paul514 Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Kiwivillan said: We won't sign loads of expensive players and probably none that you mentioned Well I'm not the sporting director so I have no idea how much we will spend or who we will buy, if that is what we are supposed to be doing then we may as well close the thread now. I don't think the budget is out of the question after a top half finish especially when we spent that in our first summer back and it finishes off the squad. Also all the players are sub 25 million aka not expensive players, that is how much premier league players cost. Edited February 5, 2021 by paul514 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awol Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 59 minutes ago, Kiwivillan said: We won't sign loads of expensive players and probably none that you mentioned We may not sign any of the players people have mentioned, but I can well imagine us dropping £150M on 4-5 new faces. I’d be interested to hear a good argument as to why we wouldn’t? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul514 Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 1 minute ago, Awol said: We may not sign any of the players people have mentioned, but I can well imagine us dropping £150M on 4-5 new faces. I’d be interested to hear a good argument as to why we wouldn’t? Covid aside and the owners cutting off the investment tap there is no reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awol Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 Just now, paul514 said: Covid aside and the owners cutting off the investment tap there is no reason. Exactly, quite possible Covid hasn’t bothered our owners one bit, they’re not exactly jobbing in the gig economy. They want to win, and that’s not cheap, as they well know. Reckon this summer will be a window the likes of which Villa fans have never seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 I think it will be the quietest tramsfer window for a long time. Euros are on as well which makes it trickier with Covid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 I think summer 2022 will be the big one. That’s when we’ve had 3 years in the top flight. Overall Wages can be increased then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 Mentioned him before but what about someone like Neres from Ajax? Can play central or out wide in the 3 and I presume with them getting in Haller they'll need to sell someone up there to balance the books like they did with Kasper Dolberg last summer. Either him or Dusan Tadic you'd suspect who'd also be decent although wrong side of 30. Neres still only 23, 7 caps for Brazil etc. Contract expires in 2023 so will need to sell this summer to get best value. Club in china bid 30m for him 18 months back apparently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippo Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 Mane, pope (as back up) Saint maximin ....job done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul514 Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 1 hour ago, Awol said: Exactly, quite possible Covid hasn’t bothered our owners one bit, they’re not exactly jobbing in the gig economy. They want to win, and that’s not cheap, as they well know. Reckon this summer will be a window the likes of which Villa fans have never seen. Covid will have bothered FFP limits that's for sure but I agree, I don't think it will effect the owners plans. You could say we will probably be finishing several places higher up the table than they imagined at the start of the year and therefore a lot of the covid loss will be made up through that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HolteExile Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 (edited) I don't see us signing 5-7 first team quality players at those prices this summer. Too much churn again. To need do that would be admission of failure in our current dealings. I'd be made up with 2-3 TBH (and a few promising younger players). Second striker, genuine centre half competition for Mings and a unit of a defensive mid or wide attacker. Ofc that can all change if we have a significant departure or two. Edited February 6, 2021 by HolteExile 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 2 hours ago, HolteExile said: I don't see us signing 5-7 first team quality players at those prices this summer. Too much churn again. To need do that would be admission of failure in our current dealings. I'd be made up with 2-3 TBH (and a few promising younger players). Second striker, genuine centre half competition for Mings and a unit of a defensive mid or wide attacker. Ofc that can all change if we have a significant departure or two. I think that's more realistic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 9 hours ago, VillaChris said: Mentioned him before but what about someone like Neres from Ajax? Can play central or out wide in the 3 and I presume with them getting in Haller they'll need to sell someone up there to balance the books like they did with Kasper Dolberg last summer. Either him or Dusan Tadic you'd suspect who'd also be decent although wrong side of 30. Neres still only 23, 7 caps for Brazil etc. Contract expires in 2023 so will need to sell this summer to get best value. Club in china bid 30m for him 18 months back apparently. Neres has been injured a lot recently, has only started 3 league games since November 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulberto21 Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 Realistically 3/4 signings will see us sustaining a top 8 challenge. We need to find a Soucek, a left back, a CB and another forward. Patson Daka is my marquee signing for the summer. Another clever loan like Barkley might be incoming too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 10 hours ago, hippo said: Saint maximin Definately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 36 minutes ago, Sulberto21 said: Realistically 3/4 signings will see us sustaining a top 8 challenge. We need to find a Soucek, a left back, a CB and another forward. Patson Daka is my marquee signing for the summer. Another clever loan like Barkley might be incoming too. Daka release clause has gone up. I think he will end up at Leipzig 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulberto21 Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 1 hour ago, Zatman said: Daka release clause has gone up. I think he will end up at Leipzig Ahh balls! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yayoboy Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 Parson Daka would be a brilliant signing, kids got it all and only 22. Trying to find a clip of a goal he scored on a computer attack, his pace and power were unreal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparrow1988 Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 6 minutes ago, yayoboy said: Parson Daka would be a brilliant signing, kids got it all and only 22. Trying to find a clip of a goal he scored on a computer attack, his pace and power were unreal. Is it this? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yayoboy Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 13 minutes ago, sparrow1988 said: Is it this? That's the one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 3 hours ago, Zatman said: Neres has been injured a lot recently, has only started 3 league games since November 2019 Didn't know it had got that bad, he played majority of 18-19 when they made CL SFs. Guess that will knock down his transfer fee a fair bit and rule out some of the major clubs looking at him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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