Curious then that we couldn't afford Chambers because that suggests we're not OK.
Was that ever confirmed? It was always a weird signing anyway as he's got to be on an absolute fortune
Curious then that we couldn't afford Chambers because that suggests we're not OK.
Was that ever confirmed? It was always a weird signing anyway as he's got to be on an absolute fortune

Yes, Tan said it. He even claimed Villa were happy to pay Chambers off to subsidise us getting him. Tan seems to stretch the truth a bit at times for dramatic effect.![]()
Yes, Tan said it. He even claimed Villa were happy to pay Chambers off to subsidise us getting him. Tan seems to stretch the truth a bit at times for dramatic effect.![]()


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Oscar not leaving might have heightened desperationNot loving the gambling sponsor. We'd done well until now avoiding them.
Did anyone else read between the lines when Tan mentioned the Philogene situation. I seemed to think he was suggesting Villa would have to match any offers that exceeded £15milion.
He said something along the lines of ‘…and we will be receiving more offers’ made me think that we might perhaps see a club, let’s say Fenerbache, offer £20-25million![]()
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I thought it was going to be an initial six month loan and they were going to cover much of his wages? But even if they covered say 75% and he's on 80k/week we're still in for 20k/week and that may have pushed us too close to the FFP limit that they are working with. I may have misunderstood however.Yeah I thought that was an odd thing for Villa to propose.. the only reason I could think of is that they thought if they could help us get promoted they could buy Philogene back in the summer![]()
I thought it was going to be an initial six month loan and they were going to cover much of his wages? But even if they covered say 75% and he's on 80k/week we're still in for 20k/week and that may have pushed us too close to the FFP limit that they are working with. I may have misunderstood however.
Would have made no sense as a loan.
Errrrr.......why? It was clearly said it was the 'commercials' that they couldn't match up to FFP limits. So, if it could have worked financially a loan of a very experienced higher quality than what we've got centre half, at an 'affordable' wage to help us get over the line into the playoffs would surely have made sense. We would then have possibly assessed whether we sign him (if we got promoted) or he's back in the shop window for Villa to offload him. Makes sense to me, although as has been said above we don't know the details and therefore my comments here are but one possibility.Would have made no sense as a loan.
Errrrr.......why? It was clearly said it was the 'commercials' that they couldn't match up to FFP limits. So, if it could have worked financially a loan of a very experienced higher quality than what we've got centre half, at an 'affordable' wage to help us get over the line into the playoffs would surely have made sense. We would then have possibly assessed whether we sign him (if we got promoted) or he's back in the shop window for Villa to offload him. Makes sense to me, although as has been said above we don't know the details and therefore my comments here are but one possibility.
Didn't think that was an issue, but only 5 in any match day squad.Wouldn’t the bigger problem be we were out of loan spots?