abdulaziz1 Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 10 minutes ago, rodders129 said: I actually wonder if there’s a concerted effort by some of the teams chasing us to **** us around in the market/waste our time/destabilise the squad. Almost like Fulham and West Ham don’t want to free up funds for Unai to reinvest … I don’t think Fulham cares about us right now, in that regard especially. It’s just them knowing that we need to sell (somehow like us with Felix). That’s why it was very good to sell Diaby while people though he was a starter, once players go to the bench, especially when they earn a lot, teams know that it’s easier for them to negotiate. For West Ham, again they thought they can get a better deal for a player that only had 2-3 PL starts. They know he’s a backup here. That’s how negotiations goes. Possibly we’ve been tough to show clubs that our squad is as important as starters, and we rotate much. That’s the only way to show how valuable our players are. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 2 hours ago, sidcow said: I have strong reasons. 18 months ago I didn't really think anything of them. Them getting Gerrard sacked did it for you? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas10 Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 1 hour ago, Zatman said: Them getting Gerrard sacked did it for you? It’s why I love them. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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VillaAlex Posted August 17 Share Posted August 17 Still thinking Hermoso comes in if Carlos leaves and Geertruida is unrelated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVByrne Posted August 17 Share Posted August 17 14 minutes ago, VillaAlex said: Still thinking Hermoso comes in if Carlos leaves and Geertruida is unrelated. Don't agree, Hermoso is a left sided player, more akin to Pau in creative play. Carlos is right sided defender and if he left I think Konsa plays with Pau more often and Geertruida fills the Konsa role from last season. If we were going to sign Hermoso we would have signed him. Only thing I can think of is we need to move a LB out before moving for Hermoso. I still think they are not planning it at all. I think they have faith in Mings. Konsa is extremely versatile so if he had to play LCB he could fill in there if needed before Mings came back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awol Posted August 17 Share Posted August 17 20 hours ago, Jas10 said: Newcastle just bid 65m for Guehi… will probably be accepted. Rejected, Palace want 70 ~ SSN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas10 Posted August 17 Share Posted August 17 1 hour ago, Awol said: Rejected, Palace want 70 ~ SSN Mental, but good on them. Bleed the Geordies dry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarryOnVilla Posted August 17 Share Posted August 17 I rate Guehi highly, yet if Newcastle pay £70m for him, they’re insane they could get Carlos for £30m 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVByrne Posted August 18 Share Posted August 18 Would appear Carlos to Fulham hinges on Guehi to Newcastle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceemo Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 So Fulham have agreed to sign Andersen, presumably in preference to Carlos. Does that rule out any transfer now for Carlos? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichW Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 I’d imagine Carlos be difficult to sell now. Wouldn’t be surprised if there’s no more signings. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulMcGrath_5 Posted August 20 Author Share Posted August 20 Worse case scenario, we don’t sell him—does that mean we can’t still look to buy another defender based on the last few outgoings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post AshVilla Posted August 20 Popular Post Share Posted August 20 Rather keep Carlos around than spunk 30 - 40m on Joe Gomez. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Made In Aston Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 12 minutes ago, RichW said: I’d imagine Carlos be difficult to sell now. Wouldn’t be surprised if there’s no more signings. Yep. We won't be able to bring anyone unless we sell a player from the proposed 25 man squad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacketspuds Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 I wonder if Villarreal fancy doing some PSR magic involving Baena and Diego Carlos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 I'm fine with this. It's not a disaster really, preferable to replace him, but not terrible that we can't this window. He's still good enough as a squad player I think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marka Ragnos Posted August 20 VT Supporter Share Posted August 20 (edited) 17 minutes ago, AshVilla said: Rather keep Carlos around than spunk 30 - 40m on Joe Gomez. 100% this. Like Duran, he did something silly in preseason and caught a lot of perfectly justified shit for it -- but that doesn't means his playing suddenly stinks. We all saw what he could do versus Arsenal when he digs deeper. He can be unstoppable. He can almost use pure will to put a stop to offenses. Not to be glib, but I think he needs better instruction on the dark arts of shithousery. He's a bit too obvious. He needs to be professional, not personal. Edited August 20 by Marka Ragnos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villanmac Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 Agent Bosch strikes again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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