January 2023 Transfer Rumours, Discussions and Done Deals Thread

[bob]

Chelsea = long contracts = FFP spread over those contracts.

How is that gonna pan out for them? A load of players they can't shift in a couple of years? Won't be able to sign many in future years?

[bob]

WTF is going on at Chelsea?

They’re panicking. They’ve appointed badly IMO - not that Potter is a bad manager, I think he’s very capable - but he’s a manager you’d appoint based on what he’ll achieve over 5 or 6 seasons, not sack because Season 1 you’ve ended up mid table … and that doesn’t seem their style, more throwing money at problems.

Amazed he's still in a job

[Londonvilla]

Calum Chambers set to be ditched by Unai Emery for second time after Arsenal exit

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/calum-chambers-set-ditched-unai-29008696

It's in the mirror so tie 5, but if he goes, it will sense to me.

[Steve67]

Given his versatility, I'd rather have Chambers than Konsa at the moment. Especially once Carlos is back next month.

11 days to go, no game next weekend, plenty of time to get shit done.  Seems a lot rests on whether Sanson stays or goes though.

[Clark W Griswold]

He was good last season but not been so far this season. I think that we need to move him or Konsa on to make room for a new player.

[coreyfeldman]

Given his versatility, I'd rather have Chambers than Konsa at the moment. Especially once Carlos is back next month.

11 days to go, no game next weekend, plenty of time to get shit done.  Seems a lot rests on whether Sanson stays or goes though.

Chambers has been absolutely woeful last 5 or 6 times he's played, Konsa gets way more stick than he deserves imo. Him and Tyrone understand each other well and have a decent partnership. Shipping out a regular starter to then have someone who never plays instead makes zero sense

[Steve67]

Given his versatility, I'd rather have Chambers than Konsa at the moment. Especially once Carlos is back next month.

11 days to go, no game next weekend, plenty of time to get shit done.  Seems a lot rests on whether Sanson stays or goes though.

Chambers has been absolutely woeful last 5 or 6 times he's played, Konsa gets way more stick than he deserves imo. Him and Tyrone understand each other well and have a decent partnership. Shipping out a regular starter to then have someone who never plays instead makes zero sense

That's not what I said.  I am not suggesting that we play either Chambers OR Konsa.  Carlos and Mings is the way forward, until the end of the season.  Konsa loses his marker far too often.  Neither Chambers or Konsa will take Villa into the top 8.

[OCD]

We've got a bloated squad and getting rid of players who are surplus helps us.

[Risso]

Let's be honest, Chambers isn't very good.

[Toronto Villa]

brilliant at chipping a ball. That's about it.

[pauliewalnuts]

What a great goal that was, mind, one of the loveliest goals I've ever seen at Villa Park, I'd go as far as to say.

[stubbsyandy]

So long as there is a plan I can see why we are sorting the squad out now. We aren’t going down or qualifying for Europe. So why wait til end of season?

[Risso]

So long as there is a plan I can see why we are sorting the squad out now. We aren’t going down or qualifying for Europe. So why wait til end of season?

Because:

- We can still qualify for Europe, we're only 5 points off Brighton in 7th, and 6 points off Fulham in 6th, and Fulham have played a game more.
- We need to show players like Martinez that we mean business
- Winning becomes a habit, as Newcastle have demonstrated
- Finishing 6th or finishing 10th is a difference of about £20m in prize money
- If we finish in a disappointing lower table position again we'll struggle to get decent recruits in the summer

[Toronto Villa]

What a great goal that was, mind, one of the loveliest goals I've ever seen at Villa Park, I'd go as far as to say.

and I was also referencing that goal at Leeds. A goal that had Messi scored the football media would have exploded all over their monitors.

[stubbsyandy]

So long as there is a plan I can see why we are sorting the squad out now. We aren’t going down or qualifying for Europe. So why wait til end of season?

Because:

- We can still qualify for Europe, we're only 5 points off Brighton in 7th, and 6 points off Fulham in 6th, and Fulham have played a game more.
- We need to show players like Martinez that we mean business
- Winning becomes a habit, as Newcastle have demonstrated
- Finishing 6th or finishing 10th is a difference of about £20m in prize money
- If we finish in a disappointing lower table position again we'll struggle to get decent recruits in the summer

I wasn’t saying it was giving up, just looking long term….should we qualify for Europe do we have a squad to be able to deal with that