MSvillain

6 hours ago, pete101 said:

If you believe that we were in for some of the names last summer ( Felix, Ferran Torres) , that was very ambitious, you do have to wonder if we are gonna have a real go at the window this time round if champions league is done

Baena - £45m

Bellanova - £25m

Y. Fofana - £20m

Ndidi - free 

Not sure if we could spend that much but that would solve a lot of problems for us

Emery wants UCL, Martinez wants UCL, therefore I want UCL

James Trafford was bought for £15m after a strong season in the same division 

4 hours ago, MotoMkali said:

Was 34.6 Million initially, rising to 44 per ornstein who is by far the msot reliable reporter on the actual details of the deals. 

https://theathletic.com/4707121/2023/07/20/moussa-diaby-aston-villa-agree-deal?source=user-shared-article

I suspect the figure bandied about by sky, is euros and inclusive of add ons. As 44 million quid is 51 million euros. 

Meh, pretty sure sky sports were randomly adding on about £10m to what we paid for Pau for no good reason too 

Arblaster is captaining Sheff Utd tonight at the age of 19, we were linked a few weeks back.

Could be one of the midfield options Percy referenced…

6 hours ago, Wes said:

Some transfer tid-bits in John Percy's Article regarding Emery's new Contract

"Emery is targeting two centre-midfielders [one holding midfielder and the other a box-to-box], wingers and a centre forward in the unlikely event of leading scorer Ollie Watkins leaving for a huge transfer fee."

Khephrem Thuram and Mikel Merino in an almost out of contract special

Give him Purslows equity in the club

He only needs to look at how they treated Nagelsmann to understand how he would be treated, if not worse

32 minutes ago, sheepyvillian said:

Just the rumours regarding retirement and things like that. He may well fully recover, but I feel like it was worse than expected. He would still be a fine back - up to Torres. 

The twitter rumours that he shut down almost immediately because they were completely false? 

1 hour ago, Teale's 'tache said:

For those wondering how the new Betano logo would look on a shirt...

Holy shit, that's nice

5 hours ago, turvontour said:

What's his premier league figures?

10 Goals & 9 Assists

Been posted before I think but sounds like Emery/Monchi spotted him whilst scouting for the Boro game.

With regards to spending, we know this year will be tight again but will we have more freedom to spend as we move into July?

I imagine thats when we will account for Betano/Adidas plus any UCL revenue so is it just a case of surviving 23/24?

A nice to have for me is someone to really own that second striker role, would be expensive but someone like Pedro Goncalves from Sporting (who we are regularly linked with). 

atm feels a bit like we are shoehorning wingers in there and a different option could add some value. 

It’s only a matter of time before Everton rediscover their 2005 form and challenge for Top 4 again 

32 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said:

Odds on fav for 4th and favourites for the conference  league yet the likelihood of neither is greater ?  I had to double check your username when I read this.

You and any other doubters can get a very tasty 7/4 on Spurs getting 4th. Might soften the blow.

Might stick £20 on as whatever I bet on doesn’t come true ever

If we do qualify I’m not even worried, these teams can’t defend for sh!t

7 minutes ago, MaVilla said:

 

Has to be AI, Unai would be at home watching Lille and Bournemouth games

The new %s are in

10 hours ago, HanoiVillan said:

Exactly this. I'm bored of frigging 'coefficients' trying to get into a contest we'll almost certainly do quite poorly in instead of concentrating on the competition we're doing well in, and could yet win. 

Let's just be happy for a night! At the rate we get to this stage of European competitions, there are probably dozens reading this who won't get to see the next time. Chin up!

I just love maths, OK?!?!!?!

Atletiiiiiiiiiiii

11 minutes ago, Stevo985 said:

Blatant pen to be honest. Shocked that’s not been given

Not for me, there's leaving a trailing leg then there's what Saka did, basically just kicked Neuer