Leander Dendoncker

[eamonn]

They would in their holes. We'll still be giving him over 50k a week. Awful signing by that fucking thick Scouse-Saudi'd gobshite.

[paul_e]

Differing reports suggest he’s on either £75k or £90k a week.

|Either way it's a lot of money for someone who is unlikely to play outside of an absolute emergency and should free up enough to bring in a loan at least.

Would Anderlecht pay all of that though?

No idea, but I'd expect them to pay a fee so the fee and whatever they take up of his wages gets added to whatever else we can already afford.

[SaddVillan]

The highest paid player at Anderlecht is Thomas Delaney on £65k per week, and at Las Palmas it's Jonathan Viera at £63k.

I doubt if either club would be able/prepared to offer Dendoncker a permanent deal matching what he's on at Villa - he might be tempted for a but less on say a 4 year deal, but if that were the case how much will they actually pay for him - he stands at  c. £6.5m in our accounts - so I can't see us making that big a profit if we sell him.

Think it'll be a loan deal with Anderlecht/Las Palmas contributing to his wages via a loan fee.

[Steve67]

I take it this man is still with us?

[cdbearsfan]

Yes, but he's been heavily linked with a move to Anderlecht and the Belgian transfer window doesn't close for another week.

[Demitri_C]

Pointless loaning him out now might as well keep him as a extra body in case we need him.

Only get rid if its a permanent

[SaddVillan]

 The transfer window in Belgium closes on Sept 6th.

So there's plenty of time for a move to Anderlecht to be completed.

[Clark W Griswold]

I’d hang on to him and work on his fitness, because I think he could still be useful if fit enough. He’s hardly old.

[Dave]

I’d hang on to him and work on his fitness, because I think he could still be useful if fit enough. He’s hardly old.

Yeah, if it was a case of shipping him out to give the leeway to bring a loan of our own in, then get him on the next Eurostar to Brussels. Otherwise it makes sense to have a fifth choice central midfielder and sixth choice central defender in case of an emergency.

We'll be paying nearly all his wages either way.

[Sexual Ealing]

The player has been told he can leave. Nobody's going to buy him so he might well prefer to go elsewhere to keep his fitness up. It seems a bit rum to revoke his opportunity to move now.

[jwarry]

Gone to Anderlecht on loan apparently

[Dogtanian]

Good luck to him, but a shame we can’t get a permanent deal done for him.

[PeterWithesShin]

Play in purple, famous for chocolate, sure he isn't signing for Cadbury Athletic?

[Toronto Villa]

Gone to Anderlecht officially now

https://x.com/avfcofficial/status/1829949776898531465?s=46

[Demitri_C]

Might as well have kept him after enzo was loaned out

Gurantee he leaves on a free eventually