2024 January transfer window - hopes, needs, expectations and rumours.

[AV84]

We should take a punt on this Irish kid, Naj Razi, at Shamrock Rovers. He's only 17 so can't sign for a British club until he's 18, Brexit apparently, but that's what that Portugese team is for! Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Manchester City, Chelsea and Arsenal are all showing interest in him.

No idea on the quality of the player but yes that’s exactly how the sister club should used.

Err lads, isn’t Portugal in the EU as well? Or is it more get him to the sister club so we get first refusal when he’s 18?

Yeah, that's what I was thinking. Portuguese side buys him to sidestep the EU thing, then "sells" him to us next January for a reasonable fee.

(I honestly don't know how the Brexit thing works, the most recent article I saw about him just mentioned that the 3 English sides couldn't buy him until he was 18, but I don't know if that's a set rule, or if there's a limit and they're already at it. No idea.)

[Footy-Vill]

Well if it's not ITK then it's misleading with this 'Aston Villa News' website . It's .co.uk as well. Why so quick to dismiss it when the address is Aston Villa?
I'm not familiar with Peter Lynch. But maybe one to keep an eye on if other news outlets start running the story.

What on earth has the fucking domain name got to do with anything. I could register astonvillaguaranteedtransfernews.co.uk in about five minutes for a few quid and put on there that we're signing the corpse of Richard III.

Regards this Aston Villa news . UK domain.

I've done further research, and the trust domain score is 7 out of 100, I've a good mind to report it, but it wasn't asking for any details so seems they are making money another way.

You have to be weary of those things, though unfortunately, I believed things several times on text messages regarding delivery links. When all was resolved, I was advised by security and law services to only trust websites ending in the UK when recieving text for missed deliveries or collections of parcels. Extremely disgusting behaviour.

Ok, so then this is somewhat different, but it doesn't help then when these clickbait websites are just trying to drive traffic they tarnish TLDs
I  removed the news item as it seems the source isn't helpful or reliable.
Apologies.

[Footy-Vill]

Well if it's not ITK then it's misleading with this 'Aston Villa News' website . It's .co.uk as well. Why so quick to dismiss it when the address is Aston Villa?
I'm not familiar with Peter Lynch. But maybe one to keep an eye on if other news outlets start running the story.

I'm dismissing it because:

1. there's literally no substance to the story.
2. I've seen enough of their 'exclusives' to know it's all made up bullshit.

Forgive me it was the first time I had information from them and seeking it was Aston Villa News I was curious and felt it had some sort of official media status with the UK domain.
Won't be following any of there news reports and releases  again!

[Dave]

You have to be weary of those things

Oh, I am.

[Footy-Vill]

So maybe we could set up a list of not-newsworthy items so the false information doesn't come here.

I know there is opposition to football insiders, but they seem hit and miss. I've always been quite taken with them myself but am hearing they may not be the most reliable by posters on here so I have to respect that and they may be onto something that I haven't seen


It's tricky one though isn't it as also they do have quotes from genuine pundits and ex players, and to me that has some level of clout .
I think it needs to be looked at which source it is when reports come in on villa transfer news as from anywhere and will try and be more diligent.
Good weekend to all.

[Gareth]

So maybe we could set up a list of not-newsworthy items so the false information doesn't come here.

I know there is opposition to football insiders, but they seem hit and miss. I've always been quite taken with them myself but am hearing they may not be the most reliable by posters on here so I have to respect that and they may be onto something that I haven't seen


It's tricky one though isn't it as also they do have quotes from genuine pundits and ex players, and to me that has some level of clout .
I think it needs to be looked at which source it is when reports come in on villa transfer news as from anywhere and will try and be more diligent.
Good weekend to all.

Easier to list the trustworthy ones footy…particularly as we get close to January.  The trust worthy ones are the ones who report news ie when they have been tipped off by the clubs or agents themselves ie John Percy.

Unreliable ones are most of the internet, dumb and dumber off sky sports news (they have 24 hours of news channel to fill is the clue)

[paul_e]

Yep, there's about 5 people worth listening to and a couple of those are "tap-in merchants" anyway.

[Percy McCarthy]

I vaguely remember that there was survey done years ago to work out the most accurate papers for transfers. The Daily Heil won with 4% of their stories coming true and that’s a paper that employs real journalists, well, sort of. I repeat - they were the most accurate.

Think about that footy.

[Footy-Vill]

Wow. only 4% that is staggering low.
Ok that puts things into perspective.
Good stat Percy!

[AV84]

Personally I think it's fine to post the gossip in these threads. Say where you saw it and most people will know whether to take it seriously or not. There is a difference between gossip and completely made up for a clickbait headline though.

[OCD]

Peter Lynch could be one of the Footy writing team.

Or one of his personalities.

[john e]

Yep, there's about 5 people worth listening to and a couple of those are "tap-in merchants" anyway.

and that’s just on here in H&V.      😀

[JD]

Well if it's not ITK then it's misleading with this 'Aston Villa News' website . It's .co.uk as well. Why so quick to dismiss it when the address is Aston Villa?
I'm not familiar with Peter Lynch. But maybe one to keep an eye on if other news outlets start running the story.

What on earth has the fucking domain name got to do with anything. I could register astonvillaguaranteedtransfernews.co.uk in about five minutes for a few quid and put on there that we're signing the corpse of Richard III.

You should Martin, as Manure will probably outbid us and pay 80m for him.

[Axl Rose]

Well if it's not ITK then it's misleading with this 'Aston Villa News' website . It's .co.uk as well. Why so quick to dismiss it when the address is Aston Villa?
I'm not familiar with Peter Lynch. But maybe one to keep an eye on if other news outlets start running the story.

What on earth has the fucking domain name got to do with anything. I could register astonvillaguaranteedtransfernews.co.uk in about five minutes for a few quid and put on there that we're signing the corpse of Richard III.

You should Martin, as Manure will probably outbid us and pay 80m for him.

😂

[algy]

Well if it's not ITK then it's misleading with this 'Aston Villa News' website . It's .co.uk as well. Why so quick to dismiss it when the address is Aston Villa?
I'm not familiar with Peter Lynch. But maybe one to keep an eye on if other news outlets start running the story.

What on earth has the fucking domain name got to do with anything. I could register astonvillaguaranteedtransfernews.co.uk in about five minutes for a few quid and put on there that we're signing the corpse of Richard III.

Regards this Aston Villa news . UK domain.

I've done further research, and the trust domain score is 7 out of 100, I've a good mind to report it, but it wasn't asking for any details so seems they are making money another way.

You have to be weary of those things, though unfortunately, I believed things several times on text messages regarding delivery links. When all was resolved, I was advised by security and law services to only trust websites ending in the UK when recieving text for missed deliveries or collections of parcels. Extremely disgusting behaviour.

Ok, so then this is somewhat different, but it doesn't help then when these clickbait websites are just trying to drive traffic they tarnish TLDs
I  removed the news item as it seems the source isn't helpful or reliable.
Apologies.

The domain name means very little, Footy. A while back, for a daft joke with a friend, we registered www.army.yt (Mayotte, a small island off the south-east coast of Africa). I am not from Mayotte. I am not related to anyone from Mayotte. I have never been to Mayotte. I have never knowingly met anyone from Mayotte. I am not in any way related to their army, or indeed any other army. No check was made on who I was when I registered it.