TrentVilla Posted December 22, 2020 Moderator Share Posted December 22, 2020 4 minutes ago, rayk said: If there is a clause then job done and this is pointless. But given he’ll have two years left on his contract after this season Chelsea hold the upper hand in negotiations as there will be plenty of other clubs interested.....not just us. The fact that Barkley wants to come to us means nothing unless we put up the cash. Surely as fans we’ve realised that with both Maupay and Benrahma going elsewhere. There were other clubs that wanted both Cash and Mings, neither player was interested in speaking with the other clubs so their interest had no impact on the negotiations between Villa and their clubs. Chelsea may hold the upper hand, as I said previously, it isn’t certain that they do. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 1 hour ago, TrentVilla said: I don’t though think Chelsea hold all the cards. I’m also still hopeful there is a clause for an agreed fee as I was originally told, I’m yet to see anything definitive that there isn’t. Gregg Evans said there's no clause. So there's more than just hope I'd say. It's a sure thing. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rayk Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 28 minutes ago, TrentVilla said: There were other clubs that wanted both Cash and Mings, neither player was interested in speaking with the other clubs so their interest had no impact on the negotiations between Villa and their clubs. Chelsea may hold the upper hand, as I said previously, it isn’t certain that they do. I’m sure there were, but I’m also sure we were the highest bidder too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 3 hours ago, YouUnastanFren said: As far as I can see Josh King has all the hallmarks of a player who has already peaked, and he's no improvement on what we have currently imho. I'd be fairly confident in saying Traore is better in every position than him as well as being 3 and a half years younger, cheaper and looking like he's got massive potential to improve. I don’t expect improvement to the first team in January. But I don’t think we can add improvement to the bench. He will be a much better option than Davis if Watkins got injured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guyavfc Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 58 minutes ago, jacketspuds said: Can we sign Josh Da Silva solely based on tonight's performance? What a player, we should go all out for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 6 hours ago, The_Steve said: The source is Gregg Evans, who is terrible for transfer stuff. Also, I wouldn't subscribe to get his 'transfer gossip' at The Athletic either. what to you mean. He spent all summer saying Grealish was off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul514 Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 1 hour ago, rayk said: If there is a clause then job done and this is pointless. But given he’ll have two years left on his contract after this season Chelsea hold the upper hand in negotiations as there will be plenty of other clubs interested.....not just us. The fact that Barkley wants to come to us means nothing unless we put up the cash. Surely as fans we’ve realised that with both Maupay and Benrahma going elsewhere. If they don’t move him they have a contract of 5m plus to pay and a player who’s value keeps diminishing because of the contract length and his age Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rayk Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 1 minute ago, paul514 said: If they don’t move him they have a contract of 5m plus to pay and a player who’s value keeps diminishing because of the contract length and his age Peanuts for them. And his value will have increased this season (doubled at least) not decreased. And as I said there will be plenty on clubs interested in him after this seasons performance. Im not saying we won’t get him......we’re just kidding ourselves if we think we’re going to get him on the cheap. Look how much we had to pay Bournemouth in the end for Mings after a successful loan. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 Diego Costa set to leave Atletico in Jan. Could it be a decent shout giving him a short term contract here? He’s a winner and might be a good person to have around the squad? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich192 Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 He’s an absolute prick. Definite no from me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted December 22, 2020 Moderator Share Posted December 22, 2020 2 hours ago, rayk said: I’m sure there were, but I’m also sure we were the highest bidder too. No we weren't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted December 22, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted December 22, 2020 53 minutes ago, Delphinho123 said: Diego Costa set to leave Atletico in Jan. Could it be a decent shout giving him a short term contract here? He’s a winner and might be a good person to have around the squad? Yes please. Won't happen but yes please. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul514 Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 1 hour ago, rayk said: Peanuts for them. And his value will have increased this season (doubled at least) not decreased. And as I said there will be plenty on clubs interested in him after this seasons performance. Im not saying we won’t get him......we’re just kidding ourselves if we think we’re going to get him on the cheap. Look how much we had to pay Bournemouth in the end for Mings after a successful loan. I simply think you over value players. The guys only played a handful of games and only be very good a few times in them. Just see where it goes we can always buy someone else anyway if the values don’t match up. If they paid 40 million for him in the summer I would consider that to be too high 50 would be a joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted December 22, 2020 Moderator Share Posted December 22, 2020 So... we've a bit of time until the next game, so time to turn to Jan window.... I think we need the following; GK - Its a tradition LB - Young up and coming to replace Taylor, will be hard to improve on Targett in this window RW - Another option on the right Striker - We need a better option than Davis I'd absolutely love us to try and bring Albrighton home, I'd love to see him on our right in front of Cash. I'm also serious re Arsenal, I'd test the water for some of their good young players because they need cash for a rebuild. They've some good young players like Saka, Nelson and Maitland-Niles they might be tempted to sell. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 1 minute ago, TrentVilla said: So... we've a bit of time until the next game, so time to turn to Jan window.... I think we need the following; GK - Its a tradition LB - Young up and coming to replace Taylor, will be hard to improve on Targett in this window RW - Another option on the right Striker - We need a better option than Davis I'd absolutely love us to try and bring Albrighton home, I'd love to see him on our right in front of Cash. Pretty much sums it up. I would have said centre half but after seeing Hause the last two games and with the return of Engles it no longer seems a priority. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted December 22, 2020 Moderator Share Posted December 22, 2020 1 minute ago, Vive_La_Villa said: Pretty much sums it up. I would have said centre half but after seeing Hause the last two games and with the return of Engles it no longer seems a priority. Yeah I think we are probably okay at CB although the last two games have been right up Hause's street (insert pun) in terms of the way the opposition play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Platt Posted December 22, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted December 22, 2020 (edited) Could Diego Costa as mentioned before do a job for the rest of the season and mentor Ollie before joining Terry on the coaching staff? Edited December 22, 2020 by S-Platt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyp Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 9 minutes ago, TrentVilla said: So... we've a bit of time until the next game, so time to turn to Jan window.... I think we need the following; GK - Its a tradition LB - Young up and coming to replace Taylor, will be hard to improve on Targett in this window RW - Another option on the right Striker - We need a better option than Davis I'd absolutely love us to try and bring Albrighton home, I'd love to see him on our right in front of Cash. I'm also serious re Arsenal, I'd test the water for some of their good young players because they need cash for a rebuild. They've some good young players like Saka, Nelson and Maitland-Niles they might be tempted to sell. I'd try for Llyod Kelly. We've gone down the more athlete route with our signings this summer ( obviously married with decent footballing ability ) He's a big unit, can defend and get forward. Lot of development in him also. Targett is playing well but he's probably maxed out in terms of how good he is going to get. Don't think there's huge improvement in him. I don't buy into the theory that Bournemouth wouldn't sell because they are challenging for promotion. I think they'd sell at any time if a club met their valuation of a player. Kelly would be a sound investment for Villa. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Follyfoot Posted December 22, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted December 22, 2020 22 hours ago, Johnnyp said: Only seen the other day that Blues signed Halilovic. Talk about a fall from grace. He had the big billing from day 1. Next Modric etc. No coincidence he's been through loads of clubs. Reality is he's just not that good. In all fairness mate why the **** would he be anywhere near that shower of shit if he was otherwise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyp Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 1 minute ago, Follyfoot said: In all fairness mate why the **** would he be anywhere near that shower of shit if he was otherwise That's true. Bottom of the barrel stuff. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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