows how to do a deal with Villa. He knows the failings of Arsenal. I'm not giving up yet.

This for me too - plus Emi has been with him for the last week and could be first hand extolling our virtues - he will have seen him finally make his Argentina debut, they've been playing table tennis together for goodness sake!!!

And he'll have told him we were better than Arsenal last season...twice.

Here's hoping.

[cdbearsfan]

Yep. I've hardly seen him play but have decided I want to sign him desperately. Hopefully Arsenal aren't as serious as we are.

[Gareth]

Fever Pitch was horrible, pretentious shite.

Agree but not nearly as much as pretentious shite as that 31 Songs bag of sap Hornby released...

[SoccerHQ]

I'm not that actually that bothered if he signs or not. He's a good player don't get me wrong but I don't think he's the sort to really push us towards the top 6 tbh. We really need to be signing one of those this summer so a bit worried he seems to be our number one target.

Seems a bit odd to me people are happy potentially spending 40m on him....yet Saint Maximn is dismissed out of hand if say Newcastle want 50m for him even though he is far more proven in premier league and I reckon would give us the unpredictability and some decent pace in final third if Jack isn't around.

If he signs for Arsenal anyway I reckon Smith Rowe could be squeezed out as then they'd have loads of options for the three behind the striker and no europe so I'd be very happy with him.

With Trez out for most of next season we're actually quite light for wide players, just Jack, Traore and AEG as it stands which isn't that many for a potential 50 game season and I presume Buendia is being scouted as a sort of Barkley replacement.

P.S sorry missed the important debate as ever...never read fever pitch although always get the feeling this Hornby guy is like a twin of Alan Davies?! These Arsenal tarquins.....

Did read and enjoy Brilliant Orange which was lumped in on the other page. There were some fantastic books on european football and fan culture around the late 90s/2000 period. Morbo by Phil Ball is a great one to learn about Spanish football culture and rivals and Miracle of Castel Di Sangro on this village team who got to I think Serie B is a classic aswell.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

I hope he's been scouted to play on the right where he's shown he can deliver week in, week out. 'Unpredictability' we have in spades with Traore, El Ghazi and Trez. It's not always a good thing, more often than not the complete opposite.

[Dante Lavelli]

kinda surprised Arsenal are targeting a Smith Rowe replacement, unless I am mistaken and Buendia is more right sided that I remember.

[SoccerHQ]

Bit concerned if he's our right sided solution tbh, want a real pace merchant for that side and we can get more technical player to replace Barkley so Buendia can still be signed aswell.

Saw Lucas Moura in talks with Saudi Arabian club. Guess his wages would be too high for us but thought he was MOTM in the VP game, that's the sort I'd be looking at who could do a solid job for us for 2-3 seasons.

[FatSam]

Fever Pitch did start the whole pseuds corner bullshit around football though, the peak of which was 'Brilliant Orange' by David Winner about Dutch football and architecture and how they could be related. It's absolute dirge, please no one buy this. Don't encourage this behaviour.

I must admit that I enjoyed Brilliant Orange when I read it 20 years ago. My recollection is that it is about a uniquely Dutch conception of space. That's an interesting idea, no? I can't remember it veering off into architecture, but I can understand why it might be appropriate to.

[Mister E]

Bit concerned if he's our right sided solution tbh, want a real pace merchant for that side and we can get more technical player to replace Barkley so Buendia can still be signed aswell.
Saw Lucas Moura in talks with Saudi Arabian club. Guess his wages would be too high for us but thought he was MOTM in the VP game, that's the sort I'd be looking at who could do a solid job for us for 2-3 seasons.

I've always been impressed when Moura has played.
I wonder whether Buendia is a stalking horse for another Villa target: we don't normally do our scouting in the media ... perhaps we're actually looking elsewhere. However, if we do bring him in I think he'll be 1 of 3 so we may get the pace you mention from another purchase.

[Chris_Jephcott]

For what it’s worth, I think that Arsenal will get Buendia. It’s not logical and they’re a club in chaos, he might not be guaranteed playing time either, but equally, the draw of London is often too much for players. It would be a huge statement if we could do it though, but I just don’t see it happening.

We’re more likely to get for Dwight McNeil I think.

However, let’s not forget that Martinez has probably been in Buendia’s ears during the international matches. 

We shall see. I’d be disappointed if this happens but equally if he doesn’t want to be here…

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I think we're more likely. We're loads richer for a start.

But the Martinez factor is huge. I came to the Villa, its absolutely amazing, the training facilities are better than Arsenal, there's a sense of upward trajectory and most importantly I'm now the Argentina number 1 and that's because I've played every minute.

I'm sure Bunders would be our Barkley replacement and be guaranteed most minutes. World Cup is next year...

[Monty]

Also, we're a more obvious stepping stone to the Champions League if it comes to that, as he would play every single minute.

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Leicester in the past 2 years have gatecrashed the top 6 and now the fairly lamentable in play West Ham have too.

There is nothing to stop us finishing above Arsenal or having a serious crack at the top 6 next season. We're both modyable. They have a poor, dour manager, chaos, an unbalanced squad on huge wages and a board that's not got a pot to piss in compared to us  using loans to service loans. They also don't appear to care.

Clubs like that get punished.

[cdbearsfan]

We would have finished top six if Grealish hadn't got injured.