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Just now, rayk said:

You could say that about Edouard, Rashica and most players we’ve been linked with.

 

Perhaps but it really stood out to me.

1 minute ago, jim said:

Googled it and got....

Akira Shimizu is chef director for his eponymous restaurant Akira at Japan House in Kensington, and Engawa in Soho.

I just watched a compilation of Watkins goals on the Sky Sport YouTube channel and I don't think quite a fair number of them would have resulted in a  goal in this league.

2 hours ago, mallett said:

Well I am bored.

I wonder if it has been long enough that we can once again start listing players we would like Villa to sign during the window - like we were doing much earlier in this thread.

My revised list based on recent rumours for £100m:

Odsonne Edouard £30m - pace, counter attack threat, goals, dead ball threat, striker

Benrahma £25m - LW - Jack may well want Villa to have a viable option for the role so he can move to his favourite position of 8 (and so Southgate doesn't keep comparing him to players like Sancho)

Ethan Ampadu - £17m - DM/RCB - £17m - covers / competes with Konsa and Luiz but also gives us better options for switching to three at the back or joining Luiz as DM and playing 4 2 3 1, also offers option of Konsa moving to RB for some games and him covering RCB. Could also be that he plays the pivot and Luiz moves to other midfield slot.

Marcus Edwards - £13m - RW - pace, tricks, dead ball ability - cheaper option

Rico Henry - £15m - LB - offers pace as opposed to Targett. Targett needs the competition, for me he has come back looking a bit heavy in the preseason training videos.

Out: Jota, Taylor, Lansbury, Kalinic, Engels, AEG etc. - the outs should just about offset the incoming so that net spend is about £100m allowing for some jiggery pokery.

Prefer us to go big for Edouard rather than cheap with Watkins.

AEG has more ability than Trezeguet but Trez worked harder for it and I would want the squad to know that hard work counts for more than talent on its own.

Engels is too slow for the Premier league and seems to have fallen out with Smith. I want the defence to push further up the pitch and I think Engel's lack of pace is an issue for that.

I don't think Rashica wants to come.

Marcus Edwards is not the required quality to play as our wide forward on the left, if we are spending 15m on a left back we can do much better than Rico Henry, I think the other three players you have ear marked are debatable (but lets face it so is everyone's)

As for the outs I definitely agree on Engels he is to slow and he turns like an oil tanker, I of course agree on the others listed but not our existing wide forwards as they need to be squad players for the upcoming season.

I have listed my preferences here before but as you are doing it, I guess I will too and just as an FYI I want to play a 4-2-3-1

Here is my shortlist so to speak.

For the forwards I would go for one of Edouard (35m), Iheanacho(25m), Watkins (25m)

Wide forwards two of Buendia (20m), Sarr (30m), Rashica (25m), Benrahma (25m), (Eze 20m)

One midfielder which would have been Weston McKennie after seeing all the recommendations on here I checked him out, but there are alternatives in James McCarthy (5m), Loftus-Cheek (20m or loan)

Left back I would sign Owen Wijndal (10m) from Az in Holland

Right back Max Aarons (20m)

1 Centre back from John Stones (20m), Ethan Ampadu (20m) although there are quite a number to choose from.

So I would probably go for .

Stones, Aarons, Wijndal (50m)
Loftus-Cheek, Buendia, Rashica (65m)
Edouard (35m)

That is roughly what we spent last year and I would TRY and get rid of .....

Kalinic, Nyland, Engels, Taylor, Elmo, Bree, Lansbury, Jota, and Hogan raising 10 - 15 million and I would probably throw half of that at stoke for Jack Butland in the hope he hasn't become Joe Hart MkII

I see that team being inside the top half and an excellent base to reassess next summer to trim players not up to the task of finishing every year in the top half.

Ps I could have traded Loftus-Cheek for McCarthy or taken him on loan if possible and got Eze

21 minutes ago, pete101 said:

The cup tie rule was changed last season, he would still be ok to play in group stage for another club if he had played last night

Ty that is info I didn't know 

5 hours ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said:

Yeah I'm watching this on CNN right now.

Huge move.

It's out of hand now man. That last shooting was inexplicable.

Didn't the guy suddenly reach into his car door? Wasn't he on a warrant and had a history of weapons charges?

That is what I heard.

He is surely on the move after the result today and the possibility they didn't want him cup tied or to get injured (even though that was the stated reason for leaving him out)

I was just listening to a Podcast on Chelsea's business this summer on who they may try and move out some of them may be interesting to us....

Loftus Cheek
Bakayoko
Ampadu

Batshuayi

This list of possibles was much longer.

1 minute ago, thejoker said:

That is what I thought..... but its Wednesday, the magical day.

Anything happened then?

24 minutes ago, sne said:

McKennie is someone I was excited for us to sign, shame if we miss out.

Pirlo is cleaning house at Juve and is getting younger players with more mobility (and lower wages) in McKennie fits that bill. Just like Kulusevski does.

The likes of Khedira, Ramsey, (Rabiot) Higuain will be shipped out if someone can cover their wages. Matuidi has already been moved on.

Edit: Swapping Pjanic for Arthur in another example of this although he is more of a playmaker.

Yea but we could have had him!

So we are looking at possible signings of Eze and McKennie being taken out of the picture today 

16 minutes ago, CarryOnVilla said:

Yet it’s £30 for someone past their prime. 

Leeds will either loose money on him or be stuck with him 

Also he’s from La liga,  possibly one of the easiest top leagues to bang in goals. Pretty much the SPL with marakas
 

Castanets surely?

29 minutes ago, VillaFaninLondon said:

Even Leeds are signing better players than us now. Agreed a deal for established Spain winger for approx £30mil: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53914263

 

And we can't get deals over the line for McKennie, Rashica and Edouard. So depressing.

29 years old and not enough premier league experience

2 hours ago, cyrusr said:

How on earth has this got to talking about sturridge?! Serious this thread has taken a deep dive into the looney bin. 

Just for the sake of clarity, Sturridge would be a terrible signing for the following reasons:- 

1. Injuries - constantly injured. He managed 11 games in Turkey.
2. Poor attitude - made his money and happy to live off past glory likely to increase wage demand.
3. The gambling ban - feeds into the poor attitude and shows a lack of interest in the game itself.
4. Doesn’t really score goals anymore - his last good season was 2013/4 when he scored 21 goals. He did score 13 in 2015/6 but only played 25 games due to injuries.
5. Age - wrong side of 30 (shortly 31).

*other reasons are available. 

Just simply no. Complete and utter waste of time and money. Cannot in any circumstance is looking at him.

Now can we start talking about more realistic options like Messi please?!

We should riot if they spend the club money on him, I would rather they burn the money in the furnace at least that gives off heat as a positive.

41 minutes ago, Keener window-cleaner said:

I rate Eze as well, and a friend who is a QPR fan and whose opinion I trust is mad about him. While I'd like us to have him, I'm not sure how he would fit in and can't see him going straight in the team. I'd be hesitant to pay up to £20M or a fifth of our reported budget on a player that perhaps isn't a starter. He seems to mostly play to the left in a front three, I'd rather have Benrahma or Buendia there, if not Jack. I think Eze would be best as a secons forward or having a free attacking midfield role, but we usually don't play that way and if we do Jack is better in that position.

Do you think Eze would go straight into the team, and in what position?

He can play all a ten, a wide forward on the left and has been known to play in the midfield but not that often.

realistically in the middle or left of the three of a 4-2-3-1

Wtf is wrong with Southgate? Did jack finger his daughter or something?

how on Earth is he not in the squad?

Page 602 no solid links or signings

9 hours ago, Keyblade said:

I do. The only one I can think of is Douglas and probably Mings.

Wesley, Heaton, Targett are candidates too

3 hours ago, Awol said:

I’m in a minority of one on this, but with some of the links we’ve had I could see us set up In a 4-2-3-1 for winnable games.

The argument against is the 2 being too weak with Luiz (who I rate) and SJM. If you got Phillips (which we won’t) and put him next to Luiz it would work, imo. Ditto with Idrissa Gueye (also not likely) or Santamaria.

Hopefully Leeds get relegated and we grab Phillips when Man Citeh raid us for Douglas next summer - which the barstewards will if he carries on performing like this. 

Anyway, as you were. 
 

 

I think the exact same on the formation and I can see SJM working in the two or the middle of the three in that formation.

27 minutes ago, Dave-R said:

Would take about 115 mill for all three of them I think, 50 mill for Tammy,40 for Edouard and 25 it seems for Watkins.

I do like your idea but I think at most fetch two of the three you suggest in. Think we could ask chelsea to loan Tammy again, so buy Watkins and Edouard, sell Samatta and Wesley at that point and recoup what you could, adding that money to the possible 35-45 mill left over. We then could buy a midfielder and a winger with the 35-45 mill and what money was added from Samatta, Wesley sale, who knows there maybe enough to buy one more player if were lucky.

3 hours ago, Sam-AVFC said:

Would anyone take Loftus-Cheek in midfield if his wages aren't massive? I know injuries would be a big risk but I've always thought he's a good player.

Oh yea he’s a really good player depends on the budget 

4 hours ago, thabucks said:

I’m sure I read somewhere no player signed in the summer is on no more than £40k pw... 

I don’t think I believe that

So the mail says we have been quoted16m for Eze meaning you can get him for slightly less....

how much more enticing could a deal be for a player that good for gods sake

3 hours ago, rayk said:

It won’t be less, that I’m pretty sure of. Would love it to be the same level as last year but for that to happen w’re gonna have to let a few go.

You would assume we spent the absolute maximum last year and again you would assume that with a higher wage bill the total would have to be less than last year but then we have an increased amount we can lose this year because of the change in division.

Then of course it’s about how the owners want to move forward, way too many variables to know what the figure is