Johan Manzambi - discussion thread

[Dogtanian]

Cue all the posts on social media saying this is the latest reason we MUST sell Rogers on the cheap.

[dave.woodhall]

🚨💣 BREAKING: Johan Manzambi to Aston Villa — DONE DEAL! Fee is worth almost €70m, including add-ons. Long-term contract agreed with medical soon!
@Plettigoal
 
£60m!? Really?

Add ons - could be anything from playing in twenty games to winning the Champions League.

[RamboandBruno]

Really good signing…as long as he passes the medical!!
Hopefully an upgrade on  Sancho/Guessand/Elliot rather than  a Rogers replacement.
He looked really sharp for Switzerland, and they werent the same without him.

[PeterWithesShin]

I'd fancy a good 20+m of that will be add ons, which if triggered would most likely means both him and us are doing rather well.

And i'll go mid October for his first Villa injury.

[Sexual Ealing]

Don’t know much about him. Is he likely a replacement for Rogers or play alongside him?

Transfermarkt have him playing done the centre, mainly as a Ten.  An alternative to Buendia most likely, assuming Rogers starts from the left.

I admire your optimism, chaps!

[Dogtanian]

It will be the same as Newcastle agreed as once a deal is accepted by the club, they don’t care who the player ends up signing with.

The only times I would expect that not to be true is when a deal is agreed with a non-Premier League club first. The price always goes up wherever possible for Premier League teams as they know it’s there for the taking.

[cdbearsfan]

The only way it would be a different price to the one agreed with Newcastle is if we agreed to restructure it to comprise a smaller fee up front with a potentially larger final fee, which may suit both parties.

[PeterWithesShin]

If I was Freiburg i'd charge us more. To them we're the wankers that battered them in a final and then to really take the piss are taking their best player.

[Beard82]

If I was Freiburg i'd charge us more. To them we're the wankers that battered them in a final and then to really take the piss are taking their best player.

Fair

[Dogtanian]

The only way it would be a different price to the one agreed with Newcastle is if we agreed to restructure it to comprise a smaller fee up front with a potentially larger final fee, which may suit both parties.

Yes, I had not thought of this. But I don’t think that would help us, as the asset would still go on the accounts at the full value, and that can only be amortised over five years anyway.

A restructure would be most useful to us if we had cash flow issues, which I’m not aware we have.

Maybe someone with more accounting knowledge can shed some light?

[olaftab]

🚨💣 BREAKING: Johan Manzambi to Aston Villa — DONE DEAL! Fee is worth almost €70m, including add-ons. Long-term contract agreed with medical soon!
@Plettigoal
 
£60m!? Really?

Do I not like this (said in the SGT style) If this is true then there is a big player on his way out. I wonder who that could be?

[cdbearsfan]

🚨💣 BREAKING: Johan Manzambi to Aston Villa — DONE DEAL! Fee is worth almost €70m, including add-ons. Long-term contract agreed with medical soon!
@Plettigoal
 
£60m!? Really?

Do I not like this (said in the SGT style) If this is true then there is a big player on his way out. I wonder who that could be?

Take a seat.

I've got some bad news about Louie Barry.

[Toronto Villa]

Yeh I’ll hate it when it happens, but it’s been great Lamare. Best of luck at Brentford or Coventry.

[Dogtanian]

Matt Maher says;

“If the deal is completed, the final fee with add-ons will exceed the £50m Villa paid Everton to sign Onana two years ago.”

He’s suggested the ‘total’ deal is “worth nearly £60million”.

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Scored 3 goals at the WC.
20 yrs old.
6'0"
He's already played 38 Bundesliga/European games for Freiburg.
16 full caps and 6 goals

4yrs left on his contract, £15-16k pw.

Suspect we'll be selling to raise funds.

We already have. £35m in outgoings since January, FIFA paying Onanas wages, Elliot, Sancho, Malen, Barry etc all off the wage bill.