MaVilla Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 lets be real, we are pretty much relegated now, if we do manage to stay up, fair play and i will eat my proverbial hat. So, i would like to review the current squad and requirements next year for an attempt at automatic promotion. Current Squad: Keep: Heaton , Steer, Targett, Taylor, Engels, Konsa, Hause, Guilbert, Elmo, Nakamba, Hourihane, El Ghazi, Jota, Wesley, Samatta, Davis, [give some youth a chance also - ie: bench]. Keep if we can: Mings, McGinn, Luiz Sell/release: (inc. players we have zero chance to keep) Nyland, Bree, Lansbury, Grealish, Trezeguet. this may provide £60 - 70m+? Players Position purchase requirements - min. £80m to spend - money from sales above inc. some monetary input from club (must be quality signings.....!!!!): Defensive Midfielder Central Midfielder Left Winger/Left Inside Forward Right Winger/Right Inside Forward Striker (possibly? - youth/development?) your thoughts!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hippo Posted July 7, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 7, 2020 Just appoint a decent manager - and take it from there... 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVTuco Posted July 7, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted July 7, 2020 Yeah, I really hope the owners see that Smith must go. This was a terrible season where we got progressively worse. We need a new start. Without Smith. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshharris12 Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 Smith and Suso gone most importantly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grobs Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 I’m surprised you would keep all of those players to be honest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbcuk Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 Wouldn’t keep many of them tbh, certainly not smith or Suso 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyM3000 Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 I think we have no shot at keeping Mings, McGinn or Luiz. Heaton , Steer, Targett, Engels, Konsa, Guilbert, Nakamba, El Ghazi, Wesley, Samatta - These are the only ones I would keep but we have absolutely no spine here. Need a couple of commanding CMs, AM and winger. I'd be confident in that back 4 for the Championship but none of the rest should be starters IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted July 7, 2020 Author Share Posted July 7, 2020 7 minutes ago, grobs said: I’m surprised you would keep all of those players to be honest well, we need the core of a squad?, no point in spending 80m on 10 players, when we can keep the core of the squad and add genuine quality to 3-4 positions? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVTuco Posted July 7, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted July 7, 2020 This team needs a heart. From the manager down to the squad players. Thereafter, it needs some quality. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grobs Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 If that is our core squad we are more likely to go down again than back up 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 (edited) I want everyone gone except the owners. O'Kelly Smith Terry Purslow Suso Get out. Edited July 7, 2020 by villalad21 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddytheVillan Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 I'd keep Jota, Steer, Guilbert, Samatta and Hourihane for the Championship. Heaton I think is on a massive salary so we will have to get rid. Maybe a few others for consistency. No chance of keeping Mings, McGinn, Grealish or Luiz. They're all PL quality players who will be available at below market rate. The fact Trezeguet is still regularly starting games, despite being a terrible footballer, tells you everything you need to know about our squad. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farlz Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 The only 2 players I definitely see going are Grealish and Mings. The club is going to want to get promoted again, we aren't going to sell off every decent player we have. Mings hasn't really had a great season but the only reason I've put him in is because he's an England international, someone will be after him. I fully expect us to hold onto McGinn and Luiz. Keeping Heaton will be absolutely massive. He'll be the best keeper in the Championship by miles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 13 minutes ago, PaddytheVillan said: No chance of keeping Mings, McGinn, Grealish or Luiz. They're all PL quality players who will be available at below market rate. Really strange people keep saying this. Who do you think is buying them? Our absolute minimum asking fees between those four will be over £125m. Three of them signed contracts at the start of the season. To be honest if bids coming on for Grealish are only around £40m he'll be starting back at villa park first game back. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 Wonder if there are any relegation release clauses in the new contracts and the summer signings? I bet there is even if the club says there isn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted July 7, 2020 Author Share Posted July 7, 2020 4 minutes ago, sne said: Wonder if there are any relegation release clauses in the new contracts and the summer signings? I bet there is even if the club says there isn't. yeah, we got caught out with Gana in our relegation season did we? (release clause) If we did get caught out like that again, more fool us, it would be idiotic to allow ourselves to be in that position again (unless the clause is for a sizeable profit) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vancvillan Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 47 minutes ago, MaVilla said: Keep if we can: Mings, McGinn, Luiz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyM3000 Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Tomaszk said: Really strange people keep saying this. Who do you think is buying them? Our absolute minimum asking fees between those four will be over £125m. Three of them signed contracts at the start of the season. To be honest if bids coming on for Grealish are only around £40m he'll be starting back at villa park first game back. Luiz will go back to City. They likely have a reduced buy back based on relegation, if not there will be plenty of people after him. Mings I'm not sure on, Arsenal, Everton, Spurs could easily take a look for a reduced price. McGinn could go anywhere, if there's interest he's gone IMO. We can't keep them, they will want to play Prem football. I cant remember relegated sides hanging on to top players, they will force a move. Edited July 7, 2020 by AndyM3000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 (edited) Mcginn hasn't been good enough to warrant a move He started well, lost form, got injured, returned out of shape We would want north of £20m, he hasn't shown anywhere near that value Edited July 7, 2020 by villa4europe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermon Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 Id also get rid of Nakamba, El Ghazi, Davis and Elmo. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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