James Milner joins Aston Villa - £12m!

[Baggio]

The Express say O'Neill will try and push through a £12 million deal today.

[Nobody]

£10m+? We're fucking bonkers for turning it down! I'll piss myself laughing if we get anything like £12m!

[hoppaz]

12 million!!!!!!!!!!!! Shows how things has gone IMO. I would go and like to buy a detatched house for 60K but in the current market it aint gonna happen. Perhaps someone should tell Ashley this so we can actually get players in like Aston Villa have / are doing. BTW researched their chairman and he has half of Ashleys wealth (if that!). Keegans ambition isnt being matched at the mo but I am reerving judgement till the window shuts.

 

Oh do be quiet.

 

Quality post your batteries must have died in your keyboard.

[Syrette]

Just hope we use that money wisely - and in time.

[Syrette]

12 million!!!!!!!!!!!! Shows how things has gone IMO. I would go and like to buy a detatched house for 60K but in the current market it aint gonna happen. Perhaps someone should tell Ashley this so we can actually get players in like Aston Villa have / are doing. BTW researched their chairman and he has half of Ashleys wealth (if that!). Keegans ambition isnt being matched at the mo but I am reerving judgement till the window shuts.

 

Oh do be quiet.

 

Quality post your batteries must have died in your keyboard.

 

My keyboard is wired, genius.

[Cajun]

Just hope we use that money wisely - and in time.

 

Me to. £10m-£12m is crazy but it needs to be spent as it wont do much good sitting in the bank.

[Nobody]

What's the most we've ever sold a player for, by the way?

[Dr Venkman]

12 million for milner?

 

how much was deco?

[Baggio]

What's the most we've ever sold a player for, by the way?

 

£13.4 million for Woodgate iirc.

[Syrette]

What's the most we've ever sold a player for, by the way?

 

Woodgate, £13m?

 

I think.

[Cajun]

What's the most we've ever sold a player for, by the way?

 

Woodgate £9.6m? Probably missing someone really obvious here

[Baggio]

12 million for milner?

 

how much was deco?

 

£8 million.

[hoppaz]

12 million!!!!!!!!!!!! Shows how things has gone IMO. I would go and like to buy a detatched house for 60K but in the current market it aint gonna happen. Perhaps someone should tell Ashley this so we can actually get players in like Aston Villa have / are doing. BTW researched their chairman and he has half of Ashleys wealth (if that!). Keegans ambition isnt being matched at the mo but I am reerving judgement till the window shuts.

 

 

eh?

 

Sorry I am posting in other topics too. Basically I look at Lerner who is valued at half (if that) of Ashley's wealth yet Villa have invested 10m in two full backs, 8m in Cuellar and now 12m on Milner (possibly). We seem to be trying to do things on the cheap (take Jonas and Guthrie and the arsing about on Colo over 1-2m for example). Lerner is telling MO to spend whereas we seem to be pussy footing around.

 

 

How much do you think Jonas would be worth without this Webster ruling? Didn't his club turn down around £8m 6 months ago? Just because we haven't paid vast sums it doesn't mean we haven't bought in quality players.

 

I do think we need 3-4 more but I am very happy with the 4 we have brought in. Hopefully there will be more before the end of the transfer window.

 

I aint critising but would agree with you totally however every man and his dog must know we need 3-4 players and sometimes you just have to pay over the odds. I think if we have the backing we should invest it to push on. If Villa want to pay 12m million it just shows what we are up against.

[Mick]

£12m for Milner would be the best bit of business this club has ever done IMO.

 

£8 million for Dyer was better.

[hoppaz]

12 million!!!!!!!!!!!! Shows how things has gone IMO. I would go and like to buy a detatched house for 60K but in the current market it aint gonna happen. Perhaps someone should tell Ashley this so we can actually get players in like Aston Villa have / are doing. BTW researched their chairman and he has half of Ashleys wealth (if that!). Keegans ambition isnt being matched at the mo but I am reerving judgement till the window shuts.

 

Oh do be quiet.

 

Quality post your batteries must have died in your keyboard.

 

My keyboard is wired, genius.

 

But you still but batteries in though

[Cajun]

There is not a chance in hell we got that £13.4m for Woodgate, it was something like £9.6m plus extras if certain criteria's were met and I am 99% certain he couldnt have met any of those

[Spider Jerusalem]

Paying £12m for players like Milner isn't ambition, it's stupidity.

 

That's not stupidity, it verging on insanity.  Come on Mike, take the cash to even out your over-spending on the squad this summer.

[JH]

12 million!!!!!!!!!!!! Shows how things has gone IMO. I would go and like to buy a detatched house for 60K but in the current market it aint gonna happen. Perhaps someone should tell Ashley this so we can actually get players in like Aston Villa have / are doing. BTW researched their chairman and he has half of Ashleys wealth (if that!). Keegans ambition isnt being matched at the mo but I am reerving judgement till the window shuts.

 

Oh do be quiet.

 

Quality post your batteries must have died in your keyboard.

 

My keyboard is wired, genius.

 

But you still but batteries in though

 

err no?

[Dr Venkman]

12 million for milner?

 

how much was deco?

 

£8 million.

 

there are a lot of things said about how much money there is in football these days, but if we get 12 million for james milner i'll be utterly lost for words, and almost as smug as when we sold jenas, people really need to get over the buying english thing.

[brummie]

Nope but to be fair if that is true then fine. However, its well reported that MO pussy foots around when it comes to transfers. How much did the lad from WBA cost you, 8-10m?? I am concerned at the penny pinching at out club  which includes the likes the of coaches leaving and not being replaced. Seems daft IMO but like I said I reserve judgement till the window shuts.

 

I guarantee you that if you stopped 10 Villa fans in the street and asked them what they thought about our transfer activity, 8 of them would say that MON needs to stop fucking about and start spending.

 

Last year we hardly pushed the boat out. Our net spend was pretty small, certainly lower than most. This year we've spent a little more  but the fact is we are still at the very least 4 players short of what we need to get by.

 

The fact is it is very, very hard to sign players these days. If you're not in the CL, you're competing against a lot of other clubs. Having the money is no guarantee that you're going to get what you want.

 

Much as people talk about crowds or tradition or potential or anything, for the majority of players there's not a whole lot between clubs like Villa, Newcastle, Everton, Spurs, even Portsmouth, Blackburn and West Ham. They're all competing for the same players.

 

If you think Ashley isn't prepared to spend money, then why did you offer what you did for Modric? Why would he have spent so much on the club and sorting out the debts only to watch it stagnate?

 

Having a lot of money behind you these days is not enough. You can't go out and buy success of the shelf. Everyone has money these days, things are an awful lot harder.

[brummie]

Incidentally, re my point about it being hard to sign players, surely the fact Villa are even rumoured to be considering paying 12m for James Milner is the proof of that particular pudding.

[hoppaz]

12 million!!!!!!!!!!!! Shows how things has gone IMO. I would go and like to buy a detatched house for 60K but in the current market it aint gonna happen. Perhaps someone should tell Ashley this so we can actually get players in like Aston Villa have / are doing. BTW researched their chairman and he has half of Ashleys wealth (if that!). Keegans ambition isnt being matched at the mo but I am reerving judgement till the window shuts.

 

Oh do be quiet.

 

Quality post your batteries must have died in your keyboard.

 

My keyboard is wired, genius.

 

But you still but batteries in though

 

err no?

 

I wasn't talking about his keyboard but that big rubbery thing his lass uses whilst he makes smart a**e remarks on forums.

 

 

 

 

 

P.S Wor lass is in bed sh***ed out by ME

[Cajun]

Nope but to be fair if that is true then fine. However, its well reported that MO pussy foots around when it comes to transfers. How much did the lad from WBA cost you, 8-10m?? I am concerned at the penny pinching at out club  which includes the likes the of coaches leaving and not being replaced. Seems daft IMO but like I said I reserve judgement till the window shuts.

 

I guarantee you that if you stopped 10 Villa fans in the street and asked them what they thought about our transfer activity, 8 of them would say that MON needs to stop fucking about and start spending.

 

Last year we hardly pushed the boat out. Our net spend was pretty small, certainly lower than most. This year we've spent a little more  but the fact is we are still at the very least 4 players short of what we need to get by.

 

The fact is it is very, very hard to sign players these days. If you're not in the CL, you're competing against a lot of other clubs. Having the money is no guarantee that you're going to get what you want.

 

Much as people talk about crowds or tradition or potential or anything, for the majority of players there's not a whole lot between clubs like Villa, Newcastle, Everton, Spurs, even Portsmouth, Blackburn and West Ham. They're all competing for the same players.

 

If you think Ashley isn't prepared to spend money, then why did you offer what you did for Modric? Why would he have spent so much on the club and sorting out the debts only to watch it stagnate?

 

Having a lot of money behind you these days is not enough. You can't go out and buy success of the shelf. Everyone has money these days, things are an awful lot harder.

 

Top post. Will go straight over some posters heads though unfortunately.

[JH]

Nope but to be fair if that is true then fine. However, its well reported that MO pussy foots around when it comes to transfers. How much did the lad from WBA cost you, 8-10m?? I am concerned at the penny pinching at out club  which includes the likes the of coaches leaving and not being replaced. Seems daft IMO but like I said I reserve judgement till the window shuts.

 

I guarantee you that if you stopped 10 Villa fans in the street and asked them what they thought about our transfer activity, 8 of them would say that MON needs to stop f***ing about and start spending.

 

Last year we hardly pushed the boat out. Our net spend was pretty small, certainly lower than most. This year we've spent a little more  but the fact is we are still at the very least 4 players short of what we need to get by.

 

The fact is it is very, very hard to sign players these days. If you're not in the CL, you're competing against a lot of other clubs. Having the money is no guarantee that you're going to get what you want.

 

Much as people talk about crowds or tradition or potential or anything, for the majority of players there's not a whole lot between clubs like Villa, Newcastle, Everton, Spurs, even Portsmouth, Blackburn and West Ham. They're all competing for the same players.

 

If you think Ashley isn't prepared to spend money, then why did you offer what you did for Modric? Why would he have spent so much on the club and sorting out the debts only to watch it stagnate?

 

Having a lot of money behind you these days is not enough. You can't go out and buy success of the shelf. Everyone has money these days, things are an awful lot harder.

 

Top post. Will go straight over some posters heads though unfortunately.

 

Goes to show that we're not in a boat alone while other clubs are off having 'perfect summers' and buying loads of top players.

 

We're just as close to Villa, Pompey, Everton etc. as anyone is.

[Mr Logic]

Nope but to be fair if that is true then fine. However, its well reported that MO pussy foots around when it comes to transfers. How much did the lad from WBA cost you, 8-10m?? I am concerned at the penny pinching at out club  which includes the likes the of coaches leaving and not being replaced. Seems daft IMO but like I said I reserve judgement till the window shuts.

 

I guarantee you that if you stopped 10 Villa fans in the street and asked them what they thought about our transfer activity, 8 of them would say that MON needs to stop fucking about and start spending.

 

Last year we hardly pushed the boat out. Our net spend was pretty small, certainly lower than most. This year we've spent a little more  but the fact is we are still at the very least 4 players short of what we need to get by.

 

The fact is it is very, very hard to sign players these days. If you're not in the CL, you're competing against a lot of other clubs. Having the money is no guarantee that you're going to get what you want.

 

Much as people talk about crowds or tradition or potential or anything, for the majority of players there's not a whole lot between clubs like Villa, Newcastle, Everton, Spurs, even Portsmouth, Blackburn and West Ham. They're all competing for the same players.

 

If you think Ashley isn't prepared to spend money, then why did you offer what you did for Modric? Why would he have spent so much on the club and sorting out the debts only to watch it stagnate?

 

Having a lot of money behind you these days is not enough. You can't go out and buy success of the shelf. Everyone has money these days, things are an awful lot harder.

 

Top post. Will go straight over some posters heads though unfortunately.

 

Generally, I find the more sensible and accurate the post the more it tends to get ignored so people can keep on arguing about their opinions.