lexicon Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 5 minutes ago, KenjiOgiwara said: Just oozes credibility when you call yourself VillaAgent doesn't it? IIRC he was pretty accurate with his info last summer, but might be wrong - can anyone confirm? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farlz Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 Benrahma and Watkins are so so good 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pintpotvilla Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 9 minutes ago, Eastie said: I think benrahma will be sold on either way . Better hope you're right They are 2-0 up already!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 (edited) We really missed a trick not buying Benrahma last summer, it's the equivalent of spurs refusing to buy Grealish off us when we were in the championship, and now look at him, Benrahma will go on to be a top player Edited July 29, 2020 by AVFCforever1991 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aston_Villan4 Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 (edited) 12 minutes ago, lexicon said: IIRC he was pretty accurate with his info last summer, but might be wrong - can anyone confirm? Looking through his twitter feed last summer and there seems to be a good bit of accurate information. Of course, I have no idea if some of the posts he made were already public knowledge. Edited July 29, 2020 by Aston_Villan4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramshackler Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 3 minutes ago, AVFCforever1991 said: We really missed a trick not buying Benrahma last summer He does look a very tidy player. I was all for signing him last year and he would undoubtedly be better than Trez or el Ghazi. My only concern is as technically gifted as he is, he doesn't have raw pace. Time and time again we see good players not make the same impact in the premier League, I think having outstanding pace really does help when making the step up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoMkali Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 6 minutes ago, AVFCforever1991 said: We really missed a trick not buying Benrahma last summer, it's the equivalent of spurs refusing to buy Grealish off us when we were in the championship, and now look at him, Benrahma will go on to be a top player He was injured and we didn't want to play the money for a player who would be out for the first month or 2 of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 1 minute ago, ramshackler said: He does look a very tidy player. I was all for signing him last year and he would undoubtedly be better than Trez or el Ghazi. My only concern is as technically gifted as he is, he doesn't have raw pace. Time and time again we see good players not make the same impact in the premier League, I think having outstanding pace really does help when making the step up For me technical skills are as important if not more, what's the point in having a player who is lightning, but has no end product , ever? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastie Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 (edited) 10 minutes ago, pintpotvilla said: Better hope you're right They are 2-0 up already!!! Most media seem to think Chelsea are hot favourites for benrahma - would smith be able to attract him ? should Brentford go up I think he would still move on but would command a very decent fee , id be delighted If we could get him Edited July 29, 2020 by Eastie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaAlex Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 Can we at least sign Watkins I think he'd be brilliant for us. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas10 Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 1 hour ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: Seen Ineacho linked ( I know that's probably wrong spelling) as striker from Leicester? I remember I used to rate him at Man City and always scores against us without fail. Thoughts? Scores goals, better than what we have, experience of the league.... What’s not to like? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's Your Round Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 2 minutes ago, Eastie said: Most media seem to think Chelsea are hot favourites for benrahma - would smith be able to attract him ? should Brentford go up I think he would still move on but would command a very decent fee , id be delighted If we could get him The Smith factor could sway him to us, maybe. We have no idea what their relationship was like though. Also would Benrahma be content with not starting every game? There’s never any guarantees at Chelsea with their thirst for signing players. Yes I’m clutching but there’s no harm in a bit of wishful thinking. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Xela Posted July 29, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 29, 2020 Alan Hutton said in a comment that Smith wanted Benrahma, Maupay and Phillips last year. All 3 were strongly linked last year so a lot of the rumours were true Quote Hutton told Football Insider: “I think he should have a much bigger say, I think if you look at the people he actually wanted to bring in. “He mentioned the likes of Kalvin Phillips, Benrahma, he wanted to bring in Maupay as well – he was looking at a standard of player that have done really well this season and I think would improve Villa massively. “I think whoever they bring in, I think it would be a good idea to work closely with Dean Smith, to me he’s got a good eye for a player.” https://www.footballinsider247.com/hutton-exclusive-leeds-ace-among-trio-smith-discussed-signing-at-aston-villa-in-2019/ 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastie Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 1 minute ago, Xela said: Alan Hutton said in a comment that Smith wanted Benrahma, Maupay and Phillips last year. All 3 were strongly linked last year so a lot of the rumours were true https://www.footballinsider247.com/hutton-exclusive-leeds-ace-among-trio-smith-discussed-signing-at-aston-villa-in-2019/ Phillips confirmed villas interest 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RicRic Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 2 hours ago, MotoMkali said: We wouldn't be starting the season with wesley as our striker as well. He is going to be out until October so when the season starts in spetember he won't be fully fit. And we can't afford to have to get him back up to speed like we did with mcginn. Some people on here don't think he is good enough fully fit let alone coming back after 9 months of injury. He has only just started training again so another 2 or 3 months before he is ready to play a match is completely reasonable. We need to sign another striker in the meantime. Precisely.. it would be relegation zone football if we started the season with Wesley, well what i meant was i hope we are not banking on wesley to return for him to then be our main target up front.. thats a BIG no .. Tammy Abraham with Milot Rashica, Everton Soares, Said Benrahma or those types of players around him is what i would be itching to see. I think we need two wingers RW and LW but will end up with one winger , a CB,LB,CM,CF. But we will see ayee UTV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 Brentford look a bloody good side. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramshackler Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 9 minutes ago, AVFCforever1991 said: For me technical skills are as important if not more, what's the point in having a player who is lightning, but has no end product , ever? That wasn't my point though. I agree absolutely. I'm just pointing out that technical players that look great in championship often struggle when making the step up. Benrahma is going to cost alot of money, money that could buy proven premier League players. He would probably be quality, but there's no denying it is a risk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 1 minute ago, Eastie said: Phillips confirmed villas interest Yeah, saw that. Just makes me think that whoever was dropping the names on the rumour mill last pre-season were pretty much bang on and must have had inside knowledge 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparrow1988 Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 Just now, It's Your Round said: The Smith factor could sway him to us, maybe. We have no idea what their relationship was like though. Also would Benrahma be content with not starting every game? There’s never any guarantees at Chelsea with their thirst for signing players. Yes I’m clutching but there’s no harm in a bit of wishful thinking. He definitely won't be starting every game but he'd cope I think but look at who Chelsea have bought. They're filling the positions where Benrahma plays. Pulisic, Ziyech, Hudson Odoi, Werner can also play out wide. They're heavily linked with Havertz. They're aiming for proven CL quality. I don't think Benrahma is on their radar at all. Maybe I'm wrong - I usually am. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's Your Round Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 I’d hope we at least join the bidding if/when he becomes available. That’s all we can ask, up to the finances and the player then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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