Maradona10 Posted November 14, 2010 Share Posted November 14, 2010 I think we'll spend heavily and large portions of it will be on a striker and a midfielder, there's a United ITK claiming he knows a Villa insider and we are going to take Carrick of them, it wouldn't surprise me if he joined! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fran_villa Posted November 14, 2010 Share Posted November 14, 2010 I think we'll spend heavily and large portions of it will be on a striker and a midfielder, there's a United ITK claiming he knows a Villa insider and we are going to take Carrick of them, it wouldn't surprise me if he joined!would you want him though,i know i wouldn't i dont rate him tbh.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P3te Posted November 14, 2010 Share Posted November 14, 2010 I think we'll spend heavily and large portions of it will be on a striker and a midfielder, there's a United ITK claiming he knows a Villa insider and we are going to take Carrick of them, it wouldn't surprise me if he joined!would you want him though,i know i wouldn't i dont rate him tbh.. i think hed do a very good job tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deeps Posted November 14, 2010 Share Posted November 14, 2010 Sidwell out and Makoun in will probably be his first bit of business. is Makoun any good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted November 14, 2010 Share Posted November 14, 2010 I think we'll spend heavily and large portions of it will be on a striker and a midfielder, there's a United ITK claiming he knows a Villa insider and we are going to take Carrick of them, it wouldn't surprise me if he joined! I really hope not! Carrick is past his best, whatever his best was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted November 14, 2010 Share Posted November 14, 2010 we won't go for carrick imo, houllier will look abroad and will look for relatively young players.. if not mid 20's imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peever Posted November 14, 2010 Share Posted November 14, 2010 I put 15-19.9 million though I think the transfers will go one of two ways. Either a fair bit of money in january, and minimal in the summer, or switch those 2 around. I know RL might be a bitter with the $$ he has put in and was flushed away but we need at least some investment for GH to get the players he wants into his system. I am sure he has been in talks with RL since hte moment he took control about the funds he wants/will need for January and the summer. My thoughts are he already has a list of the players he wants to bring in and their cost to the club. If we get the $$ expect the transfers to come fast and furious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginko Posted November 14, 2010 Share Posted November 14, 2010 Well, it's all up in the air I suppose. So far GH has mentioned how January isn't his favourite time to buy, but I think he might have to in order to a) satisfy the supporters and give then an inkling into which direction he wants to take the club and purely because of our injury list (hopefully nothing to do with the new fitness training otherwise we could be seeing more injuries) If he buys Carrick though, he would be going against a point he made about how the buy british policy is on its way out. Buying Carrick in his first transfer window would be a bit hypocritical but I guess it wouldn't be the be all and end all. I personally don't rate him however, I'd rather see Delph get in there and grow into the role but having some cover wouldn't go amiss, just please not Carrick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve-67 Posted November 14, 2010 Share Posted November 14, 2010 Well, it's all up in the air I suppose. So far GH has mentioned how January isn't his favourite time to buy, but I think he might have to in order to a) satisfy the supporters and give then an inkling into which direction he wants to take the club and purely because of our injury list (hopefully nothing to do with the new fitness training otherwise we could be seeing more injuries) If he buys Carrick though, he would be going against a point he made about how the buy british policy is on its way out. Buying Carrick in his first transfer window would be a bit hypocritical but I guess it wouldn't be the be all and end all. I personally don't rate him however, I'd rather see Delph get in there and grow into the role but having some cover wouldn't go amiss, just please not Carrick. Delph should be back by the time the window opens and might save a few quid. The Fonz may also save a few quid too. I would like to see a couple come in to boost numbers but not if the kids are better than what GH wants to bring in. I'd like to see a few leave if possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted November 14, 2010 Share Posted November 14, 2010 Personally I think we'll buy one or two players in January followed by a massive influx of players in the summer. At the same time we'll probably ship out a fair few players between now and September. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrackpotForeigner Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 Tbh, the most we might want to sign would be a LB, a striker, and possibly a big, pacey, physical, goalscoring, creative midfielder if there's one available I believe our January spend will be limited by what is available. The club would have us believe there's money to be spent, but I doubt we will be trying to persuade any reluctant sellers by offering much over the odds. We will also be looking to offload Sidwell and Carew, mainly to get rid of their wage bill (IMO) There might be as much as 30 mill available if we can do that, but it'll be hard to spend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrackpotForeigner Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 Tbh, the most we might want to sign would be a LB, a striker, and possibly a big, pacey, physical, goalscoring, creative midfielder if there's one available AaHA! Robert Pires! 8) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houlston Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sidcow Posted January 17, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted January 17, 2011 I have put £20m + as this looks a virtual certainty. MM seems very confident of 2 more after Bent. Only sale likely to net us some serious money would be Ireland I think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smetrov Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 Ireland looks the most likely departure. Think AY will leave in the summer - that should offset the bent fee almost entirely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacketspuds Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 IN Bent - £18m Makoun - £6m Adam - £5m Figueroa - £4m Walker - £Loan TOTAL - £33m OUT Warnock - £Loan Davies - £2.5m Carew - £2m Sidwell - £0.35m Ireland - £6m TOTAL - £10.85m Net - £22.15m The best bit is that we are probably selling £235k/week worth of wages and spending approx £175k/week on the other players so that's also a big bonus for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 I have put £20m + as this looks a virtual certainty. MM seems very confident of 2 more after Bent. Only sale likely to net us some serious money would be Ireland I thinkI agree. I voted (before today obviously) for 5-10 million. Looks like I was way off the mark. Who is that in your avatar btw? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted January 17, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted January 17, 2011 I have put £20m + as this looks a virtual certainty. MM seems very confident of 2 more after Bent. Only sale likely to net us some serious money would be Ireland I thinkI agree. I voted (before today obviously) for 5-10 million. Looks like I was way off the mark. Who is that in your avatar btw? Believe it or not it is Natalie Imbruglia! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smetrov Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 We could also get a sizeable fee for Cuellar. - Never really done it for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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