Djemba_Villan Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 1 minute ago, The Fun Factory said: Did we get money for Samatta and Engels sales? That could be added to the war chest. Think Samatha had a £5.5m fee agreed at the end of his loan. A small loss overall, nice to see that now we’re run properly even the unsuccessful signings aren’t total disasters! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 2 minutes ago, The Fun Factory said: Did we get money for Samatta and Engels sales? That could be added to the war chest. That was all spent on the Lensbury training camp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirSteveUK Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 1 hour ago, The Fun Factory said: We are still up £20 million in net spending so surely we still need to strengthen? If Buendia was bought to replace Grealish then this City deal must have been in the background for months. A clever club buys players in case you need them - in case your star has injury problems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
string28 Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 if we have faith in the mid we have then we might well be over to tell the truth i know we have 100 million but so other clubs and would mean paying over the odds now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 (edited) This idea that Purslow doesn't want other teams to think we've got money to spend, doesn't really make sense because as soon as we bid or enquire for a player they will then know that we have money to spend, it's not as if he announced that we'd spent all the Grealish money, or as if other clubs won't know that our owners have money anyway... I think it was just us being secretive about our transfer dealings, and probably with intention of making the media think we wouldn't be buying any more players rather than other football clubs. Edited August 5, 2021 by useless 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GENTLEMAN Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 3 minutes ago, PaulMcGrath_5 said: Ashley Preece (B’ham Mail) and Dan Bardell are 100% sure we are definitely not done in the market. I agree with the sentiment but surely one thing we’ve learnt through this transfer window is they know sweet FA. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aston_Villan4 Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 Just now, GENTLEMAN said: I agree with the sentiment but surely one thing we’ve learnt through this transfer window is they know sweet FA. Pretty sure Preece said Grealish was 100% staying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vreitti Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 8 minutes ago, The Fun Factory said: Did we get money for Samatta and Engels sales? That could be added to the war chest. Didn't you hear, that was about £100M too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GENTLEMAN Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 Just now, Aston_Villan4 said: Pretty sure Preece said Grealish was 100% staying. I think he was being a fan there. Hopeful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herman22 Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 1 minute ago, Aston_Villan4 said: Pretty sure Preece said Grealish was 100% staying. He did. He seemed shocked as anyone when the news started to come over the weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 5 minutes ago, useless said: This idea that Purslow doesn't want other teams to think we've got money to spend, doesn't really make sense because as soon as we bid or enquire for a player they will then know that we have money to spend, it's not as if he announced that we'd spent all the Grealish money, or as if other clubs won't know that our owners have money anyway... I think it was just us being secretive about our transfer dealings. It does make it seem like we don’t suddenly have 100m to spend. If we go to a club and bid 20m they could realistically assume it’s the last 20m in our transfer budget instead of assuming we now have 100m burning a hole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herman22 Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 2 minutes ago, GENTLEMAN said: I agree with the sentiment but surely one thing we’ve learnt through this transfer window is they know sweet FA. Exactly this! I’d wait and see how we are looking by the time the window closes! There will have been targets of Grealish had stayed so that won’t have changed. I’d expect at least two more in along with Tuanzebe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 9 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said: I read it as we have signed 3 players to replace 1. So surely it means we sign more? we will sign more. Purslow was talking about replacing Grealish in the aggregate. Read Moneyball, great book. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okonokos Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 48 minutes ago, dubbs said: We want proof you've got a left arm before we accept 40 minutes ago, CarryOnVilla said: wait, do you even have a left arm? 35 minutes ago, Lerner's Driver said: Are you left handed? If so, that's a bold pledge. Oh don't give me technicalities. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Willard Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 From Purslows interview I got the feeling we are done. But now I've analysed the situation. Buendia done before the Euros (33-38m). That was spent no matter what. Bailey we've been negotiating for weeks before Jacks bid came in so that's definitely the ESR money (30m) I get the feeling only Ings transfer is using Jacks money (£25m). Ings himself says said it took like 2 days. Grealish Saga since Monday. I reckon we've got another 70-75m left to spend. Sell AEG (15m), Hourihane (4m) Wesley (Most likely to be loaned out). That could potentially 89-94m left. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burchy Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 I think we’ll stick with our midfield for now, especially given the comments made by McGinn in his recent interview, saying he’s over his injuries and fitter than ever. We do need an extra DCM though, someone who can progress the ball forward better than Luiz or Nakamba, I think that would really help our back four. We also do need a new LW/ACM too. I know at a push Young and El Ghazi can play there but we need a Bailey equivalent on the left, an Nkunku, Kamada, Cherki level player. I’m not sure Cantwell is that player though. If we could get these two players in I think we’d be guaranteed European football. Also did anyone else read the Grealish statement and the just go ‘Oh F&£@ Off’ out loud? The king is dead, long live the king and all that. UTV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allani Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 11 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said: I read it as we have signed 3 players to replace 1. So surely it means we sign more? I definitely heard it as we have replaced Jack with three signings. I don't think we would have signed no-one if Jack had stayed. So I think we are still in for a couple of transfers. I also wouldn't be surprised if one of them is a young, left-sided midfielder. Purslow has already taken the pressure off that player by saying that he wouldn't be Jack's replacement - that has been done through three other players. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccfcman Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 We're finished replacing Grealish, but I think there's a few pound sloshing about still. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoony Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 I was also getting “we are done” vibes but I really hope not. CM is still tremendously weak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 4 minutes ago, burchy said: We also do need a new LW/ACM too. I know at a push Young and El Ghazi can play there but we need a Bailey equivalent on the left, Bailey 90 games for Bayer at LW vs 41 at RW 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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