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

[pablo_picasso]

He could of course take a drop in wages and stay.

He's well within his rights to not take a drop in wages and stay.

From what I've read we'll still be paying a part of his wages at Nice. Or at least that's their plan.

As for recruitment, didn't we get rid of our Head of Global Recruitment and most of his team last year? It may be why we seem to be only shopping in Spain - Diaby was another 'known to Emery' from his time at PSG.

Bollocks to us paying him to play in Nice. Would rather stick than twist if that's the case.

I agree.

Selling him to some chumps in Saudi, yes, I can go with that. Wages off the bill, fee cashed. Lending him to Nice and still paying part of his wages, and he comes back here possibly at the end of the season? What's the point in that?

Fully agree.

We should never have to pay the wages of a loan player.

If the club who want to loan him cant afford the wages, then they should shop back down in their own budget level.

If they're older than 21/22 I agree, for the kids we should be ghappy to pay most of their wages and not have fees. Get ourselves a reputation in the lower leagues as a good club to loan players from and work with to develop them.

Agreed.

[pablo_picasso]

Does any one really think we are going to loan him out and subsidise his wages?

I mean in general...

[Olneythelonely]

Didn’t Alonso cause someone’s death by driving pissed up and over the speed limit? Or has that already been mentioned?

No thanks.

[VinnieChase84]

Digne wants a move back to France for him and his family.

[pablo_picasso]

Digne wants a move back to France for him and his family.

Then his agent needs to get him a permanent transfer opportunity...

[ASHTONVILLA]

Digne wants a move back to France for him and his family.

Ah diddums, don't give a shit unless he's paying up his contract. Saudi or tough shit.

[AV84]

Could we work the half year's wages into an obligation to buy price?

[Tom_Mc9?]

I think that’s losing sight of the fact he’s a human being rather than just a commodity and I hope Villa don’t force him to stay for those reasons.

[Bent Neilsens Screamer]

I think that’s losing sight of the fact he’s a human being rather than just a commodity and I hope Villa don’t force him to stay for those reasons.

True but a move needs to suit all parties. A replacement is likely to cost at least £10-15m minimum, even if they’re on half the wages we’ll be no better off financially and they’ll have to settle in if coming from a different league, admittedly Moreno hit the ground running.

[AV84]

Don't you think that if the club really wanted rid of him we'd have made more effort to sign a LB and much earlier in the window? Unless the plan was to play Torres out there, we were always going to need someone to cover Moreno's injury, and then someone to cover that player.

[Mellin]

People underestimate the effect negativity and unhappy people have in the workplace. If someone's unhappy, and likely acting up due to this, it's better to move them on by whatever means. Doesn't take long until things sour and next thing you know there's a Bad Santa video, whilst all your best workers are being ostracised for having a different accent.

I like Digne, but if he's gotta go, he's gotta go.

[Gareth]

It may well have been something the club & Digne (& agents) have been aware of and working on for months….he has played a lot of football in preseason and played these couple of games.  Doesn’t strike me as something that would have happened if it was anything but amicable.  The wages would have prevented a permanent move back to France. 

[AV84]

^ I mentioned it a week or so ago that for someone who's reportedly been on his way out all summer he looked very committed in training, pre-season, and now in the games we've played.

I did wonder if there was some agreement there and he was staying as long as he could to cover for Moreno. I still wonder at us not having brought in cover though if that was the case.

[pauliewalnuts]

Move him on but at least wait for a replacement.

Let’s not forget he’s our only left back option at the moment

If we didn’t need him right now he wouldn’t have played on Sunday.

[CT Villan]

Didn’t Alonso cause someone’s death by driving pissed up and over the speed limit? Or has that already been mentioned?

No thanks.

Correct, was a while back but he was nearly twice the blood alcohol limit and killed his passenger when hit a wall whilst speeding. Somehow avoided jail time too.