villa4europe Posted January 16, 2018 Author Share Posted January 16, 2018 (edited) my first thought on £20m was that it was low not based on walcotts talent (dont rate him) but based on where he's coming from, his england caps and his reputation the game has gone, i could be evertons scouting team chamberlain gone, mertesacker, sanchez and walcott going, potentially ozil and wilshere out at arsenal, starting to look like a massive "project" for someone in the summer, they'll need 4/5 first teamers and a couple of squad players Edited January 16, 2018 by villa4europe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 1 hour ago, villa89 said: Liverpool do this as well. It means you are paying out good money to the players who are contributing to your team and not half as much to the Richards, N'Zogbia's, Gabby's etc. It a very sensible approach and I'm surprised most teams don't do it. I assume that sort of structure is a lot easier to implement if you're a big club who might plausibly win things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 17 minutes ago, villa4europe said: my first thought on £20m was that it was low not based on walcotts talent (dont rate him) but based on where he's coming from, his england caps and his reputation the game has gone, i could be evertons scouting team chamberlain gone, mertesacker, sanchez and walcott going, potentially ozil and wilshere out at arsenal, starting to look like a massive "project" for someone in the summer, they'll need 4/5 first teamers and a couple of squad players Its actually a terrifying prospect in todays market. I bet the board are bricking it. How much is a good, but not great top 4/6 player these days? You've got to be looking at £40m+.... So Arsenal need to spend about a quarter of a billion pounds just to try and stand still. That won't push them any closer to being title challengers. If Wenger has personally been blocking contract offers as he feels its not value for money then I'd fire him, because its going to be carnage this time next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted January 16, 2018 Author Share Posted January 16, 2018 lisandro lopez to inter on loan donis avdijaj to roda on loan (he's not living up to his FM wonderkid status) jose sosa to tranzonspor arda turan to Basaksehir yann m'vila to st etienne alex pritchard to huddersfield (£12m i dont know anything about him) yerry mina to barca (or him) manuel akanji to dortmund Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted January 16, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted January 16, 2018 I take it we’ve all suspected Chelsea would be interested in Andy Carroll for some time now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czechlad Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 Carroll is actually a good striker when he is fit. Problem is he is never fit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 (edited) Sanchez will join the team that pays the highest salary. Not saying that's wrong... Edited January 16, 2018 by Xela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 1 hour ago, Xela said: Sanchez will join the team that pays the highest salary. Not saying that's wrong... Talk is he wants £25m for himself now, or £40m in the summer, as a top player you’d be mad to sign a contract extension. Insane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 Walcott is such a garbage, nothing player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 20 minutes ago, Dr_Pangloss said: Walcott is such a garbage, nothing player. less Premier League goals than Gabby in a much better team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markavfc40 Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 I just felt really old when I realised Walcott is nearly 29. For some reason I had him down as being about 23/24 as it doesn't seem that long since he came onto the scene full of promise. He hasn't got close to living up to the initial hype. Shown it in flashes but way too inconsistent. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 11 hours ago, Demitri_C said: Derby signing Cameron Jerome Must be unloading a few strikers as they have about seven on their books. Problem with that sort of signing is what happens if they go up as Jerome has shown at about four different clubs he's no good in the premier league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 6 hours ago, villa4europe said: lisandro lopez to inter on loan donis avdijaj to roda on loan (he's not living up to his FM wonderkid status) jose sosa to tranzonspor arda turan to Basaksehir yann m'vila to st etienne alex pritchard to huddersfield (£12m i dont know anything about him) yerry mina to barca (or him) manuel akanji to dortmund Lisandro Lopez must be well into his 30s now, I remember him being pretty prolific for Porto but that was over 10 years ago. Pritchard was really good at Brentford on loan but his career has stalled since. Should've gone to Brighton instead of Norwich. Surprised Huddersfield didn't go for James Maddison instead, he's been in great form recently, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 3 minutes ago, markavfc40 said: I just felt really old when I realised Walcott is nearly 29. For some reason I had him down as being about 23/24 as it doesn't seem that long since he came onto the scene full of promise. He hasn't got close to living up to the initial hype. Shown it in flashes but way too inconsistent. Means he went to 2006 world cup as a 12 year old. I take it a different way as for players like that who've been around so long I think are older than they are e.g Walcott being 30 + like Rooney. Bit like when Milner played for us and he was still only 23 even though he'd been playing senior football for 8 years. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 8 minutes ago, VillaChris said: Must be unloading a few strikers as they have about seven on their books. Weimann to Stoke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 Just now, Zatman said: Weimann to Stoke I'll be down the bookies to put a tenner on Liverpool 0-1 Stoke (weimann) if that happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markavfc40 Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 4 minutes ago, VillaChris said: Means he went to 2006 world cup as a 12 year old. I take it a different way as for players like that who've been around so long I think are older than they are e.g Walcott being 30 + like Rooney. Bit like when Milner played for us and he was still only 23 even though he'd been playing senior football for 8 years. I was even thinking he'd played at a World cup when he was about 17 but I had that down as being about 6/7 years ago not 12 years ago. In fairness the older I get the quicker time seems to go so I've still not come to terms with Gabby not being 25. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 16 minutes ago, VillaChris said: Must be unloading a few strikers as they have about seven on their books. Problem with that sort of signing is what happens if they go up as Jerome has shown at about four different clubs he's no good in the premier league. That’s tomorrow’s problem, IF they get to the PL they won’t sweat too much about moving him on at a loss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 Breaking news Mark....Gareth Barry isn't 25 either. He's another that only just turned that age in 2006 and he'd been playing for us for over 8 years at that point! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 Chelsea want Crouch now as Carroll deal fell through I cant believe Conte is in on these deals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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