AstsamVilla

Hopefully this will get wrapped up today so that we can move onto other targets.

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Maybe a Champions League club that wont come anywhere in the Champions League? But a top 6 club in Europe? Can you see him getting a 1st team place in Man U, Chelsea, Barca, Real Madrid line up? Maybe not.. Villa = 1st team football in an half decent Premiership side that are building for the future. Not saying its a nailed on signing but surely worth getting him to come down and take a look at our club and training facilities etc..Sell the club to him and he might like what he see's? I could see him getting a first team place at the likes of Dortmund, Bayern, Leverkusen, Lyon, Valencia, Napoli, Villarreal etc. Then there would also be plenty of clubs in the Europa League who would be ahead of us too unfortunately. Of course I would love it if we did sign him, but this lad is one of the most exciting young talents in the game at the moment so there will be too many clubs in a better position than us currently who are interested. But back to N'Zogbia, he should be our number 1 priority this summer, without question. He is pretty much a perfect replacement for Young. I really hope we are in for him but I just have a feeling that we're going to be disappointed on this one.

Shaqiri is quality and will only get better and better but he won't come to us. He'll end up at a Champions League club unfortunately.

Given is better than Foster and much cheaper, simples.

Is that a reliable source?

It sounds like he might actually be willing to give it a go this season. I hope he does because there is a cracking player in there somewhere.

I'm surprised it's not already open to be honest.

Sanchez Flores wants the job and we say no let's go for Alex McLeish.

Utter madness. Can't believe it has come to this.

I'm trying to look at it from the board's point of view, but I just can't think of one single positive that would come from appointing him. If they do the unthinkable then I will worry for their sanity more than anything.

Gary Mac for manager!

Yeah ITK's craving attention is very annoying. I remember someone on here claiming he had a 3 am exclusive. He must have been after attention too. :winkold: Believe it or not, there are actually some genuine ITKs.

I'm trying to think of one positive of appointing McLeish and I honestly can't. It's absolutely nothing to do with who he used to manage. It purely down to the fact that he is an appalling manager who plays appalling football. If we appointed him, it would be a complete and utter disaster. I'd be praying for Sam Allardyce or Alan Curbishley. That is how bad I think McLeish is. Surely Randy is not that stupid?

Yes, he said something along the lines of 'Hell would freeze over before we go for Hughes'. He is convinced that he is not even being considered.

It will not be McLeish.

Can't believe some of the nonsense some fans come out with. Randy Lerner is the best thing that has happened to Villa. I dread to think where we would be without him.

If u look back she actually said that young won't be leaving in janurary but will be leaving for arsenal/MAN U. In the summer Pires medical has been completed however terms not yet agreed. Whispers that Ashley Young to Arsenal in January is very much 'on'. Maybe it was 'on' at the time, but something happened to change that. Potential transfers change all the time.

FFS, THIS IS A LOAD OF BOLLOCKS!!! He's probably a spotty 14 year old pissing his pants at people posting his shit on various websites. How the **** would HE know anything when MM, YIM, Kendrick and Abraham haven't got a scooby as to what's going on? IT'S BULLSHIT!! Don't expect news today!! REALLY? Is that because it's a load of shit? (Not you hercs23) It maybe so but villa_insider nailed the Houllier appointment days before announced. That is true. She said Houllier on 2nd September before anyone had mentioned him. He was appointed on 8th September.

It would take 13 million to get Villas-Boas and he's destined for likes of Real Madrid, Man Utd etc anyway, so there's no chance.

I think he means it's just between Lerner and Faulkner and there are no genuine ITK's.

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We offered him the chance and he decided he didn't want to Like it or not football clubs are brands in today's modern football and you need to protect your brand. Whelan said we requested permission to speak to Martinez 9 days ago. Why didn't he reveal it to the media at the time? Maybe it was because Martinez might have been interested at the time and he thought he might lose him so kept it quiet. But he waited until yesterday to reveal it when he clearly knew Martinez wasn't going to leave. How do you know that the reason Martinez wasn't going to leave was because he wasn't interested in us? What if during the 9 days we had made a breakthrough on another target and then contacted Whelan again and said we no longer want to talk to Martinez?