Summer Transfer Thread and Gustavo Cisneros Type Rumours.

[LeeB]

How did they get a licence to play in the Champions League this season?

This is where the Spannish have it right, don't slap them on the wrists retrospectively, stop them playing in it in the first place.

[Marlon's Hairy Wood]

If we essentially swapped JWP for Nakamba I will gladly drive him to the buying club. Nice player, but he isn’t the quality we need for growth. JWP most certainly is.

Different players though, and would see us even more desperate for a strong DM. If we can get Doucoure for under 15m, that is a brilliant fee for a champions league level player. Then of course, we'd have money left over.

Sell El Ghazi, and get an elite left sided winger/attacker (Correa), who can finally replace (positionally) Jack, and be cover for Watkins & Ings.

That should enable us to loan Wesley without worry too.

[edgysatsuma89]

They've agreed a fee for Vestergaard apparently. They would be mental to sell their 3 best players OR maybe that's why JWP would want to leave. Bold call if they do.

When I was browsing their forum at the time of the Ings signing, they seemed pretty unanimous that it was (a) inevitable that Vestergaard would be leaving and (b) that it would be a good thing.

One of those where a few goals last season and a half-decent Euros masks all the stuff that he's bad at, and produces a transfer fee far beyond what it should be.

Ah right, I've been fed shit by a pundit then (surprise). I definitely read him referred to as 'one of their best' players but I haven't seen enough of him myself to judge. Is he better than Joleon Lescott?

[PaulWinch again]

My mate’s a Southampton fan and thinks Vestergaard is hopeless. As an aside I was once in a queue in Costa behind Vestergaard, he’s an absolute giant. He seemed like a really nice bloke as well, taking selfie’s and chatting with fans.

[VILLA MOLE]

what happened to the lad Anderson at Fulham he looked useful , is he still there ?

[Sexual Ealing]

what happened to the lad Anderson at Fulham he looked useful , is he still there ?

Gone to Palace.

[frank black]

what happened to the lad Anderson at Fulham he looked useful , is he still there ?

Gone to Palace.

And turned from good to awful too.

[ozzjim]

Palace will be an interesting watch this season.

On the signing a player to look good, I think it is important. Players attract players as much as anything else. Southampton have admitted that 3/4 of their signings have specifically asked about JWP. Villa players have openly admitted getting Ings lifted spirits. It has to be the right players and of use to the way you want to play, but the profile is a huge part of it, especially when you want to go to the next level.

[N'ZMAV]

JWP isn’t a defensive midfielder.

I’d rather we bought someone who is a specialist in that role.

[Percy McCarthy]

JWP isn’t a defensive midfielder.

I’d rather we bought someone who is a specialist in that role.

He’d be our best midfielder by some distance.

[PeterWithe]

I note that Doucore has only played 30 top flight games, if we are after him he might be more of a buy for the future

[caster troy]

I haven't given up on Nakamba as the defensive midfielder. He didn't start many games last season but played in wins over Leeds, Arsenal, Chelsea and Spurs. The two poor performances that he did start in were the 0-0 at home to Burnley and the loss away to Sheff Utd. You could argue in those games his limitations were shown, but equally you could say we had enough attacking players on the pitch to have got the job done. Yes he was pretty rubbish the year before, but who wasn't?

I'd rather we went big on someone who will definitely take us up a level (Like a JWP) than throw another £30-£40m on a Nakamba replacement who might not end up being much better.

[Percy McCarthy]

I'd rather we went big on someone who will definitely take us up a level (Like a JWP) than throw another £30-£40m on a Nakamba replacement who might not end up being much better.

Good point, well made.

[eamonn]

If Everton or West Ham are offering £15m for Nakamba and Roma £17m for El Ghazi, do the deals and get in this midfield stopper we need and River Plate's Gary Shaw (loan him out to our feeder club til Xmas...do we have one of those yet?).

I think a lot of us are expecting our owners to keep chucking money in but they're businessmen and will want us to extract profit where possible. Our commercial income is still pretty bang average. We got a windfall from Grealish but you also need to know when to sell peripheral players like Marv and Anwar. No one has them in our ideal first XI this coming season, their value will plummet if they are on the fringes so if there is interest, wish them well, focus on quality at this stage instead of numbers and get the likes of Philogene Bidace to take-up those fringe roles.

[Mister E]

No unless we’ve got a replacement lined up.

Philogene-Bidace?