paul514 Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 4 hours ago, CVByrne said: We have Ramsey, Luiz, McGinn, Sanson & Nakamba who had a combined total of zero games in the Premier League prior to joining Villa. Add to that you wouldn't call an of them big on field leaders. Our midfield has been a problem for three seasons. But, get in a player who has captained his country and Liverpool many times. Has won the Premier League, Champions League. That his previous manager Klopp says "It is not only on the pitch we miss him but we really, really miss him in the dressing room as well. Who would cost us less per season than Ings costs us. But No no no, we don't want him. He'll be on high wages etc. Go look at all the people who said that about Coutinho in the Coutinho thread. It really boggles the mind. I wouldn't buy Coutinho for 33m AND pay him 400k a week either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul514 Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 2 hours ago, Zatman said: He is out of contract apparently and is on a mind boggling 80k a week That is only just above the average wage for the league Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 2 hours ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: Fernandinho leaving City But I see the likes of Newcastle all over these types. With the recruitment specialists they've signed up, they'll be signing nothing of the sorts. It'll be almost exclusively good to excellent players, able to elevate them or bring about a decent return. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen_Evans Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 4 hours ago, Sulberto21 said: So we got to the bottom of Bissouma’s position yet? I thought we were still trying to work out where Luiz plays! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WallisFrizz Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 22 minutes ago, Tomaszk said: With the recruitment specialists they've signed up, they'll be signing nothing of the sorts. It'll be almost exclusively good to excellent players, able to elevate them or bring about a decent return. But haven’t we signed recruitment specialists like that aswell?! I’m sure we did, maybe I imagined it but part of the reason I keep being so underwhelmed with our rumoured targets is because even I have heard of them all whereas I’d hoped we’d be swooping in for the next hidden/lesser known gem. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 Here’s a mad question. If somebody offered £65m for Martinez would you sell? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa82 Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 8 minutes ago, Delphinho123 said: Here’s a mad question. If somebody offered £65m for Martinez would you sell? No Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWARLEY2 Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 8 minutes ago, Delphinho123 said: Here’s a mad question. If somebody offered £65m for Martinez would you sell? No. We should snap anyones hands off at that price BUT he is a symbol of the club to me. I have a connection with him like i do with only a few of our players. A genuinely lovely shithouse !! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 14 minutes ago, Delphinho123 said: Here’s a mad question. If somebody offered £65m for Martinez would you sell? What for? There's no sign that we need the money and we wouldn't buy better, would be pointless 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 19 minutes ago, Delphinho123 said: Here’s a mad question. If somebody offered £65m for Martinez would you sell? for 65m?, ye i would. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustibrooks Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 I would love Kondogbia at Villa, it’s not realistic but I’ve appreciated his game for a while now. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 7392craig Posted April 13, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted April 13, 2022 Just now, Rustibrooks said: I would love Kondogbia at Villa, it’s not realistic but I’ve appreciated his game for a while now. I’ve still got a bad taste in my mouth from the last ogbia we had. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 Firmino would still be an excellent buy I feel. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaParkAvenue Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 5 hours ago, duke313 said: I think the likes of West Ham would be more attractive than us currently, especially if they lose Rice, Wolves if they lose Neves or Newcastle as they'll pay more. He won't be choosing us if he has those options, especially if we finish below Brighton, which is a possibility. I would guess Villa pay more than the others, except for maybe Newcastle. While league positions are important for giving an impression, they also change. The big 6 usually finish high and newly promoted clubs low, but the others bounce up and down. West Ham could easily finish 14th next season and Everton 8th. I wouldn’t rule out Bissouma signing for Villa. He doesn’t stand out enough to be irresistible for the top clubs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaParkAvenue Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 18 minutes ago, villa4europe said: What for? There's no sign that we need the money and we wouldn't buy better, would be pointless We could definitely use the money, not least for FFP reasons. I’d sell for more than 50. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
og1874 Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 Just now, VillaParkAvenue said: We could definitely use the money, not least for FFP reasons. I’d sell for more than 50. We’re pretty ok for FFP at the moment I believe - also remember that a signing costs their fee divided by contract length for FFP, while sales all go against it in one go. Grealish sold for 100m was +100m onto the books immediately, the signings we made were 90m/4 (22.5m/yr), so in terms of that transfer we were up 77.5m last year (more to it than that especially when wages etc come into it, but you get the idea) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaParkAvenue Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 2 minutes ago, og1874 said: We’re pretty ok for FFP at the moment I believe - also remember that a signing costs their fee divided by contract length for FFP, while sales all go against it in one go. Grealish sold for 100m was +100m onto the books immediately, the signings we made were 90m/4 (22.5m/yr), so in terms of that transfer we were up 77.5m last year (more to it than that especially when wages etc come into it, but you get the idea) Yeah football accounting is interesting. Next year though the JG income is 0 while last summer’s signings still cost another 22.5, to which we add new signings and so on. I read FFP could be a reason why Villa prefer to send players on loan, since amortization means selling a player one or two seasons later can turn a value decrease into a ”profit”. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 51 minutes ago, MaVilla said: for 65m?, ye i would. Yeah but where are we getting a keeper as good, for that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laughable Chimp Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Delphinho123 said: Here’s a mad question. If somebody offered £65m for Martinez would you sell? Yep. 65mil is 65mil tbh. Also he hasn't been nearly as good as he was last season either. Current Martinez is still good, but he's not 65m good. Edited April 13, 2022 by Laughable Chimp 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 21 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: Yeah but where are we getting a keeper as good, for that? 65m for a keeper. Most expensive keepers ever (and some others): Kepa - 75m Allison - 65m Courtois - 35m Ederson - 35m Buffon - 33m Mendy - 22m main thing is, ofc i wouldnt want to lose Martinez ideally, but if you could get 65m for him, although you may or may not be able to replace him with a better keeper, you should at least be able to buy a very good one for 20-30m, and have 35m in the bank to spend elsewhere. Im not advocating selling Martinez, but 65m?, thats a lot lot...of money for a keeper. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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