Boubacar Kamara - out for the season

[Rigadon]

Have no idea whether to be really pleased or utterly non-plussed, given how little I know, but let's hope he breaks the mold of previous signings from France.  From Gerrard's comments he is in the 'promising young player', rather than 'established top quality' bracket of player.  Nowt wrong with that, but I hope the latter is coming at some point too, as we can't risk having another season like the one just gone. 

He's played 40+ matches the last two seasons though, so I think he's more Ramsey than Chukwuemeka in terms of development.

Bodes well

[Villan For Life]

Good news, welcome to the Villa!

[Abbeyfealeavfc]

Welcome! Now be good for Villa.

[Monty]

Again, decisive, impressive transfer work. Lad looks beastly.

[Marlon From Bearwood]

To the tune of Jesus Christ Superstar...
"Boubacar Kamara, came to the Villa on a free transfer. He's intense, and immense, blocks all the holes in our shit defence."

[Drummond]

To the tune of Jesus Christ Superstar...
"Boubacar Kamara, came to the Villa on a free transfer. He's intense, and immense, blocks all the holes in our shit defence."

Haha, encore!

[SamTheMouse]

Welcome Boubacar!

Please be good.

[Gareth]

Happy with that, having 2 signings in less than 24 hours after season end is excellent - would love to see another DM of similar standing come in, play 2 shielding and bringing the ball out will hopefully give Coutinho / Buendia / Ramsey / McGinn etc more freedom to attack

[PaulWinch again]

Welcome Boubacar, please be great.

[Axl Rose]

A great signing. Welcome!

[LeonW]

Welcome. Please don’t follow in the steps of previous French players we’ve signed.

[Villafirst]

Good business especially as there's no transfer fee. This is a smart move. Get the players in early to ensure a good pre-season, which is vital. Last year pre-season was a shambles with the Grealish fiasco!

[Ian.]

Blimey, we do go about our business very well. Great news

[algy]

Just waiting for some salty tears from Athletico Madrid now.

Fantastic news. Now Suarez on a free and we’ve been very very smart with under £20 million!

We're after Tarkowski on a free as well apparently.

There are some extremely upset Man U fans on Twitter this morning, pissed off that we've landed Kamara.

Excellent.  Was thinking that actually - in terms of signings that you'd imagine would be pretty realistic/plausible, the free transfers of Chambers, Tarkowski, Kamara, and Suarez (or Lewandowski ...) would reinforce the entire spine of the side without hitting the transfer budget at all.  Then Bissouma, you'd imagine, would be available fairly cheaply, and could be mostly paid for with the money you'd get from selling Marv.

[Legion]

Aston Villa sign Boubacar Kamara from Marseille on a five-year contract - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/61547623