Summer Transfer Thread and Gustavo Cisneros Type Rumours.

[LeeB]

Leicester have already offloaded him, he plays for Bayer Leverkusen these days.

I know, me either.

[jwarry]

Weren't we heavily linked with Will Hughes when he was a kid and trying to outmuscle Tom Huddlestone and his big arse in the Derby midfield?

Re Dwight McNeill...mentioned it on the Buendia thread, but if Leicester are off-loading Demerai Gray and Everton are also interested as reported, I'd rather gazump them for Gray and let them buy McNeill. Much better value.

Except McNeills a better player

[LeeB]

Weren't we heavily linked with Will Hughes when he was a kid and trying to outmuscle Tom Huddlestone and his big arse in the Derby midfield?

Re Dwight McNeill...mentioned it on the Buendia thread, but if Leicester are off-loading Demerai Gray and Everton are also interested as reported, I'd rather gazump them for Gray and let them buy McNeill. Much better value.

Except McNeills a better player

Miles better. I really rate him.

[DrGonzo]

"Everton transfer news: Demarai Gray set for medical ahead of move from Bayer Leverkusen" 

Right player, wrong club!

Maybe it's the weather, but, I seem to be checking for news every 1/2 an hour today...

[VILLA MOLE]

"Everton transfer news: Demarai Gray set for medical ahead of move from Bayer Leverkusen" 

Right player, wrong club!

Maybe it's the weather, but, I seem to be checking for news every 1/2 an hour today...

That all ??

[Steve67]

McNeil has a bit of class about him and I think would do very well at Villa. We have to remember that we have only seen him play at Burnley, the antithesis of anti-football. He is far better than that as a player.

[eamonn]

Weren't we heavily linked with Will Hughes when he was a kid and trying to outmuscle Tom Huddlestone and his big arse in the Derby midfield?

Re Dwight McNeill...mentioned it on the Buendia thread, but if Leicester are off-loading Demerai Gray and Everton are also interested as reported, I'd rather gazump them for Gray and let them buy McNeill. Much better value.

Except McNeills a better player

Miles better. I really rate him.

Gray lost his way a little but I always thought he was technically impressive.

[jwarry]

Few links with Danjuma who I have to say escaped my notice last season.  Looks useful though https://youtu.be/nE7q7054SE8

[N'ZMAV]

Heard Sigurdsson may be available for a cut price...

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[JJ-AV]

I like McNeil, but is he a good player who is held back by his team's style or is he an average player made to look better as he's the only one afforded any freedom?

Right age, good experience. Fee is high though.

McNeil - Jack - Buendia
Watkins

With Traore an option too. That looks a hell of a front line.

[Mister E]

I think selling Jack and replacing him with McNeil would represent a massive step backwards.

100%  But would he be a good addition to the squad assuming we keep Jack?  I haven't made up my mind on him yet, but it's stange he has probbaly achieved more than ESR at this stage of his career, but because he's at an unfashionable club people are immediately more sceptical.

He has the workrate of Trez and the skill of El Ghazi, and would be an upgrade on either of them.

true, why doesn't he actually seem to do very much with it?
I get that Burnley as a team don't score all that many and that he's still very young, and would almost certainly be better in a more creative team.
But given he is their main outlet, I'd expect more than the two goals he had scored in each of his three seasons.
El Ghazi scored five in sixteen days last season. McNeill has scored five goals in the last two and a half years.

Yup. 7 goals and 16 assists in 3 seasons - okay but it's a £20-25m not a £40-50m player.

[Dave]

I like McNeil, but is he a good player who is held back by his team's style or is he an average player made to look better as he's the only one afforded any freedom?

Right age, good experience. Fee is high though.

McNeil - Jack - Buendia
Watkins

With Traore an option too. That looks a hell of a front line.

Based on what each player has done, why would McNeil be taking Traore's spot? Didn't Traore have by far the better season of the two?

[Rudy Can't Fail]

I think selling Jack and replacing him with McNeil would represent a massive step backwards.

Yup, even worse than Ireland replacing Milner. McNeill is certainly a decent player but watching him it's like a big bloke trying to copy Jack Grealish. Whilst Jack is fluid, McNeill is a clumsy, poorer version. Can't knock his effort but no where near and never will be Jack's level. A footballing Dad dancer.

[Damo70]

Gareth Bales' Real Madrid contract can now be bought out for fifteen million euros.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Gareth Bales' Real Madrid contract can now be bought out for fifteen million euros.

Isn't he on about 600k a week or something stupid?