Boubacar Kamara - out for the season

[paul_e]

Never heard of him. Is the bloke world class?

No, but he might be soon.

[papa lazarou]

Song wise, his name fits perfectly with I Predict A Riot, if some creative genius could add a few words.

[rob_bridge]

Do your best from Day 1 and every 1 thereafter and you'll make us better.  You'll still have the better part of the deal playing for Villa

[PaulTheVillan]

Just had a text from a French dude I worked with. He’s a Marseille fan. Said Kamara is very good. That’s about all I know. 

[rougegorge]

I doubt if many on here know how good he is, including myself. He's obviously been good at Marseille, but our track record of signing players from Ligue 1 hasn't been great. Let's hope we buck that trend.

I don't know if doing our business early is good either. It should be, but our signings and our timing didn't really help us for this season.

In short, I'm not going to go overboard on any new signings for a while, although by rights, Kamara should be a very good addition. The proof of the pudding...

[rougegorge]

I doubt if many on here know how good he is, including myself. He's obviously been good at Marseille, but our track record of signing players from Ligue 1 hasn't been great. Let's hope we buck that trend.

I don't know if doing our business early is good either. It should be, but our signings and our timing didn't really help us for this season.

In short, I'm not going to go overboard on any new signings for a while, although by rights, Kamara should be a very good addition. The proof of the pudding...

[pauliewalnuts]

You can say that again.

[rougegorge]

You can say that again.

😂

[ChicagoLion]

I doubt if many on here know how good he is, including myself. He's obviously been good at Marseille, but our track record of signing players from Ligue 1 hasn't been great. Let's hope we buck that trend.

I don't know if doing our business early is good either. It should be, but our signings and our timing didn't really help us for this season.

In short, I'm not going to go overboard on any new signings for a while, although by rights, Kamara should be a very good addition. The proof of the pudding...

so not doing the business early would mean other potential rivals could do the business before us.
Yeh that’s a great strategy, let’s leave all of our signings until some one else signs our targets.
Brilliant

[brontebilly]

Never heard of him. Is the bloke world class?

Sensational...as per Twitter handle Villa Analytics. He's been scouted for a good while by the club so fingers crossed and all that.

[eamonn]

Just had a text from a French dude I worked with. He’s a Marseille fan. Said Kamara is very good. That’s about all I know. 

What did he say when we bought Sanson?

[PaulTheVillan]

Just had a text from a French dude I worked with. He’s a Marseille fan. Said Kamara is very good. That’s about all I know. 

What did he say when we bought Sanson?

Nothing.

[PaulTheVillan]

https://youtu.be/iFVwoetRvh0

[ChicagoLion]

https://youtu.be/iFVwoetRvh0

Pretty reassuring.
Seems like exactly what we need.

[Drummond]

From Sky:

Kamara looks like being a shrewd signing by Villa - signing a player that has just been called up to represent the world champions on a free transfer is not an opportunity that presents itself every day.

It is no surprise that clubs across Europe were reported to be interested in Kamara, who was a key part of the Marseille side that qualified for the Champions League under Jorge Sampaoli. The charismatic Argentinian's team were second to champions Paris Saint-Germain in the majority of possession statistics this season, and Kamara was a key cog in their midfield, ranking first for passes completed among all Ligue 1 midfielders.

The Marseille academy product largely played as a holding midfielder under Sampaoli this season, but he also filled in at centre-back on occasions. Marseille had one of the strongest defences in the French top flight and Kamara was again key, ranking in the top 10 for clearances and aerial duels won among midfielders.