Johan Manzambi - discussion thread

[Dogtanian]

🚨💣 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?

I don’t believe this is necessarily true. We were going to be buying players whether we sell a big player or not.

I think if we do sell Rogers it just means we will up the calibre of signings.

[PeterWithesShin]

Barry being on twice as much a week as Manzambi is why English football is fucked.

[eamonn]

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?

I don't know what other reason apart from cashflow there might be ie like we had to restructure deals during Xia's reign. Edens and Sawiris pump cash into the club regularly, so I can't see it being that.

[Dogtanian]

Barry being on twice as much a week as Manzambi is why English football is fucked.

The Barry deal is a good point. That’s about £2m in the coffers.

UEFA SCR is up to December, meaning a £50m deal for Manzambi only cost us £5m + 6 mths wages in that period.

Elliot and Sancho’s wages off the books, along with the youngling savings probably pay for this deal in the current reporting period.

[cdbearsfan]

His wages are covered by Onana compo.

[Dogtanian]

His wages are covered by Onana compo.

Yeah, that is probably true.

[Somniloquism]

Isn't he injured already? Him missing the last two games was a big part in why Switzerland struggled the last two games.

[Dogtanian]

Sky Sports saying;

 “The Switzerland international's preference is understood to be Villa, who have offered to match the £49m deal Newcastle verbally agreed with Freiburg.”

But then they also called him a ‘teenager’.

[SamTheMouse]

His wages are covered by Onana compo.

Are they Indeed? That's good. In fact, it's probably just as well Onana did his knee at the WC rather than in a friendly against Walsall, which is what would inevitably have happened otherwise.

[PaulWinch again]

His wages are covered by Onana compo.

And a chunk of the transfer value -in terms of SCR.

[VILLA MOLE]

So he is an attacking midfielder ?

[Tuscans]

"He’s Johaaaaan! He’s Jooohaaaaaaan! Manzambi! Manzambi! Manzambi-i-i!"

[Tuscans]

So he is an attacking midfielder ?

Yep