samjp26 Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 2 minutes ago, Delphinho123 said: Agreed. Also, what does Favela won, mean? Is that just a poor translation? Seems bizarre tweeting a news article as well? And, there is the work permit issue...don't Man City need to prove he is in the top 25% of their earners or some weird criteria like that? He has a 2-year work permit now after playing for us last season and passing his exams in June. Man City never wanted to sell him, Pep rates him highly, but they couldn't obtain the visa because as you say he didn't fit the requirements. Nobody should be shocked here, it was always the plan, I think if anything it may have just been accelerated due to his level of performances - he was always going back though. It was essentially a loan move that made us a fair bit of money; Douglas proved his worth, Man City get their man back with a work permit and we stayed in the PL. Everybody won. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BleedClaretAndBlue Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 I hate Man City. Money and ambition injected at just the right time got them Barry, Milner, Delph. Each time ripping a piece of our heart out. Now this. They always seem to force us 2 steps back. Sickener. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomav84 Posted August 17, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted August 17, 2020 3 minutes ago, Keyblade said: Looks like an inside joke to be honest. If he really knew he was off to City, he wouldn't be reacting to a clickbait article like one of us plebes. yeah i agree it looks weird Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nabby Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 If he goes we get about 10 mil profit so its bad but these things happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 It’s entirely possible that his brother is just proud of his development. It’s easy to overanalyse it. He didn’t exactly say it’s a done deal. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 Why did he have to have that renaissance after the break. He became one of my favourite Villa player in years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomav84 Posted August 17, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted August 17, 2020 1 minute ago, The_Steve said: It’s entirely possible that his brother is just proud of his development. It’s easy to overanalyse it. He didn’t exactly say it’s a done deal. now now, that's far too sensible a reaction. join the meltdown like everyone else. it's much more fun. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimzk5 Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 7 minutes ago, LondonLax said: Unless it was purely to get around his work permit issues. That's all this was. A glorified loan deal, city couldn't get a work permit but we could as we met the criteria, now the work permit isn't an issue and how he played towards the end if the season in particular, city want him back 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted August 17, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted August 17, 2020 Gutted if he does go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerCollins29 Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 Nowhere in the british press has it been picked up. Stop taking everything as gospel. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 Disappointing but was always going to happen if he played well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 6 minutes ago, Keyblade said: Why did he have to have that renaissance after the break. He became one of my favourite Villa player in years. Yep. I was really looking forward to seeing him next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted August 17, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted August 17, 2020 14 minutes ago, tomav84 said: dunno about anyone else but i'm still none the wiser as to what that means My read is that A) his bro is giving the article credibility, and B. his bro feels that by Citeh buying him back that he has finally completed his journey there. I think it looks quite clear IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenjiOgiwara Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 (edited) Seems very very weird if it's true. Personally I'm more bothered about us losing a first team member that's gelled with that squad over a season, than his respective quality. He was largely poor to average last season the run in excluded. It just sucks that we get so many new players all the time and never get a spine settled. Either way, financially solid business. Edited August 17, 2020 by KenjiOgiwara 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 If we get the replacement right then no issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condimentalist Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 10 minutes ago, Keyblade said: Why did he have to have that renaissance after the break. He became one of my favourite Villa player in years. If he hadn't we'd be down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted August 17, 2020 Author Share Posted August 17, 2020 I’m most disappointed about finally getting to start a player thread only to have him leave after one season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 3 minutes ago, DCJonah said: If we get the replacement right then no issue. Like @KenjiOgiwara alluded to above, whoever we get will likely have to gel and settle with this team which could take some time so we'll be starting from square one. Plus, for 25m I'm not sure we can find a better player than post-lockdown Luiz. Really shit situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 (edited) 34 minutes ago, Jareth said: Favela 28 minutes ago, tomav84 said: dunno about anyone else but i'm still none the wiser as to what that means It's a word to describe a poor or run down area. A slum or a shithole. Not sure I would be jumping to conclusions on this one just yet folks... Edit: Spoiler Without reading into it too much, Rocinha is Brazil's biggest one. Edited August 17, 2020 by AvfcRigo82 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jbvilla909 Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 Be gutted if he goes but sooner or later it was gonna happen.... Maybe this is where the Weston Mckennie fits in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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