McCormick Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 2 minutes ago, Holmesy said: 100%, but I think the wider picture is the bigger concern - where do they fit when everyone is available? Do they get in ahead of Willock, Joelinton, Tonali? Onana might, Billing shouldn't Agree generally, with what you’re saying but I don’t think he’s that far off those 3 while being younger. Ideally we’d go for a physical monster with bags of vision and technical ability but there aren’t many of those players available. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 1 minute ago, MrRaspberryJam said: Maybe, still suspect he'd cost an amount which we couldnt afford right now If we see a bargain, we've got the money. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fezzle Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 God bless these journalists, spent all January telling us we need to sell now link us with £50m midfielders cos Villa need to Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdm Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 (edited) Edited January 29 by gdm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack27 Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 Just now, gdm said: https://twitter.com/lee_ryder/status/1751901170187080119?s=46&t=VsasybHjLL5SWspjxkYA3w Classic Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCormick Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 Above 50m gor Ramsey is steep, but that’s the market for young English talent. 10mish more could get you MGW though, who’s clearly a better player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Spaceman Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 Ramsay, man, there's just absolutely no chance Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 Surprised Villa have FFP issues when they seem to get good money for their academy players in recent years Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufcnick Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 2 minutes ago, joeyt said: Surprised Villa have FFP issues when they seem to get good money for their academy players in recent years The £100m jack Grealish money drops off this year from the 3 year rolling P&S sheet doesn’t it? That might be why they need to sell Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colos Short and Curlies Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 3 minutes ago, joeyt said: Surprised Villa have FFP issues when they seem to get good money for their academy players in recent years They haven't done much post Grealish and that impact falls off the calculations after this season. As Villa pretty much broke even on a cash basis for transfers that year and then a net £100m (ish) in the 2 years since they will be coming up to the same barrier we have this year. I think they will need to sell someone for decent cash in 2024/2025 (be it summer 24 or Jan 25) if they want to invest for next year. Even with CL cash Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 Well they've sold Chukwuemeka (£25mil), Aaron Ramsay (£12mil), Archer (£18mil) just in recent years too Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fezzle Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 1 minute ago, joeyt said: Well they've sold Chukwuemeka (£25mil), Aaron Ramsay (£12mil), Archer (£18mil) just in recent years too Another £10m or so on other kids this season too Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack j Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 Looking more like it's gonna be none in none out to me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 (edited) Yep they got money for Philogene and Azaz this year too both from their academy And they got decent money from us for Targett and got £18mil for Danny Ings. Both obviously not academy products but certainly isn;t the reckless spending of some clubs Edited January 29 by joeyt Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 Brentford have reached an agreement with Club Bruges to sign coveted winger Antonio Nusa. They are now working to finalise the 18-year-old’s proposed transfer, but at this stage, it is not done. Until the ink is dry, nothing counts — especially when Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea have also been pushing. Newcastle are admirers but already have two left-wingers and Liverpool like him but cannot do anything until there is clarity over their new manager and sporting director. Ornstein Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 34 minutes ago, Optimistic Nut said: If we see a bargain, we've got the money. I'm not sure that's true. Well, it is, we've got shitloads of money, we're just not allowed to spend it, in case our owners go bankrupt Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colos Short and Curlies Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 9 minutes ago, joeyt said: Well they've sold Chukwuemeka (£25mil), Aaron Ramsay (£12mil), Archer (£18mil) just in recent years too Chukwuemeka was the season before Grealish wasn't he? The point still stands that the big sale they had drops out of the calculations after this year and they have a net £100m spend from the last 2 years to consider regardless of the sales. They are by no means in any risk of a FFP breach this year, but if they want to buy biggish again this summer they will need to sell to balance up next years FFP. If you are flying in the top 4 without using a £50m rated player and want to fill a gap elsewhere it becomes a fairly obvious sale. The whole league is also going to have to work with the fact that very few teams now can afford £30-£50m on other clubs academy players and this route to boosting FFP headroom will reduce pretty quickly now Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 1 minute ago, Colos Short and Curlies said: Chukwuemeka was the season before Grealish wasn't he? No he was only sold to Chelsea last January 2023 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mighty__mag Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 Ramsey, incorrect. One interesting thing he said was, you're way off, could that mean he's saying in terms of how we've done deals in the past, with very under the radar deals? Nevertheless, I was convinced we wouldn't move anyone, or sign anyone, but now, I'm not so sure. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 This just goes to show what a pile of shite FFP is like. No way should a club having their best season for over 30 years be needing to worry about selling one of their best Academy products just to suit FFP. Let them crack on trying to be the best club they can be. It's a joke. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdm Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 4 minutes ago, mighty__mag said: Ramsey, incorrect. One interesting thing he said was, you're way off, could that mean he's saying in terms of how we've done deals in the past, with very under the radar deals? Nevertheless, I was convinced we wouldn't move anyone, or sign anyone, but now, I'm not so sure. Nah surely he was saying your way off about Targett going to Celtic because target is out injured. No idea how you’ve read anything else in to that Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnonel Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 I've lost hope of any incoming or outgoing That's fine by me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fezzle Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 Think Targett is due to train this week isnt he? Was doing gym work with Willock for a while. Not that it changes your point obviously cos we need him Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 5 minutes ago, Optimistic Nut said: This just goes to show what a pile of shite FFP is like. No way should a club having their best season for over 30 years be needing to worry about selling one of their best Academy products just to suit FFP. Let them crack on trying to be the best club they can be. It's a joke. Well they don’t have to if they spend less. I get the point though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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