I agree with this, but then it also depends on who the targets are. We could find that Walter finds some legit first teamers amongst who we already have that excel in his system, or we may sign players familiar with his system and his expectations etc. Even domestic signings might take to his playing style quickly. I agree with the club's stance. I'd rather the right players come in and it takes a little longer than just bringing anyone in quickly. I know that's not what you're suggesting
Longman was a scapegoat for some during a very bad period under Shota. There is a player in there and the right coach with an attacking mindset may well suit him. From memory he also played games at full back which was restricting him showing his full potential but that could be my bad memory. I would be happy to have Longman and Simons on the bench as options.
I recall a fans meeting with Kesler a few months ago, when they said they would have ways of nudging up Philogene's value by working with Villa. Maybe this is that in action.
So villa have a 30% sell on. Grossly high. Will be incredibly embarrassing if they sign him only to immediately sell for 25-30m.
I was at that game and from memory there were about 10 Hull fans cordoned off in the huge covered area...I can't however remember the score at all
If we sold for £18m to Ipswich, Villa would still have got 5.4 million... so it doesnt matter where he goes we still haven't done fabulously out of it.. Pull the plug, say he's not for sale, make him play his contract and hope that he improves and is worth 30 in January.,
Well that's how sell ons work. If villa get 30% of the sale and the sale is to themselves they're effectively getting him 30% cheaper than any other club can. I don't know why we accepted such a low offer from Ipswich. Can they now offer more and force villa to match?
You cant really replace a player before he leaves. You would have targets, and there is zero chance that City dont have a list of replacement targets for the players leaving, but until you know what you have to spend you cannot start throwing money around. If we are unlucky the targets are gone before we are in a position to buy. It is like selling your house.
Don't be daft. Plenty of clubs replace players before they leave. Simons was meant to be Seri's successor and omur was Tufan's. We're signing a new RB despite still having coyle. Well run clubs future proof their squad so they already have replacements ready to step in before selling players. We could have made offers for the Peterborough CB or Cashin as low cost options to replace Greaves and it would have actually strengthened our hand when selling him.
to be honest if the only reason they sanctioned the deal was with the clause in the contract we still stand to make over double our initial investment.
