villa4europe Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 1 hour ago, Anything11 said: Why would spurs have anything to do with it? People are suggesting that we went to those lengths to negotiate a deal just for Barcelona to agree it with someone else. Seriously? Levy "we'll pay you £2m for the same agreed fee of €40m that Aston Villa have" Why would barca say no? The question is why would spurs make the offer, unless they expect him to be a success and cost more than that in the summer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 I still can’t believe this has happened. What a statement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted January 8, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted January 8, 2022 8 minutes ago, MaVilla said: welcome to VT friendo!, thanks for your opinion, very much appreciated. This is clearly the biggest signing Villa have made in my lifetime, i think the consensus is, if we can get a version of Coutinho that is even 75% of what he is capable of, it will be a huge success. Would you agree? PS: re optimism, my defence for that is in the last 15 years we have gone from competing for the top 4 under MON and were genuinely one of the "big clubs" in England, to having sold all our key player assets, fallen down the league, got relegated, spent 3 years in the Championship, had a corrupt club owner (thats not a joke, he is/was actually a wanted man internationally), nearly had to sell our main asset (Grealish) for a packet of crisps to Spurs a few years back, then had him taken from us by Manchester Money, only stayed up by a point 2 years ago.......although we did have a decent season last season and now things do look on the up with our new owners, Purslow and Gerrard..........my point is, please forgive the pessimism......but i kinda think after the last 10+ years you are lucky we arent committing mass seppuku! Hopefully the good times are coming again soon ay! Not to mention literally everytime we spend big on a player it ranges from complete disaster to minor failure. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan-scott Posted January 8, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted January 8, 2022 17 minutes ago, MaVilla said: if we can get the version of Coutinho that is even 75% of the below, this is going to be some signing. Awesome highlight reel. Some proper magic in these clips. I can’t wait to see him playing for us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annoyman Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 16 minutes ago, MaVilla said: if we can get the version of Coutinho that is even 75% of the below, this is going to be some signing. The reaction speed and resourcefulness in some of those situations to not only keep possession but go past the player and further up the pitch is insane. He loves a meg doesn't he, megging a dude by rolling the ball with your studs, yeesh 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 the thought of Coutinho and Buendia playing as 10s together in this Villa side, is mouth watering! I think Ings would really suit them both also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 I think this may be the only player we have signed where the You Tube video is an easy edit. Not like a Tonev vid, where they must have searched through every game he had played to get decent footage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 He was a fantastic player. If he can stay fit, get his confidence back and enjoy football again, even if he only reaches say 75% of his former ability we'll have a real player on our hands. If he does then I hope we find a way to keep him at the club after the summer. Lots of if's thou but if the finances are as they've been reported I like that we're giving it a go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 (edited) All this Spurs talk is meaningless. Coutinho took a pay cut to come here, apparently he had other options but he chose to come here. If he’s a success here, and us and Spurs want to sign him in the summer he’ll sign for us. Spurs aren’t that big of a draw to take him away from us given all what has and will take place. Edit: plus, just enjoy him while he’s here. We saw with Jack, that he was here one minute, gone the next. Who knows what tomorrow brings but just in the same way we were gutted Jack left, we now sit, we got 100m for Jack which we’ve partly spent and replaced him with Coutinho. Enjoy today, Villa will thrive whatever happens so don’t worry about tomorrow. Edited January 8, 2022 by nick76 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post NurembergVillan Posted January 8, 2022 Moderator Popular Post Share Posted January 8, 2022 In those clips he looks every inch a Barcelona player. The ability to change direction, the awareness, the foresight, the end product. Is he too old? Can he still do it? Does he have the hunger? If he was 25 years old, still doing it consistently and showing ferocious ambition, he'd have cost us £140m. That's why he did when Barcelona signed him. He's certainly not still 25, but he's far from past it and there's nothing to suggest he can't find his best and apply it consistently for Aston Villa. There are a lot of shades of grey between not getting picked for basket-case Barcelona and being a big success at Villa Park. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKP90 Posted January 8, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted January 8, 2022 Welcome, welcome, welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKP90 Posted January 8, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted January 8, 2022 48 minutes ago, MaVilla said: if we can get the version of Coutinho that is even 75% of the below, this is going to be some signing. Jesus Christ!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steero113 Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 1 hour ago, MaVilla said: if we can get the version of Coutinho that is even 75% of the below, this is going to be some signing. My word, those Everton and Arsenal clips.... he should have served jail time for that... illegally good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWARLEY2 Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 9 m8nutes in . Wow wow wow . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 That last clip vs Mexico, on that angle is ridiculous. although didn't look lie it went in did it?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 1 hour ago, MaVilla said: if we can get the version of Coutinho that is even 75% of the below, this is going to be some signing. As much as I loved Grealish and rated him when he was here, half of the moves in this video would be beyond him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 5 minutes ago, Delphinho123 said: As much as I loved Grealish and rated him when he was here, half of the moves in this video would be beyond him. Not fair to start comparing him. He certainly had enough moves to get past most of the players in the premiership, rarely got dispossessed from what I can remember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daweii Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 It is so refreshing to watch a highlights video and not be thinking, "80% of these clips were in the Championship", or "He looks good, but <insert league> isn't exactly the highest quality". To see a highlights video of a player making everyone at all levels of football look like chumps is mind blowing to me. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 Barcelona apparently are paying up to 80 percent of his salary according to ESPN 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aston_Villan4 Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 Anyone have highlights of him post knee injury? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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