30 Jun 2013 22:48:31
No. Belhanda. He's gone to Kiev, according to Sky
Disappointment to hear this tonight, would of been a good signing. So much for wanting to play in the premiership, money talks I guess!
It wasn't realistic anyway
Why wasn't it realistic?
Did we not almost sign him?
Infact we only missed out cus Kiev apparently gave him 80k a week instead of the 40k a week we offered him.
Chadli is the alternative, maybe.
Not even seen this confirmed on sky yet this morning or bbc
Is it any more realistic that we will be in for this Nacer Chadli feller for 8.5 million?
Swansea also chasing Nacer Chadli so I guess the competition will push his asking price and wage demands upwards
I, for one, would be interested to know the feelings of all the fans who continuously posted on here that the Belhanda deal was going to happen.
I was the one who was shot down for quoting Matt Kendrick who at the outset confirmed this was a none starter, who turned out to be right after all.
And before anybody tries to counter by saying Belhanda rejected us because we wouldn't pay big wages (or whatever waffle you choose to make up) please ensure you provide proof (press report, statement, words from the player himself) and not just 'what you heard'.
Buddy, this is your time to gloat, I remember the post, like many on this site, by that point, we assumed that Belhanda would go elsewhere, but we were vilified for trying to be logical about it, I have never seen such aggressive comments over a simple opinion about a potential transfer.
'I have never seen such aggressive comments over a simple opinion about a potential transfer'
I have to agree with that. As a big Villa fan and one who would have loved Belhanda to sign, I thought I was doing a 'service' to our fans by highlighting what was being reported in a our local press and simply relaying Kendrick's comments.
Villa fans have a reputation with other clubs of being fickle and I think the whole Belhanda saga has highlighted that (the minority in my opinion).
While we can all dream, we need to remember to be logical and realistic. Signing Belhanda would have been a major coup for us but for people to jump all over the band wagon once our name was mentioned and then literally argue the case with anyone who doubted it was quite frankly absurd.
I'm so glad the Belhanda saga is over, we can now move on in the real world once again, but before it ends, remember that AVFC have not (ever) stated that Belhanda was signing. That was those supporters who have "sources" in the know, I hope you are all suitably embarrassed by your absurd behavior, I suggest you make your sources, if they existed at all, read all the clap trap written about Belhanda signing for Villa, in the mean time, I can carry on being perplexed about Benteke, because that's quite normal isn't it?
To the guy who said he knew all the time then belhanda deal wasn't gunna happen cus Matt Kendrick said so, kendrick said PL wasn't interested in belhanda, well that was wrong because it's a fact we made 2 bids which one was excepted, so in reality we were close to signing him and the only reason belhanda didn't sign was because he went for the massive money on offer.
"sources in the know"
1st source was the Montpellier president who confirmed villa made 2 offers, one excepted.
2nd source was belhanda himself who said he'd had contact with villa.
There's proof
Seems like good sources to me.
Its a fact we made two bids? Where is there proof they we made two bids for him? You can't use the word fact without clear proof. that's poor mate, really poor.
As I recall when we were first mentioned it was in conjunction with 4/5 other clubs (kiev not being one of them) who according to Montpellier had all met his agreed price and it was up to Belhanda. Fast forward a few weeks and it is being reported that 2 clubs have made bids for him and then he joins Kiev. Are you unable to see the clear contradicton there?
While I quoted Matt Kendrick, I never once claimed it was definately not going to happen because he had said so. Please feel free to read through all the comments on this site in an attempt to find me saying this.
So the 'proof' is that it was reported that Montpellier had accepted a bid from Villa?
Im sure you are one of the clowns that chastised me for quoting what Kendrick had said.
So your happy to believe something you read, but something I read was just deemed as nonsensical journalism.
To all the sane (and true) Villians on her, is that irony or what?!
Actually mate I didn't make a comment when you spoke of kendrick denying PL was interested in Belhanda, an the reason I didn't comment was because he was talking nonsense, Belhanda had already confirmed contact with villa so Kendrick was so wrong about PL not being interested it would have been a waste of time.
You asked for proof, I said Belhanda confirming contact with villa was proof enough to me, and Montpellier's president confirming offers from villa is also proof.
The truth is the only proof you'd believe is if Lambert turned up at your door an told you we made an offer. Lol
Open your eyes an see the obvious
Again, please read my comments. I never said Kendrick denied PL was interested. I clearly said that from what Kendrick had heard (whatever his sources are) that all the talk about Belhanda was in France and there was no interest coming from the Villa.
For one so versed in 'proof' I thought you would have had the decency to review my comments before making yet another outrageous comment.
And then to use comments supposedly made by Belhanda as 'proof' is ridiculous. How long have you followed football pal? No player (worth his salt) will say a negatove about another club (loval rivalries aside) as they do not know what the future holds. It seems he was asked what he thought about Aston Villa and those were his comments which surely were expected.
Unfortunately you appear to be bitter about the whole Belhanda saga and have clearly answered my question above about how those fans who were certain it would happen are now feeling.
Get over it mate.
LMFAO can't be arsed to go thru it again. All my point was, that villa were interested and were close to signing him and it was realistic.
Seemed obvious to me
And my point was it had been reported we weren't interested, we weren't close and it wasnt realistic.