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Evans wasn’t the only one that weekend. Ashley Preece (I believe it was him) tweeted something similar that weekend. It seems that someone around the club said something to suggest that a deal was on the cards.

The Athletic has reported that it’s a loan only.

Maybe Phil McNulty was right?

Mind you, that was a tremendously bad decision that could’ve cost us the match.

Fair. But then Haller seemed like a no-brainer when West Ham signed him from Frankfurt.

Villa Talk with Milot when he signs

From a French-football writer, who is very critical of the signing:

You’re right. Really only last season that is a concern.

He’s both a Prem flop and a Ligue 1 flop.

“He’ll never get that much space against Premier League teams.”

I think we agree?

Because we prefer Watkins to Edouard?

To be fair, we haven’t legitimately been linked with Benrahma all summer. We seem to like him, but not enough to spend £20M+ on him. We didn’t want to pay it last summer, and he’s the same player now as then. As for Rashica, we obviously did want him, but we can’t make him love us back. If I were him, I wouldn’t want to sign for Villa either. As fans, we know the club’s history and potential. But to him, we’re a club that nearly got relegated again after several seasons in the Championship—and isn’t in London. It’s a tough sell.

James is fine. But he’s a 29-year-old who hasn’t played a match in a year and will be on big wages. I can’t say I’m bemoaning our inability to attract such players at the moment.