The College Dropout Posted July 25, 2024 Share Posted July 25, 2024 Needing a higher fee is also a sign of not dealing with PSR as well as Villa. Minteh is a lot more proven than those were too. We didn’t even get the best fee for Minteh. Did we suggest a lower fee but a buy back to the French club and Minteh? The latest rumours are that we spent £12-20m on the GK. We didn’t even get a useful player from the fuckery. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brummie Posted July 25, 2024 Share Posted July 25, 2024 2 minutes ago, gbandit said: I also get the feeling West Ham have absolutely zero idea about how to buy strikers There's a reason we are happy to sell him despite him actually doing well last season. He's a problem in the dressing room. John McGinn suggested this in an interview, and Emery has also hinted at it. I posted this here before but apparently, prior to leaving the house he was renting, he threw a party there and literally trashed the place - holes kick in walls, light fittings ripped out. Honestly, to a man our fans will be glad to see him go. Emery is not open to any fucking about of that type at all. Paying £14m for him and getting a decent 20m plus profit sounds like a no-brainer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted July 25, 2024 Share Posted July 25, 2024 4 minutes ago, The College Dropout said: Needing a higher fee is also a sign of not dealing with PSR as well as Villa. Minteh is a lot more proven than those were too. We didn’t even get the best fee for Minteh. Did we suggest a lower fee but a buy back to the French club and Minteh? The latest rumours are that we spent £12-20m on the GK. We didn’t even get a useful player from the fuckery. Minteh didn't want to go to Marseille though did he? Not sure how that was the clubs fault Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted July 25, 2024 Share Posted July 25, 2024 3 minutes ago, gdm said: Which goes back to my original point We were desperate for the cash because we’ve no saleable assets no one wanted Almiron, longstaff or Wilson by that date Yeh that’s bad planning though isn’t it? We knew that a long time ago. We didn’t know Minteh would be worth £30-40m 12 months ago or even 6 months ago. In the end - we’ve been a little fortuitous. We can’t have planned to receive that much for him. Villa can plan to sell their youth. Luiz contract was up for renewal and he would’ve wanted Tielemans/Kamara money. Probably 2x what he was on - so they probably planned to sell him too. Their approach shows a plan to dealing with the PSR issues as they continue to spend. Our approach doesn’t suggest we had a good plan to escape PSR. If not for Minteh having a breakout season, it’s likely we sell a Purple in a rush. That’s so poor. Anyway - we’ve changed a lot of the leadership structure and I don’t expect we’l be so ill prepared next season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdm Posted July 25, 2024 Share Posted July 25, 2024 4 minutes ago, The College Dropout said: Needing a higher fee is also a sign of not dealing with PSR as well as Villa. Minteh is a lot more proven than those were too. We didn’t even get the best fee for Minteh. Did we suggest a lower fee but a buy back to the French club and Minteh? The latest rumours are that we spent £12-20m on the GK. We didn’t even get a useful player from the fuckery. I find it odd to criticise when we have no real idea of any of the conversations that took place. By all accounts minteh didn’t want to go to France. you also contradict yourself by praising Villa then saying they got a bad fee for Luiz if we sold Joelinton for example for that fee you’d be the first to criticise the club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack j Posted July 25, 2024 Share Posted July 25, 2024 Anyone else think this is very meh considering the money they have spent. As well as losing Luiz who was one of their best players last year Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdm Posted July 25, 2024 Share Posted July 25, 2024 2 minutes ago, jack j said: Anyone else think this is very meh considering the money they have spent. As well as losing Luiz who was one of their best players last year Yeah time will tell of course but I’m not sure I’d be absolutely buzzing with any of them. Tbh I hadn’t even heard of 3 of them so may be totally wrong. It does seem to be quantity over quality Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted July 25, 2024 Share Posted July 25, 2024 Overall probably not higher quality but they will be able to play to a similar level in more competitions, I guess. Losing Luiz is a blow, feel that Tielemans will need to have a really good season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted July 25, 2024 Share Posted July 25, 2024 As long as a plan is logical and coherent - I can accept it. I’ve accepted that we needed to sell Minteh based on our circumstances. In the end it was the best plan that we had. But I maintain that we should have had a better plan in the first place. I think Ashworth was prepared to sell Joelinton if necessary. I said at the time, as much as I like Big Joe I’m hesitant to give players like him the big salary if it makes him hard to shift. The changes at leadership level have probably led to this slapdash approach to PSR. Likewise I was skeptical of Villa signing free transfers on club high wages because existing players would want to match. Turns out Villa are happy to trade those existing players. That’s a logical plan. It might not work but it makes sense. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 25, 2024 Share Posted July 25, 2024 Onana and Maatsen the only ones you'd expect to play 25+ games at a high-ish level, and even they aren't mega upgrades on what they have or are replacing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted July 25, 2024 Share Posted July 25, 2024 The bad thing about Villa’s approach is a lot of their business is heavily linked to FFP. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fezzle Posted July 25, 2024 Share Posted July 25, 2024 29 minutes ago, AyeDubbleYoo said: You would’ve been happier if we’d sold a key player cheap to get it done quickly? I dont think theres a scenario possible in his mind where the club werent as good as him at anything to be fair Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaqen Posted July 25, 2024 Share Posted July 25, 2024 Really not impressed by Villas business myself. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted July 25, 2024 Share Posted July 25, 2024 Villa did sell a first team regular mind. Can't imagine they planned for that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 25, 2024 Share Posted July 25, 2024 Their young players might be the bollocks in 2-3 years time like, but short term not much improvement anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted July 25, 2024 Share Posted July 25, 2024 A lot of Villa's business is low risk, with lots of potential upside. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted July 25, 2024 Share Posted July 25, 2024 1 minute ago, The Prophet said: Villa did sell a first team regular mind. Can't imagine they planned for that. I think they did. Luiz was in the same position Joelinton was about to be in. 24 months left on his contract. They weren’t discussing renewals so clearly a sale was on the cards. Letting valuable players get to less than 24 months left on their contracts is bad business. You sell or renew by that point. They would’ve hoped for more money though I’m sure. City sell-on clause also would’ve been another issue. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted July 25, 2024 Share Posted July 25, 2024 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menace Posted July 25, 2024 Share Posted July 25, 2024 Seems cheap? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conjo Posted July 25, 2024 Share Posted July 25, 2024 45 minutes ago, gdm said: Get the feeling things are starting to move now Dovbryk would be Moyes wet dream. Not sure about Lopetegui. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucasol Posted July 25, 2024 Share Posted July 25, 2024 Just now, The Prophet said: Feel this one could be another Nathan Ake type signing for them. Couple of good seasons and bonza cash in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted July 25, 2024 Share Posted July 25, 2024 34 minutes ago, The College Dropout said: If not for Minteh having a breakout season, it’s likely we sell a Purple in a rush. That’s so poor. What are you suggesting as an alternative? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted July 25, 2024 Share Posted July 25, 2024 We can't magically sell any of our academy players for over £10mil like Villa have Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted July 25, 2024 Share Posted July 25, 2024 2 minutes ago, joeyt said: What are you suggesting as an alternative? He's hypothesising, as per. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunk Moreland Posted July 25, 2024 Share Posted July 25, 2024 31 minutes ago, jack j said: Anyone else think this is very meh considering the money they have spent. As well as losing Luiz who was one of their best players last year Honestly prefer our window so far despite having really only signed Kelly (and Hall I suppose) for the first team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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