allani Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 25 minutes ago, ferguson1 said: We’ve been hoovering up and investing in young talent for a while and from the comments yesterday, we’ll continue to do this. Pay 500k, 750k or even 1M now for young players but hopefully sell on for 10m, 15m plus etc. It’s all a PSR game but at least we’re wise to it. I don’t necessarily like it this way but needs must unless the rules change. I kind of heard something slightly different. I mean we are doing that and we are making good money. No question. But the way Damien said it sounded like that was not the prime reason for having an Academy and that bringing through a local kid and putting them on the pitch at VP was a dream. I dunno - it feels like for say Chelsea it is a pure money making scheme but that as a club we've still got that slightly more idealistic / romantic "Roy of the Rovers" type dream that PSR (or whatever is is called at any point in time) gets in the way of. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Follyfoot Posted August 15 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted August 15 4 minutes ago, imavillan said: Birmingham lad. Is he one of our own? Kane hates da Vile mate Dad works JLR and was at Wembley when Taity had that SOTV shirt Will not help them lot up the road at all ,agent Kane mate Wants to play in front of 60k in the Wagner Dome mate Spoiler No idea to be honest 2 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferguson1 Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 1 minute ago, allani said: I kind of heard something slightly different. I mean we are doing that and we are making good money. No question. But the way Damien said it sounded like that was not the prime reason for having an Academy and that bringing through a local kid and putting them on the pitch at VP was a dream. I dunno - it feels like for say Chelsea it is a pure money making scheme but that as a club we've still got that slightly more idealistic / romantic "Roy of the Rovers" type dream that PSR (or whatever is is called at any point in time) gets in the way of. Oh I agree totally and think it is our dream to bring our own talent through to the first team. However, we’re clearly protecting ourselves by signing young talent and hopefully turning a profit on them in the future. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 Never heard of him, ergo assume it's just another load of PSR type nonsense. Will be flogged in a year or two without having played anything. Meeting some homegrown criteria on the cheap. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 5 minutes ago, Rodders said: Never heard of him, ergo assume it's just another load of PSR type nonsense. Will be flogged in a year or two without having played anything. Meeting some homegrown criteria on the cheap. It's not. it's poaching a top underage talent from another premier league club hoping he's good enough to make it. This happens all the time and some of these players end up making it, most don't (*see Louie Barry). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpTheVilla26 Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 Probably already agreed to sell him to Chelsea next summer for £20mill. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianifratti Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 2 hours ago, MessiWillSignForVilla said: Transfer news ain't what it used to be. You're telling me he used to be in our academy and we haven't got a "Former Villa player linked with SHOCK return from Man City" article out of it, smh my head. Perfect Birmingham Mail click bait Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alreadyexists Posted August 15 VT Supporter Share Posted August 15 Yes! Very exciting prospect. Emery will get the best out of young players like this 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david-avfc Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 52 minutes ago, useless said: Signing if it happens feels like it has a number of similarities to the Sousa signing, that one felt like it could happen because we had tried to sign him previously, and obviously the WBA connection, and this one with his previous connection to us, always seemed like it could potentially happen, and I wouldn't be surprised if we've tried to bring him back before now as well, also both have a similar profile, similar age, both at big clubs, doing well, neither had had a loan yet, we sent Sousa straight out on loan, and I think we could possibly do the same with Taylor Also similar to Rogers who was a local lad before he moved away to join City. It seems like a deliberate strategy by the club, going back to local players we have good knowledge on and offering the chance to move back to the area now we have a better academy set up and are generally operating at a much higher level than we were before. Morgan Rogers has shown how quickly the value of some of these lads can change in the right circumstances, from £1m to £10m in six months and now £30-40m+ six months later, I doubt we are expecting Taylor to develop as rapidly but it feels like a low risk gamble considering the potential growth especially on these ex Man City kids, there are so many of them who are now worth loads. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post John Posted August 15 Popular Post Share Posted August 15 5 hours ago, MessiWillSignForVilla said: Transfer news ain't what it used to be. You're telling me he used to be in our academy and we haven't got a "Former Villa player linked with SHOCK return from Man City" article out of it, smh my head. I can imagine what the phone call was like too: Villa: We want to sign one of our former players back from you. Citeh: We've been expecting this call. His bags are already packed and he's ready to come back home. Villa: How much do you want? Citeh: We were thinking £50m. Villa: No, not that one.... 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MaVilla Posted August 15 Popular Post Share Posted August 15 5 minutes ago, John said: I can imagine what the phone call was like too: Villa: We want to sign one of our former players back from you. Citeh: We've been expecting this call. His bags are already packed and he's ready to come back home. Villa: How much do you want? Citeh: We were thinking £50m. Villa: No, not that one.... Citeh: urrm, who do you want?? Villa: Kane Citeh: you plonk, you have contacted the wrong club..... Villa: No, not that one..... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 Will go straight out on loan to a league 1 club I imagine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveAV1 Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 6 hours ago, MaVilla said: Palmer had actually played for City, this guy hasnt played a single senior minute for them. So im assuming, not close? A sprinkle of magic Unai dust and he’ll be ready. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aston_Villan4 Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 (edited) 4 hours ago, UpTheVilla26 said: Probably already agreed to sell him to Chelsea next summer for £20mill. Will need to be ~£27 to account for Citehs 25%. Edited August 15 by Aston_Villan4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalfTimePost Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 Cole Palmer didn't Germany City minutes but went to Chelsea for a huge fee as he was expected to be in their first team. I can't imagine this kid joins our first team squad unless we're really concerned about depth and he doesn't need to be registered, but depth is the problem we've been fixing all year. Struggle to see an outcome that isn't a loan for him this year. Maybe to West Brom? Assume being close to home again is one of the reasons he's come back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AXD Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 7 hours ago, imavillan said: Birmingham lad. Is he one of our own? He was 14 when he left, so too soon to know if he would be drinking in town or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 10 minutes ago, AXD said: He was 14 when he left, so too soon to know if he would be drinking in town or not. Would he still be classed as home grown? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChicagoVillan1983 Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 8 hours ago, Follyfoot said: Kane hates da Vile mate Dad works JLR and was at Wembley when Taity had that SOTV shirt Will not help them lot up the road at all ,agent Kane mate Wants to play in front of 60k in the Wagner Dome mate Hide contents No idea to be honest Of all the day in, day out bollerx on this forum, it's this kind of gold that keeps me coming back! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pongo Waring Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 I wanna know why the hell did he leave us for Man City in the first place? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aston_Villan4 Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 13 minutes ago, Pongo Waring said: I wanna know why the hell did he leave us for Man City in the first place? @uselessis typing so maybe he has the answer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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