nick76 Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 48 minutes ago, Tom13 said: Tbf I also thought it was aimed at me Probably was but we know his aim isn’t that good! runs for cover from those that can’t take a joke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 I see BBC Sports "gossip" column, claims today that Arsenal's sporting director Edu, has held talks with Ollie's agent about a move and that Chelsea (of course they are! ) are also interested. Their source is only "Football Transfers" but until he actually puts pen to paper, this is going to be an ongoing issue for the club and it increasingly looks like his agent wants to keep his options open. Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/66927083 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post Steero113 Posted September 27, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted September 27, 2023 7 minutes ago, BleedClaretAndBlue said: Well that’s him signing for Arsenal in January then. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, John said: I see BBC Sports "gossip" column, claims today that Arsenal's sporting director Edu, has held talks with Ollie's agent about a move and that Chelsea (of course they are! ) are also interested. Their source is only "Football Transfers" but until he actually puts pen to paper, this is going to be an ongoing issue for the club and it increasingly looks like his agent wants to keep his options open. Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/66927083 BBC gossip uses the worst "sources". They've embraced internet click bait nonsense with that page Edited September 27, 2023 by Kiwivillan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichW Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 26 minutes ago, BleedClaretAndBlue said: Unfortunately talkSport isn't exactly a reliable source these days. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Follyfoot Posted September 27, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted September 27, 2023 1 hour ago, Steero113 said: Well that’s him signing for Arsenal in January then. Buy out clause apparently** **This is a complete fabrication but I am bored today 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan95 Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 2 hours ago, John said: I see BBC Sports "gossip" column, claims today that Arsenal's sporting director Edu, has held talks with Ollie's agent about a move and that Chelsea (of course they are! ) are also interested. Their source is only "Football Transfers" but until he actually puts pen to paper, this is going to be an ongoing issue for the club and it increasingly looks like his agent wants to keep his options open. Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/66927083 Can't see it when they have Jesus. Also Eddie Nketiah is better than him according to Southgate 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJBOB Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 I like Ollie and don’t think we have many replacements in the market. But if Arsenal or Chelsea want to plonk 100M our way for Ollie, then that is in the interest of all parties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferguson1 Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 What would people say is a realistic valuation of Ollie now and by next summer? £60-70m perhaps or more? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan95 Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 (edited) 31 minutes ago, ferguson1 said: What would people say is a realistic valuation of Ollie now and by next summer? £60-70m perhaps or more? I would have said £70-80M in the summer with 2 years left. Probably do well to get £40M if it runs down to the final year. Edited September 27, 2023 by villan95 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 (edited) People will say Talksport aren't reliable. However I'm sure people were saying the same when they rubbished them claiming Grealish was off to City etc. months early. This doesn't mean they are always right by any stretch obviously. Edited September 27, 2023 by JAMAICAN-VILLAN 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oishiiniku_uk Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 (edited) I was curious to see how Ollie stacks up stats-wise against other PL strikers so I did a bit of a comparison on Fbref (how I choose to spend my time is my business!). I was kind of surprised how well he compares in a lot of ways to players like Toney, Jesus etc. and he's actually one of the most accurate shot-takers in the league (over 50 percent of shots on target which is very good). The two areas where I see him lacking vs. other strikers is shots per 90 (although this is also dictated by how many chances the team as a whole is creating etc.) and maybe most significantly 'goals per shots on target' where he is a fair bit lower than most other top strikers. Which suggests, as we already know, that he often doesn't strike the ball confidently in those big chance situations. Personally I'd like to see him shoot earlier more often. One of the goals he got in pre-season (I think it was against Sevilla) he blasted it soon as he got on the ball and caught the keeper out before he was set. Edited September 27, 2023 by oishiiniku_uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinebro Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 (edited) 17 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: People will say Talksport aren't reliable. However I'm sure people were saying the same when they rubbished them claiming Grealish was off to City etc. months early. This doesn't mean they are always right by any stretch obviously. Sure they can be reliable by stating the obvious. They are tap in merchants like Romano Edited September 27, 2023 by Pinebro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duke313 Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 Any Watkins links in the media will be his agent putting pressure on Villa. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oaks Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 Im not overly worried until the summer. when we get past 2 years remaining however the ball starts to fall in the players court a lot more. Theres big clubs out there without a decent striker who will pay £40=50 for him in the summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomC Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 5 hours ago, oishiiniku_uk said: I was curious to see how Ollie stacks up stats-wise against other PL strikers so I did a bit of a comparison on Fbref (how I choose to spend my time is my business!). I was kind of surprised how well he compares in a lot of ways to players like Toney, Jesus etc. and he's actually one of the most accurate shot-takers in the league (over 50 percent of shots on target which is very good). The two areas where I see him lacking vs. other strikers is shots per 90 (although this is also dictated by how many chances the team as a whole is creating etc.) and maybe most significantly 'goals per shots on target' where he is a fair bit lower than most other top strikers. Which suggests, as we already know, that he often doesn't strike the ball confidently in those big chance situations. Personally I'd like to see him shoot earlier more often. One of the goals he got in pre-season (I think it was against Sevilla) he blasted it soon as he got on the ball and caught the keeper out before he was set. Translation: He drives a lot of shots straight at the keeper, which counts as on target. He finally developed a chip that we saw a few times last year. I'd like to see it again this year. He's just not someone who can hit with both accuracy and power at once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 5 hours ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: People will say Talksport aren't reliable. However I'm sure people were saying the same when they rubbished them claiming Grealish was off to City etc. months early. This doesn't mean they are always right by any stretch obviously. In the last few months they understood we signed Oxlade Chamberlain and were bidding for Maguire and Kalvin Phillips 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 5 hours ago, duke313 said: Any Watkins links in the media will be his agent putting pressure on Villa. It's removing pressure from Ollie in the eyes of fans. Any hold ups here will absolutely be "his side" and not Villa, they'd love him to sign up. His agents should be trying to get the best deal for him, but that doesn't necessarily mean solely financially. It's definitely best for all parties if he stays. It's a very good fit. Ollie will not fair well being in and out at other clubs IMO. Hopefully a deal is close. If it's not done soon, we will move to trying to sell him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 4 minutes ago, Zatman said: In the last few months they understood we signed Oxlade Chamberlain and were bidding for Maguire and Kalvin Phillips Touché Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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