jonjon

Ignoring all the totally inaccurate press related prices supposedly wanted by us, No deal is easy, there is a lot to be worked on by both parties, I know its only press talk but it takes time to talk to each supposed interested club, length of contract, wages, location etc, etc, The last item you mention is location, to uproot your way of life, family, housing, is a lot to take in for a young lad, I think the only reason you might not get him is the attraction to the London area, but I might be wrong.

Why, we've just got our replacement this morning, so why would we have to lower our price for him (Unknown) as according to the press there are plenty of other clubs looking at him, (take that with a pinch of salt) it might have been a different matter if we hadn't got his replacement in already.

You are not wrong in your judgement, he is all you say, you won't get a fitter player on the pitch, he played a full game for every match this season, except for 6 minutes when he was replaced, he has only missed a hand full of games in 175 matches, He is a super fit athlete who looks after himself, you won't hear a bad word about him either, even when he moves on, we shall all miss him, but we are used to this scenario each year, hope out of all the teams supposedly in for him he chooses Villa, it will suit your type of play, he will be coming as the main man not prepared to play 2nd fiddle and he will do very well indeed.

Watkins by a country mile.

No idea, look for click bait sites for price, then half it and you should get a rough idea if not, use our usual £20 million sliding scale!!!!.

Never seen either of them live, so I am in no position to judge, and it's pointless looking at YouTube clips because they only show the good side of players, I only ever like to give a view on players if I have seen them live a few times, I trust our recruitment method and team, and I am always happy with who they bring in, it's a tried and trusted method that seems to work, judging by the amount of profit we make on players each window.

He can make the step up without a problem, I know we will be losing players, but out of all our players he's the one I want to leave least, to me he was our best player last season, so I just hope he doesn't leave.

I've watched both Maupay and Watkins many many times, they are both players each with a different set of skills, out of the two Watkins is the better all round player and will score you goals, something you have been lacking in, but please don't even mention him alongside Hogan, it's like chalk and Cheese.

All untrue, Does anyone really think Villa quote all these figures?, They are all untrue talk by journalist who haven't got a clue and live in a fantasy world of recirculating made up stories, take no notice of any of this press click bait crap, because that's all it is, and they are making money out of it for every click, be patient and just wait till Villa announce it officially, then we can all get nearer reality.

True, He wasn't a bad player for us, but didn't pull up any trees, from what I have seen of him playing for Reading he has improved a bit, would struggle to get in our team now, but as Brentfordnylons has said, not PL standard.

Could be but not sure, no date was given when he arrived back in the UK, but I think it's safe to say him & Watkins have played their last game for us.

Looks ominous, Benrahma, Watkins, Raya missing from today's line up at West Ham (Now live on YouTube) WH 1-0 up so far.

Not yet, but it will come, just like you haven't brought anyone yet, you will

Watkins and Henry our two best players by a mile, he's now injury free and played in all games, and a quality player, another one of ours that won't come cheap.

I think I read somewhere that they relaxing the rules and were lumping 2 seasons worth of FFP together due to Covid, That's a sensible move under this present climate, but it would mean if clubs spent a majority of it this season it would leave them thin on the ground next season, hopefully someone can correct me if I've got hold of the wrong end of the stick.

It's a business model we have had to use out of necessity to increase our overall revenue, and It should have been the end of selling our best players this season, but we messed it up by not being promoted, we have been getting there gradually each year, hopefully by selling and buying again we will soon reach our ultimate goal, fingers crossed!!!

That to me seems a very fair price, gives you a good deal and a good player, and us a very handsome profit on our meager outlay., then we can all move on and start playing football

More Sky sports news just out 15:41 BRENTFORD AGREE TONEY DEAL Brentford have agreed a deal with Peterborough to sign striker Ivan Toney. The agreement is believed to be worth up to £10m. Might have to be taken with a pinch of salt, but from what I'm hearing from this end, fairly reliable, So Watkins could be on his way to you, you are the front runners I hear. Could be a load of old Rollocks from Sky of course, but this could have legs

They are welcome to who they are signed, not very inspirational is it, and not my cup of tea, But what's the hurry, I think we like to go for the more unusual and unknown players, and keep everything under wraps, we are not in a desperate rush like some clubs just for the sake of getting bodies in, we have enough players to select from to keep us going to start with, As a Bee's supporter you learn to be patient and not panic, but leave the job to our specialists who seem to manage very well each year as proven with their excellent track record.

Of course we have, but it all takes time, we don't make many mistakes with last minute buying like some clubs who panic buy, we have a tried and tested method, most of our new players are tracked and analysed for at least 12 months before we plunge in, and it works just fine.

Usual thing, protection from injury, we can't afford to put in danger our two most valuable assets, it happens at most clubs it's nothing new or untoward, and it's believed they have both played their last game for us, I do have a club contact this end with someone slightly ITK, and the word is that they have received bids for them both but have not reached what we have asked for (unknown of course) and Fulham are in the mix alongside yourselves as serious contenders, but we MUST get in replacements first, that's our priority.

That's fine, so is everyone else, but will cost an awful amount of money, (£40-60 Million) will Villa be prepared to pay that?

Of course it is, inaccurate and lazy journalism as usual, like 99% of "A source says"

It won't come to that situation, we have never failed to sell players in the window, even a few years ago on the last day we sold 3 players to Birmingham, Jota was one of them, and after September 6th there will still be a month left before it closes, plenty of time for business to be done by all clubs, I hardly think there will be no interest in him, and he will be sold by the end of the window, I have have no doubt about that.

I don't think he's going anywhere until they have signed his replacement, we have just 12 days left before our season starts on 6th Sept (live on Sky), so not long to wait.