TrentVilla Posted December 21, 2020 Moderator Share Posted December 21, 2020 3 minutes ago, sne said: Is Lansbury still here? Maybe we could offer him to Celtic as part exchange for Edouard if we agree to cover 95% of his wages Forgot about him, can’t see anyone taking him off our hands he will be a Bosman in the summer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 I can't imagine much will happen this window. The practicalities of lockdowns I just think will have a few more players willing to hunker down for the season. Any signings that do happen, won't be until the last few days of the month I reckon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 2 minutes ago, Rodders said: I can't imagine much will happen this window. The practicalities of lockdowns I just think will have a few more players willing to hunker down for the season. Any signings that do happen, won't be until the last few days of the month I reckon. Imagine there will be some issues with agents and players traveling across borders to negotiate and sign contracts and do medicals. Most of Europe has closed it's borders to England for the time being. Sure they will find ways round it but it won't be as smooth as in a normal year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rayk Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 19 minutes ago, Rodders said: I can't imagine much will happen this window. The practicalities of lockdowns I just think will have a few more players willing to hunker down for the season. Any signings that do happen, won't be until the last few days of the month I reckon. I agree. The only signings that could happen quickly are between Prem clubs. Zinchenko looks like he’s on his way out of Man City and would be great option at LB / competition for Targett. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 On 15/12/2020 at 04:34, paul514 said: We would be harder to break down with one in the team which is the most pressing first 11 need. 3 clean sheets in a row. 7 on the season. Only Manchester City have conceded less goals than we have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-Reacho Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 3 minutes ago, dont_do_it_doug. said: 3 clean sheets in a row. 7 on the season. Only Manchester City have conceded less goals than we have. And we've scored 5 more than them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OxfordVillan Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 1 hour ago, sne said: Barcelona for example. He's #1 on Koemans list apparently, but £5m is probably still too expensive for them due to their financial situation Well, I think we’d struggle against the pull of a Barcelona! On a serious note, though, our stock and attractiveness is surely rising rapidly? We’ve got one of the leagues best players (if not THE best) who is probably the most talked about player currently, we’ve got the standout result this season (beating Liverpool 7-2), with our games in hand we could move to 2nd in the league, a mere one win off top spot, and we play with a swagger. What’s not to like about us right now?! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 1 minute ago, OxfordVillan said: Well, I think we’d struggle against the pull of a Barcelona! On a serious note, though, our stock and attractiveness is surely rising rapidly? We’ve got one of the leagues best players (if not THE best) who is probably the most talked about player currently, we’ve got the standout result this season (beating Liverpool 7-2), with our games in hand we could move to 2nd in the league, a mere one win off top spot, and we play with a swagger. What’s not to like about us right now?! As a Villa fan I absolutely agree. Outside of the UK and to most active players I think we are pretty much an unknown still thou. But we should be a lot easier to sell to players and agents compared to 12 months ago. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 We need two players in this window ideally imo. A DM and an inside winger/AM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villa Stu Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 What about anguissa and oxlade chamberlain? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Brentfordnylons Posted December 21, 2020 Visiting Supporter Popular Post Share Posted December 21, 2020 1 hour ago, MentalM said: Heard Brentford got a striker, Ivan Toney With all due respects please piss off 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MentalM Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 10 minutes ago, Brentfordnylons said: With all due respects please piss off He is scoring, I am already sold and he is from our favorite club to buy players from. Lets buy him for 40 million, and you can get a better one for 10 as you usually do 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul514 Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 1 hour ago, dont_do_it_doug. said: 3 clean sheets in a row. 7 on the season. Only Manchester City have conceded less goals than we have. Ok but the statistics of goals scored don’t change the fact that the ball goes to easily though the defensive midfield positions. I am pretty confident that will show by the end of the season. Personally I think we may have reached a position where we should just take advantage of opportunities of the right player for the right price without pressing need of position. An example of that would be buying Max Arrons or Buendia that were available for 20 million in the summer. Not the most pressing need but a good use of money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG_Villa_Fan Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 1 minute ago, paul514 said: Personally I think we may have reached a position where we should just take advantage of opportunities of the right player for the right price without pressing need of position. An example of that would be buying Max Arrons or Buendia that were available for 20 million in the summer. Not the most pressing need but a good use of money. Smith has said multiple times that he doesn't want to stockpile players. They may replace some players from the squad like Engels, but their plan seems to be to buy starters, not squad players. I'd really like Zinchenko or Basham in the summer, as they can cover multiple positions. It'll be interesting how they approach the next transfer windows now that we have a pretty good and obvious first 11. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam-AVFC Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 46 minutes ago, Villa Stu said: What about anguissa and oxlade chamberlain? I'd love Anguissa. Unfortunately he wont be going anywhere in January. Fulham also supposedly spent £30m on him so I don't think they'd let him go cheap. I wouldn't be surprised if Jose went for him in the summer to replace Sissoko. He'd just have to coach out a few attacking instincts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MentalM Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 3 minutes ago, BG_Villa_Fan said: I'd really like Zinchenko or Basham in the summer Dont think we would go for Basham since he is 32 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 I don't see zinchenko leaving city because he's not 1st choice to come to us and not be our 1st choice either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steero113 Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 19 minutes ago, paul514 said: we should just take advantage of opportunities of the right player for the right price without pressing need of position Not the most pressing need but a good use of money. The thickest logic perhaps i've ever heard. Its real money we're talking about, not monopoly Buy where we actually need it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 Zinchenko would probably be first choice left back for us and first choice central midfielder, obvisoulsy he couldn't play both positions but think he'd be in our starting eleven every week. Last I heard he was being linked to Wolves, he nearly joined them a couple of seasons ago but Man City called the deal off at the last minute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 2 minutes ago, useless said: Zinchenko would probably be first choice left back for us and first choice central midfielder, obvisoulsy he couldn't play both positions but think he'd be in our starting eleven every week. Last I heard he was being linked to Wolves, he nearly joined them a couple of seasons ago but Man City called the deal off at the last minute. I like Zinchenko but no way is he starting in midfield ahead of Doug, McGinn, Barkley, then Jack as another option. Might push Targett out after a while but he will not sign and start. I think he'd be a good signing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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