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36 minutes ago, MrBlack said:

Not a loss though is it, either from an FFP perspective or from a how much we bought him for vs sold him for. 

If you factor in how much we paid while he was here you could argue we have less money than we would have if we'd never bought him, but even then you're reaching.

He has spectacularly fallen out of favour in a short time though. 

Thought we signed him for £18m. Not sure of the accounting, and I could even be wrong about the fee. Still a hell of a fall from grace though.

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Confirmed gone by the OS now.

Matt Targett joins Newcastle United | AVFC

Aston Villa can confirm that Matt Targett has completed a permanent move to Newcastle United for a fee of £15m.

Targett became a Villan in the summer of 2019 soon after the Play-Off Final victory and quickly established himself as first-choice left back under Dean Smith.

He made 32 appearances in his maiden 2019/20 season with the club and went on to appear 38 times in the 2020/21 campaign where he ended the season as Players’ Player of the Year.

After 19 appearances last term, he joined Newcastle on loan in January with an option for the Toon to make his move permanent in the summer, which they have now triggered.

Matt is very popular with players and staff alike and he will always have many friends at Aston Villa.

We would like to wish Matt all the very best in the next phase of his career.

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Targett popular with players and staff alike but not some fans 🙄

Good luck to him. Never understood the malice he got on here

Somebody in the squad is worried they will be the next VT bottler/coward 😂

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9 minutes ago, Keyblade said:

Thought we signed him for £18m. Not sure of the accounting, and I could even be wrong about the fee. Still a hell of a fall from grace though.

Think it was 14m if all additional fee clauses were met. Chances are they might not have been.  So only a slight profit in any case

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2 minutes ago, Zatman said:

Targett popular with players and staff alike but not some fans 🙄

Good luck to him. Never understood the malice he got on here

Somebody in the squad is worried they will be the next VT bottler/coward 😂

To be fair, Micah Richards was EXTREMELY popular with the players and staff at VP lol.

That is no indication of a player, as a player.

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1 minute ago, Tomaszk said:

Feels like we don't often announce fees very often?

We definitely don't when we buy. Maybe when we sell we're less guarded. If the public don't know our net position on sales and purchases its got to be better for our ability to negotiate a price. Maybe Newcastle would only complete if it got announced, in a sort of "this is a good deal for us" kind of way. 

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Always gave 100% (on the pitch, at least), despite his obvious limitations.

I'll always remember him for his goal against Brighton and getting absolutely ragdolled by Lukaku.

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4 minutes ago, Zatman said:

Targett popular with players and staff alike but not some fans 🙄

Good luck to him. Never understood the malice he got on here

Somebody in the squad is worried they will be the next VT bottler/coward 😂

Physically and mentally weak player move on 

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12 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said:

Confirmed gone by the OS now.

Matt Targett joins Newcastle United | AVFC

Aston Villa can confirm that Matt Targett has completed a permanent move to Newcastle United for a fee of £15m.

Targett became a Villan in the summer of 2019 soon after the Play-Off Final victory and quickly established himself as first-choice left back under Dean Smith.

He made 32 appearances in his maiden 2019/20 season with the club and went on to appear 38 times in the 2020/21 campaign where he ended the season as Players’ Player of the Year.

After 19 appearances last term, he joined Newcastle on loan in January with an option for the Toon to make his move permanent in the summer, which they have now triggered.

Matt is very popular with players and staff alike and he will always have many friends at Aston Villa.

We would like to wish Matt all the very best in the next phase of his career.

£15m plus the loan fee? Decent price tbf.

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By the start of this season we were looking super incongruous with the 2 Matt's at fullback. We were going to upgrade on him eventually, I'm glad we did it so swiftly and decisively looking back. Getting a good fee for him too is great. 

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£15m + 3-5m for the loan is a good price. Digne effectively cost us £5-7m. I'll take that. Good move all round.

Us announcing the fee means we've probably pushed for us to be allowed to announce the fee in the negotiations. Purslow keen to show when we are getting decent money, not often nowadays exact fees are outwardly discussed by clubs.

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In simplistic terms did we make about £3m on him, brought for £12m and sold for £15m? 

Not the best deal but also the not worst. Similar to him as a player, not the best not the worst. Played a vital part in keeping us up and had a good season last year. Clearly wanted to go though, although he’ll no doubt be backup at Newcastle soon.

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