VillanousOne

yep agreed we have to go all in and offer stupid wages to get players we want, and if it doesn't work out there is nothing you can do. Hopefully we will get better at this thing they call transfers. we are not the only ones though

But that makes zero sense, I can understand it with Traore who didn't really do much of note in a lets face it not very good Turkish league. But Sanson by all accounts did very well at Strasborg in the French league 1 - and Nice are no slouches yet.... another loan where you know we won't even see his full wages covered

on loan to Nice???? another fupping pointless loan to wind down his contract and value further, unless there is a commitment to buy at the end....

Won't even get on the bench this season don't worry bruv. Performance was a fluke because he was being remote operated by father Ted.

Kellyman looks a player

P#ss off Howe

Took them on tour to be sold according to you

Yep dragged them all out there for no reason tch

it's been said many times before, but Grealish's numbers were pretty underwhelming if you judged him purely on goals and assists. As frustrating and inconsistent as Buendia is, he put in a fair number of through balls that the players on the end of them didn't convert - but no one would praise him for that would they? cue Delphino's 'Buendia keyword search mention alarm' hate incoming I think there is no harder a position to impress in, than wide forwards, there are so few in the world that are consistent and get the stats people expect of them. Also 'rapid' seems to lead to a lot of injuries. Diaby looks the real deal, but any player from outside of this league will find the physicality and speed in which they get closed down/fouled difficult to deal with.

fear not, i give it a month before he's been trashed weekly for not being good enough

doubt it

can we sell them Morgan Sandstorm?

I give it week after signing before Delphino has brandished him the worst thing ever to appear in a Villa shirt since Buendia

If the Premier League let that happen it would absolutely be the beginning of the end.

If young players start to go after the big money with no care about credibility/their actual footballing career it will mark a disturbing step change It didn't work in China, Russia or USA, be shocked if oil money slowly takes over the entire of football

are Inside Football on this list? They just said Diaby has agreed to join Saudi

he's agreed to join Al Nassr, close the thread, the internet has spoken and must be believed

he couldn't get passed Obi Wan

never been linked to this year, never likely to be sold, never wanted to leave Manure. The strangest rumour that only Villatalk seems to fuel.

https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/12919849/best-of-moussa-diaby-villa-to-hijack-newcastle-target Diabeeeee!

surely transfers will play out as they do every season all the sought after players will want huge salaries and CL football, once they realise they won't get that, they will look at the next tier of club, if they don't get that they will take the money at a mid-table club willing to throw money at them (Everton) and so on. the biggest names already at that level will either want to continue at that level or get paid even more (PSG >>> Middle East), usually ones past their prime. A few might get sold the longer term club vision by Emery or Monchi, especially if they know either (Pau Torres) but mostly this will come into play when the players we want have realised they won't get their big money CL move. The problem is if we do sign players who have been denied their 1st, 2nd or even 3rd ideal move, it's whether those players have the motivation to do well for us or any club they do end up at. Player failure doesn't always seem to damage their resale value. Oh god I almost finished this without saying 'but whatever we buy I trust Unai's judgement and that he will turn them into a star for us'. etc etc.

It's a toxic combo of things - not just about Villa. He was a brilliant player for us, we moved him into defence (at Palace he was used in a number of positions) and helped him get his England role, he then mouthed of about us having no ambition after he moved to those powerhouse giants Middlesborough... (Ugo did the same to be fair as Middlesborough were briefly the 'next big thing'). His treatment of Grealish, Mings and Ollie - is greatly exaggerated, but hard to ignore that he has his continuously out of form favourites that he relies on whilst ignoring form players, not just Villa ones. There is the feeling that anyone could do well with this current crop of England players which is partially true, but we did need a manager who is defensively minded to help us rebuild confidence. Anyway back on topic. Most of the French players who signed when were relegated have done well since.

Just think of Delphino's mental health if that t'were to happen

at 19 and at 20-25 mil Gnonto would be a fairly low risk gamble, I think he has bags of talent and potential. I'd honestly rather we followed the Brentford and Brighton model than spanking 30-50 mil on high risk players who couldn't get their desired move to a CL club. You look at what some clubs like Everton have tried to do and how it's backfired, not saying we can't avoid that and that we aren't a different proposition, I would just mix up our transfer policy between low risk gambles/uncut diamonds and high quality high risk gambles.