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£2m for Nakamba is probably a couple of mil cheap but realistically he isn’t part of our plans and if any other PL clubs bar Luton thought he was worth having they’d have jumped all over it. Rather than worrying about what amounts to a few quid in the world of PL clubs it’s best to shake hands and part ways

33 minutes ago, BleedClaretAndBlue said:

Rudy Galleti fuming

Yep and Nico Schira and Ekrem Konur and all his other pathetic alter egos 

3 hours ago, Villatillidie95 said:

I reckon its Duran. They seem very happy with either Wesley or Duran though

Shows the state of knowledge of the "average football fan" regarding opposition players if they'd be "very happy" with Wesley, considering the way his career has unfortunately gone in the last 3 and a half years. You'd think they would be mortified at the idea of signing a striker who's scored only 3 goals in the second tier of Spain and has had failed loan spells in Brazil and Belgium since only playing 16 minutes for Villa since January 1st 2020. No offence to any Watford fans who might come across this, fans of all clubs talk equal amounts of crap.

I just can’t see us signing two pacey wide forwards unless Bailey leaves. Unai rarely plays with two out and out wingers on each side, so having 3 expensive players with similar characteristics to cover 1 place in the team, I just can’t see it

1 hour ago, AlwaysAVFC said:

Not sure if it's been mentioned and will be irrelevant if he goes on loan but would he count as a club developed player in terms of a European squad?

He was an academy player but pretty late on after getting him off West Brom.

No because we signed him aged 18 and then loaned him for a year so can’t make the 3 years trained at the club to be club-home-grown.

He doesn’t qualifies as an u21 / underage player either, even though he is the correct age there’s a restriction that u21 players need to  be at the club for a period of 2 years (or 3 years if loaned out once) in order to be eligible as an additional u21 squad player 

1 hour ago, Jonesy7211 said:

Is this our best ever transfer window? We've signed big players before but not this many in one window.

The only other one I can compare it to would be 98/99 when we signed Merse, Dublin, Barry, Watson, and Stone. Think we got Delaney too.

Anyway, this window has been amazing.

Without trying to be a buzzkill, the reality is we will only know if it’s a good transfer window when we see the players on the pitch and see how they get on over the full season

1 minute ago, Brumstopdogs said:

 

Is it just me or is it weird as hell to post a photo of a strangers baby on social media (the twitter account, not you)

1 minute ago, Jas10 said:

Long overdue, no more loans please. We shouldn’t ask for too much, get them off the wage bill and make room for better players.

Farewell:

 

 

Keinan Davis available this summer. In other news, water is wet! 

In all seriousness I think Davis could have a decent championship career if he stays fit, he’s never going to be a 20 goal a season striker, more like 10 goals + helps the team in lots of other ways. Would be a useful pick up for someone. 

As for Hause I find it baffling that we renewed his contract when he was clearly surplus to requirements. Just a waste of time for all involved.

28 minutes ago, AntrimBlack said:

IF he is waiting to choose between us or Saudi, there is a question mark against his ambition and his confidence in his own abilities.

Easy to say that from our perspective but we’re not the ones who have to choose between potentially forgoing tens of millions of pounds / euros to sign one way or the other

I hope he does choose us, better league, better international chances and at his age he’d still have the option of signing a mega contract in a Micky mouse league later on in his career if it still exists and he stays fit, but it would be more difficult to guarantee he could return to a top tier league later if he wastes 4 or 5 years in Saudi first - I hope that’s what his advisers are telling him anyway

1 hour ago, IrishVilla10 said:

 

Only concern is if we gave him a buyout clause in his contract when he renewed, after all he held all the cards as he could have left this summer and it was pretty bleak under Gerrard at the time

Otherwise there’d be no way we’d sell him, he’s a class player and fits Emery’s system perfectly. He seems happy here too so doubt he’d force a move.

10 minutes ago, skarroki said:

He's done well in consecutive seasons with Gateshead, in the vanarama north then the national League. 14 clean sheets across 39 games is nothing to be sniffed at for a teenager. Hoping we can get him into the football league now with the next loan, there must be some admirers other than Gateshead out there. 

Haven’t we loaned Sinisalo out? If so I think Marschall will be kept as 3rd choice keeper due to the European squad requirements as we are too light on club home-grown players and it doesn’t make much sense to waste a non-home grown slot on a new 3rd keeper

2 hours ago, UpTheVilla26 said:

Gotta be honest, I'd rather we signed Ferran Torres than Diaby. 

If we move a few players on then there’s no reason we couldn’t sign both. Diaby as a pacey winger / forward and Torres as a “second striker” type. Would probably need to see Coutinho moved on first though 

58 minutes ago, Aston_Villan4 said:

Yes all of what that tweet said was true. Maybe it was the “feelings are positive part” that people are scoffing at?

It was true except it wasn’t because Luiz is still a villa player

All these fake ITK journalists do is jump on other rumours, then make BS and/or vague statements which make it seem like they have some inside knowledge on the proposed deal - which of course they don’t - and then hope the transfer goes through which makes them appear credible and knew what was going on the whole time, and then quietly ignore or come up with some excuse for the ones they get wrong 

2 hours ago, Made In Aston said:

Yes, if you work on the basis that €50m is not a significant risk. 

Was going to put more but then cut it - yeah €50m is a big risk but show me a player who doesn’t have some risks, whether it’s a big fee, lack of experience, poor form, injuries, whatever it is all transfers are a risk. This lad has played a lot of games at a high level (not PL level but no league is IMO) with well over 100 starts in the last 3 seasons in all comps so in that regard he is tried and tested, certainly his current team trusts him. €50m is a big fee but the transfer market is so obscene nowadays so it’s not mega-money in the grand scheme of things, it’s only £5m more than Buendia (inc add ons) for example.

46 minutes ago, RicRic said:

Worth noting its everything they’ve seen in the Bundesliga … what we have got with Bailey so far and from the hype that had surrounded Sancho anyone coming from there scares me to bits, so (A) i dont want to be overpaying and (B) i want us to ensure we buy another for insurance in case it is going badly and we need a quick fix.

I get the point about the iffy record of Bundesliga players but ultimately villa need a wide forward and for the quality required there just aren’t that many options available in world football, and there all going to have risks of some description. Maybe Diaby is genuinely the best option identified with the lowest risk  

17 hours ago, Jas10 said:

I love FBref stats and the insight they provide, but sometimes it’s the basic stuff which provides the most insight. Last season he made 29 appearances in the league, but only 13 of them were starts. So clearly there’s a mismatch between these stats and the actual impact he has on the first team.

My assumption would be that coming off the bench regularly leads to some distortions of the per 90 data. Hypothetical example 1 dribble in a 10 minute cameo against a tired defence = 9 dribbles per 90 which is the best in Europe, and in reality is completely different to a player who completes 9 successful dribbles in one game.

Not saying he’s a bad player or anything, obviously he’s got a lot of talent but extra context is needed for the stats and in this case it’s probably over exaggerated some of his positive attributes.

6 minutes ago, Jas10 said:

Oh… had no idea…

Thought he was one of the more reasonable accounts… maybe he’s mended his ways?

Seems better than Total Villa for instance…

Most of them are as bad as each other tbh

2 minutes ago, Jas10 said:

 

Prefer him to Diaby?

Yeah, very impressive:

 

Yet he only started 13 times 

I only know a little about him, very rapid, good dribbler and high potential… but is he the finished article? Judging by 17 league starts in 2 years probably not, unless he’s just reached the tipping point very recently 

Would assume Diaby is more of a solid bet as he’s been a proper first choice player for Leverkusen for 3 seasons now. With the inconsistencies of Bailey, Coutinho, Buendia, Traore I’d rather go with Diaby 

5 minutes ago, Delphinho123 said:

I don’t quite know what has to be said for you lot to realise that the account you’re referencing is not ‘ITK’. Like, this is primary school stuff. 

Nah it’s clearly legitimate, he’s gone through the effort of setting up an anonymous twitter account and has even gone on to google images to get a generic picture of a famous footballer/manager for his profile picture, that’s the hallmark of credibility right there

8 minutes ago, lexicon said:

 

I don't think you remember what poor looks like 

 

Yeah he was so good at Atletico the manager didn’t want him and then sent him away on loan, where he was so good Chelsea didn’t want to keep him when his loan expired 

I’m sceptical of Felix, he was poor at Atletico and poor at Chelsea. We would just be signing him off of his reputation which is always a recipe for disaster, especially when he would be a mega earner and would probably cost a lot as Atletico need to recoup some of their wasted costs on him. He also fell out with his manager which is hardly a good sign of a player with the right attitude 

Maybe it is genuinely a case of “not fitting the system properly” and Emery can get him firing again in our system. But usually players who can never fit into a system eventually the penny drops that it’s a problem with the player not the system (which incidentally has been very successful for Atletico)

3 hours ago, alreadyexists said:

It’s funny how big money moves can completely stifle a young player’s development. I suppose it’s the weight of pressure and/or the lack of ‘drive’ because they’re set for life no matter what. 
Not saying Sancho is done or anything but his price tag and wages will discourage most from going for him, because the outlay doesn’t match the probable outcome.

Actually thought Sancho was really underwhelming whenever he played for England even before his move

I don’t think we’re interested nor do I think he’s available either 

2 minutes ago, Ouchmefoot said:

yeah Kadan Young is looking really good

Only 17 years old, looks like he could be a real prospect. Would be great if he could be given some cameos off the bench this season especially in the cups

Bogarde looks like an interesting player, for a natural centre back he looks incredibly comfortable on the ball

Just now, IrishVilla10 said:

I’ve been annoyed at the lack of play down the right I’m not sure what else he can do

He just won a penalty. I think he’s looked better than Aaron Ramsey on the other side. His problem though is he seems like a winger who wants to hug the touchline, not sure that’s what Emery wants