£14/£17m seems high, but he is a 24 year old English player with probably over 50 PL games to his name, in this era of mental prices I doubt you would be able to find someone who fits that criteria for any less (and probably more) I’ve been pretty vocal about my thoughts on Targett so I won’t go through them again, wish him luck and hope he is a success at Villa
He said we're selling the wrong left back as Bertrand could fetch a decent price. I regard £17mill as "decent".
Nothing wrong with thinking that. Bertrand will be worth **** all in a year or 2; Targett will still probably be worth a similar amount. I actually disagree with him but hardly makes him a dick
I would have sold whoever we got the Better deal for out of Betrand and Targett. I don't see us getting a more lucrative deal out of Betrand so I'm happy with this. I was worried we would end up taking a **** offer for one of them just to get rid.
Good move for young Targett that move will make or break him......I personally think he will lap it up......
Sometimes selling a player just makes sense for all parties, us, Villa and Matty will all benefit I believe.
I guess it’s a good move for Matty, he won’t automatically be first choice at Villa so will have to fight for his place. Great business for us though!
£17m is a lot of money for a back up LB even for Villa though, Chilc. Great business all around I reckon as I think Matty will thrive there.
Matty is a great guy btw shame he has to move on but Vokins is a talent so can see why. If I see his gf before they leave I will pass on the messages
Yeah I can see Targett actually doing really well at Villa. In the right set up, he’ll be a real asset with his crossing like Butterfield was for us and Rickie. Hope it works out for him. Thanks Matt!
Villa fans latching on to this Jim white tweet that its £11m: Though they still seem to think its 11m rising to 17