Summer Transfer Thread and Gustavo Cisneros Type Rumours.

[cdbearsfan]

Flin5tone? He's back, mate.

[chrisw1]

With Lingard I'd be conflicted in hoping he'd score for us but knowing that if he did then I'd want to punch him right in the face as soon as he did that tongue sticky out thing.

[Flin5tone]

Flin5tone? He's back, mate.

Obsessed with Flin5tone,we know what you are

[cdbearsfan]

"We can see you sneaking out" 😉

[ozzjim]

With Lingard I'd be conflicted in hoping he'd score for us but knowing that if he did then I'd want to punch him right in the face as soon as he did that tongue sticky out thing.

Likewise. Hate that he'd probably be quite a good signing for us at the moment.

[placeforparks]

Think we all know Ashley Preece has no contacts at Villa. No one tells the Birmingham Mail anything. Two top sources appear to be Mike McGrath and John Percy. The rest aren’t fed anything. As much as he seems a nice enough chap he’s called none of our signings and spent the summer saying Grealish was staying.

yes, it's sad that the evening mail has become clickbait central and are just driving traffic to their site now.

i keep eyes on the following for villa transfer news:

john percy - telegraph (midlands reporter, usually gospel)
mike mcgrath - telegraph (general football reporter, picks up bits and pieces)
tom collomosse - daily mail (midlands reporter)
adrian kajumba - daily mail (daily mail picked up leon bailey interest before anyone else)
the athletic - not so much gregg evans, but some of the other journalists are a lot closer to their clubs so pick up villa things (bid for ward prowse, smith-rowe etc).

genuinely no one picked up ings!

[mallo]

Maybe getting Douglas Luiz back will be like another signing - certainly enough to put Nakamba back on the bench.

[Londonvilla]

Jose Mourinho targeting reunion with Aston Villa's former Chelsea winger

Aston Villa winger Bertrand Traore is a reported target for AS Roma and Atalanta according to reports in Italy

Aston Villa winger Bertrand Traore is attracting interest from clubs in Europe, if reports in Italy are to be believed.

Traore has been 'followed for several months' by AS Roma and Atalanta despite joining Villa only one year ago for £17m from French Ligue 1 outfit Lyon, according to Foot Mercato.

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/traore-mourinho-transfer-villa-21329463

This is directly sfter their story about him being injured for 3-4 weeks, and the one about Mourinho wanting AEG?  Bullshit merchants rewriting clickbait.

To be fair they are quoting another publication (according to Foot Mercato)

[ozzjim]

Nakamba was great against Chelsea and Spurs. But then so was Konsa at right back and Hause centrally at the end of the season. The difficulty we have without that physical presence at the base of midfield is the pressure it brings elsewhere in the team.

[ChicagoLion]

Lingard is a twat.
Went somewhat off the boil after a few games.
No thanks.

[N'ZMAV]

he was good last season at West Ham.

still a twat.

[WarszaVillan]

Maybe getting Douglas Luiz back will be like another signing - certainly enough to put Nakamba back on the bench.

What position was he playing in for Brazil?

[mike]

If that's it, then I suspect the owners are giving Smith until the next window to prove himself and if he doesn't, the new man will have a 'war chest' available. Mind, I'm a miserable old git who's had a shit day.

[KRS]

If our management team think that Luiz, SJM and Marv are a good enough midfield anchor to secure a European place then we’ll all be disappointed. We can’t be reliant upon Ramsey and Sanson either given their inexperience and fitness respectively. They NEED to be signing at least one DM if we have any chance of hitting European place ambitions.

[Tayls_7]

If we don't buy a dedicated DM of substantial quality in this window then it looks as though this season will be quite a disappointment.  I hope I'm wrong and missing something because I'm baffled that the management aren't of like mind.