January 2023 Transfer Rumours, Discussions and Done Deals Thread

[tomd2103]

Thurman, Cunha, I have no idea who these are or if they are any good. Obviously my scouting ability it shit.

Wouldn’t have had to scout Thuram too hard.  He featured quite prominently in a little kickabout in Qatar on Sunday afternoon!!

[Ian.]

Thurman, Cunha, I have no idea who these are or if they are any good. Obviously my scouting ability it shit.

Wouldn’t have had to scout Thuram too hard.  He featured quite prominently in a little kickabout in Qatar on Sunday afternoon!!

Ha! It must be my age, I can’t remember names too well anymore. Is he any good?

[Percy McCarthy]

Thurman, Cunha, I have no idea who these are or if they are any good. Obviously my scouting ability it shit.

Thurman was very good in Kill Bill and Pulp Fiction.

[Bad English]

I've researched and scouted a number of players who would complement the Villa lineup, so I'll have something to contribute to the conversation in January.

Good to hear! There's been some ill-informed nonsense on here during the World Cup, it'll be nice to have some rigorous analysis back on the site.

Ha ha, excellent.

I definitely snorted snot over my smartphone.

[Ian.]

Thurman, Cunha, I have no idea who these are or if they are any good. Obviously my scouting ability it shit.

Thurman was very good in Kill Bill and Pulp Fiction.

Sign her up. She’s ace.

[tomd2103]

Thurman, Cunha, I have no idea who these are or if they are any good. Obviously my scouting ability it shit.

Wouldn’t have had to scout Thuram too hard.  He featured quite prominently in a little kickabout in Qatar on Sunday afternoon!!

Ha! It must be my age, I can’t remember names too well anymore. Is he any good?

To be fair I didn't really know anything about him before the World Cup (other than he's Lilian Thuram's son), but watched him a bit during the tournament after we were linked to him.  Looked quick, powerful and capable of playing in the middle or as a wide forward. 

[Steve67]

Listening to the press conference yesterday, sounds like Unai knows exactly who he wants and the deals are being discussed.  Hoping for a statement signing but someone who scores goals and makes that difference up top.

[steamer]

According to various news outlets Newton Heath buying most of the players who shone at the World Cup, including Emi
Hopefully in their dreams

[Toronto Villa]

It’s the laziest form of journalism. That term used very lightly. Emi wasn’t linked with Bayern or Man U or anyone for that matter two months ago, but one WC later and all of a sudden it’s so easy just to toss out names of clubs who want him. And of course it means he must be going. No different to Emery coming here and signing half the Villarreal team. There was some media bloke (Ekrem Kanour) on Twitter yesterday. His post was simply Man U “could” make a bid for Emi. Well fuck me. Anything “could” happen. Barnsley “could” bid for Mbappe I suppose.

[cdbearsfan]

Barnsley “could” bid for Mbappe I suppose.

Now being reported by Football Insider on Twitter.

[Footy-Vill]

I'm waiting to see what happens, in January but I think a striker would be one of the priority moves and a wide foward.
Either/or .
Both would be great.
Kook forward to the new year and second part of the season.
Merry Christmas.
Up the Villa.

[Lsvilla]

According to various news outlets Newton Heath buying most of the players who shone at the World Cup, including Emi
Hopefully in their dreams

I'm always a bit sceptical about signing players on the back of a good tournament.

[algy]

I'm waiting to see what happens, in January but I think a striker would be one of the priority moves and a wide foward.
Either/or .
Both would be great.
Kook forward to the new year and second part of the season.
Merry Christmas.
Up the Villa.

I agree, Footy. Think a wide forward is absolutely required, I think. Gerrard left the squad short in that area.

Also think a proper statement signing would make a huge difference. Just because Emi has gone from being well respected up to global superstar over the past couple of months. Get another player on that level & you'd be looking at a squad with a top level manager, arguably 3 players who would be close to being considered world class (Martinez, Coutinho, + AN Other). You could imagine a squad like that, with work starting on building a 50k capacity stadium so clearly not lacking ambition, would be quite a reasonable prospect in the summer. Especially if European football was on offer, even in the Euro Windscreens Shield.

[markeeeebeeee2005]

I reckon there are two people who think Coutinho is world class. You and his mum.

[cdbearsfan]

Coutinho is, quite clearly, potentially world class. Whether we ever see it again is debatable, but I'd be happy to give him a chance as he has yet to play a single minute for us under a competent manager.