maqroll Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 57 minutes ago, Made In Aston said: Agreed. The club's recruitment strategy should come from the club and be consistent, regardless of who the manager is. Purslow has flip flopped from developing youth under Smith to buying older, experienced here-and-now players under Gerrard. The latter has meant we have spent big money on players who are a burden on wages and have no re-sale value. That isn't sustainable and is all on Purslow. The best thing Purslow has done for Villa is stay out of the **** way when Sawiris tapped Emery. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
messi11 Posted January 10, 2023 Author Share Posted January 10, 2023 42 minutes ago, nick76 said: And then have Nkunku in the summer apparently. Just a collection of players than a club these days. With Chelsea getting Felix, Man United getting Weghorst. We might have a free run Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 Mattéo Guendouzi has a concrete contract offer from a PL club, whose name has not filtered. The discussions have accelerated lately. No offer has been made to OM for the moment, but the club suspects Aston Villa. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
messi11 Posted January 10, 2023 Author Share Posted January 10, 2023 (edited) He's 23 and not 29. Must be a glitch in Lange's list of targets Edited January 10, 2023 by messi11 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustibrooks Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 4 minutes ago, useless said: Mattéo Guendouzi has a concrete contract offer from a PL club, whose name has not filtered. The discussions have accelerated lately. No offer has been made to OM for the moment, but the club suspects Aston Villa. I’ve always liked Guendouzi, he’s talented he can lack a bit of discipline at times in terms of his temperament. I still remember him in that game against us, he essentially turned the game around by himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steero113 Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 Would be very surprised if Guendouzi was on Emery's list of players given the history of him being dropped from the 1st team squad at Arsenal for disciplinary reasons under him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 7 hours ago, Indigo said: Fullkrug has had a great couple of seasons, scored an absolute thunderbastard at the World Cup as well that people may remember. Think I'll always be wary of the idea of signing attacking players from the Bundesliga though. It's a league where defending is optional and most choose not to do so. Most highlight videos of players from there are filled with defenders falling on their arses or them bizarrely being through 1-on-1 in like the 20th minute with none of them keeper's teammates within about 50 yards of them. All well and good its probably why Haaland is struggling in England and wont match the 22 league goals he scored last season 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustibrooks Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 3 minutes ago, Steero113 said: Would be very surprised if Guendouzi was on Emery's list of players given the history of him being dropped from the 1st team squad at Arsenal for disciplinary reasons under him. I thought that was Arteta that dropped him for disciplinary reasons? I think at the time people were taking the piss out of Arteta for not being able to handle a 19 year old. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 4 minutes ago, Steero113 said: Would be very surprised if Guendouzi was on Emery's list of players given the history of him being dropped from the 1st team squad at Arsenal for disciplinary reasons under him. That was Arteta 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 Guendouzi formed a pretty good partnership with Kamara at OM. Could be a very shrewd signing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 (edited) I see Guendouzi got eight assists and four goals in the league last season, fourteen assists in all competitions. I never thought of him as that much of an attacker. Seems like he could be an alternative to McKennie as a eight to challenge McGinn. Edited January 10, 2023 by useless 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 58 minutes ago, messi11 said: With Chelsea getting Felix, Man United getting Weghorst. We might have a free run Apparently behind the scenes Nkunku is a done deal between all parties just needs contracts signing. Remember Chelsea only signed Felix until the end of the season with no buy option which makes sense if Nkunku is coming in the summer. Slightly different types of players but even Chelsea can’t keep stockpiling players to have Felix, Havertz, Nkunku, Fofana and whoever else they have, I mean they still the parent club of Lukaku for gods sake. Anyway, we aren’t getting Nkunku is my original point. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villa_Vids Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 Just now, useless said: I see Guendouzi got eight assists and four goals in the league last season, fourteen assists in all competitions. I never thought of him as that much of an attacker. Seems like he could be an alternative to McKennie as a eight to challenge McGinn. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 4 minutes ago, av1 said: Guendouzi formed a pretty good partnership with Kamara at OM. Could be a very shrewd signing. They were excellent together, yeah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustibrooks Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 Assuming we set up similar to Emery’s Villarreal, I guess McGinn/Mckennie/Guendouzi will play that Coquelin role then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustibrooks Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 Or Douglas Luiz further forward and Guendouzi/McKennie next to Kamara Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
messi11 Posted January 10, 2023 Author Share Posted January 10, 2023 (edited) 5 minutes ago, nick76 said: Apparently behind the scenes Nkunku is a done deal between all parties just needs contracts signing. Remember Chelsea only signed Felix until the end of the season with no buy option which makes sense if Nkunku is coming in the summer. Slightly different types of players but even Chelsea can’t keep stockpiling players to have Felix, Havertz, Nkunku, Fofana and whoever else they have, I mean they still the parent club of Lukaku for gods sake. Anyway, we aren’t getting Nkunku is my original point. I meant a free run at Thuram Edited January 10, 2023 by messi11 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moustache of Teale Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 16 minutes ago, av1 said: Guendouzi formed a pretty good partnership with Kamara at OM. Could be a very shrewd signing. I really can’t tolerate Guendouzi’s hair. For that reason, I’m out. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aston_Villan4 Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 16 minutes ago, av1 said: Guendouzi formed a pretty good partnership with Kamara at OM. Could be a very shrewd signing. Yeah but so did Sanson, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulberto21 Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 Dharmesh Sheth was on his phone just now on SSN and he clicked on something and interrupted everyone. These two mugs get their ‘sky exclusive’ from Twitter and Football Insider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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