PieFacE Posted July 22, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted July 22, 2012 It makes you wonder how many players are spoken to where an interest is then not followed up. If it wasn't for a cheeky snap of the bloke then nobody would have known about the deal. Yep 100% this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CI Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Presumably an issue over fee or wage or both Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaRoy Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 What a load of shite, Villa should have either said to him they weren't gonna pursue the transfer further or just paid up. Surely we could have waited if we have no money for wages right now instead of inviting to Villa Park the other week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 I think it's clear the manager wants him here. As I said previously I'd be amazed if the deal collapsed now prepare to be amazed ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Dogg Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 surely a majority of villa staff etc are in America, holding up any signings? I think it will still happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craigy1874 Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Welcome Ron :-0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 The deadline is supposedly tomorrow isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doewap Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 I think PL is likely to be telling Vlaar's agent to cool his heals and what on Earth is the rush? Looking at it, Feyenoord are the ones who keeping chirping away trying to rush the deal as they're desperate for cash. How many times have you read little tibbits from Feyenoord officials this past week? Sure we are a tad short on cash, but not desperate as Feyenoord have already done all the transfers that the club wanted. This one is unwanted, and therefore Feyenoord wants it over and done with. Now we have a lot of talk and no action, while the boss needs to prep the squad for CL qualification against Dynamo Kyiv, not exactly a piece of cake for us. Vlaar, having forfeited two seasons in the past due to knee injuries, will never be disloyal and sides up with his benefactor of 7 years. Next year, being free of any transfer fee, he will as I said before, have clubs like Villa falling over eachother to pay him a signing bonus. Despite this, I don't believe a second that Villa and Vlaar would be unable to agree mutually acceptable wages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doewap Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 By the way about the cash troubles, over the last two years a group of wealthy fans have collected more than 30 million euro for the club, to ease its trouble maintaining both the license and the first squad. They expect to be able to get 35-40 in total before the end of the season. That means that for a period of three years they will have collected roughly a million per month. Just pointing out that money is not the issue, at least not for Feyenoord in this particular case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CI Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 This US tour is a bloody joke We could have played mediocre teams in the uk save travelling 4000 miles and been about to continue transfer activity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaRoy Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Ron Vlaar says any possible transfer to Aston Villa is 'off for now' and the defender plans to focus on his current club Feyenoord. The Netherlands international travelled to England a week ago to hold talks with Villa manager Paul Lambert regarding a possible move to the Premier League. Vlaar subsequently admitted it would be a 'dream come true' to join Villa, but Feyenoord have not received any contact since the player's meeting with Lambert. The Dutch club have been critical of Villa over the weekend and coach Ronald Koeman had set a deadline of Monday for their English counterparts to make a decision regarding Vlaar. Koeman also suggested that he thought the centre-half would be leaving De Kuip, but Vlaar now appears resigned to staying with Feyenoord. "Feyenoord is in my heart and I have been through a lot here," Vlaar told RTV Rijnmond. "I think the chance I will move to Aston Villa is not so big anymore. "I don't want to be kept on a leash, so a transfer is off for now." Sky Sports: VIlla Move Off For Now Here are the quotes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 This US tour is a bloody joke We could have played mediocre teams in the uk save travelling 4000 miles and been about to continue transfer activity Yawn..... You'd have moaned if we were facing Stalybridge, Tiverton and an Ashby-De la-Zouch select XI. Nothing ever goes exactly to plan where transfers are converned - the season is still a whopping 27 days away. It's not as if we've only got a day before the transfer window closes (there's only 40 days to go - panic!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feyenoord Posted July 22, 2012 Author Share Posted July 22, 2012 The Feyenoord managing director has also confirmed it now. Vlaar told him he's not moving to Villa as he doesn't want to wait any longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omariqy Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Awesome. I am hoping it's because we have gone for our first target eg someone like Douglas. In reality I.imagine it's because we can't shift the shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted July 22, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted July 22, 2012 OGS all over again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doewap Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 This US tour is a bloody joke We could have played mediocre teams in the uk save travelling 4000 miles and been about to continue transfer activity Yawn..... You'd have moaned if we were facing Stalybridge, Tiverton and an Ashby-De la-Zouch select XI. Nothing ever goes exactly to plan where transfers are converned - the season is still a whopping 27 days away. It's not as if we've only got a day before the transfer window closes (there's only 40 days to go - panic!). Are you saying that Sue Townsend did NOT make up Ashby-de-la-Zouch??? Blows my mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feyenoord Posted July 22, 2012 Author Share Posted July 22, 2012 Awesome. I am hoping it's because we have gone for our first target eg someone like Douglas. In reality I.imagine it's because we can't shift the shit. Vlaar is a much better player than Douglas. Douglas is extremely unreliable.....he makes at least 1 weird mistake every game and also picks up too many red cards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted July 22, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted July 22, 2012 This US tour is a bloody joke We could have played mediocre teams in the uk save travelling 4000 miles and been about to continue transfer activity Yawn..... You'd have moaned if we were facing Stalybridge, Tiverton and an Ashby-De la-Zouch select XI. Nothing ever goes exactly to plan where transfers are converned - the season is still a whopping 27 days away. It's not as if we've only got a day before the transfer window closes (there's only 40 days to go - panic!). Are you saying that Sue Townsend did NOT make up Ashby-de-la-Zouch??? Blows my mind. Ashby-de-la-Zouch, often shortened to Ashby, is a small market town and civil parish in North West Leicestershire, England, within the National Forest. It is twinned with Pithiviers in north-central France. Ashby-de-la-Zouch castle was of importance from the 15th to the 17th centuries. In the 19th century the town became a spa town and before the growth of Coalville it was the chief town in north-west Leicestershire. In the 19th century its main industries were ribbon manufacture, coal mining and brickmaking. The town was served by the Leicester to Burton upon Trent Line of the Midland Railway from 1849 Wikipedia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 I seriously hope Vlaar was just plan B and we've got plan A instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.I.C.O. Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Had a funny feeling this wouldnt be happening, if it was meant to happen it would have been wrapped up before the USA tour. I have a hunch that Lambert has been told to work with what he has, as the four overpaid words removed that call themselves our defense are basically write offs. It seems that Lambert has to free up space before he can bring anyone in. After the last two seasons of cutting costs and reaping the whirlwind that it brings, its an extremely poor state of affairs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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