nick76 Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 4 minutes ago, The_Steve said: Excited by the link that Kang In Lee will join for 18m euros - especially that his agent was in the country recently. Won’t get my hopes up just yet His agent went to a number of clubs shopping him around a few weeks back. I’m guessing they are just putting two and two together and getting french fries. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 Just now, nick76 said: His agent went to a number of clubs shopping him around a few weeks back. I’m guessing they are just putting two and two together and getting french fries. The article claims Unai spoke to the lad over the phone. It’s all speculative still. But interesting nevertheless. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 (edited) Local radio said similar Aston Villa, que según Ser Deportivos Baleares estaría dispuesto a pagar la cifra de 18 millones de euros Not saying the deal is done, but that we are willing to pay the fee required Edited April 20, 2023 by The_Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wishywashy Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 (edited) Todofichajes is genuinely worse than Football Insider: at least the latter can sometimes make up semi-coherent rumours (and has some surprising accuracy at youth level). Todo just throw everything at the wall and hope something sticks: https://todofichajes.com/category/liga/premier-league/aston-villa/ In the Todofichajes world, Xabi Alonso came in as assistant under Gerrard (who now manages Trabzonspor), we've been in advanced negotiations for about 20 different players over the last 4 months, and Nketiah joined us on a free last summer(???) Edited April 20, 2023 by wishywashy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 Once again, we are linked with everybody. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 8 minutes ago, wishywashy said: Todofichajes is genuinely worse than Football Insider: at least the latter can sometimes make up semi-coherent rumours (and has some surprising accuracy at youth level). Todo just throw everything at the wall and hope something sticks: https://todofichajes.com/category/liga/premier-league/aston-villa/ In the Todofichajes world, Xabi Alonso came in as assistant under Gerrard (who now manages Trabzonspor), we've been in advanced negotiations for about 20 different players over the last 4 months, and Nketiah joined us on a free last summer(???) The original source was local radio. They could be jumping off of the back of a link suggesting we’d pay the fee. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post GarethRDR Posted April 20, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 20, 2023 As ever, I believe nothing unless it's read to me by James Richardson between sips of coffee, whilst also nursing a small gelato. 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wishywashy Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 3 minutes ago, The_Steve said: The original source was local radio. They could be jumping off of the back of a link suggesting we’d pay the fee. Yeah, they're presumably just jumping to conclusions off the back of the original, more legit report. Todo seem to alternate between doing that and bare-faced lies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 I've been longing for a Korean since the days I was over there and TV would only show Man United (Park Ji-Sung) and Bolton (Lee Cheong-Yong) games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 3 minutes ago, wishywashy said: Yeah, they're presumably just jumping to conclusions off the back of the original, more legit report. Todo seem to alternate between doing that and bare-faced lies. Yeah, I will be more cautious with their scattergun clickbait. I think he’d be an excellent fit here, we shall see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 22 minutes ago, TRO said: Once again, we are linked with everybody. “Everybody”…is he Brazilian? Strange name 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one_ian_taylor Posted April 20, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted April 20, 2023 56 minutes ago, The_Steve said: The article claims Unai spoke to the lad over the phone. It’s all speculative still. But interesting nevertheless. Or as Debbie Harry might put it, "he's got Kang In on the telephone"? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG_Villa_Fan Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 Watched him only a couple of times after his Mortal Kombat days, and have to say I've not been impressed. However, if Unai wants him then it's perfectly fine for me. This upcoming transfer window will be the easiest one to follow as a fan. Whatever Unai wants I'm totally happy with. Ideally, I'd love us to keep Emi, Mings, Kamara, McGinn, Buendia and Watkins but whatever - Unai knows best. I only hope the decisions about who stays, who goes and who's brought in would be in the club's hands, i.e. no unexpected transfer requests, etc. Beyond that - whoever they get I'll happily support. Unai knows. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 26 minutes ago, one_ian_taylor said: Or as Debbie Harry might put it, "he's got Kang In on the telephone"? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duke313 Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 15 minutes ago, BG_Villa_Fan said: Watched him only a couple of times after his Mortal Kombat days, and have to say I've not been impressed. However, if Unai wants him then it's perfectly fine for me. This upcoming transfer window will be the easiest one to follow as a fan. Whatever Unai wants I'm totally happy with. Ideally, I'd love us to keep Emi, Mings, Kamara, McGinn, Buendia and Watkins but whatever - Unai knows best. I only hope the decisions about who stays, who goes and who's brought in would be in the club's hands, i.e. no unexpected transfer requests, etc. Beyond that - whoever they get I'll happily support. Unai knows. In Unai we trust. He knows La Liga inside out, and he'll know all about Kang-in, as he was coach of Valencia when Kang-in joined the Valencia Academy. If Unai want's him, I want him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teale's 'tache Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 I find the links to Dumphries very interesting. I know a lot on here seem convinced that any right back we sign must be very defensively minded, to point of practically being another center back. However, what if we could have a both? A player that could fill this defensive role, but also has the ability and experience to be used much further forward, this would give us the ability in-game to switch the main side of attack without needing to make several substitutions. I think Cash or Dumphries could potentially fill that kind of role and I think that's the kind of tactical flexibility Emery likes to have. Some have said both Dumphries and Cash would need to be better defensively to fill this specific defensive role, I think Emery sees that and thinks I can make them better defensively, so I don't have to go out and chuck £50m+ on a ready-made player who can do everything like Man City have to. I know Emery's right back at Villareal was very defensive in a similar setup to the one he's using with us, but Emery has always evolved his systems and players, I don't think we're locked down to a very specific type of player for a very specific role, I think we've more scope than that because of the level of Manager we now have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delboy54 Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 I am reasonably confident that Villa will buy the "right" players that our manager needs, and that we are not going to do a Chelsea!...... VTID Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 The reality is we aren’t going to spend big money again on players in this league. We could probably sign two or three wingers from Spain for what Forest would demand for Brennan and Arsenal for ESR. We’ve moved on from that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SecretVillaScout Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 1 hour ago, wishywashy said: Todofichajes is genuinely worse than Football Insider: at least the latter can sometimes make up semi-coherent rumours (and has some surprising accuracy at youth level). Todo just throw everything at the wall and hope something sticks: https://todofichajes.com/category/liga/premier-league/aston-villa/ In the Todofichajes world, Xabi Alonso came in as assistant under Gerrard (who now manages Trabzonspor), we've been in advanced negotiations for about 20 different players over the last 4 months, and Nketiah joined us on a free last summer(???) Great investigation skills Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duke313 Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 6 minutes ago, The_Steve said: The reality is we aren’t going to spend big money again on players in this league. We could probably sign two or three wingers from Spain for what Forest would demand for Brennan and Arsenal for ESR. We’ve moved on from that. Yep, we can cherry pick players from any team in La Liga except the Big 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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