darrenm Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2270845/Aston-Villa-close-Yacouba-Sylla-Randy-Lerner-backs-Paul-Lambert-transfer-cash.html Aston Villa will spend some money in the January transfer window after all.Manager Paul Lambert and chief executive Paul Faulkner have spent the afternoon at the club's Bodymoor Heath training ground, putting the finishing details to the signing of Yacouba Sylla.There are still a few loose ends to tie up but the club will confirm the arrival of the French midfielder from Clermont Foot within the next 24 hours.Villa have so far failed to enter any bidding war for several high-priced stars but the club has always maintained they would be active when the window opened.It will come as a relief to supporters, desperate for some good news in the wake of two exits in cup competitions and four successive home defeats.Lerner has always backed his managers and he has added to the £21m he has already given Lambert with additional funding in the New Year - although with an estimated £3m to play with there will be limits as to what the club can do in the next 24 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
packoman Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Official Twitter account: Clermont Foot @ ClermontFoot Yacouba Sylla negotiating with the English club Aston Villa http:// bit.ly / UDDdID Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefan Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 What?.......never heard of him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Sounds ideal considering our needs and budget constraints. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cambridge-AVFC Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 He's a defensive midfielder who's big and black. What more could we ask for? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimzk5 Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Fair **** to whoever updated his Wiki page, his current club status made me lof Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si. Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Who? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodytom Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 What?.......never heard of him Stonewall happening then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Burgundy Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Hooray he's 6ft tall! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenm Posted January 30, 2013 Author Share Posted January 30, 2013 Sounds exactly what we need. Just hope we don't put too much pressure on him to perform straight away. GFNFrance @GFN_France Re: #Sylla. He is a powerful defensive midfielder who will always look to be 1st to every ball. Bit of graft in the midfield for #AVFC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Burgundy Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 DENCH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliffy Biro Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Exaclty what we need at the moment someone to get stuck in. Funny how we pay 2m though and sissoko was 1.8...surely proves that wage limits have been holding us back during the window. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condimentalist Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Absolutely 100 % necessary signing. Sounds like the type of player we've been crying out for - let's just hope he's decent. For one thing at least we're not waving the white flag just yet. I think we might see another through the door yet too - let's hope Lerner has smelt the bitter coffee of relegation on the horizon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmytheirishvillain Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Absolutely 100 % necessary signing. Sounds like the type of player we've been crying out for - let's just hope he's decent. For one thing at least we're not waving the white flag just yet. I think we might see another through the door yet too - let's hope Lerner has smelt the bitter coffee of relegation on the horizon. I'm delighted with this signing think he's bit of Steele for the midfield but he won't save our season buddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 A DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDER! Finally! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regular_john Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Straight from the French second division into a young, disorganised Premier League side scraping for survival. I can not see this ending well. (But I hope I'm wrong!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodytom Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 who the **** are claremont foot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel1Avfc Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 What a relief Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
packoman Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Comment from a Clermont forum: the physical Sylla will be missed, a great player. Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Welcome Sylla 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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