Watkins contract at Villa has 3 years to run until 2028, and although he's 29, I can't see a £40m bid securing him.
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Watkins contract at Villa has 3 years to run until 2028, and although he's 29, I can't see a £40m bid securing him.
The alleged bid was this past January; and evidently it failed.
a nonsense bid at that price
or a journalist that makes things up - and a lot of those around trying to find ways to get clicks
If we make the final and Bilbo are in the final need Spence to play against Williams.
It’s a very good point.
Williams plays LWF right? So, Porro’s side?
Would be a huge call for Ange to make. We know what his preferred back 5 is now but no question Spence is a better match up for Williams.
They don’t have anywhere near the threat down the other side so Udogie could maraud up and down all game.
He had Everton in the top half. Doesn't matter anyway as won't happen but you're doing him a diservice
Richard is a romantic. He'd rather we go for a 65yo who's won titles in Azerbaijan or Cambodia playing a fluid 2-3-5 formation. If the tactical genius & winning pedigree come with a good catchprase, even better. Them hidden gems just need their big break at Tottenham.
Riccardo Orsolini is having another very solid season at Bologna...12 goals & 3 assists in 25 apps. Shame he's missed circa 10 games through injuries (to something called hamstring), otherwise he'd be on 15-16 goals + 5 or 6 assists and Bologna wouldn't be 11 pts behind Inter & Napoli.
Such a good player and has been for years. Only 28yo. If he didn't have that injury record (and our Med staff weren't charlatans), I'd take him in a heartbeat.
View: https://youtube.com/shorts/IMLmuymkUhQ?si=jOL-yAk9HVscVB9U
Such a good player and has been for years. Only 28yo. If he didn't have that injury record (and our Med staff weren't charlatans), I'd take him in a heartbeat.
View: https://youtube.com/shorts/IMLmuymkUhQ?si=jOL-yAk9HVscVB9U
How am I doing him a disservice when I didn’t say anything negative about him?
He’s just a completely different direction from the way the squad has been built.
De Bruyne on a free anyone? 
Villa are in financial hot water so will always consider selling any player. Why they sold Luiz last June - needed funds before the PSR deadline.
The Cambodian Premier league is a competitive league , not far off the top 5
We should be shopping in these kind of markets
I've always wondered if Messi can do it on a hot humid afternoon in Phnom Penh as well.
Let's get it done.
Sign a player from Mongolia and another from Kyrgyzstan and we've got all 4 corners of Asia covered.
That's how you do
A team called Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng Football Club won the Cambodian Premier League title last year and they are currently 4 points top this season
And they are managed by a fellow called PEP Munoz
It's written in the stars , the guy even has Pep in his name !!!
Make it happen Danny Boy
Shadydan
do us a favour sexy and add Pep Munoz to the manager pollHe's a good coach with average players. Hence the Everton mention
He's good coach who famously focuses on defensive structure and little to no attacking structure. His Real team relied on Kroos and Modric to decide how to control games because it made sense for them to do that. At Everton they played exclusively off the counter.
I don't think he's a good fit for a young squad halfway through a rebuild. He'd want experience over the likes of Bergvall, Gray, Odobert, Tel, Moore and any of the loanees coming back into the picture,
Williams should be our top target show some ambition at once. If we win europa and in cl it's jot out of the realm ar least it shows we win stuff recently
True
But lots of clubs looking for strikers, including Spurs, and not too many quality ones available, so if anything prices will be high for any quality striker.
Watkins can play centre, right and left which has attractions, even though he's not top quality but probably in group below those., only real negative is his age of 29 (30 in December),
If he had really been available for £40m in January, with our injury list I think we might have been tempted with a loan and obligation