Leon Bailey (out on loan to AS Roma)

[Percy McCarthy]

I’ll always remember this:

https://x.com/theholte1874/status/1957475106113953872?s=46&t=GdM6cpVxe5IloByNCRheWA

[pauliewalnuts]

Its a bit pointless having a option as we know they wont take it after they see how crap he is. But if it means he going means we can get someone else in this window its a no brainer

Yeah but then again, Scott McTominay was player of the season in Serie A, so anything can happen there.

[pauliewalnuts]

I’ll always remember this:

Ha ha ha, have you forgotten it already?

[Percy McCarthy]

I’ll always remember this:

Ha ha ha, have you forgotten it already?

Haha, forgotten I hadn’t copied the link. You quick bastard.

[Toronto Villa]

Cheers Leon for this season

https://x.com/avfcstatto/status/1957503812597383302?s=46

[brontebilly]

What's the obsession nowadays to have left footed wingers on the right side and right footed the other??
Means all they want to do is cut inside and if/when they do get to the byline the cross is inevitably crap because it's on the weaker foot.
This drives me mad.

Shots on goal, that Salah chap for example. A lot more expected of full backs these days too. With most teams only playing one up top, those crosses really need to be near perfect to favour Watkins up against often three defenders.

[eamonn]

Shouldn't a loan fee equate to at least a  quarter of a typical permanent contract ie 4 years? So if Roma sign him on a permanent deal next summer for £20m, 1 year of prime Bailey should be £5m instead of the £2m we're getting for 25/26.

I presume we're prioritising his wages coming off our books.

Seems mad that we paid Chelsea £11m for a one year loan for Barkley in 2020/21.

[itbrvilla]

Cheers Leon for this season

https://x.com/avfcstatto/status/1957503812597383302?s=46

That pass to Morgan was sublime

[richardb]

Shouldn't a loan fee equate to at least a  quarter of a typical permanent contract ie 4 years? So if Roma sign him on a permanent deal next summer for £20m, 1 year of prime Bailey should be £5m instead of the £2m we're getting for 25/26.

I presume we're prioritising his wages coming off our books.

Seems mad that we paid Chelsea £11m for a one year loan for Barkley in 2020/21.

There was a good explanation of this on one of the villa podcasts today. Bailey's value gets recalculated at the point he signed a new contract - essentially the initial £30m minus whatever was amortised by that point. Rough approximation it was about £10m left on book value at that point - which then amortises over the duration of the new contract. So essentially the loan fee pretty much covers a year of his new value, with the prospect of a sale being mostly profit if that option is taken up.

[Percy McCarthy]

Shouldn't a loan fee equate to at least a  quarter of a typical permanent contract ie 4 years? So if Roma sign him on a permanent deal next summer for £20m, 1 year of prime Bailey should be £5m instead of the £2m we're getting for 25/26.

I presume we're prioritising his wages coming off our books.

Seems mad that we paid Chelsea £11m for a one year loan for Barkley in 2020/21.

There was a good explanation of this on one of the villa podcasts today. Bailey's value gets recalculated at the point he signed a new contract - essentially the initial £30m minus whatever was amortised by that point. Rough approximation it was about £10m left on book value at that point - which then amortises over the duration of the new contract. So essentially the loan fee pretty much covers a year of his new value, with the prospect of a sale being mostly profit if that option is taken up.

Yes I heard that. They’re also covering his wages - £6.2m for the year. The amortisation was really well explained.

[SaddVillan]

https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2025/august/20/bailey-in-roma-loan-switch/ 


prAVda confirms Bailey’s departure.

[Duncan Shaw]

Very brief!  No mention of any options/obligation on permanent deal.

[colin69]

My player of the season a couple of years ago but couldn’t keep it going.
Good luck to him at Roma and hope they end up signing him permanently.

[eamonn]

Very brief!  No mention of any options/obligation on permanent deal.

We didn't even wish him the best of Jamaican luck. Shower of wankers... (The Villa, not Jamaicans).

[andyh]

I highly suspect we will see him back.