Tottenham, Everton and Aston Villa are all eyeing a loan deal for Spurs attacking midfielder Clint Dempsey. Dempsey was sold to the Seattle Sounders last summer and is available on loan during the MLS off-season. It’s believed that Dempsey himself would be interested in a move on loan to a Premier League side. Aston Villa are in need of an attacking midfielder and Lambert had made a bid last season for the former Fulham player who opt to join Tottenham instead.
“Clint’s contract allows him to go on loan for the off-season.
“All parties are working on a deal and we won’t be surprised if it happens.” – Seattle general manager Adrian Hanauer
Dempsey is a great player who has made a massive impact in the Premier League. He’s the sort of the player that would be very much welcome at Aston Villa because he can score goals and create a lot at the same time. I wish he had joined Villa last season but it wasn’t meant to be. Perhaps Lambert can convince him this time to move to Villa Park for a couple of months. If Villa fail to sign an attacking midfielder, Dempsey would be a fantastic Plan B.
Once again Christian Benteke is linked with a January move to the usual top Premier League sides, Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham are all still interested in Benteke. Once again it’s likely that Aston Villa have offers on the table for the Belgian striker who has just recently signed a new 4-year deal. The only difference is that his valuation is now £35m.
Honestly, I’m getting so sick and tired with the Benteke talk. I might just stop reporting it soon unless there is an increased valuation or something interesting. He’s not moving in January and definitely not for £35m. I’d accept something closer to £40-45m.
Charles N’Zogbia will be out until the early 2014. It appears as though the French-mans ruptured achilles tendon is much more serious then first believed. N’Zogbia was supposed to start training in December. Fans still don’t know how the player obtained the injury but it did occur whilst on holiday.
It’s a shame that N’Zogbia is out, he’s the type of player that Aston Villa are missing. A creative attacking-midfielder. Still if N’Zogbia does return from injury it will be interesting to see whether or not he is still part of Lambert’s plans.
No way can I see him (Benteke) going in the Jan window what would be the gain for Villa? He showcases himself at the world cup, has a good tournament (who knows wins the golden boot?) and his value goes through the roof.
He has a piss poor world cup Villa decide to part company with him come the summer, he’s still worth £35m.
It’s a no brainer.
It’s not our decision if he wants to go in jan he will. Contract or no contract players do what they want
Oohahpaulmcgrath you really are retarded.
It’s a gift
On a side note, England are sooo average.
And more importantly, Carruthers and Grealish got a goal apiece in the Irish U21 game;
http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/soccer/boss-king-satisfied-after-first-home-win-249841.html
Agreed mate overhyped overpaid bunch of tossers IMO. Having said that it’s a friendly and means fuck all
Were being linked with zaha on loan now in jan from utd Ffs. I’m sure the unambitious posters on this site will be creaming themselves that we can have a utd player to make his fuck ups with us then goes back to OT after we have gone him and utd a favour. We act like a fuckin minnow club
You’ve got to be joking, Zaha he’s a show boating selfish piece of shit, no way for me. Will say this Oohah you certainly know how to get on peoples tits, as for Hodgson shower of crap the bookies will make a bungle in the world cup, ain’t no way England can ever play like them Chili football players.
I’m not sure about England it was a friendly and we were under strength means nothing really. A lot of players didn’t seem bothered and whenever we go into a tournament expecting to lose we end up doing really well remember euro 96. We were panned in the press and unlucky not to win it
Creaming themselves the same way you did at the thought of Shawcross signing for us?
It’s not that I wouldn’t want zaha but only on a permanent deal. I’d have said the same if we only had shawcross on loan
Or there’s the ones like you who actually believe everything the media claims even though nothing’s even happened yet.
Well hopefully it won’t but it has gathered pace but taking on loan signings just underlines how much of a small club we are now.
You really haven’t learned much have you? So are clubs like Napoli, Juventus, Milan, Inter, Roma small clubs for taking on loans? Is Liverpool a small club for taking on Moses, despite having no clause in the loan contract to sign him? No, no they’re not. Taking on loans doesn’t make us a small club and of course it’s gathering pace, we all know Zaha’s going on loan in January, we also know we’re not the only club linked with him, so making random claims that we’re interested doesn’t mean it’s true.
Well it wouldn’t surprise me it’s about level
Chile
Tekkers is always going to be linked with any CL club while he’s at Villa I’m expecting a lot more of this bollocks over the next week during the break a slow time for prem news.
so what about Dempsey for a few months on loan, Keene was a great move for us before and Dempsey will be looking to impress over world cup season. if its a disaster we’ve lost nothing.
Agree iv no problem with a loan signing like Dempsey or Barry but not a Kyle walker type when Wev fuck all chance if keeping him
Pulling my hair out here, what with no proper footy that I’m interested in!!!!
Germany 5/4 to beat us and 5/2 to draw.
Hmm, I might have some of that.
I don’t believe we’ll win, put it that way.
Don’t think it matters badger friendlies as we all know are meaningless. Also teams aren’t going to want to show their hand in friendlies as will need eliment if surprise in wc
Dunno about that mate.
We always want to do the Krauts and they always want to do Johnny Englander.
Long may that reign, imo.
(no racist intent meant, before anyone starts, it’s footy banter).
Lol I guess so but if we lost 10.0 to small Heath in a friendly we would just say it means nothing. It’s the competitive matches that count if we lose to then next week it means nothing if we end up beating them in Brazil
The actual qualifyer play offs are about it, many Lola for France and the portugal game isnt over by a long shot.
Lols at France *
Not a big fan of loan signings. Really wish we would take a serious look at the likes of Milner, Lescott, etc in Jan, even if it means spending a lot more than we had planned to. Maybe these players would take a big hit in wages to pick up a new 3/4 year contract? You never know.
I don’t think I’d want either on a 3-4 year contract, as that was just the mistake we made with Given.
Too old, imo.
I want us to look more nearer the 27ish age, where they’re more proven.
It’s really not that much to ask, imo.
A sort of inbetweeny if you see what I mean.
I’m just sick of 100% unproven players, as I think it will get us nowhere fast.
That would depend on what you mean by unproven, just because some fans don’t know who they are, doesn’t make them unproven. Milner is only 27 by the way. Although I fully agree on players like Lescott. Very, very few EPL based players we should look at to sign for 3-4 years at any age 26+ that would come to Villa.
Fair play Andrew, I should have qualified myself.
I mean unproven in the Prem.
Yes, you can make the step up from other leagues, but I just want a couple who have already proven they can do it.
And yes, foreign players can be successful: but the majority aren’t, I’d suggest.
My mistake about Milner, I thought he was nearer 29.
Even then, I wouldn’t want him.
Having done it in my job, I’m now a firm believer in the saying “never go back”.
Great player, but it’s never the same, the second time.
It isn’t, but he’d still be by far our best midfielder technically, tactically, leadership-wise. An upgrade in just about every way to anyone we have still, as sad as that might be, maybe other than Bacuna who I do think could become our own Milner (said he wanted to be our Lampard when he joined so if he could become as good as Milner was, let alone Lampard, be brilliant).
Agree some players between 25-27 would be ideal
I’d second the ‘never go back’ i think it rarely works in any walk of life.
especially if the 1st time was successful.
True howard Kendal went bk to Everton never worked and look at mourunho at chekski is he doing better than Benitez? Not IMO.
Andrew,
I’ve never seen Milner as a technical player myself.
Well, maybe a bit, but more about graft, imo.
Naughty,
Agreed.
Please have a look at my latest article lads.
It won’t interest most of us (including myself, if I hadn’t written it), but I feel it’s important, in bringing future fans through.
Never a winger while he’s got a hole in his arse,more a grafting midfielder. Aint got the technical ability, trickery or the pace .
Blimey, don’t mince your words mate 🙂
But I tend to agree, although he can occasionally add something different through the middle, with a bloody good run/pass.
More blood and guts than skill though, imo.
Always thought he missed his vocation, Sir Dennis type. would have been awsome playing though the middle imo.
Milner in the middle with Delph would be great. I really like Lescott too, and dont think that would be a risk on lets say a 3yr deal. I know botht of these are unlikely, but they would be great additions for us.
Benno, yes Milner might work well with Delph.
As would a declining Gerrard or Lampard.
But that’s more an indictment of how poor our midfield is, imo.
Milner is not the solution mate, imo.
What happend to gardener? the next Stevie g and all that, he’s the type we really could do with, box to box pick a pass and chip in with an odd goal or two.
Bit like Benteke supposed to be the new Heskey ffs what a let down 🙂
Back injury. I would love him to be the answer to our midfield issues but every time he gets back to full fitness, he gets injured again. Real shame for the lad.
Milner’s permanent signing was coming back to us after a season on loan with DOL.
I’d be happy to have him in the side again, but I doubt we could afford the wages.
With £90 million from sky Lerner could afford 20 Milners he just dosnt want to
I wouldn’t spend 20M on Milner.. no way.. i am sure for that much money and wages there are far better players out there..
For 8-10M i would consider bringing him back BUt we don’t know how much being in and out of the team the last few seasons will have affected him..
Lescott i wanted in Jan.. but with Vlaar playing well now and Baker/Clark looking good too i wouldn’t want him in Jan.. IF we go for an experienced player in Jan it has to be a midfielder IMO..
Meant wanted Lescott summer gone..
We’ve been linked with Dembele as well lately. That would be a good signing but I doubt will happen!
Adam… Dembele.. lol.. at 15M min and a pay packet of 50K plus we have next to no chance of getting him……………………
Plus with the big Serie A clubs linked to him, highly unlikely, but definitely a link that would get people far more excited by.
Injury after injury it seems for Gardner. Quite a worry at a young age, could go the way of Wilshere, quite poor since, or Ramsey, a monster.