Summer Transfer Thread and Gustavo Cisneros Type Rumours.

[N'ZMAV]

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..

he'd have to take a massive pay cut.

[mr underhill]

a private jet flew in from Barcelona to Birmingham earlier. Just saying.

[ozzjim]

Coutinho would be an amazing signing, but he is on £450k a week, I somehow doubt we are paying that.

[Sexual Ealing]

Nor is anyone else.

[cdbearsfan]

a private jet flew in from Barcelona to Birmingham earlier. Just saying.

*Checks Barcelona squad on Wikipedia for disaffected former West Brom youth players.

[OCD]

Coutinho would be an amazing signing, but he is on £450k a week, I somehow doubt we are paying that.

I wonder why Barcelona are in financial difficulty.

[N'ZMAV]

a private jet flew in from Barcelona to Birmingham earlier. Just saying.

that was me - flying home.

[supertom]

Not that I could envision Coutinho coming off but he'd most definitely be taking a significant pay cut in his next move, to something approaching sanity (but still entirely insane). Everton are in the hunt apparently and I guess they did get James. But then I guess if Everton could pull that off, with our current clout we could too. I'm not sure he'd be on our radar though. He strikes me as a player, even on the remote chance we'd get him, might upset the balance of the squad. We want quality but with the right attitude, and perhaps we want to get out of having everything revolve around one player (and I think Coutinho would have that kind of gravitational pull here). Maybe a loan is doable. He'd be the kind of player on a permanent who'd have his eyes on the next move from day one.

[Toronto Villa]

a private jet flew in from Barcelona to Birmingham earlier. Just saying.

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS It’s not a proper transfer window unless someone is spotting planes. Was Randy flying it?

[N'ZMAV]

a private jet flew in from Barcelona to Birmingham earlier. Just saying.

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS It’s not a proper transfer window unless someone is spotting planes. Was Randy flying it?

it's his ex-wife - she got the Jet.

[ozzjim]

a private jet flew in from Barcelona to Birmingham earlier. Just saying.

Pedri would be nice lol

[Brazilian Villain]

a private jet flew in from Barcelona to Birmingham earlier. Just saying.

For the sake of this guy's heart it'd better not be Messi signing for us.  https://twitter.com/ElChiringuitoEN/status/1423425543211524102?s=20

He's a bit more animated than Danny Murphy (with Paul Greengrass behind the camera).

[Abbeyfealeavfc]

Time to go and get Maddison now the Charity Shield is out of the way.

[charlatan]

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.

Are you angling for a move Tom D?

[AGRIPPA]

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.

Any proof of that??