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35 minutes ago, Tomaszk said:

Because he wanted to cover himself having been very dismissive and sneery around the chance of it previously.

This was when the bell was still telling everyone Grealish was leaving. He knows nothing and comes on here for news

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.

31 minutes ago, Dave-R said:

Anybody know if this Barkley loan has a buy option or is it Loan only??

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

1 hour ago, Rodders said:

where have all the links gone? I've been assuming we'd still be getting in 2-3 players but seems to be radio silence for a while now

Maybe Phil McNulty was right?

5 hours ago, VillaAlex said:

He made a very bad decision for the penalty rushing out of position but otherwise he was faultless.

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

2 hours ago, sidcow said:

German League, not a tinpot league or a fancy league with hours on the ball to display some ball skills. 

Check out his goals against Bayern Munich and Dortmund.  

It's not K. V. Kortrijk. 

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:

5 minutes ago, Zatman said:

21 goals in 80 games for Lyon as a wide player who doesnt start regularly is hardly a flop 

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

2 minutes ago, Zatman said:

Salah was a premier league flop, so was De Bruyne

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

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

1 hour ago, troon_villan said:

Here's the thing though, the type of player that Benrahma is - a tricky, creative winger - will cost you.  Teams were paying £20m for these types 10 years ago.

So either the figure they want is much much higher or we aren't actually that interested and/or he's our plan b, c or d. 

Bums off seats players will cost us 20m - 30m unless you manage to unearth a gem.

I mean, do we want him or not?  Not convinced we do. 

I think we agree?

11 minutes ago, paul514 said:

Why can't we just make a bid for Edouard though? What is the point of spending crazy money on Olly Watkins 

 

Because we prefer Watkins to Edouard?

2 minutes ago, thunderball said:

Concerned at our increasing distancing from our previous targets. Benrahma appears WHU bound, Rashica looks slipping away. Why we are suddenly looking at Eliasson makes me think we are down to option E already. 

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.

35 minutes ago, thabucks said:

That’s Smith Vs Ancelotti in a nutshell. We aren’t the draw we think we are ( yet )... Foreign players,  if they have a straight choice I reckon more often than not choose to work under Bielsa, Ancelotti than Smith. We just need to be cleverer and remain patient and stick to our plan and we will hopefully get to a position where we are first choice for players. 

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. 

1 hour ago, rodders0223 said:

Same value he was bought for. He is young will improve and is at a team that is stable and imo assured of PL safety for a few years.

McBurnie - 6 goals in 36 Prem appearances
Wesley - 5 in 21

1 hour ago, Villan4Life said:

Ollie McBurnie is rubbish though.

Yeah, that’s my point. 

19 minutes ago, rodders0223 said:

He is only worth 10m though. Sheff will buy him for 15m and he will be worth 25m next summer but he is only worth 10m.

Out valuations are based on an FM07 save game. It is embarrassing at this point.

How much do you reckon Ollie McBurnie is worth right now?

1 hour ago, JamieZ said:

As an American who has followed his career from the beginning, McKennie to Juventus would be an eyebrow raiser to say the least.

If you’ve followed McKennie closely from the beginning, then this move isn’t actually an eyebrow-raiser. I’m not suggesting that he’ll take Serie A by storm or necessarily start regularly. But he is well up to the standard.

1 hour ago, JamieZ said:

As an American who has followed his career from the beginning, McKennie to Juventus would be an eyebrow raiser to say the least.

If you’ve followed McKennie closely from the beginning, then this move isn’t actually an eyebrow-raiser. I’m not suggesting that he’ll take Serie A by storm or necessarily start regularly. But he is well up to the standard.

42 minutes ago, Delphinho123 said:

I'd like to know what 1% equated to in terms of a football transfer.

I mean, what's the difference between 99.9% and 98%?

Let's not over-analyze the thing.

6 hours ago, Villaphan04 said:

probably unrealistic, but i see that Stoke and Liverpool have bid for Christian Pulisic. Would love to see him come to villa(as an american) and also only 17 years old. Would probably tear up the championship and only cost around 10 million and we could guarantee more first team action than Stoke or Liverpool

I can't think of many worse moves for him than to leave Dortmund for the Championship.

1 hour ago, GRA said:

He was crap in Copa America, getting two yellows.

I watched every game he played in Copa America. He absolutely was not crap.  In fact, he was solid, defending well against some top-class wingers. His two yellows were beyond stupid. But he hasn't made a habit of such things, and he's a smart kid who would've learned from the fallout. So it doesn't worry me going forward.

The bottom line is, Yedlin is a solid RB for the price, especially given his age and the level we're playing at. And his skills are still growing. We'd be fortunate to land him. 

I'm gobsmacked that some people question a £3 million move for Yedlin. Would be a brilliant signing.