Cordoba FC’s official Twitter account have stated that Cordoba and Aston Villa have reached an agreement over Jose Angel Crespo. There isn’t much information regarding the transfer or who in fact this player is, but based on my research Crespo is a versatile defender who can play across the back-4 but has primarily used as a centre-back. Crespo had played on loan for Cordoba during their season and had made his move to Cordoba permanent this season, until Aston Villa swooped in with a £1 million bid.
It looks as though Crespo will be used as cover for Hutton and a replacement for Lowton who has moved to Burnley. Crespo was involved with a fight with Cristiano Ronaldo when Cordoba faced Real Madrid. Cordoba fan’s claim that Crespo is a decent defender who did well for a relegated side, he is also very disciplined.
I really don’t know what to make of this transfer, there just isn’t enough information about this player. But the rumours are that Sherwood did fly to Spain over the weekend to talk to a few players including Malaga’s Sergi Darder. However, it just doesn’t make any sense to sign another centre-back as we already have Clark, Okore, Richards, Baker and Senderos in the side. Hopefully he’ll be a replacement for Senderos and/or Baker rather than the likes of Clark.
wiki details
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_%C3%81ngel_Crespo
and in case you missed it he has a beard 🙂
Would like to sign Darder – Inter Milan were close to signing him recently for 10m euros, but think that FFP got in the way of a deal at the time. At 21 lots of improvement is possible, and a midfield trio of Sanchez holding, Gueye and Darder would be interesting to see especially with their eyes for a pass towards players who can now play such as Grealish and Gil and possibly Ayew.
Definitely need cover at the back as i think Sherwood would get rid of both Baker and Senderos, and someone who can play RB and CB would be useful especially with Okores out for a little while. No idea how good this lad is, hopefully decent enough and was a Spanish U21 international – for the price worth a shout as its a position we need but also still need to spend elsewhere on our team.
Sounds like he can do a job anywhere across the back four which is useful as our centre halves are always injured. Though he’s only a million pound player at best so will do a job and no more at best.
I agree. Senderos and Baker have to go and I am now concerned about Okore. There is such a thing as being unlucky with injuries in football, but there is a much bigger category of being injury-prone. This comes from the way players play the game – particularly how they set themselves for a collision. I now think Okore is injury prone.
Speed is of the essence, I am not talking about rushing out to sign players, but the pace at which they can run. We are likely to play in a style which invites counter-attacks again this season, and all defenders we have must be able to run as fast without the ball as EPL attackers can run with it. I hope Crespo has been timed.
A Spaniard with a beard – where’s Drake’s Drum!
French newspapers reporting Ayew deal to be confirmed today – is it going to be a busy Monday?
The headline ‘Villa sign Crespo’ isn’t nearly as exciting as it would have been 10 years ago.
Beard = excellent
Name contains Angel = excellent
Crespo = great player
Nothing can go wrong here. Looks like versatile cover.
Agree a safe boring cheap signing who can do a job that’s about it.
Not sure that’s what I said.
I know what you mean.
When one of my sons told me about the Crespo signing this morning I did have a few moments racking my brain trying to think how old ‘he’ would be now…!
If he does his job that’s good enough for me.
Tony Moon all over again!
But he’s got a beard so must be good 🙂
Fact!!!
I have watched him a few times last season and he is a good player and £1m seems very cheap – he is a hard b*****d, with a good spirit… Im positive on this signing
‘a hard b*****d, with a good spirit’…
…just what we need
Sounds crap his team got relegated so looks like Sherwood ms signed him for his relegation experience!
Bit like Hutton then
Wilkins on Talksport this morning (no OohAh I wasn’t listening to the show) quoted as telling Brazil Ayew having medical today and hopeful that Adebayor will join the club soon. Personally I would be happy with Adebayor on a 1 year loan or for a nominal fee. He has loads of experience and we know he has a good relationship with TS. On his day he’s still one of the best strikers in the PL.
Also being linked with Borini – but it is in the Express!
the interview with ray is on talkshits web site -link
http://talksport.com/football/exclusive-ray-wilkins-says-jordan-ayew-set-aston-villa-medical-and-reveals-emmanuel
That’s the point ‘on his day’ very rarely happens. On his day john Carew was good means nothing. He’s very erratic the type of player that will score 5 goals in fist few games then do nothing for the rest of the season plus bound to have long term injuries.
The key thing as well is that Spuds will be picking up a percentage of his wages apparently, so seems like a great short term option if we play to his strengths. It’s a 1 season loan that will cost us part of his wages. Seems like a good option to me, he was a great player at Arsenal IMO
Agreed Sammy Morgan….how I loved him as a player!
Has I said before, we only have to finish 4 places higher than last season to collect approximately £8 mil more in prize money……and I think we will do that! That will comfortably pay his wages even without help from Spuds……a real no brainer IMO
Shows how desperate they are to get rid of him says it all really
Lets get these two boys in and if Gil, Grealish and Sanchez can play up to what they can do, there is a decent 1st team shaping up!
Still net -£15m spent so far, so should expect a few more through the door hopefully 3x £10m players if Lerner holds his side of the bargain…Striker, AM and CM for me or if the CM can be attacking (Praet) another CB would be good
Ayew signs…..official!
Oh Ayew, Ayew
He’s bigger than me and you
He’s going to score one or two
In the claret and blue
Welcome Jordan!
From what I’ve seen on youtube he’s like a poor mans Darren Bent and we got rid of him even though he’s proven at this level.
Sorry don’t mean to pooh pooh Sherwood signings but I don’t get this one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvsIk0-n4tk&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1
Hard to say have to give him 12 games then judge him. Doubt he will be as good as benteke though
And your a very poor man’s Langford 🙂
he runs around more than DB did…
Really? Is that possible? 🙂
Ha ha has he said when he wants to leave us for a London club yet!
Sorry about the downtime chaps.
It seems the database locked up.
Hopefully its ok now.
Love the assist on 4 minutes…
Now for Adebayor and Cambiasso
Happy days!
Europe here we come!
Yup. If we can get him running into the box regularly and keep theading thoae balls through, we might be onto a winner!!!
Spurs are desperate to get rid of him. Seen us coming a mile away. Hope we don’t get him he’s not right for us another erratic overpaid mercenary who will turn it on when and if he feels like it. No thanks
whats wrong with sherwoods buys maybe we should go back to lambo crap
adebayer on loan for year no probs even if ho only manages 5 goals did bent manage 5 in last 3 and half years on 60 thousand a week
Bent hardly ever started tbf
Must admit that I’d like to hear that Cambiaso’s signed next. He’d only last the season in all likelihood but his experience and leadership in mid-field would be priceless while other younger players find their feet.
As for Adebayor, Tim must know if he can get him playing or not and even if he only got him up to 50% or so and brought him on as a super-sub I’d bet he’d score quite a few goals.
Well lets see –
Amavi, Gueye, Ayew, Crespo, Richards plus Gil and Kozak being virtually new signings, just another 4 and we’d have a completely new team!
UTV
Too old won’t have the legs
Just like Pirlo you mean?
JV….well said mate. Some people are never happy. FFS, the lad only signed 5 minutes ago and he’s labelled ‘a poor mans Darren Bent’. Some people on here love to moan. Adebayor, Cambiasso and Crespo and I will be well happy with the signings!
I can recall both oohah and BWS claiming that Benteke was ‘the new Heskey’…..laughable!
I’d love you to find where I posted that LV, never mind keep taking the Donepezil.
You negative prick. Finished painting your skip and straight on here complaining about our biggest signing since DB ‘a poor mans DB’ and ‘I dont get this signing’ and ‘Benteke is the new Heskey’ …….you really know your stuff!! 🙂
F**k me it’s the hardest man on AVN&V’s, tell you what here’s and idea how about you ask Oohah or Badger for my email address (you’re welcome to it) and drop me a line, we something for your annual visit to VP.
Lol…I’ll piss in your skip when your asleep. As for me being hard, I’m hard to get up in the morning and hard to find and hard up 🙂
Ha ha ha, BWS back to his “acting tough behind the screen” tricks again. He comes on here, adds a little to the debate, offers someone out for a fight and then goes and hides in his (or his mums) caravan again. He only comes on here when he gets free use of the internet at his local library. 🙂
I Piss In Your Skip
Ain’t that a video nasty from the 80’s?
B6 user name or a description?
Oh I have friend in Langford.
And whos Donepezil? Never heard that transfer rumour 🙂 I know you BWS two pints and you want to fight anybody 🙂
p.s,…..I dont do annual trips to VP, I only go once a year 🙂 You still screwing my missus? 🙂
I did but I can’t for the life of me remember where!
Well yes, that is apart from your misses and thirdly no I couldn’t afford the insurance this year.
Donepezil is Aricept a drug for Altzeimers. Used to sell it.
Would love to get Cambiasso – still one heck of a player. Without him it’s likely Leicester wouldn’t have survived. Their player of the season and the fans are gutted he hasn’t signed again – is that because he’s in talks with other sides including Villa?
I’m in favour of a short term Adebayor deal; nothing to lose IMHO.
Would like to see another attacking mid (Praet?) and a big younger central striker (Gestede) that can learn from Adebayor. Don’t think we will be in for Austin. Finally still not sure about Guzan!
H60….agree with most of that mate. However, I dont think Guzan is quite as bad as some are claiming. I’m always mindful that, very rarely, in the last couple of seasons have we had a settled back 4. I will judge him after we see the same back 4 playing 15-20 or so consecutive games. Its never easy for a keeper to read a defence that is constantly changing.
Don’t get me wrong Langford, the one positive was Lambert resigning Guzan and I’ve been a fan ….. but….. he does seem to make mistakes in his positional play and his kicking! Great shot stopper and can be inspirational but it’s the consistency (or knack in it) that concerns me
Knack? … lack of it LOL
bent had one good calendar year after signing for 18/24m plus wages of 60thousand per week he didn t score many at fulham or then with derbyin league one
for me looking forward no lambert 6 newplayers already
Let’s get something straight I’m no DB fan but in that one season his goals were the only reason we stayed up (we owe him a debt of gratitude for that) and you have to remember we played to his strengths with two wingers putting the ball in the box.
Turn him round and play him with his back to gaol and he’s just totally infective, it’s just not his game.
bws
you will find bent scored goals at ipswich charlton poor team
he wasnt treated right but the pictures off him shopping when we where on sky was poor
Agreed JV, that was a poor show but Lambert’s treatment of him (and others) was nothing short of appalling.
Lambert learnt his man-management ‘skills’ from his great mentor – MON.
i would rather see players coming from european leagues compared to sako off wolves looking for over 60 thousand a week
We have some great signings and I am feeling rather positive, I do have a concern that we don’t really have the time to get the players to gel before we kick of in two weeks…. There maybe a bit of a rocky road in the first month or two, but exciting times nonetheless.
Saddened….we play Wolves tomorrow and Forest on Sat plus a possible ‘behind closed doors’ friendly. I would have liked them in earlier as well. We will have to wait and see. At least we have them in before the start of the season which is better than panicking in the middle of August I guess!
If you’re going to panic, panic early I say and get ahead of the crush!