They must be all hammered from the top 4 party.
Gallagher and McKennie for Luiz and 10m. Madness.
If he could field a keeper, nine cross country runners and a striker he would.
All his best stuff is off the ball, he can run, press and win possession but passing heās mediocre, technically mediocre and he doesnāt dictate, totally needs someone to shoulder that burden.
I also question his reading of the game because heās a yellow card magnet, a lot of dumb yellows that he collects like old school PokĆ©mon cards.
Presently at the top level heāll be found wanting IMO
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Gallagher is no better than Longstaff.
Wouldnāt see anyone lining up to slap 40m on Seany boy with 1 year left on his deal.
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Canāt say I disagree. In modern football I just donāt take much issue with those traits
Not something I hate. Much like Xhaka and Busquets he picks up a yellow but rarely gets sent off.
Found out by who? The quality of centre-mids has dropped considerably
https://x.com/villareport/status/1798308724043616345
There we go, truth is out now. Yikes.
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That tweet doesnāt appear to be linked to any actual news story and a google search for the quote returns no hits other than the tweet. Maybe he said it on a podcast or something.
I do think Luiz might make sense for us this summer given that Guimaraes and Neves both seem likely to be too expensive.
To be honest I didnāt double check the source initially.
I did find this just now which aligns with it though.
Itās not exactly word for word.
Likely that it got referenced by TuttoJuve and then aggregated and translated here back to English, which led to the wording changing.
Itās the first admission from someone thatās considered reliable for Villa about the situation with PSR and the urgency to sell someone before July.
It also mentions Ramsey and Duran as others who could go. I honestly wouldnāt mind us taking Duran on cut price deal.
Ornstein mentioned him yesterday as well as a name that Chelsea are still interested in(they wanted to get him in January).
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Hopefully we donāt sign him.
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You donāt want him, donāt want Bruno, whoās your preferred midfielder? Onana?
Why not? Out of the options linked hes one of the best.
I think people know I like him and was keen for us to sign him a while back.
I think weāre past that. I feel like heās not the right fit.
If we sign him obviously Iāll back him and the club but if heās brought in to be a starter, I think we can do better.
If heās brought in to improve our depth, I think heās too good for that.
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Luiz is a very good footballer. If we are going to sell Partey, heās an able replacement. Like Guinness, heād be a smart signing from the league.
*Guimares ffs!
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Can we? I canāt really think of someone off the top of my head.
You donāt rate Bruno which is fine. I donāt think Zubimendi wants to leave Spain and he is obviously untested in England. You like FdJ more than I do but that move seems absolutely unrealistic. Onana appears to be more of a straight six but who really knows since heās been playing for a coach who feeds his players lead paint chips in order for them to play the kind of football he wants. So who else is available in midfield that youād prefer? Gallagher? I donāt think heās better than Luiz. Heās a runner and a scrapper but thatās about it.
The rumour today was that Villa want Ā£50m for Luiz. There is no way he is worth that sort of money. We need a top quality midfielder this summer. I like the player, but donāt consider him to be a āstarterā.
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I mean Ā£50 million is pretty much a standard fee in the PL now isnāt it?
Heās worth nearly double that mate. Only way teams are getting him on the cheap is because Villa are desperate to make a sale.
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So heās worth nearly 100mil? About as much as we paid for Declan Rice?