January 2023 Transfer Rumours, Discussions and Done Deals Thread

[SaddVillan]

Reckon that as Chelsea have spent c.£500m stocking up on players in this and the summer window and are nor reported tobloking to spend €120m on Fernandez, they're keen to:
a) offload a few players
b) get some cash in to reduce their debts.

So I guess they'll be prepared to consider bids for players who have now fallen down the pecking order.

Hayich has been mentioned as a possibility for Villa.

We had been linked to Gallagher previously, but I don't think he's on Emery's list?

Pretty sure he'd prefer a move to Villa over Everton if we bid for him.

[VILLA MOLE]

Football Insider (yeah, I know) reckon that the stripey lot from down the road have been asking about Marvellous Nakamba.

loan or permanent?

I think he would then be out of contract in the summer

[Pat Mustard]

Ideally we would add at least another attacking player, but  don't see the value of getting someone in for the sake of it.  The reality is that if we qualify for Europe through the league it will almost certainly be the Conference League rather than the Europa League, and if that's the case we will probably just end up playing reserves in it anyway - it's aimed mainly at clubs from the lower tier of nations and won't make any difference to the kind of players we want to attract in the summer.  At this stage we are probably better off using the time to work with players we know we want to remain at the club next year, and go hell for leather on signing upgrades where we need them in the summer.

[PaulWinch again]

Do something please Villa.

[Smithy]

While we are talking squad depth, does anyone know the extent of Aaron Ramsey's knee injury? I believe Norwich ended his loan as a result of it, so I'm just wondering if he becomes another midfield body in the squad if he's fit again this season? Given the contribution of someone like Sanson or Nakamba, he could easily play their role in the squad?

[kippaxvilla2]

Is Todd Cantwell still available?

[Dave]

Is Todd Cantwell still available?

Moved to Rangers the other week.

[lovejoy]

We live in a world of instant gratification - buy someone, do something. If we were in danger of relegation i'd agree we'd ned to act (or probably wouldn't have sold Ings) but we aren't. no need to lumbered ourselves out of desparation. A few positions in the league are indeed worth millions but I'd prefer to dodgy the shitty Europe competition until we are good and ready.

[pauliewalnuts]

We live in a world of instant gratification - buy someone, do something. If we were in danger of relegation i'd agree we'd ned to act (or probably wouldn't have sold Ings) but we aren't. no need to lumbered ourselves out of desparation. A few positions in the league are indeed worth millions but I'd prefer to dodgy the shitty Europe competition until we are good and ready.

A few positions in the league are also a sign of progress, though.

Something which will count in keeping the good players we already have. Instead of that, it looks like we're making excuses not to progress.

[Risso]

We live in a world of instant gratification - buy someone, do something. If we were in danger of relegation i'd agree we'd ned to act (or probably wouldn't have sold Ings) but we aren't. no need to lumbered ourselves out of desparation. A few positions in the league are indeed worth millions but I'd prefer to dodgy the shitty Europe competition until we are good and ready.

How on earth will we ever be ready if we don't strengthen continually? I don't suppose Newcastle fans are worrying that they won't be ready for the Champions League.

[Vegas]

I’m surprised and disappointed we haven’t signed more. Feels like a missed opportunity to really push on and challenge for Europe. Squad is weaker than it was - I really thought we’d add a strong centre mid and an exciting striker for the here and now.

We might get away with it with good form and luck on the injury front but this window isn’t what I expected, especially after selling Ings.

[Flin5tone]

Questions need to be asked of  purslow and lange.
Unless there's a shock coming our way in the coming hours we need to seriously be worried. Letting solid players leave or go on loan without direct replacements is ridiculous. If Watkins gets injured,we are doomed

[coreyfeldman]

We live in a world of instant gratification - buy someone, do something. If we were in danger of relegation i'd agree we'd ned to act (or probably wouldn't have sold Ings) but we aren't. no need to lumbered ourselves out of desparation. A few positions in the league are indeed worth millions but I'd prefer to dodgy the shitty Europe competition until we are good and ready.

How on earth will we ever be ready if we don't strengthen continually? I don't suppose Newcastle fans are worrying that they won't be ready for the Champions League.

Unless you buy players who are better than the starting 11 you're not strengthening though are you. If those that we've identified aren't gettable then we wait to strengthen till the summer.

Personally I think the talk of Europe is a little fanciful. The teams above us (bar Fulham), I think are all better placed to finish above us. Whether we finish 8th, or 11th won't have any baring on players incoming anyway and IMO that's where we'll be depending on injuries

[coreyfeldman]

Questions need to be asked of  purslow and lange.
Unless there's a shock coming our way in the coming hours we need to seriously be worried. Letting solid players leave or go on loan without direct replacements is ridiculous. If Watkins gets injured,we are doomed

We've sold 1 player who was anywhere near playing minutes for the club, we haven't sold half the team. Doomed to what exactly? Finishing 13th? the horror

[Dave]

We live in a world of instant gratification - buy someone, do something. If we were in danger of relegation i'd agree we'd ned to act (or probably wouldn't have sold Ings) but we aren't. no need to lumbered ourselves out of desparation. A few positions in the league are indeed worth millions but I'd prefer to dodgy the shitty Europe competition until we are good and ready.

Yeah, we're far too big and important to lower ourselves to playing European football. Who'd want to waste time with that.