John P

From the TransferFlow mailing list:

Dennis Wise says get him in. One straight from the Suds database

The new thick Adidas stripes thing looks rubbish

Yep, it's all about the prestige of playing for Chelsea because they won the Club World Cup remember

Can't imagine many clubs will be offering him big money or a longer term deal at 34 on the back of a serious injury

Are you a cheeky little ITK?

Yeah it does seem a lot when you write it down

We absolutely have to move quickly to get a couple of good replacements in after Gordon leaves. Take advantage of the fact that we have money early in the window and can close deals before other clubs have their ducks in a row

Chelsea have finished 12th and 10th in the last few years. They shouldn't even be in with a sniff of signing the best player from a team that's been in the CL in 2 of the last 3 years. Yet, because of how the rules are, they probably will be back competing for the top 4/5 again soon, despite being run terribly by a bunch of jokers. The financial rules give them a get out every time, so yes, it is happening because of money, just not always because of the wage that can be offered to an individual player at a certain point in time

If you think that the current financial regulations in place that massively restrict any team outside of the traditional big 6 from competing doesn't play a role in any of this (which is the point I'm trying to make) then that's also a weird mindset to be in

How do you know that? The point is that Villa shouldn't need to be getting/be enticed by a transfer windfall to reinvest, because for the last few years they've been better and achieved more than two of those clubs, who have repeatedly failed yet can still go and poach the best players from other teams due to an ingrained financial hierarchy that will still be there even if those teams massively underachieve

Yes I'm sure all of those clubs won't be offering him a pay rise then

I imagine the extra money they can offer would be a big part of the attraction, despite the fact that two of those clubs have been run horrendously for the last few years. So the point still stands

Aston Villa - Europa League Champions, qualified for the Champions League and have to sell their star player to 10th placed Chelsea to balance the books. Rank

The guy is pretty obnoxious and is sarcastically taking the piss with that tweet, which is often his default position. He's also a massive Man City fan