According to Spanish sources, the Amavi move has been knocked back after the player failed a medical which showed that the player has a significant risk of the cruciate knee injury that he suffered while playing for France, re-occurring.
Now it’s well known that Sevilla will try any trick in the book to get a player’s price down (and why not? it’s good business sense, something we’ve sorely lacked recently) and if so, you’d hope we’ll give them short shrift and not even entertain the idea of them getting him on a loan or even at cut price.
And indeed “significant risk” is a matter of judgement that might well mean they’re trying it on.
For any expert in any area, you can always find someone who thinks the opposite, after all.
But my worry is what if this is all plausible and Amavi does have that significant risk?
Even though there is supposed to be a fair amount of interest in the player, surely this will see him being valued at a much lower worth?
All in all, this is a fairly big bombshell, as surely we were banking on getting a good few quid for Amavi, which in turn, must have made his sale pivotal to our spending plans?
I don’t want to be the doom-monger that some of you paint me out to be, but the fact is, this could quite easily put paid to any more spending in this window, because if as we suspect, we wanted another two or three players in, the sums are beginning to not add up
You would have to hope that Sevilla are indeed just playing their usual games.
But even then, just the talk of this will surely mean any other interest will wane, at best.
If we were in a better financial position, I’d have liked to see Dr Xia tell Sevilla that we’ll never do business with them again.
The trouble is, I suspect our hand might already have been forced and we’ll have to let him go on the cheap.
It’ll be interesting to see what happens.
Gabby booked for late challenge
Come in Kiddy…whats happening? …..I need updates… 🙂
Impressed with Samba
Gabby subbed….
Yes Hutton still on but must have gone for a piddle, good play then just over the bar, both teams losing balls, change coming? Tish off, Chester off, Beddows on Harry Mc Kirby on ,
Thanks my man in Kiddy 🙂 Good reporting, might give you a pay rise 🙂
Some of Kiddys young players giving us a game, nother change? RICHARDS off , no name given yet Allen Prosser, for Villa game slow again.
Playing some cultured football here…the younger lads seem more comfortable on the ball than some our senior players. Green and Davis subbed for who? I havent got a scooby 🙂 Whats happening at Kiddy?
Calderwood ‘managing’ at Kiddy – we look disjointed with no connection between defence and attack Bruce is ‘manager’ at Telford – how’s he doing Langford?
Hitch…enjoying. Cultured football in the main….not mych sign of hoofball. Samba and Clarke quite a good CB partnership.
Villa defensive again happy to take the ball off Kiddy, midfield not winning for us, surely they might score, Villa hit the bar.
And that was by their man, Hutton so far best player, Gardner off Hutton off
Taylor, think he said Perlow the other player, be honest games gone dead to me, 3 nil Mc Kirdy .
How it going your way Langford.?1 thousand 300 at the game.
Another pen fir Villa…Lansbury nets again 4-0….great run by Mitchell Clarke the CB
1.800 here
Minute to go, looks like 3-nil Villa. Over a win.
Who scored the 3rd?
All over here 4-0…..thoroughly enjoyable. Well done lads!
Love from ‘happy clapper’ 🙂
we sound like we have some centre back strength. so i reckon we all chuck in and pay off richards lol
mckirdy scored third
Cheers Nath 🙂 7 scored 0 conceded! 🙂
Happy, happy clapping 🙂
What was the general opinion on the Borg, Samba? Hourihane show up this time?
borg had some decent touches, found and provided decent width. but wasn’t found at times gardner culprit often miss placing simple balls. hourihane was decent he did one free kick which was on the money
gardner also tried hitting cross field balls to hutton, which were much harder balls they also were miss placed but at least he was looking to switch play and looking wide which was encouraging. just needs to be more accurate or off with his head lol
Why are we playing 2 games tonight.
Because we are so fecking good 🙂
Which game is Bruce at which game is most important
calderwood was at kid the one i watched lol
Any Villa game is important….7-0….. Bloody rubbish 🙂
Against Kidderminster and Telford though. Pre season is more about getting fit and trying out players and formations imo results are irrelevant. A bit like cup competitions hopefully we will go out first round in both cups this year and play weak teams