moose Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 I can see Lerner making 20m available Plus sales of collins Warnock Dunne etc would give rafa a decent budget Very little over £20 million then! He'd have to use some of the £20m to get someone to take them off our books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valhalla Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 I just think the transfer budget is going to be a major issue, there is now way Rafa will work on a shoe string budget, no chance.. He will want about 25-35 mill. They will discuss that before rafa agrees to sign the contract. http://theoriginalwinger.com/2012-04-02-rafa-benitezs-fifa-com-interview-my-next-job-must-match-my-desire "With the UEFA Financial Fair Play rules you have to manage the budget, you have to be careful and you have to promote young players from the academy." Quote from a recent interview, good read. Won`t be a big problem. Well If rafa is willing to work within a budget and promote our youth players, then I say get him signed up, might be able to get the next Alonso. I think he would be able to get us some good talent from abroad for good prices, he has obviously been studying european football during his time out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanvilla_1994 Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 I'd be happy with Benitez, I absolutely despise the bloke but he's a good manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 Didn't MON sell Cahill to bring in Zat Knight? Yes he did unfortunately Knight joined in Aug 2007 Cahill left in Jan 2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 I'd be happy with Benitez, I absolutely despise the bloke but he's a good manager. Sums it up for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstonMartin82 Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 Ok, so where has the Rafa story come from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerCollins29 Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 I'd be happy with Benitez, I absolutely despise the bloke but he's a good manager. Sums it up for me. this. the barry 'saga' left a sour taste Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerCollins29 Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 I'd be happy with Benitez, I absolutely despise the bloke but he's a good manager. Sums it up for me. this. the barry 'saga' left a sour taste Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villaonsea Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 CI randy will not give 20 million plus player sales. 8 million plus 50% is what i have been told Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diehardvillan Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 Ok, so where has the Rafa story come from? Just people speculating mate. Oh, and a twitter ITK that posted it on RAWK who normally is 95% accurate. :!: :winkold: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villaonsea Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 the twitter itk is a well respected freelance journo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moorski Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 Didn't MON sell Cahill to bring in Zat Knight? Yes he did unfortunately Knight joined in Aug 2007 Cahill left in Jan 2008 Knight took his place and Cahill was then sold due to lack of 1st team opportunites - due to Knight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaRoy Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 CI randy will not give 20 million plus player sales. 8 million plus 50% is what i have been told Neil Moxey the Midlands correspondent for the Daily Mail was on Talk Sport other day, he is under the impression from what he has heard that the new manager will be given significant funds to rebuild the squad, gotta be more than £8 million surely. Don't see us making much from player sales in transfer fees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponky Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 Didn't MON sell Cahill to bring in Zat Knight? Yes he did unfortunately Knight joined in Aug 2007 Cahill left in Jan 2008 Knight took his place and Cahill was then sold due to lack of 1st team opportunites - due to Knight Knight came in as cover when MON was struggling to sign the 10million quid centre-half Curtis Davies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villaonsea Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 i was told directly by bosko balaban Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supervillan78 Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 Didn't MON sell Cahill to bring in Zat Knight? Yes he did unfortunately Knight joined in Aug 2007 Cahill left in Jan 2008 Knight took his place and Cahill was then sold due to lack of 1st team opportunites - due to Knight Knight came in as cover when MON was struggling to sign the 10million quid centre-half Curtis Davies. either way it was still a massive MON cock up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginko Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 I'd be happy with Benitez, I absolutely despise the bloke but he's a good manager. Sums it up for me. this. the barry 'saga' left a sour taste People hate him because he targeted one of our players that he wanted to sign or is there more to it? If not, I don't know why people get so upset when other managers buy our players, it's part of the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 You know Warnock wasn't always that bad. He was. In fact I sometimes wonder why everyone has it in for him Because he isn't good enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gompedyret Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 My take: The Dynamic Duo Lerner & Faulkner doesn't have an A target per say. Lerner have paid Klinsmann handsomely for a nice little short list of potential managers suiting whatever criteria he's after (hopefully young, hungry, vibrant and CAPABLE). What they are doing now is simply going through the list sussing out the candidates (by phone, jet plane, informal conversations, interviews, whatever) and then decide on a prioritized list based on 1. who Lerner finds most pleasant do deal with and 2. who is less likely to make a fuzz about small transfer kittys. OK, this is just me picturing the process, really hope the reality is a tad different. Also, I hope Mr. Klinsmann has put a few of his brilliant German colleagues on that list. 8-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KHV Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 CI randy will not give 20 million plus player sales. 8 million plus 50% is what i have been told Neil Moxey the Midlands correspondent for the Daily Mail was on Talk Sport other day, he is under the impression from what he has heard that the new manager will be given significant funds to rebuild the squad, gotta be more than £8 million surely. Don't see us making much from player sales in transfer fees. Bent £15m, Gabby £7m, Nzogbia £5m, Ireland £3m That would mean the new man has £23m to spend to replace the 4 listed above and also Cuellar, Guzan, Heskey and Petrov. I am also led to belive that 3 of the 4 from Bent, Gabby, Nzogbia and Ireland have requested transfers away from Villa Park but time will tell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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