Marley the Bognor Villan

Lol, That must be the most regular post on this thread (with the relevant name inserted)

Montpellier president Louis Nicollin has admitted he has received bids from England and would settle for a cut-price €12 million to allow Younes Belhanda to leave the Ligue 1 club. Read more at http://www.espn.co.uk/football/sport/story/212637.html#l0mM8pLFdc6eco1D.99

14

will be 3 by Tuesdays press conference.

Agreed. I would like to see the deadwood leaving now though, its not happening quick enough for my liking. Every week we are throwing money away on their wages.

I get the feeling CNZ doesnt figure in his plans.

Am loving the way PL is searching out young, hungry players with bags of potential that are relatively unknown. Until they get 'found out' other managers are gonna have their work cut out preparing for games against us.

and a goalie

Newcastle United aren't interested in shelling out a huge fee for Darren Bent. It is understood that while Alan Pardew is good friends with Bent, the £6million tag for the Aston Villa man is too high. The Birmingham club paid £18million for Bent from Sunderland two years ago, however, the move hasn't worked out for the Londoner. The former England international has been offered to a host of clubs, including United, but with Bent wanting £70,000 per week the demands are way above the budget at Newcastle. At 29 Bent does not fit into United's blueprint as they are still looking to add younger blood to their ranks. Bent made 23 appearances last term scoring six goals but has been told he can leave Villa. Reports from the capital claimed that there was interest yet history shows that Mike Ashley wants to avoid the days of high earners seeing out their career on Tyneside - something that was written in the club's blueprint in 2010. http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/newcastle-united-not-interested-huge-4304846

I think Newcastle's plight should serve to teach others, including ourselves. That side should have been nowhere near the relegation zone, regardless of their injuries. If we sign the players who have been linked, then I think we should start to look a bit closer to home for any further additions. Its my guess that is the plan anyway.

Kasper the friendly goalie?

lol, what, all of them?

The fee is around £2.3-2.5m After they rejected £3m last week? we should do business with them more often

http://www.clubcall.com/aston-villa/defender-set-for-villa-medical-1598959.html

The Rory Delay comments are referring to an old thread in the Other Football section. Months after people had discussed Rory Delay's long throws, a poster said "Have you seen Rory Delay's throws? They're really long!" and included a link to a Youtube clip. It's in the Hall of Fame somewhere. Thats class and im glad to be a part of it!

Okay, after extensive research I have found a new source* http://www.tomorrows-news.com/ * Note: it doesnt cover sport but at least its not late!

Fair play. Apologies, i really should go back further when i log on.

I joined in the january transfer window. Feeling really insecure all of a sudden lol

lol, i take it i've missed something here!

Delap is a free agent, he got released as his contract expired.

On the papertalk section of the ssn site, The Sun are saying Villa have made a £4M bid for Okore. Could well be an educated guess on their part seeing as we had a £3M bid rejected last week but at least it sounds realistic.

Speculate about more coming in until PL says there will be no more! Although we will all assume hes changed his mind at some point and will be still reading this thread up until the window closes at midnight on September 2nd.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/aston-villa/10114171/Newcastle-United-manager-Alan-Pardew-ready-to-make-cut-price-offer-for-Aston-Villa-striker-Darren-Bent.html

http://www.tribalfootball.com/articles/laursen-full-praise-villa-target-jores-okore-3962803#.UbgfnPllnkM

Its my guess that the reason we havent had an official unvieling of Tonev yet is due to the kit launch. I would think PL is hoping to introduce us to him, Helenius and possibly some others in one press conference where they can wear the new shirt.