villa89 Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 12 minutes ago, sne said: Fofana & Beier would be a nice haul. Two players completely unproven in the PL versus one player who is certain to contribute and slot straight into the first team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 1 minute ago, villa89 said: Two players completely unproven in the PL versus one player who is certain to contribute and slot straight into the first team. That is correct. The PL is absolutely stacked with fantastic and successful players who were at one time unproven in the PL. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 31 minutes ago, sne said: That is correct. The PL is absolutely stacked with fantastic and successful players who were at one time unproven in the PL. Indeed, it's also not full of all the players who joined clubs in the league and then flopped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 (edited) 6 minutes ago, villa89 said: Indeed, it's also not full of all the players who joined clubs in the league and then flopped. Absolutely. Fwiw Fofana has more caps and minutes for France than Gallagher does for England. Or than Kamara has for France. Will the player I suggest work in the PL? Remains to be seen. Is Gallagher even interested in joining Villa and will he be worth spending £50m or so on compared to what Fofana & Beier would offer? Again, who knows. Edited July 5 by sne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozvilla28 Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 2 hours ago, Mazrim said: Possibly. But who? That's in Monchi hand. For me better value in Spain, France , Germany. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulMcGrath_5 Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 (edited) Interesting. "the most interested" and not us. Edited July 8 by PaulMcGrath_5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czarnikjak Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 2 hours ago, PaulMcGrath_5 said: Interesting. "the most interested" and not us. I don't think we will be looking to spend in excess of £40m on a single player this summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulMcGrath_5 Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 2 minutes ago, Czarnikjak said: I don't think we will be looking to spend in excess of £40m on a single player this summer. I do. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 9 minutes ago, PaulMcGrath_5 said: I do. Me too 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 Our finances suggest it might be hard next June but spending so big on Maatsen already and people can argue we got money for Kellyman to offset some. I just think with Monchi’s first big window as last summer he came in last minute, Emery signing a big new deal and saying we don’t just want to be one season in the CL and we know we need to add some real quality to attack the league, CL and domestic cups….I just don’t think the club are sitting back. The team will have a plan which will include bringing in quality and also sorting out finances, and I believe one incoming will be a big fee. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveAV1 Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 On 05/07/2024 at 11:12, sne said: That is correct. The PL is absolutely stacked with fantastic and successful players who were at one time unproven in the PL. this is true too. There are always risks with signings amd none are 100% guaranteed. The hope is always that we have done sufficient fie diligence before spending the money. Our recent record is much improved since the arrival of Unai amd the recruitment team he has assembled around him. Hopefully that continues in this window and future windows and we can start to worry about the size of our trophy storage capacity! UTV!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 On 05/07/2024 at 13:39, ozvilla28 said: That's in Monchi hand. For me better value in Spain, France , Germany. Kephrem Thuram contract for signing with Juventus is apparently just under 40k a week. Gallagher be probably wanting 3 or 4 times that 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarryOnVilla Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 I’m surprised this thread is still here. It’s been off for weeks 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zab6359 Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 14 hours ago, Czarnikjak said: I don't think we will be looking to spend in excess of £40m on a single player this summer. I do, might not be Gallagher but pretty confident we will be spending big somewhere. Why on earth would Unai hang around if we have no money to spend? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czarnikjak Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 (edited) 3 hours ago, zab6359 said: I do, might not be Gallagher but pretty confident we will be spending big somewhere. Why on earth would Unai hang around if we have no money to spend? Did he have big money to spend at Villa real, yet he got them to CL semis? Besides, we already signed Maatsen for almost £40m, he could only dream to spend this amount on a player in Spain. Edited July 9 by Czarnikjak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zab6359 Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 35 minutes ago, Czarnikjak said: Did he have big money to spend at Villa real, yet he got them to CL semis? Besides, we already signed Maatsen for almost £40m, he could only dream to spend this amount on a player in Spain. No and that is highly likely a contributing factor to him leaving to join a club with funds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czarnikjak Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 2 minutes ago, zab6359 said: No and that is highly likely a contributing factor to him leaving to join a club with funds. Yep, and he was able to sign Diaby, and Maatsen for example, players he would be unable to sign over there, we have lots of funds in comparison with Villarreal. I honestly wouldn't be at all surprised if Maatsen ends up as our most expensive signing this summer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zab6359 Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 11 hours ago, Czarnikjak said: Yep, and he was able to sign Diaby, and Maatsen for example, players he would be unable to sign over there, we have lots of funds in comparison with Villarreal. I honestly wouldn't be at all surprised if Maatsen ends up as our most expensive signing this summer. I'd be amazed if Maatsen was tbh! And everything Unai has said about this not being a one off CL campaign leads me to think we will still be spending big. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 So this thread is dead now after signing Onana 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 4 minutes ago, nick76 said: So this thread is dead now after signing Onana Hope so, think he is wildly overpriced for what he offers and never thought he'd be interested in moving here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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