Summer Transfer Thread and Gustavo Cisneros Type Rumours.

[DrGonzo]

  Ads do you spend much time in Villa backrooms?  You certainly seem to know a lot of what goes on behind closed doors, don't you?  I think you should all chill the fuck out and wait and see what occurs.  Frankly, reading the same thing over and over and over again is dull.

  We certainly are at some kind of crossroads but that is true every year, we were doing this last year with Spurs/Man Utd and Grealish.  We aren't a one player club and we will not be getting relegated without Jack.  Hopefully we will be pushing for Europe with him.  We are just going to have to wait and see.

[Ads]

Sorry am I supposed to us selling our best player, yet again as anything but accepting our place in the pecking order? What exactly am I waiting for? This is abject weakness and will damage the club in the short, medium and long term.

[Villan82]

Ads is passionate and smart. This one cuts deeper because the player involved professed to be one of us and yet we have had three summers of 'will he won't he'.

[Rudy65]

How do we attract top players when we're a mod table club with no sincere ambition of going further? Martinez next season. Maybe Konsa.

SJM Target Ollie ?

Could be any of them, we're fair game. No intention of breaking into the top 6 or top 4. Clubs who do that don't sell their only world class player.

99% sure there’s a release clause which means we have no choice if City offer the required figure. No way would he have signed a new 5 year contract without it. Let’s hope it is £100m rather than something less

[Ads]

That's it. He spoke about the club like I would, could have sat by me in the Holte and took it all in with such sincerity. We're at an absolute cross roads where another season of similar progression would create a paradigm shift for us. Open doors to even better quality players and possibly Europe. And we can't do any of that without him.

He has the power to change the fate of the club for good or bad. How the fuck can a Villa fan shit all over that? It doesn't compute, it doesn't make sense, unless you accept it was all hollow, empty lies.

[algy]

That's it. He spoke about the club like I would, could have sat by me in the Holte and took it all in with such sincerity. We're at an absolute cross roads where another season of similar progression would create a paradigm shift for us. Open doors to even better quality players and possibly Europe. And we can't do any if that without him.

He has the power to change the fate of the club for good or bad. How the fuck can a Villa fan shit all over that? It doesn't compute, it doesn't make sense, unless you expect it was all hollow, empty lies.

As this whole things gone on, I'm coming more and more in to alignment with Ads here.

You said this was your club, your city. Show it, or fuck off. But do the latter and you'll not be welcome here again.

[ozzjim]

That's it. He spoke about the club like I would, could have sat by me in the Holte and took it all in with such sincerity. We're at an absolute cross roads where another season of similar progression would create a paradigm shift for us. Open doors to even better quality players and possibly Europe. And we can't do any if that without him.

He has the power to change the fate of the club for good or bad. How the fuck can a Villa fan shit all over that? It doesn't compute, it doesn't make sense, unless you expect it was all hollow, empty lies.

As this whole things gone on, I'm coming more and more in to alignment with Ads here.

You said this was your club, your city. Show it, or fuck off. But do the latter and you'll not be welcome here again.

Exactly where I am.

[Villan82]

I am a one-eyed villa fan, I could only name a handful of Man City or Liverpool players.

I bought into Jack as a villa man but this is the third year in a row where it looks like he wants to jump shift/stiff us for even more money. We stood by him when he was young and prone to the odd miss-step. We have developed him into the player he is. This saga stinks and Grealish is the one person who could end it. Ultimately, he is the player.

[Rory]

That's it. He spoke about the club like I would, could have sat by me in the Holte and took it all in with such sincerity. We're at an absolute cross roads where another season of similar progression would create a paradigm shift for us. Open doors to even better quality players and possibly Europe. And we can't do any if that without him.

He has the power to change the fate of the club for good or bad. How the fuck can a Villa fan shit all over that? It doesn't compute, it doesn't make sense, unless you expect it was all hollow, empty lies.

As this whole things gone on, I'm coming more and more in to alignment with Ads here.

You said this was your club, your city. Show it, or fuck off. But do the latter and you'll not be welcome here again.

Pretty much how I feel, also.

The most worrying thing to me is not whether we technically can continue building without him, but look at the mood on here - the arguments, the passions, the anger.

Something has been stirred up here that we'll be taking into the new season, and that kind of baggage rarely augurs well.

The question won't be as simple as 'how do we play without him', it'll be how do we put this behind us and get our heads in the right place for what will be a long and pivotal season.

[ozzjim]

Underwhelming as it may be, statistically Perreira would be a good signing. Creative and gets goals.

[cdbearsfan]

He isn't the one person who could end it. Whoever answers the phone when Man City ring to place a bid can end it straight away by saying "he's not for sale".

Harry Kane hasn't made any public declarations of love for Tottenham but he is still likely staying and will most likely score at least 25 goals for them again next season.

Because Tottenham haven't bottled it.

[Villan82]

I don't think we bottled it. I think we had no choice once the £100m came in.

Besides, if we did bottle it, the player could still say he doesn't want to leave his boyhood club.

[cdbearsfan]

You have a choice, you can say "no", like Tottenham have.

[Tuscans]

How do we attract top players when we're a mod table club with no sincere ambition of going further? Martinez next season. Maybe Konsa.

SJM Target Ollie ?

Could be any of them, we're fair game. No intention of breaking into the top 6 or top 4. Clubs who do that don't sell their only world class player.

Leicester

[cdbearsfan]

Leicester kept Vardy.