Jareth

Austin and a motivated adeybayor equals mucho goals.

Now also saying Austin. Who knows. Would prefer austin if not crocked. Freak it, get em both in. It's all about the service.

According to the mirror weve opened talks with adebayor. If he is motivated, and the team is set up to feed him, then why not.

Who could we take off teams near us with the lure of daft money?

Joey Barton anyone? Wouldn't cost much in wages.

Premier league experience - we still have plenty of it across the squad - Gabby, Westwood, Sinclair, Clark, Hutton, Okore, Guzan - all possible first team starters. I would put Gabby in as captain for now. Gil looks fine, Jack looks fine, Amavi is going to be up to speed, and I think Gueye too. Sanchez may never adjust! So reckon we can afford a few games for a Darder or a Praet or a young striker to adjust. I'm actually thinking Adebayor might be a good option now if we want an old pro to lead the line.

Well anyone else leaving will be AVFC's decision. Let the building begin proper and let's not bother with that ol buy out clause for any new contracts.

If Amavi signs then it will help a lot - he is an excellent prospect.

You're a relegation threatened club who has just sold their best player and a team that has won 2 titles in 4 years has just put in for him. If you think this is about money then you're just not paying attention. I'm not "here just to cause trouble". I've been a member here for 6 years, I thought I'd come over and have a look at what Villa fans were saying about this and apparently pointing out that a player moving from a relegation threatened team to a team winning trophies and in the CL might actually be a bit more then money motivated is apparently now trolling behaviour. Not something that almost every football fan in the world accepts, including when it happened to us, on here this counts as trolling. Delph last week - rejects mcfc Delph today - signs for mcfc What did mcfc win in the space of 6 days?

You're a relegation threatened club who has just sold their best player and a team that has won 2 titles in 4 years has just put in for him. If you think this is about money then you're just not paying attention. Ha ha. Troll.

He's made a lot of villa staff look silly.

I'm actually going to boo at the tv if I see him playing for mcfc at villa park this season.

The villa first 11 will be unreconisable.

Wish he'd make up his mind, he's so 50/50

This statement by MEN gives me hope Now, it seems, the England player has decided to go ahead with the original move after unconfirmed reports that he was having a medical in Wilmslow.

Maybe they just doubled the wage offer?

I by complete chance heard rumours about Ian Taylor along with HH being the villa men involved with the chinese funded bid. I am sure HH loves the villa, anyone who still cares clearly does. I think that HH should just blumin spill it, to the extremes of any NDA, rather than behave like some uber class of villa fan. I appreciate his love for villa, he's a fan with business know how, but still a fan. While all this drama has gone on I do wonder what RL has up his sleeve. I think RL is a willing seller. The price is very fair at £150m. What happens after that I don't know. Would love to know why the other deal collapsed. This sounds bad but I think RL is blinkered and wants to sell to a fellow philanthropist who happens to be American and Jewish. So that's Mickey Arison. Anyone else, especially foreigners will not be trusted. Shite and I thought we were a brum club with no bias.

No, I agree, it is like an impending death of a close relative, better they die than hang on. We need to move on.

I by complete chance heard rumours about Ian Taylor along with HH being the villa men involved with the chinese funded bid. I am sure HH loves the villa, anyone who still cares clearly does. I think that HH should just blumin spill it, to the extremes of any NDA, rather than behave like some uber class of villa fan. I appreciate his love for villa, he's a fan with business know how, but still a fan. While all this drama has gone on I do wonder what RL has up his sleeve.

I've read about Southampton and they have a system for everything. All youngsters have to meet certain criteria as do new manager coaches etc. It's a pretty amazing set up for what is really not that big of a club. If we could ever something similar we could rule the world! I think so too. As I keep telling the inlaws, they are doing well but they are not a big club. You do what they have done, at Villa, and you have a permanent top 6 team. Especially with the 20-30 mill payments filtering down from above. Saints will soon get sold and wither. They just do not have the history, and my god history dictates the future. Hats off to them though. Their youth system is amazing. Nah, get back to the south coast in Portsmouth's shadow! Slash Bournemouth.

I've read about Southampton and they have a system for everything. All youngsters have to meet certain criteria as do new manager coaches etc. It's a pretty amazing set up for what is really not that big of a club. If we could ever something similar we could rule the world! I think so too. As I keep telling the inlaws, they are doing well but they are not a big club. You do what they have done, at Villa, and you have a permanent top 6 team. Especially with the 20-30 mill payments filtering down from above. Saints will soon get sold and wither. They just do not have the history, and my god history dictates the future.

I dunno, are l'equipment any good? Are they like the BBC?

Well, we are living in a world where Southapton can make a name for themselves through some smart purchases leveraging the power of the prem. My inlaws are saints fans and it has taken me aback these last few seasons how they do football so well while villa capitulates. All we need do is purchase the same/better than saints, and the cauldron that is villa park, let alone our trophy cabinet will convince these foreign players that they are at a club which is about to hit the top 6 at speed.

But, and I am no way ITK about how rich chinese behave, but, if you were seriously loaded and chinese, would all of your wealth be in the chinese currency and in china? It depends which funds you want to use doesn't it? If I am a billionaire and I wanted something all I need do is use my non-chinese funds to do it? No? It sounds like this takeover was a consortium though. So if one big backer had a lot of funds he wanted to move from China backed out it might have affected the whole deal. I also have no idea what I'm talking about. Good man, me neither. Omariqy please reply, you are more than often on the money so please share where you are at.

But, and I am no way ITK about how rich chinese behave, but, if you were seriously loaded and chinese, would all of your wealth be in the chinese currency and in china? It depends which funds you want to use doesn't it? If I am a billionaire and I wanted something all I need do is use my non-chinese funds to do it? No?