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11 Jan 2025 10:16:00
I have a mate who works at VP who shares snippets of info with me now and then, some of it turns out right some not but I don't tend to post them as I generally don't like the " I am reliably informed " type of rumour but this one is interesting and given the individual involved certainly isn't beyond the bounds of credibility So allegedly behind the scenes Duran is for the want of a better phrase 'playing his face' he feels he should be first choice and in addition all the talk about PSG and Barcelona has turned his head, despite having recently signed a new contract he believes he can double his money elsewhere. Villa are prepared to sell but only at a price we are happy with, and the talk about a swap with Randall Kolo Muani is rubbish as his wages are excessive however we would be interested in Asensio with a significant cash adjustment in our favour. Villa's preference is for any deal to take place during the summer unless the deal is too good to be turned down but we are already scouting the market for a replacement no names were mentioned as possible targets although I did ask.
1.) 11 Jan 2025 11:57:20
I’m kind of the same Mings, but I hear things from my line of work, haven’t heard anything Villa but I’ve heard Bellingham is buying a house in Barnt Green, where a few of our players (& from other clubs too) live, not saying he’s coming to Villa lol, but there’s been (NewsNow) reports that we might be interested in his brother, or maybe he’s buying a house for his parents or other family members ??♂️
UTV
2.) 11 Jan 2025 13:29:05
Hell no another over hyped player
11 Dec 2024 16:54:28
I see we are being linked with a young Argentinian striker called Castro from Bologna. I wonder if we might be considering life without either Watkins or Duran
1.) 12 Dec 2024 06:00:24
100% (regrettably) Duran won’t be at Villa in I’d say 2 years time, he’ll be at Barca, Real or PSG or whoever has £100M+ to buy him. That’s why in January we should go all out trying to get a pre contract in place for Jonathan David. I know some will say it’d upset Watkins/Duran but so what? Villa are bigger than them he’s an also can play across the front 3 striker. Got to think long term
UTV
30 Nov 2024 22:30:32
Being linked with Romano Schmid an attacking midfielder from Werder Bremen I think. Apparent he is highly rated and only 24 years old, that's the spin the various news outlets are putting on it. I watch a fair bit of Bundesliga football and I have to say he's not particularly stood out for me but the proof of the pudding will be how he performs if we sign him.
09 Nov 2024 17:58:08
According to a Colombian outlet Arsenal have had a £45million bid for Duran rejected.
09 Jul 2024 12:37:03
I see Spurs are allegedly back for Ramsey and another unnamed Villa player offering Lo Celso plus cash in exchange. I wonder if the unnamed player is Duran? I hope we don't let Ramsey go he's young and more than decent. If PSR pressures have gone away albeit temporarily then given the amount of games we are going to have he should have no problem with getting game time.
1.) 09 Jul 2024 14:39:40
Jj won't be sold unless 60/70mil comes our way lord
2.) 09 Jul 2024 17:22:15
LOTM I think Duran is going to West Ham.
3.) 09 Jul 2024 17:35:58
Id drive him there his attitude is bad, has potential but doesn't want to learn and work hard to become a better player, that's the problem with young players of today
4.) 09 Jul 2024 18:28:16
If we wanted Lo Celso we’d buy him and at a reduced price because his contract is up next year, I meant to say would already of bought him, it’s typical NewsNow click bait ?
UTV
5.) 10 Jul 2024 01:33:16
LOTM I think you might of misread the article, supposedly they are willing to offer LO Celco plus another unnamed player plus cash for Ramsey.
If this is true then which other player would you guys accept?
I say give us bissoma, Lo Celso and 20 million or sod off, we don’t need their bottlers ?
6.) 10 Jul 2024 07:48:25
Oops, I think you are right Whack. I agree that if they want to throw in another player Bissouma would be the one.
7.) 10 Jul 2024 09:35:12
Lo Celso will go at the 11th hour of deadline day for £10M or less because he can sign a pre contract to abroad (where he’ll end up) in Jan
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12 Jan 2025 16:14:23
Just watched the Tamworth v Spurs game but class told in the end great performance by the part timers but yet again I am left wondering by the standard of officiating this time Peter Banks is the official in question. Before Spurs were awarded the free kick which led to the first goal a very similar challenge on a Tamworth player not a minute before was waved play on! Then not long after, the Tamworth wide player Williams I think it was gets past Spence who clearly pushes him off the ball the commentators stated the push 'wasn't enough' to warrant a penalty. As far as I'm aware the rules don't state how heavy the push has to be just that it's a push which it clearly was, anywhere else on the pitch and it's given. You can't help wondering if most of the 50/50 calls in these matches go the way of the premiership club. We really do need the standard of officiating to radically improve.
1.) 12 Jan 2025 16:57:06
Officiating no better in the Arsenal/Utd game.
Some quite dreadful decisions, mainly in Arsenal’s favour.
When are the officials going to punish Arteta for being outside the technical area. Not just stepping a foot outside but almost on the pitch.
2.) 12 Jan 2025 18:17:42
Spurs will up their game for us as usual
3.) 12 Jan 2025 19:06:06
If were not at we will be out need to play a millions times better than what we have been doing over the last 2/3 months we need to kick on and have good 2nd half of season
11 Jan 2025 16:09:25
Just watched last nights game again and I don't know if it's just me but it seems like there is something wrong with how we press the opposition. If you look at the likes of Tottenham and how they go about it, they press as a unit when one goes they all go and they go at pace they know who they are closing down and it's effective that's what caused us the problems when we played them. However when we did it last night we didn't seem to all go at once and on occasions it seems we have two men closing the same opponent down particularly in the first half hence the opposition have an easy out ball into midfield and for those teams who play the extra man in there we are immediately on the back foot. I am going to re watch some of our other games to see whether last night was a one off or whether our ability to press quickly is something that needs looking at.
1.) 11 Jan 2025 16:56:57
Lotm you summed it up when you said at pace . Keep saying the only time we look good, is when we play at pace . Don’t know if it’s Emery orders to slow it down and keep the ball, but we seem to be getting slower .
Some of our better games, we have sat on top of teams and used pace, both in the press and attack, we have more than often won . Problem is it takes energy, with injuries plus games coming as often as they are it’s whether we have the legs to do it . But I certainly agree it’s what’s needed, perhaps with new recruits and a shake up, it will liven it up .UTV
2.) 11 Jan 2025 19:12:48
LOTM, totally agree with your comments, it can only be down to one person. Many have said change is needed only one can make that change.If we don't change we will continue to see what we have been watching for the last few months.
3.) 12 Jan 2025 08:59:13
Unfortunately, until we get better squad depth and the players get used to the busier fixture list Emery will get us to play slower and save energy. Looks like we'll sign Mingueza and hopefully Malen, both are very fast.
4.) 12 Jan 2025 09:56:17
Both deals should go threw aswell also young striker signing tidum gomis from cannes 18yrs old 2mil its a done deal apparently highly rated aswell in france
10 Jan 2025 22:13:03
Great result but that's the only decent thing you can say about the performance. One decent bit of football and an appalling refereeing decision and we scored on both occasions. We were however a lot better when Buendia and Ramsey came on. As good as Tielemans was against City he was poor tonight, and I don't know why Mings refused to release Maatsen on his runs down the left particularly in the first half he won't keep Torres out when he's fit based on that performance and we definitely need a keeper that the defence has faith in because they certainly don't have it in Olsen. But if you don't play well and you win it can't be that bad. Moan finished. UTV?
1.) 10 Jan 2025 22:40:05
Those runs were killing me Lotm, it was on almost every other time we played out but he just wouldn’t play it. we need to use maatsen’s pace more to our advantage. we got there in the end but it was a tough watch
10 Jan 2025 20:55:04
I normally don't post mid match and I like to see the positives but on this occasion if I could sub all XI I would. No threat at all up front, too slow in possession, the weight of pass by our midfield is shocking. We need to be radically different second half or we are out of the FA cup again.
06 Jan 2025 15:08:28
Looks like the latest rumour around our interest in a right back features a guy called Oscar Mingueza from Celta Vigo a Spanish international who is 25, Celta signed him from Barcelona in 2022 and he has a release clause of something like £16 million which for a 25 year old international is nothing in today's market, he can play multiple positions across the back four and his La Liga stats don't look shabby either 2 goals and 5 assists from 17 starts.
1.) 06 Jan 2025 18:42:31
And Fenerbache want Diego Carlos. I'd sell him for £10m. He's quite injury prone so wouldn't miss him that much.
2.) 06 Jan 2025 19:34:26
LOTM, he looks a steal for that kind of money, I can’t say I know much about him but his highlights look very good, looks like a free kick specialist aswel, personally I’d be all over this deal he ticks a lot of boxes, a ball playing defender is just what we need for our system.
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14 Jan 2025 16:20:08
Can’t see that happening given we can’t sign Malen until Philogene moves because of PSR. If we are interested I can’t see this happening unless Durán moves
13 Jan 2025 20:13:54
I think your right Whack, and I think he’s a centre back
06 Jan 2025 21:45:45
I agree Whack, I think the links with Kolo Muani are fanciful as why would he accept not being in a similar position to what he is in at PSG ie not an automatic choice. I think we will let Duran go as rumours continue about his attitude behind the scenes, that being the case better he goes now for a premium fee. If it has to be a player plus cash deal then I would take Asensio, Emery was interested in him previously and he can play anywhere across the midfield. PSG want about £25 million for him that would mean we could ask for another £30-35 million as cash, and I’d look to use that money to get a second striker someone like Delap of Ipswich big strong front man good back up for Watkins.
12 Aug 2024 15:12:02
That’s right Scotty, but I am equally concerned that as yet we have not replaced the goals and assists from Luiz and Diaby.
08 Aug 2024 08:33:32
Digne is one of our highest earners therefore given we have Maatsen and Moreno who are left backs it makes sense for us to sell him if we can
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14 Jan 2025 18:38:51
Actually I like Whittaker too, but it’s a risk to move from a side bottom of the Championship to us, I think he is more likely to go to another Championship side he’s been linked with Hull, but if I were a lower end Premiership side (no disrespect intended) I might be prepared to take a punt.I think he has something about him that could cut it at top level I feel.
13 Jan 2025 16:26:30
Cheers Ed I couldn’t find the rules down to my IT skills sadly?Thanks for the clarification
{Ed007's Note - ????
13 Jan 2025 12:40:20
Malen has played for Dortmund in the Champions League but my understanding is that from the next stage we can register 3 additional players and I think one of those 3 can have played in the competition for somebody else, but I don’t think he will be eligible for the Monaco or Celtic games
{Ed007's Note - You're nearly bang on mate apart from all 3 new signings can be registered even if they have played in any the European tournaments.}
12 Jan 2025 20:59:25
In some ways I hope Emery prioritises the FA cup ahead of the Champions League if I am honest. I think on a one off game we can beat anyone however realistically we aren’t going to win the Champions League and it’s been so long since we won anything I think it would give the club and fan base a huge boost if we could lift the FA cup.
10 Jan 2025 20:42:33
Based on what I have seen to date your grandsons option would have been the better choice