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Santi Cazorla not starting today. That's 1 of their 2 world class players not playing #utv

Wow... did see that one happening.

£14m is a lot considering apparently Kiyotake was too expensive.  BUT... we need to remember how the fees in the media are far of the mark of how much we actually pay... al la Lowton @ £1m

Not sure if I should post this BUT

Kiyotake got tagged #avfc on his Adidas poster shots... (Strange one really)

and

2 hours ago he tweeted this

清武弘嗣 ‏@13_hiroshi 2h

今、あるところに到着しました^ ^ 詳細はのちほど！

Which translates to...

"Now, we arrived at a certain place ^ ^ For more information later!"

Apparently a "certain place" is Japan as he is doing a charity event there with Honda & Kagawa*

* Can't remember how to spell his name!

Fingers crossed, although I very much doubt it's true.

"@ITK_TRANSFER: Everton are looking at the possibility of taking Stephen Ireland to the club. #efc #avfc"

Nuremberg are looking to kick on towards Europa League football next season and won't be in any desperate need to sell Kiyotake. They'd rather be adding to the squad than pulling it apart.

That doesn't mean they won't sell him, it just means they don't want to and they don't need to.

Makes sense, like some people have stated before they don't need to sell and don't really want too. Like us with Benteke but a little different as it would take an astronomical bid to buy him and no one will pay that for a one season wonder. Nuremberg can't hold out for big bucks even if they wanted to but will we be willing to go that high?

Twitterphobiaites look away now...

"@AVFCTransTweet: RUMOUR: Ola Toivonen's reps have been sounded out about a potential move. #avfc"

You mean this?

Pete Colley ‏@petecolley33m

Been off all week so heard nowt about Belhanda!! Reckon he could have a shocking nickname though.......

Maybe he is hinting at NUFC and JK's possible mispronunciation of his name?

Any idea what he is on about?

"@MatKendrick: Bacuna and Luna have arrived sooner, now Villa just need to have a lamb bhuna and make sure Benteke does not become a Gooner #poetlaureate"

Welcome Luna, to the greatest club on earth! Do us proud!

"@MatKendrick: Comings and goings: Villa closing in on Nicklas Helenius and a mystery target, but will then assess squad size http://t.co/ggrx5Suw19?"

Any idea who the mystery player could be... can't be Belhanda as he said PL is keeping it under wraps.

Did we do a sweepstakes for this? If so, who had the 4th June for link to Defoe?

"@HeartOfTheHolte: Spurs to offer Defoe plus cash for Benteke: http://t.co/i8rg4eesap (Add Bale to that or its a no) #AVFC"

"@Transfer_Clock: Belhanda is edging towards a move to Aston Villa as he'd like to play in the Premier League however Villa face competition from Inter Milan."

Twitter aye, got to love the hope it brings and the impending disappointment

However much he wants to play in the Premier League (and however much I hope) he will never choose us over Inter.

"@tomharvcar: Aleksander Tonev has just come through customs at BHX according to my mates who works at airport #avfc"

You think he will be locked in a hotel near the Belfry for a few weeks until Lerner sees a pink unicorn fly past his window before the big unveiling?

This thread is the wishful thinking and bullshit thread. Dont we still do the proper Speculation: Player (club) threads any more for concrete links from reputable sources? (and the Mirror))

This is the thread for all the bullshit.

Pretty much mate, if a player is strongly liked from a reputable source then someone will start an appropriate thread where people can freely discuss said player. Here is all about BS and speculation until the time we get something more reliable.

With bent going I wonder if we will go for wilfred bony again after our deal with him collapsed at the last minute, linked with west ham and wba today.

Geoffrey bruma told he can leave chelsea for £5 million, good young center half

Bruma is a great prospect and would never get a look in at Chelsea with their money. Would get him in but not as a starter.

Speculation source blacklist ??

*runs and checks*...

Naa I'm ok as long as a new player thread isn't started

Just posting stuff I hear on Twitter, 99.9% BS but like someone said, good to speculate, much better than discussing Crewe and how they are performing (no offence intended to those posters btw).

Twitter...

"@AVFCTransTweet: Kurt Zouma subject of an #avfc approach. #stetienne open to player moving for right fee. Player once targeted by #mufc"

please please please please please.......... Doubt it will happen...

Goes in to say...

"@AVFCTransTweet: Zouma widely expected to move on this summer. #avfc were not expected to be in race but PL is ambitious enough to try."

And

"@AVFCTransTweet: #avfc expect to snap up as already mentioned a while back Cresswell and Murphy during next few weeks"

All bollocks I think, the second one is more believable but probably picking up on other rumours! IF true.... I'd be ecstatic!

Twitter...

"@AVFCTransTweet: Kurt Zouma subject of an #avfc approach. #stetienne open to player moving for right fee. Player once targeted by #mufc"

Big no for established players on high wages, Skrtel, Parker, etc. Yes they are good players but would be priced out of our reach wage wise. Plus they have no sell on value at all. Going to be an interesting month or so, one thing for certain is we will be in for a few surprises!

The Mertens rumour all stems from a season ticket holder on twitter. All the other "Transfer Twitter Accounts" and "Twitter ITKs" are all echoing his original comment which was that Villa are going to enquire PSV about his availability. This was first mentioned Friday evening. Everything since then is just echos rebounding off other people claiming to know information.

Just because the number of people talking about it is increasing, don't read anything further in to it beyond "somebody on Twitter said so" (no matter what they claim to have got true in the past - correct or otherwise) until there's been a more concrete report in a media publication.

As for the player himself postionally he makes sense as he would be an upgrade to our wide forwards of Gabby and Weimann. I would think clubs with a larger wage and transfer budget, including those in European competitions next year, would have a stronger chance of enticing him to join them rather than us at the moment.

Bursting my Villa tinted bubble comes to mind

"@Transfernews123: Dries Mertens wants to move to the premier league! Aston Villa in talks with his representatives, Liverpool interested aswell #AVFC #LFC"

From twitter but hay, it's a slow day on here

Stick to the corners and you should be golden.

LMFAOOOO

Lambert tonight when asked about adding new players...

Long pause.... "Listen the chairman has been great with me. It's the wrong time to be asking me that question".

Now what the **** does that mean?!

It's going to fall on deaf ears. When the third choice goalkeeper is making apologies for a team who have probably gone on the most humiliating run of results in the clubs 139 year history then half a dozen words on Twitter just isn't going to cut it. I'm sure they were sorry after the 8-0 at Chelsea, and the 4-0 humping from Spurs, and the 3-0 humping from Wigan, and the first leg of this fixture. It stops meaning anything after a while if they keep being **** awful, doesnt it?

This... one or twice I can accept but after the 12th inept performance of the season it's just hollow. Lambert's comments about they are hurting and that he is to balme. Come on... we suck. SO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT! Stop just sayine we will be fine. YOU'RE NOT FOOLING ANYONE!

-----------Given-----------

-Lowton-Vlaar-Herd-Lichaj

--------KEA----Bannan------

--Weimann-Ireland--Agbonlahor--

------Benteke---------

??

Can't surmise what we're trying to do with all those strikers

Didnt someone say on twitter about playing gabby and andi on the wings... but im sure they said bent up top. Very weird that bent aint started... its a good line up. Lets hope they deliver.