VillaHatesMe Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 47 minutes ago, paul514 said: I know literally nothing about this player That's not true, you know his name. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomav84 Posted July 10, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted July 10, 2022 8 hours ago, Xela said: Why underwhelming? We're not going to spend £20m on a back up left back. I'd hoped for a young understudy to digne. It's a sensible signing, but an underwhelming one. I'm just wary of why sevilla want rid of him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 1 hour ago, tomav84 said: I'd hoped for a young understudy to digne. It's a sensible signing, but an underwhelming one. I'm just wary of why sevilla want rid of him I think we already have one from our academy don’t we? This loan gives us some insurance though. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarryOnVilla Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, tomav84 said: I'd hoped for a young understudy to digne. It's a sensible signing, but an underwhelming one. I'm just wary of why sevilla want rid of him We do have a Young understudy to Lucas, but it’s probably less condescending to simply call him by his first name… Ashley. Edited July 10, 2022 by CarryOnVilla 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 1 hour ago, tomav84 said: I'd hoped for a young understudy to digne. It's a sensible signing, but an underwhelming one. I'm just wary of why sevilla want rid of him I just don't think we are at the level yet to get a top quality young left back who is prepared to sit on the bench for a couple of years. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWARLEY2 Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 1 minute ago, Xela said: I just don't think we are at the level yet to get a top quality young left back who is prepared to sit on the bench for a couple of years. I also don't think that we will be buying youngsters ever again ( who are ready for the first team) apart from the odd exceptional talent. We have shed loads coming through and it seems alot of them have really high ceilings . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 1 minute ago, MWARLEY2 said: I also don't think that we will be buying youngsters ever again ( who are ready for the first team) apart from the odd exceptional talent. We have shed loads coming through and it seems alot of them have really high ceilings . Exactly this. What's the point of putting all that effort hoovering up top talent if we then block their path to the first team. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomav84 Posted July 10, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted July 10, 2022 (edited) 25 minutes ago, Xela said: I just don't think we are at the level yet to get a top quality young left back who is prepared to sit on the bench for a couple of years. i do get that. i'm just always concerned that when a club loans out players in their late 20s it's usually because they want rid of them. same with us with trez, samatta and el ghazi i'm not denying that it's a sensible signing for relatively low risk. i guess i'm just annoyed that we missed out on hickey as that's the sort of player i thought we'd end up getting i'm not against ludwig, just underwhelmed Edited July 10, 2022 by tomav84 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul514 Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 32 minutes ago, DCJonah said: Exactly this. What's the point of putting all that effort hoovering up top talent if we then block their path to the first team. The path isn’t blocked for the kids, they go on loans to prove themselves and come back to play Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 1 hour ago, Xela said: I just don't think we are at the level yet to get a top quality young left back who is prepared to sit on the bench for a couple of years. We're not, we don't play deep enough in enough competitions to feed them games And at the same time the shitty truth of the PL and all this money means that if we do still like him in 3 years time and he is better than Digne or we are in europe and competiting at the top end we can buy him for £30-40m I feel dirty just for saying something so arrogant but that's what the top 6 do, let Brentford take the risk and put the graft in developing him and then if he's good a bigger fish will buy him Hickey will do more good at Brentford then he would do for us right now, we don't really need him 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nepal_villan Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 (edited) Not sure how realistic it is but would love to get Paqueta from Lyon. Maybe with Sanson going on loan to them as a sweetener. Edit: rumored with Arsenal and Newcastle, so we certainly could compete for his signing. Edited July 10, 2022 by nepal_villan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 17 minutes ago, nepal_villan said: Not sure how realistic it is but would love to get Paqueta from Lyon. Maybe with Sanson going on loan to them as a sweetener. Edit: rumored with Arsenal and Newcastle, so we certainly could compete for his signing. Would be an awesome signing but would potentially mean you don’t see a lot of Buendia… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
messi11 Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 So after signing Ludwig Augustinsson the backup LB do we think we're done in the transfer market? I still think we need a CM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PaulMcGrath_5 Posted July 10, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 10, 2022 2 minutes ago, messi11 said: So after signing Ludwig Augustinsson the backup LB do we think we're done in the transfer market? I still think we need a CM Based on the fact Gerrard said only a few days ago that we are after another CM, I’d say we are not done. 7 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarryOnVilla Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 (edited) 4 minutes ago, messi11 said: So after signing Ludwig Augustinsson the backup LB do we think we're done in the transfer market? I still think we need a CM I’m done with you… but in seriousness, I believe we’ll get a marquee sigining. But depending if we can shift more players if not, we give Doug a new contract Edited July 10, 2022 by CarryOnVilla 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
messi11 Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 1 minute ago, PaulMcGrath_5 said: Based on the fact Gerrard said only a few days ago that we are after another CM, I’d say we are not done. I wonder who! Hopefully we splash the cash on quality 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
messi11 Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 1 minute ago, CarryOnVilla said: I’m done with you… but in serious, I believe we’ll get a marquee sigining. But depending if we can shift more players if not, we give Doug a new contract Luiz looks like he staying the amount of posts Villa official twitter give him Ramsey and Mcginn walk into our starting 11 right now and that shouldn't be the case 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeypuzzle Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 I got the impression that Otavio from Porto was our midfield targett. I don't mind this as I think he'd be good in a midfield three/ attacker on rotation, but I am still hoping for a more defensive minded top class midfielder. Doesn't have to be a full on DM but definitely more defensive than offensive. If Douglas Luiz can be persuaded to sign a new contract then I think he would be great alongside Kamara (yes we DID play 4-2-3-1 for the first half against Walsall) but I don't think Nakamba is good enough as our Kamara alternative for the defensive role. He did not impress me against Walsall. Regardless of Douglas Luiz staying or going I would like a marquee central midfielder with defensive strengths, who can play either the "6" or "8" role! I've heard Latimer from RB Leipzig mentioned. He'd be great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duke313 Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 Ndombele left out of Spurs squad for pre-season? Would he be worth the risk for the right price? At his best he’d walk into our midfield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 1 minute ago, duke313 said: Ndombele left out of Spurs squad for pre-season? Would he be worth the risk for the right price? At his best he’d walk into our midfield. Absolutely not. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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