LondonLax Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 Okore was available in January. Chelsea had a bid accepted for him but he turned them down after he was told he would have to sit on their bench. I really hope Lerner does start spending big again but I am not so sure it's going to happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SikhInTrinity Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 Yes but in January, you do remember who was on our books? Dunne. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omariqy Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 Just cannot see this happening. Too many big clubs in for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SikhInTrinity Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 I have been saying for a while, do not think he is a Lambert type of player at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brommy Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 Ahem... we have no idea how big transfer budget Lambert has so there's no point saying "We can't afford 10-15 million player". Partially true - but as Lambert has told us 'not to to expect any big signings' and 'those days are over' - assume towards the lower end !Lambert is clever enough not to advertise how much we have to spend. You don't walk in to a market and tell the traders you have X to spend because the first price quoted by them is likely to be X plus their haggle margin! I don't agree with those stating 'there's no way we would spend €15m on a player'. Currently unlikely? Possibly, but not 'no way'. In any case, the maximum we spend on a player in the next year or so is likely to be influenced by a certain Christian Benteke. I couldn't be certain of the chances of him staying or going this summer. 50-50??? I still believe Lerner would sanction a large transfer fee if the player's contract was right for Villa, i.e. reasonable wages, would take the team forward based on their current ability, would make a profit if they played well above their predicted ability. This would appear to rule out signing large value players in their late twenties. Having said the above, it makes little sense for a club of our income to be paying any player over around £75k/week. I would expect most £15m+ players to command more than we can sensibly pay them so that does self regulate the high end of the transfer fees. Back to Belhanda. I agree, at first inspection, it does not seem like the type of transfer we would currently complete but, as unlikely as the transfer may be, I don't believe anyone could be as certain to give it a 'no way'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddywhack Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 Express and Star are reporting we're not interested Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bose Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 Express and Star are reporting we're not interested Link Morocco international Belhanda is not on Paul Lambert’s wishlist and Villa have not bid, despite Montpellier’s claims. La Paillade president Louis Nicollin said last week Villa had made an offer for the 23-year-old and the midfielder went as far as issuing a ‘come and get me’ plea. Nicollin claimed Villa, both Milan clubs and Galatasaray all wanted Belhanda but the Express & Star understands the £12million-rated playmaker was never discussed by the claret and blues. Can't say I'm surprised, never believed the story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 No it did seem like Aston Villa was just thrown in by their owner as an after thought to drum up interest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kammy Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 Surprised? Not at all. Disappointed? A bit. Think he's the kind of player we could do with. Been a while since we've had flair in the middle of the park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legov Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 No no no no no don't damn my hopes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brommy Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 When another club officially states (not just a rumour) that we have bid for a player and it turns out to be a lie, it does make me wonder about the validity of many of our transfer/finance discussions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted June 10, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted June 10, 2013 Does this mean we are back in for Wesley Sneijder? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSV Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 could easily just be that Villa are covering up for falling short for this player. Random for a club president to name Villa of all clubs. if he was to make it up he would of said a bigger club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samjp26 Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 No quotes at all though? Denying local news in Morocco and France, quotes from Montpellier, quotes from Belhanda with a short paragraph with no quotes at all. Doesn't quite add up for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingfisher Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 Express and Star are reporting we're not interested LinkMorocco international Belhanda is not on Paul Lambert’s wishlist and Villa have not bid, despite Montpellier’s claims.La Paillade president Louis Nicollin said last week Villa had made an offer for the 23-year-old and the midfielder went as far as issuing a ‘come and get me’ plea.Nicollin claimed Villa, both Milan clubs and Galatasaray all wanted Belhanda but the Express & Star understands the £12million-rated playmaker was never discussed by the claret and blues. Can't say I'm surprised, never believed the story. Well if you're stupid enough to get excited by a few threadbare paragraphs you're dumb enough to get disappointed by those three paragraphs. I could have bloody written that, I mean seriously! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaglint Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 could easily just be that Villa are covering up for falling short for this player. Random for a club president to name Villa of all clubs. if he was to make it up he would of said a bigger club. Think this was probably the case. We enquired, possibly bid but weren't able to close the deal. No big shock there. By saying nothing to UK press all along it allows us to say he was never on radar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSV Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 No quotes at all though? Denying local news in Morocco and France, quotes from Montpellier, quotes from Belhanda with a short paragraph with no quotes at all. Doesn't quite add up for me. exactly. He knocked us back and were covering it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abdulaziz1 Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 No quotes at all though? Denying local news in Morocco and France, quotes from Montpellier, quotes from Belhanda with a short paragraph with no quotes at all. Doesn't quite add up for me. That .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SikhInTrinity Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 Honestly do not believe we were in for this guy at all, nothing about us falling short, just could never see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSV Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 too much smoke not to believe it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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