Popular Post sne Posted September 8, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted September 8, 2020 So this would mean we've spent a combined £50m give or take depending on cluases to get 2 Championship players in who have spent a combined 2 seasons in the positions we intend to play them. Ballsy move Villa. 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaCas Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 4 minutes ago, RichiBoi11 said: I agree with all of this except for the bit about Swift. I think we need another CM to play next to McGinn and Luiz and we should be aiming much higher than Swift personally. Like you say though, the added flexibility these players give us is great, it allows for much more tactical in game management, and means we can change line ups and formations during a game without sacrificing our better players. I also would prefer better than Swift but realistically him or similar is what I think we would go for if we have already bought the other players on that list. Dont underestimate Swift though - if we could pick him up for a decent price it would be a good piece of business If it was to happen, Grealish coming to CM with SJM and Luis deeper could work - with say Swift, Fred, Cash, Nakamba or even Konsa as emergency cover? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanVilla Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 4 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: At this rate is it far fetched to think they want 35 - 40 mill for Benerahma? Not at all! in fact they'd probably laugh a £35mill bid off and demand £50mill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul514 Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 12 minutes ago, Made In Aston said: I don't like the proposition of a Watkins and King strike force. Its either WaK or WanK. Probably the latter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RicRic Posted September 8, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 8, 2020 (edited) 36 minutes ago, MaVilla said: 28m rising to 33m is an obscene amount of money for a championship player. I don't really care though, as long as we can still afford to buy players in other positions we need, ie: GK, CM, winger as a minimum. 28 MILLLLLLLLION JESUS CHRIST VILLA!!! what is going on .. im having a hard time processing this... i know many of our fans are bloody in love with never played in the premier league ‘Watkins’ but come on surely some of you must agree this is beyond ridiculous. And its rising to £33 million I think i need to lay down. Brentford are crooks and villa are fools ... drops the mic . Benrahma is the man we need to spend this money on not watkins...ahh for the love of god ive had enough Edited September 8, 2020 by RicRic More to say 4 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 6 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: At this rate is it far fetched to think they want 35 - 40 mill for Benerahma? Not at all. I was just thinking they are probably asking £40-£45m for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPAngel Posted September 8, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted September 8, 2020 39 minutes ago, HKP90 said: Who are the other 2? Eduardo and Wilson? King and Martinez 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul514 Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 8 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: At this rate is it far fetched to think they want 35 - 40 mill for Benerahma? Nope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steero113 Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 (edited) 3 minutes ago, RicRic said: 28 MILLLLLLLLION JESUS CHRIST VILLA!!! what is going on .. im having a hard time processing this... i know many of our fans are bloody in love with never played in the premier league ‘Watkins’ but come on surely some of you must agree this is beyond ridiculous. And its rising to £33 million I think i need to lay down. Brentford are crooks and villa are fools ... drops the mic ??????? Edited September 8, 2020 by Steero113 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Follyfoot Posted September 8, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted September 8, 2020 Just now, John said: Not at all. I was just thinking they are probably asking £40-£45m for him. It’s like a twisted version of Brucies play your cards right 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 Brentford shouldn't expect more for Benrahma than they're getting for Watkins, Watkins is the better player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 If we are prepared to pay that sort of money for the striker that we want, we really need to sign a couple of high quality wide players to provide him with the ammunition. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanBalaban Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 (edited) "We have no money...." "Just pay what it takes to get the deal done" "Why won't the owners spend money?" "No, that's too much." Edited September 8, 2020 by StanBalaban Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSmith22 Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 Buendia may be had for half of Benrahma and if that were the case I don’t see a massive gap between the two and would be fine with Buendia instead. But I still think Benrahma could be the next Marhez and possibly even better. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas10 Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 (edited) Certainly an improvement on last season but I would like at least 2 more signings in. Doubt we’ll play that formation too. Edited September 8, 2020 by Jas10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichiBoi11 Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 6 minutes ago, NSmith22 said: Buendia may be had for half of Benrahma and if that were the case I don’t see a massive gap between the two and would be fine with Buendia instead. But I still think Benrahma could be the next Marhez and possibly even better. I like them both, but I'm leaning more towards Buendia being the better option. I've no doubt Benrahma would make the step up, but Buendia is proven at this level and it seems Norwich are more reasonable with their transfer fees than Brentford. If a larger chunk of the budget has been used on Watkins than we originally wanted, we could claw that value back with am ove for Buendia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thabucks Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 Brewster and Buendia next please. How about Lewis Cook? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPAngel Posted September 8, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted September 8, 2020 8 minutes ago, RicRic said: 28 MILLLLLLLLION JESUS CHRIST VILLA!!! what is going on .. im having a hard time processing this... i know many of our fans are bloody in love with never played in the premier league ‘Watkins’ but come on surely some of you must agree this is beyond ridiculous. And its rising to £33 million I think i need to lay down. Brentford are crooks and villa are fools ... drops the mic . Benrahma is the man we need to spend this money on not watkins...ahh for the love of god ive had enough Are you okay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazrim Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 What about Hudson Odoi? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villarocker Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 1 hour ago, romavillan said: 8 months ago it was £61k. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/dec/23/premier-league-salaries-manchester-city-nba-barcelona "The average pay for a first-team squad member is £61,024 a week" That isn't related to us though because that average takes into account the massive wages the top 7 or 8 clubs, plus the London hangers-on, pay their players. For example, if Burnley pay their players an average of £30,000 per week and Man City pay theirs and average of £100,000 per week, the average across the two clubs is £65,000 per week. So, whilst the top teams may average about £100k per week between them, the rest will average around £30,000 per week etc. We are in that bottom tier right now so we shouldn't be paying many players more than £30k per week really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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