Summer Transfer Thread and Gustavo Cisneros Type Rumours.

[old man villa fan]

Can I shoehorn the Gary Shaw quote in here plese?

Please do.

"The year we won the league I had more women than I scored goals. I scored 23 goals."

Excellent. Childhood hero of mine.

A real legend!

A proper villa man.

Would have signed for ManU but for an injury if I remember correctly.

Wasn't he being eyed up by one of the big European clubs at the time.

[Damo70]

In Peter Withe's autobiography he said that when Gary Shaw was helping him coaching the Villa kids several years back he got annoyed with Shaw for being more interested in chatting up the kid's mother's on the touchline.

[eamonn]

Sounds like we should have had Gary around to knock some sense into Sasa Curcic. "Listen mate - you can have both - sex and football immorality".

[Monty]

No move for Cantwell this window apparently. Just as I'd started to come around to him. Ah well, good luck to and Norwich, would've been a bit uncomfortably Cityish to just following money at him and Buendìa in the same window.

I hope we are looking at another creative player though. Really like our acquisitions so far, but I still think we're a bit short of options.

[ozzjim]

No move for Cantwell this window apparently. Just as I'd started to come around to him. Ah well, good luck to and Norwich, would've been a bit uncomfortably Cityish to just following money at him and Buendìa in the same window.

I hope we are looking at another creative player though. Really like our acquisitions so far, but I still think we're a bit short of options.

Couldn't agree more. Think we are a centre back, centre mid and creative player light still, but I guess Watkins playing left will happen a fair bit this season.

[Monty]

*throw money, I meant for the record. But I agree OzzJ, we currently have pace, work, finishing, unpredictability, but for me we lack a bit of technique, invention, and tempo. Cantwell, Aouar etc, there are players there who would definitely remedy this.

[ozzjim]

Aouar for me would be a big statement. I just think we need a bit of a statement signing still in a creative area. Ziyech going to get much game time at Chelsea? Tempo is the big thing, being able to put our foot on the ball, pick the right pass, slow and speed things up.

[SaddVillan]

The signing we really need to make:

A strong defensive player. One who sits in front of the back 4 and breaks up play with proper tackles/interceptions - someone who is strong, combative, good in the air, with plenty of stamina  BUT tackles cleanly and reads the game well.

Step forward Ezri Konsa's midfield doppelganger.

[danno]

I thought Okay Yokuslu really looked at home in the premier league the few times I saw him last season. We're probably aiming higher but he looked a good defensive midfielder if the price is right.

[dave.woodhall]

Can I shoehorn the Gary Shaw quote in here plese?

Please do.

"The year we won the league I had more women than I scored goals. I scored 23 goals."

Excellent. Childhood hero of mine.

A real legend!

A proper villa man.

Would have signed for ManU but for an injury if I remember correctly.

You don't. Ellis tried to sell him to Barcelona but that was it.

[Sexual Ealing]

I thought Okay Yokuslu really looked at home in the premier league the few times I saw him last season. We're probably aiming higher but he looked a good defensive midfielder if the price is right.

We can't be replacing Marvelous with Okay.

[Flamingo Lane]

Very good.

[cdbearsfan]

Very good.

Who does he play for?

[tomd2103]

The signing we really need to make:

A strong defensive player. One who sits in front of the back 4 and breaks up play with proper tackles/interceptions - someone who is strong, combative, good in the air, with plenty of stamina  BUT tackles cleanly and reads the game well.

Step forward Ezri Konsa's midfield doppelganger.

Still think Thomas Delaney would be a shrewd signing in that kind of role and seems Dortmund are willing to sell.  Might be a bit older, but plenty of international and Champions League experience.

[Marlon From Bearwood]

Seeing as we need a left sided attacker and agreeing that a statement signing would be nice, then hearing that Barca are desperate to offload Coutinho.. Could he be a realistic target? Maybe on loan..