avfctom89 Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 Austin , townsend, praet and amavi . Could get all 4 for the benteke money I reckon . and I for one would rather them then benteke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 I'd prefer Embolo over Austin More like for like doesn't have a hole in his knee and is younger as well 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted July 16, 2015 Author Share Posted July 16, 2015 Townsend for anything more than about 7 mil would be stupid. Please Villa, we get one shot at this 32.5mil, don't spunk it up the wall on dross. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ginko Posted July 16, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted July 16, 2015 Townsend for anything more than about 7 mil would be stupid. Please Villa, we get one shot at this 32.5mil, don't spunk it up the wall on An-dross. Fixed. 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaglint Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 Is it just me who thinks Embolo doesnt look anything like a smilar player to Benteke? Not saying he doesnt look decent from clips but he's hardly an imposing big front man. More like a potential Gabby upgrade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Folski Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 Simply have to go continent if we are getting a striker would be mad not to. Pick up 2 lads for 7-10m ideally one big strong one and the other a small tricky one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarpie Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 Austin will be like Michael Ricketts, he'll have a good 1,5 seasons and then he'll forget how to score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted July 16, 2015 Author Share Posted July 16, 2015 Is it just me who thinks Embolo doesnt look anything like a smilar player to Benteke? Not saying he doesnt look decent from clips but he's hardly an imposing big front man. More like a potential Gabby upgrade. At 18, if he's an upgrade on Gabby then we should definitely go for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverdread Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 I keep seeing about the fact we should go for Charlie Austin but when he failed the medical to move from Burnley to Hull Steve Bruce said: "Well first and foremost it is totally disappointing for him in particular," Bruce told Sky Sports News. "We have been working on it for the last three or four weeks behind the scenes but unfortunately he has a bit of a knee problem and with the amount of money at stake in the transfer fee the problem has shown up pretty visibly with the scan and unfortunately that has put a stop to the deal. so it would be an unwise man to spend 12 - 18 Million o a player that Hull refused to pay £4.5 Million for!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omariqy Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 I can't see us going for him 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 I keep seeing about the fact we should go for Charlie Austin but when he failed the medical to move from Burnley to Hull Steve Bruce said:"Well first and foremost it is totally disappointing for him in particular," Bruce told Sky Sports News."We have been working on it for the last three or four weeks behind the scenes but unfortunately he has a bit of a knee problem and with the amount of money at stake in the transfer fee the problem has shown up pretty visibly with the scan and unfortunately that has put a stop to the deal.so it would be an unwise man to spend 12 - 18 Million o a player that Hull refused to pay £4.5 Million for!!!! With one year on his contract at a relegated team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilchard Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 Going on what Tim said about Gil, am I not right to be thinking Praet is unlikely as he is a 'number 10'? Or is that not Praet's position? Would love a 'Name' at the club. Not that they tend to work out at Villa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 Austin , townsend, praet and amavi . Could get all 4 for the benteke money I reckon . and I for one would rather them then benteke Think all four of those would cost more then £32.5, plus factoring in signing ons and agent fees. Still I wouldn't be adverse to signing any of them at the rght price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djdabush Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 Austin , townsend, praet and amavi . Could get all 4 for the benteke money I reckon . and I for one would rather them then benteke Think all four of those would cost more then £32.5, plus factoring in signing ons and agent fees. Still I wouldn't be adverse to signing any of them at the rght price. Not only that but genk will reportedly receive 15% of the transfer fee which would be close to £5 million. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isa Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 (edited) Imagine hiring a 'moneyball' stats guy to help maximise transfer spend then pay £15m a pop on Andros Townsend and Charlie Austin. I don't see it. Edited July 16, 2015 by Isa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 townsend + austin would see the benteke money spent, mr value for money bloke from arsenal will hopefully not approve theres no bargains to be had from other prem teams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 I think Gil staying is more likely to signal the end of any interest in Townsend than it is in Praet. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bose Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 He meant Amavi and I don't think he meant news from the OS. More media news Then I can tell you that there will be news on a player tomorrow. Like I said yesterday we have had news on a player today. Benteke is maybe, possibly leaving. Further news tomorrow on a player. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Folski Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 Historically there has been a lot of players who have scored a high number of goals in one season for a relegation battling team. Someone has to score for them unless your Derby that one season. Even Benteke there are not a lot of examples of someone from the bottom half going to a top half team and setting the world alight. It could be argued that Lukaku who tore it up at WBA has been a flop at Everton. Andy Carroll is another example why I think Liverpool are making a mistake buy CB. James Beattie even got 23 at Southampton one year and was a huge flop at Everton, there is so much more value on the continent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cudoz Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 Austin , townsend, praet and amavi . Could get all 4 for the benteke money I reckon . and I for one would rather them then benteke Think all four of those would cost more then £32.5, plus factoring in signing ons and agent fees. Still I wouldn't be adverse to signing any of them at the rght price. Not only that but genk will reportedly receive 15% of the transfer fee which would be close to £5 million. 15% of any profit on what we paid for him. So 15% of £24.5m = c£3.7m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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