romavillan Posted January 9, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted January 9, 2020 36 minutes ago, thabucks said: posted in Italy with the last 30mins ... https://gianlucadimarzio.com/en/milan-aston-villa-reinas-agent-meets-with-rossoneri-the-latest https://sempremilan.com/di-marzio-milan-reflecting-as-aston-villa-place-e30m-offer-for-spurs-linked-striker How reliable is Gianluca Di Marzio? De Marzio is a card carrying serious journalist, he seems to have some connections to Milan too from googling just now. Just going to ask some mates up there whether he's reliable or not... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romavillan Posted January 9, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted January 9, 2020 Ok, my mate in Milano says Di Marzio is good generally but will ask this fella https://it.linkedin.com/in/daniele-miceli-615057187 who is a mediaset journo whether Di Marzio really has any connections with AC Milan for inside info. Will keep you posted 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Inspiration Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 (edited) 37 minutes ago, Rodders said: If Percy has said no, it would take actualy ITSOTP for me to believe it had happened. Not having a go with this comment but didn’t he get quite a fair amount wrong in the summer? If my memory serves me correct which admittedly can be suspect. Edited January 9, 2020 by The Inspiration Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaglint Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 I am struggling to remember Percy ever getting it wrong. In an industry almost built on lies Percy is a very rare professional indeed. That said both Percy and Di Marzio are saying is simply what the club are telling them. Maybe Milan/agent are making up stories about our interest to smoke out other suitors or Villa aren't giving anything away because they dont know if it'll happen and they dont want to fuel hype unnecessarily. My money is on the former as a lot about this doesn't ring true. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mottaloo Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 39 minutes ago, KevinRichardsonsMoustache said: Open the Piatek thread again to give us all hope! I'm sure that i read somewhere if villatalk open a thread on a player joining us then that player is duty bound to give us first refusal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 On one hand it'll be the biggest deal villa have ever done for a player that I personally think is currently above our station and would be seen as a massive coup so you can see why they would keep their cards close to their chest and not feed info to journos On the other hand it sounds like an unhappy player and a team that want shot of him so you can see why they would use journos to circulate rumours announcing his availability Hopeful rather than excited Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Silvers Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 Ashley Young ???? Imagine last night with him in for Taylor, a good Danny Drinkwater in for Marvelous and Piatek and Benrahama in for Trez and AEG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mozzavfc Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 1 hour ago, thabucks said: posted in Italy with the last 30mins ... https://gianlucadimarzio.com/en/milan-aston-villa-reinas-agent-meets-with-rossoneri-the-latest https://sempremilan.com/di-marzio-milan-reflecting-as-aston-villa-place-e30m-offer-for-spurs-linked-striker How reliable is Gianluca Di Marzio? Di Marzio is pretty reliable for European transfers It's back on boys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Inspiration Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 6 minutes ago, villaglint said: I am struggling to remember Percy ever getting it wrong. In an industry almost built on lies Percy is a very rare professional indeed. That said both Percy and Di Marzio are saying is simply what the club are telling them. Maybe Milan/agent are making up stories about our interest to smoke out other suitors or Villa aren't giving anything away because they dont know if it'll happen and they dont want to fuel hype unnecessarily. My money is on the former as a lot about this doesn't ring true. I thought he bought quite high on the benrahma and particularly kalvin Phillips to us stuff but again as I say might have crossed wires here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romavillan Posted January 9, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted January 9, 2020 (edited) Right, Miceli confirms what Di Marzio is saying, and it's being reported more widely...https://www.open.online/2020/01/08/reina-saluta-il-milan-aston-villa-sempre-piu-vicina/ "Il portiere verso l’addio, Villans a un passo. Nuova pretendente per l’attaccante polacco Non solo Piatek. L’Aston Villa fa la spesa a casa Milan ed è vicinissima alla firma di Pepe Reina. Il portiere, 37 anni e una sola presenza quest’anno col Diavolo, sarà liberato a costo zero dai rossoneri. L’ex Napoli dovrà concordare l’ingaggio con i Villans, ma tra le parti c’è grande fiducia. Reina dovrebbe firmare un accordo di sei mesi con rinnovo automatico in caso di salvezza del club a fine campionato." "The keeper close to goodbye, Villa one step away. New pretenders for the polish attacker Not only Piatek. Aston Villa are shopping at Milan and are close to signing Reina. The 37 year old keeper has only played once this season for the Devil (Milan), he would get a free transfer from Milan. The ex Napoli player has to agree terms with the Villans, but between the two parties there is good faith. Reina would have to sign a deal for 6 months with an automatic renewal if Villa stay up at the end of the season." Sounds good to me! Let's see if the British press run with it, still no direct quotes so I'm not getting too excited. EDIT: Just asked whether Miceli was confirming Piatek as well as Reina, he says yes Piatek offer is real, but Spurs have inquired. Reina could sign today. Let's see Edited January 9, 2020 by romavillan 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post HanoiVillan Posted January 9, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 9, 2020 1 hour ago, thabucks said: How reliable is Gianluca Di Marzio? Not very. I seem to remember him betraying everybody in 'Gomorrah'. 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 Di Marzio were first to report Gollini going to Atlanta on a permanent and Sanchez going to Fiorentina, they also reported our interest in El Ghazi back in 2016 when Xia first took over. Last summer they stated that a representive from Juventus was talking to us over a deal for Mattia Perin, I suppose that could have been true but the deal didn't happen of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted January 9, 2020 Author Share Posted January 9, 2020 His agent is Szymon Pacanowski who also has Linetty, Bednarek & Bereszynski as their biggest names. No idea where I'm going with this information but yeah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveAV1 Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 6 minutes ago, sne said: His agent is Szymon Pacanowski who also has Linetty, Bednarek & Bereszynski as their biggest names. No idea where I'm going with this information but yeah. In other news it’s a bright but cold day in The Highlands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 16 minutes ago, Mozzavfc said: It's back on boys! 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KentVillan Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 16 minutes ago, villa4europe said: On one hand it'll be the biggest deal villa have ever done for a player that I personally think is currently above our station and would be seen as a massive coup so you can see why they would keep their cards close to their chest and not feed info to journos On the other hand it sounds like an unhappy player and a team that want shot of him so you can see why they would use journos to circulate rumours announcing his availability Hopeful rather than excited I don’t think it will happen either. But equally it isn’t totally far fetched. No doubt the Grealish highlight reels are being watched across the world, and Villa are starting to be seen as a proper Premier League club again. I doubt we’re seen as a total dead end for an ambitious player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 He has the option to be undisputed starter here or backup at Spurs and live in London. Spurs don't pay big either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 1 minute ago, KentVillan said: I don’t think it will happen either. But equally it isn’t totally far fetched. No doubt the Grealish highlight reels are being watched across the world, and Villa are starting to be seen as a proper Premier League club again. I doubt we’re seen as a total dead end for an ambitious player. Plus, while other teams are interested, how much of that is real, agents putting out the word or a scout seen a couple times at the ground. It’s money on the table shows if there is real interest. Plus PL is a big attraction for foreign players whatever club it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacketspuds Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 2 minutes ago, Zatman said: He has the option to be undisputed starter here or backup at Spurs and live in London. Spurs don't pay big either Plus he'd get to play shit football under Mourinho. He'd fare much better playing in the same team as Grealish. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-R Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 3 hours ago, Jareth said: MIA for an hour, please don't disturb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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