Summer 2022 Transfer Thread

[algy]

From memory, Barkley was doing really well until he picked up an injury early on in a home game and was never the same after that. Shame really as there's a decent player in there. On a free, there wil be a few takers I would have thought.

There is a very good player in there IMO, but his confidence has been shattered & I don't think we should be in the business of rebuilding it.

[Drummond]

Buyt we've got one of England's greatest ever midfielders in charge, if anyone can Gerrard can, surely.

[cdbearsfan]

I don't really see what that's got to do with anything. We didn't have a brilliant midfield under Sherwood or Lambert and our defence was better than our attack under Little.

[Smithy]

Buyt we've got one of England's greatest ever midfielders in charge, if anyone can Gerrard can, surely.

I think he's shot, physically speaking. He's still technically excellent, obviously, and will be able to do a job for someone at Premier League level I imagine, but he just didn't seem to get around the pitch very well towards the end of his time here, not a fitness thing, more a general mobility thing - which simply won't work for us when you consider what Gerrard expects from his midfielders.

I'll be forever grateful for his debut, and a few other moments in a Villa shirt including the late, late winner at Leicester, but I wouldn't be in a rush to bring him back.

[Drummond]

Sorry, it was a tongue-in-cheek comment.

[Dogtanian]

They won't entertain Ross Barkley, it's a lose-lose scenario.

We don't know what his maximum level is anymore because he hasn't played consistently in several years.  We don't know if he can even consistently perform at a high level anymore, whether that's mentally or physically. He's going to take time to get to back up to speed and find his level, at least a season or so, by which time he's going to be 30 years old. In order to progress him we would have to give him minutes we would normally give to young players and therefore stunt their development and future value.

It's far too big a gamble and one we don't have to take. I'd think Everton with their financial issues, lesser squad depth and without as much academy prospects would be more willing to take that gamble, much like they have with Dele Alli.

[brontebilly]

Ross Barkley is a fraud of the highest order. Another Steven Ireland or Nzogbia who thinks his perceived ability with the ball should exempt him from running, tackling...the absolute basics of being able to compete in other words. Dreadful attitude to boot, sitting down in front of an empty Holte End his most noteworthy task in a Villa shirt. Paying an 11m loan fee for that character was up there with some of the worst business we have ever done, thankfully we did avoid signing him permanently.

He's another Micah Richards part time footballer deluding himself that's he's a top player at a big club just needing a chance to show his worth. If he cared at all about his career he would have left Chelsea years ago to get back on track. Whoever gets him will be mugged off, Everton fans despise him after he didn't try a leg for them running down his contract to get his big move so would be stunned if he goes there.

[eamonn]

Can we please stop talking about the cnut and move-on?

[UK Redsox]

Can we please stop talking about the cnut and move-on?

Yep, he's been dead for nearly a 1000 years

[ChicagoLion]

Can we please stop talking about the cnut and move-on?

 

[john e]

Can we please stop talking about the cnut and move-on?

 

and it was Cnut the great to you

[LeeB]

Sorry Todd, no can do.

Also, if I was worth the kind of money this guy is, there's no way on earth I'd still be known as fucking 'Todd'

[eamonn]

Cantwell still up for grabs?

[LeeB]

"If Todd calls, we're not in?"

"Which Todd?"

"Any fucking Todd!"

[pauliewalnuts]

Cantwell is the new Beckford.