Summer 2022 Transfer Thread

[The Man With A Stick]

Amazed nobody like Forest or Bournemouth has come in for AEG, I think given a lengthy run in a team somewhere he'll do well.  The way Everton/Lampard treated him was a disgrace as he should have walked into that team.

[Dogtanian]

That is a good point. I’ve been twice, once to see the Villa, ok fair enough, but once on holiday. I still scratch my head as to what I was thinking.

Those canal barge holidays, eh. Did you get trapped under a cow?

[Clark W Griswold]

:-)
It was a general Norfolk tour based at a hotel in Norwich but everywhere we seemed to go, the folk were about as welcoming as the patrons of ‘The Slaughtered Lamb’ in ‘An American Werewolf in London’.

‘Jur not from round ear are jur’ with a feintly homicidal glint in the eye, that sort of thing.

[nigel]

If he played like he did for us in 20-21 for Norwich in the championship he'd be one of the best players in that club.

FTFY

His PL stats are pretty much as I recall, shoots every time he gets the ball (124 shots), of which only 53 were on target (normally straight at the keeper), 15 goals of which 6 were penalties, 5 assists, all this from 73 appearances. Yeah, I'll miss his penalties. Maybe a manager can find his best position as he's no winger. Nice lad it must be said. Good luck to him.

FTFY?

Fixed That For You 👍

[Drummond]

Doesn't seem to be anything that's in the hands of media... So it's either that nothing is happening or we're doing a fine job of keeping it quiet again.

[Toronto Villa]

English football and specifically PL clubs are finding that they have overpaid for even average footballers. Salaries and associated fees that most clubs on the continent cannot afford to pay once a player is deemed surplus. So in our case we have likely given AEG, Traore, Freddie for example, the highest wages they will ever get. Now we don’t or may not want them, very few clubs want to pay even the discounted rate. This in turn has slowed down the player turnover. While I have no doubt we can afford new players, we don’t want a situation where we cannot move those they come in eventually replace.

[LeonW]

English football and specifically PL clubs are finding that they have overpaid for even average footballers. Salaries and associated fees that most clubs on the continent cannot afford to pay once a player is deemed surplus. So in our case we have likely given AEG, Traore, Freddie for example, the highest wages they will ever get. Now we don’t or may not want them, very few clubs want to pay even the discounted rate. This in turn has slowed down the player turnover. While I have no doubt we can afford new players, we don’t want a situation where we cannot move those they come in eventually replace.

This is very much the case, not helped if an agent is earning a percentage of a player’s salary because their incentive is to wait until the end of a contract where both parties will earn more. That’s why even loans out can be beneficial for the books if a large percentage of the salary is covered by the club taking on the loan. Or a loan fee. Or both.

The other side of it is where we can beat an A.Madrd to signing Kamara when we really have no right to be operating in the same market with where we currently are.

[richtheholtender]

Why is it that when a player isn't getting in the side at another club, there is always an aspiring club willing to buy them but at villa, we have to loan such players out or pay up their wages because we can't shift them

[N'ZMAV]

English football and specifically PL clubs are finding that they have overpaid for even average footballers. Salaries and associated fees that most clubs on the continent cannot afford to pay once a player is deemed surplus. So in our case we have likely given AEG, Traore, Freddie for example, the highest wages they will ever get. Now we don’t or may not want them, very few clubs want to pay even the discounted rate. This in turn has slowed down the player turnover. While I have no doubt we can afford new players, we don’t want a situation where we cannot move those they come in eventually replace.

Bloated squads full of average expensive shit - we've got too many. So has everyone else though. Going to have to loan them out and split the wages to move them on.

[PaulWinch again]

Doesn't seem to be anything that's in the hands of media... So it's either that nothing is happening or we're doing a fine job of keeping it quiet again.

It’s interesting I had assumed another midfielder would be coming in but the way things have happened this week I’m not so sure. McGinn is now almost guaranteed to start, they want Doug to have a new deal, JJ is a favourite, and Bouba is clearly class. That’s without considering the back ups like Sanson and Marv. I struggle to see where a new player is going to fit - even if we sold Sanson or Marv.

[Chris Smith]

Doesn't seem to be anything that's in the hands of media... So it's either that nothing is happening or we're doing a fine job of keeping it quiet again.

It’s interesting I had assumed another midfielder would be coming in but the way things have happened this week I’m not so sure. McGinn is now almost guaranteed to start, they want Doug to have a new deal, JJ is a favourite, and Bouba is clearly class. That’s without considering the back ups like Sanson and Marv. I struggle to see where a new player is going to fit - even if we sold Sanson or Marv.

Looks that way, Paul, but as someone once said managers always want one more.

[Mister E]

Doesn't seem to be anything that's in the hands of media... So it's either that nothing is happening or we're doing a fine job of keeping it quiet again.

It’s interesting I had assumed another midfielder would be coming in but the way things have happened this week I’m not so sure. McGinn is now almost guaranteed to start, they want Doug to have a new deal, JJ is a favourite, and Bouba is clearly class. That’s without considering the back ups like Sanson and Marv. I struggle to see where a new player is going to fit - even if we sold Sanson or Marv.

I think we also need to consider Tim in the list of available MF.

[Beard82]

Doesn't seem to be anything that's in the hands of media... So it's either that nothing is happening or we're doing a fine job of keeping it quiet again.

It’s interesting I had assumed another midfielder would be coming in but the way things have happened this week I’m not so sure. McGinn is now almost guaranteed to start, they want Doug to have a new deal, JJ is a favourite, and Bouba is clearly class. That’s without considering the back ups like Sanson and Marv. I struggle to see where a new player is going to fit - even if we sold Sanson or Marv.

I think we also need to consider Tim in the list of available MF.

Agreed - unless we have some major outgoings - I would say upfront  is the only place that we might be able to strengthen without stock piling

[ventnorVillain]

If he played like he did for us in 20-21 for Norwich in the championship he'd be one of the best players in that club.

FTFY

His PL stats are pretty much as I recall, shoots every time he gets the ball (124 shots), of which only 53 were on target (normally straight at the keeper), 15 goals of which 6 were penalties, 5 assists, all this from 73 appearances. Yeah, I'll miss his penalties. Maybe a manager can find his best position as he's no winger. Nice lad it must be said. Good luck to him.

FTFY?

Fixed That For You 👍

Thank you.

[baddowvillans]

I was pleased with the early signings but why do I feel that players are being discussed for transfers and we are never mentioned as an interested club.  I know that it could just be that wr have been so effective in keeping deals below the radar, but could it just be that we are done.  When I think we have had the third richest owners in the Prem for a few seasons and been relatively modest with player acquisition and then see Newcastle linked with names we might want it's pretty depressing