vandaq Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 Don`t see it. As big of a stretch as belhanda is, but belgiums are pretty popular nowadays and this guy is a international. Left winger I think, but he might play several positions. Besides, is a winger what we would need? I would rather we splashed some cash on an AM instead of a winger. But I would welcome him, he is supposedly a good player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa-revolution Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 A bunch of people have mentioned this guy since the close of the season (villanwesty88 in particular if memory serves) and I mentioned him in this post. He's certainly a good player. I'd best describe him as a trickier version of Agbonlahor. An adapted winger who is more a goalscorer than supplier. Where as Gabby relies on his pace and movement to beat a player, Chadli, whilst by no means slow, has a fair bit more on the ball trickery. Whilst he can play in every position of the winger//attacking midfield roles, in this past season he has been playing exclusively on the left and cutting in on his right foot. This is exactly what Agbonlahor does for us currently and exactly what I expect Tonev to be rotated in to do too. I guess they could be after one more versatile attacking player but I would be surprised. So whilst he certainly is a decent player and would likely adapt well to the premier league, I think with us already having a starter in his primary position (left wing) and having signed a guy already to likely rotate in that same position, I consider this signing unlikely. It would be a luxury rotation/depth transfer that we don't have the resources for. If he is bought in then I would guess it would be for two reasons: firstly to appease Benteke and secondly, to be adapted to play the central attacking midfield role. Personally, I'd rather have someone more accustomed to that position than Chadli but that's not to say the scouts haven't seen something in him which means he'd be more than capable of that role. My guess is, with one year left on his contract, his agent is using our name to engineer a move to England by getting his player's name in our press. I think he had been linked with Fulham and Ajax earlier this month. Wes? - Please give us your recommendation. Is this guy the dog's? I couldn't find out if he had dogs. I would guess he is a cat person. Let's hope he becomes a claret & blue Lion then Wes because he seems ace.. Cheers also for providing your astonishingly high standard of in depth insight & analysis here Wes & as always your posts are superb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalfTimePost Posted June 30, 2013 Author Share Posted June 30, 2013 Belhanda Mk2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biskitt Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 Belhanda Mk2 73 pages to go. We can do this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattyp_avfc Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 Belhanda Mk2 73 pages to go. We can do this. All we need are twitter journo's saying it WILL happen.... a Picture of Chadli in a Villa shirt and the paradox is complete! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czechlad Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 Time to put all my hope into this signing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillanousOne Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 i'll sign him on FIFA on the xbox 360 a post a still of that just like the other **** prick did Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonoridge91 Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 I haven't seen him play so can't say anything about his ability. The one thing I'm a bit funny about is that we're reportedly signing him to keep Benteke, I don't think that's the right reason to be signing a player personally... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob182 Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 If it's a signing in a position we need to strengthen, then I see no problem in signing a top player to keep a top player. It's win-win. Chadli, however, is a winger, and we need an AMC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webbs Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 On Wikipedia it says that we've signed him for 6 million, on a 4 year deal... I assume this isn't true. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phumfeinz Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 On Wikipedia it says that we've signed him for 6 million, on a 4 year deal... I assume this isn't true. Oh it's true, it's damn true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killeen30 Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 I haven't seen him play so can't say anything about his ability. The one thing I'm a bit funny about is that we're reportedly signing him to keep Benteke, I don't think that's the right reason to be signing a player personally... If also haven't seen him play so can't comment but my opinion is that Lambert is not one to sign a player just to keep another happy. Benteke or anyone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonoridge91 Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 I haven't seen him play so can't say anything about his ability. The one thing I'm a bit funny about is that we're reportedly signing him to keep Benteke, I don't think that's the right reason to be signing a player personally... If also haven't seen him play so can't comment but my opinion is that Lambert is not one to sign a player just to keep another happy. Benteke or anyone else. Excuse me? I can't comment on whether he'll be a good addition to the squad but I didn't comment on that. My main worry is the apparent reason as to why we're signing him to apparently help keep Benteke. I just hope that's not the main reason, even though it's arguably being reported as such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killeen30 Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 I haven't seen him play so can't say anything about his ability. The one thing I'm a bit funny about is that we're reportedly signing him to keep Benteke, I don't think that's the right reason to be signing a player personally... If also haven't seen him play so can't comment but my opinion is that Lambert is not one to sign a player just to keep another happy. Benteke or anyone else. Excuse me? I can't comment on whether he'll be a good addition to the squad but I didn't comment on that. My main worry is the apparent reason as to why we're signing him to apparently help keep Benteke. I just hope that's not the main reason, even though it's arguably being reported as such. Excuse you what? I simply stated that I also hadn't seen him play but didn't believe the press in them stating he was being sign to keep Benteke happy. I don't think That's Lambert's style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nabby Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 Swansea have made a bid from few places on twitter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermon Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 @markoMarin7: ELF Votebal: Swansea City have made a bid for FC Twente's Nacer Chadli that meets his €10 million release clause. -W. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonoridge91 Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 I haven't seen him play so can't say anything about his ability. The one thing I'm a bit funny about is that we're reportedly signing him to keep Benteke, I don't think that's the right reason to be signing a player personally... If also haven't seen him play so can't comment but my opinion is that Lambert is not one to sign a player just to keep another happy. Benteke or anyone else. Excuse me? I can't comment on whether he'll be a good addition to the squad but I didn't comment on that. My main worry is the apparent reason as to why we're signing him to apparently help keep Benteke. I just hope that's not the main reason, even though it's arguably being reported as such. Excuse you what? I simply stated that I also hadn't seen him play but didn't believe the press in them stating he was being sign to keep Benteke happy. I don't think That's Lambert's style. You told me because I hadn't seen him play I couldn't comment. I fail to see why I can't comment about the report in question, especially when I didn't comment about the players ability but the report about why we might be signing him... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Jonno Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 (edited) I haven't seen him play so can't say anything about his ability. The one thing I'm a bit funny about is that we're reportedly signing him to keep Benteke, I don't think that's the right reason to be signing a player personally... If also haven't seen him play so can't comment but my opinion is that Lambert is not one to sign a player just to keep another happy. Benteke or anyone else. Excuse me? I can't comment on whether he'll be a good addition to the squad but I didn't comment on that. My main worry is the apparent reason as to why we're signing him to apparently help keep Benteke. I just hope that's not the main reason, even though it's arguably being reported as such. Excuse you what? I simply stated that I also hadn't seen him play but didn't believe the press in them stating he was being sign to keep Benteke happy. I don't think That's Lambert's style. You told me because I hadn't seen him play I couldn't comment. I fail to see why I can't comment about the report in question, especially when I didn't comment about the players ability but the report about why we might be signing him... No he didnt. He made a small typo and said "if" instead if "iv". Dont worry, he's not out to get you. Sometimes its probably worth reading a post twice Edited July 1, 2013 by SuperJonno Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daveburnside Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 73 pages to go you say.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagicMushroom Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 With Carruthers signing a new deal, i cant see this link having any legs at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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