Andi Weimann has reportedly agreed to join Derby County for a fee of £2.75 million. Weimann began his career at Aston Villa and was one of the youth graduates. Weimann’s first few seasons were very impressive, he made his debut in the 2010-11 season and scored his first goal the following season in the 92nd minute to beat Fulham 1-0, that was an extremely crucial goal for our season. Since then he has went on to make roughly 112 appearances and score 17 goals, his best season being 2012-13 where he scored 12 goals.
His career took a downturn when he was played out wide on the right instead of up-front partnering Benteke. Since the arrival of Sherwood Weimann has made very few appearances and is clearly not rated by Sherwood.
Nonetheless, a move to Derby will be very good for Weimann. He is still young (23), and will most likely play upfront alongside former Villa forward Darren Bent. It’s fair to say that Derby have an excellent strike force for the Championship next season and I don’t think it will be long before we see Weimann playing Premier League football for Derby. I do believe that Weimann is a Championship level player at this stage of his career but he should do well at Derby.
£2.75 million is a decent amount, but definitely falls short of the £12 million valuation that Aston Villa set on the youngster during his break through season of 2012-13. Of course things have changed now. Some fans see this as good business since Villa did sign Sinclair for £2.5 million and will most likely play in a similar position to what Weimann once played in. All the best Weimann!
Besiktas in for Vlaar? Yes, please!
Not a whisper from manure or saints for him LOL fuck me there banging the door down for him LOL,fuck him off.
Amen to that!
Would love to give him a 1 year contract and then ‘bomb squad him’ and send him on loan to Rochdale or Scunthorpe. 🙂
talk of Matthew Lowton joining burnley for £1m . that has to be a joke. he has to be worth more than that. villa should tell burnley to feck off and keep him as a back up if thats all we can get for him.
Lowton could go up to 2m after bonuses. So 5m between Lowton and Weimann give or take? Why we’re allowing us to get low-balled for players I don’t know, unless its just to get rid of players Sherwood doesn’t want and money in doesn’t matter.
we should have offered them hutton for 500k . killed two birds with one stone. useless player off the books and a lot more wages saved.
Agreed but Burnley can’t afford his wages. Hutton’s wages are far too high for a Championship side bar QPR.
They go for the price that someone is willing to pay.
That’s all they’re worth.
See also that nobody appears to have put down the supposed £32m for Benteke yet…
Means nothing, imo.
If Sterling is worth £50 mill, Benteke should not be priced at £32.5 mill.
Especially when the former is still a daft kid.
The question for me is, who do we reckon will be the better player in say, 3 years time?
I know where my money is.
Sterling, 18 in 91 apps (wiki) partly with one of the best players in the world.
Benteke 42 in 88 apps (wiki) in a shit team.
It’s a no brainer, imo, but of course depends what you actually want the player for.
Biased?
Absolutely 🙂
Benteke will prove world class and can already do it without other top players to back him up/aid him, imo
No argument Badger. But remember that Sterling is English, which adds what – at least £10m? – to his price as far as Mancs or L’pool are concerned.
Bony is similar to benteke he only went for £35m and benteke is not English
More or less go for whatever the team’s willing to sell a player for actually, not what another team bids. Bids get rejected all the time (see Sterling). Fans of other clubs have been baulking at Benteke’s buyout clause since it got announced claiming that’s about 10m more than what he’s worth.
Probably right to be fair. Benteke is hot and cold. Spends half a season injured, quarter of a season not doing much, then a purple patch. He is not prolific enough for big clubs. Having said that I would say he is in a par with Bony and city paid £35m for him so £32.5 is about right. Knowing us though we will sell him for less because we are stupid!
On a brighter note, we’re either 3rd or 6th in the league, according to this;
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2500709-new-study-claims-that-chelsea-fans-are-the-least-passionate-on-twitter
Just goes to show how stupid the people who use twitter are badger! How the hell can 95% of villa fans be happy with what we’ve witnessed over the last 4 years? I’m optimistic about next season but can I say I’m happy with how things are now? Not a hope! We are about to lose our only class player, we have an injury prone back line and just signed an injury prone RB to supposedly play at CB and we need a LB, CM, RW, LW, ST, CB, and another RB if Richards is gonna be CB! That’s a lot of players needed although we already hav a player who can play as a RW or LW in gil but sherwood seems to wanna do the martin o Neill style transfers with English brute on high wages instead of skill and flair with low wages which gil is on and looks a fucking bargain! We are going round and round in circles and heading nowhere at the moment I’m afraid.
have to agree with you about gill. why get rid of him and buy another winger like Andros Townsend who will demand much higher wages . we don’t have money to burn and getting our defence sorted must be the priority . how much will spurs want for townsend , silly money i’m guessing .
Sherwood is not the man to lead us unfortunately he is another novice learning on the job at our expense. Will he keep us up? Probably but not much else
It is being reported in Italy that the villa are looking at signing Juventus versatile CB who can also play Left back Angelo Ogbonna. He feature for Juventus 30 times in their run to the Serie A title and champions league runner up but feautured less later in the season. He is rumoured to want to enhance his career with a move to the premier league.
Sounds like yet another player whose been plagued by injuries, what the FUCK is it about us trying to bring in injury prone players FFS does the club want a squad of players or a fucking A&E unit?-???
He was out for 1 game this season due to injury. Take a chill pill mate.
Well tell the brum mail that they say he’s failed to make an impact since joining them 2 years ago due to INJURIES so that’s not 1 game missed.
I’ve got better than a pill it’s called malt, chill???I’m that laid back I’m almost in a coma.
Brum Mail are clueless then. He’s missed around 5 games due to injury in the last 2 seasons. Sole reason he hasn’t made an impact is because he’s not good enough for a Scudetto challenging side and he’s 4th choice there. In fact the only reason he played as much as he did this season is Barzagli was out injured for a majority of the season.
And yes, it’s time to chill, never witnessed someone emphasize the word fuck so much in my life.
You learn summit FUCKING everyday dont yer????
Andrew, get to bed lad your being flippant, nowt in that comment from Giddy.
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Felipe Avenatti is reportedly of interest from Villa.
Yeah just read that and he looks undetermined to say the least. But you never know and you like to think the guys buying our players know more than I do.
Anyone think Franco pazquez would do a good job? Check out his YouTube vid. This is the sort of player we need. A nice tall centre attacking midfielder who suppliers Goals and assists. Check him out.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=paSZtFAwWFU
Helenius looked good on you tube, I rest my case.
We also never got to see how good he was because Lambert’s an idiot. So he could very well have been good enough for us. Mr. Negative.
To right fuckall to be positive about.
Maybe but you’re being negative about a random CB link and negative about a striker that we don’t actually know how good he is. Which is quite odd to be negative about.
I would rest your case there.
I came across his stats on who scored. He made the Italian team of the year with great pass rate. 10 goals and 10assists this season. He is six foot two which is something I think our midfield needs. We always are second best when balls in the air. He strikes me as a taller and im assuming stronger version of Gil. Maybe with a little more experience in his locker.
I then read up a little more on hima diced I should look on YouTube,
I don’t claim to be a pro and of course I would expect a lot more scouting to happen before we simply go sign a player but he just strikes me as something we could domw th in midfield.
No need for a short cocky reply.
Vazquez is an incredible talent. He and Dyabala were very, very good together.
THanks for the positive reply Andrew. Glad to see someone agrees.
I understand defence is the absolute prioty but a player like this who I read somewhere is valued at 6mil is a steal.
Put it this way, I’d rather two Vazquez than one Townsend.
6m is an incredible steal if true. We might need 2 fullbacks but attacking threats are very much a priority.
Roma are apparently on the trail of Benteke;
http://forzaitalianfootball.com/2015/06/roma-firm-up-interest-in-aston-villa-striker/
Can’t see him going abroad in all honesty though hope he does as he’s bound to one back and bite us on the arse our EX players always do. Even shot ones like vassell
Can’t see him going at all.
So it seems we’ve priced Liverpool out of Benteke and they’re no longer interested. Not that he was going there, can’t see him at Tottenham. So unless Chelsea sign him which they just signed Falcao so I have my doubts, he’ll move abroad or stay.
He’ll stay and we’ll qualify for the Europa league next season.
Hope we don’t qualify for that crappy second rate tournament. We will struggle big time season after next if we do with our small squad. I think if we keep benteke we will still finish no higher than 12th imo
That’s why 1. We get a bigger squad and 2. Take notes from Sevilla who don’t have a big squad yet can finish a point below 4th in 5th and win it.
Sevilla also have a lot less funds than we do, they make less than any team in the premier league but consistently buy bargain players and sell big to stay afloat.
Ramos, Keita, Alves, Adriano, Renato, Reyes, Navas, Negredo, Moreno, Rakitic, Konodgbia, Vidal to name some of the big names they have lost over the past 10 years.. at a total cost to them of no more than £15m and sales of £230m.
It is a club to take notes from as they play in Europe every year bar one, including a couple of champions league campaigns. So of course it’s possible to achieve something great with what we have, but we have been far too stupid for far too long.
Difference is they are proper run football club. We’ve a shit chairman and shit manager
Proper run football club, yet you complain about selling clubs and don’t want us to sell to the extent they have too. Interesting.
Ah you miss understand. A selling club is a club that sells its best players and never replaces them with similar players. If we sold benteke and reinvested on another good striker IV no problem with that but we don’t we will sell him for £30 and put a £5m replacement. Lerner will pocket the 25m difference.
Said it before, but I believe Benteke would need a full season at his best, without any serious injury lay-off’s, before any of those who could afford him would sensibly risk £32m or more on him. So I reckon he’ll still be at VP when the season starts.
Utd are only other possible suitors
Be surprised if they go for him but possibly. Then abroad there’s what, Wolfsburg, Dortmund, Roma, Napoli, Valencia. About it.
We’re being linked to N’Zonzi
Happy FATHERS day to all you dad’s out there.
Thanks son, hey its my birthday tomorrow Giddy, get a drink in your pub and tell them I’ll pay later,☝
CHEERS MATE I’ll do that.hope your having a pre birthday tipple today GET IT DOWN YER 😀
West Brom in for Clark at £4mill?
You have to laugh.
Where does this crap come from?
http://hereisthecity.com/en-gb/2015/06/21/report-west-brom-to-be-rebuffed-in-bid-for-aston-villa-defender/
Not sure why we’d sell our best defender for 4m. Utter joke the media is.
It does seem to indicate that we’re supposedly happy to give all our players away for next to nothing though.
It’s why all the speculation does my head in, but there you go.
Agreed. We wouldn’t sell him though for that, he’s actually a starter. The back up like Lowton and such, surely we will.
No Badger, it means people seems to want to believe crap , come on let’s step back! How many have believed links, how many believed tabloid shite, let’s say I don’t, honestly do you all think a club gives away information that could damage Transfer’s, no way, and have to say you think the same. Benteke is in the frame to stay, full stop, the rest of our tripe will go, Delph, stays Benteke stays, Sinclair, stays, as for the rest sale in on.
And to be fair the only player I’m sorry to see go is gill. Outrageous decision by Sherwood
how do you know its an outrageous decision maybe he told Sherwood he doesn’t want to play for him,or as most of that squad stepped up to the mark and he hasn’t and looks crap in training with the injuries we were suffering on the run in Sherwood is a big enough man to have used him if he brought something to the table
Seems we’re after Real Madrid U16 captain Moha, along with City and United. Sent scouts recently.
Hmm, I was tempted to say immediately that we’ve no chance then.
And then I thought that he might have more chance of actually playing at a club like Villa.
But the reality is what chance does any 16yo have of actually playing?
I know you have your Rooney’s etc, but it’s rare.
I’m not even sure how a kid of that age or even his agent/advisor would think when you have clubs chasing you, so perhaps it boils down to the money or just the current status of the club?
Where again, we probably have no chance.
Another one I just don’t see happening.
we all seem to be forgetting something. He belongs to arguably the biggest club in the world! If they want him they will keep him. Simple!
Loan deal,is best we can hope for in couple years.
So you think Real Madrid are bigger than us then 🙂
Or possible sign him and they’ll have a buyback clause in a few years? I mean he is only 15, so it’s not like he’s going to play for the first team any time soon there, especially with Benitez not believing in youth.
Also linked with a move for Schlupp. So hope it’s true.
Happy BIRTHDAY BILL PEARSON have a good un MATE. 😀
I’m already slightly worried about Sherwoods transfer policy. I just hope it is all tabloid rumour and nothing else. Because what I have seen/read so far reminds me of the MON era, bringing in average English players for super inflated prices with little to no sell on value.
Townsend, Huddlestone et al, no thanks Tim. Specially as we already have players like Gil who look 10x better than these players who cost 5 times less. Who appear to be ready to be shipped out without being given a chance.
Richards is a good signing but wouldn’t have been if we’d paid a fee for him, because he beeds a season to prove himself first.
UTV.
Townsend would be Ok at the right price. Huddleston? Not even on a free thanks. Gil leaving is a shame, but that seems to happen whenever a new manager takes over anywhere. Some players just get frozen out.
As usual there are some intriguing names getting thrown around. i guess we need to be realistic though, and without a change of owner and a real statement of intent you have to wonder who we can attract.
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