TheMightyVillans Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 At the end of the day this deal has made our squad a bit weaker and made newcastle a bit stronger. Will be interesting to see the reasoning behind this. Hopefully gerrard gets asked in the next press conference. Maybe Targett is the first player to piss gerrard off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 (edited) 6 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: Obviously mamagent feel different, or might have something else lined up. We just have to trust their judgement. FYI, I didn't want him to go either. But I reckon he wanted to go. Targett is a bit of a Man Magnet. Edited January 31, 2022 by MaVilla 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 2 minutes ago, MaVilla said: Targett is a bit of a Man Magent. So swift you beat the edit ffs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BleedClaretAndBlue Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 Adios candypants Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thunderball Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 Ashley Preece has savaged Targett: "A little over a fortnight since Steven Gerrard spent £25million on Lucas Digne and Matt Targett's chosen to walk out of Aston Villa in a bid for regular game time up at Newcastle. Just nine months ago, Targett signed a new and improved four-year deal at Villa Park after being named players' player of the year. Less than three months into Gerrard's reign and he's gone." Have to say it is a bit weak willed, maybe he is the bottler some had him down as in his first season. Its a no win though, go down and he's coming back, stay up and he's coming back as they will be buying far better. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightoffyour Posted January 31, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted January 31, 2022 Still don't believe he'll be going out on a straight loan unless we actually need the fee / saved wages for FFP wiggle room to make another signing, otherwise it makes absolutely no sense. I'll reserve judgement until the details come out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejoker Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 I see no benefit to loaning him to Newcastle unless they are paying a massive (£5m ish) loan fee. If they stay up then they’ll be shopping in a much higher market, if they go down he might not want to play in The Championship again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted January 31, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted January 31, 2022 has he actually gone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 1 minute ago, Nigel said: has he actually gone? not officially, but as he was on video this morning in Newcastle, its only a matter of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacketspuds Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 6 minutes ago, Nigel said: has he actually gone? His medical is taking longer than expected as they’re trying to find his backbone. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 16 minutes ago, fightoffyour said: Still don't believe he'll be going out on a straight loan unless we actually need the fee / saved wages for FFP wiggle room to make another signing, otherwise it makes absolutely no sense. I'll reserve judgement until the details come out. Absolutely. My gut feeling is this is has to be a deal where the terms favour Villa as Newcastle need players and don't have a lot of time. I'm not sure what a typical loan fee is for six months, but that plus survival bonus plus wages being off the books plus potential permanent deal probably make a lot of sense for Villa if Gerrard has said he has no plans for Targett in the first XI this season. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 28 minutes ago, thunderball said: Ashley Preece has savaged Targett: "A little over a fortnight since Steven Gerrard spent £25million on Lucas Digne and Matt Targett's chosen to walk out of Aston Villa in a bid for regular game time up at Newcastle. Just nine months ago, Targett signed a new and improved four-year deal at Villa Park after being named players' player of the year. Less than three months into Gerrard's reign and he's gone." Have to say it is a bit weak willed, maybe he is the bottler some had him down as in his first season. Its a no win though, go down and he's coming back, stay up and he's coming back as they will be buying far better. If he sits on our bench for the next 4-5 months his value drops. At least this way he is playing and regardless of what Newcastle decide he should hopefully be worth more in the summer after playing regularly. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerCollins29 Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 The only reaaon i can think of is that gerrard comment about players not being willing to fight for their place. Gerrard wants a certain mentality around bodymoor and targett wasnt doing that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post AV82 Posted January 31, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 31, 2022 Player wants to play. Crazy, that. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheltenham_villa Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 3 hours ago, penguin said: What part of it being a loan makes sense to Villa though? Agree it's a great deal from Newcastle's perspective and perhaps Targetts for game time. But he's not a young player we are hoping to develop, if he's surplus to requirements and/or not happy then surely it needs to be a sale. A couple of things I suppose. 1. He's in the shop window, our price in the summer is likely to be better for a player that is in demand/has contributed towards a team staying up (if it happens). If he spends 6 months on our bench, we clearoy don't want him, that may impact a sale price. 2. We may not have anyone trying to buy him right now, a loan helps get wages off the book. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishVilla10 Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 2 minutes ago, AV82 said: Player wants to play. Crazy, that. My thoughts exactly. I don’t buy into the fight for your place nonsense there’s no way he gets ahead of Digne and he’s not stupid. He’s played 2 full seasons starting in the league and he’s not a youth player. If he wants to play football then let him go 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbluesky Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 I think people keep coming at this from a club angle. Maybe the club would rather he was kept as a back up but Targett has really pushed for a move? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 1 minute ago, mrbluesky said: I think people keep coming at this from a club angle. Maybe the club would rather he was kept as a back up but Targett has really pushed for a move? More like a Football manager angle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 50 minutes ago, thunderball said: Have to say it is a bit weak willed, maybe he is the bottler some had him down as in his first season. Its a no win though, go down and he's coming back, stay up and he's coming back as they will be buying far better. Perhaps he just wants to play football. Too many footballers are happy to sit on the bench and pick up their money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 In terms of 'helping' Newcastle, we probably need to stop worrying about what other teams do. Worry about ourselves. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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