Supervillan78

Midfield is literally letting the side down. This has to be addressed NOW in this window, no excuses or we’ll never get into Europe.

Fantastic signing. He’s a class player IMO, and although he may have come in as just backup, I’d expect him to be pushing Konsa for a first team spot. Wish he was signing permanently.  

2 minutes ago, Villa87 said:

He knows how good he is. He knows that staying with us with the signings we are making could bring us big success sooner rather than later. To turn your back on ‘your club’ in this context means he has relinquished the right to ever be classed as a Villa legend. I would absolutely love us to crack on, win a trophy and get Europe without him. He may feel a sense of regret but I doubt it. 

Completely agree mate. 

Meh...

I actually feel quite sorry for Tammy, he was having a fairly good season then Tuchel came in and completely froze him out. I wouldn’t be apposed to him coming back, although I think it’s somewhat unlikely. However, we do need better striking options because I’m honestly not inspired by Wes or Davis. 

Rashica, Oh the irony...

Not 100% convinced about the Alvarez link anyway, would love both JWP and ESR but suspect it’s one or the other? Out of those two ESR has the greater potential given his age, however JWP would suit or system better. Also I feel a deal for ESR would be less likely given that he’s at Arsenal and they clearly want to keep him, although it’s pretty much fare game until he signs that new contract, so you never know.

I’m not going to get too excited by this until there’s something a little more concrete, because I suspect it’s just more Twitter BS.

Irrespective of Southampton’s claims, JWP is for sale...at the right price!  

Traditionally they are a selling club, always have been and probably always will be and that’s despite having wealthy owners, it’s their MO. 

They had a difficult season last term and I suspect they are desperate to refresh the squad, so selling JWP would certainly give them significant funds to re-invest. 

I’m actually quite confident we can make this happen...if we want to.

Never really good enough to play regular Premier League football, I think it was best for everyone that he moved on. Good luck Bjorn. 

Despite all my reservations, now that he’s officially signed I’ll be 100% behind him on the pitch wearing that famous claret and blue. Welcome back Ash’ . UTV SOTC 

After the euphoria of the Buendia signing this is just so underwhelming. Really not convinced.

45 minutes ago, Phil Silvers said:

Jeez, I don't know which way to look.

 

 

Yes please! 

2 minutes ago, Awol said:

There’s pages of reasons here as to why it does. I’m not fond of the bloke either, but it fixes a number of short term issues  and is convenient for Aston Villa right now. That’s good enough. 

 Fundamentally I don’t think he’s good enough to play Premier League football anymore. Sorry. 

Makes absolutely no sense.

Arsenal would be absolutely mad to let him go! Although I feel it’s just a negotiation tactic to get him a more lucrative contract, I would love for this to happen.  

As much as I would love to see him come back and be brilliant, the reality is he isn’t the player he was 10 years ago. Yes it would be great to have a bit more experience in the dressing room, but that doesn’t necessarily mean we should be signing older players. 

He struggled with the pace of the Premier League in his last few seasons at Utd, and although he managed 30+ games in Serie A last season, it is arguably a far less competitive and physically demanding league.

Imagine if Young did sign and then Targett picks up a serious injury, we’d be forced into changing the entire system just to accommodate him because (unfortunately) he isn’t mobile enough to play an attacking wing-back role anymore.

He was a fantastic player for us, no doubt, but his time has past and IMO we should just let sleeping dogs lye.  

Injuries have disrupted his career, when he signed for Utd back in 2008 he obviously had potential. However, in the last 3 seasons combined he’s scored a total of 9 goals. Although he’s still only 29, I much rather give Barry a chance.

The guy was average 5 years ago. His time has passed, and I honestly can’t believe we’re even interested. Promote Barry to the first team to cover Watkins.

Josh King....

8 minutes ago, MotoMkali said:

Well Mahrez from a worse league. Ligue 2.

But my general point is this sarr looks like he is a special talent and sometimes you have to push the boat out for these signings. 35 mil for tielemans and 40 mil for fofana. If we could get sarr for under 25 mil I think it will be a massive steal. Because he is already this good at 18.

I understand what you’re saying, however given the fact that he has only made 22 senior appearances in his entire career, in a less competitive league gives me cause for concern considering the sums of money reportedly involved.

And although I’m not entirely sure, I believe both Fofana and Tielemans had been consistently good for a couple of seasons prior to their respective moves to England.

The kid clearly has potential however, the reported £25/30m represents a massive gamble IMO, especially considering Kante only cost Leicester a mere £5.5m and had vastly more experience. 

20 minutes ago, MotoMkali said:

It was his first season in a league outside of Senegal. He also started in 17 of their last 20 games (playing in all of them) after starting in just 1 in their first 18 and only having 1 substitute appearance in that period as well. Essentially he forced his way into their squad. Or he improved that much within a year 

That's pretty impressive as are his stats. More tackles + interceptions than rice and Phillips. More ball recoveries than rice. More progressive passing and dribbling than rice, Phillips, Ndidi. More pressures and higher success rate at them than Kante. Similar aerial duel and defensive duel success rates to Ndidi and rice (better in the air worse on the ground) The cheapest one of those would be us 50 mil. And he's doing it at 18. 

Yes, he has done fantastically well in his first season. However, there is absolutely no guarantee he will be able to sustain that form next season. Especially when you consider just how much more competitive/demanding the Premier League is compared to French League. Given the reported price tag/wages I’d rather look elsewhere. Sorry. 

I’m really not convinced. I think he’s only played something like 22 senior games for Metz since November and although he certainly has time on his side, the only way this transfer makes sense to me is to loan him back to Metz for another season to get more experience. IMO he’s not ready for Premier League football and would be a huge gamble.