Aston Villa Rumours Archive June 01 2015 to July 01 2015

01 Jul 2015 22:28:42
According to swedish newspapers a bid is going to be placed on kopenhagen player Ludvig Augustinsson. thoughts?

01 Jul 2015 23:16:17
I've heard these rumours too, just seems we are being linked with every left back around at the moment, would prefer Robertson or the Ajax left back personally, will just have wait and see

02 Jul 2015 08:08:23
@VillaSWE I think it would just be a waste of money. Take a look at his fathead page.

02 Jul 2015 11:26:31
Um he had a cracking under 21 tournament, was up and down the left all the time, would be better than what we have

01 Jul 2015 18:15:09
We have reportedly bid 9m for lille midfielder Gueye, don't know much about him apart from is this a replacement for Delph?

01 Jul 2015 21:55:59 Let's hope not, let's hope he is to slot in with Delph and make us better not just loose and replace and never move forward.

01 Jul 2015 21:54:12
BREAKING: Aston Villa agree £9m fee for Lille midfielder Idrissa Gueye.

01 Jul 2015 22:15:22
Fee excepted by lille, medical and talks tomorrow, I hope so too, Delph is the born leader we need in the middle of the park

01 Jul 2015 13:30:04
Hearing rumours going around today that we have made another bid for Begovic. I really hope so, he's scored more goals than all of our attackers put together!

01 Jul 2015 10:39:03
Liverpool agreed a fee for benteke!! If he went to Chelsea or another big club I wouldn't mind but LIVERPOOL??? Why?

01 Jul 2015 10:52:20
Not heard anything! 100% is that?

01 Jul 2015 10:56:44
The deal I'm hearing we have agreed is 28 million and borini. I really hope this ain't true. I'd rather have the 32.5 mil and hope tim has a decent replacement lined up to come in straight away. I'd take Austin all day if we can get for 15 million leaving us 10 mil for townsend and 7.5 towards begovic.

01 Jul 2015 11:19:26
I'm not shocked by the lack of Champions league club interest in him he's good but not excellent and I personally don't think he's got it in him to be the premier league winning striker.
Its all about opinions but for me if true he will be yet another expensive Rogers disappointment which he will be judged by.

01 Jul 2015 11:28:36
I would take the 28mil plus Borini and be done with it rather than having to listen to the stories of Benteke leaving all summer (again). I completely agree with Kingvilla use the 28mil to buy 3 players that would improve the quality of the 1st team the players mentioned are also realistic acquisitions (depending on whether Begovic is happy to sit on Chelski's bench or play 1st team football). Then use whatever funds that have been made available to go and buy 2 decent full backs which we have been crying out for for years now.

I would personally take a punt on Glenn Johnson on a free

01 Jul 2015 11:39:20
I just red Liverpool won't meet the fee. Not saying it won't happen because I honestly think it will. Would rather the cash though. Not keen on borini.

01 Jul 2015 11:49:25
I'm hearing no Deal at all that's from both Birmingham and Liverpool local papers

01 Jul 2015 12:09:03
Borini is pants! Never made it at Liverpool who has a better team than us but you never know. TS has to go all out for Townsend as he's a great player just doesn't get enough game time.i also agree with max as glen Johnson could still do a job.strenghten the defence a lot with him and Richards.if players don't want to play for the villa then let them leave.id rather have someone that's wants it more than someone that turns up to get paid!

30 Jun 2015 16:26:33
I don't think big ben is going to be sold because i think with the euros coming up he's fighting to keep his place in belgium team an plus he's the main man at villa an he won't be any where else same as delph aswell some times grass isn't always greener is it we need that takeover to b completed soon so were not left behind with the players we want any one agree

30 Jun 2015 20:30:15
He doesn't have that much competition for the Striker position in the national side - There's Lukaku, Origi and maybe Batshuayi. Origi's playing time at Liverpool will be limited and Lukaku is pretty hot and cold with his form. I don't think he will go either because it doesn't look like anyone will meet the asking price.

30 Jun 2015 22:15:56
Do you no anything bout takeover mate

30 Jun 2015 22:36:24
No more than anyone else - period of exclusivity and no-disclosure agreements signed by both parties. I'm sure we will know more in a few weeks either way.

30 Jun 2015 00:48:18
Villa to offer Liverpool 4.5m for Fabio Borini. Unrelated to Benteke interest.

30 Jun 2015 07:20:41
As much as I kind of hope this is true, as with right coach think this kid would be incredible.
I think it's male cow excrement.
Why would he when already had Gil, and he's going?
It's common knowledge we want lambert.
And all they will do now is add him in to any deal to get Big Ben.

Any way, my mates mums dads next door neighbour knows elvis, he works at the chip shop, now elvis has a mate who is a taxi driver, now Tom, the taxi driver works with manuel, a Spanish taxi driver, he know a Barcelona fan, now this fan has a friend who works at the camp nou, he says there is no chance we will be signing messi.

30 Jun 2015 12:17:42
Quality. comedy gold

29 Jun 2015 03:38:39
Ron Vlaar has reportedly put contract talks on hold with us to spend the summer working with disadvantaged children in India. Probably something to do with the takeover - I could see him wanting to wait and negotiate a new contract with the new owners in place once he has a clear vision of the direction the club is taking. If this is the case I don't blame him really, but if he leaves its not too big of a loss.

29 Jun 2015 08:58:48
Its a Dutch Charity he's doing it for, so doubt its something to do with take over

29 Jun 2015 12:11:20
high guys I have written a few times I,m carbisbay just love the place well don,t you feel like me f-----g fed up reading how we are considering,thinking,offering stupid amts wasting valuble time then loosing our targets as we are so slow then other clubs sneek in and we loose out.we need to get these better players and stop f-----g about eg stoke keeper would most probably have been ours but for a childish offer letting chelski in that's not the only case so ts and yiou other so called directors of football grow up stop waisting our time either you want to start growing stronger or shall we fight once again for our lives my suggestion is sack the idiots and get Liverpool,s team responsible for new ins or do our lot seem worried about flying and buying they don,t let the grass grow do they identify and get em in carbisbay.

29 Jun 2015 13:56:40
Carbisbay, To be honest mate I think more than half of the rumours and paper talk we are reading in the press at the moment is all rubbish anyway, papers have to fill spaces and sell papers hence the garbage.
The problem is we (Villa) have made a lot of big mistakes in the transfer market purchasing and selling players over the past decade, and the club do not want to be making the same mistakes again so I am sure they are going to be more careful and vigilant in their pursuit of players in future.
I have no doubt we will be making signings, maybe even as many as six for different positions all over the pitch, but I think a lot of this is all depending on Benteke`s stance.
More often than not the transfer market will go crazy when a couple of big money moves happen, and I think this is a very good example of stalemate at the moment.
We will be fine, and expect some very good unknowns to arrive, Think double dutch !!

29 Jun 2015 14:03:47
Ruggers - I didn't mean he's doing charity work in India because the new owners are Indians or anything, my post isn't that clear. What I meant was he's using the fact that he is doing this charity project as a reason why he's delaying his contract talks, because he wants to discuss terms once the new owners are in place.

Hope that's a little clearer.

29 Jun 2015 16:07:51
Carbisbay - would you rather Sherwood make lower offers for quality players like Begovic which will more than likely be turned down but you never know. OR would you rather he spend the funds he is raising from player sales (he clearly hasn't been sanctioned anything by the board yet.) on similar lower quality replacements?

I think Sherwood is doing a brilliant job this window. We have effectively traded Darren Bent for Micah Richards :) and the rumours circling are for a higher calibre of player than what we have sold.

He has got Ray Wilkins in as Assistant and Kevin MacDonald back working with the youth. Really what else can the man do to please you?

29 Jun 2015 16:42:32
I agree, Andy. Good name btw ;) From one Andy to another.

I personally think Sherwood is doing the best he can with all that he has available to him. I was discussing with a friend this weekend, this possible begovic deal and we both came to the possible conclusion that we weren't really THAT interested in him, but we purposely but our names in the hate with a low bid to give Guzan a kick up the arse?
Who knows, certainly haven't been linked to usual has-beens and never heard ofs from the lower leagues, but I agree that most of what has been linked it probably total rubbish, engineered to sell papers and online blogs hit counters.

The other thing I cannot seem to get my head around, is this supposed Delph clause, if it was in there since Jan, why only mention it now? And even if it has ONLY just been found out. I think if it was factual, one of Man City, Arsenal, Tottenham, Liverpool would have met the release clause days ago. Delph for 10m is an absolute steal in the current market.
I also think that if all the above does turn out to be true, that Delph himself would really get hated after his "like brothers" comments and the praise he received countrywide for his loyalty.
Then again I don't think stuff like that actually matters in football does it?
I mean if you wanted to bring up a contradiction or lie that was told in football, you could make a living just off Harry Redknapp alone.

29 Jun 2015 20:22:59
I mean really apart from the odd deal here and there and Brendan Rodgers buying literally everyone he possibly can, most of the clubs in the league especially the teams around us have done very little business either. So its nothing to be concerned about at this stage.

I agree with the Delph's clause bit fplmorg. I can't see it being that low. To me it sounds like a release clause put in so that he can leave on the cheap IF we are relegated, and the media have got it a bit wrong with the way they are reporting it.

28 Jun 2015 18:30:23
With begovic now looking more likely to cool the bench at Chelsea than come to villa park, who would people like to see sherwood go for in the gk market which he obviously thinks need strengthening? we all want courtois or de gea but of the keepers we could attract who is the preferred option? Would you take a punt on Heaton? Personally I'd like to see Kaspar schmichael. Any other options out there?

28 Jun 2015 19:21:37
Ospina or Frazier Forster!!

28 Jun 2015 19:29:34
I would love to see kasper schmicheal mate.
When they came to vp I thought he looked world class.

28 Jun 2015 20:51:44
I would much rather the money be spent on some decent full backs and a right winger to pair with Sinclair TBH. Guzan is one of our 3 best players (with Benteke and Delph)IMO so I think any significant funds being pumped into a goalkeeper is a bit misguided.

28 Jun 2015 20:53:00
Kasper would be a good signing but I don't get that Guzan now is suddenly not good enough??? Ok made calamity against MCFC but surely should use our meager funds towards more quality out field players? Just a thought

28 Jun 2015 21:10:14
Sunderlands gk pantomilan or heaton or mandala french gk he's ace

28 Jun 2015 21:30:43
NickB6 I think guzan is a good keeper but I have to say last season was nowhere near his best for us. His shot stopping abilities are fine but I think some of his decision making is questionable at times not only his calamity against city. That's just my opinion. I'd agree I wouldn't put gk as a top priority this summer, certainly an lb and cm are more pressing matters but it seems Tim is actively looking at a new choice No.1.

28 Jun 2015 22:14:47
I'd try Victor Valdes see if he actually wants some time on the pitch. Wages probably a obstacle but worth a try

28 Jun 2015 23:23:46
Cpmm84, if TS has lost faith in Guzan and sees no way back then looks like new keeper time. Was really impressed with Guzan when stepped up to No. 1 but agree last season not his beats, but then again who did have a good one?

30 Jun 2015 12:33:07
i don't think we need a keeper but if we go after one i'd like to see Fabianski at villa park, had a mint season at swansea

28 Jun 2015 00:42:00
Takeover may be announced on this Tuesday.

28 Jun 2015 01:37:26
Only one thing to say is that if Tim sherwood which I think is a legend a vp already replaces Guzan for any other keeper I think is a stupid move yeah try and bring in Butland as a keeper to try and take the number 1 shirt but God almighty Guzan is on par with the second best keeper in the prem my thoughts are

1. Pantilimon
2. De gea
2. Brad guzan

{Ed007's Note - Legend gets threw about far too easily these days.}

28 Jun 2015 09:38:21
I think courtois got to be up there. Still young aswell.

{Ed001's Note - Pantilimon? Really?}

28 Jun 2015 13:26:27
Pantilimon is not the best keeper in premier. Not a chance. Sorry.

28 Jun 2015 15:33:47
DeGea
Courtois
Lloris

Guzan about 12th

28 Jun 2015 16:58:26
Pantillimon ?
Is this a wind up ?
What about Courtoise, Chec, Lloris ?

30 Jun 2015 12:34:46
Pantillimon hahaha you insane! i am an ex semi pro keeper and the top 5 in the prem is

De Gea
Lloris
Courtois
Forster
Fabianski

27 Jun 2015 10:17:58
Nice to see that "unset Concrete Ron" will have the chance to better himself and go a level higher
Sunderland and Newcastle are after him

27 Jun 2015 10:46:22
Hes no loss let him go he's got no pace can't pass useless at tackling an marking he thinks he's bigger than villa yeah right look at the clubs in for him he's no legend like sir olaf melberg or king martyn laursen or paul mcgrath

27 Jun 2015 11:11:24
I would personally still keep him I know he's injury prone and not done a lot lately but still better than senderos and baker. If something is happening behind the scenes he might stay. We will do well to keep any of our better players whilst there is uncertainty at the club

27 Jun 2015 15:46:42
personally i would say go other than southampton it not like he's going to a bigger team, if he wants to stay i would stick a 4 yr contract under his nose and no wage increase, he wants to stay he will sign if not toodaloo

27 Jun 2015 17:36:15
Wouldn't say soton are a bigger team. They have got a few good players granted. Only reason soton are in Europe is because villa lost in the cup final. Any other season we would of been in Europe and wouldn't have the problem we got of our players wanting to move to play in Europe

27 Jun 2015 19:34:10
Happy for Roncrete to go now, one good World Cup doesn't make him a villa great! Too inconsistent probably due to injuries. Too much part of the Lambert era ashen signed there were great expectations! Let's move onto new adventures, thanks Ron but we need to set sights on new defensive make up

28 Jun 2015 11:33:04
for last two years they have finshed 8th and 7th and to be fair can't see them going anywhere but up, so on current form they are better than us. just if we can start getting the right players in we might start making a push for them euro spots

26 Jun 2015 22:59:59
Have just seen a,report Delph has a 10m release clause in his contract

27 Jun 2015 00:39:43
I doubt it that low considering he's English

27 Jun 2015 00:48:15
Just what I have read, I would like to believe it was a,relegation clause and the paper has got it completely wrong

27 Jun 2015 07:50:12
Na mate that ain't true that would of come out long time ago we still have our top players at the club hopefully a takeover happens soon and we can rebuild this club to where it should be!

27 Jun 2015 08:50:45
Ridiculous if that 10m buy out fee is true.

27 Jun 2015 09:20:54
Remember guys, Depph would have been a free this summer so the club would have let Delph (his AGENT) name their terms.
Personally I couldn't believe Delph signed a contract to stay with us, i thought he was a certainty to leave on a free this summer. But now we know why he signed, he made sure he got a reasonable release clause that he knew top clubs wouldn't be scared off from paying.

The club had no choice but to put that low ish release clause in his contract.

Benteke must be wishing his agent was as good as Delph's!

27 Jun 2015 11:05:52
Hope that clause isn't true hope its bull crap delphs worth loads more than ten mill

27 Jun 2015 11:16:09
That he is

27 Jun 2015 14:39:36
How much of the £10m will Leeds get?

27 Jun 2015 22:09:21
It would probably be a £10m buy-out clause if we were relegated. Otherwise, why make him captain?

26 Jun 2015 11:56:20
Hi guys. A friend of mine works with jack grealish's brother. He said grealish told him benteke with be gone in the summer which is not a surprise. But also delph is leaving aswell. Seems abit far fetched about delph tbh but he was adamant. Thoughts??

26 Jun 2015 12:53:26
wouldnt surprise me mate iam furious the way my clubs being run selling all our top players all the time here is a great idea start buy propa premier league players an we might not lose our best players they only want to leave because we are buying crap league 1 players comes to somethink when players would rather go to stoke than us. I have it on great info that the takeover is off and tom fox will be acting chairman till somebody really wants it as lerners washed he's hands off it. We are now living in a world where bournmouth can spend more money than us. Another relegation fight

26 Jun 2015 14:59:57
Steve Staunton is not a good source, worse than kingvilla mate

26 Jun 2015 15:25:33
Thing is though. If delph was to leave, it would need a big tranfer fee. I mean he has 4 years left on his contract doesn't he!! Got to be honest would be really annoyed if delph was to leave in the summer aswell.

27 Jun 2015 01:58:14
Only 10m apparently will get Delph, really hope this is wrong

25 Jun 2015 13:22:45
Wang Jianlin has said he is to announce purchase of a sporting franchise very soon. Seen him linked with us before, think KingVilla mentioned him too. Could it be us?

25 Jun 2015 14:35:44
I think it's us or baggies. :(

25 Jun 2015 15:29:04
I believe it to be us. This is the man I've been saying for a while now. Fingers crossed it is him and he pumps some funds in for players quick.

25 Jun 2015 16:05:52
Hope your right kingvilla.
Also, if it does happen, most of your predictions would of come true!!!
Scary times when it becomes the gospel of kingvilla!!

25 Jun 2015 18:01:21
Lol it does not matter if I'm right or wrong. Just hope for the sake of us fans it's right.

26 Jun 2015 00:30:56
Wang Jianlin is not the only Chinese person interested in purchasing a football club, our Chinese backers have nothing to do with him.

25 Jun 2015 08:51:47
Villa to bid 8 million for begovic off Stoke. Good solid keeper and would be a great battle between him and guzan for the shirt. Begovic would start as number one though which could see guzan seek a move.

25 Jun 2015 10:57:19
You were doing so well.

25 Jun 2015 11:39:58
This is now all over the national press so why am I doing so well. It's not me playing anyone up its a solid link.

25 Jun 2015 15:35:43
One of the best keepers in the league in my opinion. Hope it happens!

25 Jun 2015 02:42:56
hi people i was talking to steve staunton again tonight he said he's heard the takeover is now off and sherwood has a budget of 20 mill an anythink he sells lerners taking a back seat as we know so tom fox will run things this season till we can find a buyer. Iam gutted because for once i would like to buy players that aren't from league 1 of england or france. i mean what's the point in watching a team fight to stay up every year sick of it! soon as i hear more will let you know sorry for the bad news!

25 Jun 2015 06:36:23
Why would it be off when there are three interested party's ? If the first don't work he will just go to the next. Why would Steve Staunton know ?

25 Jun 2015 10:19:36
If there was 3 intrested partys then why wernt the club sold ages ago been forsale for a year? Fact is there's been 1 intrested party any now he don't want it. i belive a former player rather than people who make stuff up! why would the stoke number1 come to villa? stoke never fighting relegation an always come higher than us now days why would he swap them for us they can pay more wages aswell! villa buy league 1 players at least link us we somethink beliveable

25 Jun 2015 11:39:43
Lies, Lies,Lies. I know for a fact that at least two parties signed NDA's because I've seen the e-mail from BOA myself!

25 Jun 2015 12:20:17
Lerner only wants to sell the club to someone that can take villa further that's why it has not sold straight away. It is common knowledge that there are 3 intrested partys and one prefered buyer who is in talks now. If there is a non discloser agreement why would an ex player know about it you prefer to listen to an ex player who knows as much as the people on hear !!!

25 Jun 2015 22:52:47
I can't see how Steve Staunton would know, I believe the only people who would are Lerner, Fox, sherwood and the buyers team

24 Jun 2015 22:50:08
I know we need at least 3 strikers nxt season but why not give kozack a chance he's not that bad any one agree

24 Jun 2015 16:55:45
Looks like liverpool want to take delph and give us probably their worst striker, ha ha what a load of ******

24 Jun 2015 19:26:29
depends who we get in the deal, lambert i think we are a season too late to get him and borini i think had good few weeks at sunderland couple seasons ago but othen than that he's pap, so never know we might get lucky and get mario on loan for a season hahaha

23 Jun 2015 18:33:52
News I'm hearing today is reference Christian Benteke. A lot of contact from Villa with Benteke and his agent. This could either mean new contract or as I'm led to believe that the player will ask for a move. Favourites would be United in a player plus cash move.
Villa want to keep this quiet but it won't be long before this is made public.

23 Jun 2015 19:23:04
I think your statement is pretty much common knowledge to be honest, and is obvious that it will be one or the other.
We as villa fans are not stupid and realise that something like this is going to happen anyway.

23 Jun 2015 21:08:48
Its inevitable Benteke will leave sooner or later and I'm not adverse to a player plus cash deal. Rumours of Nani being the player have been circulating for a while and that isn't necessarily a bad deal. We will then have enough money for a decent replacement for where we are right now.

23 Jun 2015 07:57:53
I knew that timmy said there was going to be a clear out, but my god guys at this rate we aren't going to have the numbers for a squad, who's head is next on the choping block ? And what sort of money have we recived for those that have moved on

23 Jun 2015 08:53:11
We are clearing people out but for next to nothing and not really freeing up any major wages as they are Lamberts budget signings, e.g Lowton and Sylla. Lowton for £1m is a bargain i know he wasn't at his best last season but given a run he's half decent, still remember that stoke goal! Good to see he's putting his stamp on the swuad though just hope when this takeover is sorted one way or another there's as many incomings as outgoings

23 Jun 2015 10:59:32
I've just read that delph to Liverpool for £12m plus a player could happen,(on Twitter) hopefully not!

23 Jun 2015 14:15:02
unless sherwoods got the replacement already set up such as walker then i think letting lowton go is a mistake, he might be punching above his weight at a mid table prem team but he would be a very usual bench player or back up

23 Jun 2015 15:11:05
Liverpool have been linked with every player in the prem.

22 Jun 2015 18:37:49
New links today. Jordan Rhodes, Andrew Robertson, Michael Dawson and Glenn Johnson.

22 Jun 2015 19:38:04
I hope we do get a billionaire but we shouldn't get our hopes up

23 Jun 2015 09:11:34
AVFCAgent you called the Borini and Walker rumour 2 days before anyone else, so credit for that.
crokey 1991 I posted the new owners were Howard Hodgson and Ian Taylor backed by China Equity Group (worth 7 billion) ten days ago!

23 Jun 2015 09:22:29
Just to add the takeover should be completed early July. The only thing I'm not sure of is if the Chinese group are going to be hands on or just sit back as silent investors as I'm not privy to that info.
The rumour I've heard is that when they were approached 6 months ago it was to be only as investors but they've since changed and decided it's more beneficial to grow Aston Villa as a brand in Asia.

23 Jun 2015 21:16:30
growing Aston Villa as a brand in Asia will take serious money and I'm not sure he current FFP rules will allow that. But that doesn't mean we can't spread the spending over a few seasons rather than in one or two transfer windows. problem is where would we be able to try and maximise the name of the club? China? Premier League Football isn't widely followed so can't see that being much use for us. Liverpool and the usual suspects have got the Hing Kong-Singapore market sewn up, and given that knock off shirts are ten a penny, and good quality, in South-East Asia it begs the question whether 1) This is true and 2) Whether trying to grow us as a brand is going to take more time and money than these (Chinese) owners would possibly care to spend on us.

21 Jun 2015 21:55:54
A host of premier league clubs are talking to Ashley Coles representatives, villa are said to be one of them and with with Sherwood wanting players with a winning mentality it looks feasible.

22 Jun 2015 18:16:44
sorry what's our wage budget agiain ?? never going to happen

22 Jun 2015 23:53:59
Not saying that the transfer will happen but I'm sure with the departure of Sylla, Lowton and Weimann the wage budget has increased. :-)

21 Jun 2015 21:23:58
Shlupp being mentioned. I would like this really rate the guy nice and young too, puts a shift in

22 Jun 2015 13:19:21
Great player really rate him too

20 Jun 2015 23:23:56
Evening Villa fans, I work as a football agent, mainly for youth players but it does get me info on a lot of 'rumours'. As a Villa fan Thought I'd pop on here.
The Townsend link is true but the player wants European football, deal will happen if no 'big' clubs bid.
I've also seen links to Borini and Kyle Walker.
Will be on again when I hear more.

20 Jun 2015 17:55:49
Felipe Avenatti, 22 years old and plays for Ternana.
Strong link with this one, don't know anything about him.

19 Jun 2015 19:07:38
Just a quick update, Huddlestone has opted for surgery to fix an ankle problem that he had for much of the season.
It has been stated that he should be ready for the seasons opener.
They are saying that a move to villa now looks unlikely ???

19 Jun 2015 19:42:44
Good - I don't think he's any better than Westwood so would be a pointless signing. He's also incredibly slow and rarely scores and we really need to add goals from midfield. I think I read somewhere the fee would be like 5 million too which is way, way too much.

19 Jun 2015 20:11:01
A fit Gary Gardner would be better than both

19 Jun 2015 22:09:55
everytime a midfielder is mentioned all anyone every says is "gardner will be better" or "how great he's going to be" but other than abit of championship footy or youth level has he ever been seen play at the level we need him at? would he really walk stright into a prem team?

20 Jun 2015 08:50:48
Yes If Fit ,

20 Jun 2015 10:10:08
huddlestone happy to stay at hull according to the reports tfft!!!

20 Jun 2015 11:16:44
I have to say I share Strokes bemusement at the certainty people have over Gardner's ability. We haven't seen anywhere near enough of the lad in the prem to make such assertions, can we ?

20 Jun 2015 11:42:37
Jack Wilshere. Jordan Henderson, both currant England players would disagree with you, both have said how good he is ,don't forget everyone gave Delph stick when coming back from injury, give Gardner a chance or would you rather spend £££ amount on Huddleson

20 Jun 2015 12:39:15
What you seem to be saying is, and I apologise in advance for paraphrasing your comments, is " I don't know for certain myself that he is good enough for the team. But 2 of his mates say he is so that's good enough for me "
As for the comment about Huddlestone, I don't believe I mentioned him
As it happens, I would prefers we spent £££ amount on someone other than Huddlestone.
My point is not that I DON'T Gardner is good enough. It's that I don't know that he is good enough .And, that I don't know how anyone else can be so certain
that he is, yet.

20 Jun 2015 13:13:28
Thought I'd chip in with my two pence worth. like it's been said we haven't seen enough of Gardner to say whether he would be a success or not. I would rather see us bring in a proven midfielder that will help us not be in situations like we have been and then introduce Gardner over the course of the season, similar to Grealish. And let's be honest, other players are hardly going to come and and say " oh yeah don't play him because he's shite" now are they?

20 Jun 2015 13:14:29
You don't and I don't no, but give him a chance ,his reviews at forest were great, ok in the championship ,Delph lifted his game after injury I hope Gardner can, given the chance

20 Jun 2015 15:23:46
Hi Villajk. You are right, we should give him a chance. Perhaps, play him in all the cup games ? As a start
What we can't do is take a risk with him in the league. He should only play there when it's clear he is good enough to displace those already there
I would love to see him break into a really strong Villa midfield. Not to be in the team because we've lowered the bar in terms of quality, such that an unproven,inexperienced kid, with a history of injuries is somehow seen as our saviour.
Let's buy some decent quality players in the middle of the side and see if he is good enough to make it into the first 11 on merit. I hope he is

20 Jun 2015 15:35:41
Very articulate Mendax and your post re-iterates the fact that despite the need to bring our youth players through we still need a quality back bone to the team. cup games and other opportunities are the way forward for players like Gardner. As much as I would like to see him progress, I'm just not so sure about his potential. Does anyone else feel that our youth academy has gone off the boil a little bit?

20 Jun 2015 15:46:07
hi I agree cheers Mendax

19 Jun 2015 15:56:25
Man Utd interested in Big Ben.

I would love rvp in the deal. Has been said on here that Nani or hanendez. But with rvp wanting out, I think he's perfect.
Also, I know I've said before, but would love kozak to come back this year, feel he would want to give the club something back after last year, and would have a massive point to prove.

19 Jun 2015 16:20:44
Thing is Flackie everyone is "interested" in Tekkers so let's wait and see mate!

19 Jun 2015 16:30:56
I know mate!
Just if its Utd!! That would work for ne

19 Jun 2015 16:48:15
I still think the big thing for Tekkers will be guaranteed first team action which might put him off a lot of potential suitors. All those interested also seem to be gunning for everyone else as well. e.g United for Kane.

19 Jun 2015 17:01:01
That's a great point.
If he is staying I just would rather it was put to bed!
Almost a statement of intent

19 Jun 2015 17:14:52
Yeah I agree. still I think no key players will be on their way until the potential takeover saga is concluded either way.

19 Jun 2015 17:25:48
Problem is. Might still take a while. And may miss out on targets, or, worse still, lose any quality we have.

19 Jun 2015 17:33:20
Possibly. if only we had someone in the know who knew what was going on. where's KingVilla when you need him??

19 Jun 2015 18:08:07
Problem with RVP is his extortionate wages and he's getting over the hill so will have no resale value - poor business in my eyes. I agree that we will have no major signings until the takeover is concluded and it is a shame that we are missing out on players (Trippier signed for spuds today). At least Sherwood seems to have been given licence to use any funds he can generate by clearing out the squad - m presuming the Micah Richards deal was allowed because Darren Bent was off the wage bill.

19 Jun 2015 18:28:01
Yeah I agree with that last point Andy regarding wages. so bent, Weimann and Lowton are all gone. who do you think is next??

19 Jun 2015 19:36:25
probably Vlaar to go next - hopefully this rumour of Delph to Man Citeh goes away sharpish.

19 Jun 2015 19:59:58
No argue that rvp is not getting any younger.
But assuming Big Ben goes. Selling on value is pointless, he is at the age where he would sign for rest of career. His goals would be worth every penny.
He is quality, is a signal of intent, and has a point to prove.

19 Jun 2015 20:23:37
Surely Tonev, Sylla, Helenius, Aly Cis, Given, Are priorities to get off the wage bill followed by Senderos and N'Zog

19 Jun 2015 20:56:35
Isn't he on something like 250 grand a week, even if he takes a big paycut that's beyond our means - I don't care how loaded the owners are you've got to build gradually up to that level of wages. And I completely disagree about the sell on value being pointless - Say we get 15 million for Benteke with RVP thrown in, and RVP goes at the end of his contract with us for free.

Now consider getting 30 million for Benteke, spending the 15 million RVP would be on Charlie Austin, and we sell him with a year or two left on his contract for X amount. That's X amount more than the RVP deal so is always more financially sound.

19 Jun 2015 21:38:49
I see your point!
But i'm assuming the new owners are the wealthy that money is no object, and sell on is not in thoughts!!

I know!! I'm deluded! But let me dream!! Kingvilla has corrupted me!!

21 Jun 2015 18:45:52
I'd even go as far as saying Van Persie's legs seem to have gone. Never shit off a shovel fast but his last that zip he had and with it his fear factor around the box for opposing defenders. i wouldn't want him.

18 Jun 2015 21:43:47
Andi Weimann has apparently sealed a 2.75 million move to Derby County - Bearing in mind DB9 has gone too we are a bit thin on the striker front.

So do we invest in any replacements or try to give some of the academy players an opportunity to make the first team squad?

18 Jun 2015 23:18:13
I think it will be a bit of both Andy to be honest. looks like TS is trying to offload dead weight as early as possible which is a good thing. think it's going to be a very interesting summer!!

18 Jun 2015 23:31:07
I think it is a necessity for us to invest in at least in 1 or 2 proven additions. The younger lads need proven players ahead of them on the pitch for them to aspire to fulfill their potential without the burden of having to hit the ground running. It would be a huge risk to enter into the new season with Benteke, Kozak and Robinson especially with question marks over the first two fitness wise both having spent lengthy periods out of action injured.Even if Benteke were to stay another proven Prem or top league goalscorer is a must.

19 Jun 2015 04:57:30
I wonder if Tim might be giving Helenius a chance to prove himself this season, if Benteke leaves then I see us signing another central striker but if he stays I reckon he'll use Kozak Gabby an Helenius as competition for Benteke

19 Jun 2015 07:44:19
Helenius won't be there, we've told him to find a new club and he's said he has no interest in coming back

19 Jun 2015 09:03:29
That's a fact, Helenius won't be at Villa next season.

18 Jun 2015 20:23:26
I see Konoplyanka is looking to move from Dnipro. Would love to see him at villa. I could imagine the fee to be around 10m.

19 Jun 2015 05:02:32
Konoplyanka is available on a free transfer if I read correctly, his wages of 100k week would put him out of our reach i'm guessing.
Terrific player tho, shame we're simply not able to compete to get players like him at the moment.

19 Jun 2015 11:41:59
That's a great free for someone if it's true. 100k is a lot for a dude coming from Ukraine league, unproven at prem lvl etc but your right that would rule us out haha.

18 Jun 2015 16:49:54
Albanian and Basel goalscorer Shkëlzen Gashi is being followed by a few Premier League clubs, like Aston Villa and Watford, as well as Serie A side Fiorentina. The striker has been the top scorer in Swiss Super League for the last two seasons, and Basel will only be eager to sell its leading forward if the right offer comes. 

18 Jun 2015 15:30:36
Denis cherychev is a player villa have enquired about. To me this shows a real statement of intent with regards to investment and funds made available with the player valued around 12million

18 Jun 2015 12:03:50
did anybody see that Colombian midfielder Carlos Sanchez meant to play for Aston Villa he was awesome marked Neymar out there game wouldn't mind him! Joking aside boys Tom Huddlestone is defo coming villa expect it to be announced very soon! another guy that sherwood is a big fan kyle walker on that 1 tho as villa are really struggling to get interest for any fringe player!

18 Jun 2015 16:46:27
Carlos Sanchez played great , I don't rate Tom Huddlestone and don't want spurs cast offs, if they are not good enough for spurs ,not good enough for villa, M Richards great

18 Jun 2015 22:33:38
Not sure about Huddlestone. It wasn't that long ago he was playing well and pushing for an England call. Didn't go well last season though. It also depends on how Sherwood would want to use him. Rigobert Song run the midfield when he came on for west Ham against us and Huddlestone could play that role and feed a higher tempo midfield in front of him. Maybe.

17 Jun 2015 16:33:29
Former Aston Villa captain Ron Vlaar is set to sign for Italian giants Inter milan in the next week in a free transfer. 

17 Jun 2015 18:30:55
Good.

17 Jun 2015 18:39:31
good, but don't like Huddlestone or Vardy so I hope we don't sign then.

17 Jun 2015 19:12:37
I think we've seen good and poor with Ron. Some great strikes, but has been questionable on many occasions. His performances in the World Cup put him favourably in the spotlight but that was playing at Full Back not Centre Half. Injuries and penalties are other items on his downside.

I think we have a need to look for better consistency and leadership.

17 Jun 2015 19:45:13
Honestly got to the point where I'll be gutted to see him stay. He's not good enough for us let alone "stepping up" Old injury prone liabilty.

17 Jun 2015 20:33:30
Maybe the signing of Micah Richards is a direct replacement for Vlaar. I don't think money would be sanctioned if they are in the middle of takeover talks unless it was absolutely necessary.

17 Jun 2015 23:11:12
We have a much better replacement for vlaar in Richards, powerful quick and hopefully he'll score a few more. Hopefully this right back from nice will see sherwoods intentions for villa and follow suit. Townsend has also been linked again a natural winger just what we need, just need some more fire power

17 Jun 2015 03:56:12
Wang jianlin to complete his 150 million takeover of villa by the 10th of July. He is already going to fund the deals this summer and sherwood will be given the season to see how he goes. Don't know about you all but I'm quite encouraged by some of the young talent we being linked with and hope we can land most of them.

17 Jun 2015 15:36:18
I really do hope we get taken over soon

17 Jun 2015 19:18:40
Well. he has money, ambition, and access to developing a near 2bn strong fan base for the club. I think this could work for me. :-)

Having said that, the other 2 potential buyers mentioned both come with great credentials so any of these three get my support.

16 Jun 2015 12:47:11
aston villa will be taken over by july 5th. the new owner will be mike arison big buddy of lerners. apparently he has sanctioned Sherwood some funds to bring in players this window

huddlestone
trippier
Richards
vardy or Austin
the surprise one is that villa are one of the clubs bidding for carlos tevez. benteke will go to spurs for 20 million and we get townsend. vlaar to man utd and we get Wilson on loan.

{Ed001's Note - Vlaar's out of contract so why would they give anyone on loan in return?}

16 Jun 2015 13:21:22
as a sweetner to make sure deal goes through quickly apparently we have first choice to loan wilson

{Ed001's Note - why would there be a sweetener when it is nothing to do with Villa as he is out of contract! Are you not understanding what that means?}

16 Jun 2015 15:43:00
Trippier is on the verge of joining Spurs. Vlaar is on a free so wouldn't involve any negotiations with Man Utd at all.

You've made all this up haven't you?

16 Jun 2015 16:30:09
I heard vlaar was going to Barcelona. They loaning us messi as a sweetener

16 Jun 2015 18:17:47
It always amazes me, the plethora of BS artists we have making wild unfounded statements. Professional journalists will be spending hours,using a host of contacts etc trying to be the first with the scoop on who is buying Villa but we are supposed to believe this nonsense ?
Arison has been mentioned several times in the past and nothing has materialised. Boring.

16 Jun 2015 19:01:32
as a villa fan I don't want villa to be linked with Swindon, sheff wed players etc. richards is a great signing, we should be after prem bench players or free agents like Townsend, ake, Johnson Gibbs,zouma etc as to not break the bank and to strengthen the team! Just to improve on what we have got

16 Jun 2015 21:27:17
I agree its probably (read - definitely) bull, but you have to admit the site wouldn't be the same without the KingVilla types adding a bit of humour :)

17 Jun 2015 12:43:27
you will see soon enough I got the above info from somebody inside the club also I can tell you that fabian delph will be leaving villa this transfer window and going to man city for 16 million villa have asked them about edin dzeko to see if he is available either swap or cash deal and one more piece of news is that villa are interested in signing Julian draxler on a loan deal with a permanent deal at the end if everything goes well. micah Richards medical wed or thurs this week. grealish may be sold due to Sherwood having doubts about his attitude towards the club. huddlestone and brady will join the club next week given weimmann tonev cissohko lowton Bennett westwood sylla helenius luna gardner will all be leaving aston villa watch this space

{Ed001's Note - they wouldn't ask about Dzeko to see if he is available as Citeh have already been inviting offers for him. So why would they need to ask that?}

16 Jun 2015 00:41:46
Aston Villa could be buying Claude Dielna off of Sheffield Wednesday.

15 Jun 2015 19:47:18
Not sure what your thoughts are on the news that we are being strongly linked with Sheffield Wednesday's Claude Dielna he is 27 years old and can play anywhere along the back line !!

15 Jun 2015 23:25:20
Bit underwhelmed to be honest mate. Never heard of him
If Lambert was in charge I'd think there might be something in it but I think this is just lazy journalism.
I hope the same applies to the stories about Vardy.
When you look at his record, the maxim that springs to mind is "form is temporary; class is permanent"

16 Jun 2015 19:27:08
I hope you are right Mendax,and I also agree about Vardy.

15 Jun 2015 07:24:09
Villa looking at 2 strikers as alternative to Austin who is sherwood main striker target.

Michy batshuayi is a player being looked at and also paco alacer. Both players would command a fee of around £15 million.

{Ed001's Note - why are you posting under a different name kingvilla?}

15 Jun 2015 08:36:33
Different person using same device. So I'm not lol. !!

{Ed001's Note - yes I am sure.}

15 Jun 2015 08:39:33
I'm not lol !!

15 Jun 2015 04:59:02
Opening day fixtures leak:

AFC Bournemouth v Manchester United
Arsenal v Norwich City
Liverpool v Watford
Manchester City v Tottenham Hotspur
Southampton v Everton
Stoke City v Crystal Palace
Sunderland v Aston Villa
Swansea City v Chelsea
West Bromwich Albion v Newcastle United
West Ham United v Leicester City

Birmingham City v Reading
Bolton Wanderers v Cardiff City
Bristol City v Leeds United
Derby County v Brentford
Fulham v Middlesbrough
Huddersfield Town v Charlton Athletic
Ipswich Town v Hull City
Milton Keynes Dons v Burnley
Nottingham Forest v Wolverhampton Wanderers
Preston North End v Brighton & Hove Albion
Queens Park Rangers v Sheffield Wednesday
Rotherham United v Blackburn Rovers

Blackpool v Swindon Town
Bradford City v Wigan Athletic
Burton Albion v Rochdale
Chesterfield v Fleetwood Town
Coventry City v Southend United
Crewe Alexandra v Millwall
Doncaster Rovers v Bury
Gillingham v Port Vale
Oldham Athletic v Shrewsbury Town
Peterborough United v Barnsley
Scunthorpe United v Walsall
Sheffield United v Colchester United

AFC Wimbledon v Plymouth Argyle
Bristol Rovers v Luton Town
Cambridge United v Portsmouth
Crawley Town v Leyton Orient
Dagenham & Redbridge v Oxford United
Exeter City v Barnet
Hartlepool United v Stevenage
Mansfield Town v Accrington Stanley
Newport County v Notts. County
Northampton Town v Carlisle United
Yeovil Town v Wycombe Wanderers
York City v Morecambe 

15 Jun 2015 06:32:20
Wow!
What a cope this is if true!


Can't believe you took the time to write all that out!!

{Ed001's Note - I would think he would copy and paste it mate.}

15 Jun 2015 07:59:36
Good point.
I'm going back to sit in my corner now.

Wake me season starts

15 Jun 2015 18:29:10
When do the fixtures actually come out?

{Ed007's Note - 9 a.m. on Wednesday, Peter.}

17 Jun 2015 10:23:58
WOw the only one that was close in the prem was Chelsea v Swansea City but you got it the other way round lol what a load of BS

13 Jun 2015 15:16:51
Rumour about saying Aston Villa to sign Micah Richards at the beginning of the transfer window. 

12 Jun 2015 21:04:18
{Ed001's Note - We have posted a new confirmed transfer entitled, Confirmed signings 2015-06-12.

11 Jun 2015 13:25:52
We will sign Micah Richards in the next few days!! Strong sources suggesting this all over the Internet now and we are odds on favourites to land him with bookies!! I don't know what everyone else thinks but I think it will be a top signing!! UTV

11 Jun 2015 20:56:15
Yeahhh happy with this! Quick and strong, as mendax said stick him CB desperately need pace and agility there. Good signing regardless where he plays! Seen he's chosen villa over Sunderland even though we are offering 30k less a week too lads showing his villa routes UTV

11 Jun 2015 21:31:58
Absolute belting signing this will be, a much needed step forward for villa, hoping the rumours of the young right back at Leeds are true, very exciting player. Just need some attaciking options

11 Jun 2015 23:55:24
Nice to see we are able to sign players at all TBH, let alone on of this calibre. I thought we would be stuck waiting for this take over speculation to move significantly further forward.

12 Jun 2015 13:20:58
to be honest this is one i'm 50/50 on. he first hit the city scene had such hope for the future and seemed to be set as an england centerback for years but never really seemed to step up to the plate,

hopefully the problem was the city team and management and not the player himslf and he can live up to the hype and show what he's really made of plus fight his why back into that england team

14 Jun 2015 14:16:33
Big BCFC fan. Only hope that he wants what we want.

09 Jun 2015 17:01:29
Pompey target Enda Stevens was released by Aston Villa yesterday, and the Blues will look to secure the signining of the left back in the coming days.

Meanwhile, rumours are circulating that Paul Cook may make a move to sign Pompey youth product and recently released Sheffield Wednesday defender Lewis Buxton. This is looking unlikely however, as the 31 year old already has suitors from the Championship and League One. 

08 Jun 2015 23:27:08
Middlesbrough in serious talks with Villa over a potential swap deal which will include Joe Bennett and Matthew Lowton exchanged for George Friend. 

07 Jun 2015 16:45:21
Massive speculation on Twitter and other social media that Boro and villa have struck a deal on gorgeous George going to villa and part of the deal we get lowton , really hope it's not true because I will lose respect for karanka if he let's George walk without a fight plus lowton isn't that good 

07 Jun 2015 17:56:29
Yeah I've seen this doing the rounds too. Is Friend any good haven't seen too much of him? Lowton was quality in his first season, if he can get a run of games and re capture that form he's a decent player.

04 Jun 2015 18:21:19
Rumours Andros Townsend was at Villa today having talks thought to be continuing tomorrow

04 Jun 2015 18:26:14
Don't know how believable this is but I think it would be a great signing for us, we need to improve drastically in the wide areas.

06 Jun 2015 00:11:37
That would be a great signing

03 Jun 2015 14:57:24
Seen the rumour that we are willing to bid £10m for Jonny Evans? JONNY EVANS the worst centre back I've ever seen in my life? 10 million beautiful british pound sterling for Jonny Evans?! I'm just sharing this rumour because it's hilarious and has to be a joke. Please God let it be a joke

03 Jun 2015 16:34:37
doesnt his contract run out in a few weeks? why would we pay that much

03 Jun 2015 17:17:57
Hopefully its just a case of lazy journalism but it did say we were going to haggle over the 10 million price tag, maybe a bit of Harry's wheeler dealer mentality has rubbed off on Sherwood!

03 Jun 2015 17:53:09
Well what a load nightmares please shoot me Evans please no Sherwood you pleb if its true that is well guys I suppose its more of the same bloody bakers better Sherwood says he is not interested in charlie Austin if benteke goes can you think of a better replacement put inngs next to him with tabbies speed goals will fly in Sherwood so they say told Southampton Austin is there's bet we go for the guy who plays for hull sorry don't,t remember his name never heard of him hope we get some big money owners and soon maybe we can buy a bit of class and sod the rules we need to pay big bucks not for every player but most he,he,ho and good by Blatter you f. k

03 Jun 2015 19:29:24
The last time we spent over 10 million on a player was Darren Bent, and we choose to spend it on Jonny Evans - I just can't see a universe where this is a real possibility.

09 Jun 2015 12:47:05
Lol. I wasn't going to waste my time replying to this stupid rumour because it's absolutely ridiculous!
But I am hoping anyone thinking or even suggesting we'd spend £10m on J Evans needs their head looked at, and I hope you get treatment quickly!