Jacob Ramsey

[Jeremiah Dixon]

yea very much prefer that bloke el kabanos or whatever his name was

 

 

Edited August 12, 2025 by Jeremiah Dixon

[Hanshithispantz]

8 minutes ago, TRC said:

I don’t really like the idea of signing players and hoping Howe can turn them into world beaters. I think Howe can get the best of out some players but Ramsey is already coming from a team as good as us and with an elite manager.
 

 

Aye but we can trust he's seen something. Bit like Nuno with Wood.

[Theregulars]

Personally think it’s quite clear he’s better than longstaff and the current version of Willock, and so would be a 4th instance of raising the floor. 

[oldtype]

We're looking for a 4th midfielder here, all he needs to be is relatively healthy and competent. 

 

(I understand there may be some doubt about the "relatively healthy" part mind )

[HayDen Traces]

Villa fans think he's best as an #8. Unai seems to use him down the flanks

[Mole]

3 minutes ago, oldtype said:

We're looking for a 4th midfielder here, all he needs to be is relatively healthy and competent. 

 

(I understand there may be some doubt about the "relatively healthy" part mind )

I think more than anything most of the board just had their hearts set on signing the Leicester lad tbh

 

 

Which may still happen who knows.

[oldtype]

Just now, Mole said:

I think more than anything most of the board just had their hearts set on signing the Leicester lad tbh

 

 

Which may still happen who knows.

 

Fans will always want the younger player with more upside. But yeah, maybe we have enough money left over that we're trying to bin Willock and get two more rotation CMs.

[Ikon]

Personally I think we should be looking at a CM purple. One that can play with Bruno and Sandro consistently. There will be rotation needed and Joelintons fitness these days is questionable. Probably not happening but I’d like a purple as well as someone young and different like El-Kebab. Or at least two younger ones. 

 

 

Edited August 12, 2025 by Ikon

[SUPERTOON]

5 minutes ago, Ikon said:

Personally I think we should be looking at a CM purple. One that can play with Bruno and Sandro consistently. There will be rotation needed and Joelintons fitness these days is questionable. Probably not happening but I’d like a purple as well as someone young and different like El-Kebab. Or at least two younger ones. 

 

 

 

Don’t think we get any purples this summer tbh.

[Ikon]

1 minute ago, SUPERTOON said:

Don’t think we get any purples this summer tbh.

Aye, doesn’t seem like it. 

[Kimbo]

If Ramsey does cost us £40m then there’s no reason we couldn’t have got a purple or potential purple.

[Theregulars]

At the price I think the idea is that Elanga will be a purple in the near future. 

[Vinny Green Balls]

1 minute ago, Theregulars said:

At the price I think the idea is that Elanga will be a purple in the near future. 

given his output over the last two seasons, that's not an unreasonable assumption

[Theregulars]

Just now, Vinny Green Balls said:

given his output over the last two seasons, that's not an unreasonable assumption

To be honest I think the whole “purple” thing doesn’t make a whole lot of sense - I’d say Trippier and Tonali are the only players we signed where a lot of football viewers knew they were top drawer. Isak was highly rated but hadn’t yet lived up to billing, Botman wasn’t seen as finished article, experts knew Bruno was mint but many of us hadn’t heard of him I thought. I don’t really think we buy purples, because of PSR and the cartel’s ability to offer better wages. 

[Gottlob]

I thought he was an interesting option earlier in the summer when we were supposed to be targeting the PSR deadline and when I saw Barnes and Gordon as the likely options if we wanted to make a relatively big sale. Fitness permitting he would be a good Willock replacement and give us cover down the left side, but at this point I'd be underwhelmed if we spent any real money on him or if he was our only midfield signing.

[Vaj]

Would rather the Leicester lad to give us something different. If Ramsey didn’t have injury problems I would be all for this because I think he’s a talented player. Just think it’s going to be a lot of money for quite a big risk (injury). 
 

Whatever happens we need a CM before the end of the window 

[oldtype]

If the definition of "purple" is someone who immediately improves the first team squad relative to what we had before, then Elanga 100% qualifies. 

 

Beyond that we don't have any glaring holes in the first XI so it's difficult to find a player that could improve us and would not be prohibitively expensive. I could see us making a really ambitious signing at CM if we did sell Isak and had cash to burn, but otherwise most of our PSR headroom this season needed to go to strengthening the squad.

[JigsawGoesToPieces]

Terrible signing this like

 

Why we being linked with our rivals rejects

 

 

Edited August 12, 2025 by JigsawGoesToPieces

[Ben]

Rumours he's off to West Ham, does that mean they are getting rid of a midfielder for £10 million more ?

[Fak]

12 minutes ago, JigsawGoesToPieces said:

Terrible signing this like

 

Why we being linked with our rivals rejects

 

 

 

 

Define terrible?

[McCormick]

If we’re buying the dip like before and the price is right then it could be brilliant business. Ramsey’s drive, energy and athleticism would add a real spark alongside Bruno and Tonali. He’s a far better player than Willock and just feels like an Eddie player too
 

Obviously the key caveat is his fitness; if he can stay injury-free, he’d be a great asset for us imo. 

 

 

Edited August 12, 2025 by McCormick

[Pearljam10]

 

[gdm]

 

[Rich]

I like it. I like it a lot.

[gdm]

No El Khannouss then  ffs 

 

 

Edited August 12, 2025 by gdm