Enda Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 The Torygraph is reporting that we're in for Trippier: Quote Aston Villa keen to sign Kieran Trippier from Atletico Madrid to bolster defence Trippier, 29, moved to Spain from Tottenham a year ago and has two years left on his contract at Wanda Metropolitano Wouldn't trust that newspaper on Brexit, but on football rumours? Might be something in this. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir_gary_cahill Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 I’d take him, he’d probably want silly wages but he has quite a lot of Premier League experience which I feel we lack. I think it is good that we seem to be trying to do our business early in both the academy and first team. He’s an England international too but if we did sign him, I’d worry what would happen to Guilbert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPAngel Posted August 24, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted August 24, 2020 I’d be happy to take him if Elmo were off. Let Guilbert and Trippier duke it out for the right back position. in fairness though, there are a few more important positions to be worrying about as we stand. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_eristic Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 Elmo to Newcastle, then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villaphan04 Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post Tomaszk Posted August 24, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 24, 2020 I hate individual speculation threads. Completely clogs up the forum. 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sir_gary_cahill Posted August 24, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 24, 2020 25 minutes ago, Tomaszk said: I hate individual speculation threads. Completely clogs up the forum. I love them, I can keep up to date with who we want to sign 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenjiOgiwara Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 12 minutes ago, sir_gary_cahill said: I love them, I can keep up to date with who we want to sign That's not the case. These are speculation threads with the weakest sources available, thus Rashica haven't happened and probably won't happen, despite him having a 150 page thread. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post useless Posted August 24, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 24, 2020 This forum has always had speculation threads for individuals once they've been linked with their own article by the main press, not sure why people are moaning about them now. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenjiOgiwara Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 31 minutes ago, useless said: This forum has always had speculation threads for individuals once they've been linked with their own article by the main press, not sure why people are moaning about them now. Because that's exactly what's changed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 40 minutes ago, useless said: This forum has always had speculation threads for individuals once they've been linked with their own article by the main press, not sure why people are moaning about them now. It really hasnt useless. When there is solid evidence we hav ebid for a player then a thread is usually opened 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post useless Posted August 24, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 24, 2020 Rashica is the only one that hasn't been linked by the main press, Édouard has been linked by the Sun, Watkins has been linked by the Telegraph and the BBC and others, and Trippier has been linked by the Telegraph. It's never been the case that you've had to wait for someone 'reliable' like John Percy or whoever to tweet that we're going to sign a player before a speculation thread has been started on them. I could go back and find scores of threads for individual players when there's been no 'solid evidence' that we've bid for them, an article in the main stream press is normally enough for a thread to be opened, only certain sources are blacklisted. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveAV1 Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 If we’re waiting for solid evidence of a bid, we would wait a long time with the way the club is now run. They keep everything very tight, which is the right way of course but doesn’t help with our Villa obsessed speculation. It unfortunately means that the so called professional press make up even more tenuous rubbish to fill column inches/click bait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mykeyb Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 Doubt we would spend big money with big wages on a 29 year old Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyrusr Posted August 24, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted August 24, 2020 Both the Sun and Telegraph are not on the list. Given the rules, @useless is absolutely right. We have had plenty of threads historically where players with links haven’t ended up signing. It was just last season when we signing pretty much everyone that happened! Anyway, Trippier just doesn’t sound right to me. Likely to be a huge wage/fee with little to no resale value. Would come in as one of the older players already and seems perfectly content in Spain. Would I want him? Not sure, definitely would prefer someone younger like Aarons and from the sounds of it would be similar in fee value, likely to be less wages and has a lot more potential, so I would go for them instead. We still have Elmo for another year and he is a very reliable professional that is good to have around the squad. To be fair whilst I wouldn’t mind another RB, there are bigger priorities this window to sort out unless they it is something that is going to massively improve the squad long term, like Aarons. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 Doesnt fit our model and he wouldn't come anyway. Would probably go to an Everton on £700k a week. Isn't he having a good time in Madrid also? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 The journalist linking us to Trippier is Mike McGrath, a quick websearch and I see that he linked us with a move for Pedro back in December, this move is probably about as likely as that was. I do think that we'll be trying to upgrade our right-back though, whilst Elmohamady has been a trusty faithful servant, if he's starting games at right-back on a regular basis for you in the premier league because it's questionable whether you have anyone any better then that probably tells you that you need improvements in that area. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenjiOgiwara Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 There will be a lot of threads here if reliable speculation means a tweet from Nixon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alreadyexists Posted August 24, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted August 24, 2020 2 hours ago, ferguson1 said: Just be careful he doesn’t Trippier. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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