Vive_La_Villa Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 4 minutes ago, avfcwills10 said: I guess it depends on how you consider a clubs wealth. Farhad Moshiri is worth about $2bn, whereas Sawaris & Edens combined are worth at least $10bn. Being in the premier league for the past three years and getting huge revenue because of this is obviously a huge advantage, but look at Wolves. Even Fulham, Khan is worth about $5bn and they spent $100m. I guess a super rich owner only means so much because it's down to what they want to invest but based on the cash injections we've seen in companies house and their combined wealth I really don't think 30/40m signings are beyond the realms of possibility. But I though FFP means you can only spend what you earn? So it’s irrelevant how rich our owners are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DCJonah Posted June 7, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted June 7, 2019 2 hours ago, AvfcRigo82 said: A hell no on Delph. The only 2 former Villa players who are still playing that I would consider us signing would be Cahill and Milner - and that is only if the wages are right and on a 1 year deal. No one else really stands out. Yeah. **** Delph, you don't get to come back from the way he **** us. Couldn't care less how good he is. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 6 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said: But I though FFP means you can only spend what you earn? So it’s irrelevant how rich our owners are. If only it was that simple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OxfordVillan Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 14 minutes ago, avfcwills10 said: I guess it depends on how you consider a clubs wealth. Farhad Moshiri is worth about $2bn, whereas Sawaris & Edens combined are worth at least $10bn. Being in the premier league for the past three years and getting huge revenue because of this is obviously a huge advantage, but look at Wolves. Even Fulham, Khan is worth about $5bn and they spent $100m. I guess a super rich owner only means so much because it's down to what they want to invest but based on the cash injections we've seen in companies house and their combined wealth I really don't think 30/40m signings are beyond the realms of possibility. Theoretically Villa have two great owners. One of them is well versed in sports franchise and is successful at it, the other is one of the worlds best businessmen. Both incredibly wealthy and both hungry for success in English football. They are used to winning, and want to win. We could be at the start of a exhilarating journey! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 I wonder if some people have watched some videos of this Maxi Gomez, and thought to themselves 'he doesn't actually look that good'. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avfcwills10 Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 13 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said: But I though FFP means you can only spend what you earn? So it’s irrelevant how rich our owners are. My understanding is that in the premier league there's a lot more focus on owner investment, whereas in the championship it's about the clubs being self sufficient and sustainable. Owners in the championship as a whole are no where near as wealthy. Rich owners also make it easier to pump cash into the club via share issues, training ground sponsorship etc. I don't think we have an issue really, we could easily spend up to £150m this summer and if we stay up I would imagine we will invest accordingly moving forwards too. It's only been 3 years but the ambition of transfers for clubs like West Ham, Crystal Palace etc has changed unbelievably! When we were last up there was not a chance West Ham would have players like Felipe Anderson for example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Rob182 Posted June 7, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted June 7, 2019 1 hour ago, avfcwills10 said: The day Wolves signed Neves in the Championship my whole opinion on transfers changed. The Premier League is where it's at now, and we're in it. There's only 20 teams. The really exciting thing for me is that we still have no idea how ambitious our owners are going to be. I think Villa fans are pessimistic by nature (me certainly included), but we are 8X richer than Everton and they signed Richardson for £50m, Sigurdsson for £45m etc. Things have changed and nothing is impossible any more imo. Even more evidence of how poorly run we used to be! To think we could have hung onto him and sold him for a great profit 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted June 7, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted June 7, 2019 I think Delph would compliment our midfield really well. But... don't think I could have him back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 2 hours ago, AvfcRigo82 said: The only 2 former Villa players who are still playing that I would consider us signing would be Cahill and Milner - and that is only if the wages are right and on a 1 year deal. There's a bizarre obsession with re-signing ex Villa players on here for some weird reason. I wouldn't have any of them back. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted June 7, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted June 7, 2019 Do Marseille have any decent players? Didn't Amavi go there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 39 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said: I don’t think he was actually that good a defender. Would be a massive upgrade on Taylor though. Amavi under smith would be brilliant I reckon. I liked Amavi alot. I'd love him back 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted June 7, 2019 Author Share Posted June 7, 2019 Might need a marquee-ish signing to show some intent to get other players to believe or get interested in the project? Huge contracts will always bring certain players, but if we can show that we are building something here more players might be interested. For all the talk about Wolves cheating by using Mendes they actually did create something that made it possible to get quality players interested without offering £200k/w. Keeping Grealish in the Championship was huge, now we might need to make another statement of intent. Hopefully not by spending silly money on the wrong players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teale's 'tache Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 (edited) 10 minutes ago, PieFacE said: Do Marseille have any decent players? Didn't Amavi go there? Thauvin has been very good for them since he left Newcastle, Payet is obviously good but also 32 now, Strootman is good but way too injury prone, Kamara is a good young center back and Sanson could be worth a look. There's a few others could do well for us as well, hopefully we are taking a look at what might be a few bargains there! Edited June 7, 2019 by Teale's 'tache Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teale's 'tache Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 8 minutes ago, PieFacE said: Do Marseille have any decent players? Didn't Amavi go there? Also, as an afterthought, I'd imagine they would of been paying the £9m for Amavi over a number of years, if they can't afford a payment what happens then? Do we get him back or is just something that get's passed on when someone else picks him up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 12 minutes ago, avfcwills10 said: It's only been 3 years but the ambition of transfers for clubs like West Ham, Crystal Palace etc has changed unbelievably! When we were last up there was not a chance West Ham would have players like Felipe Anderson for example. But this is kind of my point as to why the wealth of the owners may become irrelevant. Every club in the top flight can now spend big because of Tv money. But the top 5 or 6 can spend even more. It’s probably the same calibte of players being bought by most its just everything has been inflated. I really hope im wrong but I don’t think having the second or third richest owners in the league matters that much anymore. It would have around 10 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted June 7, 2019 Author Share Posted June 7, 2019 (edited) Maxime Lopez is an interesting prospect as well. Tiny, technical midfielder Edit: At Marseille Edited June 7, 2019 by sne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thabucks Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 7 minutes ago, PieFacE said: Do Marseille have any decent players? Didn't Amavi go there? Maxime López or Morgan Sanson would be unrealistic I know but worth cheeky bid .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob182 Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 12 minutes ago, villa89 said: There's a bizarre obsession with re-signing ex Villa players on here for some weird reason. I wouldn't have any of them back. Not really. People are discussing players that are available or rumoured to be available. Some are dismissing them out of hand, on the assumption that they would command huge wages, and basically be too old. There are countless examples of old players becoming great buys for teams. But because our recent history has seen us waste countless millions, the automatic response is often 'NO', despite some exceptions to the rule being of potential value to us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberman Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 13 hours ago, Jareth said: 11 minutes ago, sne said: Maxime Lopez is an interesting prospect as well. Tiny, technical midfielder Edit: At Marseille Buy all the Maxis! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted June 7, 2019 Author Share Posted June 7, 2019 1 minute ago, rubberman said: Buy all the Maxis! That Sunderland guy as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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