Summer 2022 Transfer Thread

[Dave]

I'm going mental here trying to think of the name of the lad we brought in on the last day of a window from Spurs. Pretty sure it was a loan. Can anyone help? It was during the long doldrum years under Lambert or McLeish.

Anyway, whoever he was, I think we should get him back. He knows the club.

Wasn't it Simon Dawkins?

Eleven years ago today we signed Jermaine Jenas on loan from Spurs. McLeish would have been manager then I think.

We signed Benteke, Hutton and Abraham on this day too.


Oh and from Villa Analytics on Twitter....

Today marks 10 years since Aston Villa last signed a player that was later sold for a profit as both Ashley Westwood and Christian Benteke joined the club.

In that time 68 players have joined, 48 of which have already left. Not one for more than we paid. £590m spent, £420m net.

Surely when you factor in loan fee + transfer fee we made a profit on Targett?

Even if it was only a small one.

[villadelph]

I'm going mental here trying to think of the name of the lad we brought in on the last day of a window from Spurs. Pretty sure it was a loan. Can anyone help? It was during the long doldrum years under Lambert or McLeish.

Anyway, whoever he was, I think we should get him back. He knows the club.

Wasn't it Simon Dawkins?

Eleven years ago today we signed Jermaine Jenas on loan from Spurs. McLeish would have been manager then I think.

We signed Benteke, Hutton and Abraham on this day too.


Oh and from Villa Analytics on Twitter....

Today marks 10 years since Aston Villa last signed a player that was later sold for a profit as both Ashley Westwood and Christian Benteke joined the club.

In that time 68 players have joined, 48 of which have already left. Not one for more than we paid. £590m spent, £420m net.

Thanks Lange. Scour Europe to unearth hidden gems and let them move on for a profit if they are too good for our project.

His analytics and number crunching produced Sanson, solely identified by Lange. How's that going?

This bit of information is an absolute disgrace when you see Leicester, Brighton, Brentford, etc. do it so easily.

[LukeJames]

Pretty sure we made about 500k on Sinclair to Celtic. Either way, its a bit naff.

[PeterWithesShin]

Hard to know for sure with undisclosed fees, but reported figures suggest we made a profit on Targett. Possibly Sinclair as well. It's slim pickings though even if they both count.

[PeterWithesShin]

I snooze, I lose.

[Rigadon]

It’s quite stark to see it laid out like that.  It kind of confirm that for a decade we have signed  players that aren’t ever good enough to go up a level.  Probably massively skewed by the fact we got relegated too (players on big wages who can’t go up a level and don’t want to be sold without compensation.  Shows how utterly shit it is for clubs like us to be relegated. 

[aj2k77]

I'm going mental here trying to think of the name of the lad we brought in on the last day of a window from Spurs. Pretty sure it was a loan. Can anyone help? It was during the long doldrum years under Lambert or McLeish.

Anyway, whoever he was, I think we should get him back. He knows the club.

Wasn't it Simon Dawkins?

Eleven years ago today we signed Jermaine Jenas on loan from Spurs. McLeish would have been manager then I think.

We signed Benteke, Hutton and Abraham on this day too.


Oh and from Villa Analytics on Twitter....

Today marks 10 years since Aston Villa last signed a player that was later sold for a profit as both Ashley Westwood and Christian Benteke joined the club.

In that time 68 players have joined, 48 of which have already left. Not one for more than we paid. £590m spent, £420m net.

Matt Targett?
Scott Sinclair?
Leandro Bacuna?

Not a great list I grant but I thought we made a profit, if only a bit, on all of them?

[aj2k77]

That's how dead it is, were discussing if we made a tenner on Scott Sinclair years ago rather than potential incomings.

[Toronto Villa]

Every fucker on Twitter is an ITK right now

[LeeB]

Every fucker on Twitter is an ITK right now

It's like Halloween for raving narcissists.

[Toronto Villa]

Every fucker on Twitter is an ITK right now

It's like Halloween for raving narcissists.

All of a sudden these pricks with no evidence from the last that they had advanced knowledge of what is going on, come out with “OMG you’ll never believe it” statements begging for followers and likes. And if there is one thing we know is Villa very, very rarely let anything slip, catching out even the most reputable of journalists.

[villadelph]

Every fucker on Twitter is an ITK right now

Tomorrow is delete yer tweets day.

[Ian.]

It does my head in how they appear in your feed in the first place. It’s nearly as bad as Piers Morgan or Farage appearing there, or that twat Pearce from the Mail.

[Behind Bluenose Lines]

Just as well all those kids will be back at school next week!

[LukeJames]

It does my head in how they appear in your feed in the first place. It’s nearly as bad as Piers Morgan or Farage appearing there, or that twat Pearce from the Mail.

You need to look at more bikini pictures or porn and the algorithm will sort it out so that's what  you'll predominately see.