KEEP, SELL, LOAN | Assessing Aston Villa's First Team Squad
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- čas přidán 21. 05. 2024
- Dan and John go through each of Villa's first team players to assess their Aston Villa futures under Unai Emery heading in to next season's Champions League & Premier League campaign.
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I hate that we have to balance books while man city keep winning leagues with 115 charges
It has nothing to do with that… research
@jonhayes7322 while your researching, do me a favour and learn to put some context to your reply
@@michaeldymock5703 It has nothing to do with transfers but sponsors
Not really a fair assessment or comment, especially from am Aston Villa point of view.
None of the charges for City relate to whether or not they balanced their books as was the case with Everton and Forrest. They did balance the books. The charges relate to how they did it. They are needlessly split into 115 charges in the hope they can get something to stick and to make it seem worse.
Citys owners started off funding the club themselves. Legacy clubs didn't like the likes of Chelseas and Citys emerging and concocted a protectionist set of rules to prevent it again. That protection prevents our owners from funding *their investment* in Aston Villa. You have to speculate to accumulate. How can we hope to stay ahead of Man Utd for 4th spot if they can outspend us by >£200m on transfer fees alone every year?
City were put in a tight spot. Revenues were not enough for further investment and probably were not enough to pay for the squad they had. So they were forced into a position where they would fall short of the rules that came in to stop them no matter what. They simply found a way around that.
The charges relate to 2 main points:
1. They had sponsorship deals with the owners other companies (mainly Etihad) that were above market value.
2. They used other companies to pay staff so as those wages would not be on the City books (I think an email leak on Mancini was the main evidence and thing that started all this).
On the commercial deals, "above market value" is extremely difficult to prove. Businesses themselves decide what is best for their advertising budget. Now I'm not totally stupid. They clearly were, but it's hard to prove and as a result of Citys success they would actually no longer be above the market rate now, meaning it could have been a sensible deal all along for Etihad.
On the 2nd point, this is a bit more dodgy for me. However I still don't have a massive problem with it. Let's just say it's true and they wanted to pay Mancini a bonus should he win the league. But that bonus wouldn't be allowed under the rules despite the fact that winning the league would help future revenue streams. So they set up an advertising deal with another of their companies that would actually only be paid were Mancini to win the league with City.
Again this is extremely difficult to prove even if I have no doubt it happened. Beneficiaries are not going to out themselves and that's without needing to aquire confidential accounts from foreign companies. So far as my opinion on it goes, people and businesses should be able to spend their money how they see fit so long as it doesn't break the law.
Citys spending has improved not just City but the entire league. It has rejuvenated a whole area in Manchester and meant a team has been able to now be legitimately financially on par with Utd. This would have all been impossible were the rules in place before the owners bought City.
Let's put ourselves in their shoes. The rules now are holding us back. Swaris owns 6% of Adidas. Now this hasn't happened as the £12m they now pay us per season is actually quite low. But let's say Swaris used his influence in Adidas to get us a deal that was above market rate for a team in our position. Not because he couldn't just fund the club himself but because he had to tick a box on a piece of paper to avoid points reductions and the destruction of his investment so far. Would you be angry with that? Would any fan of any club?
Let's say, that for us to keep Emery he wanted a bonus for another CL qualification. Let's say Edens says; "the club can't pay it because the silly rules will mean despite the fact you've just earned us another £50m, we can't account for that until next year. However I can pay it through my Energy company. Do a 30 second YT advert for me and I'll pay your bonus through the payment for that."
Would you be angry at that?
I have no doubt that City broke rules. However they had no choice, they broke rules aimed more specifically at them, stupid, unfair, protectionist rules that damage a whole league and now our development.
As the saying goes, don't hate the player hate the game.
Legacy clubs tried to rig the game (as they tried with the super league). They came up short trying to rig it against people far more powerful and industrious than themselves. I would also like ours to be a club that can overcome the rigged game.
The charges won't stick. I'd wager that a financial settlement will be made between City and the league. Then We'll still have 1 word YT comments on any video remotely to do with City about "115" by people that didn't bother to look into any of it. And quite frankly I'd take that for my club to be winning leagues.
Sorry for length of comment but such thoughts require fair context above what can be typed in 1 line.
@outofthetrash5925 great explanation but it's very frustrating that it's not getting dealt with and their previous "advantages" r now giving them unrivalled success. Maybe u could have a reset where it's figures u can spend rather then percentages. Otherwise it's just gonna become impossible to catch up. Obviously I'm clearly no business or financial expert but there instant success has only come about from an unfair playing field off the pitch
Best two signings we made last year where both free kamara and tielmans
Kamara was signed by Gerrard the season before tielemans
11:03 We've got Nedeljkovic coming in at RB. He's seriously class. We've also liked with a few frees too. Hermoso, Ndidi, Barkley and Ihaneacho.
It is geared so much against teams like Villa and Newcastle trying to break in to the top four regularly. We have to sell our best players each year, likely to the teams established already in the top 4, to keep competing.
Luiz had a dip in the last part of the season but that shouldn’t make us forget how instrumental he was in the Villa campaign. I’d even say Villa shone when Luiz did as well. He’s one of the key pieces in Villa’s high performance.
He isn’t that easy to replace as well. I’d rather invest around Luiz to ensure he’s always able to play in his best position and not used at utility.
Luiz controlled games and was the key factor in our success. He dipped without Kamara and he was also one of the outfield players who played the most minutes in the league.
Agreed, but it also cannot be discounted. In this we have to trust Monchi and Emery's decision making.
Luiz is the most replaceable player of all of Aston Villas midfielders who start games often.
You can defitely find players that are good at what Luiz has been showing us since December, no issue at all.
You won't find a replacement for players like Youri, McGinn, Kamara as easily as you would for McGinn. Best time to cash in on Luiz is right now, too. I already miss the old Luiz, I wouldn't miss this current version of him, respectfully.
@@user-ik9yh6rh9e respectfully disagree with you on this. It’s exactly the recency bias i am trying to point at. A box to box mid with the impact Luiz had this season is not easy to replace at all. I am talking goals, assists, impact on key games, big chance created… Not downplaying the impact of other Villa midfielders, they are all easier to replace actually. Our Other midfielders are more classic in their role and contribution. Kamarra is important but a classic 6 you can find def mid like him, Tielemans has been a good addition but his overall impact this season isn’t near Luiz’s and you can replace Tielemans relatively easily. You cannot sell him easily that’s true but it’s another question. And both Kamarra and Youri are players that had dips earlier in the season arguably for longer than Luiz. Just not at the end… McGinn is out of question anyway.
Who could replace Luiz easily?
@@user-ik9yh6rh9e luiz has been playing out of position since kamara got injured. Him and kamara playing together is what got us in the position we was on at xmas
Olsen simply must go. Loan if needed. I cannot believe anyone thinks otherwise.
In Emery I trust. My concern is Buendia, Mings, Kamara, Ramsay etc. coming back the same players they were.
Buendia is a new signing - an actual number 10 🥳🥳🥳
I was in “next season mode” when Haaland scored the penalty at White Hart Lane and I shouted “Champions League!!!!!”
Interesting chat about sales of players to get big fees, I personally think Luiz is untouchable and played a big part in getting us to where we are. He was restricted as soon as Kamara got injured and did have a shaky few months towards the end of the season however overall if sold villa would be losing a very important player and would be tough to replace.
Completely agree
Morgan for JJ is the example of 21c player trading in the FFP era … £8m for £25m 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
We've already bought 2 young defenders and are regularly linked with others. I expect Carlos will go along with Digne, Langlet and possibly Cash as well.
If only we had someone like Ortega as a number 2 goalkeeper
A 1 for 5 swap with 100 million for Luiz & then 5 top -layers for a total of 100 million; you are paying fantasy football manager 😅😂🤣
Firstly great convo as per usual. As you both already stated ffp is what it is and it’s something that we just all need to deal with and move forward but that being said it is still going to be extremely difficult to increase our quality within the team whilst trying to balance the books and subsequently having to sell players that we would love to keep , and earned the right to keep. The reason why I have such a problem with the current situation is when FFP was originally brought in it was done so without any handicap given to the teams that had already achieve success by spending money hence a gap was formed that is increasingly harder to breach given that we are held to stringent rules that they were not. Luckily, we have Unai and Monchi at the helm to deal with the transfers, I have no greater faith in any pairing at a management level. UTV
Great content lads... this preseason is really important for Villa, to even equal what we've done this season is going to be incredibly difficult. This is my concern regarding whether we've over achieved or basically got to the Champions League before we are ready. If we don't get things right we could easily fall away and no one wants that .
I think Duran puts up 20+ wherever he goes… I’d prefer to keep in case of the apocalyptic event that would be a Watkins injury. I think Duran could be a .5-.6 GP90 player next season off the bench while continuing to develop, and I don’t personally think $25m would be enough to give that up
I think as you said certain positionsits more risky and harder to replace them keepers and fullbacks if you have good ones try keep them
We could lose Olsen, Carlos, Langlet, Zaniolo, Dendoncker, Hause, Coutinho, Duran & Iroegbunam and raise £60M but reduce the wage bill by £682k/wk. Probably add 2 from Cash, Digne, Ramsay & Luiz (4 combined roughly £160M / £345k per week. Archer, Zych, Barry, Revan, Wilson, KKH & Chrisene would also generate £25M+. Bring in 2-3 smart free transfers such as Hermoso, then the likes of Gallagher + Baena. You still have a quality squad of 25 and no FFP worries.
Sell 11 bring in 3 how does that leave us with a 25 man squad ?
@@PaulWolfenden Martinez, Sinisalo, Gauchi; Nedelikovic, Moreno, Konsa, Mings, Torres, Kamara, McGinn, Tielemans, Kellyman, Buendia, Rogers, Bailey, Diaby, Watkins = 17 + frees such as Hermoso, Rabiot, Barkley, Jovic, Miranda + the rumoured Gallagher, Baena & Araujo. Seems pretty sensible to me.
@@salesallez-francais8424 Sell half the squad and bring in 10 new players. It's not fifa ffs.
People have to want to buy those to begin with.And you don't know what the long term injured players will be like when they return.
If we sold watkins luiz ramsey buendia mginn carlos mings emery could sign all the players he wants id be willing to gamble on that 😂
One thing to note, those players work arses off this year to get CL. I doubt any would want to sign for a club not in it next year and want to be apart of next year, regardless of bids coming in, player has to agree terms too
On the keepers we have conceded plenty goals with Martinez this year too
The defense has been the problem
Martinez has made more mistakes than Olsen, tbf Olsen has been ok when he played.
@LG26 bizarre comment. Martinez has played more. So naturally there's potential for more mistakes. He's also single handedly kept us in games. Olsen however, hasn't.
With Mings and Buendia retuning that will be like 2 new signings there is also the 2 signings we made in Jan that will join us this Summer Lina Sousa and Nedeljkovic. We keep Luiz surely and just bring a few in within the FFP rules possibly creating revenue from the sale of Chambers, Coutinho, Archer and maybe a few of the academy players ? . We can't spend what we will earn from the Champions League until the next financial year apparently .
On the defence I think we haven’t been great at all but we have had no consistency
Think we need to replace Carlos keep the rest
Ramsey would generate profit given homegrown but hate we have to do it, also we still have buendia who will be like a new signing next year
Our academy is not producing talent that we can use and its not ment to by design right now, we're churning them out and selling them on with a buy back clause, whilst going to the market to buy a ready made higher level replacement, JJ was the last serious product and that happened under smith, everyone else has gone out on loan sat on the bench and then sold. It's sad to see that the only part of the club thats ment to uncover our next crop of talent has to be used in this way but I guess its the price of success that so many will never really get the chance to prove themselves at the club they dream of playing for.
I agree, let's be honest, bar Grealish and Ramsey nobody of note has come through in 10 years
JT - you don’t need to prove that you don’t want to sell JJ, none of us should! We should all get with the program. No sentiment.
Do we have a bigger squad at the close of the window, the same or less? My big concern is the injured players coming back? Look at Carlos it’s taken 16 months to get the Arsenal performance out of him?
Wasn't Diego man of the match against city at home
Tbf with Carlos though he didn’t really have a chance to adapt to Villa’s style of play till this season so he was almost like a new signing. Mings, Buendia and Kamara all know how to play in this Villa system so when they return I don’t think they’d struggle quite as much.
1 match in 50...stands off rather than tackles, loses possession, long balls inaccurate, short balls too often put players under pressure, slows stuff down, ball watches, out of position, woeful in opposition penalty area...but he's tall and Brazilian...@@michaeldymock5703
I could see something like 80 million for Luiz and Smith-Rowe being part of that deal
Did i miss something,i thought we were 85 mil in the red, arent you allowed 130mil for ffp? and this was before we qualified for Champions league and any sales?
Also I think Roger’s was bought in to replace Ramsey
You're saying Villa need a big squad but Unai has said he wants to imitate the Arsenals and Citys of the league a smaller squad but everyone can play every game what we need is 16-17 first team players and 5-6 squad players and then cover for key roles like keeper dm and cbs
NOT FOR SALE!!!!!!! Watkins, Martinez, Bailey, McGinn, Douglas Luiz, Kamara, Rogers, Tielemens, Ramsey, Konza, Torres, Mings, Diaby, Buendia, Duran, Digne.
Don't want to hear anymore talk of selling our best players and replacing them with FUCKING ROSS BARKLEY!
Loan duran for 1 season to any prem team where he will get a lot of game time. Then we either keep, sell for good money or realise hes not got it and cut our losses. 1 season of game time will realise his value for us.
Good shout
You loan him to a promoted team and he'll potentially lose his value like archer
@@Bobby_sprinkles no not a promoted team. Saying that, leeds or leicester? maybe. but i was thinking more brentford if they lose tony? something like lower mid table. anywhere where he would be the main man week in week out. Brentford Wolves Fullham, Palace, Brighton.
@@jjfreermaybe. But he cost us close to 20 mil so it seems strange to loan or sell him unless we know someone who is better who we could attain, or we could make a profit on their transfer.
@@Bobby_sprinkles Well i think he is unhappy with the game time. Hes not starting over olie. so need to do something as he is clearly a massive tallent. If he had a loan spell, he either comes good or doesnt. if he does. we could then afford to sell ollie to the likes of arsenal next season etc.
Sonwe know what figure we're trying to adjust it to 135m with the league.
Can you discuss taking the points and roughly what it would be ?
We have precedent now with other cases.
If it comes to selling JJ or doug and we sell I'd rather take say 6 points happily at this point and fight for 7th.
Could it be that Chamber's played against Palace to put him in the shop window?
The poundland shop window?
Completely disagree on Douglas Luiz. He’s an incredibly talented player and still just 26 years old. Technically brilliant and a big influence around set pieces. He’s a joy to watch and has a great personality that he shows on the pitch. Selling him would be the wrong move. I’d rather raise money by selling two fringe players than one of our best. Once you’d see him in another shirt you’ll regret ever considering selling him.
I think with Luiz, it's worth considering that we already have the player to replace what he does in Tielemans. For me, Tielemans best position is a deep lying passer alongside the 6, which is what Luiz does for us. Obviously Tielemans has been deployed further up the field and has been effective there, but I still think, in terms of his best position, would be him deeper with McGinn further forward as McGinn is better at driving the team forward, whereas Tielemans is better at finding the pass to release our forwards.
So if we got an £85m+ bid for Luiz from a R.Madrid/Arsenal etc etc, I would probably go for it and reinvest in 2 full backs and a DM. As for me, these are the only positions we really need more depth. With Ramsey, Mings, Rogers coming back in we have a good squad of players.
Couldn't agree more. Annoying and frustrating but just the logical solution. Especially if we could pick up ndidi on a free then that money could go on a top right back, a top forward (to play across the front line) and a CB
@@carlthomas7354 yh I agree. Personally don't think we need too many in's tbh. Definitely a proper DM until Kamara is back as we really struggle without him and don't really have a like for like. Worth remembering Buendia, Ramsey and Rogers will all be back in Sept so depth wise I think we're pretty good up top tbh. Wing backs and a DM would be my top priority. I love Digne, but he's on a lot of money and Moreno has looked miles off it since his injury. So maybe shipping them on, we have Lino Sousa as number 2 so getting in a top LB and RB would be amazing for us. My dream is Dumfries RB and then maybe even playing Hermoso left back alongside Pau and Konsa.
Great podcast guys and a fascinating time of the season...
One piece of constructive feedback...maybe John shouldn't say 'i don't know' so often or trying to think what Emery will do... we're just looking for his opinion and what he thinks not what he knows.
Don’t sell Ramsay as his stock is low due to being injured, give him a season playing well and then sell if required
We have to sell Olsen I'm sorry.
I've tried to stick up for him for a very long time now but let's call a spade a spade.
Everytime he plays - you can put money on the fact that we concede at least 3 goals.
There will be games where Martinez can't play for whatever reason.
I hope that he plays every single game but realistically we have to plan for these things.
We cannot rely on Olsen in those instances because we will lose with him in goal.
You're never going to get anyone that comes close to Martinez but we need a backup keeper that isn't as massive a drop in quality as Martinez to Olsen.
Strong agree. We need someone who is going to play fa and carabao and pushes us in those competitions
I’d be upset if we sold Carlos he’s been fantastic for us especially considering his come back from a season out due to injury. The fact AC Milan want him screams we should keep him. Selling Douglas Louise would be farcical. He’s the hart of our team and if we sold him it would be a huge step back and a rerun to being a feeder club like the learner says.
The key first team players have earned the season ahead and should be rewarded with the opportunity to see there reward by staying at Villa, we should only let players go that want to go and trust emery’s decisions regards strengthening, walk don’t run or you’ll fall. And I hope Villa fans don’t become like other top 4 team fans it gets toxic hope we’re patient and the 12th man always.
Agree re: Luiz. If we are in a position where we have to sell someone I think if we get a £60m+ offer for Luiz we cash in - surely that's 'pure profit' at this point given how long he's been here and for the relatively small fee we paid? I'd rather sell him than Ramsey to be honest. He's been fantastic and really kicked on under Emery, but does he feel irreplaceable? I don't think he is to be honest. But who knows? No one really knows what's going on with the finances apart from a few people within Villa.
Caicedo was over 100 mil and you're only want 60 for Luiz?
😬 I don’t want to see any of the main Villa boys go. Wouldn’t the extra money from getting into CL mean we wouldn’t have to sell a “big name”?
I think we should loan out Duran - deserves more game time and he’d be the one that got away if we sell him. I’d loan him out to one of the Spanish teams in Europe …. Girona? Athletico? - he’d probably mature a lot under Simeone.
I’ve always felt a bit bad for Hause - is he even fit now? If so I think Deano should take him to Charlotte for the rest of the season - get him game time and confidence so another team can grab him in the January window.
we need a PURE DEF MID
You forgot the lad from Belgrade
I don't understand why they don't align the ffp/psr calculations with the transfer windows rather wait until the 30th of June. Any club needing to sell to meet the regs has surely already over spent and is now scrambling. Plus if everyone is in the same situation no one would be in a position to buy any players anyways. Then everyone is jeffed.
Speculation of course but if we sold Dougie and were able to bring in Solar and the guy from Villarreal - that’s good business but you guys are right we shouldn’t have to be doing this when other teams get away with things
Great episode lads. With Duran it seems a no brainer to sell him and cash in, rather than have to sell someone like Luiz or Ramsey, assuming that would be an option though.
Olsen go , along with Lenglet, Carlos,cash ,zaniolo ,Ramsay maybe , Duran, chambers .
It's either Luiz or Watkins that will be going this summer.
Watkins? No way would they let him go. He’s irreplaceable.
freebies like barclay etc are atually needed now,, anyone coming in have to fit what we have and be of almost equal quality next season will be tough and we need depth
Barkley is still a risk though. It's all about wages and injury potential
@@Bobby_sprinkles its what killed him at villa,,, he was very good and then the injuries started and that was that,, he looks though as he has recovered some strength and some confidence and that makes him a fine player and we can use him sparingly enough to keep him fresh and strong and involved enough to mentally satisfy him
@@davidblurton7158 Yeah. He needs to regular games. If his wage wants have been lowered since his Chelsea days then fine. Otherwise we could end up with a player on high wages, always in the physio room
Agree with DR re Luiz given everything… we have to think FFP/PSR. Moreover, stop thinking about other clubs, let us mind OUR business. Dougie for £100m and 2 or 3 in sounds good…
We could do a Man City, break every rule and so badly that the case is really difficult to prosecute and end up with a slap on the wrists. But in the mean time we might have another 4 top four finishes, a couple of cups and millions from Champions League results.
Dougie luiz for me is the best player to sell to generate revenue. Good player but I don't think he is more replaceable than some of our other key players. Can't touch Watkins or bailey.
FFP were always going to hamstring clubs with less revenue. That's the nature of regulations in general.
It's good to see more people waking up to this.
No wonder Villa voted against a spending ceiling under the new proposals.
Very surprised you consider JJ’s importance more highly than Luiz. Appreciate the difference in valuations we might receive but even when fully fit, JJ’s impact much more easily replaced, especially with Roger’s ball carrying ability. Bit of heart over head there I think.
£40m and we sell Ramsey. Not an area we’re short in and gives us huge flexibility in transfer window.
In my opinion, this coming season CL aside the Prem will be full on, everyone will have their players back from injury, a combo of new managers, new players. All doing what we are doing. Some tough decisions will need to be made.
I agree with the comments about Luiz. I've been disappointed with some of his actions in the latter half of the season when we needed his leadership most. He showed a surprising lack of maturity, judgment and poor energy. But will trust UE on this one.
Taking a step back, what problems are we trying to solve?
Looking at our weaknesses through the season. A poor winning mentality and belief in ourselves often undermined us. I'd say the following should be dictating what we do:
Firstly squad is too small, not enough quality to swap out midfield players especially. Its now a squad game not favoured 11 and subs, bench warmers.
The other issue that occurred time and again by the collective team was poor clinical finishing, intensity drop offs, too slow a pace mistaken for quality possession and a real lack of inspired creative thinking, taking a match by the scruff of the neck forcing the opposition to react. Great problems to have, looking forward to seeing how we tackle them.
Luiz has been as improved as any villa player but a player like Barclay who was essentially a flop first time around has been sublime at luton in terms of teamwork holding and creative midfielder. In Unai we trust. What a season! UTV
you have forgotten that we have bought a young left back and right back
What about Cameron Archer ??? Buy back clause
We both said we think he’ll be sold again
We'll obviously lose Lenglet and Zaniolo back to their clubs. Ramsey and Carlos should be the consequential sales in my opinion. we should also try to sell Olsen, Archer, Chambers, Dendoncker, Coutinho, Hause, and Big Tim. Loan out the young guys who aren't getting playing time here. If we can get 75-80 for those combined, I think we take it to invest in a lower wages RCB, a RB, and a second true CDM. I think we should keep Luis and Duran ... if we sold them, we'd need to replace them.
Selling Ramsey . And saying you would turn down 30 Million .the point is if you have to sell Ramsey you have to sell him for 30million or if you can turn it down it means you don't have to sell there is your answer .
Could we not manage without any sales or signings? if our injuries were to come back and find their pre injury form, could we not spend a year NOT spending to set us up for next summer? Maybe just get one player or two in if we can afford it and not sell anyone? and hope that ramsey comes back good and kamara buendia and mings. That would be like 4 signings anyway, and maybe look at one player like a right back or what not, We just finished 4th with the team we have, we should be able to finish top 6 hopefully when our injuries come back. we can buy depth and then have diaby bailey moreno and digne injured next season and have the same issues of no depth, as there is only so much depth we can afford.
The problem with injuries like mings, buendia and kamara is that there's no guarantee they'll come back as strongly
Naughty clever school kid who will calm down later in life Duran
the rules are stupid. say we were to sell Ramsey for 50m to Chelsea for ffp but then sign Gallagher for 50m , then what difference does it make other than to numbers on a spread sheet its so bloody stupid. Sell them to each other then loan them back so each club can keep their home grown player lol
It would be a bit of a gamble but we could sell watkins and luiz raise alot and id trust emery to find a few gems at up and coming player prices
I said this the other day, if Utd came in with £100m plus for Watkins we’d be stupid not to take it, 28 in his prime we still have to sell players like this in their prime even city move players on
@@LG26 thinking about it id maybe go on a bit of a mass selling spree raise 100s of millions for emery cause we will attract some great players currently
@@petersmith2522 if clubs came in for Watkins and luiz and we could get nearly £200m for them both I’d sell, Emery could build a whole team with that, I think one big player will be sold this summer
@@LG26 and if we can get 2 or 3 great free ones aswell like hermosa all the money from sales just buy some top quality
@@petersmith2522 yeah it’s obvious we are close to FFP/PSR that’s why in July at a meeting we are asking them to increase it from 105m over 3 seasons to £135m so we will be selling players, looks like Coutinho is off that’s a big wage gone, I’d sell Digne on over £120k a week, Dendonker £90k pw, Gerrard would of bankrupted us
Personally, if we could sell Kamara and make a good profit then I'd do that in preference to Luiz. I probably don't understand football enough but Kamara often shows poor body language (to me) and can be sloppy, in my opinion. Whereas Luiz goes right back and seen our progression and is clearly really committed to the club. In a word, I've got question marks about all the Gerard signings: Digne, Carlos, Kamara. Perhaps I value commitment and allegiance over pure ability.
We need him for homegrown and because he is atleast 2 levels better then morgan at the moment..
And he is Villa!!!!
If we can get someone crazy like Chelsea to offer a lot (£35-40 million) for Duran, he should go. I really hope he matures and realizes that he needs to listen to Emery and work for the team. But I'm not holding my breath and therefore he probably needs to go
Ffp needs to go selling prized assets every window just to balance the books is heartbreaking for so many clubs, villa with jack Westham with rice and others yes the funds raised can bring improvement bit how much more could it have been if we could buy those players and not have to sacrifice the ones we already have.
You lads forgot about the Serbian youngster from Red Star coming in next season at RB
Can see him being in the first team, CL experience, had Grealish in his pocket this season.
@@LG26 he's aggressive and not afraid of a tackle either. I like him UTV
Didn’t forget, just didn’t mention him. He could be loaned out, he’s a complete unknown to discuss right now. Maybe we’ll get an idea of his involvement in pre season
Olsen in the champions league 😮
JD is not right in the head, not a PL player; he hasn’t got the temperament, the composure, the concentration
Diego Carlos won't got for more than 8 million, no way we're getting more than that with the wages he's on
Scapegoat never
Luiz is replaceable
Barkley Morgan Roger’s tielmans etc all can do that role
Luiz is more versatile than most people realise.
Barkley couldn't play defensive like Luiz can and neither can Rogers.
Tielemans can be more defensive but it doesn't seem to suit him in a fitness sense.
Luiz can play as a 6 and an 8.
Sell luiz and get either Ederson, Scalvini or Koopminers from Atalanta for half the price
Duran = Good Will Hunting???
Personally think cash and digne should stay
Need a new number 2 GK, new RB, a better back up striker, keep Duran as he looks a beast. Sell Archer - he would have made it by now if he was going to be any good. Sell Chambers, Hause, Olsen, potentially Ramsey for profit.
Evan Ferguson level is where Duran needs to be.
Benjamin Sesko would be a great signing, but I think a little out of our price range.
Ferguson is very much hyped at the moment. I'm still not sure what their level actually is
Come on lads do a bit more research and prep please.
We signed a LB called Sousa from Arsenal which means either digne or Moreno is going. To say if one of those goes we have to replace him doesn't make sense. We will definitely not have 3 LBs i can tell you that much!
We signed a RB from Serbia called Kosta and loaned him back to Red Star.
We've also got Hesler there as well.
It wouldn't surprise me if Unai did cash in on Cash (see what I did there lol). If it means we can keep Dougie and Ramsey and adhere to PSR, then I'd happily let Cash go.
Regarding CBs, you only need the 4. The 5th will or should be, from our much talked about successful youth/u21 set up. No point poaching the best youngsters across Europe and the UK to not then give them a pathway to the first team.
We've got Bogarde, Finley, not forgetting Josh Feeney (CB), who's allegedly meant to be the next best thing after sliced bread.
If Liverpool can do it with players like Quansah coming in this season at CB, why do villa not do that?
It infuriates me when we are getting pummelled by palace and we decide to bring chambers on instead of Tim ireg. We need to give Timmy game time if we want him to progress.
In a time when we are all crying about PSR you have to promote the youth players.
Anyway, please do a bit more prep, it's always been about quality over quantity, or should be anyway.
If not, get me on there and I will give you a break down as to what the team might be and how this will help us work within PSR 🙂 UTV!
We know full well about Sousa and Kosta. There’s every chance they’re loaned out again
@@ClaretBluePod Kosta potentially (but I don't think so), but Sousa won't be loaned out again.
They do mention Nedelkovic and Sousa though...
fair comments to make. Sousa has played 8 times in the championship so we're hardly going to just be relying on him. Didn't Costa also pick up an injury and not play much since he went back? One is 19 and the other 18. Oh and KKH has never shown anything to think we can rely on him. perfectly good episode.
@@Davies2710 Sousa will be back up he's not going to be in the first team. It's been highlighted by every media outlet that we've got PSR to deal with. Either digne or Moreno will be sold to balance the books, and I think it will be digne due to his reported £150k wages.
It has also been mentioned that Unai's plan was initially to play Torres LB with Mings and Konsa CB and the RB attacking.
This changed due to injuries so instead Unai played Konsa RB for large parts and attacked on the left.
My point was that if digne or Moreno do get sold, they won't be replaced as was mentioned in this episode, due to the reasons I've mentioned above.
Regarding Kosta, you don't spend c£6.5m on a RB as your first January signing just to keep loaning them out, especially as we know how meticulous Unai is! The guy was playing champions league football for red star and played against City.
Depending on this injury and pre season, he will be in the squad and challenging for a first team place.
It was constructive criticism, that's all. I generally believe having less episodes but more depth and quality, is better than putting out episodes just for the sake of it. But that's just my opinion 👍🏽
If im truly honest, I think Aston Villa wouldn't struggle to replace Cash, Luiz, Carlos and Olsen.
On current form, all of those players are very replaceable.
Gotta sell Luiz to 1 of the sky sports 6 witch makes them stronger don't seem right to me utv
I think Luiz, Duran and Ramsey get sold for transfer funds to be honest
move on chambers, Longleat, Hause, , Olsen,+ loan or move on any youngsters as needed Keep all others unless we get a very good offer for them
If we have to sell one player I’d sell Luiz
No way is Olsen staying. We've got to do better than them when in theory they will be playing fa cup and carabao cup games.
Olsen-sell
Langlet & Zaniolo go back with our thanks.
Digne-sell
Chambers-sell
Dendoncker-sell
Carlos-sell
Tim-sell
Hawse-free
Duran ???????
Keep the rest.
U say about the here and now but the here and now needs to shape us for the next 5-10 years
Good podcast, but Mr Adidas is a hard listen to
Sick of all the stick Olsen gets , Gauci is unproven needs to go on a Season loan, Olsen has experience in the Champions League and is respected as Swedens no 1
The best teams have a good back up. Look at the 3 sides above us and they all have a better back up keeper than us. It's not a slight on Olsen but we need a back up that isn't such a big drop off. That's more about where we want to be as a club compared to where Olsen is.
We should spend what we like, Im sick to the back teeth of 115 FC win all these trophies with no comeback, I'd take being moved to the Conference with all their trophy hall they have won
Anyone take tuanzebe back?
No 😂
@@LG26 you didn’t think he was good for us under Smith?
@@goodday512 we are in the champions league can’t keep signing ex players was the at Millwall last season? Pointless signing players just to bulk the squad up might as well promote youth
If Barkley comes in as a CDM then Iroegbunam will be sold. Ajax were rumoured to be interested for 25m earlier in the season - not a bad price but would be a shame to see him go.
Barkley and Tim are completely different players. Tim is way more defensive minded while Barkley is more of an 8/10
Never wear shorts and cross your legs lol
I’ll do as I please Geoff 😂
Buy ramsdale now
Carlos should stay all day long your NOT getting better for 1 of your main 4 centre half, get rid of Digne ,chambers, sorry to say Courtney, Kessler Hayden, Langley going back so bring a left back & right/centre back JOB DONE for the back line!UTV!!
Olsen, Hause, Chambers, Lenglet, Digne can all go upgrades are needed for Champions League