Popular Post pete101 Posted January 30, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 30, 2023 1 minute ago, MrBlack said: Feel like if we haven't gone for him it's down to wage demands being astronomical or Emery not rating him. If Southampton get him I think they'll have done some great business. Think it might be a case that when Gerrard spoke to a player, it's was a case of convincing a player to be part of his plans. When Unai speaks to a player it's them who must convince him that they are worthy of his plans 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
est1874 Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 4 minutes ago, pete101 said: Think it might be a case that when Gerrard spoke to a player, it's was a case of convincing a player to be part of his plans. When Unai speaks to a player it's them who must convince him that they are worthy of his plans This is just nonsense sorry, what's the basis for this belief? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVByrne Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 If Dembele moved to Southampton then it's clear we didn't want him or feel we can get a better Striker in summer. Like last Jan and waiting for Kamara Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 Slightly miffed by this. Whatever his wage demands, it would've been offset by the rather paltry 3m transfer fee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacketspuds Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 Just now, maqroll said: Slightly miffed by this. Whatever his wage demands, it would've been offset by the rather paltry 3m transfer fee. I'd be miffed if we were actually interested in the players and didn't want to cough up the £3m to sign him. However, it does suggest more that we're not actually interested in the player anyway. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBlack Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 (edited) 56 minutes ago, jacketspuds said: I'd be miffed if we were actually interested in the players and didn't want to cough up the £3m to sign him. However, it does suggest more that we're not actually interested in the player anyway. It does. Just did the maths on my 150k a week estimated salary, and over 4 years that's "only" 31m. For a player of his supposed ability, that's about right in this mental market. I guess also of note is that 150k would double his salary and he surely would accept 120k. Can only assume we didn't want him. Edited January 30, 2023 by MrBlack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalfTimePost Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 Maybe they won't be going for Dembele after all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 3 minutes ago, HalfTimePost said: Maybe they won't be going for Dembele after all maybe for 33m they will pick them both up..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steero113 Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 3 minutes ago, HalfTimePost said: Maybe they won't be going for Dembele after all Ahh the sweet sweet smell of relegation threatened desperation signings. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don_Simon Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 2 hours ago, est1874 said: This is just nonsense sorry, what's the basis for this belief? Consistent trophy winner. World class coaching reputation. Not a complete bellend. To name but a few. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
est1874 Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Don_Simon said: Consistent trophy winner. World class coaching reputation. Not a complete bellend. To name but a few. People be spouting absolute shite just because Gerrard was awful. Emery's a great coach, undeniably. Exactly how that translates to Villa being such a top prospect that we can afford to treat top players like they must prove they are "worthy of his plans" is beyond me. Anyone with half a brain knows that as big as we are, Villa is still a hard sell for a lot of top international talent. Emery has suggested as much in the presser last week when he said it's hard to get players here. Edited January 30, 2023 by est1874 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaParkAvenue Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 1 hour ago, Steero113 said: Ahh the sweet sweet smell of relegation threatened desperation signings. Not a bad signing tho. Vitinha is 22, scores every other game and plays for the current runners-up in the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panto_Villan Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, est1874 said: People be spouting absolute shite just because Gerrard was awful. Emery's a great coach, undeniably. Exactly how that translates to Villa being such a top prospect that we can afford to treat top players like they must prove they are "worthy of his plans" is beyond me. Anyone with half a brain knows that as big as we are, Villa is still a hard sell for a lot of top international talent. Emery has suggested as much in the presser last week when he said it's hard to get players here. Yeah, I feel like had Emery turned up at Kamara's house and demanded a bunch of reasons why he's worthy of signing for us on a free we might not have beaten the competition to that particular signing. Edited January 30, 2023 by Panto_Villan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 I'd say that yes, we likely see Dembele as a good option at a good fee who could "do a job" and Dembele sees himself as a free transfer player who should be getting 100k a week. 12 months ago we sign him and regret it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 Is that the Vitinha that was at Wolves? Looks like they messed that one up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulMcGrath_5 Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 2 minutes ago, Wainy316 said: Is that the Vitinha that was at Wolves? Looks like they messed that one up. No. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 7 minutes ago, Wainy316 said: Is that the Vitinha that was at Wolves? Looks like they messed that one up. Different one. But they still messed up. The one they biffed is a top player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted January 31, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted January 31, 2023 This Southampton situation just adds fuel to the fire of why no one wants him for such a nominal amount? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
est1874 Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 On 23/01/2023 at 11:25, PieFacE said: I'd argue the opposite. Selling Ings when we did wasn't short term thinking, it's long term thinking. We had an opportunity that we may not get again and took it for the better of the bigger picture financially. It would be short term thinking to hold onto Ings until we had a replacement lined up which could have ultimately killed the Ings deal. It was a risk, the club took it, we won the game. Everything worked out fine.As for Dembele, we have 2 weeks to get him in now before the next game. Relax. Those 2 weeks have made all the difference eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted January 31, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted January 31, 2023 1 minute ago, est1874 said: Those 2 weeks have made all the difference eh? Really don't understand your point? Unless something changes in the next 12 hours or whatever, the club have decided to not sign him this window. So they're happy to go with what we've got until the next window. Selling Ings was still the smart thing to do imo if that's the point you're trying to make? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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