rodders0223 Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 8 minutes ago, HalfTimePost said: No chance. Digne was £25m and Matt Targett was derided on here *weekly* and we managed to get £5m loan fee and eventually get £12-15m for him, with Digne effectively costing us ~£10m. Considering just how much abuse Targett was gettingc That was a good bit of business at the time. I personally was frustrated that we didn't keep Targett for competition. But £10m outlay was smart business. Coutinho was 90% discounted from the fee he moved to Barca for. Whether we should have bought him or not was a discussion, yeah, but the fee was sensible and at 50% off the option fee was lauded Not by me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 1 hour ago, HalfTimePost said: It was January for Digne for a start and the newly richest club in the world also wanted him. And Coutinho we got for 50% of the previously agreed fee. Hindsight is a wonderful thing but you can't rewrite history, those were two good negotiations for the time I and a few others said both were bad pieces of business at the time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted July 14, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted July 14, 2023 On 08/07/2023 at 11:22, CarryOnVilla said: Also a Dior wash bag… the poor boy! How could Villa pay him so poorly Damn. I've always wanted somewhere to store my Lingots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 15 hours ago, HalfTimePost said: What not by you? If you mean lauded or thinking any of it was smart business, that would be because not one of your 24,500 posts is positive Not true. I was really positive about the possibility of Digne and Coutihno leaving and any remains of Gerrard's shitty fingerprints. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 No surprises here. Can't have a back up left back on £150k a week or whatever he earns. It was a daft signing tbh. I still think we'll go after a RB and a LB this Summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 Back to Everton or France on loan , I'd say we will do well to get £60k wages and maybe a £2m loan fee. It is £5m saved this season which is something. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 It blows my mind people thinking Purslow wasn't booted for this whole mess. Gerrard, Coutinho, Digne. That's it. You can't waste that amount of money and keep your job. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 Just now, Tomaszk said: It blows my mind people thinking Purslow wasn't booted for this whole mess. Gerrard, Coutinho, Digne. That's it. You can't waste that amount of money and keep your job. And Ings/Bailey. We got out of jail with Ings though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas10 Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 Napoli linked now too… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 3 minutes ago, rodders0223 said: Back to Everton or France on loan , I'd say we will do well to get £60k wages and maybe a £2m loan fee. It is £5m saved this season which is something. We could do significantly better than that, christ. Don't try and free any hostages any time soon, rodders mate 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 3 minutes ago, Tomaszk said: It blows my mind people thinking Purslow wasn't booted for this whole mess. Gerrard, Coutinho, Digne. That's it. You can't waste that amount of money and keep your job. Yes but he spoke well in interviews and we progressed so much under him. Just ignore the fact we've outspent 99% of Europe the past few years and have a spend to rival super clubs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarryOnVilla Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 1 minute ago, Delphinho123 said: And Ings/Bailey. We got out of jail with Ings though. We were very fortunate with Ings, it looked destined he was running his contract out with us unfortunately it looks like we’re stuck with Coutinho and Digne on our books ideally, I want the club to not sign players that we are unlikely to sell on again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 Just now, lexicon said: We could do significantly better than that, christ. Don't try and free any hostages any time soon, rodders mate Who is going to match his 3 years 120k - 160k deal he's on here? Who below us has the money to cover his wages on loan for a left back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwi1890 Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 1 minute ago, rodders0223 said: Who is going to match his 3 years 120k - 160k deal he's on here? Who below us has the money to cover his wages on loan for a left back? That’s the worry I don’t think he’ll leave for that reason alone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MSvillain Posted July 14, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted July 14, 2023 When this guy tells you to leave, you leave… 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nepal_villan Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 2 hours ago, Tomaszk said: It blows my mind people thinking Purslow wasn't booted for this whole mess. Gerrard, Coutinho, Digne. That's it. You can't waste that amount of money and keep your job. Very few were complaining when we signed the two players. Actually, most fans were quite giddy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 Still a great squad player. If the right offer comes in and we have a younger backup in mind, no problem with him leaving. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 47 minutes ago, The_Steve said: Still a great squad player. If the right offer comes in and we have a younger backup in mind, no problem with him leaving. We can’t afford to have squad players on 160k a week. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 3 minutes ago, Delphinho123 said: We can’t afford to have squad players on 160k a week. This might click one day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVByrne Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 We need to bank £16.5m to recoup the remaining book value of his contract. He's on £6.25m per year. So annual cost to us is £11.75m. We would need a new LB if we sold him too. That's unless we are determined to go with 3CBs and one FB and we can swap sides for Cash or Moreno to be the attacking outlet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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