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02 Mar 2024 15:51:48
According to the Daily Mail, we are considering making Lenglet's loan deal from Barcelona permanent. Thoughts? ?
1.) 03 Mar 2024 01:24:57
Hard to see unless he plans on selling mings for 40 or 50 million. he’s not to bad in terms of backup so maybe if he can be bought on the cheap as a squad player
2.) 03 Mar 2024 19:10:26
Everything I am reading suggests we are going to have to sell in the summer before we can buy, I am not sure that Lenglet will be the priority I think Barcelona will be looking for £25-30 million minimum and given we will have Konsa, Mings Carlos and Torres we don’t need another centre back in my view
12 Jan 2024 14:27:57
Apparently Saudi club Al-Hilal have formally made contact over the signing of Digne. If he's let go, I hope we've got a replacement in the pipeline or we're going to find ourselves short at the back with all the upcoming fixtures ?
02 Jan 2024 10:43:17
Still being linked with Emile Smith Rowe in a potential player-plus-cash deal with Dougie moving the other way. Although Dougie has tailed off a bit lately (apart from the winning penalty obviously) I'm not sure this would give us any significant advantage.
1.) 02 Jan 2024 12:34:29
I posted a month or so ago that Arsenal are confident of landing Dougie either in January or the summer. If it’s January then the only way Arsenal can do it is with a player swap deal and apparently the are willing to offer us a choice of ESR, Nketiah, Nelson, Tierney to name but a few. If it’s cash then the deal won’t be done until the summer.
2.) 02 Jan 2024 16:39:15
I'm more interested in the firepower upfront.
It's a dream signing but.
As of today Liverpool and one Saudi team has asked the availablity of a certain PSG player.
Wonder what (except the money) would it take to get him to join (and he's on free now) .
Maybe the Mighty Emery who personally visited him and got him to join PSG instead of Madrid?
Mbappe does speak quite highly of Unai.
Imagine Mbappe at the Villa ?
3.) 02 Jan 2024 17:18:38
Arsenal don’t have the funds for either Dougie or Toney. Player swaps the only option for them so not particularly attractive offer.
4.) 02 Jan 2024 22:53:07
I love your ambition Ads. It’s not completely out of the question but it may just be as likely as my upcoming marriage to Julia Roberts ?
5.) 03 Jan 2024 07:40:00
Can I have an invite to the reception?
6.) 04 Jan 2024 02:51:48
I don't see Dougie going anywhere if I'm honest or any other key players, Unai won't want to sell and I'm not so sure Dougie would want the move either, Villa are chasing a top four place and a possible title push so they will likely strengthen the squad, we are already very well positioned in the league so why would players want to leave, Villa are going places under Emery that is for sure and our owners ambition is huge.
12 Dec 2023 09:32:55
Red Bull Salzburg's midfielder Oscar Gloukh is on our radar for the January transfer window apparently. Not sure that any additional midfielders are the priority right now ?
1.) 12 Dec 2023 16:02:58
No, I think it is more the agents getting excited about our form thinking they can drum up interest. A right back, maybe. A goalkeeper slightly less likely. Other than that I don't expect any business in January.
2.) 12 Dec 2023 19:36:18
We could with an attacking midfielder, but rb, and 2nd striker a must for me in jan
30 Nov 2023 12:39:06
Latest on the rumour mill is that we are looking at Lens and Ghana midfielder Salis Abdul Samed as a potential replacement should we be forced to sell Dougie ? Oh, and we're also touting Dendoncker in the January sales, with interest from Everton
1.) 03 Dec 2023 10:10:28
Can’t see Dougie going anywhere tbh. The kinda money we will want for him Arsenal won’t pay, they already spent £100m on a midfielder in summer, we will expect a figure of £70+
2.) 05 Dec 2023 18:58:36
Apparently rumours down Emirates way is that whether it’s January or the summer they are confident of landing Dougie, if it’s January then given Arsenal’s spending to date it’s got to be a player plus cash deal the likes of ESR, Nketiah, Nelson, Tomayasu, Tierney, and Tavares are all available allegedly. If it’s the summer we can choose between straight cash or a similar one to that outlined above. Interesting ?
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19 Apr 2024 01:36:15
Nice headline on the back pages of the i paper today - a picture of Emi with the caption 'A Lille less conversation'
18 Apr 2024 22:56:46
OK. Olympiakos. I'd rather this as a semi-final draw than Fiorentina or Bruges. Mind you, 24 hours in Florence would have been nice ??
14 Apr 2024 18:31:50
Well that's trebled our goal difference over spurs ??
09 Apr 2024 20:51:06
Controversial as this may be, much as we all want to be in the Champions League and that supposedly attracts all the megastars, watching the calibre of the teams currently playing in the CL semis I have to ask myself, in the cold light of day, how ready are we with the current squad to face that kind of opposition? Even with a few additional expensive incoming top performers over the summer, it's a big ask to step up from where we are. Would our ambitions not be better served if we go up to the next level and the Europa League next season and then the CL after that having built a stronger squad, rather than be dumped out at the early stages of the CL which would be demoralising for both the team and supporters? Discuss ? (Perhaps I'm just preparing myself for the possibility that we may end up qualifying for the Europas)
1.) 09 Apr 2024 22:20:05
Fair point menace, I have pondered the same myself, but I’m more leaning to getting champions league for the lure of the more talented players and the financial aspects, I’m not sure how the new format will work but if it’s somewhat like the old one where the best of the rest transfer over to europa league then I think that would be win win, as in have the better money for qualifying and then going over to a competition that we had a chance of doing really well in. as I said though I’m not 100% on how the new system will work.
Maybe the EDs could offer more insight?
2.) 09 Apr 2024 22:20:25
The new format for the Champions League is actually beneficial for the "lesser" teams. Most of our games in the league section would be against other "lesser" teams with only 1 maybe 2 against the really big teams.
I'd fancy our chances to reach the play off cut off to then drop down to Europa knock outs. Going straight into the Europa we wouldn't be a shoo in for top 8 and then we're at risk of being stuck back in the Conference knock outs.
3.) 09 Apr 2024 22:40:52
Whack, 4 pots of 9 teams based on rankings, each team plays 2 teams from each pot, 1 home, 1 away.
Top 8 automatically qualify, 9-24 go into a play off with the losers dropping down and the remaining 12 being eliminated.
You're guaranteed a couple of matches against the likes of Madrid and Bayern but you're also guaranteed matches against lower teams like Brugge or Dynamo.
4.) 09 Apr 2024 22:47:08
Whilst CL is an obvious attraction I am not sure how many ‘megastars’ we could sign without sacrificing one or two of our own stars given our current financial position, and unless we get the recruitment spot on which in this day and age is a big ask we run the risk of standing still or possibly even going backwards. Maybe as Menace says steady progression through European competition may be the best option. If Arsenal and City fail to reach the semifinals I am not sure fifth will qualify for CL anyway.
5.) 09 Apr 2024 23:42:52
My thoughts were along the same lines. Qualification for the CL is not going to mean 8 new Mbappe’s sign up over the summer - one or two at the most. That may unsettle the current squad in terms of wages and starting positions and still not mean we can compete against the likes of Real and City so what would we have achieved ?
6.) 10 Apr 2024 06:18:04
We already have several Champions League level players, it's as much about keeping them as it is about new recruits.
I don't see qualification drawing us to trying to sign megastars either.
Take away the mega money players and you are realistically spending similar wages and transfer fees. There's not going to be much difference from most Champions League regulars to "best of the rest" unless you are trying to shop at Madrid, Barca, City or PSG.
06 Apr 2024 17:26:37
On the upside, the Bluenoses have slipped into a relegation spot ? Plus, apart from Rotherham, all their remaining fixtures are against teams in the top half of the table including Coventry and Norwich who are both pushing for promotion. Oh dear.
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07 Mar 2024 00:42:43
Anyone with an accountancy qualification care to square this rumour with FFP rules? I understood we were having to sell players to comply so how can we spend £200m on new players. Sorry if I’m being thick
06 Feb 2024 21:54:40
Next one off to the Middle East perhaps? He certainly doesn’t seem to be a first choice pick lately. Can’t see walking out of training getting him anywhere though ?
18 Jan 2024 15:17:37
Kosta Nedeljkovic. Don’t know much about him though ?
02 Jan 2024 22:53:07
I love your ambition Ads. It’s not completely out of the question but it may just be as likely as my upcoming marriage to Julia Roberts ?
22 Oct 2023 21:45:15
Ed- I guess having an active interest in a player and them being made available, let alone signed, may well be at the opposite ends of the reality spectrum ?
{Ed001's Note - very true. Though PSG have been known to make stupid transfer decisions in the past, so you never know.}
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18 Apr 2024 22:34:05
And then he keeps us in the tournament. No other player looked anything like rescuing it. Everyone was touting Bailey as a useless sell-off earlier on in the season. From recollection, there were many touting Ken Mcnought as ‘Ken the Cart Horse’ that we should have offloaded some time during 81/82. Thank God we didn’t. The squad is what it is and it ain’t going to change between now and the end of the season. I am still of the opinion that if we can’t comfortably win games like tonight then, without a complete squad transplant, we have no chance of getting anywhere near out of the Champions League group stages and there’s therefore no point in busting a gut getting there. Imagine our best current team up against the Real Madrid of last night?
16 Apr 2024 22:37:49
Don’t worry about being the oldest one on here Dave. It just means you’ve suffered more over the years than anyone else. Have a nice sit-down, a cup of tea and some Werthers Originals and you’ll be fine. I’m sure Heartbeat is on at least three channels at once to keep you entertained ?
15 Apr 2024 00:00:10
In fairness, if the Dingles win all of their remaining fixtures and everyone else between them and us loses all their games, they’ll potentially be in Europe. It’s a bit of a long shot but we need to give NeveSeveN something to live for. As I’ve said before, fair play for him/her/them (who knows nowadays) for at least giving us a tickle on this site ?
11 Apr 2024 22:34:28
Whatever anyone thinks of Katie Price, she’s been left literally minding the baby since before Harvey was born. To be a true great footballer you have to be a great person and he is not. I’m sure he’s paid his share financially but seemingly unable to make time for or have anything to do with his own son in the last 10+ years or so ? Not for me thanks
11 Apr 2024 10:01:07
Instead of building a new stadium, perhaps they could just ground-share with Solihull Moors. It won't be long until they're in the same division anyway.