thunderball Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 (edited) A journo covering Belgium soccer suggests he is a good signing for the money but will take time to adjust and for Villa fans to be patient as he is used to bullying defenders and the Premier League is much more physical. Not as natural a goal scorer as Benteke, but in demand and plenty of development left. I guess at £22m he is cheaper than Tammy would have been and seems a like-for-like player. I guess no return for Tammy now. We have a 6'3" striker now for a more diminutive plan B.... Edited June 13, 2019 by thunderball Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKP90 Posted June 13, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted June 13, 2019 (edited) Cripes. Ambitious. Our record transfer fee casually laid out on a rainy thursday afternoon. Who saw this coming? (nb if true ) Sorry I just saw that Darren Bent was 18 rising to 24M so maybe not quite record. Edited June 13, 2019 by HKP90 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Vive_La_Villa Posted June 13, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted June 13, 2019 12 minutes ago, Tommo_b said: What I have learnt from this video is to not sign a goalkeeper from the Belgium leagues. Bit late for that... 4 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deeps Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 Butland. Mings. Phillips. Wes = nearly £80m!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted June 13, 2019 Author Share Posted June 13, 2019 If we are raiding the Jupiter League maybe we could go for Trossard as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 lets hope this actually gets over the line and we arent gazumped... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deeps Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 3 minutes ago, sne said: If we are raiding the Jupiter League maybe we could go for Trossard as well Only €15m apparently too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
praisedmambo Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 How did he get a work permit to play in Belgium? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 (edited) 3 minutes ago, praisedmambo said: How did he get a work permit to play in Belgium? there isn't a work permit system there, its a UK thing if FM taught me anything...we have work permits (which in theory post Brexit everyone will need) france has a 5 non EU player restriction, spain has 4, Russia has 5 Russians on the pitch at any time, china has something similar, Italy you can only buy 2 non EU players from abroad per season, I think Holland, Belgium and germany have nothing Edited June 13, 2019 by villa4europe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larscapaldi Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 Just now, villa4europe said: there isn't a work permit system there, its a UK thing It is, everyone is welcome with us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JordyTheHague Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 Nice! 20 - 25 million seems like a lot of money for someone with only 13 goals in the belgium dvision, but then again he also scored 2 goals in the Champions League, which were both decent goals. Lets see what he can do! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 13 minutes ago, villa4europe said: there isn't a work permit system there, its a UK thing if FM taught me anything...we have work permits (which in theory post Brexit everyone will need) france has a 5 non EU player restriction, spain has 4, Russia has 5 Russians on the pitch at any time, china has something similar, Italy you can only buy 2 non EU players from abroad per season, I think Holland, Belgium and germany have nothing Yeah i can attest to Holland in FM 19, as ajax I buy all the young things in Brazil and every other country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JordyTheHague Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 1 minute ago, MaVilla said: Yeah i can attest to Holland in FM 19, as ajax I buy all the young things in Brazil and every other country. As Ajax it is easy, but the rule is that an non-european player must get a wage of 30% above the Eredivisie average. This is too protect are own players. This comes to around 400.000 a year salary that must be payed as a minimum, peanuts for Ajax but for all other clubs outside the top 3 it is almost impossible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 (edited) assuming the current and proposed transfers go through, team might look something like: Butland (20m) Guilbert -- CB -- Mings (15m) -- LB Grealish -- Phillips (15m) -- McGinn Jota (4m) -- Wesley (22m) - El Ghazi (5m) so £81 million spent. Would then require a LB, CB & probably a new winger to challenge El Ghazi/Jota. (3 players minimum) - possibly 40m needed for that? So might top out at 100 - 120m spent? I actually quite like the look of that team if it turns out to be true. Edited June 13, 2019 by MaVilla 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Rob182 Posted June 13, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted June 13, 2019 THIS IS MORE LIKE IT!!!! Finally. I reckon Suso browses this forum, and he saw us all complaining at the lack of excitement. So he popped on the phone to Club Ruge and said "Bonjourno, 'ow much for le' Wesley?.. .... ..... fifteen milliano smackers? No problemo Bella, we give you 22. Ciaaoooooo. Tell Wesley to pick me up one of your famous swiss Cheeses on ees way to Le Brexit" There might have been a few slight differences to do with language and pronunciation, but I imagine that's pretty much how it went. 1 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 56 minutes ago, deeps said: Wes = nearly £80m!! Thanks. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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John Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 1 hour ago, MaVilla said: lets hope this actually gets over the line and we arent gazumped... & he gets a work permit. Whilst that never seems much of a problem with some clubs, we have been stung by this before. Perhaps the fee and being in the PL now will swing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 Plus 4 years living and playing in Europe. Thought it was only 3 years before you were OK to move to England. Surely PL have worked themselves into a corner by giving Gabriel Jesus one. He was €31m I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 Let's look at Suso/Purslow/Smith's permanent signings thus far if we include this latest news: Kalinic - 29yo - £6m Guilbert - 24yo - £5m Jota - 29yo - £2m + player El Ghazi - 24yo - £4m ~ £8m (conflicting reports) Wesley - 22yo - £22m Not much to go on but some general trends that are more plausible than others: More players have come from abroad than domestic leagues (thusfar at least) General focus is on younger players, coming in to their prime, who should only increase in value. This is not the case for the Goalkeeper. If we are looking for a new keeper, experience and ability is more valued than their potential future sell on fee. Prior experience of Smith's system a bonus (Jota and, arguably, El Ghazi too). Excited to see what else is to come! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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