The January New Manager Warchest Transfer Thread

[villabear]

Carlton Palmer anyone?

[stevo_st]

Add Emi signing a new contract, and it’s been a pretty good window

[Mister E]

£4.2m is what Juve reportedly paid for Zakaria. That infuriates me - yes, we are not yet able to offer Euro-footie but I wonder whether we even tried to bring him in.

[Toronto Villa]

it's been an excellent window. If all of our signings/contracts happened this week we'd all suffer from recency bias and think everything was ace. Also, our results have started to improve again. So plenty to be optimistic about.

[olaftab]

Carlton Palmer anyone?

Odemwingie has parked his car right outside BMH gate and is poised.

[sickbeggar]

Coutinho and Digne is very good business, but given the choice I'd probably have stuck with Targett and got a new DM in. I think that would have pushed us on a lot more.

yep. Phil is a great showbiz signing and could become a masterstroke, Digne is an upgrade but hardly the area that screams attention despite Targett being the default to blame for a defeat by some. The DM is the position that's stood out for improvement for ages.

[Steve67]

Sensible signings but the dream would be the DCM. I presume, he, whoever he is, we couldn’t persuade to come. Lots of outs, we might be a bit threadbare at times if we get injuries. Good to see them out and about spreading the claret and blue!

[Ian.]

Not sure we should be in for Bissouma regardless, given his legal issues.

I’m still very uncomfortable about this in all honesty.

[frank black]

£4.2m is what Juve reportedly paid for Zakaria. That infuriates me - yes, we are not yet able to offer Euro-footie but I wonder whether we even tried to bring him in.

The power of offering European football. That’s why we won’t sign certain players and will overpay for others

[Toronto Villa]

£4.2m is what Juve reportedly paid for Zakaria. That infuriates me - yes, we are not yet able to offer Euro-footie but I wonder whether we even tried to bring him in.

Juventus have done a nice job of bringing in players for low transfer fees but they overpay wages and agent fees. And yes Europe and always competing for Serie A helps a lot

[sickbeggar]

There was a piece in a paper today about Tammy's rise in Italy. To be honest I thought we'd have the same problem with him and Watkins as we have with Ings and Watkins, but I reckon Chelsea would have sold to us rather than Arsenal, and he probably would have come.

[Clark W Griswold]

Will be disappointing if we don’t get the DCM again. You’d think over the past few months they would have identified a couple of first choice ambitious targets and then maybe a couple of very achievable ones that would at least make a difference for the time being. It can’t be that hard surely. Everything else has been first rate though.

[Brazilian Villain]

Not sure we should be in for Bissouma regardless, given his legal issues.

I’m still very uncomfortable about this in all honesty.

Looks like you can rest easy.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-10460069/Aston-Villa-reignite-Yves-Bissouma-Brighton-want-50M-midfielder.html

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Not sure we should be in for Bissouma regardless, given his legal issues.

I’m still very uncomfortable about this in all honesty.

I don't think we would be making offers unless we had a complete understanding of the situation. I expect us to have 'friends of friends' who can get beyond what is in the public domain. If large companies can do it as part of their recruitment, I can't see the Villa not doing it.

[eamonn]

Will be interesting to see how Dele Alli fares at Everton. Not jeal, we didn't need him. He might well go the Aaron Lennon way, from Spurs dazzler to outcast to Toffee water-treader.