Vive_La_Villa Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 (edited) 2 minutes ago, rodders0223 said: The mythical exposure and shirt sales that amount to nowhere near a players fee or wages for a football club. Don’t underestimate exposure! You reckon anybody had heard of Villa in Tanzania before we signed Samatta? We then had a whole nation of new fans for a few months. Edited January 29, 2023 by Vive_La_Villa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Zatman Posted January 29, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 29, 2023 3 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said: Don’t underestimate exposure! You reckon anybody had heard of Villa in Tanzania before we signed Samatta? We then had a whole nation of new fans for a few months. It wasnt a pleasant few months for anybody 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 12 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said: Don’t underestimate exposure! You reckon anybody had heard of Villa in Tanzania before we signed Samatta? We then had a whole nation of new fans for a few months. Yep I believe we paid for Ings the following summer in exposure dollars. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwi1890 Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 Similar type of player to Buendia and Coutinho. A move here wouldn’t make sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 (edited) 14 minutes ago, rodders0223 said: Yep I believe we paid for Ings the following summer in exposure dollars. On a serious note if you can sign a star of a country where the Premier League is big and keep him for several years. You can potentially create a whole new generation of fans from that country. Of course the player needs to be a real star for their country and Kang In probably isn’t that player. For example Spurs are massive in South Korea. Edited January 29, 2023 by Vive_La_Villa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hornso Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 26 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said: On a serious note if you can sign a star of a country where the Premier League is big and keep him for several years. You can potentially create a whole new generation of fans from that country. Of course the player needs to be a real star for their country and Kang In probably isn’t that player. For example Spurs are massive in South Korea. From memory when Buendia celebrates his goal at Spurs earlier this month you can see a bunch of Korean fans sitting front row. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveAV1 Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 21 minutes ago, Hornso said: From memory when Buendia celebrates his goal at Spurs earlier this month you can see a bunch of Korean fans sitting front row. Were they all crying? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanBalaban Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 1 minute ago, DaveAV1 said: Were they all crying? Yep, into their half and half scarves. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveAV1 Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 5 minutes ago, StanBalaban said: Yep, into their half and half scarves. Half Spurs half Man U? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanBalaban Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 34 minutes ago, DaveAV1 said: Half Spurs half Man U? Half Son, half Ji Sung Park 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 A thing that's true is that when I lived in Korea (2008/09) Park was pretty much at his peak, and a lot of Koreans supported Man Utd because of him. Amusingly, post-match highlights were often mostly 'what Park did', which would sometimes mean the 'highlights' consisted of any goals, then Park being subbed on, then Park clapping the fans at the end of the game. Anyway, I doubt this is a repeatable trick. Park was a star, and I'm sure Son is perhaps even bigger, but this lad isn't going to be unless he turns out to be brilliant, and I suspect Koreans have just got more used to having players playing in top European leagues these days so I imagine it's much less of a novelty (and hence much less monetisable). TL/DR - signing this lad might be good or bad from a footballing sense, but I doubt it would make any appreciable difference to anything in a financial sense. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanBalaban Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 3 minutes ago, HanoiVillan said: A thing that's true is that when I lived in Korea (2008/09) Park was pretty much at his peak, and a lot of Koreans supported Man Utd because of him. Amusingly, post-match highlights were often mostly 'what Park did', which would sometimes mean the 'highlights' consisted of any goals, then Park being subbed on, then Park clapping the fans at the end of the game. Anyway, I doubt this is a repeatable trick. Park was a star, and I'm sure Son is perhaps even bigger, but this lad isn't going to be unless he turns out to be brilliant, and I suspect Koreans have just got more used to having players playing in top European leagues these days so I imagine it's much less of a novelty (and hence much less monetisable). TL/DR - signing this lad might be good or bad from a footballing sense, but I doubt it would make any appreciable difference to anything in a financial sense. There's also the fact that Park was an established member of arguably the biggest team on the planet at the time. Park being a success at Everton wouldn't have been the same draw. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SecretVillaScout Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 His agent visited Villa at Bodymoor Heath today (and wolves and man city) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaParkAvenue Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 Still haven’t seen much of this kid, but I guess Brighton being after him says something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 51 minutes ago, SecretVillaScout said: His agent visited Villa at Bodymoor Heath today (and wolves and man city) Not sure what the point of Man. City would be. Wolves are signing Cunha full time in the summer and Kaladzjic will be back from injury so even if they unload likes of Diego Costa and Raul Jimenez I'm not sure he'll be playing much there either. Would certainly have best chance of game time here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 9 hours ago, VillaChris said: Not sure what the point of Man. City would be. Wolves are signing Cunha full time in the summer and Kaladzjic will be back from injury so even if they unload likes of Diego Costa and Raul Jimenez I'm not sure he'll be playing much there either. Would certainly have best chance of game time here. You’re talking about Wolves strikers but Kang-In is an attacking midfielder isn’t he, am I missing something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 (edited) 10 hours ago, VillaChris said: Not sure what the point of Man. City would be. Wolves are signing Cunha full time in the summer and Kaladzjic will be back from injury so even if they unload likes of Diego Costa and Raul Jimenez I'm not sure he'll be playing much there either. Would certainly have best chance of game time here. No point at all for them, other than taking a punt that he develops into someone they can sell on, at a profit. His agent might be more influenced by cash, rather than playing time considerations, though. Edited April 14, 2023 by John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 Not sure. I vote for Kudus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duke313 Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 Where would this guy play? in the Bailey role or in one of the wide roles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 Surely his agent would be representing more than one player. Maybe we’re after Abde Ezzalzouli. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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