Summer Transfer Thread and Gustavo Cisneros Type Rumours.

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Source seems to be this:

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Source seems to be this:

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Using Google Translate -

"We are in a position to say it after having checked it with many sources.

 From England they tell us that Aston Villa has just bought Julian Álvarez for 20 million dollars.

 River together with the player, gave the yes

 Goodbye 🕷

 Come back, don't forget"

[OCD]

What I am loving about this window is that pretty much all of us on here have been brothers and sisters through some of the most shit years in our history. So this is the emergence on the other side of it that all hoped for. We deserve this. To enjoy our club and not be petrified of the future because of clowns on and off the pitch. Our proverbial nuts have kicked many, many times to the point they are no longer recognizable, so this now a period of healing and dare I say it, a bit of bravado to look forward to if we get it right. I’m delighted that we can enjoy this, because too many fans of other clubs have enjoyed our slow decline into irrelevance. We are back and we are going to make some noise.

Being the hunters is a lot more fun than being the hunted.

[jwarry]

Well the last bloke we bought from River Plate turned out alright so hope it’s true

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Ajax were also keen and it was reported that his agent was to visit both clubs. Somewhere else I read River Plate will let the player decide where he wants to go. The price is 15m€, mentioned to be his get-out clause. River Plate are happy with the money. Fingers crossed.

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Is he any good?

[Lastfootstamper]

Is he any good?

Julien Alvarez for 15 mill?  Never heard of him, cue the obligatory Youtube vids.  Anyone any the wiser?

According to my very good friend Jorge, who is a lifelong fan, member and was once even on the board of River Plate and took me around the stadium a couple of years back, Julian Alvarez is a terrific player. here's what he just 'whatsapped' to me (and I translate):
"He is a player with an incredible goal-scoring capability, very strong, great ball control. If he goes to Villa they will not be disappointed ... at the moment he is in the team playing in the 'Copa de America'."
And this guy knows what he is talking about.

[SheffieldVillain]

So basically the general strategy appears to be to buy qood quality English talents still with room to improve further in their 20s like Watkins, Konsa, Cash, maybe Smith-Rowe, maybe Ward-Prowse and mix with a smattering of Brazilian and Argentinian talent like Martinez, Buendia, Wesley, Luiz and this Alvarez chap.

I like this strategy very very much.

[Lastfootstamper]

It's truly making me smile that we're not being linked with any defensive midfielders, and instead we seem to be assembling all the parts for a machine that's going to realise my dreams of a Villa side that just goes out to batter the opposition.

[paul_e]

Is he any good?

I can only go by youtube highlights but for me he looks like a guy who will follow a similar path to Watkins, starting his career out wide before ending up as a centre forward on top of that he seems to play off the defenders shoulder in the same way so I can see the sense in going for him in terms of continuity. For the fee listed he seems like a great option, despite never having heard of him until the last day or so I'll be a bit disappointed if we don't get him now.

[sickbeggar]

5ft 7in? Not a target man then.

[Risso]

So basically the general strategy appears to be to buy qood quality English talents still with room to improve further in their 20s like Watkins, Konsa, Cash, maybe Smith-Rowe, maybe Ward-Prowse and mix with a smattering of Brazilian and Argentinian talent like Martinez, Buendia, Wesley, Luiz and this Alvarez chap.

I like this strategy very very much.

We've had worse!  Much, much worse!

[algy]

It's truly making me smile that we're not being linked with any defensive midfielders, and instead we seem to be assembling all the parts for a machine that's going to realise my dreams of a Villa side that just goes out to batter the opposition.

Yeah, bollocks to defensive midfielders. That 7-2 win against Liverpool - that's what we want every week, none of this "oh we've scored 1 we'd better defend our lead" rubbish.

[paul_e]

5ft 7in? Not a target man then.

I'm in no way making a comparison here but that's the same height as Aguero who I think is/was a fantastic targetman but only if you extend the term beyond someone who gets 60 yard punts aimed at his head by the defence. Aguero taking passes with his back to goal and either turning or playing someone else in was key to Man City for years.

[eamonn]

It is the CDBullyWee-approved summer transfer policy and it looks like the club are reading his posts.