TheMelvillan Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 God I hope we don't ruin him 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KentVillan Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 2 minutes ago, TheMelvillan said: God I hope we don't ruin him The spirit of Luc Nilis lives on 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 I hope he stays fit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 I assume he isn't available for Monday needing a work permit? Will be fantastic ovation when his name is read out in the home game v Man. Unitred. Get the feeling it will be like when Bent scored the winner v Man. City. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loxstock92 Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 Eh? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam2003 Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 2 hours ago, Mozzavfc said: He'll be in the 20s unless Hourihane gives him the No.14 https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2021/august/Villa-squad-numbers-for-2021-22/ Hourihane is out on loan and knows he will never play for us again - I’d guess it’ll be 14. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 15 minutes ago, Loxstock92 said: Eh? What a load of BS! Talk about desperation to be a relevant journalist some people have. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eholm Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 5 hours ago, TRO said: Maybe he will play alternate games in order to preserve fitness....Danny is not a young as he was and playing CF is an arduous job at the best of times....so it might suit him. Agree. That makes a lot of sense and that’s how a quality squad should work. Could well be a period of mental adjustment for them both if they see themselves as the regular CF starter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abdomlahor Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 How on earth can two teams have the option to buy a player at the end of a loan deal? Defeats the whole purpose of us negotiating a purchase option in the first place. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Silvers Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 5 minutes ago, nick76 said: What a load of BS! Talk about desperation to be a relevant journalist some people have. ******* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 Just now, abdomlahor said: How on earth can two teams have the option to buy a player at the end of a loan deal? Defeats the whole purpose of us negotiating a purchase option in the first place. Don't matter even if they do, cause we will have first dibbs for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommo_b Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 40 minutes ago, KentVillan said: The spirit of Luc Nilis lives on That still breaks me spirit when I think about it… he looked like he was going to be some player for us. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted January 7, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted January 7, 2022 If that Tottenham thing is true which seems bit mad it doesn't concern me at all. Coutinho took a wage cut to come here because he supposedly wants to get his career back on track We'll only try and exercise a purchase if he performs well for us If he's playing well for us it means his good friend Gerrard is getting the best out of him There's no way he chooses to go to Spurs over staying here in that scenario. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 (edited) 16 minutes ago, foreveryoung said: Don't matter even if they do, cause we will have first dibbs for sure. It’s BS, only way Barca would guarantee that to Spurs is for a small fee now and there is no way Spurs and especially Levy would pay a fee like that, for the unknown. Barca wouldn’t fix a sale fee now for Spurs for free without any obligation or fee from Spurs. Makes no sense on any level. edit: if Spurs had paid a fee then we’d know about it as well Edited January 7, 2022 by nick76 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted January 7, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted January 7, 2022 I'm actually suprised more players don't do this in all honesty. I try and put myself in that position. I've got a massive mansion in the poshest part of town. I've got a garage full of supercars. I've got £100m in the bank. What motivates me. Do I wake up in the morning dreaming of another £10m barely involved in my absolute passion or do I dream of playing the game I love, scoring goal, listening to the adoring fans........ And STILL get paid an absolutely stupid amount of money by anyone's standards. You must have real passion and drive to get to that status in the first place. You can see most footballers hate being on the bench or subbed off. Surely at some stage money takes a back seat. It's not as if they go from gigantic sums of money to nothing is it? 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 Still can't believe this. And to think, 10 years ago the internet broke because we signed Darren Bent. So much has happened since then, including such January blockbuster signings Grant Holt, Yacouba Sylla, Simon Dawkins, Danny Drinkwater, Ally Samatta and Borja Baston. There was also a literal relegation in the middle, with 3 years spent in the gauntlet that is the Championship where notable January singings included Tom Carroll, Birkir Bjarnasson and Scott Hogan. Never a dull moment supporting this club. Can't wait to see what we have in store for us around the corner. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 2 minutes ago, sidcow said: I'm actually suprised more players don't do this in all honesty. I try and put myself in that position. I've got a massive mansion in the poshest part of town. I've got a garage full of supercars. I've got £100m in the bank. What motivates me. Do I wake up in the morning dreaming of another £10m barely involved in my absolute passion or do I dream of playing the game I love, scoring goal, listening to the adoring fans........ And STILL get paid an absolutely stupid amount of money by anyone's standards. You must have real passion and drive to get to that status in the first place. You can see most footballers hate being on the bench or subbed off. Surely at some stage money takes a back seat. It's not as if they go from gigantic sums of money to nothing is it? i agree in principle, but its also living to your means. Whether you earn 25k, 250k, or 2.5m your lifestyle tends to reflect your income, and if you were in 400k a week, many (as they do) wouldnt want to take the financial hit to play, as we see with many who say "eh, im happy on the fringe here earning my 1/2/3/400k per week". Good for him though, he seems like the kind of player who just wants to be loved and adored, something he probably hasnt had for 3-4 years, maybe if he does well he will get that here and want to stay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 Quite funny to see the two clubs trying to get their side of the story out. Purslow through BBC, Percy and Collomosse. ~£125k a week, whatever. Barca through Romano, Xavi, whoever. They're paying 65% which would probably be ~£225k a week. If the player wanted to come, and it certainly looks like it does, we've done badly if we haven't got a favourable deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vancvillan Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 3 hours ago, Midfielder said: I arrived at work, stunned by the confirmed news, had colleagues asking me if everything was ok, as if distracted by some personal life crisis and I haven’t been able to tell them it was “merely” football related as well, I work in a hospital and I’ll spare the rest as to the mistakes and lack of care I have given my work today. Wondered why my Nan went in for a hip replacement and came out with a Brazilian. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 6 minutes ago, Keyblade said: Still can't believe this. And to think, 10 years ago the internet broke because we signed Darren Bent. So much has happened since then, including such January blockbuster signings Grant Holt, Yacouba Sylla, Simon Dawkins, Danny Drinkwater, Ally Samatta and Borja Baston. There was also a literal relegation in the middle, with 3 years spent in the gauntlet that is the Championship where notable January singings included Tom Carroll, Birkir Bjarnasson and Scott Hogan. Never a dull moment supporting this club. Can't wait to see what we have in store for us around the corner. N'Zogbia, Ireland, Jenas, Bowery, Tonev, Helenius, Bacuna, Cissokho, Richardson, Cole, Gestede, Lescott, Richards, Bennett, Tshibola...... Its been line a decade long car crash lol. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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