UpTheVilla26 Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 Woah, OK, didn't meant to jab the hornets nest. I'm just fed up of players like Felix, who it seems to be all about the money or 'name' they can put on their Insta Bio, instead of looking at the whole picture. We are a massive club, with, IMO, one of the top 5 managers in world football, amazing owners, a brilliant fan base and everything going for us. If he doesn't want part of that, sod him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVByrne Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 Romano has gone all in on this one, so think it is highly unlikely they don't do a deal now between Chelsea and Atletico for Felix/Gallagher. He's done 3 tweets today and repinned it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steero113 Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 (edited) 1 minute ago, UpTheVilla26 said: Woah, OK, didn't meant to jab the hornets nest. I'm just fed up of players like Felix, who it seems to be all about the money or 'name' they can put on their Insta Bio, instead of looking at the whole picture. We are a massive club, with, IMO, one of the top 5 managers in world football, amazing owners, a brilliant fan base and everything going for us. If he doesn't want part of that, sod him. Sorry if I went too hard with my initial comment. But he has quite literally agreed to join us, he's happy to join Villa, its a money thing that's stopping it. Edited August 16 by Steero113 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daveburnside Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 Chelsea bound. Always a long shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thabucks Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 Let’s drive the price up for them by putting a bid in for say £50mill upfront … screw them 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas10 Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 40 minutes ago, Marka Ragnos said: If we could get him very cheaply, I might be persuaded, but I see even less of a chance of that happening now. Meanwhile, we're at that point, one would think: We don't have unlimited resources to devote to recruitment. That's a fact. There is only so much time in the day and so many days and money left to invest in our transfer actions. It all costs money. You spend three days of meetings on Felix, and you have three less meeting days. I have to hope we're balancing our finite resources in pursuing plausible deals that advance Villa. It's impossible to know how much the Felix thing is one of those stupid groupthink phenomena that take over football forums, or if it's based on authentic and active brinksmanship at the highest levels. There's a subset of Chelsea fans who seem to be just as somewhat unaccountably smitten and wildly protective of him, almost like Swifties. I don't get it, really. I still think Felix could be really good for Villa -- if Chelsea sign him up. Would love to see the Blues squander more money on overrated players. That's a Villa win. All that said, my objection to him isn't super firm, but I'm not excited and have some worries. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awol Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 30 minutes ago, CVByrne said: Romano has gone all in on this one, so think it is highly unlikely they don't do a deal now between Chelsea and Atletico for Felix/Gallagher. He's done 3 tweets today and repinned it Looks that way. Quite excited to see who the alternatives are, and I think there’s someone other than GLC on that list - although fine with him too if that’s Emery’s choice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 20 minutes ago, Awol said: Looks that way. Quite excited to see who the alternatives are, and I think there’s someone other than GLC on that list - although fine with him too if that’s Emery’s choice. Me as well, one of those where I feel we may end up with a better solution in the wrong one. Watch the prick go and turn into the player he's always threatened to be at Chelsea now i've said that ffs. lol 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Townsend Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 (edited) My opinion is this. If there was chance he would come to Villa and the stumbling block was oir finances we should have taken the deal for Duran even if it wasn't exactly what we wanted. I think Felix is the player Emery really desires and I will be gutted for Unai if he misses out on him again. Edited August 16 by Captain_Townsend 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayls Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 It’s annoying that we have haven’t got any ITKs anymore who could have put this one to bed already. This whole saga has felt like it wasn’t one that would have ever happened. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 (edited) 25 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: I feel we may end up with a better solution in the wrong one. Watch the prick go Edited August 16 by nick76 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 6 minutes ago, nick76 said: Geertruda clean tackle for the win though! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 Hurry up and get this C YOU N T in other football, most boring thread evarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villarule123 Posted August 16 VT Supporter Share Posted August 16 5 minutes ago, rjw63 said: Hurry up and get this C YOU N T in other football, most boring thread evarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr I've heard Grealish is our backup option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marka Ragnos Posted August 16 VT Supporter Share Posted August 16 16 minutes ago, Tayls said: It’s annoying that we have haven’t got any ITKs anymore who could have put this one to bed already. This whole saga has felt like it wasn’t one that would have ever happened. My hope is that Villa's interest in this good but problematic target was always far more measured and canny than we knew. We all wish for that, right? That we don't have ITKs could be positive a sign. It suggests an Hispanophone negotiating team that runs a disciplined ship and leaks little, and thankfully, many of the lunkheads who do Transfer Twitter not only don't do Spanish, they often can barely work out a coherent sentence in English. Whatever the click-baiting transfer media and various fan forums thought they knew --- or would allow themselves to accept -- I continue to hope that we've been clinical behind the scenes, not because we're magic and full of destiny, but because we have an experienced, intelligent, and thorough manager who doesn't normally work off "instincts." If we're as good as we're supposed to be, that's surely what's been going on, far from the madding crowd of boosters and naysayers, and I could myself as one of the latter. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 5 minutes ago, villarule123 said: I've heard Grealish is our backup option. Well it is the summer of re-signing our old academy players so checks out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marka Ragnos Posted August 16 VT Supporter Share Posted August 16 17 minutes ago, rjw63 said: Hurry up and get this C YOU N T in other football, most boring thread evarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr You shouldn't have come here. Now you can't leave. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 16 minutes ago, villarule123 said: I've heard Grealish is our backup option. Come the glorious day, you are first against the wall! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strog Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 Meh. Let’s move on and find some players who actually want to come here. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 2 hours ago, UpTheVilla26 said: Woah, OK, didn't meant to jab the hornets nest. I'm just fed up of players like Felix, who it seems to be all about the money or 'name' they can put on their Insta Bio, instead of looking at the whole picture. We are a massive club, with, IMO, one of the top 5 managers in world football, amazing owners, a brilliant fan base and everything going for us. If he doesn't want part of that, sod him. It reminds me of Falcao a decade ago. He had a really bad injury and a loan to Man. United didn't work out. What did he do? He went on loan to Chelsea and played even less and effectively wasted a year of his career. Then went back to Monaco with less pressure and expectations and was really good for a couple of years as the focal point of attack (Mbappe coming through also helped him). Guess Felix just wants to live in London again but to turn down being a foil for one of the best CFs in Europe isn't great for his career imo. Unai exactly the sort of coach who can get him going again while I can't see Maresca lasting the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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