Ian Maatsen

[eamonn]

We've never offered a 6 yr contract to a player before. What makes you think you're the one?

[PaulWinch again]

Hopefully this happens, he looks brilliant.

[Toronto Villa]

Chelsea will basically use our money to pay for Duran. The skint pricks.

They're not skint they just need to move players on to make a PSR profit, in exactly the same way we do.

oh I know they're not skint.

*rolling eyes thingy*

They are still pricks though

[edgysatsuma89]

£35m ish deal, 6 Yr deal = c.£6m on PSR annually.

Either we're going to push the deal forward to July 1 so the £6m doesn't hit until next season, or we're confident that we've got PSR sorted this year sufficient to take this £6m hit.

Can’t you only amortise for 5 years thanks, ironically, to Chelsea’s contract offers in the past few years. Even so, £7m a year is still good in the books.

Yeah, they changed it after Chelsea's mad spree.

[Beard82]

Wow - football has become an accountants wet dream

[enigma]

Good signing this. Wasn't there some noise about Moreno wanting to go back to Spain? Might well be the last we've seen of him then.

[Dave P]

Would he be our first Ian since Ormandroid / Olney?

[dr.chekov]

Taylor!

[Dave P]

Bloody hell, how did I forget him?!

[VILLA MOLE]

Bloody hell, how did I forget him?!

who?
😳😃

[Steve67]

Aren’t six year contracts now invalid? 5 years is the max?

Is Duran still going to Chelsea? Confused dot com.

[algy]

Aren’t six year contracts now invalid? 5 years is the max?

Is Duran still going to Chelsea? Confused dot com.

I think you can offer the player whatever length contract you like, but in FFP terms the maximum you can spread it out over is 5 seasons (so £7m a season over 5 seasons for Maatsen)

[Beard82]

Basically - at the moment - Villas transfer activity is like a Meal Deal

I have no idea if I am paying over the odds, getting a great deal, or if I even want a fucking granola bar

[PaulWinch again]

Aren’t six year contracts now invalid? 5 years is the max?

Is Duran still going to Chelsea? Confused dot com.

I think you can offer the player whatever length contract you like, but in FFP terms the maximum you can spread it out over is 5 seasons (so £7m a season over 5 seasons for Maatsen)

Yup.

[Clive W]

Matt Law in the DT

Aston Villa are close to signing Ian Maatsen after agreeing a deal worth £37.5 million with Chelsea but must still convince the left-back to make the move.

‌Chelsea have granted Villa permission to speak with Maatsen, who is on international duty with Holland at the European Championship.

Maatsen had a £35m release clause in his Chelsea contract, but Villa have agreed to pay slightly more in order to secure a more favourable payment schedule.

‌It is expected that Holland will allow the defender to speak with Villa remotely on video call, with head coach Unai Emery hoping to conclude a deal.

‌Maatsen spent the second half of last season on loan at Borussia Dortmund, where he had been keen to stay, but the German club have so far indicated they are not able to match Chelsea’s valuation.

‌Chelsea remain in talks to sign striker Jhon Duran from Villa, but also have other targets in the position, including Atletico Madrid’s Samu Omorodion and Bournemouth’s Dominic Solanke.

Villa and Chelsea have held talks over a number of players, with the Midlands club also expressing an interest in midfielder Conor Gallagher.

With profit and sustainability rules affecting all clubs, Villa had indicated that they would only sign a player from Chelsea if Duran moves to Stamford Bridge in a deal worth up to £40m.

It remains to be seen whether Chelsea will press ahead with a move for Duran, or whether a different Villa player could move to London should Maatsen agree to join Emery’s squad.

Maatsen reached the final of the Champions League during his half-season at Dortmund and produced a series of good performances for the German club.

But Dortmund refused to trigger the clause in Maatsen’s contract and do not want to match his valuation, which has opened the door for Villa to make their move.

Signing Maatsen would most likely mean at least one of Alex Moreno and Lucas Digne leaving Villa, while the club remain in talks with Juventus over Douglas Luiz’s proposed exit that would see players move in the opposite direction. And Everton have made an approach to sign 20-year-old midfielder Tim Iroegbunam.