Mr_Dogg Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 13 hours ago, MaVilla said: looks worse for us than it is though, we spent 100m of those on mostly stupid buys in our championship years, in the failed attempt to get back up asap. So ye, we might be 10th on the list there, but we havent spent 250m on supposed top league capable players. On the other hand, Maure spending 500m net, Arsenal 300m net etc, shows how poor their PL purchases have been overall. Are you not being completely hypocritical there? Villa spent money but it didn't count, it was in the championship! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 14 hours ago, paul514 said: So I have just watched a football daily video on Everton’s spending under their new owners, it came up with a table of the teams with the highest net spend on players over the past five seasons over the top five European leagues and we are tenth! Man City -563 Man Utd -498 PSG - 335 Barcelona -334 Inter Milan -317 Arsenal -307 AC Milan -264 Chelsea -264 Everton -256 Aston Villa -252 How many of those teams had to completely build a top flight squad practically from scratch? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thabucks Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 (edited) Pulisic is my ridiculous dream suggestion over Barkley this summer ... Grealish on the Left, Pulisic on the Right with Watkins Central. Then Sanson, Luiz & Mcginn behind. Edited February 21, 2021 by thabucks 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mjvilla Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 I suppose with jack out, we will soon find out if a new wide player is going to be an essential this summer. Big few weeks for a few players. Can they step up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul514 Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 3 hours ago, Vive_La_Villa said: How many of those teams had to completely build a top flight squad practically from scratch? Zero- obviously Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 Just mentioned him elsewhere as he's scored but what about Daniel James once Man. United inevitably sign Jaydon Sancho in the summer? Fits our profile and would give us genuine pace on the right. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 Lookman please 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 1 minute ago, rodders0223 said: Lookman please Yeah or him but I suspect Fulham will get him for 20m + if they stay up, London boy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 (edited) 23 hours ago, paul514 said: Zero- obviously It was a rhetorical question mate to highlight how much of a rebuild was needed. Didn’t meant to offend you. Edited February 22, 2021 by Vive_La_Villa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul514 Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 22 hours ago, VillaChris said: Just mentioned him elsewhere as he's scored but what about Daniel James once Man. United inevitably sign Jaydon Sancho in the summer? Fits our profile and would give us genuine pace on the right. Is he good enough? I have never really watched him in detail and all I hear is about how he isn't good enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 4 hours ago, Vive_La_Villa said: It was a rhetorical question mate to highlight how much of a rebuild was needed. Didn’t meant to offend you. Also needs to be noted that a large percentage of that money was squandered on overpaid tripe, before the current board and management came in. So probably not a fair reflection. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, paul514 said: Is he good enough? I have never really watched him in detail and all I hear is about how he isn't good enough. He had flaws but is lightning fast and decent finisher so would say he's upgrade on Trez. If Lingard can walk into the current 4th place team and look their best player incredibly then I reckon Dan James can make an impact here as he fits what we look for in player last few years and still very young and already played 50 odd games of Man. United. Obviously avoid though if Man. United use it to get some sort of option on Grealish. Edited February 22, 2021 by VillaChris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul514 Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 2 hours ago, VillaChris said: He had flaws but is lightning fast and decent finisher so would say he's upgrade on Trez. If Lingard can walk into the current 4th place team and look their best player incredibly then I reckon Dan James can make an impact here as he fits what we look for in player last few years and still very young and already played 50 odd games of Man. United. Obviously avoid though if Man. United use it to get some sort of option on Grealish. I don't just want any old upgrade on Trez though, it has to be significant. I'm not saying he wouldn't be a good buy or a significant upgrade just that I don't know. I guess it would be cost dependent on if he would be a good signing, I see a lot of value in the 10/wide forward market at the moment you have Buendia, Sarr and Olise in the Championship that price dependant would be good options and you have players abroad like Brandt apparently available for 22.5m. As far as I am concerned Barkley can piss off and I don't think El Ghazi or Trez are good enough although I do think Trez offers the team something that others don't give unlike El Ghazi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam2003 Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 2 hours ago, paul514 said: I don't just want any old upgrade on Trez though, it has to be significant I’ll get my boots. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QldVilla Posted February 23, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted February 23, 2021 7 hours ago, paul514 said: I don't just want any old upgrade on Trez though, it has to be significant. I'm not saying he wouldn't be a good buy or a significant upgrade just that I don't know. I guess it would be cost dependent on if he would be a good signing, I see a lot of value in the 10/wide forward market at the moment you have Buendia, Sarr and Olise in the Championship that price dependant would be good options and you have players abroad like Brandt apparently available for 22.5m. As far as I am concerned Barkley can piss off and I don't think El Ghazi or Trez are good enough although I do think Trez offers the team something that others don't give unlike El Ghazi. Don't think we'll be looking at those wide positions, but if the right player is available, maybe one gets sold and we get an upgrade. Not a fan of Barkley, but not prepared to write him off just yet, but will come down to price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparrow1988 Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 11 hours ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: Also needs to be noted that a large percentage of that money was squandered on overpaid tripe, before the current board and management came in. So probably not a fair reflection. It's just a headline figure. On the surface it's looks like Villa have spent a lot of money over the last 5 years but if you consider in those 5 years we have very rarely received a transfer sum for any player it's a miracle that it is so low. We didn't have more than one or two saleable assets in terms of players up until the start of last season. In the promotion season maybe 3 - Hourihane, McGinn and Grealish. I can't think of any more. It's also paints the previous ownership in a good light if you just look at the figure, as it doesn't mention anything about our owner acting like a drunk in a casino and almost sending the club into administration. It just looks like, they spent a lot of money and were just unlucky. And regarding the new owners and the last four transfer windows, the 200 odd million has probably been the best spent money in this club in a long long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thabucks Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 Clickbait loose links to be early summer favs to sign Sander Berge ... Yes please! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 If Brighton take the plunge, would anyone consider a cheeky bid for Leandro Trossard? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZL- Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 After given it some thought in the summer I would like to see us go in for Rodrigo De Paul of Udinese, as our #10 with the cash we may have earmarked to make Barkley permanent. He seemed to very close to signing with Leeds in the summer for €35m but don't believe Leeds were able to stump up the cash. In terms of creative output, he's up in their with the best in Europe but what would suit us is his style isn't of mecurial Ozil type that can float in and out of games but instead a far more gritty midfielder which as you can see from the comparisons has shades of KDB lite to him and seems more focused on positive creative build up rather than just getting on the end of moves. Certainly worth a watch, I really think the way he drifts to the left flank is quite Barkley esque and would lead to him combining with JG well but with the consistency and grit that Barkley isn't currently affording us. He will certainly be a coup, Leeds will be certain to come back in for him with Liverpool recently mooted with an interest, regardless it would be the statement signing after our '3rd season' in the premier league in which FFP becomes far less onerous and will earmark our intent into cracking into Europe as a regular force. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhan_Zhuang Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 (edited) I'd like to see Villa 'try' and step away from signing easy targets like those who are potentially going to be relegated. Sooner or later we need to be trying to sign players who are already currently successful rather than those like Berge and Trossard who are used to struggling. Rodrigo De Paul is a marquee signing of that description and I believe he was mentioned before we signed Barkley. De Paul would certainly take some of the pressure off Grealish and a front four of Watkins, Grealish, Traore and De Paul is potentially up there with the best in the PL. Edited February 23, 2021 by Zhan_Zhuang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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