January 2023 Transfer Rumours, Discussions and Done Deals Thread

[Drummond]

Aston Villa boss Unai Emery wants to sign two players from Real Madrid - Belgium winger Eden Hazard, 31, and Spain defender Nacho Fernandez, 32. (El Nacional - in Spanish)

[eamonn]

Hazard is shot. Having him and Coutinho on the books would be gaga.

[cdbearsfan]

Before anyone starts... NO.

[PeterWithesShin]

Hopefully we'll keep a poker face when we're looking at signing players.

[algy]

Hopefully we'll keep a poker face when we're looking at signing players.

The last thing we need is for the paparazzi to get a sniff of what we're up to

[Smithy]

I was looking back at Unai's transfers when he was at Arsenal, just to see if there was any indication of a preference for age or type of players he buys, and he bought a lot of young promising players for what looks like a lot of money (Saliba, Tierney, Pepe, Guendouzi and Martinelli). He also appears willing to spend big wages on players who look a bit past it (David Luiz, Stephan Lichtsteiner), so I don't think we can rule out older players being on his radar.  Lichtsteiner was a 34-year-old attacking full-back when Unai signed him on a free from Juventus.

[rob_bridge]

Aston Villa boss Unai Emery wants to sign two players from Real Madrid - Belgium winger Eden Hazard, 31, and Spain defender Nacho Fernandez, 32. (El Nacional - in Spanish)

Sounds like bollocks agent talk. When was Hazard last any good? 3 years ago? No ta

[LeeB]

I think if we bring any player in it will likely be a wide forward type, it's where we look a bit light.

[cdbearsfan]

Back up goalie, amazing centre half, amazing midfielder, seven fancy wingers and a 40 goals a season striker, please.

Should be easy enough.

[LeeB]

Back up goalie, amazing centre half, amazing midfielder, seven fancy wingers and a 40 goals a season striker, please.

Should be easy enough.

Well Danny Ings has 4 in his last 2 league starts, that ratio has him at about 80 goals a season so I think we're OK there.

[cdbearsfan]

Yes, but I want a 40 goals a season, too. We score 120 goals a season just from our strikers we should be looking at top half, minimum.

[LeeB]

Oh, yeah, I get you now. We could do with a goalscoring centre half too.

[cdbearsfan]

A goalscoring keeper would come in handy, too. Martinez needs to up his game.

[LeeB]

A goalscoring keeper would come in handy, too. Martinez needs to up his game.

Firing 100 yard through balls is all well and good, but it's just assists and creating chances, when he is going to take some responsibillity for doing the thing that actually matters, ie sticking it in the net? Coming on like Grealish, he needs a good look at himself.

[Risso]

Even fatty Schmeichel managed a goal for us, in his 42" waist shorts. Martinez out!