OnePablo

Credible rumours? Kaka could put on a Villa shirt and have a press conference pleading with MON to take him on a Bosman and I still wouldn't believe Kaka had any chance of playing here. You probably should have picked a less elite player to make it credible.

and the fact that it's his first post aswell.....

anyhoo, i was thinking. one of the good things about MON is he keeps his powder dry and doesn't let on who his targets are, so we don't know if we're warm or not. t be honest, any of his signings would be a surprise - look at carew and maloney!

kind of makes this thread redundant. it's still fun though.

we seem solid up front now so i think his rebuilding will begin at the back. GK, RB and DM.

I've heard credible rumours regarding kaka's possible move to villa...apparently he does not feel milan is competitive enough and would prefer to move to villa park to experience the excitement of an fa cup game.

April 1st has come and gone mate.

Baptista and Carew anyone?

Could work with two pacey wingers around them..... As in Young and Maloney / Agbonlahor

Has anyone cracked the David Villa joke yet..?

Oh.

I'll get me coat....

Please not Joey Barton. Please.

All the players would hate him.

Milner now rat boy has gone?

I doubt it was Ratboy keeping Milner at Barcodes. About as much charisma as, well, a rat.

You sure? You could imagine the first training session of the day..."allo rat fans, yeeehhhhhh"

hilarious. thankyou for brightening up my very shit start to a day at work.

Milner now rat boy has gone?

I doubt it was Ratboy keeping Milner at Barcodes. About as much charisma as, well, a rat.

I'd go for Owen Hargreaves, could be leaving Bayern in summer, and I know he's into playing premiership football.

Consistent,great tackler, and does have an eye for the ball. Should keep away from injury though. Doesn't make a big fuss of himself like Barton either.

He's going to Manure

i reckon we'll be surprised. again.

top of the list - right back and DM.

well, i was going to say gardner but bouma has been such a good player all season i didn't think of him.

so bouma. for being so good i don't even see him in this band any more. ifyouknowwhatimean.

Can anyone give a summary of credible transfer speculation?

Boruc from Celtic seems fairly credible....

In terms of what I'd like to see arrive at Villa, a sense of realism has to be adopted. Some of us remember being conned in to thinking we were getting Gazza, Koeman, Bergkamp and Danny Blind to name a few. In terms of our level of attraction, there are some players to whom even having big money to spend is not enough. They do not want to join a revolution, they want to slot straight into a winning side. But to me these are the top players and the TOP clubs, the one capable of WINNING the champ league not just appearing in it. And this leaves a very large pool of experienced talented players. In the Champions League teams, we would struggle in my opinion to attract the TOP players from the clubs like Milan, Inter, Barcelona, Real, Valencia, Bayern and our own illustrious English Brethren. Notice I said TOP players, this still leaves a lot of fringe players at these clubs who are still good enough to improve our side. Then there are the clubs I ommitted from the TOP list, all with CL experience year in, year out. The likes of Ajax, PSV, Benfica, Porto, Werder Bremen, Galatasaray, Lyon, Lille...........

I think five signings, 2 foreign, three domestic. Of the foreign signings one will be a glamour signing as we tend to get better value for money abroad on the players with a bigger reputation. There is then a settling in period to consider, which isn't generally as big a problem with dutch or scandinavian players. So I am left with Wesley Sneijder and Rafael Van Der Vaart. Sneijder is my favourite ofthe two due to his ability to play a more disciplined centre mid role. However, V-Der-V would slot into a role that Berger can not do forever and provide a new creative output. AsI mentioned earlier in the thread, everyone though he would go to a top team when he left Ajax, yet Hamburg got him for 6m euro's. Out of our league?

If V-Der -V were to come then I think we'd need a more defensive option for the centre of midfield, and I think Scott Parker would be the man. He can't be happy up there, he's effectively treading water! Not getting near the England squad, a change of scenary, to join a club who will certainly have a higher profile next season must surely seem appealing, especially with the MON factor.

If Sneijder is the preferred option then without the added tenacity of a Parker character I would be tempted to tighten up the back four, and I would do this with the experience and quality of Patrick Muller from Lyon. They've sold him once before, he'd be relativly cheap and he's very comfortable on the ball.

In addition I would buy Luke Young who's proven at premiership level, despite not having his best year. In fact this, in partnership with the possible relegation of Charlton, would drive the price down, and whatever we think of him, on the list of english right backs, only Neville and Richards pip him. Certainly better than Bardsley anyway. Throw in Craig Gordon from Hearts to either replace of compete with Tommy and spend the largest chunk on Bent. The only club from the top four that would have looked at bent would have been Liverpool, but with the takeover their bar has been raised so I think it will come down to the likes of Villa or a club LIKE Everton which again will bring the original price down slightly.

To finish the final three places in my second strategy I would make my second continental signing Vanden Borre for right back. Could turn out to be a dud, could turn into a superstar, but you may notice that the second list of players involve more risky signings and the first contin more wroven players. Not only could Vanden Borre do a job for us but it als make good business sense as he is certainly a player I would consider an investment. Who know's how long Randy's money will go before he expects us to self finance like Abramovich eventually hopes chelsea will(never happen!). A player like Vanden Borre would command big money if he mature as expected over the next few years. A gamble on a keeper in the shape of Carson with another striker gamble on Nugent which wouldn't actually be that big a gamble if we are planning for Gabby and Luke to step up.

Sneijder-Luke Young-Muller-Gordon-Bent Approx 24m pounds

Van Der Vaart-Vanden Borre-Parker-Carson-Nugent Approx 22m Pounds

I'd just like to say any player who doesn't appear isn't me saying they're not good enough, rather that this is my Fantasy Transfer Strategy, not my fantasy transfers, and I wanted to apply some logic rather than bandy a bunch of names around. And forgive my ignorance, but the likes of Muntari for example, I haven't seen enough of. In addition there are players in Europe like Vincent Kompany who apparently is destined to play for the Top sides, but I'd say the haven't moved for him so far have they? How about a cheeky bid? If I was to change anything from my list it would be the Keepers as whilst I would like abetter keeper/competition for Tommy I don't believe that is as high a priority as the others. However I have included them as I'm trying to gauge the climate at Villa Park at the minute. Sorry that was so long!

I agree with Van der Vaart. In fact, I always transfer him into my 'Pro Evolution Soccer' Aston Villa team - **** awesome.

Not every club is going to throw money at players just like that, money is going to cover debt for clubs such as Arsenal, Man City perhaps, Everton and Boro.

Getting 25M in cash to buy players still gives a helluva lot to pay on wages and it's not good to just spend.... in a business perspective.

He'll also be getting rid of quite a few bench warmers me thinks. How much is DJX2 getting a week?

What type of player do we need?

We seem to be OK for pace up front, so do we need a more technical player?

Are we focussing our forward line around Carew? If so, would a technical player limit JC's chances?

I think we need to play 4-3-3, but properly. If so, I would like us to buy a left winger.

Who do you think would form a good partnership for Carew?

Pablo Picasso - are you that guy from Hollyoaks....?

<<<< I think my name gives away what I voted.

No shocks there - GB

Cafu

Ironically, I've just got back from Oslo. My trip was fairly boring though.

PL - you have to be consistently good all season

:cry:

bless.......

i cant wait to by a little version of me a villa scarf.

knowing my luck they'll end up supporting man **** u.

Nice post. My tuppence:

1) You need at least two players for every position in the PL, otherwise your players get knackered. So I wouldn't read too much into Moore and Agbonlahor's future looking dim. They are the future.

2) I'd be very surprised if we didn't go for 4-3-3, with Petrov tucking in behind the main striker. As long as your wingers are fit and track back, then you're playing a formation that can interchange between 4-3-3 and 4-4-2 - which is very confusing for defenders. And bloody effective.

3) I'd be very surprised if John Carew is short term. I reckon he is perfect for the PL and has been waiing for an opportunity to come play here and learn his treade

4) I reckon that's the end of Angel - which is gutting

“What about the guy that plays for Warbury FC in 'Striker 3D' in the Sun?†by OnePablo.

Bwa hahahaha. I forgot I wrote that!

WTF is the point in having a transfer spec topic less than 48hrs after the last one finished???

(you don't have to read it)