19 Aug 2014 20:56:14
Villa to appoint arsenals tom fox as chief executive, this is the guy that helped arsenal secure their 170m kit deal with puma, also randy to fund 2 more transfers
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Yes it is in tomorrow's papers. Learner been here for the last two days sorting it out.
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Would that mean no takeover deal for now?
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20 Aug 2014 23:06:41
Ask yourself this. If you were Fox, assumably relatively comfortable at Arsenal, would you agree to moving to Villa without assurances over ownership and job stability after six years in a well paid position? This appointment means one of two things 1. Learner has made a u turn, 2. The new owner is soon to be annoinced and already making decisions. The recent change in transfer philisophy also ties in with points 1 and 2 above.
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SSN confirmed it
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19 Aug 2014 17:03:24
John Arne Riise saying Villa have bben in contact. Hope we don't take it further we don't need him and could use the wages to fix other positions.
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We don't need him, not sure what we need?
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Reports online suggesting we are interested in signing Sebastian Blanco from Metalist. 26 year old Argentinian CAM. Villa Park could do with some South American Flair.
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All riise said was villa along with many other sides had made contact, but nothing concrete, blanco looks like he would spice up our midfield
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Blanco looks decent, quick tricky 2 footed, yes please.
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I've supported signings such as senderos and cole as I can see the thought behind those deals and where they could fit in and what they could potentially offer us, but I would be pretty annoyed if we went ahead and signed riise. There is no need for him and he is below the standard that we already have. I suspect he's trying to drum up interest for himself rather than us actually being interested and hopefully it goes no further. I can't see it happening myself.
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20 Aug 2014 21:06:01
Reading the comment about Villa & South American Flair.
Had to go check cause the old memory is wonky, but can confirm that we have signed a Colombian already. Carlos Sanchez (defensive midfielder) is awaiting International Clearance as far as I have read.
Last season we had (I think) the worst record for losing after taking the lead. IMO PL has looked to address the defense. If we score the goals of last season without conceding, we'll be fine, just fine. if we're lucky, Benteke will come back and score a bundle as well.
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Yellow socks look silly som claret and blue ones matey
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