sne Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 Do we have a tread for this yet? I hear a new forward might be needed in January... If not, now we do. Been linked with quite a few players already but nothing done yet as far as I know. They've posted a list of players with expiring contracts in the Mail and there are some interesting names among them. Quite a few we'd never be able to attract of course. But some that we might. So as good a start as any Quote Goalkeeper Alexander Nubel (23) - Schalke Walter Benitez (26) - Nice Defender Timothy Fosu-Mensah (21) - Manchester United Joe Worrall (22) - Nottingham Forest Eric Bailly (25) - Manchester United Layvin Kurzawa (27) - Paris Saint-Germain Robin Knoche (27) - Werder Bremen Jemerson (27) - Monaco Cedric Soares (28) - Southampton Nathaniel Clyne (28) - Southampton Rafael Toloi (28) - Atalanta Stefan Savic (28) - Atletico Madrid Joel Matip (28) - Liverpool Thomas Meunier (28) - Paris Saint-Germain Nacho (29) - Real Madrid Benjamin Stambouli (29) - Schalke Jose Luis Palomino (29) - Atalanta Toby Alderweireld (30) - Tottenham James Chester (30) - Aston Villa Federico Fernandez (30) - Newcastle Maya Yoshida (31) - Southampton Jan Vertonghen (32) - Tottenham Ezequiel Garay (32) - Valencia Aleksandar Kolarov (33) - Roma Giorgio Chiellini (35) - Juventus Midfielder Boubakary Soumare (20) - Lille Viktor Kovalenko (23) - Shakhtar Donetsk Gaston Pereiro (24) - PSV Eindhoven Raphael Guerreiro (25) - Borussia Dortmund Janik Haberer (25) - Freiburg Adrien Hunou (25) - Stade Rennes Daler Kuzyaev (26) - Zenit St. Petersburg Marco Van Ginkel (26) - Chelsea Christian Eriksen (27) - Tottenham Jeff Hendrick (27) - Burnley Robbie Brady (27) - Burnley Nampalys Mendy (27) - Leicester City Mario Gotze (27) - Borussia Dortmund Steven Zuber (28) - Hoffenheim Tobis Strobl (29) - Borussia Monchengladbach Ashley Westwood (29) - Burnley Giacomo Bonaventura (30) - AC Milan Charles Aranguiz (30) - Bayer Leverkusen Ki Sung-Yong (30) - Newcastle United Mikel San Jose (30) - Athletic Bilbao Adam Lallana (31) - Liverpool Ever Banega (31) - Sevilla Nemanja Matic (31) - Manchester United Daniel Caligiuri (31) - Schalke Blaise Matuidi (32) - Juventus David Silva (33) - Manchester City James Milner (33) - Liverpool Joao Moutinho (33) - Wolves Luka Modric (34) - Real Madrid Fernandinho (34) - Manchester City Forward Jarrod Bowen (22) - Hull City Jordon Ibe (23) - Bournemouth Ryan Fraser (25) - Bournemouth Christian Benteke (28) - Crystal Palace Jonathan Kodjia (29) - Aston Villa Oumar Niasse (29) - Everton Willian (31) - Chelsea Juan Cuadrado (31) - Juventus Josip Ilicic (31) - Atalanta Artem Dzyuba (31) - Zenit St. Petersburg Edinson Cavani (32) - Paris Saint-Germain Dries Mertens (32) - Napoli Pedro (32) - Chelsea Jose Callejon (32) - Napoli Olivier Giroud (33) - Chelsea https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/69-players-aston-villa-could-17076711 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingman Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 Robert Lewandowski Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 Given past links, Jarrod Bowen could be a good shout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted October 13, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted October 13, 2019 Benrahma, a back-up to Wes that's better than Davies, a young talented left back who offers more than Taylor to fight it out with Targett. Otherwise happy to see the existing squad getting games and improving. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 I first saw Jonny Williams in the playoff final and he really stood out. Now he’s playing for Wales and looks a really tidy player. I reckon he’ll be the Premier League eventually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 Boubakary Soumare is out of contract? Blimey, pick of clubs for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zab6359 Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 8 hours ago, av1 said: Given past links, Jarrod Bowen could be a good shout. Agree he'd be a good addition, I wonder if Hull would sell in Jan just to make some money on him or are prepared to let him go for free in the summer tough letting your top scorer go mid season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zab6359 Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 Paper talk we are looking at Eric Dier. Thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villan_of_oz Posted October 14, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted October 14, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, zab6359 said: Paper talk we are looking at Eric Dier. Thoughts? Heard the same, my straight up answer is no! I understand he plays for the mighty spurs () and is an England international but he flatters to deceive imo. Him and Barkley would be dead set certainties for my team of overhyped shite footballers I never want playing for my club. Plus I assume we would buy him as a defensive midfielder and we have Marvellous, so unless Dire wants to be an understudy I think it's a non starter. Edited October 14, 2019 by Villan_of_oz Yes I know I mispelled Dier or did I 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 I'm pretty sure another cm is not on our list Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villan_of_oz Posted October 14, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted October 14, 2019 (edited) You never know, by the time January rolls around we may be playing so well that further additions aren't really needed. I understand that there is concern in the striker department but I think Wesley will keep getting better especially with a bit of confidence in him. Kodjia is coming back and whilst I don't rate him in the Prem, if he plays he may be good for a few goals and Davis is getting minutes under his belt. His finishing worries me a bit but has good hold up play and shows a willingness to be a real team player. If we are struggling a bit or looking to kick on into a European spot, I would think that another winger would be a shout but only if the quality is definitely an improvement on what we have. After we win this weekend, the pressure will ease slightly and we can go and grab a result or two in our tough matches coming up. I digress..... If the window was open right now I'm not sure we are desperate for any position, however quality players are always welcome. Edited October 14, 2019 by Villan_of_oz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 3 hours ago, zab6359 said: Paper talk we are looking at Eric Dier. Thoughts? Dierbolical player 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted October 14, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted October 14, 2019 3 hours ago, zab6359 said: Paper talk we are looking at Eric Dier. Thoughts? I've seen this. Makes no sense to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zab6359 Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 1 hour ago, Demitri_C said: I'm pretty sure another cm is not on our list That was my initial thoughts, but you never know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted October 14, 2019 Author Share Posted October 14, 2019 As shown by Nakamba, Ndidi and tons of other examples you can find players as good or even much better than Dier for a fraction of what he would cost if you look abroad. Dier would be a terrible signing and why would we want him. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 (edited) Dier is shot. He moves like he's 35 years old. We're already very well stocked in midfield, and the only position he can play without being a liability is CB where we're incidentally also very well stocked. Makes zero sense. Edited October 14, 2019 by Keyblade 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 As of today for me, we need: LB (backup for targett - unless Mungo Bridge could step up?). A winger/inside forward for depth and challenging current first 11. Possibly a striker?, Wesley is fine but probably need someone to really challenge him? (Would be nice to see Davis be a real challenger though - wonder if he can?) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilko154 Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 Realistically we now need to sign at least one player in every single transfer window. Even if by January we are looking good and playing well, quality players in every window will slowly strengthen us. For me January is where we need to invest in a winger/inside forward or a striker. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 the players in England cant be signed on a free until may dier is papertalk, maybe his agent contract fishing or trying to start a conversation about game time (not sure if he even starts for spurs?) we wont be signing him, man utd on the other hand... we might just need more depth, definitely at striker, winger depends on how jack on the left plays out, if he stays there then maybe we go for a slightly more progressive midfielder but that depends on Lansbury ever being fit (he wont be) and if luiz comes in to his own as a box to box midfielder rather than being seen as a holding one, the good thing about trying to add depth is you can judge based on who is available so I don't think the links to £25m phillips and benrahma will be happening again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New_Hope Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 9 hours ago, Tomaszk said: Boubakary Soumare is out of contract? Blimey, pick of clubs for him. Who??? Bet you'd never heard of him until you played Premier manager 2058! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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