2023 Summer transfer window - hopes, needs, expectations and rumours.

[kippaxvilla2]

If we do get him I am a little bit annoyed we have been pushed to near enough £50m for a potential Bailey mark II when we could have had Barnes for £10m less.  All because the fcukin Arabs are distorting the market.  Something very fishy going on.

[lovejoy]

Just been given an ITK… Diaby done. Will be announced over the weekend/Monday.

It's Drummond.

[pablo_picasso]

And I understand why they're trying to get the likes of Diaby, ie players in their prime. But why on earth offer someone like Kante so much money (actually £2m a week, not £500K as I said before). That's 10 imes what anybody else would have offered him, even on a free transfer. What are they achieving by paying such a ridiculous amount for a player, who as good as he used to be, is always injured and miles past his best?

I don't.

You could take Wayne Routledge, now, & he would be one of the better players in the Saudi league.

Diaby, now, is like taking a grown man in his prime & facing him off against a team of 4 year olds with Allan Saint-Maximam thrown in for good measure (along with Newcastle Uniteds FFP figures).

Its ridiculous overkill...

[LeeB]

If we do get him I am a little bit annoyed we have been pushed to near enough £50m for a potential Bailey mark II when we could have had Barnes for £10m less.  All because the fcukin Arabs are distorting the market.  Something very fishy going on.

In a list of 'things I really couldn't give a shit about', this would be right up there with Dan Wootton's feelings.

[Dave]

Just been given an ITK… Diaby done. Will be announced over the weekend/Monday.

It's Drummond.

I get that you're annoyed about Drummond falling for a bit of fake transfer news, but I think you've made your point by now, no?

[VillaTim]

If we do get him I am a little bit annoyed we have been pushed to near enough £50m for a potential Bailey mark II when we could have had Barnes for £10m less.  All because the fcukin Arabs are distorting the market.  Something very fishy going on.

Good summary that , from the bits of seen he's just a shorter version of Bailey .
Barnes would have been a smarter move in my humble opinion.

[Risso]

It's not reall transfer news unless Fabrizio Drummondo announces it.

[kippaxvilla2]

What might be right for him, may not be right for some.

[Ian.]

If we do get him I am a little bit annoyed we have been pushed to near enough £50m for a potential Bailey mark II when we could have had Barnes for £10m less.  All because the fcukin Arabs are distorting the market.  Something very fishy going on.

I get the feeling Emery was not interested in Barnes and with his track record since joining I'd back our boss with whatever he wants to do.

[Brazilian Villain]

It's sportswashing and it's working. Every other football article at the moment is about Saudi.
Sad state of affairs this

I think Risso's point is why pay him £2m a week when he'd probably have gone for £300k a week. If anything, paying players such blatantly stupid amounts undermines the credibility of the league rather than adds to it. But then there are people who pay 1500 quid for a steak covered in gold leaf.

[DB]

It's sportswashing and it's working. Every other football article at the moment is about Saudi.
Sad state of affairs this

I think Risso's point is why pay him £2m a week when he'd probably have gone for £300k a week. If anything, paying players such blatantly stupid amounts undermines the credibility of the league rather than adds to it. But then there are people who pay 1500 quid for a steak covered in gold leaf.

Is that with or without pepper sauce?

[Rudy Can't Fail]

If we do get him I am a little bit annoyed we have been pushed to near enough £50m for a potential Bailey mark II when we could have had Barnes for £10m less.  All because the fcukin Arabs are distorting the market.  Something very fishy going on.

The latest I read was regarding payment conditions to Bayern who would like a lump sum today rather than the normal staggered payments. No prizes for guessing who may have offered them the total fee in one day..

[jwarry]

Big, big confidence on Villa side to get Moussa Diaby deal done. 🟣🔵 #AVFC
Romano

[Monty]

'Mon Fabrizio. And come on Moussa, do the right thing.

[Brazilian Villain]

Big, big confidence on Villa side to get Moussa Diaby deal done. 🟣🔵 #AVFC
Romano

Good news, looks real to me. https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1682067930010337290