Would anyone take Charlie Taylor from Burnley at LB? Strong, tall defender. Always seems to be able to beat the right back and get a quality cross in. Would be an upgrade on Targett for me and think he’s into his last year at Burnley.
I agree with the comments about keeping him being a risk with his injury record and likely wages. But buying a replacement of equal ability will probably cost a fair bit more over say the next 3 years with their transfer fee (a fair few million) and wages.
And we'd need to replace him as it'd be pretty optimistic to think that Okore and Clark would remain fit all season. Otherwise we'd be back with horror pairings like Clark and Baker [emoji33]
So 76% of fans think we should let Vlaar leave at the end of the season (Birmingham Mail http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/aston-villa-andreas-weimann-ron-8961315).
I'm shocked. Yes he probably will leave. But the poll is about who fans want to leave. I think Vlaar is incredibly underrated by a lot of fans. Yes he's injury prone. But since Lambert took over he's been a massive player for us. Particularly in Lambert's first season when we looked so much stronger defensively with him in the team. Despite how well Clark and Okore have played together I think Vlaar and Okore would be our strongest pairing. If Vlaar was tempted to stay now Sherwood is in charge I can't imagine he'd be as keen reading that. We'll miss him when he goes.