Kosta Nedeljkovic - signed

[DrGonzo]

Not the only reason to buy a player but Serbians are quite intense about their sporting stars. If he's any kind of successful we could sell a shed load of shirts over there.

Our last Serb was pretty serious...Sasa Curcic...

[OCD]

Romano now saying the fee is some way below the reported £6.6m.

[Brazilian Villain]

Romano now saying the fee is some way below the reported £6.6m.

I'll wait till we get the 'Here we go' before I start working on his song.

[darren woolley]

Don't know much about him but I trust Unai's and Monchi's judgement.

[VillaTim]

we can't be sailing too close to FFP if we are signing future talent like this . Bit of a luxury

[pablo_picasso]

we can't be sailing too close to FFP if we are signing future talent like this . Bit of a luxury

Not really.

It's all part of being a big club.

[exigo]

Not a huge fee, which obviously gets amortised over the length of his contract. KKH back now, presumably for Emery to have a good look at him for the deputy role. Suggests Cash gets sold in the summer for decent FFP money.

[ASHTONVILLA]

Not a huge fee, which obviously gets amortised over the length of his contract. KKH back now, presumably for Emery to have a good look at him for the deputy role. Suggests Cash gets sold in the summer for decent FFP money.

Not sure Cash brings much in the way of FFP. We paid a fairly high fee for him, and some will be still on the books. We would also have to spend most of it replacing him.

If we want a slug of cash that counts for FFP, Ramsey, Luiz or McGinn are the most likely to help balance the books. Not that I want any of those sold.

[exigo]

That's the point though, we'll replace him with a Bosnian lad who is on the books at barely more than £1m per season, plus KKH as deputy.

[algy]

Not sure Cash brings much in the way of FFP. We paid a fairly high fee for him, and some will be still on the books. We would also have to spend most of it replacing him.

We paid £14m for him on a 5 year contract (about £3m a year).  He's currently on his 4th season at the club.  If we sell him in the summer, anything over £3m is profit.

[SaddVillan]

This izxwhat Fabrizio Romano has reported on a deal;

It's understood that Villa are working on a deal to sign 18-year-old Red Star Belgrade defender Nedeljkovic, with reports suggesting that he could cost in the region of £6.6m. The plan appears to be for the youngster to remain with his current club until the end of the season if a deal is finalised and he will link up with Emery's charges in the summer. Reports have also suggested that Red Star could retain a 12% sell-on clause in the deal.

[UK Redsox]

Was he at Arsenal before that?

No, different Frimpong. Quite a common surname in that part of the world. Similar to there being quite a few players with the surname Traore.

So common that there's five footballers called Adama Traore

[itmustbe_it is!]

Not the only reason to buy a player but Serbians are quite intense about their sporting stars. If he's any kind of successful we could sell a shed load of shirts over there.

So long as it's not a repeat of when we signed Samatta and all the Villa social media was taken over by deranged Tanzanians - they were pretty weird

[DB]

https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1747582573662851220?t=gGZ7B7DWcpzSv_NX7_9c7A&s=19

[Brazilian Villain]

https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1747582573662851220?t=gGZ7B7DWcpzSv_NX7_9c7A&s=19

Good news.