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Offline TelfordVilla

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Re: Pau Torres
« Reply #405 on: July 11, 2023, 01:49:02 PM »
Who is UA?

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Re: Pau Torres
« Reply #406 on: July 11, 2023, 01:51:41 PM »
Maybe he has seen it all. Or at least the area. There were rumours of him moving to the Prem in January, he nearly signed for Spurs a few seasons back. There's other Spanish players in the Prem he may have spoken to. I'm sure he's done some kind of research.

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Re: Pau Torres
« Reply #407 on: July 11, 2023, 01:52:09 PM »
As an aside

I know that UA went over to speak to him directly but he has signed for Villa without seeing the stadium , the training facilities, the local area (I mean the Roman road / Four Oaks area)

Does he know we are not by the sea :)

Seriously - it is a huge move for a 5 year contract without coming to see it first?

The lifestyle in Spain is great, but he's on like 40k/week.. he's going to triple his wages.

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Re: Pau Torres
« Reply #408 on: July 11, 2023, 01:53:25 PM »

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Re: Pau Torres
« Reply #409 on: July 11, 2023, 01:53:50 PM »

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Re: Pau Torres
« Reply #410 on: July 11, 2023, 01:54:38 PM »
Uncle Albert?

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Re: Pau Torres
« Reply #411 on: July 11, 2023, 01:55:01 PM »
I bet he's been all over Google Maps, saw there was a Primark at the Fort and thought "Yes, I'm fucking in"

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Re: Pau Torres
« Reply #412 on: July 11, 2023, 02:40:09 PM »
As an aside

I know that UA went over to speak to him directly but he has signed for Villa without seeing the stadium , the training facilities, the local area (I mean the Roman road / Four Oaks area)

Does he know we are not by the sea :)

Seriously - it is a huge move for a 5 year contract without coming to see it first?

The lifestyle in Spain is great, but he's on like 40k/week.. he's going to triple his wages.

Also, I think us mere mortals underestimate the lifestyle of a professional footballer, and their considerations when moving.  Yes, they don't want it to be shit, but they're not "moving house" like the rest of us.  It could only be for a year or two, and they almost certainly won't be retiring in that location.

I'd move almost anywhere for a couple of years if it trebled my wages.

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Re: Pau Torres
« Reply #413 on: July 11, 2023, 02:48:33 PM »
Who is UA?

Oops - typo

UE - as i am sure you guessed

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Re: Pau Torres
« Reply #414 on: July 11, 2023, 02:49:09 PM »
As an aside

I know that UA went over to speak to him directly but he has signed for Villa without seeing the stadium , the training facilities, the local area (I mean the Roman road / Four Oaks area)

Does he know we are not by the sea :)

Seriously - it is a huge move for a 5 year contract without coming to see it first?

The lifestyle in Spain is great, but he's on like 40k/week.. he's going to triple his wages.

No wonder his missus was smiling

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Re: Pau Torres
« Reply #415 on: July 11, 2023, 02:55:03 PM »
As an aside

I know that UA went over to speak to him directly but he has signed for Villa without seeing the stadium , the training facilities, the local area (I mean the Roman road / Four Oaks area)

Does he know we are not by the sea :)

Seriously - it is a huge move for a 5 year contract without coming to see it first?

The lifestyle in Spain is great, but he's on like 40k/week.. he's going to triple his wages.

Also, I think us mere mortals underestimate the lifestyle of a professional footballer, and their considerations when moving.  Yes, they don't want it to be shit, but they're not "moving house" like the rest of us.  It could only be for a year or two, and they almost certainly won't be retiring in that location.

I'd move almost anywhere for a couple of years if it trebled my wages.

I imagine one of the first things you do if you're him is get on the phone to Alex Moreno who tells him how great it all is, he then forwards across all those TikTok videos of him, the Emis and the Brazilian lads having a lovely old time during the week and then making the decision of whether his enormous mansion is in the countryside in Sutton or in Warwickshire can probably wait a few weeks.

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Re: Pau Torres
« Reply #416 on: July 11, 2023, 03:10:05 PM »
Who is UA?

United Artists- Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, Charlie Chaplin

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Re: Pau Torres
« Reply #417 on: July 11, 2023, 03:13:29 PM »
He’s a bit thin isn’t he, looks like he could snap from a decent challenge

I did think the same, though I think it's all relative as my waistline expands, and if you don't mind mate I'd say you had a 'low centre of gravity'

Ha ha yes just like Maradona
But there the similarity ends

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Re: Pau Torres
« Reply #418 on: July 11, 2023, 03:15:43 PM »
I bet he's been all over Google Maps, saw there was a Primark at the Fort and thought "Yes, I'm fucking in"

He’ll probably self combust with excitement when he sees Star City for the first time

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Re: Pau Torres
« Reply #419 on: July 11, 2023, 03:23:26 PM »
I bet he's been all over Google Maps, saw there was a Primark at the Fort and thought "Yes, I'm fucking in"

He’ll probably self combust with excitement when he sees Star City for the first time

I’m sure if he’d been told two weeks ago that we have more miles of canals than Venice that he’d have sacked his honeymoon off and stretched the shirt already

 


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