midian 187 Posted July 9, 2019 Report Share Posted July 9, 2019 Thought it would be best to open a post on Tom Heaton who according to Gregg Evans is close to signing for us.Top keeper in my opinion just what we need. 4 Link to post Share on other sites
av1 9,124 Posted July 9, 2019 Report Share Posted July 9, 2019 Much better than what we have imo. Link to post Share on other sites
villan-scott 4,743 Posted July 9, 2019 Report Share Posted July 9, 2019 Link to post Share on other sites
Vive_La_Villa 13,057 Posted July 9, 2019 Report Share Posted July 9, 2019 Good Business. 33 is not old for a keeper. I think Friedal was around 37 when we signed him. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
KMitch 1,486 Posted July 9, 2019 Report Share Posted July 9, 2019 Solid signing, especially for that price. Steer gets a loan to a top half Championship club and Heaton/Kalinic fight it out for the #1 spot. Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post Dr_Pangloss 14,013 Posted July 9, 2019 Popular Post Report Share Posted July 9, 2019 Just now, KMitch said: Solid signing, especially for that price. Steer gets a loan to a top half Championship club and Heaton/Kalinic fight it out for the #1 spot. More like Steer to be number 2 and Kalinic sold. 8 Link to post Share on other sites
Demitri_C 13,250 Posted July 9, 2019 Report Share Posted July 9, 2019 Wish he was just a tad younger but be a good signing k hope for 2-3 years. Most be end of kalinic then Link to post Share on other sites
VT Supporter Chindie 11,502 Posted July 9, 2019 VT Supporter Report Share Posted July 9, 2019 In his prime for a keeper and hasn't played that many games for his age either. No brainer if we want a keeper. Kalinic will be off, Steer and Heaton fight it out for No.1, Nyland er... Yeah. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
VT Supporter villarule123 3,473 Posted July 9, 2019 VT Supporter Report Share Posted July 9, 2019 Good signing! We should have signed him in January and got lucky with Steer. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
markavfc40 12,320 Posted July 9, 2019 Report Share Posted July 9, 2019 (edited) Seen a few people questioning his age but at 33 I'd imagine Heaton has at least another 4-5 years as a top flight keeper left in him if he looks after himself. When we signed Brad Friedel he was 37, gave us 3 good years and then still went on to play 50 odd times for Tottenham. Loads of keepers play at the highest level into their late thirties. At 5-7 mill this seems like good business. Edited July 9, 2019 by markavfc40 3 Link to post Share on other sites
VT Supporter thabucks 2,187 Posted July 9, 2019 VT Supporter Report Share Posted July 9, 2019 Boxing clever with the funds we have and if it means more money for Phillips ... Leao then all for Heaton signing even though i feel a bit meh as thought we were getting Butland ... Great keeper though and better than what we have currently hopefully.... 2 Link to post Share on other sites
VillaChris 7,686 Posted July 9, 2019 Report Share Posted July 9, 2019 Brilliant signing, best of the summer so far imo and without checking for a reasonable fee aswell. For those with doubts look at Burnley's defensive stats last season up to xmas (Joe Hart in goal) and then from December 28th when Heaton came back in against West Ham and kept a clean sheet. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
VillaChris 7,686 Posted July 9, 2019 Report Share Posted July 9, 2019 3 minutes ago, thabucks said: Boxing clever with the funds we have and if it means more money for Phillips ... Leao then all for Heaton signing even though i feel a bit meh as thought we were getting Butland ... Great keeper though and better than what we have currently hopefully.... IMO Heaton is better alround keeper than Butland, much more commanding on crosses and also better at organising his back 4. Link to post Share on other sites
Pez1974 618 Posted July 9, 2019 Report Share Posted July 9, 2019 2 minutes ago, markavfc40 said: Seen a few people questioning his age but at 33 I'd imagine Heaton has at least another 4-5 years as a top flight keeper left in him if he looks after himself. When we signed Brad Friedel he was 37, gave us 3 good years and then still went on to play 50 odd times for Tottenham. Loads of keepers play at the highest level into their late thirties. At 5-7 mill this seems like good business. Friedel is a good comparison, for those who might bemoan his age. I think this is a smart move. We haven't got £1/4billion to spend this window, so can't fill the remaining gaps in the squad with £25m+ players. If we can get Heaton and (for example) Maupay for the cost of Butland, then great. We can always go sign Butland for £10m in a year!! 2 Link to post Share on other sites
swollef 138 Posted July 9, 2019 Report Share Posted July 9, 2019 Has, Heaton actuality signed ? Link to post Share on other sites
Darth Villa 175 Posted July 9, 2019 Report Share Posted July 9, 2019 We're seemingly getting an England keeper, for the same price as a less than stellar Croatian keeper... seems like sensible business to me if we get our money back for Kalinic this window and follow up with KP from Leeds. If it helps to establish us in the Prem then I'm okay with this at £7m, after all I think he's still young enough at 33 to give us a good few years and he knows how to navigate through relegation battles, if that's ultimately where we find ourselves this coming season. It also shows we will not simply pay over the odds, so when we enquire don't assume we're desperate as we will walk away from deals that don't work for us. We're Aston Villa we buy who we want (or not if the selling club start to take the proverbial). 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Pez1974 618 Posted July 9, 2019 Report Share Posted July 9, 2019 Just now, swollef said: Has, Heaton actuality signed ? No. Reportedly close. Link to post Share on other sites
lp_villa830 235 Posted July 9, 2019 Report Share Posted July 9, 2019 Solid keeper, will also add vital experience to our, at the minute very inexperienced backline. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
tinker 1,298 Posted July 9, 2019 Report Share Posted July 9, 2019 What a signing he would be , remember him against us last game of the season when Burnley went down, he was fantastic that day said there and then we should have signed him . Link to post Share on other sites
Moderator Popular Post TrentVilla 24,193 Posted July 9, 2019 Moderator Popular Post Report Share Posted July 9, 2019 I’ve no idea if this is a good signing or not, I’ve not seen a lot of him the last couple of years. I think I’d have preferred Butland due to age but no idea who is the better keeper really. On the plus side it should be a lot cheaper which helps the budget for the other players we need. 6 Link to post Share on other sites
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