DCJonah Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 And this is why I don't take much stock in anything the media (especially the British media) say - the club do their transfer business quietly and we often get stuff like this just come out of nowhere. I don't think you can say that this summer. This is the first thing that the media or social media haven't let us know before. The press were bang on early about everything to do with the delph and benteke deals. There were pics of Guyee on twitter walking out of BHX. The press reported amavi weeks before we signed him and the same with Richards. This summer it really hasn't been a secret with what's going on at the club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troon_villan Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Meh. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isa Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 I know nothing about him but sounds like he could be a useful player to have around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody1000 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 I think deals like this are a little bit underwhelming due to us clamouring for every signing to be a first choice player. Experienced, cheap, good reviews. Next!..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 And this is why I don't take much stock in anything the media (especially the British media) say - the club do their transfer business quietly and we often get stuff like this just come out of nowhere. I don't think you can say that this summer. This is the first thing that the media or social media haven't let us know before. The press were bang on early about everything to do with the delph and benteke deals. There were pics of Guyee on twitter walking out of BHX. The press reported amavi weeks before we signed him and the same with Richards. This summer it really hasn't been a secret with what's going on at the club. We've also been linked pretty heavily to a ton of players who we probably aren't going to sign (e.g. Huddlestone). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omariqy Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Does this mean Holgate isn't happening? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomh621 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 According to good old Wikipedia we were interested in him back in 2008. Doesn't look like he's ever held on to a first team spot very regularly, at 28 years old it seems a strange signing. Will be interesting to see what happens with this one. PLayed 29 games last season, but Cordoba were relegated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 And this is why I don't take much stock in anything the media (especially the British media) say - the club do their transfer business quietly and we often get stuff like this just come out of nowhere. I don't think you can say that this summer. This is the first thing that the media or social media haven't let us know before. The press were bang on early about everything to do with the delph and benteke deals. There were pics of Guyee on twitter walking out of BHX. The press reported amavi weeks before we signed him and the same with Richards. This summer it really hasn't been a secret with what's going on at the club. We've also been linked pretty heavily to a ton of players who we probably aren't going to sign (e.g. Huddlestone). True but we really haven't done much in secret. There will be lots of false reports but on the whole we've known a lot about our ins and outs this summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wezbid Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 We're signing him 15 years too late if you ask me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HongKongVillan Posted July 27, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted July 27, 2015 A partnership of Angel and Crespo sounds decent, not sure about the Jose fella though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomh621 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Seems to me that this guy is just creating competition for Clark and Okore. Unlikely that he is a definite first team player seeing as Cordoba were relegated last season? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted July 27, 2015 Moderator Share Posted July 27, 2015 FFS.... this is yet another deal in us landing Miguel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-Reacho Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Think the media are only after the big money signings. Richardson, Senderos, Cole, Luna, etc were all done like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nnock1984 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 First of our summer signings that's I've been disappointed with. I understand the need for depth and filling a squad, but I'd much rather a young british player was given a chance for a couple of years (like lowton was) and then moved on if not good enough! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 (edited) First of our summer signings that's I've been disappointed with. I understand the need for depth and filling a squad, but I'd much rather a young british player was given a chance for a couple of years (like lowton was) and then moved on if not good enough! Why? I'd just rather buy the best player suited to the role. If that's a young English player or an older foreign player who cares? Edited July 27, 2015 by DCJonah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante_Lockhart Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 First of our summer signings that's I've been disappointed with. I understand the need for depth and filling a squad, but I'd much rather a young british player was given a chance for a couple of years (like lowton was) and then moved on if not good enough! Why? I'd just rather buy the best player suited to the role. If that's a young English player or an older foreign player who cares? nnock1984 cares. That's who. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avfc1982am Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Says on Fifa he's a RM, 67 rated silver card. For those of you who don't play FUT, that's not good. For those of you who do play FUT/FIFA, that means **** all. Well on Fifa it means a lot, I certainly wouldn't be putting him in my team. But yes, in terms of real life it doesn't mean much, players on Fifa generally are underrated unless they're at one of the top 6 teams. Benteke for instance has never been great on there, I'll bet you anything he'll be amazing next season now he's at Liverpool. What is the point of this comment? Seen a few comments like this over the last few days comparing potential signings with computer game ratings - Ridiculous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 He looks like he could grow a beard during the half time interval. I approve. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supervillan78 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Even his beard has a beard, how awesome is that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingman Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Ye ole Cullar song… He's 6ft 2' from sunny spain Crespo - crespo… Jose Crespo villa centre half la la la la la lala lala Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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