nepal_villan Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 30 minutes ago, CarryOnVilla said: Also an other bargain from the French league Houssem Aouar - 23 Brilliant and another one with a high high ceiling. Apparently Lyon want just £25m for him Would prefer his teammate Lucas Paqueta, but doubt he is available. Check out his goal from earlier today: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rightdm00 Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 3 minutes ago, CarryOnVilla said: Ligue 1 is F***ed financially and Rennes is one of the sufferers, so they're likely to sell at a reasonable price £40m aint too bad with his potential We go on about our owners, well check out Rennes. They definitely sell players as part of their financial strategy but they aren't hard up like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burchy Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 4 minutes ago, nepal_villan said: Would prefer his teammate Lucas Paqueta Would love Paqueta as our No10 but as someone put on here a while back he’s only just signed a new contract last year so not sure they’d want to sell him. Lyon have some decent players to be fair. Cherki is another one of theirs I’d take too. If we’re throwing suggestions around, Christopher Nkunku would be a good shout as he plays AM/LW and has some crazy stats. Wicked set piece taker too. For DM I’d like Sarr as there just seems to be something about him. Failing this though I’d like us to go for Tchouameni at Monaco. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laughable Chimp Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 29 minutes ago, jacketspuds said: I am still concerned about our inability to create chances. I saw a stat on MOTD saying we had 2 shots on target, which I assume are the Ings goal and Mings’ header that hit Lascelles’ arm for the penalty. Its great that we look dangerous from set pieces, but we lack something in midfield in terms of creativity. We’ve got a lot of box to box midfielders who run and run, but don’t unlock defences. No idea what the answer is. Maybe it’ll change when we have Bailey in the team and Buendia settles in a bit more, but I’m not sure. Bottom 3 in terms of non-penalty expected goals so far. Especially concerning considering the teams lower than us are only there because they have only played 1 game. And keep in mind we've only faced Watford and Newcastle. I'm not too concerned yet since we have Watkins, Bailey and Traore coming back. But its a potential cause for concern. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 Don't really know much about him but apparently Jonathan Ikoné is available if we want a 'No.10', seems like he can play wide as well so would fit the criteria of versatile attacking midfielder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarryOnVilla Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 18 minutes ago, Rightdm00 said: We go on about our owners, well check out Rennes. They definitely sell players as part of their financial strategy but they aren't hard up like that. Rich owners doesn’t always mean rich club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aston_Villan4 Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 56 minutes ago, CarryOnVilla said: Also an other bargain from the French league Houssem Aouar - 23 Brilliant and another one with a high high ceiling. Apparently Lyon want just £25m for him I would love for us to get this guy too but apparently has a bad attitude which is partly why his fee is so low. Also, his brother supposedly ruined the Arsenal deal because he was demanding £10 million as an agent fee. But that could all just be a bunch of nonsense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aston_Villan4 Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 20 minutes ago, burchy said: Would love Paqueta as our No10 but as someone put on here a while back he’s only just signed a new contract last year so not sure they’d want to sell him. Lyon have some decent players to be fair. Cherki is another one of theirs I’d take too. If we’re throwing suggestions around, Christopher Nkunku would be a good shout as he plays AM/LW and has some crazy stats. Wicked set piece taker too. For DM I’d like Sarr as there just seems to be something about him. Failing this though I’d like us to go for Tchouameni at Monaco. Nkunku is a bit undersized but I think he would be the perfect creative replacement for Grealish. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarryOnVilla Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 8 minutes ago, Aston_Villan4 said: I would love for us to get this guy too but apparently has a bad attitude which is partly why his fee is so low. Also, his brother supposedly ruined the Arsenal deal because he was demanding £10 million as an agent fee. But that could all just be a bunch of nonsense. I don’t know about that. But he’s clearly good and as a player he would be a great addition to what we got 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 12 minutes ago, Aston_Villan4 said: I would love for us to get this guy too but apparently has a bad attitude which is partly why his fee is so low. Also, his brother supposedly ruined the Arsenal deal because he was demanding £10 million as an agent fee. But that could all just be a bunch of nonsense. Sounds like something Arsenal would come out with to justify missing out on yet another target. Could be true though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8pints Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 Are there any free agents about that could be worth a go? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 2 minutes ago, 8pints said: Are there any free agents about that could be worth a go? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarryOnVilla Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 3 minutes ago, 8pints said: Are there any free agents about that could be worth a go? Daniel Sturridge Spoiler 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Salad Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 5 minutes ago, 8pints said: Are there any free agents about that could be worth a go? Ribery 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishVilla10 Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 2 hours ago, useless said: Both Winks and Loftus-Cheek are better than Hourihane, but neither would come to us just to be his replacement in the squad, we don't really need to replace Hourihane we've got plenty of youngsters to do that, if we sign another midfielder it needs to be one that can improve the starting elevel. Ndombele would be our best midfielder. On paper maybe, but work rate and fitness wise not a chance. We couldn’t afford to have someone come in a demand the wages he would with big questions over his commitment. If he’s not happy and performing on a rumoured 200k a week at spurs I don’t want him anywhere near Villa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 2 hours ago, useless said: Both Winks and Loftus-Cheek are better than Hourihane, but neither would come to us just to be his replacement in the squad, we don't really need to replace Hourihane we've got plenty of youngsters to do that, if we sign another midfielder it needs to be one that can improve the starting elevel. Ndombele would be our best midfielder. Spurs want 50 million from Ndombele and are speaking to Bayern Munich about him. Zero chance of a loan move 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 1 hour ago, CarryOnVilla said: Ligue 1 is F***ed financially and Rennes is one of the sufferers, so they're likely to sell at a reasonable price £40m aint too bad with his potential Rennes are probably one of the teams in a good financial position Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalfTimePost Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 1 hour ago, CarryOnVilla said: cheap Left Winger option from the French league Jeremy Doku - 19 and already in the Belgium team. looked great at the euros Certainly not cheap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeypuzzle Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 2 hours ago, hippo said: Because he's barely played a game for us. Because Smith played Elmo ahead of him Because Smith purchased a player for £16m in his position. There's 3 reasons for starters. In his defence lots of the fans seem to like him. In that case why did we keep Taylor for so long? He barely played. We kept him as back up as we had no other left backs. Hause and Mings could both have covered there. If Cash is injured will we play a centre back there? Maybe, or move Young across. What if Cash and Targett are both injured? It makes no sense to sell him unless he is replaced. Why bother though? He has one year left on his contract and next year I can see Kesler-Hayden being back up right back in his place. I haven't heard anything about him leaving apart from people on here and I can't see the club letting him go. As I said earlier, if he doesn't play at Barrow it will tell us a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 Ndombele isn't fit enough to be considered for Spurs at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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