DevonIsAPlaceOnEarth Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 34 minutes ago, striker said: Can’t see anyone paying that kind of money for Hourihane even though I’ve always rated him. 5m tops depending on length of contract left. True. I thought he had a couple of years left at the end of this season, but he would be in his last year. Regardless, it will be nice to not have to carry large wages for fringe players for whom we have zero chance of selling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laughable Chimp Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, striker said: Can’t see anyone paying that kind of money for Hourihane even though I’ve always rated him. 5m tops depending on length of contract left. If Bournemouth can get 25m from us for Mings on the back of half a good season in the championship after being crocked for years, we can get more than 5m for a midfielder who's scoring a goal a game. I believe the Swansea manager even said he couldn't believe Conor was available. I think there's enough suitors out there for Conor for him to go for more than 5 million. Edited February 11, 2021 by Laughable Chimp 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul514 Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 13 hours ago, KenjiOgiwara said: I actually think free agents is less interesting than what youths we could potentially promote to the first team. We have a pretty good first team bar. And while you can argue we can find better players for Barkley's position, it's probably the depth we need to increase the quality of. As we can't realistically keep two quality players in each position happy, it's reasonable to think some positions should be covered by younger talented players breaking through, who may accept less game time than seasoned professionals. I would want youth players to go out on loan before playing for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul514 Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 3 hours ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: Draxler and Amavi please. Amavi would be a good pick up on a free as long as the wages aren't stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenjiOgiwara Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 3 hours ago, paul514 said: I would want youth players to go out on loan before playing for us. Big fan of loaning out youths here too to be honest! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DakotaVilla Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 It depends if we are in Europe next year. If we are a large part of the youth team could be given significant game time in the Europa league and domestic cups with domestic loans only really being needed for specific cases - e.g. to toughen a player up, build confidence, bring an ego back to ground etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparrow1988 Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 8 hours ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: Draxler and Amavi please. I was thinking this yesterday. Draxler would be a real statement. He's a big name but he's big, quick, and skillful and a hell of a footballer. His wages would cost a pretty penny but he's a fantastic player. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thug Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 14 hours ago, Phil Silvers said: I know someone who would have just caught that. Nyland? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 19 hours ago, KenjiOgiwara said: I actually think free agents is less interesting than what youths we could potentially promote to the first team. We have a pretty good first team bar. And while you can argue we can find better players for Barkley's position, it's probably the depth we need to increase the quality of. As we can't realistically keep two quality players in each position happy, it's reasonable to think some positions should be covered by younger talented players breaking through, who may accept less game time than seasoned professionals. This is something we haven’t managed to do for quite a while now. I think Ramsey is the only one. However we do have some good under 18s that hopefully can start making the step up in a year or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 It will be interesting if we have to fork out £30m for doug and £30m for ross will there be any money left for anyone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmygreaves Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 19 minutes ago, villa89 said: It will be interesting if we have to fork out £30m for doug and £30m for ross will there be any money left for anyone else. We already own Douglas luiz 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 1 minute ago, jimmygreaves said: We already own Douglas luiz Not really because of the buy back clause. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KenjiOgiwara Posted February 11, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 11, 2021 (edited) 47 minutes ago, villa89 said: Not really because of the buy back clause. People seem to be very confused by this clause. Firstly if they acted on that clause, it would leave us with £ 30 - 35 million (which was the reported last year of the clause). Thus you'd have to add that to our transfer kitty. So yes, we DO own Douglas Luiz. Secondly, assuming Manchester City would act on that clause just to make some money and sell him for say £ 40 million. We'd just have to stomp up £ 5 - 10 million to actually own him with no clause attached. Assuming he'd want to stay at Villa Park. I think Dougie is great, but I also suspect Manchester City can throw money on far bigger names in the football world. So I think it's very unlikely they will pay for the release clause with the intent to play him. Edited February 11, 2021 by KenjiOgiwara 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 I think the summer will see us getting rid of some of the championship steady eddies like Taylor, Steer, and Elmo. Conor could well be sold if Swansea go up. Engels (too slow) will go and its up to Heaton to see if he is happy to be a number 2 at the end of his career. Maybe Nakamba to. Davis on loan finally. I thin maybe El Ghazi might go but Trez to stay. Hopefully in about 4-5 new signings, of similar quality of last summer, not summer 2019. Eventually the expenditure will have to be lower, or we will have to sell a few for our owners to get a return on investment? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 10 hours ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: Draxler and Amavi please. Great player in his Shalke days JV. Apparently he has signed a contract with a club in January and will announce his next club in March.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
striker Posted February 11, 2021 Visiting Supporter Share Posted February 11, 2021 10 hours ago, Laughable Chimp said: If Bournemouth can get 25m from us for Mings on the back of half a good season in the championship after being crocked for years, we can get more than 5m for a midfielder who's scoring a goal a game. I believe the Swansea manager even said he couldn't believe Conor was available. I think there's enough suitors out there for Conor for him to go for more than 5 million. Last year of contract apparently so I think you’ll be disappointed. Furthermore, no-one in the Premiership was interested so he had to drop into the Championship to get a game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 2 hours ago, AvfcRigo82 said: Great player in his Shalke days JV. Apparently he has signed a contract with a club in January and will announce his next club in March.. Got a feeling it could be something like Arsenal. lol What a signing he would be though IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomav84 Posted February 11, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted February 11, 2021 (edited) 4 hours ago, villa89 said: Not really because of the buy back clause. we have already paid 15m for him. we don't need to pay city any more money. we already own him. Edited February 11, 2021 by tomav84 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-Reacho Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 11 hours ago, Laughable Chimp said: If Bournemouth can get 25m from us for Mings on the back of half a good season in the championship after being crocked for years, we can get more than 5m for a midfielder who's scoring a goal a game. I believe the Swansea manager even said he couldn't believe Conor was available. I think there's enough suitors out there for Conor for him to go for more than 5 million. Mings was so influential on and off the pitch when he was on loan with us that firstly it vastly increased his value, but also made him pretty much indispensable to us to the point that we had to overpay. Hopefully Conor can do the same for Swansea - we're bound to get £5m especially if he can be influential enough in getting them promoted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 14 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: Got a feeling it could be something like Arsenal. lol What a signing he would be though IMO. True. It's not like we don't need an attacking left winger either. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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