Rob182 Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 3 minutes ago, nick76 said: 3m, surely you mean 20m? It must be £3m upfront and £17m in installments. The Brentford Way 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 (edited) 49 minutes ago, tomav84 said: nakamba is on strike apparently trying to force a move to us. Yep, he has been for over a week now. Edited July 22, 2019 by AvfcRigo82 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 I think Sawyers is one of the most underrated players in the Championship, I'd have him in the squad over Lansbury. Percy does say that other clubs are interested, however he'll be 28 in a few months so I doubt we'll be in for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayls Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 12 minutes ago, wilko154 said: West Brom about to sign Romaine Sawyers from Brentford for £3 million. Would have taken a punt on him as backup to Grealish if we had stayed in the Championship. Would it be worthwhile in the PL? In the Championship - definitely. Other plans for Prem though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DakotaVilla Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 26 minutes ago, Rob182 said: So do I, but in the parallel universe where Villa have a chance of signing Gareth Bale on 300k a week, I think it's madness to think that the £60m would be better spent on a few young players. Or how about 60m on the transfer fee of an exceptional young player? You could realistically get Zaha for transfer fee and wages for the same outlay a - half fit with nothing to prove - bale. Which one would you go for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 12 minutes ago, villa89 said: It doesn't bother me in the slightest. Normally it would bother me. However as mentioned prior didn't Benteke do something similar? The problem is we don't know if the player might have had a gentleman's agreement with the player and then moved the goalposts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippo Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 32 minutes ago, wilko154 said: West Brom about to sign Romaine Sawyers from Brentford for £3 million. Would have taken a punt on him as backup to Grealish if we had stayed in the Championship. Would it be worthwhile in the PL? Never a PL player IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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GREAT_BEARD_OF_ZEUS Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 1 hour ago, TrentVilla said: I don’t really see us playing this season with wingers in the traditional sense. Brentford didn’t really play that way under Smith and they didn’t cross the ball all that much. Last season I think we did this more because of Tammy but I think we will see the wide players operate more as forwards than wingers this season. I see us playing in much the same way as Liverpool have under Klopp. We'll have Wesley as a focal point upfront (playing the Firmino or Origi role), with inside forwards playing off him either side. As it stands, I see us mainly using El-Ghazi and Trezeguet as our versions of Salah and Mane, with Jota being used a bit like Shaqiri i.e. someone who can come in and play a bit of a free role, offer a clever pass etc, rather than being quite as direct as the other two. Quality aside, I do question whether El-Ghazi or Trezeguet have the raw pace to play as effectively in those roles, especially in the PL where the fullbacks are so quick. It's why I think we'll still be looking to sign another pacey inside forward player who can challenge for those spots. Leao would be ideal, so I can see why - whilst he's a very ambitious target - so many are hopeful we're in for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob182 Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 44 minutes ago, DakotaVilla said: Or how about 60m on the transfer fee of an exceptional young player? You could realistically get Zaha for transfer fee and wages for the same outlay a - half fit with nothing to prove - bale. Which one would you go for? Bale, personally. Just so that Villa would potentially have one of the Top 10/15 players in the world. I get why people would go for someone like Zaha instead of Bale, but that wasn't the point made by the person I was quoting. The alternative suggested was to get a few young players. I don't consider a 26-year-old Zaha to be a young player that you could buy a few of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 Bale is one of the best players in the world, and would be close to being the best player in the Premier league. If we get him he'll single-handedly make sure that we not only avoid relegation but comfortably finish mid-table at least. For what it's worth, I don't think there's any chance whatsoever of him signing for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 34 minutes ago, omariqy said: Surely they just sell the player now it's came to this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheStagMan Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 1 hour ago, wilko154 said: West Brom about to sign Romaine Sawyers from Brentford for £3 million. Would have taken a punt on him as backup to Grealish if we had stayed in the Championship. Would it be worthwhile in the PL? Must be £17m of add-ons then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 1 hour ago, wilko154 said: I can't remember how reliable he is, think he got a few things right previously. Probably just posting after John Percy though... He is hopeless that guy. gets a 1000 phone calls and texts a day by sound of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 I just dont think we are in for Marvellous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 3 minutes ago, Zatman said: He is hopeless that guy. gets a 1000 phone calls and texts a day by sound of it Yet weirdly when tweeting a "done deal" he hasn't been wrong yet. I'd be willing to bet he is announced today on a 4 year deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 Don't know why, but I have a feeling that we're not even interested in Nakamba. Nothing to do with his so-called strike I'm sure there's more to that story. Smith said in a recent interview that there's a lot players that have been mentioned in the press that we haven't even considered and I think this might be one of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 6 minutes ago, dont_do_it_doug. said: Yet weirdly when tweeting a "done deal" he hasn't been wrong yet. I'd be willing to bet he is announced today on a 4 year deal. Going through his tweets the last 2 he said was Joelinton to Newcastle that was nearly a week ago and he also said Celtic have had a bid accepted for Romaine Sawyers who is about join Baggies. I dont trust the guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted July 22, 2019 Moderator Share Posted July 22, 2019 16 minutes ago, useless said: Don't know why, but I have a feeling that we're not even interested in Nakamba. Nothing to do with his so-called strike I'm sure there's more to that story. Smith said in a recent interview that there's a lot players that have been mentioned in the press that we haven't even considered and I think this might be one of them. TBH I hope we're not. But the on-strike thing does lend itself to something more than just idle speculation. Assuming he IS on strike ... he wouldn't do it based on twitter rumour. It's possible we might have been interested at one point and moved on to Luiz, but we'd have told his agent that, so he'd know we've moved on. It's a weird one. But he's not doing himself any favours going on strike. Marvellous only in name, if that's the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thabucks Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 (edited) Anyone else feel we will break our transfer record again this summer ...... I personally believe we will for poss one of the following Phillips (though reckon we’ve moved on) Leao - ( dream but very unlikely we are even in for him ) or maybe Butland ... Knowing the way we do our business if we do it will be out of nowhere and the player not linked .... Thoughts Edited July 22, 2019 by thabucks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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