Summer 2022 Transfer Thread

[Monty]

Busquets, Xavi and Iniesta cost €0.00.

[ChicagoLion]

Whoever comes in must have pace.

To me we are so one dimensional, easy to play against, and in desperate need of pace both in the middle of the park, and out wide. Watkins, Archer and Bailey aside, no-one has genuine speed. Each one of our central midfield players is similar. Something needs to change. Me thinks its too late.

Watkins?

[PaulWinch again]

Busquets, Xavi and Iniesta cost €0.00.

So did Messi.

But the point is fair - we haven’t invested enough in midfield - for instance we should have moved on from McGinn by now.

[pauliewalnuts]

The McGinn thing is worse than not moving on from him. He’s set in stone as one third of our midfield, untouchable.

Unfathomable.

[Percy McCarthy]

The McGinn thing is worse than not moving on from him. He’s set in stone as one third of our midfield, untouchable.

Unfathomable.

Utterly out of his depth in the Premier League.

[paul_e]

Fucking hell Rich, are you really complaining because we signed Kamara on a free instead of paying £40m for him and that we have an academy graduate who is good enough to be a regular in the premier league and cost nothing?

I think you're entire point about lack of spending is wrong anyway, but complaining that other teams are spending millions on players that are comparable to ones we got for free is fucking insane.

[Monty]

Busquets, Xavi and Iniesta cost €0.00.

So did Messi.

But the point is fair - we haven’t invested enough in midfield - for instance we should have moved on from McGinn by now.

Sure, I was being facetious to an extent. But the fact is sometimes you get good deals, or just lucky, or plan well from the youth team, and just sheer net spend doesn't tell you the whole story. Kamara and Luiz are better players than our performances show them to be; Ramsey is a really exciting academy prospect. Just because we haven't blown £100m on one or two doesn't mean the midfield is full of bad players.

[john2710]

I seem to recall Gerrard saying after we'd signed Kamara & Carlos that we couldn't stop there. Well unless something happens in the next 2 days that's exactly what we have done.

We need 2 first team players & a backup centre half  or it's going to be a long season.

On Sanson, Gerrard wants him out so he can bring in a replacement. If he doesn't go, he'll be back in the squad by Saturday.

[Gareth]

The McGinn thing is worse than not moving on from him. He’s set in stone as one third of our midfield, untouchable.

Unfathomable.

Utterly out of his depth in the Premier League.

I’d like to see him actually playing in midfield rather than this stupid auxiliary full back role that 2/3rds of our midfield have to play to let full backs go forward.  Playing Digne & to a lesser extent Cash as wing backs without the 3 centre backs to back it up gives away the midfield without even trying….mind boggling that they give that away when you consider how good Gerrard & McAllister were in that position as players

[Ger Regan]

It's going to be one utterly uninspiring signing like Badnarek and that's it, isn't it? I'm not even sure it matters if we get another midfielder in if whoever plays  has to cover for our marauding full backs as opposed to actually playing in midfield.

[Steve67]

Erm, Harry Winks is beginning to look slightly more attractive (almost joking!).

[DB]

Speaks volumes that links will the Villa are for outgoings, than incomings.

[PaulWinch again]

The McGinn thing is worse than not moving on from him. He’s set in stone as one third of our midfield, untouchable.

Unfathomable.

Yes indeed - it’s a very strange hill to potentially die on.

[PaulWinch again]

We clearly need a quality centre mid, although I don’t hold out much hope of that now. If it’s doesn’t happen that’s poor.

However, we simply cannot go on with 3 fit centre-halves at the club. So presumably that will be addressed.

The weird one is Sarr - we clearly wanted another attacking option, the money is there - so what is going on?!

[Goldenballs]

Erm, Harry Winks is beginning to look slightly more attractive (almost joking!).

Don't even almost joke!