Popular Post NurembergVillan Posted July 4, 2016 Moderator Popular Post Share Posted July 4, 2016 Worth starting a thread as this one is looking nailed on. Quote Aaron Tshibola is set to become Roberto Di Matteo's second signing of the summer this week after Reading accepted Aston Villa's offer. The Royals have given Villa the go ahead to talk to the midfielder after a bid of £5 million met their asking price. Full article in the Birmingham Mail here - http://tinyurl.com/zpwwrol I can't pretend to know anything about him, but the reaction from Reading supporters seems to suggest we're potentially getting a bargain. Fingers crossed! 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osmark86 Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 Good stuff if true! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 all I need to know is 1 thing. Would he walk into our current team? If not then im worried about this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's Your Round Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 The fact he's a player that actually wants to play for Villa is a start. Let's hope he can turn into a decent player for us. He's unproven but that's not necessarily a bad thing. Experience isn't everything, just look at Richards et al. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 Forum I read suggested he's got potential to be a good player, still unproven and has a bit of an injury history, £5m is a good deal for them How good the fee is for us will be relative to him fulfilling that potential I spose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted July 4, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted July 4, 2016 Bit concerned about his injury history. We really need players who are good to go and can hit the ground running. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sharkyvilla Posted July 4, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted July 4, 2016 Decent taste in jumpers 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaglint Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 If we're planning to play Traore, Grealish and possibly Ravel Morrison then there will be plenty for the DM to do so possibly this guy and Sanchez/Gana if he stays Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 New hairstyle Not sure what Elphick will make of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 i know nothing about this player....but the sheer stature alone, fills me with hope that we are looking for more power in midfield. size is not everything, but it is a big help, when you have some presence as opposed to paperweights. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 If we sign him I'm definitely getting my barnet cut like his Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dounavilla Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 1 minute ago, villa4europe said: If we sign him I'm definitely getting my barnet cut like his If we sign him and he turns out to be excellent I'm definitely getting my pubes cut like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 15 minutes ago, villa4europe said: Forum I read suggested he's got potential to be a good player, still unproven and has a bit of an injury history, £5m is a good deal for them How good the fee is for us will be relative to him fulfilling that potential I spose The forum I read ended like this as they were resigned to him leaving, but started out with the majority saying they should build the team around him or the bidding starts at £10m. Regardless he sounds like a talent. We still require an older leader in midfield but I see no reason we can't have both? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 Bit of a gamble considering he's only played the full 90 minutes for Reading on three occasions, and one of those was in the cup. Definitely paying for potential here, lets hope it works out better than the last half dozen players we paid for the potential of. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrytini Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 39 minutes ago, TRO said: i know nothing about this player....but the sheer stature alone, fills me with hope that we are looking for more power in midfield. size is not everything, but it is a big help, when you have some presence as opposed to paperweights. I don't know how involved he would've been/is in the overall philosophy but Bond is a Redknapp man and old candleface used to always go on about having a bit of size and power in midfield. I'm struggling to remember the last 'big guy' we had there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 He looks a great bunch of lads. I suspect Steve Clarke is behind it and I trust him on this one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MellbergsBeard Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 Don't have a clue how he plays, can't pronounce his name but for some reason im excited about this guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 5 minutes ago, terrytini said: I don't know how involved he would've been/is in the overall philosophy but Bond is a Redknapp man and old candleface used to always go on about having a bit of size and power in midfield. I'm struggling to remember the last 'big guy' we had there. Sanchez is easily the biggest midfielder we currently have in squad and he is just about 6 foot and has been like that for a long time. we are like Barcelona lite with a small midfield but obviously less talent and have been like that for a while. Osbourne is probably biggest centre midfielder we had in last 10 maybe even 15 years since Taylor left 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrytini Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 Yes Osbourne is the only one that came to my mind. I remember having a really long debate on here with someone about whether he was going to become a key player for us. Unfortunately I was totally wrong about him !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 Based on his lack of experience, RDM and co really must rate him to pay £5m for him. I know nothing about him but he appears to be a bit of a unit, and if there's one thing we really lacked last season, that was a physical presence in midfield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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