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14 Jun 2025 10:57:08
According to The Athletic, we've made an approach to sign 19-year-old Spanish winger Jesus Rodriguez from Real Betis. Anyone know anything about him? Given our financial situation, we could probably do with some help from Jesus at the moment ?
15 May 2025 17:41:52
So there's an article on the BBC today saying that there have been no negotiations at all over a permanent transfer for Rashford and that he believes United would be prepared to sell him for £40m to anyone this summer, not just Villa. So that says to me that he's hoping someone else will come in for him. It also says he's got no intention of taking a pay cut from his £325, 000-a-week salary (same amount as Vinicius and Bellingham) so essentially he wants someone to pay £40m for him and then a further £17m a year in wages. I suspect, therefore, that we will see him back permanently warming the bench at Old Trafford next season. Thanks for your efforts Marcus, but for that sort of money I suspect we can do better.
24 Apr 2025 01:31:15
Big headline on the BBC tonight : 'Villa hold talks over De Bruyne move'. Thoughts? ?
1.) 24 Apr 2025 09:32:05
Depends on the deal Menace he will still command a fairly sizeable salary and given we are already breaching the salary cap I don’t see how it’s possible to offer Kamara £300k a week something similar for Rashford and £150k for Asensio our income streams won’t sustain that kind of outlay.
2.) 24 Apr 2025 10:20:25
Kamara not going to be on 300grand a week lol wheres that come from that's insane if true lord? And kdb if he came would be the play maker we been missing would be a statement signing
3.) 24 Apr 2025 10:46:50
We're already wondering how we could possibly afford the full wages of Rashford and Asensio.
KDB is a fair bit older than both of them and spends way more time on the treatment table.
One of the best in the world but we just cannot afford that outlay without massively sacrificing elsewhere.
4.) 24 Apr 2025 12:54:26
VJ apparently £300k is what we have offered Kamara to sign a new long term contract as he enters the last 2 years of his deal. That was reported by a number of outlets a week or so ago.
5.) 24 Apr 2025 17:40:55
Thats crazy i'd put on 200thou but not 300 lord that's mental i know he's our most important player but seems too much for me heyho thou if he signs fair play
17 Nov 2024 11:19:42
Some interesting targets for January. According to the BBC, Unai wants to shore up the Defense with Diego Llorente from Real Betis. Apparently we're also the front-runners to sign attacking midfielder Oihan Sancet from Bilbao, even though he's got an £66.9m release clause.
1.) 24 Nov 2024 20:56:09
Wouldn’t class llorente as an upgrade, never heard of the other guy. I’d love to know how we are fixed financially, how much can we actually spend in January, anyone know?
07 Aug 2024 16:42:38
Brilliant bit of nonsense going on over social media. A Turkish journalist posted on X that Digne was going to Galatasary on loan. Digne swiftly issued a denial wherein the journo posted a screenshot of the letter from Galatasary to Villa outlining the terms of the loan. Perhaps Monchi forgot to tell Lucas something .
1.) 07 Aug 2024 17:22:53
Nobody has to tell Digne anything until the offer is accepted.
Someone forgot to tell the reporter that a letter from Galatasary asking if Digne is available means nothing. There isn't even a guarantee that it was actually sent to Villa, it could easily just be a draft.
2.) 07 Aug 2024 23:31:46
Hands up who wants to keep Digne then? Just flagging up the rumours RK. ?
3.) 08 Aug 2024 08:33:32
Digne is one of our highest earners therefore given we have Maatsen and Moreno who are left backs it makes sense for us to sell him if we can
4.) 10 Aug 2024 18:46:39
I actually thought Digne was one of our better players last year and I would prefer to probably keep him over Moreno (I don’t have anything against Moreno either, just think Digne is better suited to the prem) but I guess if there’s a significant wage difference between them, then I understand why it would be Digne to leave of the pair.
5.) 10 Aug 2024 21:04:29
I agree Nebuchadnezzar, we were at our best in the first part of last season and that was when Moreno was injured, looking at the minutes that have being shared out it looks like matsen and digne will be our left backs, Moreno seems to be the one that more fancies a move aswel.
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17 Oct 2025 14:13:19
Anyone got an opinion on the Maccabi Tel Aviv fans situation - preferably one that isn't going to get you banned from this site ?
{Ed001's Note - we really can't get into it, especially as most of what is being shared online is based on propaganda and misinformation. Their fans are vile thugs anyway, they are the most racist and worst for violence in the competition, just be glad they are not there as they could trash the city of Birmingham. Probably improve the place like, but still....?}
1.) 17 Oct 2025 15:19:46
I think a lot of people seem to be missing the point that this is as much for the safety of the Israeli fans as it is for our own.
I'd hate to see the stories if Tommy Robinson organised his bunch of thickos to meet the Tel Aviv Ultras.
{Ed001's Note - Tommy Robinson is funded by Israel.}
2.) 17 Oct 2025 20:10:37
I’ve written to the BBC I think the politicians approach is extremely short sighted, they are asking for a decision based on a risk assessment undertaken by the police to be changed, how can you ask for the decision to be changed without having seen the assessment? I managed risk at a senior level for most of my career and the police will have assessed what level of risk they are prepared to take ie high medium or low and acted accordingly. By all means ask to see the paperwork and critically review the process and if you think the police are risk averse by all means review the decision but to ask for it to be arbitrarily changed is foolhardy and if something happens and god forbid someone is seriously injured then the political classes will be culpable.
3.) 17 Oct 2025 22:12:17
Lotm did you see the Palestine protests down the last home game, imagine the crew they could raise for this game, you would get them from all over the country. Also remember what villas surrounding population, consists of, don’t think you would find many Jewish sympathies there UTV
01 Sep 2025 12:26:35
As United have just agreed to sign Senne Lammens from Antwerp for £18m, does that mean Emi is staying ?
1.) 01 Sep 2025 12:43:43
How is this going to play out? Emery was visibly annoyed about the situation around Martinez yesterday.
Does he cut his nose off to spite his face by keeping him out of the squad or does he move on and pick him next game (if he does stay) .
Does Martinez refuse to play?
I don't see how this is anything but a problem for the club now.
2.) 01 Sep 2025 12:47:54
If he does MD will he throw his dollies out.
3.) 01 Sep 2025 13:00:18
Whatever happens he looks a proper fool once again, thought he could go anywhere he wanted and nobody wants him, the fans won’t forget this and it looks like the dressing room are pretty miffed with him aswel. it’s a mess, what an idiot
30 Aug 2025 22:18:41
I think it's been said numerous times on this site in the past couple of seasons that Jack couldn't go back to being the player he was at Villa, having been ruined by Guardiola thus we were unlikely to want him back. They might want to have a little rethink on that ?
1.) 30 Aug 2025 23:23:20
Did Villa even try to get him back!
25 Jun 2025 14:28:41
Well Davedean82, you were spot on regarding the season ticket waiting list. I got a nice e-mail on Monday telling me that since I had been unwilling/unable to personally attend many games last season and the season before at £75 a pop, I have now been bounced off the waiting list for having no points which is odd as it says Claret Club members get points (I've been one for years) and you get them for attending games (I have been to some). I have replied and pointed this out but it will probably be to no avail as I imagine I will have shuffled off this mortal coil before any season tickets become available anyway
1.) 25 Jun 2025 16:39:49
MD fans have been shabbily treated, an further example, season ticket holders who don't attend a minimum of 14 games this season can not renew their season ticket next season.Yes there are ways to ensure this doesn't happen if you can't attend enough games but I'm sure quite a few will forget, or unfortunate circumstances may pose a problem.
14 Jun 2025 01:14:05
Congratulations to Rachel Daly on her MBE. I know a few on here think the Women's team is superfluous. Good luck then explaining that honour to your granddaughters. Not sure any other Villa player has been subject to a similar honour.
1.) 14 Jun 2025 09:45:09
Menace she’s got a better first touch, and more of a football brain, than lots of men Iv seen .
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15 Jul 2025 23:45:40
Yes, but Brest are in the French 2nd tier so why would Bizot be a replacement for Emi? I also suspect that one or two United rejects might be coming our way since apparently, following the Bizot signing, they have formally pitched in for Emi. Perhaps Onana is one of them? Plus they want Ollie so we could end up with Rashford (with his wages cut) and/or Garnacho ?
30 May 2025 00:26:09
Well that makes me feel a lot better. If there are 45k on the season ticket waiting list then, at around about the 2000 mark, I’m in the top 5%. At 66 years old, It gives ‘Villa ‘til I die’ a whole new sense of unlikely optimism ? BTW, if I’d gone to every home match last season, it would have cost me around £1500
23 Aug 2024 08:30:02
Daily Mail says we’ve been offered Sterling so it must be true ? Also says Unai is not sure if he’d fit in with his plans, which I think is pretty much what everyone else on here is saying.
07 Aug 2024 23:31:46
Hands up who wants to keep Digne then? Just flagging up the rumours RK. ?
28 Jul 2024 01:20:42
Sorry Allstar, I initially mistakenly read in your post that you’d been doing a bit of dogging which, up our way on Cannock Chase, is a particularly popular evening pastime - see Stan Collymore for details ?
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28 Aug 2025 01:08:17
Well, at least we won’t be up against Brian ‘oh sh*t, that’s where the crossbar is’ Mbuemo ?
28 Aug 2025 00:58:46
In tribute to Grimsby, United got ‘battered’. My Cod, that’s a fin-tastic result if not gill-iant ? Only squidding ?
23 Aug 2025 16:09:12
79% possession and only one shot on target. ?
16 Aug 2025 11:10:30
Well said Daz. However, I’d give it until just after the final whistle against the Geordies today before this site lights up with some serious whinging ? Unless we win by a substantial margin of course ?
13 Aug 2025 22:12:44
Dave. I have an iPhone8+. Worked in IT all my life and that’s all you need. After being laid off last year, I bought a refurbished one (good as new) in February for £200 and, unless you’re desperate to be a millennial, you don’t need to spend any more. Get the handset and then get a Vodafone simple contract, which should be about a tenner a month