Enzo Barrenechea - on loan at Benfica

[ozzjim]

It's only sensible if Villa see him simply as an asset. If the 2 Luiz swap players have good seasons on loan and go for say... £15-20m next summer, the Luiz deal looks good. Right now, it looks very iffy.

[eamonn]

You have to be impressed with the calibre of club we're sending these lads to, though. Bologna, Valencia...we're now kingpins.

[paul_e]

Probably sensible for the future to get him plenty more game time. Probably not sensible for our squad depth this season.

Was just going to make the same point. As I said before, as it stands we've added one, possibly two first teamers this transfer window. Signing youngsters will hopefully bear fruit in the future, either with good players or with the fees they bring in, but we've not really had as good a window as it was looking to be at one point.

If Geertruida joins as expected he provides a lot of the same cover whilst also being an option at CB and RB. Given how restricted for places the European squad is I can see the sense in having a couple of players who are covering multiple positions like that.

[Brazilian Villain]

You have to be impressed with the calibre of club we're sending these lads to, though. Bologna, Valencia...we're now kingpins.

Would be disappointing to see Chea Guevara go out on loan but, as you say, at least it's to someone like Valencia rather than Plymouth.

[edgysatsuma89]

You have to be impressed with the calibre of club we're sending these lads to, though. Bologna, Valencia...we're now kingpins.

Would be disappointing to see Chea Guevara go out on loan but, as you say, at least it's to someone like Valencia rather than Plymouth.

Yeah, I'm a bit gutted because I like what I've seen but you can't argue that Valencia isn't a really high level to continue learning your trade.

[Matt C]

Wonder how much of this is because we can’t move Dendonker on.

[PaulWinch again]

I get the logic on Illing-Junior and Enzo in terms of development, but we already experienced some very tough injuries last season and we did brilliantly, but just crept over the line in the end. If we suffered a similar injury crisis this year I’d like us to be better placed to be more resilient. I get there’s a balance to strike, as you hope not to get a load of injuries, but feels like we’re potentially exposed.

[OCD]

Wonder how much of this is because we can’t move Dendonker on.

More likely that we're happy with Kamara's progress.

[cdbearsfan]

This is an odd one. Juventus fleeced us.

[Dave]

Wonder how much of this is because we can’t move Dendonker on.

More likely that we're happy with Kamara's progress.

I'm just relieved that we have no experience of players coming back from injuries only to suffer a recurrence shortly afterwards.

[paul_e]

This is an odd one. Juventus fleeced us.

Not in the slightest, I reckon the worst case scenario is that both of them go out on loan and get sold next year and as a minimum we double our money.

[VILLA MOLE]

This is an odd one. Juventus fleeced us.

I wouldnt say they fleeced us , more part paid us with a longer term investment

Takes a bit of the romance out of getting excited about new signings 

[Goldenballs]

I said in the other thread, I'd be surprised if we had any interest in either of the Juve players prior to them coming in for Luiz. We had to make the best of a bad situation and maybe pick a couple we thought we could make money on in the future.

Hopefully it's more about game time and progression for them to play a part with us next season rather than fattening them up for a quick FFP win.

Either way, as long as it benefits us in the end I suppose it doesn't matter, but do think we're leaving ourselves a bit short.

[OCD]

This is an odd one. Juventus fleeced us.

Schrodinger's transfer deals.

[Demitri_C]

One or two injuries and i think our injury struggles. Dont understand the logic in this at all. We get two players from juve loan them straight out - dont sign any replacement.

The only two players that are likley first teamers are maatsen and onana. 

If the window shut tomorrow i would say our business last summer was alot better than this summer. Im quite disappointed with how our summer has panned out in all honesty in that scenerio