dounavilla Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Come the close of the window we will look at the squad including the inevitable signings and I am sure we will have hope and will feel better. Lerner has no choice but spend and the wage bill is down, but most of all with Fox, Sherwood and this new German fella, I am sure they will sort this out. I reckon £70m could be spentl No offence pal but have you been at the ecstasy ? No chance in that happening IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leighavfc Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Come the close of the window we will look at the squad including the inevitable signings and I am sure we will have hope and will feel better. Lerner has no choice but spend and the wage bill is down, but most of all with Fox, Sherwood and this new German fella, I am sure they will sort this out. I reckon £70m could be spent Not sure we will spend anywhere 70m myself but i would bloody love it if we did lol I have faith in the new setup to get it right this time though, and not just a bungling paul faulkner running around spouting nonsense like a headless chicken !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Im gonna be so pissed if we don't now spend at least 40 million. on one player Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSV Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 (edited) We've spent the Delph money already. Some Benteke money went to genk plus randy usual 6 million. We have around 33 million to spend. 23million after amavi Edited July 17, 2015 by KSV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussievillan Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Unfortunately I can see only about 30m being re-invested at the moment, That would be for a new striker & midfielder on top of Amavi. Should there be doom & gloom after the first couple of games, then more money may be made available. Will be tough for Tim to shape this team so quickly, patience & total support will be required from everybody. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-Reacho Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 We have been crap for years so I am rather upbeat about butchering the squad. Welcome to the new age . Feel exactly the same as this. It's not like when we were in sixth place and sold off Milner, Barry, Young, and Downing etc. We've been circling the drain for the last 3/4 seasons - a purge of our whole team from top to bottom may be exactly what we need. Delph was a key member/captain of the side that was routinely hammered under Lambert and a few times under Sherwood too. Whilst individually he's a great player he's clearly not all that. Reilly seems to have pedigree for bringing in talent and Sherwood looks like he can motivate them. We're being linked with some of the top players in Europe - there's clearly a plan in place to rebuild the squad. Looking forward to seeing our squad on 1st September - I reckon it will be as good as last year's at least. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vandaq Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 We've spent the Delph money already. Some Benteke money went to genk plus randy usual 6 million. We have around 33 million to spend. 23million after amavi But surely we should have some money from the "get-go" of this summer? We can't rely solely on the money we earned from selling players, not now considering where we are and our squad. Also not taking into account of all the players that have left and the wages they had with them. There should be a lot more and I get the feeling we won't see a single dime of that. At most, 25-30m left for this window. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avfctom89 Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Would anybody take flamini apparently he is available to leave ..not sure about his wages but on a cheap I feel he could do a job .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSV Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Remy on loan and a young European striker like Martial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nabby Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Cambiasso looking like won't sign deal at Leicester , worth taking as a short term fix to add experience to the midfield ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacketspuds Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 (edited) Cambiasso looking like won't sign deal at Leicester , worth taking as a short term fix to add experience to the midfield ?Prefer the thought of Darder and Praet coming in. Amavi at LB. Newcastle are looking at Mitrovic and Chancel Mbemba (plays at centre back) for £20m or so, maybe we should get on that as both are quality young players. Then maybe get a more experienced striker on loan as well. Our squad needs serious investment in this window. Edited July 17, 2015 by jacketspuds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czechlad Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Would take Remy in a heart beat. I think he would work very well under Sherwood 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanBalaban Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Would definitely take Cambiasso in addition to Praet and Darder. We lack a leader. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichiBoi11 Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 I think if we could get him Cambiasso would be a very shrewd, albeit short term signing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted July 17, 2015 Moderator Share Posted July 17, 2015 Would anybody take flamini apparently he is available to leave ..not sure about his wages but on a cheap I feel he could do a job .. Selling burgers or in the club shop? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyM3000 Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 I have faith Sherwood will at least buy players that can play football and fit into the style he wants to play. Had zero faith in the last few managers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackbauer24 Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 I said this when we first 'sold' Delph a week ago, but it is not unreasonable to EXPECT Villa to spend £70m this summer considering the sales. Benteke + Delph + Weimann + Lowton + Sylla = c. £45m + wages of Bent, Vlaar and Given in particular = £8m (worked out as £50k each x 52 weeks) + moderate investment considering poor performance of team and new manager well within FFP = £20m It's only a sign of how beaten down as a fan base, how shoe-string a budget we run year on year, how unambitious our Chairman is that we think this is unrealistic. We all expect now that we will make a profit on sales over spending and reduce the wages yet again. Obviously expenditure on signings and wages is invariably (but not guaranteed) to link to quality. So a team that is so obviously dire, will reduce the quality of the squad once more and simply hope to survive again. And we as a fan base, and I'm equally as guilty, will just shrug our shoulders and accept how pathetic we have become when we invest so little. Depressing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted July 17, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted July 17, 2015 (edited) I'm really not feeling too downbeat about the Benteke and Delph sales. Lerner generally gives us 15-20m in the summer. We've got £40m in the bank for the Benteke and Delph. With £50-60m we can go and get 5 quality players with that if we're smart with it. I don't believe Randy will take this money out of the club, the wage bill is under control and we're probably looking quite healthy financially right now. This could be a bit of a turning point for us, and could see us push up the table a bit. I'm quite excited about who we bring in. Edited July 17, 2015 by PieFacE 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skarroki Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 We've been the turd that won't flush for several years now. It might be time to just sit back and watch the whole thing (slightly more painful than the last 5 seasons) unfold 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomh621 Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 Who's gunna play RM? If Bacuna plays there and Hutton goes RB, will we get another RB? Sherwood clearly wants to play Gil centrally and he's not really a winger. Bacuna provided some decent assists and seems much more suited committing forward, where he can be more of an outlet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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