TrentVilla Posted July 10, 2016 Moderator Share Posted July 10, 2016 1 hour ago, villan-scott said: Alan Nixon thinks we are in for him, so may be something in it. He doesn't have a particularly good record on Villa targets to be honest.* (*I don't know if we are after this guy or not) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan-scott Posted July 10, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted July 10, 2016 (edited) 17 minutes ago, TrentVilla said: He doesn't have a particularly good record on Villa targets to be honest.* (*I don't know if we are after this guy or not) But he got Brad Friedel right about 8 years ago! In fairness he's a journos from the Mirror so knows as much as Joe Bloggs on the street most likely! Edited July 10, 2016 by villan-scott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omariqy Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 33 minutes ago, TrentVilla said: He doesn't have a particularly good record on Villa targets to be honest.* (*I don't know if we are after this guy or not) TBf I think he got all of our targets right last year but I think that was because he his mates with the English agent arranging the deals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 6 hours ago, Fairy In Boots said: I must be the only one who think if well managed and coached properly there's a player in Scot Sinclair, I'd much rather we got rid of gabby, lescott and Bacuna first. He had a bright start last preseason and early on, but totally faded by October. He's yet to really live up to his potential, and he's pushing 30...if we have the money, he's surplus, IMO. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted July 11, 2016 Moderator Share Posted July 11, 2016 Mao we have a new GK, CB, CM so far and strikers appear to be next on the list. Still much work to do but RDM is seemingly working on the spine of the team first which is what was needed. About £13m spent so far so still hopefully plenty left as RDM's disposal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supervillan78 Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 Anything likely to happen with Ravel Morrison? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted July 11, 2016 Moderator Share Posted July 11, 2016 1 minute ago, Supervillan78 said: Anything likely to happen with Ravel Morrison? There was interest but seems to have gone quiet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supervillan78 Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 (edited) 4 minutes ago, TrentVilla said: There was interest but seems to have gone quiet. Thanks Trent. Maybe the managerial situation at Lazio has complicated the issue? Edited July 11, 2016 by Supervillan78 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donniewyer Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 Morrison would rip the defs of the champs teams to shreds...if only he could get his act together and remove the sack of spuds on his shoulder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 25 minutes ago, Donniewyer said: Morrison would rip the defs of the champs teams to shreds...if only he could get his act together and remove the sack of spuds on his shoulder. He would be great but the thought of him, lescott, flabby and richards is frighetning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omariqy Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 1 hour ago, TrentVilla said: Mao we have a new GK, CB, CM so far and strikers appear to be next on the list. Still much work to do but RDM is seemingly working on the spine of the team first which is what was needed. About £13m spent so far so still hopefully plenty left as RDM's disposal. Let's hope that is true eh. However I can't see us spending the rumoured additional £20m plus player sales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 Just now, omariqy said: Let's hope that is true eh. However I can't see us spending the rumoured additional £20m plus player sales. Why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omariqy Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 3 minutes ago, dont_do_it_doug. said: Why? I imagine Cissokho, Westwood, Gana, Clark, Guzan, Veretout, Adama, Sinclair will be sold in the summer. I reckon that's about £30m of money coming in right there. That's another £50m to £45m to spend when arguably all we need to sign is a striker, 2xCM, AM and a winger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 (edited) 5 minutes ago, omariqy said: I imagine Cissokho, Westwood, Gana, Clark, Guzan, Veretout, Adama, Sinclair will be sold in the summer. I reckon that's about £30m of money coming in right there. That's another £50m to £45m to spend when arguably all we need to sign is a striker, 2xCM, AM and a winger. I'd like to see us make the defence more solid if we have that much coming in. Midfield (unless we lose all of Westwood, Gueye and Veretout) is nowhere near as much of a problem IMO. Edit: There's a strange lack of links to players, though. Not even that much tenuous bullcrap to discuss! Edited July 11, 2016 by bobzy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPAngel Posted July 11, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted July 11, 2016 15 minutes ago, omariqy said: I imagine Cissokho, Westwood, Gana, Clark, Guzan, Veretout, Adama, Sinclair will be sold in the summer. I reckon that's about £30m of money coming in right there. That's another £50m to £45m to spend when arguably all we need to sign is a striker, 2xCM, AM and a winger. I don't think we'll sell 8 players over the next 3 weeks. I think we'll sell 3 or 4 at most and will most likely have to deal with having at least one of Gabby, Richards, Lescott, Guzan and Bacuna in the squad still. For what it's worth though, I think there will be a minimum of 2 more signings through the door. Trying to be conservative . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omariqy Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 1 minute ago, JPAngel said: I don't think we'll sell 8 players over the next 3 weeks. I think we'll sell 3 or 4 at most and will most likely have to deal with having at least one of Gabby, Richards, Lescott, Guzan and Bacuna in the squad still. For what it's worth though, I think there will be a minimum of 2 more signings through the door. Trying to be conservative . Maybe not but I can see a fair few leaving as RDM has already said our squad is too big and we have yet to sell anyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marley the Bognor Villan Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 28 minutes ago, omariqy said: Maybe not but I can see a fair few leaving as RDM has already said our squad is too big and we have yet to sell anyone. Think he was looking at Gabby when he said that. The dressing room seemed crowded thats all, 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted July 11, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted July 11, 2016 (edited) Saw on twitter that apparently we have offered £6.5m for Kodija. Could be a handy signing? And yes, I know it's likely BS before anyone moans about Twitter being BS. Edited July 11, 2016 by PieFacE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPAngel Posted July 11, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted July 11, 2016 Had never even heard of Kodja before reading about him in this thread so I can't really pass judgement on him. Having said that, we need a new striker to freshen things up and signing another strong lad who's proven himself in the Championship can only be good news. Add to that, that he's had a class season in a team that didn't really threaten at the top end and I'd be even more pleased. Sort of the same rationale as the Tshibola signing really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dn1982 Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 On 9 July 2016 at 12:40, dont_do_it_doug. said: What's the point though, in this particular case? You then went on to discuss how it might be possible. It really isn't. I know he probably wouldn't come to the championship but I think Juan Mata would be a perfect fit. The point was we are rumoured to be after McCormack for £12m if SB went for £16m we should match it an see what happens. I speculated how it might happen. In future I'll DM my messages to get the all clear! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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