villan95 Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 45 minutes ago, alreadyexists said: I know loyalty isn’t a major asset for most footballers but as an arsenal fan you’d think he’d not be too keen on spurs Hasn't stopped Harry Kane playing for them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted August 10, 2023 Author Share Posted August 10, 2023 35 minutes ago, CVByrne said: Critical we add to the squad now after the Buendia news. Absolutely gutted and just such a kick in the stomach for any optimism for the season. He was an important player. Just like Carlos early last season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post calcifer Posted August 10, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 10, 2023 44 minutes ago, Jas10 said: According to Paddy, on the Love of Paul McGrath podcast (season preview), a club has bid for Diego Carlos and negotiations are ongoing… Personally, I don’t want to see him leave and I want to see what he can offer.. If it happens, it might suggest that we’re bringing in a RB with Konsa predominantly being played at CB…? I would rather we keep Carlos, we have European football so the squad will be rotated. The luck we have with injuries let's keep him! 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Townsend Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 Buendia's injury really does throw a right spanner in the works. We probably were looking at a striker/Felix type signing. Now we probably need more of a Buendia type. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 1 hour ago, villan95 said: Hasn't stopped Harry Kane playing for them I'd actually hope he's now more of a Villa fan than an Arsenal or Tottenham fan to be honest. lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philosopher Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 3 hours ago, duke313 said: How so? The deal sounds like it's almost done. Not to me. Almost done is terms agreed, coming in for medical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 We should probably be in for Alex Scott if available after this Buendia thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan95 Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 1 minute ago, Tomaszk said: We should probably be in for Alex Scott if available after this Buendia thing? Been confirmed by Bournemouth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philosopher Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 3 hours ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: Romano has said we are pushing for him, he's well known to Monchi, plus Buendia injured, so why are you not " convinced " we are after him? Re poor signing, don't know enough about him to add anything though. Unless BBC and Sky are reporting it then I have doubts. Monchi signed him for Roma and he spent most of his time injured. Then went to Galatasary for 16.5 m euros plus 13m euros in add ons. Half a season later they're willing to sell for 30million euros (what they paid for him). This kind of deal seems very risky to me. I trust in Emery's vision and managerial abilty, but Monchi has to prove himself. Zaniolo is a huge risk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaglint Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 1 minute ago, Tomaszk said: We should probably be in for Alex Scott if available after this Buendia thing? I thought that but already done. Wonder if they will think twice on Aaron Ramsey though, don’t think that’s sealed yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan95 Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 Kovar, the Man Utd keeper we were linked with is going to Bayer Leverkusen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supervillan78 Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 The links to Laporte make sense if Carlos is leaving? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 2 minutes ago, villan95 said: Been confirmed by Bournemouth Just read he's a Bournemouth fan! That's nice. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan95 Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 Just now, Supervillan78 said: The links to Laporte make sense if Carlos is leaving? A 3rd left sided CB? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas10 Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 (edited) 10 minutes ago, villaglint said: I thought that but already done. Wonder if they will think twice on Aaron Ramsey though, don’t think that’s sealed yet. Na… Unai confirmed it and explained his view on young players during his presser, after commenting on Emi’s injury. Suggested (after responding to the question) that we were likely to do similar with Archer but also see him as part of our long term plans… We have serious ambitions this season, more signings on the way - our highest priority is not developing our youngsters here… they will be sent out (whether on loan or sold) to get game time and we have the opportunities to bring them back if they impress… Finally, everything about us screams “big club” again, as well as “ambition” and “intent”… we want and need strong and effective players to launch an assault on all competitions… Unai also stated that our priority is the Premier League, followed by Europe… but we want to be competitive in every competition…”we will need players”… Edited August 10, 2023 by Jas10 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duke313 Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 7 minutes ago, Philosopher said: Unless BBC and Sky are reporting it then I have doubts. Monchi signed him for Roma and he spent most of his time injured. Then went to Galatasary for 16.5 m euros plus 13m euros in add ons. Half a season later they're willing to sell for 30million euros (what they paid for him). This kind of deal seems very risky to me. I trust in Emery's vision and managerial abilty, but Monchi has to prove himself. Zaniolo is a huge risk. I’d imagine since he’s only been there six months he hasn’t met the criteria for the add-ins. So selling for 30 would be profitable on the 16.5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one_ian_taylor Posted August 10, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted August 10, 2023 2 hours ago, Marka Ragnos said: I mean, it's a football forum. I actually sort of do want to hear what you lot think. I suspect that the working assumption of most of us here is that our posts on VT have about as much impact on Aston Villa's transfers as my yelling at the telly when Ollie misses affect his game. I'd argue that in the case of Felix, he also considers himself "special," too, perhaps a bit too much, and what Unai thinks, consequently, may matter less than we'd hope. So it has been you all along! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVByrne Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 If we sign another midfielder and a forward we should be ok. We won't get someone as good as Buendia but Coutinho is fragile and we can't just have Ramsey for LM for the season. He's injured himself. We need that attacking 8 for LM and it's more important than another forward imo. We can play Coutinho as the second striker role but not really LM free 8 role. Trying to stay positive that we have the window open and 3+ weeks to sort this out. Whoever we bring in hopefully can stay in squad longer term after next summer and we move Bailey and Coutinho on then. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas10 Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 Very simple or basic point… but I enjoyed what Luke had to say on the UTV podcast… ”OK” is not good enough for Unai, we are not messing about, in no way are we “done” in this window… We want to achieve as much as is possible and feasible… stronger and more effective players give you a better chance at that… only the youngsters that are deemed ready and capable will be involved, otherwise they will be sent out to develop further and decisions will be made on them in future… 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marka Ragnos Posted August 10, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted August 10, 2023 9 minutes ago, CVByrne said: If we sign another midfielder and a forward we should be ok. We won't get someone as good as Buendia but Coutinho is fragile and we can't just have Ramsey for LM for the season. He's injured himself. We need that attacking 8 for LM and it's more important than another forward imo. We can play Coutinho as the second striker role but not really LM free 8 role. Trying to stay positive that we have the window open and 3+ weeks to sort this out. Whoever we bring in hopefully can stay in squad longer term after next summer and we move Bailey and Coutinho on then. It would also be nice if Bailey could sort himself and get back in form, you know? We need to get our In-Form Bailey back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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